Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-14

Ing beyond the Splendor OF the frst message OF the
present Adams. Not content with that the opin-
ions OF the fate De VIII Clifton have been tortur-
Ell into inconsistency by several of these Admins
tratou members.
am pleased with the candor now shown by the
Adams party in both houses. They have throw n
Gil the MASK, and displayed themselves 70 view
What do you think says Mr.. GOrhan? He act,f.
ally asserts that the iedei al government does not
- hsOtc such a thing G.StGte goce,1Haeni or q
State potcer"W He may well say, that the ma.
tonal goy eminent ought not 10 know such a-thins-
~ the people DO you remember the atteu,Dt
that was made by theSpresent executive OF their
subordinates 20 tax the canal boats OF YOUR statsS
Do you remember REORGANIZATION OF the prin-
ciple that liberty is power?' Connect all
theses acts and declarations with their omen
bare-iaced avowals in both houses, OF doctrines
subversve of the rights OF the people, as well as
the sovereignty of the states, and you will find
that the party which supported the elder Adams
was not half so dangerous as the party which NOW
supports the younger. Both had the same ariSto-
cratic views the same dangerous designs upon the
liberties of the people, and tue rights of tl.e states
If the present federal party newly repaired and
revised, could destroy the influence OF the sove-
reign states, then, what could preserve the liber-
ties Of the people from their further ravages Their
principles are the more dangerous, too, because
they mask them under the name of Internal I'm
pTovementS When the sedition law was passed
in 9S, and the press muzzled, it Mas forced upon
and good order OF society; but now the same ohe
.is to be accomplished under the mask Of roads ard
canals
Mr.. Gorham on Saturday made several inflamma-
tory observations, applied to the south, and even
ollked about dissolution of the union. Whatev-
er may have been the opinions heretofore of MIR
Oakley, OF your state, he is one Of the Steadi
est, acutest, anti correct advocates of the best
principles OF republicanism, and those views which
Took TO the rights of the states and the liberties of
che people with equal regard. BE offered an a.
nendment 10 the clause making appropriations for
surveys, and supported II by very clear and
convincing speech-He advocated distinctly the
doctrine OF specific appropriations for specific OBJ
jects. it-was departure from this Jeffersonian
principle 50 ably supported by Mr.. Oakley, which
has given rise TO the abuses pointed out by Mr.
Rives of Virginia, from the very documents of the
executive.
PS have just learned that Secretary Clay
(who is himself HdSOn) has conrived to establish
q new paper at Rochester, in New Y ork, for the
purpose OF supporting the cause of the coalition
under the mask of attacking the masonic fraterni-
~. Mr.. Weed, the editor of the new paper was
In this city two months during the present winter
The avoyed object was TO get press established
in the western section OF your state. While the
negotiation was going on to procure the ways and
means he was often seen in company W. tn parc-
ular friend OF Clay's & frequently called atthe Sc
cretaTy's office. Put all those facts together. cou-
pied, too, with other circumstances which have
shown heretofore the tactics Of the coalition and
tlich ASK what Is natural IliErelcGs what
miserable condition must the present cabinet be
reduced if they find it necessary to stoop to such
means for support and projections 1t IS generally
believed, that as the late Mr.. Clinton was mem
Der OF the masonic fraternity, the attacks of the
Rochester Enquirer were 10 be directed against
him. Clay found it necessary reduce if he could
the popularity Of that lamented man in the west
and he scrupled not about the means But the
death OF Clinton necessarily created an alteration
IN that branch OF the plan. ! know from the best
authority that several consultations were held in
his city rs to the proprety establishing that press
in Albany, or further towards the west Taking
all the circumstances into consideration is there
notthe highest probability that the finger of CLAY
traced out the strange project of aiding the election
OF Adams by means that never would have been
thought OF but by men in state of desperation?-
Clay, a mason hinself--a member of that raterni-
;y-aids and abets project which he knows Is
founded IN mistake and delusion merely for his
own personal objects. This is double and triple
shUch'Gre!.sHl. N. Z. Eng,