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

S62s. aad swear las Le possessed the property al
the ume the assessment of that year was campbell.
cd; thus arbitrarily clogging the exercise of the
molly right Of suffrage with conditions decreed by
themselves, and defeating the operative clear and
undeniab'e enactments OF the constitution. This l
itself was an outrage upon the rights Of the PEG.
pie winch, IN less orderly community, might |
nave produced resistance and acts of violence A 4
bout two hundred citizens were thus deprived of
the right OF suffrage, and most OF these are young
men, known to be the friends ofthe people, cause,
or naturaIized citizens who entertain the same po-
liticai principles. Nor was this ALL The PARTIAL
ity exhibited by those Judges in inquring into
the qualifications OF persons who offered TO vote,
was no glaring as to excite the disgust of every
candid mind.
All this has been borne ny the people with pa
tience, under the persuasion that there is trbu-
nal 10 whom they can appeal for redress. To all
lremonstrances deaf ear was turned by the udg-
es; unanswerabie arguments were replied to with
| menaces oil imprisonment. But these menaces of
| mushroom authority were disregarded by the able
and spirited advocates of the people. Mr. John
Slidel and M. J. II. Grymes, though labouring
| under the prevalent malady, exhibited vigour
Of opposition to arbitrary authority, which has Civ
en- them additional titles to the esteem of every
friend TO the country.
In this city, it is true, the coalition prevailed at
tae late election by small majority, but they owe
their success to means so illegal, repugnant to
me constitution. and 70 abhorrent to the feelings
oil ireeinen, that we prefer defeat like ours to
triumph like theirs. The people are going to a.
dopt strong and etiicacious to obtain re-
dress Tor their wrongs, and to prevent the posi-.
oiiity OF their recurrence, not through idle resent
men hut to convince their servants that their rights
cannot he infringed with IMMUNITY.
As the Adams men are an great spirits. drinking
pinch and cracking jokes on the New Orleans af-
iair' are there any Of them who will take up the
bet OF $4,000, that John Quincy Adams tpiH not be
etected2 CNc y E,no
Consolidation Of the S,ates.-Mr. Fenno. the
leading editor Of John Adams, in 1900, at Phila-
deiphia, utters the following sentiments, which
then accorded with the views of the elder Adams.
ana now corresponds with the plans of his son:
Under wise and prudent ruler, those eyre.
gous haubies OF sovereignty, those pestierous ex-
element TO demagogy, the STATE GOVERN
MENTs, mightbe ABOLISHED and their officers
the government Of the United States 1t would
DE an admirable act for a administration 10
commence its career with
Mr. Adams attempted to carry the above views
,nIo practical effect. by appointing Judge Roches-
ter his Secretary Of Legation to Central America
as Governor OF the State Of New York He then
rendered the Office Of Treasurer of the United
States to Chief Justice Savage, with the view r
running him for Governor, and has finally caused
one OF the federal Judges of Washington to be no
minated for that Office.
Here we see repeated attempts the part Of the
general administration. to put down the sovereign
~ and independence of the state, and thus pave
The way for the old monarchical proposition OF CON
soLiDATIoH. [fb.
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NASHVILLE, July 2s.
DOCT. JAMES l.. ARMSTRONG;
AS the castgation which this man recently re-
ceived, from the hands of son for sianderous
attack on deceased father, will, doubtless, be
made the subject Of many sage reflections by the
Coalition prints, we have thought proper to furnish
our readers with brief statement Of the circum-
stances attending the transaction. The statement
may, we think, be relied on, il is drawn up from
the letter of eye witness.
VIM Gilchrist, Esq. and Mr.. NJ. GiIchrist, his
brother, having learned that Doct Armstrong in
q communication then in the press, had charged
their deceased father with having been a torn
IN the revolutionary Dar, rode to the residence
OF the Doctor, on Wednesday last, accompanied by
two other gentlemen, for the purpose of obtaining
his signature to certificate which they had pre-
viousiy prepared. Mr. Gilchrist then informed
Doct. Armstrong that any newspaper attack OH
himself or brother would have been disregar,led
out that his SANDER on deceased parent could not
PLANTATION. but Mr. Gilchrst insisted on his signing
the certificate What followed cannot be better
told than in the words of our correspondents:
g At the mention of certiG-
cate, the Doctor, in hurried tone of voice said
I'll have nothing to do with it," s. broke ground
like quarter horse, halooing, murder! murder!
murter. The two Mr.. Gichrisis broke after him
and Col. ''s', who had also been invited to ride
out and myself trotted down the hill after them
he Doctor fell, in his flight, three times before
Mr. Gilchrist overhauled him; not forgetting, at
each fall, and between them, in every Jump to cry
out, help! murder! SC. with truly lamentabIe
and tremendous voice. His last fall was a great
one; he fell full length into Duck river when the
water dew at least ten feet high. At the river
Mr. Giichrist boarded him and gave him one of the
most geateci flagelIatons l ever saw"
Our motives fer publishing the circumstances
related above cannot be misconstrued. Ii is impor
tant to shew, that Doct Armstrong has been pun.
lshed, not for any thing he may have said or writ
ton about Gen. Jackson, or the Presidential cleo
tlcn. but for an attack upon deceased person.
tie has received from the hands OF the Messrs Gil
christs, wholesome hageIiaton, for base & un-
manly attack ON the character Of their deceased Ia
ther. Nashville Republican.
The last Sparta Reuic.o contains a stupid and |
contemplate production from the pen of Nath'I |
Williams, on the subject of Aaron Burr & General
Jackson 1t is tissue Of silly falshoods We have
mad conversation with Judge Overton, and fell
ourselves fully justified in pronouncing so much NJ
the publication relates to him. as Grraut n lie
as mas been manufactured during the Preside n,ai
canvass. Judge Overton never spoke one word TO /
Aaron Burr in his whole life; he never was intro
duced TO him. Judge Williams for MANY wears bas
been the laughing stock of the Bar, and perfect
incubus on the judicial district in which he has
presided. His want Of memory is notorious
his want OF ceTncisy will moi hereafter be question
co. 10.
To the Editor Of the Paris Weekly Advertiser !
MIR. BENNING: Sir, enclosed you will find an |
other certificateYou will give il a place in next
Saturdays paper, and much oblige, Yours Sc. |
JNO. DESHA.
do hereby certify, that | was present at Car
isle IN the spring, 1925, when John Desha asked
ten Metcaiie his reasons for voting for Mr.. Adj |
not possibly get MFR. Clay into the cabinet with
out voting for. AMI ecctiur Mr. Adan,s -.