Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-16

ing power Of the peoples WILL without resortn to
SO desperate reincdy--a remedy which should
never be thought oil but when the alternative be-
tween Union and slavery, SeueroRse, and FIRE
SOM was clearly presented TO the people, asihcir
last and Only eSpedent. But my reluctance to
sanction sentiments OF disunon in any, the 81 .'t-
est degree, were, would hope, sufficiently evinc-
cd by my refusal to lie employed as council for
90, Burr, when he was charged in the Federal
Court Of this State, with design to sever tie
Union.
But TO return to The paragraph. II originated
in the Focus, an administration paper, printed
IN louisville, and is an obvious pervcrsion, either
by mistake or design, OF sentiment do sincerely
entertain, aud which did utter in perhaps every
one OF the many conversations which held during
the summer, concerning the presidential election.
rarely il ever, failed, in each OF those
tons, TO give il rs my opinion, &c That If MIR. A.
dams should be reelected, the People of the u
nitcd States woni nerer, by their unbiased rotc,
elect another President. urged, that the wilt Oh
the People had been outraged in the election Of
MIR. Adans-that the public sense had been sliock-
ed by the outrage, and that the people had desie-
mated Gen Jackson as the man, in whose election
over Mr. Adams, the insulted majesty Of public o.
piniorl would be appeascd;- and the public will re-
stored TO its legitimate vgor That the selection Of
GeuJackson was iudicious and happy, because The
people in elecng him, could by the same cxerton
OF their power, reprobatc the intrigue and 7rtico
by which their will had been violated in the cleo
ton OF Mr.. Adams, and confer on their most dis
un,uishcd citizen the presidency, as the just
ward OF his exalted worth. L urged, further, that
the contest was between the people and the govern
incnt; that it was, esscnaIly a contest for power;
that there was nothing beneath the but mind
! and ma!ter-iiat the latter could not govern, and
that the former Of course must That in all govern
ments the iciH of the people, OF Poyti0,t or. o.
dRe OF them must necessarily bc employed in gov
erning: that when the will of all was empioye6t:ie
people were seq 2ocefRe6 free and happyIhat when
the will Of the few, or Of one governed, the PEG
pie might be more less happy, ut least negative
ly So according to tho temper discretion of tho
he q. hat
struggle, the part OF the admins tration was 10
| sustain itself in the violation Of the public will,
and TO perpeuate It's i'll gotten power, by mis- ea
crcise Of the patronage belonging TO it, That
The effort, the part of the people, was to assert
the power OF their will, and v;ndcate its paramount
. authority: That if Mr.. Adams should be rc-elect-
ed, II would be an evidence that the power Of tho
patronage o. government ic1s too strong for the
81 power OF public sentiment: that the contest could
never be renewed on the part of the people, I'M
der happier auspices: they could again expect
| TO select an individual from among themselves,
more deserving thau Gen. Jackson-one towards
whom the public esteem, gratitude, and affection
go OBVIOUSLY and so intensciy converged. added,
too, that if the power OF the patronage Of the go<
vernncnt, with its s,ratagem and intrgues should
~ uis instance, prove too strong for the violated
and insuited will OF the people il would, cyer7
subsequent occasion, he found still stronger and
peciay towards the close of Mr.. Adams next
term, when II was rot improbable, that the ingc-
rent power OF money would associate itself %ith
the power oil the government, in the view TO oh.
tain renewal of the charter OF the Bank of the
United States; and concluded with asserting it, as
my opinion, that the power of the gov eminent,
combined. asst would be, with the power OF incor-
Perated wealth, would, in all time TO come, fur
nsh the President, according tohe h.le Of safe pi
cedenfs, IN TIE name If The People; or until the
destiiiies should interfere in their Behalf"
This was, when uttered il, and stills nay deli
berae opinion: For it is the Government in every
country that Expresses the people: they never OPP
press themselves, or iCW their own oppression. II
is unnatural that tbey si,ould-They are first de
ceved, then depraved, and finally enslaved; they
are, in every instance, the deiuded instruments OF
| rnn They have the power of c6unteraction,is
they would but exert 1T, and confront myself
with the belief, that they will exert il at this mos
critical juncturethat this opce attempt on the
part o. the government to delude and dupe tn NJ
to Undermine the very principles of their liberty,
will be met, a. the approaching election, by their
whitening Indignation that in the election Of tue
man who has filled the OF his coun,ry's
| glory; the man who would not stoop TO intrigue
for the diaIcm, who could not be seduced by Vani-
ty or tempted by avalice, 10 lend the sanction of
ms presence TO the subyersion OF Mexican liberty,
lesson will be taught by the people to their func-
onarics, which will be long anil usefuly remem-
bcred-a lesson from which the representatives OF
every description, will, hope, learn, that the Will
oil Their constituents still possesses and i'll continue
TO possess, its Pdrdiysig power, and that its sane
t,ty cannot be violated with impuuiy--that- ihs
people possess intelligence enough TO comprehend,
and ilrfnness enough 70 mantaiD, the principles
|
pend: and dat tbey will always derde, mpofent
and idle, the Misrepresentation, the artficcs anf
caiun,niss, by which deniagogues and their minons
may hope TO disparaSe and subVert their rights: in
tine, that they safely dispense with the visits
aud rheiorico OF Cabinet orators.
| have thus, gentlemen. briefly given you an ac-
count Of the substance OF the conversation from
which, suppose, the one ascribcd to me i'm the
Focus, wastaken may have been misunderstood
by soTe one present, who iol it to he his duty,.or
whose vocation II was 10 report my crsation a.
G undertook H. to the editor OF that paper; or lie
may have thought tint the privileges of espionage
would allow of the distortion which he chose'to
give 10 my sentiments. Whether the mirepresen-
tatIon was the result of want Of cearness Of ey-
preston on my part, or OF perception his--o Of
Tie vINijness Of his fancy leave 20 him to deter
mine and content myself with repeating, that ne
yer entertained, harbored, or uttered such senti-
incDii nor do know, believe that it was uttered
| by others.
have lor6ornc to notice the ~ isrepresentalion,
longer, perhaps than should have doue; iB fact
| did not intend TO nocet at all had no appreben-
sion OF injury 70 myselllrom its circulation. have
never noticed any Of The many fake inputafions
upon my political course | always believed that ID
was wiser Tor 10 RELY, lor the REPUTATION Of
caiunly, upon the complexion OF his life, than DIP
on the vgOr cVpcrtucss of his pen. But times
I have chmgcd AMI have yielded, (,hough tardi-
| ~ 10 tic conviction, that ought TO conform to-
their requison, and negative this injurious state
neDt by recital OF the general tenor Of my con-
vcrsdticns relative 10 the presidential election
which have tlius hastily AMI briefly DONE and 10
Winch you have tlio goodness to give pubjici.y
Ftbfopghihe coiumng Of The Telegraph
! fout obcdcnt servant.