Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-23
will promptly obey any call which the people may
be pleased to make.!"

will promptly obey any call which the people may
be pleased to make.!"
Signs to the East.
A great jackson Convention, as It has been APP
proprateiy called. was held on the 10th inst at
Augusta In the State Of Maine for the purpose of
nominating candidate for the Governors Chair
The crowd was so very great, that they had to re-
move from the Methodist Meeting House, to the
very large Meeting House of the Rev. Mr.. Tap
pan. The number Of Delegates was upwards of
faro hundred and forty The Kennebec Journal
which attempts to depreciate this Convention IA
much as possible, after stating the above facts, is
forced 10 couiess, that il made, as was intended
an imposing appearance, and from their assumed
| importance, great show Of numbers and confident
manner, they almost made an impression on sone
minds, that all the great men in the State had con-
gregated to select governor. and that their dcci-
sion settled the matter"
1t then very awkwardly attempts to ridicule the
exceedingly well dressed gentlemen" who form.
ed the meeting; their &C rufaed shirts and ponde
rous gold seals and watch chains, sc. The CO.
aon Editor i'll DISCUSSES his panic under this silly
satre.-Judge Samuel Z. Smith was nominated
Governor. having received ISL votes The X.
Journal has no particular objections TO urge
against Mr.. Smith, ercept tina, ne is nominated 6y
the jackson party. Such faint objection of an
embittered adversary, amounts to postiye praise
la ". Hampshire the Legislature have mel: the
jackson party triumphant in both Houses. Abner
Greeneaf is chosen President Of the Senate. and
James Is. Thornton OF the House.
Gen, Upham, the removed Collector, was elect.
ed by the Citizens Of Portsmouth, on the 5th inst
Representative to the State Legislature-therc
was no opposition. ~
| Singular appeal
Mr. Miners " Village Record, in Westct,es-
ter, Pennsylvania, has the following queer para.
graph:
But how should it happen that, on being re-
moved: pennsylvanian was not appointed to sue
ceed hims Why should Pennsylvania be sacrific-
ed to make way for Virginian. Give the Virpi.
| mans their due-they are a noble race--but do
not remove worthy Pennsylvania TO give viz
ginian his place. unless he is better fitted to do the
| public service"
Mr. Miner is speaking of Mr.. Campbelps sue.
ceeding Mr.. Clarke, as Treasurer of the u. s.
Surely the office of Treasurer does not belong to
Pennsyivania- We might just well compi aim that
virginia was sacrificed TO Delaware, because Mr..
McIane succeeds to Mr.. Barbour The Offices
IN our country are not like the Professions in Hin
dostan. They do not run in castes-Sometimes
they so TO Pennsylvania, then to a Virgnjan
then to Citizen of Massachusetts,, SC. Set is
an IDLE attempt to excite local prejudices by such
| a succession. The argument is so plsnIy sophis-
| tica, that it can impose upon no one.
| The x. Island American Ga decided Coalition
| paper speaking OF Mr.. Nourse, says that it is
Se,h-r lr,t nor polite 70 stsmptto public ofles
country I,sem' 10 be admitted the. mr. Nour,s indebted
p,n a pslt b. hnosHn res s.
, tSe ne could brig up his sseouni, Tn. Telegraph denies
in debt 10 the though could pay up
in Office little longer. The letter of NJ himself and
doubt, that this is the real fact"
| The American is right-There is no doubt of
the fact.-But it contends that ono credit is due to
the discernment of the present Administrator
IN ferTeting out the malieasance of Messrs. Tat
kins and Nourse. The last administration were
| in power four years-and not one defalcation nor
one defauier, do we recolect of its exposing
| The present administration had not been in power
three months, before il held up two defaniters,
| whom even the American is compelled to acknovg-
ledge as such. How then stands the argument |.
/ III the present Administration has shown no dis
| comment in unkennelling two defaulters in three
months, how much credit does the last administra-
| ton deserve for its discernment in not exposing
one defaulter in four Years? Cocker himself would
be at loss for cyphers for the expression OF such
! negations.
| MIR. JEFFERsON'S PRINCIPLE.
| We have been favored with perusai of the two
| hrst Volumes of The Memoir and Correspond.
enee of Thomas Jeferson," elegantly printed at
Charlottesville. The Sd VOL is in state of fory ard.
ness, and the LIST No. of the " Literary Museum"
| (prlnted under the auspices of the University,
which we received on Thursday last) states that
| the-whoIe work in Vol, may be expected in the
month of Aug.-6000 Copies are printed off, of
which between Dor 1000 already subscribed for;
states, but very small proportion TO the Nsrih of
| the Potomac. The interest of the work exceeds
| our warmest expectations. We hazard nothing
in saying, that IL will excite very great attention
ana command an extensive circulation We un.
dersand, that Copies Of the two first Volumes are
| to be Immediately sent by Messrs. Rives and Nc
Lane to France and England, for the purpose of
taking out Copyrights in those countries. and
| preventing the publication Of pirated Editions
we have been permitted to take two or three
| Extracts ch oIait
badly lay before our readers ON Friday. The fol-
lowing, extracted from his own Memoir written
| by his own hand, with which The LIST Vol. opens,
| is so germane 10 the present times, that we sub
NIT to the respectful consideration of the friends
! OF the Tariff. MIR J. is explaining the causes
which produced our present Constitution aud the
great principle which presided at its formation
FROM THE MEMOIR" II is not by the con-
sol'daton, or concentration Of powers but by their
distribution, that good government is effected
were not this great country already divided into
| states, that division must be made, that each
might do for itself what concerns itself directly and
what 1t can SO much better do than distant au-
thority. Every state again is divided into counties
each to take care Of what lies within its local
bounds;.each county again into townships or wards
70 manage minuter details; and every ward into
farms, to De governed each by is individual pro-
prietor. Were we directed from Washington
when TO sow, and when to reap, we should soon
want bread. tits by this partition Of cares, de-
scending IN graduation from great 10 particular, that
the mass OF human affairs may be best managed,
for the good and prosperity of all.''
Scene at Washington.
Letter from Washington Of the 18th June,
describes &C. beautiful pageantry which had taken
place 10 the course of the week. Some time since
the president made visit TO the Female Catholic
Seminary of Georgetown, usually called sThe
Nunnery;' and the young ladies', tastefulIy and
uniformly dressed, formed in line, and, with their
matrons heading the column, and bringing up the