Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-04-24

mate between that method OF intercourse scI,ch
economy and despatch Of business demands, and
that iasfidioms deoce ,Ohich idleness, deetafion,
ana cdprtciots rdnify have instituted under the
appropriate appelative Of etiquete,to deceive away
the e'in OF stupid luxury! Or, is il but feeble
eiiort to disparage the comments Of Aristides by
hunting up nickname that has no foundation,
except in the antiihesis. Indeed, il Is the best
compliment those would be-criticks could bessow
On that communication, thus to fabricste eimili-
tudes between the forms Of business and the fan
fnsficdt etiquette OF court in order TO prejudice
the public n'ind-kDowing how much they have
suffered Tat bar fopinion from their own frivo
lous exploits in practising their code of Adams eti
quette. In truth, i. Mr.. Adams never had occa.
sion to interdct the inrusions of his porter under
any pretext, either of cards, messages, even Of
the public mail, pending the consideration Of i'm
portant business, il is only proof of the relaxed
functions Of his office, leaving them subject
to interruption, with liability 10 be deferred from
hour 10 hour and from day to day. This does not
comport with Jackson despatch however the twin
nationals may sneer. | would suppose too, that
any one who conducts well-regnlated Printing
Offce, ought 10 have learnt by experience, the
essing OF short visits, if visits there must be-
during business hours-and such one might
nave discovered, that the good sense Of most Wis.
tiers, renders them fully competent to appre cate
the importance Of brevity, without hint OF de.
parture. If these disciples of etiquette are lea.
ious OF MIR. Adams patent privileges in the pre-
misses, they may quiet their alarms on that score
as Gen. Jackson is not at all emulous OF that sort
Of fame. Or, if their drift is to divert the Presi-
dent from his wonted method in business, by at.
tempting to disgrace il with the epithet with
which their Chief is branded, would advise
them not 10 be too sanguiDe in their speculations
OH man whose habit is to Judge for himself to
prefer the counsel of his friends to that Of his
mics
Z" Aristides begs il will be understood, that he
does not consider these remarks at all called for by
any obscurity other deficiency in his letter to
the Editors of the Enquirer of the l4tb inst
they are offered purely to crafty the two Nation
ais which he could not, in the spirit of reciprocal
kindness, refuse them; as they have done him
one act Of justice at least, in inserting his letter
entire, being sufficient vindication of itself, TO
the good sense of their readers. notwithstanding
their laboured attempt to pervert its intent and
meaning. ARiSTIDES."
Without pretending to guarantee the accuracy
of the statements Of Aristdes, by giving them
leading place in this paper, (or which he is en-
tirely indebted TO the foreman of our Office we
must undertake 10 say, that we have never known
a more preposterous attemp, to sophisticate plain
matter of fact, than we have witnessed in the
present instance. Suppose the statements of f.
riStIdes true-is theye any thing improper in the
course which he ascribes TO the President? Having
great press of business upon his hands, when he
comes into power; with masses of letters TO read;
variety OF applicants TO pass upon; the whole
machinery Of the Departments to come under
his eye;-and hundreds and thousands Of friends,
anxious to call upon him and paw their respects il
il not necessary for him to have the command of
his own time, tohen he as engaged in the public
businessman, of course, to instruct his Porter 10
say to those who call upon him, {" The President
is busy, and cannot see company at present-but
at such an hour, he expects to be disengaged,
when ysu will be pleased TO call agan"!-Is not
such regulation not only proper, but absolutely
necessary! Docs not every Editor even, find
some such rule Indispensable And are the "Two
Nationals so astute, as to sophstieate this into
matter Of Etiquette. Why, il is almost too a b.
surb TO require any answer.-tt was but the other
day, when we pointed ont the mode by which
the President might get clear OF the alleged pres
sure of the applicants upon him, that the N. In
teIligencer re-published our article as the proof
of " lucid interval" and as giving "some
symptoms Of returning sanity''-and yet, when
Aristides comes forward, and shews that the Pres
iden, had already adopted similar course, which
had the effect of keeping off this crowd Of Office
ing the coursc-and absurdly whine about Ell
qfe.ie-asif I" hours Of business" and f" forms of
etiquette" were not essentially distinct from each
other. The President must have his own time for
busness-both before he admits company, and Gf-
teTtrdrds-And il is notorious to all who have late
ly visited w ashington, that man is more Access
sibe to Company, than the President is, at such
times the public business does not demand his
attention-and that no President has ever exceed
ed him in the ease and mapners of a polished gem
tlemaD-But enough OF this
The same papers have noticed the remark
which we made about bis reading his own letters
and Judging OF their contents for bimself.--We
will now explain for their satisfaction the whole
matter; and il rebounds still more to the Presi-
dents honor report was af1oat here that the
President was dypg-Then again, il was said that
his eyes were too weak and his he 9TH too infirm
for him to read letters, papers, SSe. We seized
the first opportunity TO ascertain from intimate
friend of the President the truth OF these stories
and the following turned out to be the facts; that
his health was az good az il had been for several
years past; that although his table was crowded,
with letters, and a friend proposed to read them,
ana endorse their contents upon the outside, thus
saving him the trouble of reading a world of ir-
relevant trash, the President refused. saying, that
what seemed irrelevant TO another, might not be so
to him; that il was his duty to attend to all such
papers, and whatever tronble they might cost him
he would read and Judge for himself--and this is
the amount OF the whole matter; and all the witty
quizzing Editors welcome to make the most
OF it-Tney may depend upon it, however, that
the President will do his duty, whatever their CO.
alition friends did-whether the tables Of their Sc
cretares were loaded with documents which they
did not read, because they might be out election
eerng, dining, toas.ing, speech-makiug, sc. &C.
Mr.. Binns' story Of the expressions ascribed TO
the President ia relation 10 Messrs. Madison and
Marshall is about as true as the thousand and one
fIctons that were manufactured in the same mint
during the electionesring campaign--It was his
practice to coin base money, while bis equally
guilty colleagues circulated it. The same game
is going on urith just the same e6een
REFORM.
The Administration is rapidly gaining strength
90 the North.--The init. Masonic fraternity in
N. York is blown sky Highland thus one Of Mr..
Ciay's intended engines Is struck from his hand.
"The "infecfed district" as the western section
of the state has been termed, is nobly redeeming
sN-- II IL.