Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-08

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health and durability; the day approaches, when
The virtue and intelligence of the people again
10 be tested: the same atrocicus prescriptions which
'vas directed against Jefferson, is employed to
rub Jackson OF his coun;ry's gratitude and honouts
thc same malcdctions, which were inipiousiy in
Tokcd as punishment, II the people elected JeIer
sou, are NOW a. shamefully pronounced as prcfera-
bic 10 the election OF Jackson: but il was a signal
proof oil the devotion and courage OF the people, 10
trust IN the mercy of Prov dcncc and the exercise
OF their own virtue; and it was high mark of Pro-;
rident,a appreciation, that the election of Jeiier-
son opened TO the republic is happiest days. Do
we seek such triumph now? II we 10, it is at our
diS,osal
Who, at the present day. believes the SANDERS
upon Jefferson Yet those ISLANDERS were as boldly
uttered and as laboriouSly vouchcd as any that are
row Circulated against Jackson; who, in 1918, four
Scais alter the late war, said surinised that
Jackson was unworthy of honour or gratitude,
wherever hc went lie was then hailed with shouts
OF Joy and 10y all parties careSsed as a patriot who
had added largely To his counry's reputation: but,
as soon "a his country'ncn evinccd desire 30 give
him a distinctive mark o! gratitude-as soon as his
laures cast shade upon the preicnsiuns of men,
who had intrigued and traliickrd, and who had al
toacy in iacy the presidency in their grasp-the
Walls of wrath We're einptied upon him. with An un-
sparins hanf and he, who, il not candidate would
have passed through life with disputed fame is
assaulted with every weapon that envy and malice
can WELD, because he is cmpha,caliy the candi
date Of the people, and not the creature OF faction
or coalition OF factions
Is it not so? Can any man of truth deny the fair
ness OF this representations
who, indeed thirty years hence, will credit the
'aleS now told OF Jackson, any more than we now
believe the faisehoods, told thirty wears ago of JEFF
ierson? Who will, then, believe that the IAN who
never wore sword except when his country was
hssailed, or held ulonger thanit necessary for
lis defence, would draw il TO enslave his countrv.
men? Who will, then, believe, that the people of
the present age were debased as to make militia
~ usurpation possible? Who will then, believe
that he, who encountered death in every share 10
protect the deenccioss widow snd orphan nation
and maid, sought to sacrifice human beings wanton-
~: Who WILL then, believe, that Jackson whom
OIL the presidents of the republic, Washington Adj
ANS Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John o. Adj
ans, had honoured with confidence or applause a.
patriot, and great man, was mere ssmiiiiarv
chieitan?" Who will, then, believe that Jack son
had no talents or civil qualifications when il is
known that he held and was offer ed hirh civil
trusts, under Washington, Madison Monroe with
the iuli concurrence, in The last instance, of John
u. Adams himself? Who will, then believe that
Andrew jackson was man governed by passion,
anu ANXIOUS Tor cOnmotion, when il is known that
when his election was defeated Ivy cabal Febrr-
airy ., 1928, moment az which the best men would
naturally feel, ii not utter, Indignation A Jackson
tesought his friends 10 abstain from any man |
Hesitation OF feeling for him, or discomfort at what
was done! who, IN 1928. will look back upon the
incorruptible integrity and magnaninitv of An |
drew jackson, during the events of the winter Of
1879, without avowing, that he then gathered
wreath of glory, which will bloom and flourish.
even after the laureis won upon The plain OF Or.
leans shall cease to dazzle or adoin,
IT, then, fellow citizens, such will be the SEN
tnents OF our successors, thirty years hence as to
Andrew Jackson, is there no soiicitudc amongst me
as TO their sentence upon ourselves? Shall we |
emulate the virtue OF our predecessors as to JEFF
ierson or baseiy consent that jackson shall be the
frst victim of hcart!ess proscription2 Shall the
people, who asked him 10 be their candidate and
made hi,n mark for every rutisn hand to strike
at. slumber when he is assaiied? Are ye wilI;ng |
20 tell the world that like the Athenans in their
ingraiitude TO the victor Of Marathon, we have
lost all sense OF national obligation and personal
feeling?
DO not suppose that we doubt your virtue, or
Nndcr-rate your intelgence LET il not he thoupbt
mat we apprehend discontinue: no, YOU have ex
pressed your sense OF the bargains of 1925, in |
ones not loud but deep; you have sript the party
o, Mr.. Adams, OF all the powers, which. time and /
the constitution enabled you to take away: voI, !
have presented TO the world an administration at
variance with yourselves and the councils of the |
+epublic; you have chasiised at the polls the blow
aimed at your liberties in the capitol! and you will
reduce the slanderers of Jackson, to the doom |
which befel the tradurers Of JetIersoni
But, it is not enough, that this should be done: |
the purity OF our institutions, reverence for their
founders, tenderness for descendants, and our
own honour and pride. ell demand, that the exam
pie should be signal elsc what must be our shame
and our fate! Ii we barely Brighten the yamnvre !
from ole victim, ii will seek and gut itself Win |
the blood OF others one tarocous faction will SUE
coed another, sacrificing, as in Rome the most |
pnb!icSPiTited citizens, and leaving to the people
the mere dregs of liberty.
We have told you, fellow citizens, that A ldrey
jackson had received the confidence of Washing |
ton, Madison and Monroe. and the applause and |
cncoTniums oil Jefferson and the elder Mr. Adams:
i must aSo be known to you, that the present pre-
Hdent himself, when secretary Of state was the A.
bic and successful defender Of Andrew Jackson n
gains all the accusations, in relation to the Semi
mole and the occupation of Florida which are
revived by MIR. Adams partizans; nav. even
alter MIR. j. W Adams was chosen president, and |
Of course ioresaw another struggle with general
jackson, he eXtoiIcd him-not, fellow citizens nc |
q mere solder, but as q man &c OF whose d,0yfh |
'GieHtS, ana serctces. no one entertained higher
or more respectful sense, than Mr.. Adams him !
seif-as man Sc whose name closely associ. |
sted with the glory of his country" Great enco |
rniums, indeed, pronounced by rival and strony.
~ conrasted with the calumnious aspersions now
flung a: general Jackson by Mr. hdains' par,izans,
encomiums, which we could gladly attribute 10 |
generous and noble spirit did we not know that
present prescription ~ guided by the intimate asso.
ciates Of Mr.. Adams himself
We will not now, however, coniras. the Delhi.
crate declarations Of Mr.. j. @. Adams with the
incorporate language Of his parzdns, in relation
10 the character and conduct Of General Jactson:
1T another moment we shall execute that dutv.
but we no'7 lay before you the dispassonate opin
IONS OF the late preside nts Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams, expressed when the conduct and
capacity OF general Jackson were the objects oil
fher scrutiny az well as OF public fame.
As 10 the sentiments Of Thomas Jefferson, res
ptcting general Jackson, they have been IoDr
known 10 his counrymen. Mr.. jefferson conside,
red him The most III person ~ be put IN nominal |
ton by the republican party, after the restoration
r.ff .c Atrtaa a., of D.. a, (f :,