Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-09

t"o OF tiese SIN s was prevented from iioi!ing by
The petition oil most OF those men immediately int
rested, and by the Fee at York Town, when La
tayeite was received Ir that place. The remain
ing four terms wer, lost consequence OF The va
caneies OF the offices of Clerk SLern-or by the
sickness OF those officers. Bu- is dispatched
IA lie cout oftlis circuit regularly ana p,,uc-
TALLY, that icw suits OF any impor ance are bro't
| In the County Courts. To thi, may be aided that
Judge Sem pe during tke'greatcr part OF the time
which has elapsed since his appointment, has been
| IN delicate health Most respectfully, sc.
| \ CITIZEN OF JAMES CITY.
| August Il, 1928.
| ".sGe..-
Mailed 10 the Counter!
! The lnteigencer expected 10 az great things,
by the denuncaiion il recently proclaimed acast
Mr.. Van Buren The discrein If not the down.
faH, OF that Master Spirit was eagerly ,utici
! pated--a Consequent reaction in New York., and
strong vote in favor OF the Coalition. The Intel
iiSencer placed entire reliance" in The efficacy OF
ihs mau@uvre. 1t had 80 indisputGbie feSii3ionu
OF the existence OF The design" on the par, of Mr.
van buren--and i, boldly sounded the tocsin in
which 1t Wa followed by the n. Y. American the
National Advocate and the prints OF that descrip-
,,on The cautious, hui loyal Mr.. Russell OF the
Boston Centinel, seized upon the illumination with
wonderful. ajacrity tina, these suspi.
cions are conf med by disclosure made in the
". intetigencer, whose able and circua,spect Ed.
TORS, il is well known, never make assertions on
light or doubtful authority" disclosures
~ N'~ S~t%N's41 N"5"s 'SOsC 60 Sc lrOStOtNIeG
on every hOuSe-t0p."
Unhappy disclosures, 1t is unnecessary 10 state
how very annoying they must prove 10 the Editors
OF the lnteiiigencer and their servie copyi,s since,
the Albany Argus has pronounced upon the autho
rity OF MIR. Van Buren, himself, the whole state j..
ment To DC utterly and unquaIi6edy uutrue!''
what. this whole statement, of which there was
such indsputabe testimony The very same
The Argus OF the Isl inst. has followed UP the FIRST
blow Ii coutradicts The n. intelliecncer in the
most uuOu .ilru and inniun,ni cfr
"ifaving had an opportunity OF showing MIR Van
buren, a lew hours previous 10 his leaving town,
the ineligencer containing the article from which
me foregoing Is an extract, have his anihoii-
~ Tor saying that the allegation that he wrote
such letter as is therein forth, or any letter at,
iorng the slightest ground Tor the inference that
he OF his friends contemplated, desired re peal
OF modification in any shape of the present e,ecto
raj law OF this State or that he expressed such
wish IN any form, TO any person; or ever 10,
moment entertained it himself is utterly a,sc, a5
SOlute!y false.
Here we might stop but 10 manifest s,iI farther
IA gross injustice of this putaiion and TO exhib-
II tue reckiessness with which The panders OF i'll
gotten and greatly abused power seek 10 nsrepfe e.
sent and discredit MIR. Van Buren's con;iuct and
character, we will ourselves add
" lst. That II Is within own knowledge
and that OF most OF his friends, tina; Mr. v b. has
at all times both in public aud private, whenever
the subject was alluded 10, opposed and resisted
every suggested alteration OF the present electoral
law: nat the repeated attempts which have been
made in the legislature to change the present mo.
OF choosing electors from choice by districts to
That by general ticket, furnished occasions which
were fully embraced by him, 10 express his opinions
in relation to it;and these uniformly were that IL i,
should ever be thought proper to make that change,
IN order to give the State its full weigh, under
the constitution, IL never ought be done or T.
tempted on the OF election nor until the de-
clared will Of the people had been carried into et-
iect by d; least enc issue under the mode they
themselves had elected; even tlien, unless de-
manded by them.
I'D: 80 Tar from even entertaining wish TO re-
store the choice to the legislature az early as last
fal, when on his way 10 Washington, he met with
republican ne wspaper, which supposed 10
held ont that idea, (but Which subsequently PROV
ed to be misrepresentation OF the e,itor's views)
he wrote a letter To the editor of this paper,+ urg-
ing II upon him duty which, from tis stu.
ation he owed TO the republicans OF the State, to
Fepei, as an reputation upon the honor OF their
party. the idea that they were capable OF such
step"
ms would seem to be an extinsuisher upon thu
new iuinlnaon-and accordingly the ~ Int at
first is stunned by the positive contradictions not
withstandDg the entire confidence which il had
placed upon IFS 'indisputabie testimony, and "the
confirmation strong" which it had received from
the respectable Editor of the Cincinnati Ga
Zette, diiGS the original propagation OF the scan
dal against Mrs. Jackson. They (the ". y have
no aitcrna,ive--and they come out with a rnisera.
Ole apology Ter making such bold and unqualified
accusation against Mr.. Van Buren,. They say that
when private information reached us, from
most respectable source, fifty miles distant from
Cincinnati, fully confirming the Gazette statement
we could not withhold our conviction Of lis truth
nor hesitate about the course which it our du-
ty TO adopt, and we accordingly communicated il
10 The public" 6 We are not at present at iibcr-
ty to refer with more painness to our authority;
but as MIR. Van Buren, has denied the accusation
II viii be incumben, on those who made, and who
authorized it, 10 adiuce hc proofs, OF account for
the error, il error there be in il. IN the present
state OF the question, are bound to receive the
word OF Mr. Van Buren,and TO presume that there
has been some mistake, until the contrary > made
to appear"
Not word from these " circumspect Editors
who " never make assertions on light or doubtful
dnth0rity, about the in,iDuaons which they di-
rected towards the Editors Of his paper They
limited That we had similar evidences OF Mr.. Van
buren'5 intentions, ." in black and white;" but
not word Of this now " Hal, as you love me-
One would have supposed, that as these /" cir
cunspect Editors" had thus made a sort Of 0mcRde
honorable for the blow they had aimed at Mir Van
Buren, they would have refsainsd from any at
tempt 10 weaken the force Of the apology. Not so
with these able and circumspect editors" Two
days had scarcely passed over, before they string
together series Of carping paragraphs from the