Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-21

upon the fertile fields "a the southern rlantcrs aud
farmers, 60 sss up thor wheat aud their cotton. The
thing il now over and you win find me soon opposed
Co any great dnetion the present rate ofdufies
and then TOO shall In ssoriy, for believe nae Il ne
yerwiIi occupy splscs in The minority truth you
viii End neinhvof of jHieious tarif -" This con-
mora fan any ether. for being confined to our own
State my whole conduct could be better understood,
thsnif covered the whole ground- ! was tho first
samG WI. Snms 1CalY out IN avo. Of reform in our
" deaosfn! how the nqioxif would be, then stopped
shogt Sssaids For moro than years was ra.rn
SILENT noticisg how the majority was likely
efthe people being taken upon the subject ola Con-
vonttons and again "s,aks, but spdte cautiously
for even now. there Is saying how the que
may fnay end and until il Is ended i win continue
to 30 cautious, for am resolved to take sides with
tho successful party-These may il please your bo-
nor, are come Of the have to Offer why j,,r
ment OF lac should not be pronounced against me
many esse,s eqssAy strong might be advanced.
MT. Richie beiug before the court, the prosecutor
Tor the people, asked permission 70 propound TO him
Few Therapeutics, which being granted by the
court the sttorney for the prosecution proceeded as
: Qssstioa BIZ he 4tsoraey far he prosecutor. Mr..
Richie, you have made long speech a double Jlced
epeechs and buzzng speech, not at all calculated,
thnksto arrest the Judgment of the law. and, as il
Will probably be the last defence con)esson which
you VIII ever haveit in your power to make wish
Go ask you question twoIn the first place, are
you not assumed to have so long used the influence
OF your paper, IN favor Of men, in total disregard of
the great Priacipfes which belong to our Republic,
Mr.. R.-I7i telfyou sirIf ever you should be pla-
ced IN my situation, you will see the troubles which
have had before me, and you viii also see the diff
culties Of steering strait course You must rc,nem
bel, that am considered the FIRST man in Virginia
and that my paper considered the first in the world
81 am anxious TO keep ny this character for myself
aud my paper, and therefore seek into all the cab
ats and 'mandgeneuf, which the erert men from all
iufr inf
me, which, being known TO the world, dds much to
my ame-lH give you some exampies--when Mr..
Clay was in this city some years ago. waited upon
him almost every morning, and We never failed to
walk up and down The large supper room at the Ea
GLE Tor hours togetherour conversations Of course
took wide range and profcsscd to him. that was
almost ready support his pretcnsons to the Prcsi
dency, and which was only prevented from doing
openly and anquaiifedty, by the consideration that
my cousin Judge Roane) was then alive, and | was
engaged with others, in a scheme to bring him out
for the Presidency; unfortunately however, he died
ndthings being rather squaily for Mr.. Clay, drop
ped all design OF supporting him, and took Mr.. Craw-
ford. When Mr.. Van Buren, was in this city, some
few months ago, paid him every attention, and he
even visited me. He gave me an accent ofall the
schemes which now before the actors Of all the
political ntrigues on foot, and advised me how to
manage matters in Virginia.--f have been endeavo-
ring to follow his advice, but difficulties are continual
ly rising before me; amongst Others and not the least
il the necessity which existed some two or three
years ago for taking up W. q. q. as nv political
leader, and thls did, though hated him the time
and have done ever SINCE. The time has been when,
OF all the politicians who lived, hated him most
--he has abused and traduccd Gen. Jackson beyond
al description and though abused the General too
yet this man w. b. q. once sent me three ruHbers
which he had written against Gen. J. aud the then
administration whif considered SO vile that would
not publish them, and they afterwards appeared in
heiVirginia Patriots--This man. my leader is get
ting me into new difficulties every day, and / am
brought To open denunciaion of the re and pat
i.,1
clear ofhs Cat1tiniqn header; and what other Diff
cuties he viii draw me into I cS.-..ot foresee--As
to my defence ofthe Hartford Convention men, do
not at all regret yet because all the southern pol
iticians who have gone into the excesses have
made common cause with these northern offenders
and therefore, may safeiy go along with them.
But must return TO my new leader; every party
hates him, he has only been taken up for party pur
poses TO answer particular object, and that
being accomplished, he will be aside as soon as
his present honors cease, again be cdd into
remembrance. In such state of things rs have
here described may it please your honor, how could
avoid the fattery and the mock attention as now
fear is, which is every where practscd towards me?
Thus SIR my advocation of rather than priDcipie
may be easily traced, and i have now found that
with him WHOSE determination is TO keep with n ma
Jority. these receptions must be practisedmen must
be supported though principles perish.
Q.,by Ire prosecutor.---I have observed sir, in a
late Enquirer that you have passed unmeasured eu-
logy on ae inaugural address of the new President
"tenpt ut effect elaborate figure. M flourishng
pedantic lumber Of the schools. bit il is equally
remarkable for the simplicity of its style, and the
common sense which listing aishes every PASSAGE
aud observe in your paper of March 1909, equal
praise of Me- Madisons ina'; rural address but for
different reasons, for IN the of Mr. Madison, you
dwell upon tho beauty of Mr. NJ style, the rich taste
displayed in his correspondence &c. &c; pray SIR,
con you explain the paradox?
.dr. R.--Sr, il is the easiest thing in the world 10
explain. The times! the times! my dear sir, have
chauged, and unless politicians change with them,
they will become unfashionAblc and laid upon tho
shelf Do you not see that every thing is turned
upside down. Even language has changed, and Mr..
Noah has just come out with dictionary suited to
the times. Vito more deservedly popular
than Mr. Madison, Aud yet under the influence of
new men aud times, he IL now denounced 7 tell
YOU STR, tia, all things changed Do you not
that those who were not born when the f. Constiti
ton WINS made, know whnt tho makers meant by GER
tain parts of il, much better than the makers thcm-
selves could possibly know their own yicwg With eli
atcror ftoTo