Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-26
DOMESTIC.
THE COALITION.


LETTER
g y. sergeant, Manuel Eyre, Laurence Lciois,
Z. O. B'daIe, and Joseph p. Norris, Esqrs
AUTHORS 81 on address adopted at the od-
n."!sD7tson totcn meeting Of the IN Juiy.
tscnaemeh;--ln the address submitted by you.
20 the public, early in July last, you very truly
say, that the day on which the approaching cleo
hon tor president will be held, will Be marked in the
history oil the country. a crisis has, indeed, arr
sem upon the result of which, we are persuaded,
X VIII depend whether the people shall he hence
forth dby iactious combinations or shall retain
the sovereignty in their own hands. We, also en-.
tireiy concur with you, in your exhora,ion TO the
pcopie-io consider the exercise of the right of
suffrage a sacred duty-to lay aside passion and
preJudice--and to take counsel only OF an enlarg-
ed patriotism 49,
il You, gentlemen. had regarded the iudicious
advice, which you thus gave to others. we should
nave been followed i,om the obligation 10 notice
your address: IL you had avoided passion and pre-
JUDGE. and, taking counsel from an enlarged patr
oiisn, had substituted persuasion for prescription
and iacts ior assertions the public would have been
instructed, and we should have reioiced at such
demonstrations of GOODNESS and cah,!our in these
rude and incorporate times.
But, we are Constrained by our respeci for truth
as wei as by our regard for the cause, which we
honestly cspouse, TO say, that do not see in the
Senerai matter oi your address, any indication
Whatever, that twas written under the influences
Whch IL processes an anxiety 10 extend: On the
contrary, we think that many its assertions are
gratuitous, that its differences drawn through
inc medium OF "pasSon and prejudice and that
IT'S antciPaiions are the creatures of an inarina-
ton that Is diseased, an ambition that is dissat
sGcd.
DO not suppose, Chat, in thus freely declaring
The Impression, which your address has made uu.
On our understandings, we mediate in,gnity or
INJURY TO YOU u not Otherwise restrained we have
ad lesson from your own intcmpsrancc: YOU
have blended all, who disagree witt, YOU in opin-
ION, under the common dcnnnciatiou OF faction
anu have assigned motives Tor their ac,ions and
objects Tor their efforts, no less arocious than
those, which merit public cAecration; but, be as
Sured, That we, ami those who act with US feel no
injury, much less resentmcnt-on the contrary.
we h'hi tlis prescription such a one was haile,.
ny inc republican party, thirty years ago, as an o.
men o the .aic OF him, whose deIna ids such
an advocacy.
Nor, ~ thus addressing you, must any one sup
pose, That We aim, or expect 10 alter your course
II Is 10 ne understandings Of those trto are net
efe'G", that we would respectfully address our
selves and we merely adopt the form of letters TO
YOU because Lar occasion is thus presented, I'M
Ger tHe names oil persons, known 10 the public TO
lay before them such facts and arguments rs, oyy
g 10 Tue degradation OF tie press, they might be
disposed TO doubt or disregard il stated ANONYMOUS
~ we intend, then, TO enquire into the truth aud
iiiIness oil your assertions as.d an,ic,pdtcns.
tat, before we proceed to execute this "a slt we
WI, III Tie present letter, notice your appeal To
those, who ate IN the enjoyment OF wealth: your
apPea' s, ia effect, an allegation. that there is one
portion o1 the community, which has a. the iarg-
EST stake and The deepest interest inthe welfare OF
society, ana the purity oil institutions: again.
hc '!i'ecratic character and tendency OF this doc
u'bc' we protest, and we call public notice 10 it
ho' only because II is unsound in itself, but be-
cause Our fellow -ciizeus VIII bc enabled 10 decide
what confidence ought 10 be placed in party ,
which seeks 10 establish such distinctions ia hi:
free country.
We ask, Il. !, explicitly, whether there is anv
particular portion OF the community, which truly
mas deeper interest or larger stake, in the pub.
nc welfare and institutions, than any other? Such
a doctrine, w0 believe, has been ALWAYS rtivaicIv
heid BY tic aristocra,ic party, To which Won hc,one
IL Is III i'ii! operation ia England, as may be seen
IN tc manner, IN which our last presidential cleo
sHolcc' there: and ii was deliberately a,lvo
Gated rs icriner president Adams in his work
ainS'liArly called Defence OF the American Con.
su'"uoiS;' but II IS doctrine, which in this happv
country, Is u'tcnahc ia arsu;usnt, and odiOus IN
application.
wealth. What is il? /, is that. which given IN
rs possesscr the superiluitics Of life, whether he
Is he suhlectot despot or ttc ciiizen OF a re-
pubHc-itis often acquired by the!nere accident
OK birth, and sometimes accumulated by SUCCESS
M Ta"u-i contributes no new energy TO the
'h'n''' a"d oIten stiles the finest impulses of the
SOM; II cannot g,e health 10 an uusound BODY Or
peace TO troubled conscience and il usually
makes man took upon his brethren, as YOU seem
10 DO, as beings of an inferior order-Aud vet why
sbail all this he so: Is wealth permanent in liz ma
tire, or hereditary i'm lis uualtics3 Look around
you, gentlemen, and observe the wrecks i'm our own
vicinity! Look back upon the many persons, who
thirty years aEo, tainted the republicans of
uls district, as yoa unkindly upbraid their dcs.
In The British Annual Register for 1925, i. il
sald, III reference ~ the election OF Mr. Adams nv
the mouse oil rcpreseDtatives.-" As Jack sou cnun.
ted amongst his partsaDs, tie tChOie rdbbke of the
country, mcir rage at his defeat was extreme and
u was NOR violent, az, he HaquosiioHablg had q
MAJORITY 9f the people on his side
The principles of Mr.. J. Adams. aud in which
his son MIR. j. q. Adams was 10 donbt od,,r,toI
are deliberately cSpaincd il this work. In Mr.
Jobn Adams reply 10 tic young men of philadel
phia, i199, he aycTrcd, that American jpdepen
deDce was declared, not "a an object of. pred,Iec
ZION and choice, but oil indispensable necessity p
ib me Work on Tie American constitutions, vol ,
page ooO, Mr.. Adams says The distinctions nj
PQ0F and rich, are as necessary in state OF con
siderable extent, az laboUr and good government
j ne poor are destined to lIhour; and the rich bv
Tie advantages of education leisure and judepcn-
dence arc qualified for SupcyiOr stations As,iu
~ page lbs, vol. 3, lIc SAYS" The people M all
nations are naturally divided into two sDrfs. the
gentlemen ard iie siHPiemnI, word which is
here chosen to signify the common ycOpie'' "By
The common people we mean BABOUREEs. nus
BAHDMEN, MECHANICS, and MERCHANIs in
general, who pufsuc their occupations ayd id,lus
try without any knowledge in liberal arle NJ
sciences, or in any thing but their own ,rsdrq n,
pursuits. Again n page 400, same vol II is
vac uVe P0icy "i The common pcOpie 10 pisrc
NE whole executive power ia one man" p.pe
400. ny kings and hingly power, is meant
nc executive power IN a single pccsou' p,pr
'J' There Is not, va the " hole Ro,n,,n t;eioty
20 "'PPg period ~ this under their King" Vol
!! Pa"e ~, y" oui1 contend that tie Engli.h CON.
S,"u''"h t"ihgs J"r''s EcOmnOus) 81 IN tic theory
p'..n ~ ~ S'ups"0ons Iabfie OF human invenfon'