The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1829-01-08

~ We thank the Enquirer for ITS qdrice, al
tho il WAS as unsolicited AS unexpected II 4.
chilies has been struck in the heel, he must cen
sure his own indscretion, which ezpo5ed his
vulnerable poInt of auack.--Bui i, should have
recoIlected 10 take the beam out of its own
eyc.n--lf, from ignorance OF any other causr,
zoe should "prefE" to a Il our remarks The quail
Tying phrase, " fire are not mjglqFcn,' (as the
Enquirer, " out of It's abun liant Caution" says
we should,) by what right does the Editor of the
Enquirer claim to be exempted from like obi
CATION For instance, should he moi have USED
| the phrase " II | am not mistaken when he
deprecated Gen J. S election to the Presidency
as +" curse" upon the country Oh non. when
he halls that election as a cause OF triumph 7
Should he not have used IL. when he DECLARED
that Gen. jackson was no qualified Ito inter
pref the plain provisions of single law - OF
! n0W, when, by rejoicing al the Generals eeva-
ton 10 The Presidency, he dc cares hlnl worthy
OF hemg trusted with the exposition OF The whole
laws OF The and 2 Should he not have used i,
when he sad, in substance, Compare Jackson
with Crawford or Adams, aud how inierlor does
he appear > or aow, when by his conduct, he
declares that Jackson is superior 10 Adams
Should he not have used II when he declared
rat M feared if Gen. jackson vas elected, =" he
would convert the whole country into one great
Camp, and reduce every rhing TO martial law =
or non when he is extolling tins same man as
the only one WHO can cleanse the Augean stable
of its impurities and bring back the government
~ its original republican simplicity Let him
uy the experiment, and see how well il would
have been for him il he had only thought of tins
" iss eApcdient in his own cast, u would,
" # we are not mistaken" have saved him
from some little modification aud rcgr ct ;
for then lie would have had some hole
to creep out At, which he seems to be
unwilling to allow us. We assure him our
altasion 10 his opinion as TO the pioprieiy OF es
iablishing Home Department originated III
mistake. We were under strong impression
stated. five are mistaken, no great harm IS
done aud we cannot but marvel AZ the Sensi
tircnesg displayed by the Enquirer at the mere
insinuation Of change OF opinion in six or Sc
ven years, in relation to matter of policy,
which " ould have been not at all reprehenslble,
if il had bsrn trne while il sits taney under
the jus, reproach ofhaving, III little more than
half that line, changed its opinions Of men 10 a
much Greater extent. without those men, tone Of
them, at least,) having performed any acl 10 rem
der himself more acceptable to any one who had
before scofed at his ignorance the laws, and
,teprecated his election to the Presidency as II
curse This is not the least of the Enqurer's
Inconsistencies i; aud we know Of no way by
which II can avoid them, III future, ba, Ivy beg. :
regulated by the advice which IL pronered IT, Va
always say, ',0e are not mtsldktn."
NJ Mr.. Noah, ofthe w. Enquirer, having
been forced 10 retreat from his PROPOSITION of a
Home Department by the arguments ur his OPP
no,,ents & he cold looks OF his irie.4ds, has taken
Contention TO amend the federal constitution. A
national fdAsssick Tie constitution issuiiicient-
lv explicit oh the subject of its own amendment,
without Il resort TO these wild and dangerous
,peri,ns nls, Oace kt VI launch 81 thls STA OF