Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-23

tray you into situation that viii; expose you TO
similar taunt" 1t was said by great but un-
fortunate man, Sc that mankind were more dispos |
ell TO worship the rising than the setting SUM-" Ii
mistake not, this has been precisely the case
with you; your admiration Tor the :" Hero" com |
menced precisely at that point of time when YOU !
thought you the sun OF his popularity rising |
resplendently above the horizon-'twas then you
began your worship, and have been ever since rea
dy 10 pour the oil OF your adulaton into his de
lighted ear but when his chance for election was
considered as Disqualification his nomination was
laughed at AMI ridiculed in Virginia ~ burlesque
upon President making. 1t il believed that you most
heartily united III the denuncation OF the "Hero"
Tor his nnhta'y adaptations, and thought that ste
liberties OF the country might be safely con-
hded to the hants OF cicitian. However, lay not
the " fiatering JUNCTION 10 your SOUL that the M
,h"oy which appeared TO break with such bright
nope and promise upon your delighted vision in
the winter OF 1925 (he date of the Combina-
tions, will reach It's lofty rncrid;an it has
already began 10 grow dim, aud unless am much
deceived IN the g signs OF the times is likely to
suffer total eclipse before you have the blissful
opportunity OF basking in its beams.
You say " the conspiracy OF Burr took place in
, 1867" and after making other assertions,
which shall presently notice, you ask, off Jack
son be such man, a. these people (meanng those
who now make the charge of /" completely" with
Burr) represent hn-thdt he consp;red to over
throw the liberties Of his country how they can re-
conci'e II with any principle compatb, with the
OF time, % years, have kept their peace and were
! AZ silent as iI,ouse.ii," Most noble Brutus they
. have not been thus silent: As have already
Showni III former communication, there has been
. no time since the trial OF Aaron Burr, but that
many honest and intelligent citizens Of this couu-
| uy believed (and spoke Of it that jackson was
concerned with him in his meditated enterprises
but you insinuae that they should had they be-
heved these things, have arraigned him before the
bar oi public justice The reason why this was not
done must be Obvious TO every person all acquant-
cd with the laws regulating the offence of Treason
IN this counry,with which, should presume Orom
me parade you have attempted 10 make of your
I learning,l no man is better acquainted than the
very historical Brutus those laws require that an
ouert act shall be proved in order 10 produce con
vic'lon; and no man ever pretends that even Bnrr
the leader OF the conspiracy had committed
, this. why, let ask in turn, do not YOU opposi
ton gentlemen, believing as you saw YOU dol i'm
peach the President and his Secretary, for having
procured their Offices by bargain and corruqtion?
"iow can you reconcile il with any principle com
paubie with that love of YOUR country" about
{; which you are all so boasttul and csmorous that
| you have not arraigned them for their o!Ienccs9
/ he only reason which have ever heard alleged
Tor this apparent dereliction of duty is that cir
cuiIStances sometime make things almost moral
~ certain, which could not be established by proof
before a tribunal, precisely the reason, learned
, Brutus, why Gen. jackson has never been prosc-
! cuted for the offence, with design to have COM
united which he is now charged indeed after the
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for its renewal, there seems to have been general
amnesty towards those who were supposed 10 have
been Implicated III the project; and in all likelihood
. i Gen. Jackson had been content TO have
filled the sphere for which nature designed him,
and for which he was qualiiied-if lie had not been
led away by IiS Unsuitable ambition, to thrust him
self into an Office, for which he was as Mr.. JEFF
ierson declared, as little suited, " as cock for a
sailor, this stain upon his character, would have
been overlooked and perhaps entirely forgotten
You say" he has been the commander eli the
whole Western Division Of our armies, in the most
difficult and trying scenes" Gen. Wilkinson
whom Gen. jackson charged as being an accom-
piice OF Burr, from that time until the yery
close of the was, next to the President com
mander-n chief Of the Armies OF the U. 5. s. was
during as dark period as any we had throughout
that contest, in commend and personally directing
the operations OF our Northern armies You say
g he has been ambassador to negotiate various i'm
portant treaties, &c" The Government has been
TOO wise, therefore, TO intrust TO the management
oil Zen jackson any negotiation with a civilized
people, he has,t IS true ,been appointed Commits.
soncr, ambassador, Of you pease) with other gem
tlefnen, TO treat with few miserable indian tribes
Tor the cession Of their lands, for other reason
presume, than because it was believed that the
terror Of his name, inspired By the known feyo-
c'ty oil his character, might have happy influence
upon the SGU0ge councils in one OF these Sarage
negotiations, the g ambassador" took especial
care TO sipuldte tor himself Individually, large
tract of Indian country, which stipulation OF the
" embassadoT's' the Senate of the u. S. refused
10 ratiiy in another OF these famous negotiations
IN which the 60 embasSador's'' diplomatic talents,
were SO successfully displayed, he conducted him
self towards the patriotic and venerable Shelby Of
kentucky, IN manner that would have been
cisgracelul even 10 a common Courthouse buiiy: SC
much fer the GEMS diplomacy. You say he . has
been appointed TO take possession OF and govern a
newly acquired Territory of MKT and hcterogene-
ous population, &c" And what pray was his con-
! duet IN executing this exceedingly 4" delicate"
trust II my memory does not very much deceive
ne, great many OF the 6. MKT and heterogene-
Gus" supporters OF the General, did not at that
time so much admire the extreme delicacY with
what that trust was executed | suppose tie very
erudite Brutus knows, that he commenced his ca
reer 10y qusrreliDg with ard imprisoning the Span
ish Commissioner in violation Of the law oil nations
and even after proceeded to imprison the Ieyrifori
al Judge, because he issued writ of Habcas Cor
pus "a process that seems remarkably offensive TO
The General,) IN order 10 relieve the injured vic
tim OF his lawless oppression: There was then, no
public enemy threatening invasion, either TO Dali-
ale or excuse this open & violent prost4 ion of the
ctrH authorities Of the country And il is 10 his dd
ministrriiOn, while Governor Of Florida "exercis-
ing The powers OF the Captain General of Cuba -
that you would have us 10 look most diScTin7i-
mating Brutus, for the evidence OF the Generals
capacity for cicH RUE? From your familiarity with
The history ofyOur County, BurT's trial" and
. the combination" 1 cannot but suppose YOU
are perfectly acquainted with the course of his We
~ summary administration in that Territory and
what was IL Why after getting rid of the Dons by
ordering them out Of the Country to the tune of
| quick ume, he commenced his Legislative dG-
ties & enacted, decreed, ] should have said a code
oil ordinances, so tyrannicaI and oppressive so
opposed to the genius aud spirit of our political
institutions, at Congress at The very next session
upon the petition OF the inhabitants of the Terrific