Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-12
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az me fssk!s''ae'e Of ds,Psi ation." tNa.. Int
WI;n what peculiar ap,ness do often des-
Srioe teir own situation when they advert TO what
uhey Imagine TO be that of others. Such is the
case with the Nat. Intel,igenccr. The edi,ers of
That sycoptanc Print, are =. astounded' with the
over whelining " signs OF the times" Having IA
Ken shelter under the wing OF every adininistr.-
traon, The prospects OF Gen. Jackson's election al
liict them most sorey. Unless they cen turn the
tide OF public opinion by the hardihood OF their
assertions and the employment Of sen genuous arii
noes, they must suffer severely in the overthrow
oi the new idols OF their idolatry. Aware OF the
la,e which threatens them, they have recently ven
turcd upon bold disclosures, in which they stake
their all We shall see what vii, be the result.
lither course has been " wholly INDEPENDENT OF
enioiument and personal considerations IA they
would have us believe, their loss OF the printing for
Inc Senate would not have stirred up so much OF
THEIR resentment againt the " master SPIRIT who
caused ~ as they sad.it was then that they were
Experimentation, that the ground on which they
ad stood, trembled beneath their feet--fhen. that
they ie the necessity ofbesiiring themselves in the
support OF lettering administra,ion-then that
they charged MIR. Van Buren, with being the
8 Master Spirit OF some new-ans!ed plot, which
mas been since diSproved ana swept into OF lvion-
and II was then, that they commenced that oura-
geous system OF deception garbiing facts suppress
ing the evidences Of public sentiment, circulating
cai'iinihes against some of the purest in the
hatioii-tw from that moment 10 this, that the
present representations and most visionary plots
nave been got up, to deceive the peoplc-And it is
they, who are now
|. Slept i,s So far that should they uGde no
more,
Returning tccre as tedious as 90 Ger"
And they will the course they have taken
kIo support the OF the administration in an
independent spirit and by !ar means, is one thing
ne country would have approved such course
m they could have believed il to have been direct
ed by conscientious convictions not selfish induce
tinents.-The warinest friends OF jackson would
Lhave Justified and excused it-But 10 support the
tSoalition by such miserable shifts devices and
misrepresentation, they have pracsed for near
two years past, admits of sort OF iustiiicati-
on.-hnd yet these men now tell US with apparent
Reconsideration, that they " sercing the coun-
try, not the administration II the country be
seFVeu py The retention of their favor at court; nv
lthelr enjoyment Of so much government patron
age, there may be some truth in this remark But
even charity does not permit 70 believe the as
tseriion. Their own interest is at the bottom at
past and fhey hnoto It, The fact is, they have So
much interest at stake tina, they cannot claim to
ghe impartial-an their opinions as to the merits
:o' The administration are not entitled 10 the influence
which they wish 10 clan.-We have no wish to
senterlnto the personal aiiiirs oirhess srr,,cmen-
but, one OF them al least has forgotten the advice
(which Junius gives Woodall in one of his private
3notes-and the consequence which that immortal
iwriter suggests is realized in every line OF the
tin'eiigencer-They have become the apt slaves
and sycophants OF power. Deceived by the false
appearance ofthe strength of the Administration
Converts to MIR. Cay's opinion of the resistih,c
weight OF the Adminstration-ss give us the po,r
Ter, and we iciH make ourselves pop,,idr''-they
have hurried on, or rather been driven on, by "A
willy and infatuated cabinet into the excesses 10
(which they have been trayeil--tnd now may il
be truly said of them, Their destiny impe, them
on and on they plunge with all tie rcSiiessness
sQf desperatioR.''
( Coalition SiocE-
Is falling, considerably below par-ihe small
MAJORITY III kentucky-the votes OF Illinois and
ihlissouri-the signs from Indiana-tidngs from
New York, and the Speech Of the Secretary
lhave occasioned iai! in the market. Il is eX-
pected to be much lower by the Ist Noveinber-
The holders are in bad heart--aud a general de.
ipresson is felt among them
There was much anxiety felt at Albany about
The Congressional Election for that District. The
tirieu''s OF j. had nominated MIR. Dudey-vhich
would have brought him, and his political friends
drectly IN collision with the worthy and respected
Gen. Van Rensselaer,, (whose casting vot, gave
Mr.. \. the ballot Of " York; To his friends. Iand
many OF bis political opponents are his warm per
sona rlends this competition would have been &c
las most annoying event; and a very bitter and
unpleasant contest was anticipated.--fut we I'M
gderstand that the General has determined not 10
run ne Administration gentry are, of course
no little detected az the Event-and Mr. Dudley
lit IS expected, will be elected vGhou, difficulty
UJ'The want Of space to-day compels us {,
fpostpone some further remarks OH certain pas
tsages oil the ". l. We shall attempt in our next Il
make up for all omissions
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J MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS.
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