Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-03-31
THE TWO SECRETARIES.

Mr.. Pan B,ren-The Common Council of the
City of ". York have adopted Preamble and Re-
solutions approving Of Mr.. v. BIS conduct express
ing their confidence in his talents, and Offering
him the freedom Of the City.-He declined the
honor of public dinner in the City; allcdging the
necessity OF his leaving n. York on the 9th Inst.
g to enter upon the discharge of his public duties
at Washington and re -echong the sentiment Of
the gentlemen who invited him, that at this peri
cd &C pure and enlightened administration of the
public affairs the original principles of GO
vernment, is imperiously demanded"
Mr.. Ciay-No public entertainment, however,
comes ainiss to the retiring SecrefGry's net A
dinner at Frederick; Mechanics supper, and a
public dinner at Hagerstown Each is seized as
fit occasion for displaying his Oratory, vndicang
his own acts, cozening the people, and giving
the countersign TO his scattered partizans. Al
Fredericktown, his words breathe harmony and
peace" We shall all hasten (exclaims the Luz
cus of the scene) to forget all the personal COLI
sions and angry contentious which out OF
the recent contest That contest often divided IA
Their from son, and brother from brother, aud en-
Uttered the most intimate private relations. Not
one Of principle so much as OF personal prefer
ence, we should all strive to obIiterate recoec-
ton Of painful Incidents, TO gather together the
scattered fragments of society and TO again blend
and unite them in harmonious structure
Let us henceforward substitute TO mere personal
contest the higher and nober struggle for princi-
Pile, for liberty, for sound measures of national
policy. [.fpPtausesI BY the standard of these
zoe may safely try The new .ddnunistrGtion."-
BY the time, he reaches Hagerstown, he strikes
bolder note-It is there he gives out the plan of
the compaign 10 his followers; arouses the suspi-
cions Of the people, and hurls another Par,han
arrow al the President and his friends F" And vet
(says he, NOW enactiDg the partof Sempronius, )he
must be an inc xperienced or sleeping mariner who
does not see gathering storm that threatens, at
no distant day, TO destroy that system under which
the mechanic and manufacturing arts have so
greatly pfospered. II would be folly and madness
to shut our eyes and conceal from ourselves the
fact, that great and tear doubtful struggle is
just at hand. The Hall Of the II. Of Representatives
will be its theatre; and at the next session OF
Congress the tug OF war will be there exhibited"
( Hear him Agan;) III the peace OF the nation
is preserved with foreign powers, whilst lis honor
and its rights are firmly maintained; and If the do
nestle policy which has been hitherto pusued
shall he still continued, the country may have no
cause to regret the recent change. But II we
should be involved in unnecessary war, or any Of
our rights should be abandoned, or our honor tar.
nished; ifthe interests Of our navigation or com
merce shall be sacrificed; or il the protection OF
our manufactures shall be abandoned; tile i'm
provemeDt OF our country be neglected, and the
public treasure misappled, those, who did not con-
cur in that change, will find some Of their worst
fears realized II misrue shall be ACCOMPANIED
by spirit Of relentless prescription, espcling
from public employmeDts men Of tried capacity
and integrity, aud filling their places with Others
devoid OF the requisite attainme nts and IL all these
evils shall flow from the counsels Of secret I'M
seen, unworthy and irresponsible advisers, then
those who co.operated in bringing about the late
event will have Just 10 lament their success
Above all, the people OF this country are not pre-
pared, and I trust in God will never be prepared
10 set up any human idol 10 be woTsIipped nor TO
consider all the duties Of patriotism az compre-
hended in blind devotion 10 such an IDOL. Han
edici shell be sen; forth; requiring ,hs' instead Of