Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-01-24

norable motive that could produce IT, However
delightful it may be to them, TO offer this sacri-
hce of truth and Justice TO the gods of their idoia
try, they too wise not to calculate on provo
king by it, general ridcule, if not public con-
tempt. On this subject, they have another as
sertion which has about much reality for its
| foundation, as Banquo's ghost Redhefter's per-
petual motion. They declare that they have
. seen with inevitable regret, General Jackson
descend from his high dignity to hlingle in person
IN the contest waged for his own election. -
The sincerity Of their regret may be best es-
tirnated by rejecting on the torture to which their
invention must have been subjected, for the incl
dent from which it flows-the pain OF which ope-
ration, might have been spared them, had the de-
hcacy of General jackson not been illustrated by
contrasts, with the meddlesome effrontery and cor
rupting circulation Of the executive ofhcershad he
met Mr. Adams at Baltimore, Mr.. Clay at Pitts
burg Mr.. Southland in Virginia. MIR. Barbour at
Annapolis; or had it not required the invitation OF
sovereign State to draw him from his home, TO
participate in the celebration of great event in
his OVID and his country's story.
But the temper of the Richmond meeting, their
attention TO the progress of events, the phases OF
character and all the circumstances belonging TO
the problem involved in the comparison of General
Jackson with Mr.. Adams, and in the designation
OF the latter for President, is best explained by
their own declaration viz that they 60 think OF
Gen. jackson as they always did"
It'll very known that about the time Algernon
Sidney drew his impatient pen ct IN ce!eTes lam
Dos nlislt fiu'eRteHl against the Hero of New Or
leans, the latter was regarded by many persons in
Virginia with much such sentiments, as during the
heat oil the revolution prevailed in England, to-
wards General Washington. They believed the
execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister TO be, in
the language of Mr.. Clay, (who was then attack
ing Mr. Monroe through the reputation OF General
jackson, for appointing Mr.. Adams Secretary OF
State in preference to himself) murder That
the pursuit OF the Seminole Indians TO their pla-
ces of refuge and recruit in Florida, was law
less and unauthorized-and that General Jackson $
character was ferocious-lis propensities vicious
habits proiligate, y conduct outrageous. hereas,
now that the excitement of that season has subsi-
ded, and that time has cast its impartial light up
on the inatter, il is universally known that the
execution Of ATbuthnot and Ambrister was in
strict conformity with the laws of nations and
sages of war; was perfectly justifable upon the
principle ola prudent retaliation; and was inca
sure OF justice far less opposed 10 mercy than the
execution of the unfortunate Andre. That the IN
vason OF Florida no violation oil the neutrality
OF Spain-t being necessary that neutrality should
exist before il be violated, and II being both
notorious and aftested, that the sovereignty OF that
province was, like the embraces of harlot, g o.
pen TO all comers, and par ticulary proshtuted TO
our enemy. That this prudent and effective mea-
sure correspondent with the orders and policy Of
the government and like the execution Of sirbuth-
not and AmbIlster, gave serious offence 10 no
statesmen on earth but our own designing pohti-
clans. 1t is also known that by the quiet force OF
virtue Gen. Jackson has lived down the calumnies
of !ls private character, and that jury OF his vi
cinage unbought and unsolicited--as respectable
for numbers, for knowledge, or talents, and for
worth, as the Adams men of Richmond, have fur
nshed undenlable evidence OF his spotless lntegri-
~, amiabe virtues, and unblemished honor. And
yet Messrs Cabell, Call, Stanard and Co. 60 think
Of General jackson as they always did!''-Exarn-
pies of intellectual pertectlonl On a subject SO
complex progressive, and variable as human cha
racter-to fix which the canonizng seal of death
is required, and to ascertain which the patient
search of the historian is often Insufficient, their
inpeccable opinions are neither 10 be enlightened
by time nor modified by evidenced They listen not
to the increasing piaudits of his counrymen, the
unvarying testimony of his neglIbors-they regard
not the faithful energy with which he has-tilied CT
vii Offices, nor the easy grandeur with which he
resigned tlem-& they turn their eyes from an act
OF moderation y magnaninlty which has no parallel
in the history OF Grecian Of Roman greatness.
To preserve the freedom of Corinth, Jimolcon per
mitted the assassination OF his own brother. In de-
FENCE cflberty and law, BTuus stabbed his friend
in the capitol; and poetry and oratOry delight TO
pourtray him brandishing his bloody dagger over the
body OF Cesar, and coDgratulating Cicero on the
freedom Of the state. But this splendid act though
described in the immortal eoquence Of Gully,Or in
hcclasscaf numbers Of Akenside, must lose its
iustre If compared with General Jacksons rejec-
ton of Buchanans overturc.i The highest object
of human ambition placed within reach of the
American patriot. No law OF the republic was to
be violated, no feeling OF the heart TO be outraged,
10 prejudice of mankind to be shocked-but the
from the path Of honor and he subdued the power
fi temptation as he subdued the foes of his coun-
/ try. Still he is charged with an g unreasonable
desire to iill the Office OF Prcsidentis thought of
! " Just as he always was by the Richmond meet
ING! IL is impossible 20 conceive that this noble
( act Of Gen. Jackson unknown 10 the gentle
men. Nor arc they bound to dissent from the
general admiration OF It, in order to arrive at a
perfect faith in the purity of the coalition. The
most favorable account that can be given oftheiF
cudcayOT 10 underyalue or discredit it, IS to i'm
pute il to feeling, like that OF the Athenian citi-
zen who voted for the Punishment oi Aristides be
I cause he could not bear TO hear him called 1hi
| lust But men who show no mercy 10 facts, car
| do little justice TO character.
In approaching the subject Of Mr. Adams merits
| they found their zeal in his favor upon sympathy
excited by the strong and general opposition which
/ his election and his measures have provoked,
sentiment for which they justly claim the cTedi
ofgenerosity, it being evident that zeal for ,he
election Of Mr. Adams, cannot proceed from no
/ BILE love Of liberty, prudent regard to the inter
ests Of the country, Of proper respect Tor its in
stitutons They thus sum up their articles Of faith
in the divine right Of John the ID; g He is pure ant
upright in neutrality-suspicious., however occasion
ally mistaken-prudcnt and indefatgablc in the dis
charge Of his public duties-blameiess and ire
proachable in private life" That honest and sa
gacious traveller, LcTnnel CULVER, declared tina
the shade OF Homer was Introduced to the shade
Of his commentators, in lis prcscncei and that IN,
Mr.. Ciay uttered this outrageous charge il
debate but in the report oil his speech suppiessc,
f." Casqre iniefeeto iaqldt stoiin orVenf,p
aIfe eriolens Marcus Bruttfs pUgiOHeJn cicero
mem nominofim ereiom0oit atqee q recuperntqU
H5ertaiem est gJatu'oius. I'D Philippe.
Brutus rose,
Refulgent from the stroke Of CTsar's E.,,
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