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

great and enduring principles OF liberty and policy
attachment to the name Of an Individual shall CON
sttufe the sole passport to public confidence, and
that all who do not profess IL shall be excluded
from public situations, my. lie upon IT, such am Q.
dict will never be registered in the hearts OF Amer
lean freemen.'
The object Of these nsinuations is papable to the
sense-But il is amusing TO the variety of cha.
racters which the Orator assume. The pious
minister Of Peace day threatens act the part
Of Peter the Hermit on the next, preaching up a
molly Crusade against the present Administration
Ii Is the President, whom the retiring Secretary
would insinuate is actuated by spirit of re!ent
less prescription at the nod and beck of " Sc
cret, unseen, unworthy and irresponsible adyi-
sers-This is the |" idol" whom he calls upon
the People to dash to pieces.-And for one we
are willing to say,that the people Of this country
are not prepaid TO worship any idol, let his nam.
be what It may; nor 10 take refuge from one I'M
der the protection OF another.-But it does require
singular audacity TO point to the last Adn,inisira-
lion as model for the present. Happily (says
the Oraior,) the past Administration Of our coun-
Try are sure guides TO the present, il it choose to
follow them, and furnish to the people unerrirg
tests, by which TO judge the conduct Of the new
Cabinet"-In one sense, indeed, they hdce fur
nished an +" unerring test to judge the present
Cabinet-but it is by c0ntrdsk-When Gen. Jack
son shall have sacrificed the interests of our ma
vigation and commerce. as the last Cabinet has
done in their transactions with Great Britan-when
he shalt have "misapped the public treasure
they did by the rewards which were showered
upon unworthy partizans-when he shall have
struck up such Coalition, and abused his powers,
as they have done, then will it be the time for
his friends to lament their success, and for the
people again 10 assert their violated rights.
but, we satiaied with these dinner scenes
Mr.. Clay tried his hand at them beforehand we
should have supposed that he satisfied with the
result OF the experiment. Let him clear his
| skirts OF the charges made against him; and his
defence will be OF some account. Produce his
| letter 10 Mr.. Blair; and it will be worth all the
speeches which he may deliver at all the villages
between w ashington and lie xington.
The last London Quarterly Review for Janua-
ry, contains long article oil publication under
| the following title:
United States of .4nericu and Great Britain,
respecting the Commerce Of the t,oO countries,
and more especially concerning the Trade ofthc
to,me, ,cith the West Indies. By the Hon.
Lnqetom W. IdzeueH. Printed ,cith the sig
nature SE.VEX,' il, the .N0,foM Herahi, and
| reprinted in London, 1929"
The Editor of the N. Herald has traced this
publication, we think, to Capt. Basil Hall of the
British Navy.-There is said to be hiatus in the
pamphlet; owing to part Of the newspaper copy
being lost by printers devil.-We have not seen
the article in the Quarterly; but only extracts
from the Reviev in the ". York papers We shall
give room to these extracts hereafter. The Re-
viewer attrms that we have lost the West India
Trade by the folly Of our own government and by
frivolous contention and that .'if the European
States conduct 1T benehcially to the w. Indies,
and themselves, they owe it TO their respective
governments, having been moderate in their pre-
tensions, and more reasonable in their diplomatic
negotiations" than we have been. The Re
viewer adds, that 90 II c. Britain should now open
her ports, SO far the interests created i'm
her own doninons may allow her to do, il is very
doubtful, considering the fluctuatng character OF
the American councils, il any great advantage
could accrue to the U. S."-He seems dispos ed to
ascibe late tariff, rather the spirit of party
than to 4" unkindly feelings towards q. Boon
tends that means OF obtaining supply of British
~, ~ he Il
expensive cruisers on the coast, and bands OF
custom house officers, watching frontier Of or
1000 miles in exient'-& that If the u =. should
persevere in their tariff, G. Is. has it in her power
to adopt measures which may cause America TO |
rue the experiment." Opening the harbours of
New Brunswick, of Bermuda, and OF the BAHIA /
mas, as perfectly free ports, would affect their
revenue and shipping Interest," and slight en- |
couragementt o the growth of cotton, the chief |
staple Of the Southern States, in Brazil, in India |
and especially in Egypt, of tobacco, in Turkey
and of rice in Africa, would infiict heavier blow
on the export trade of the United States than we
wish to see applied, except in a very extreme |
case, when patience and negotiation shall have |
utterly failed. I've hope that the present Admin
stration may repair the mischievous folly of the |
last; and that the benefits Of the W. India Trade
may be yet restored TO US.
We have reasons to believe, that Mr.. Taze- |
well has had the offer OK the Embassy to London (
though we have not understood whether he |
means to accept 1.-THE opposition prints are at
tempting to defeat the appointment; They ask |
how the author OF SeneX accept it-And why |
not? The author of Senex showed the folly of |
Mr.. Adams in preferring 10 negotiate, nstead OF |
accepting by law tue terms which Great Britain |
held out to us-terins too, which Mr. a. after |
yards instructed Mr.. Galatn to accept. Now, |
if the present administration should be willing 10 |
accept those terms, why should not MIR. Taze-
well go to London?
The Opposition Prints are riaiculing a Circular |
from the 4;h Auditors Office, for disseminating The
newspapers adore ssed TO IT, because they care not
useful tohe Auditorium the discharge of(his oicia
duties" SETTLING the accounts OF the u. States Ma
vy.)-We think the &C; is perfectly correct-how-
ever minute may be the retrenchment-and sim |
cerely trust that the spirit may be rigidIy in |
rodced in The more important expe mixtures of the
government.-The secret service fund especially |
requires tiff we may Judge from the little that
has leaked out OF the mission to Cuba, the Charge
d Afares to London, bearers Of Dispatches, sc.
&c.
We are surprized that the Editor of the Bali
more Patriot should have taken MIR. endslPs Cir
c,Iiar in such high dudgson-He speaks Of its |
"tnfafed style''-sxpresscs eommissei alton for |
yonr (K's) Udniiy" and winds up with this sngu. |
lar dourish " II you think 10 wound my sensib- |
ty by the crafty insinuati0n il contains, you are
mistaken" CrGffyt and insinuatfon Where |
are the evidences OF them? We received the We |
ry same Circular several evenings ago; and our |
sensibility was dull that we did not dream of |
Graf, insinudtio1,. or insult We thought the |
letter was proper one, and germaine to the !
matter OF Reform-But the friends of the Coalition |
and the PdrfiSdns Of MIR. Clay, for einptying
the walls of their wrath on all occasions upon the
present administration.
a meeting of the citizen, Of Norfolk, Albert
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