Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-02-03

the Cause OF Reform-and to pursue with becom.
ing spirit, the great objects which Gen. Flovd r.
pointed out in his following impressive Vaiedic o,
to his Coustifueuts.-W him we part will. preat
regret, because no man is better calculated to inn
prove the victory which he has obtained-to pu sh
the cause Of Reform-and because he has cxhib-
tied such dsinterested and public spirit thro his
whole career. as to have won the gratitude Of his
friends and the respected his country:
TO the Electors # Montgomery, Boiefourf,
Giles, Allegheny, and Rockb,idge Counties.
FELLOW ,CirIzENs-i have long been your
representative in Congress-and feel proud at
having been so distinguished by my fellow -cti-
zens This favor has been the more grateful to
me, and Is cherished in every recollection, when
reflect that in this long period, you have con-
fcrred that office upon mo without opposition.
This kindness has made deep and lasting i'm
preston upon me. know you have had some
thing topardon and forgive in your representative;
because l, IN common with mankind, am liable TO
err. Whatever my errors may have been, were,
| however, unintentionai; as I am not conscious Of
| ever hsviDg done any thing, other than the Con.
siituion Of our country, your honor, and your in
terests required at my hands That portion of the
| sovereign power Of Virginia, which you confidea
to me is restored to you uninjured. unsullied, and
| undiIninished. Though, in the course Of the late
| conflict, which has eventuated in another great
political revolution, the Constitution may have re-
| ceived some deep wounds, it has not been by the
hand oil your representative.
have the fullest hope. and the strongest belief,
that wise, cautious, circumspect. and temperate
course will be pursued by General JACKSON,
| whom We all contributed our best wishes and best
efforts to place in the Presidential chair of the
Confectionery; and that he will aid in healing those
wounds, and calming the troubled fears of all.
Whilst this war in the political world was going
on, in which, as we conceived, nothing less than
the great principles Of liberty and the rights of
Sovereign States were concerned. should have
deemed myself unworthy the fsltering kindness
and confidence, with which Won on all occasions
have honored me. had in this hour Of danger and
difficulty. of responsibility and trial, quilted the
| post which you assigned me. Now il is otherwise.
| General Jackson will, ON the 4th day of March
| next, commence his duties President of the
United States with clear sky and calm sea. To
pay tn" public debt; to lop off all the branches Of
useless expenditure, TO revive our sinking COM
merce and heal the bleeding wounds in the Consti-
tuition, inflicted by ambition, avarice and spirit Of
monopoly, will constitute an ample field, in which
he may win laurels not less green than those won
on the plains Of New Orleans; and crown himself
with more true glory, in the love and admiration
oil millions OF freemen, than all the conqucrors of
earth ever possessed. Such, fellow citizens, is the
condition of country, which irsifes me in
saying TO you that am not a candidate 10 repre-
sent our district in the next Congress-
In taking leave ofy you, as your representative,
have regret which ills with pain; because
| feel assured that l never can convey TO you any
your Indulgence and kindness to me- Could
manifest IN at 10 you; and make you sensible OF the
true condition OF my feelings | should be cheered
by the memory OF it in my retirement.
l am, fellow-citiz, ms,
Your humble servant,
JOHN FLOYD.
January 18th, 1929.
These fare well sentiments of a virtuous man are
worthy Of being recollected BY Gen. Jackson, as
wel as his friends
Iii the duty of the friends of Reform to cling
together Tor the public good, and to scout all at
tempts to distract their councils and measures
Those who ridicule Reform. are either too deep
in the schemes of the Opposition too Indifferent
to the public good, TO be entitled to the support of
its friends. The N InteIIigencer may republish,
if il pleases, the sneers of the Norfolk Herald
When we speak Of Reform we have done it may
may cry out '' mark that down." ltmay re-echo,
il it pleases, the sentiment which it published in
Dec. 1927: "Let Gen. Jacksod become President,
and with MIR. Van Buren, for Vice-Roy, the march
oil this government. instead Of reracing its way to
the good old simplicity Of Mr.. Jefferson's first
Presidential term, the (Richmond) ENQUIRER
doatingly atters itself, will be onward to magnifi-
cence, and splendor, and conquest, with a speed
accelerated beyond any former example. Now,
mark this sentiment What can we expect from
It's authors, aders and abettors' If this be dodfiug
we do still dtter ourselves with the hope Of seeing
II In some measure realized.-But, we should be
doating, and would all the friends of Jacks on
who would expect any cooperation from such a
quarter. The friends of Reform have no thing 10
expect from that quarter Those editor laugh AT the
very idea-they sheer at all Retrenchment.-And
1t becomes the friends of Reform duly to consider,
whether they will shower their favors upon those.
who, like the Editor OF the Telegraph, 90 doatiDgIy
fiater' themselves with the hope of Improvement,
or those who, like the Editors Of the nteIigencer
eem to ridicule all attempts TO reform the abuses
OF the government.