Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-18
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e.soAa MoKNING, AUGUST Is, 1929.
W Ihe following comments upon tho CONF. g
tue Editor OF the Enquirer, we take 70 be "r, 49,.
nifI quoting from that eminent source. Hov Tho
"u''or comes to the conclusion that denriving cd;
'ors oil hopes oil office, would make them mercen,r,
wou'd eertoihiy puzzle any plain Understanding
we hau Thought that he was always opposed TO ~.
warning Editors that is, giving them office fir NO.
n''cai services because that would be degrading tb,
rress throwing into the hands of mercenaries 7,
See'S however, he has changed this opinion As he b,
"ohe SO many others, aud has now become The ,dvo-
e''e vi ouylng upthe press; for The distinction m,d
between the use OF 1t by good and bad men, we TAX.
to be sheer nonsense.
10 rHE EprroRs or THE Wu,a
f.ees nj 90 avn SOMETIMES very much amused NJ the
- you' ea'"ed aud conSisftHt contemporary Mr. Rch
e Ia Fridays Enquirer, he published G,,p, s MI v
resi, WIN nigh conme,daton, lona address IN ,Ic
iiuos OF the National Inegen ,cr signed "Semn,on;
charging those gentlemen in various instances S @
,t nnTsS ana candor No how 90 defend
All such tradncsIs "Scmpronus I coulJ n, s
I" al s following parasraph in the article referred to- and
~ "ne'her the o'dd and Mr. Richie di, n",
on reaching H. start at his picture as il nigh, bov. I h
u'aWh III 1875 when Nh Adams President. ~ e"
III IS difficult 10 conceive what claim an Editor can h
uv onoIac'er OF hrnness and candoI who avoids vh 80.
traon as Tcd,n o h OF such acts OF the Admnis-
,,s, - % " n''t credit while he maguihes and exar.
~ VIM clna industry every which he NAV drem =,
SOph
ia explaining away dotractug from Il cir nc,s
,b" ., IN avdiy UPON their errors aud procsius
was TINS MIR Mchies course not before Genera, J,cL
came INTO Office aud sit ms course ,,ansno. %
"aion' The caudor Of all men not a5snl,relv v
non OF party prejudice may be safely appealed TO- TO an
nu me same article signed "Scmponus' deserves anob.
neis Is MOI shadow of doubt, that although il FIR,
IJpaieu III We ~ L. Evening Post, il was nanuf,e r,eI a,
naShns'e' either by one of the Heads Of Departmsu,s a.
L I' eL'tntai adviser of government. The par,icuar
nj
pioc ohiccs together with certain other uf,ll,i 49,
which would tedious TO mention a al',pe MARKS
o Tie government mint-and no veteran hound
Upon ule tran with more instnsvc sa.sciv thar rbo,na
Richie would have dore in seeming on, % aI inouas
ett been to defend the powers thai ,re,r and no, m 90
'at ot Every one IecoilcCts now eagerly thai genleo,
ed ser'n editorial articles the National a1r"s % pau
se PRESIDENT and his cabinet and how he expressed his
" apnosce nj the bare suspicion Of the public luc
'es writing for the newspapers 'N"'''O"'-
IN the same number of the Enquirer which furnished a.
suect OF the foregoing remarks there is another ar,ci, or
.i Scaer interest ssue "a LOwlander and Jacksorian
~, ,'eTauy severe criticism upon the dangerous disuosier
eceu Nv our present rulers, tamper " nh the mc me-
oe su3ral comments are founded upon it. which are
700 remarkable to escape attention Mr. Richie save wv
know that General Jackson soemnly dclaims ali n,enn
measures, and beLtre him - W ''iPO'' "'s
Cleduogs and good natued manwhat is it that YOU c
; ueeVe' IL General Jackson it, though cou,,a
uc'en by the most damning proofs Ii General agt d.
