Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-19
COALITION INrRIGiIEs.

of some few persons, who under that cloak, at
tempt to connect the an!imasonic question with
their political designs, aud to render il subscrvient
In The schemes O; the Coalition. That they have
suspected, and, as they believe have taken mea-
Sres TO guard against the nsidouS hypocrisy of
trading and corrupt politicians, of the tools OF
"aaing and corrupt politicians, who profess Ia be
Jealous anti-masons Tor the purpose OF advancing
their own views those OF their employers il evi.
dent from the resolution adopted by the lie Roy
convention; but il is possible that they are not ap-
priscd that the efforts ot these political prctenders
ia an'i-masonry are NO, relaxed on the contrary,
that they are pursued with all the industry the
dcxieri,y, meauness and the secrecy which such
agents can bring TO their aid 1t may be proper,
therefore, To state some facts which t-ayc come
within our knowledge.
The pandcr Weed, nearly all have heard Of
III his no,oricty any thing but cnviab!e and If he
lsregardcd with just and general aversion il is
because there is much more virtue in the cofnm,r-
nity than honesty IN him. He is the siipendiary
tool oil MIR. CT = mason OF the highest rank, and
the go-between OF the Cabinet nearly all OF whom
are high masons. ii is not doubted, but that at
the instgaiion Of the cabinet, and under the pro
mise oil reward, he CSS,,nlCd 10 be an anti ma SON
with The sole view OF converting that feeling 10 DO
litical purposes; that he visited Was ington and
alter closer & more iraternaI understanding with
ms employers, obtained means for the establishment
oil pretended anti-masonc presses but which should
insidiOusly advocate the cause of the Coalition:
that he returned, and with such means and under
such auspices, did establish such presses, and has
beeh since the urtlring political ncgcciator and
travelling hack ot the administration.
He was the missionary OF the Coalition at lie
d'oy, where he was sent 10 Illustrate nomination;
hut where his interference could not prevent the,
passage by that body o: the resolution iepreca ting
any association OF the question with the rolitics OF
the day.
He was next heard OF in the southern tier of
counties, missonaiing for the administration; bu,
ostensibly upon an GRAND for the establishment OF
ani-inason'c presses.
After tour of this sort he proceeded 10 t,,e ci
~ OF New York, probably with view to consul.
with the Coalition committee as TO farther opera
tons. and to obtain additional means FOR their pro-
secuton.
lie came uptlc river with John A. King and .re
other southern delegates to the Adams convention
and after holding various consultations with the
Adams committee and the central dicltors in this
city he proceeded in company with The GeIegates
to Utica. II il scarcely possible TO conceive of
any thing more ahject ;han the keeping winch the
delegates were put under ny the direc,iou Of MIR
Clay; nor can any thing more clearly siow the
desperation OF their than the fact that they
were willing 10 become the instruments oi such an
instrument, ami that they were mutu IIIy busy in
deyising means TO use Tie anti masonic feeling for
Mr.. Adams.
at Utica, he was the attendant and Joint advis-
er oil the convenIion--Openiy participating in and
secretly directing its movements. He and the
consistent Mr.. Storrs the outdoor workers
and cabinet councillors OF that Coalition conven-
tcIe.
Inediately back 10 this city, lowering around and
following John A. King and his federal committee
of search for the administration candidate
From this city he proceeded down the river
whether as far as New York, for the purpose of
receiving fresh instructions and additional conin
gencies," from Dir. Barbour, we are not advised
hut certainly as far as Poughkeepsie where he had
aninter'iew with Judge Thompson, the Coalition
candidate Tor governor, whose tesertiOn OF his re-
pnblican friends and subserviency 10 the admins
iration he IS said TO have commended, and whose
opinions he now repeats to such as will listen 10
him.
Having performed these duties, he returned 10
this city. u And here we ask the reader TO
mark the duplicity of this man. OF his abe,tors in
this city, ard his employers abroad. His design
was, under his anti-masonic disguise, to have pro-
ceeded TO otca on Thursday evening, in order 10
make such preparations for the approaching anti
masonic convention should best serve the pur-
poses OF the administration. But this secret meet.
ing tcith The Hd0ms committee at Bcn,ents ON
that night tods continued TO so tate an hour that
ne lost ms passage IN the Stdge. The next day
he was seen in close consultation with the chair
man OF the Adams committee oil dc,atora, who is
himself high mason, and who has aYolGcd his
Willingness TO resort to any means 20 promote the
election OF MIR. Adams, and whose practice in hi.
respect corresponds with his declarations
The arrangements are these: That the Adams
men should get up a meeting in this city. and
should call it an anti-rnasonic meeting, at which
delegates 10 Utica should be appointed-that they
should attend with instructions from the Albany
Coalition Managers to pTeUent n nomination Tn
governor by the GHfi-mdS0Hic c0nrenfion--and
that Weed should proceed 10 Uiics CHARGED 20 cf-
feet similar object.
Accordingly, weed departed for Utica on Fri
day, 1ctth the cypress design If yrc1eufiug q
ToDtndidon,and on Saturday night q small meeting
OF administration men was held in the second ward
Of this city, aud five delegates named
We ask the attention of a candid people who
despise hypocrisy, to the circumstances under
which this meeting was instigdted and held. The
busy actor in this pretended anii-iasOnic meeting
who urged II on by variot.s means, aud who at
tended IT, IS warm partisan Oh the administration
and was one OF the committee that waited uuon
Mr.. Van Vechten, = tOeH kHOtCn H1rsO3 and re-
quested him 10 stand as the administration cauii-
date for presidential clectOr Another mover in the
rontTiyance, was ono OF the secretaries Of the A.
dams central committee; and he ventured 80 far
from his conceslnent As 10 appear At the mceiiug
though IL IS not easy 20 conceive a more uneasy
countenance than his when it fall npon another
that he did not expect 10 encounter II 3ucha pacel
Another his associate secretary OF the
Adams committee himself also n mason! The five
delegates appointed arc all partisan Adams men,
affi one Of them IS a committee man Of the COai.
ton, and professional partner OF one Of the go
cretaries Of The Adams Central Committee. And
iirese men and their associates, arc the warm Sup
poTrers OF the Adams candidate for elertor in this
district who IL a mason, and the aivoraies Of zen
Van Rensselaer,, The highest m0son IN the sfnfe
who stands az the head Of the administration party
lvre and who will Doubtless receive their Jealous
support for reelection 10 congress-
And yet Weed, in The hope that he nay gull the
sincere snti-masons. has the rfirou ~ to pretend
t,,athe makes no part in the presidential contest
ailI possibly imaginesths such insinccfty and de
yravity can pass without detection.