Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-02

ha. a name; unless like Miss Mitiords Jack
Hatch,' his be 4 name to which search for the
owner would he in vain. What consufni,,sty
hu,uor and Iogic What pretty style Of conpo-
sion! Yet i, helps TO I'LL out their poniero,ls CO.
iumns-apd will he considered by some won
deriully smart pary.-if they do not practice
mpti BILE aficcatcn, but really want 10 know
who Henry Horn is, they may obtain full iniorlna
ton by enquiring Of Mr.. John Sergeant, whom
| he tied too years ago in the vote for Congress
| hut perhaps they DO not know" Who Mr.. John
Sergeant Our Acknowledgment that but :. for
| the Military conduct Of Gen. }. he would never
have been adcuntogeousiy known to his coun-
try-is seized upon by that uncandid print, and
held up with uccld1dfio'is, as justiiying the sup
port OF Jackson as a successful soldier. They are
entitled to i patent right Tor the art of msreprc
senting, and garblng.-We asked ' Is not the
whole patronage OF the govcrnne Mt, immense and
almost irresistible "a it is, welded TOR the reeiec
| ton Of Mr.. Adams:' They quote this sentence
| Tearing out, the word Glnsost-and then gravely
! answer" No" They deny that the patronage
Of the government is either - immense or" ire
sistiJie'-and say, " Such as it is the ,choie OF it
Is not tindeed large portion OF tits mott welded
Tor the ELECTION oil MIR. Adams; but by the libe
rality and forbeaydce oil Mr.. A. much OF it takes
, directly opposite direction is an acknow-
ledgment- Ono; intended by the bye) that portion
at least oil the patronage rs welded Tor Mr. Adams
benefit. That part which Z" Mr.. AS forbearance'
| (kind-hearted gen,enan!) permits " take d-
rectly opposite drection'-is summed up, we pre-
sumo in the reference to the collector and Gus
| TOM house officers vi the city of N. York, who,
we are told, g are sufficiently numerous and po,o
eJui, we believe, 10 control the vote of that i'm
portant city, am, it mistake net they have done
so more than once to the great joy and comfort of
the ombination"-Indeed And do yon, gentle
men, give the federal custoni-house officers in
N York this controlling and irresistible power,
/ and yet pretend TO deny our question even in its
unSd,Oied form? And do you presume to libel
| the good people Of that city, by holding them up
as having been absolutely dictated TO by handful
| off Ind his ha firm
your suppression oithe word almost is not SO bad
Tor 1t seems that federal officers dictate to the
people, when opposed TO, as well as when for the
powers that be. This, perhaps, is the reason that
all Secretaries but ons, and the President too,
| are now on electioneerng tours. Great Heavens!
! TO what degree of humiliation has our country
been brought, by an Unsuitable rapacity for ofic
But TO give the Intelligencer fair play: They
say:
The sane is the case with other important
lCoectorshlps, each possessing of i'sef more in
dependent patronag. thai the Presidency of the
Uni ed states Then tiere is the Pc t-Ofice Es-
tabiishment OF the United States Does any
pretend TO believe that that engine of power
y patronage has been welded for the re election
OF Nir. ADAMs? Do the Editors OF the Enuuir-
er dare to assert il? We defy them to make good
not only such an assertion as that, but also their
general assertion. We allow them to retract one
halt the whole OF their assertion, and then they
cannot prove half OF the remainder. In short,
1t cannot be supported. With regard to the Gen
era Post Office, with the highest personal respect
Tor the worthy gentleman at the head of il; with
the least possible disposition TO disturb his tenure
oil an oiiice which he ellis with ability and exem-
piary industry and fidelity; it is perfectly well
known that he takes nothing like active part III
favor OF the present Administration
The Post Office establishmcn,-Ayc THAT is
but one OF the epartments-But ii - alone a
VAST engine OF power and patronage!' Yet these
be"ildered editors gravely tell the ,cioIe pat
ronage OF the government is neither Immense
nor irresisiible," Here is discovery that part
isgreater than the whole. Into what floundering
nonsense are the signs of the times hurry.ng
these alarmed gentlemen! Would that their
course had any thing in il to recommend. them to
our commisseration.
But what's the truth in relation 10 these excep-
tons, in proof of Mr.. Adams 's lberality and far
oed!ance! Are not the custom-house officers Of
y. Y. retained because they are experienced, va
l,iable officers; and, particularly, because
their removal would blast the little hope which
Mr. ~ has in that great state' .. Libcraity and
iorbearance indeedl 1t is mere caic,tiatiori.--
Is not MIR. Mclean kept the head of the Post
Office merely TO >oothe Ohio? Have we not seen
an atieinpr made lately TO feel the public pulse on
tie p'opriety OF turning him out' wide The re-
cent attempts OF citizen Binns, whose calculations
upon the vote OF Pennsylvania you have adopted,
whose character you have endorsed-and whose
collin hand bills you may come 20 circulate yet be-
fore the 90 days out.)
Mr. Adams found Mr.. Mclean in the Office
and prior TO November next he dare not remove
| liim So much for hi JOybeordnce. viii the
ln'elligeuccr assert that Mr.. Mel. Yields this
! cast engine OF "powsi AM pa fonage;'' Do they
no. know that al the important appointments
made y hun are advised or dictated by the pres.
dent The minor ones are left 10 the p. NJ. c..
Did not Mr.. Clay dictate the appointments to the
| post Office at Nashville, Louisville, &c.?-Nho
stationed vigilant spy over the correspondence of
! Andrew Jackson We seriously advise the Intel
igencer 10 enquire little into the manner in which
| Tins PAST engine has been played. Bat il is use
less, for they speak against light and knowledge,
| and . there is no hope in them
| -" IL is perfectly well known that MIR. Mclean
takes nothing iihe active part i'm Error of the
present administration" very cunning and
diplomatic this is-How characteristic of these pl-
| ant and adIot editors ! Do they nsinuate what
they know not to be true, that Mr.. Mel is IL, IA
oo' OF the administration; when they know thai he
en'eriains partiality Jackson without eyincing
IL IN las office! Or do they mean undo this spe
| cieS 81 Iiiyoque, % aunt VI. Mclean with
want 81 Devoted active service, which forms part
! OF their own cutchion! We are really sorry
that NESTS. Gales and Seaton give so many cyi
! dehcc< oil their contempt for the common sese of
thrl' readers They have very soon forgotten
! their quarrel with MIR. Adams when Secretary Of
ota'e when, he Withdrew from them the patron
! age OF his department, and insisted so yehemenilv
on MF. Monroe's disinssing them altogether, as
aithl"ss to the administration. The people re,neu.
Der the controYorsy& the proud triumph Of the ed
lois " they hal mad spirit enough 10 enjoyit What
| has now converted them into lis unauaiitied culo
gl~ts: Surely il is not the " irresistibl, influence
OF the government patronage. They have never felt
such an extraneouS impulse, aud are therefore the
pest qualiiledto pronounce the government pat
Ifonage, neither immense nor irresistible While
the poor city OF ~. York j. lost 10 the adminstra
,ion' ny biunder III the appointment OF custom
mouse officers, these editors stand as monuments
hat ftrf 80. a. IL.