o g"d to re"avd the thirty nine editors whom he has
III C,' anu upon whom he has lavhed thousand
sha tens OF thousands of the public treasure win YOU be 5,
oghs TO state what he did intend Did he intend
e'n 10y promotion 10 the fat Offices of the government,
were such "mecenary muckwouns" as Hill Kendall an,
Ia
nor intend II Tecord has supporters how does II hanne, hs
q" he Aforesaid editors upto line hub thoro,rl,
ALL ,,h, - ue 'ta Pree%t had been that editors eene
any ought not 10 he excluded from Office why were moi 5ne
Mr. Richie forgotten that DuT Green the Pcsdcn,, on,s
peee and oracle declared The threshold tbat JactS
Wu r5'oard MS friends and punish his enemies9" In tI
h,s unfortunate remark the Enquirer is bot another ade
10 me hundred proofs its editor has furnished of denlorahl
ing every idle aud amsy refuge om its ,of,ures '
dcnn n'tifc. b continues MIR R''che, why he (e Pres
he evidence of their qualifications 10 serve e nl snd a.
apparent prescription Of whom, 10y cutting them of from a
oancrS OF Executive pTcfcuncnt, all me rms sn;a
~ pohC"I ambition would in his opinion throw ,be press
Ji,,, n ~ l'''l"y muck worms WHO would degrade
money" U my W 'V'' he mere lust
in1 a.epss Of snaus Ioyo, nigh, envy hi. csui,r
r,tt.'Ph Here neY kind proSeriphou never hso,
m H','ned Of before Unless certain class of men n NO..
are so, ' "nen compared with tire whole population
I ,''d WAN ten times their proportion of tle d,yes a.
LIS, hey are therefore Pro,crjted 'fhee is no,bS 90
for no obc, s %ng'tTed and faithful public servant
~ 'c CRIME man that they expressed their on;ron.
TO- ,,re Is no prescription in this l;u ncroIdinT 70 AT
lniches discovery not to have provided vscanejc 20 W
Prn'er-to have them M from all the gen.ro pt]
~ oSa' annion would have been the he.hth of ,d,r
'O 49, ~, :, YET VII. kichio speak for himself
Lo2H' says he, cat the single view Of the s,tec, Li
abuse a urea presented ne president Jackson NAV
oeSsn may abuse as precedent II such mar ss NJ, ~
49, !" succeed him, what may not cxpects Ogrr, n
ne se,py OF @ei, 9ys ,"%e IF which may h dcnJo
- CC,no'-wheher friend or foe,-Jackson man Ni,o,s ~
man matinee lsMr Rcbe 50 nsi 10 sham, as,n lo[ poor
mann 'o nasn before the pnbc Where is the bonorai
"" 'Hc not Of what pltty) who does NOT Ecc ;,,a,.,
nSe WIN nm when he tod by the Frpnifer W.
G '1a o" see'ed Pre'l7' offices nay BE- bssfo,rrJ ~ @
XXX, e,r', me fenVrc II al siay be drs,1{e1J ~ "a y
rlHY ~ her preset Is not Sir Ritcb,c' w we sc
I.sIa meaning that Offices have not been go beso"sJ
NI,a l'.hsoW DOCS lie not mean be understood tbst
nioraern hannacs Noah for example were ~ scog
,,lnuuy oi the President he did in Iel4 tat he Won
W., wv permitted to hold his insrectosipnnd ina, Nc
G uin'e - not dependant tenure on his faithful and
WY support oi tho present administrations Who viii
P"'' ~ such melancholy ecklessness before him does =
th over lhc degradation of the respectable eflnr
we rIfeT who Joe not weep the dcgeuerscv ~ q,
"'t proud ana hiehmiudcd COru1nw ab. where fa,a,s
80 insulting TO patriotism aud common scnse, is perm;1sJ
pass rs "'dcnar This not the first tire that Mr. pie,
Inns wined about the gOod Andrew Iorkeo, go t .
nan iicny Iay Jackson vino in 1924 was dcpo'pe
as yaHt and curse, IS now perfectly iulalhIc I 1
vino then would have been the Enon,re,s ,o ann We
Ca"md now hunted down by ito most rcon,l a,' =,
uOn.-O temporal mOJtsi " '''u"'Itss pefset
FRIEND TO CONSISTENCY.