Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-02-03
RICHMOND. FEB. 3.
POLITICAL VIEWS.


lorty, before they rallied upon the Senate. The
National Journal, the Maryauder, and all the
zealots Of that description. began to count noses
and to declare that tho Senate was their own;
4 that they would check-mate him in that important
department, control all his appointments and pre-
vent him from being surrounded by his most
trusty frends.-They looked to the Senate as their
| rallying pont-Iherc was the banner of opposition
! to be raiscd-that was TO be the battle ground;
there victory was 10 be &c thence vigor was
! to be circulated through all the members of the
| Coalition.
They had their eyes intently fixed upon two
objects-to rally their friends, and to divide their
l enemies. And never were leaders so we'll calcu.
lated TO carry this mode OF tactics into execution
10 divide their enemies, they attempted to throw
the apple oil discord at once into their ranks
Ihey tried to yet up the question Of the mex,
presidential election, before Jackson himself was
seated IN the Chair to produce contention and dis
| cord among the friends of Van Buren,, and Cal
| houn and McLean-And sometimes they attempt
ell to set them by the ears, either upon que stions
oil nolicy, on which they did not agree, or upor
| the appointments to ofIice.-Their othe, obiec,
was prosecuted with equal eagerness, and perhaps
| more success. Their leaders have chung together
| IN hillng every vacant Office, Of which they had
| the gilt, with their own partizans. The three va
| cancies on tho bench Of the United States were
kept open as long it would assist their election
eering-and then they wished to fill them with
their own partizans. Tho Senate has permitted
the nomination to the bench of Ohio to pre- vail:
but the nomination Of Messrs. Cri,tente in Ken.
lucky and Hopkinson in Philadelphia are for the
present laid upon the shelf.-The same policy of
taking none but their friends into office has
been scrupulousiy pursued elsewhere. In the
Cumberland District of Maine, which furnished
at the last election the solitary star in the East"
the friends OF Jac5aC are of course put aside, and
George Evans, oneof the most virulent partizans
Of the Coalition, has been nominated by the Pre-
sident as Collector Of Portland. The Legislature
OF Name mot content with superseding Gen. Chan
der, and placing Messrs. Sprague and Holmes in
The Senate of the United St,'cs has freely used
the scaiping-knife upon their own officers Mr.
Harris, the Treasurer Of State, Mr.: Nichols the
Secretary OF State for seven years, have been
superseded by more orthodox coationsts-They
have discarded even the door keepers and pages
Mr. Merrill, the door-keeper of the Senate from
the first organization of the government has been
excluded; and only republican, the door
keeper OF the House, has escaped their resent
inent--In the State of Kentucky, where Mr.
Metca'fe declared his intention 10 become the
Governor OF State, and not Of party, he has
| made six. important nominations; yet not one of
them has been taken from the friends of Jackson
The fortune OF of his favorites has been rather
rcmarkabie-Mr. George Robertson, a devoted
parZan, whose influence was felt in the election
Oh the county OF Garrard, first nominated Sec
rotary OF State-The Senate confirmed him
Again, he was nominated a Judge of the Court of
Appeals; and again the Senate acquiesced-
Agains on the election of Mr. Bib to the Senate of
| Aforesaid Robertson the Chief Justice of the Com
monwea'th; and il is said, by way of log rolling,
nominated al the same time Richard A. Buckner
| as second Judge, in case Mr. Robertson was con-
hrmed-but the Senate threw out both the nomi-
nations, is 10 Is, the Lieutenant Governor Brea-
thitt giving the casting vote against them.
| The Ohio prints, in like manner, complain OF
Governor Trimble's having dismissed Cen Nc
Twain, faithful officer and veteran who served
in the last war, from the post of Adjutant Gene
Stafa in nrIa tn re-
with one of his own party.-But, it is on the SEN
ate that they have had their eyes more intently
hxed-because IT was in that body they expected
10 plant the lc"er OF opposition. Every vacancy,
which hes occurred, has been filled by their own
pariizans. In Maine, Paris has been succeeded
by Holmes, and Chandler superseded by Sprague.
10 Delaware, Ridgely has been ousted by CLAY
on In Kentucky partly owing to their own designs
and partly TO the want of concert among the other
party, johnson has been superseded-though Bibb
decided friend OF Jackson and REFORM has sue
ceeded him. The resignation of Gen Harrison in
Ohio has been followed by the election of Bur-
nett.-And in N. Jersey, we are afraid that not
only will Bateman be followed by Soutbard but
that the inAexibie Dickerson will be turned out
by some supple friend Of the Coalition
Their hopes were increasing with their sue
cesses; & the goal seemed to be within their reach
They counted little upon accident or intrigue
the absence OF one member the indecision of
another. With the Senate at their command thew
could make head against the new Administration
But, To- once their tactics have failed hem or the
voice oil the people has iriumphed; and their cal
cuiations and hopes are scattered 10 the winds
Edward Livingston is elected Senator Of the u
states tom the State Of Louisiana in place of Bou-
gDy They confidently claimed the majority in
that Legislature. and from the first ballot, indeed
il seemed that they really had il But Henry
Johnson (the Governor) and an Adams man, suf
fered himself 10 be run well as Bouligny, and
on The fourth ballot, Livingston beat them both -
And now the N Orleans Argus is pouring its anath-
emas on his head. =" The late H. johnson lex
claims that paper) whose greediness for Office was
such that, he scarce left one place, but he sought
for enoher, has terminated his career; he made his
exit from the political world Of Louisiana yester-
day at o'clock p. NJ He has retired TO that
obscurity from which the weak Partially of few
blinded partsaDs had drawn him, never to be
heard of more. Reqmescaf in pace"
The election of MIR. Livingston makes smooth
water in the next Senate. Allowing the friends
Of Mr.. Adams, il they desperate as TO turn
ont Mr.. Dickerson, the two vacaptseats in New
Jersey, then they will have with them ON the 4tb
March, Messrs Bell, Sprague. Knight, CLAYTON
Silsbee, Barton, Burnett, Chambers, Hendricks,
Johnston, U.) Marks, Wiley, Foot, Noble.
Robbins, Ruggles, Seymour, Holmes, Webster
and the two Senator Of N. Jersey-2I
The other party will have Messrs Branch ,Troup.
Hayne, Bib. King, farewell, Mclean, Ollinois,j
White, Williams successor lin Mississpp0 Berri.
en-, Kane, IredeII, Mckinley, Rowan, Sanford
Smith IS. CD woodbury., Barnard, Benton, Eaton,
Ellis, McLanc, (D) Smith, (Md.) Tyler, Dudley,
and Livingston-26.
Should Mr.. Chase, Of Vermont, vote with the
Adams people, they will muster only 22-wbiIe
the other side will have %. With MI Chase az
ierenuy arranged, they will be 81 s. 81.
In the H. of r., the prospects of the merit On
position are gloomy enough, even tho Mr. CLAY
himself should appear there 10 "ride in the wbirl
wind and direct the Storm" There is q majority