Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-24
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! Monster to Engtsnd.-When ON Tucsday. we Dro.
tended TO believe that Mr.. Ri,cLc had it in contem
patton 10 rcprchend the appointment OF Louis Nc
Lane Envoy to England, account of l,s beinr a
federnfLst the Intelligent reader did not of course
understand us being serious. That was the r,oda
we took, to recall TO that geutemans recollection. md
that of the public, his violent donunciation Of Mr.
hmg appointment to the same station bv Mr.
Adams, i'll 1925, chiefly because he ,rns q E;Jryol,,
We knew perfectly well, that Mr. McI.ane's appoint
ment wasto be ''haed as an excellent appointrnc,,
this Is the language of Tuesdays Enquirer in des
pite OF ms being old fashioned fcderaist, and in
despite Of Mr.. Ritchies lamentations in 1925. n,
DR. Adams appointment Of two flderaists to high
station Kufus King to England, and Philip C. Pcndle
ton 10 the Bench We have taken occasion to nlancc
over tho tile of the Enquirer for 1928, and We find
The assertion made, that Mr.. Adams administration
was Jcaert administration, and that assertion
supported mainly upon the ground of Mr.. Kings and
MI Pendietons appointments. lie, us see whit
Cen Jackson has done 20 offend IN the same way OF
his cabinet, Judge Bcrrien is u selfackuowIedred
!ederalist. Mr.. Van Buren, certainly corpucnced b;
career one, and Mr. Inghau belonged to the same
party at no very remote period. Mr. Baldwin of
Pitsburg was offered the place of Envoy to Mexico
Mr. Pemberton known federa!ist takes the Mace of
Mr. Markley Naval Officer of The Tort of Pbila-
delphia-Mr. Scott, fcderslist Of Mr. Spcncer n re-
publican, as Register at Chlicohc--and now Bar
bour IS recalled 20 make way for Louis McIane as
Minister TO London. These occur to our recollection
without any minute enquiry. How is it. that the an
Prehcnslons of the editor of the Enquirer have not
been awakened by these federal selections? How is
1t that his fears for the ascendcncy of the republican
party 80 keenly excited by the appointment of Rufus
hng q Philip {. Pendlcton in 1926, are no LONGER
experienced upon of exactly similar cir
cunstances' Why does that candid and consistent
EDITOR not now infer the federal character Of Prcsi
dent Jackson'5 administration from the nppoint
ment OF Louis McLane, as in 1926, he inferred the
federalism of Mr. Ada,us' from the avpointment
of Rufus King' Mr.. McLane is equally rs much n
fcdcralist was Rufus King, the only difference be-
tween them being, that King WIS first rate, while
McLauc with ncessant application, is barely sreond
rate man.
These Inquiries proceed from 10 disposition on our
part to find fault With Mr.. McLanes appointment.
for we really approve it, to revive the almost for
gotten and wholly inapplicablo distinctions ofFedor-
aist ana Republican, for while we regret that thcy
were ever lost SIGHT of, VIC acknowledge the folly of
applying them to the present condition of parties and
Of the country. Our object is only to know why Mr..
Richie has dropped the word Bederalist from his
vocabulary, since the IIcro's federal appointments
worc mado' Why were they offensive to his scnsi-
biIiy in 925, and why "hails' lie themas excellent"
in 1927 Ought the difference Of the source whence
things ofthc sardo nature proceed TO make so mighty
difference in the things themselves, and tho favor
with which they received
Tt1nesser.--n has been we'll observed. fila, ,bo
friends Of Cen Jackson "fscl more disapprobation
than they express" a his measures, during the brief
space he has filed the Presidency. II was not to bc
expected, that warrp and jealous partizans should all
at once, rcnSunce the confidence they had really
felt professed to feel, in the Chefof their portv
Whatever unfayorable impression Cen Jackson's
official conduct has made upon tho public mind. is
d'scoyera5c from the silence and detection Of his in
tehgent supporters Opon disapprobotion is not the
mood by which it displays itself
There Is an exception 10 this however, in the case
OF Pleasant VI. Miller, lawyer Of dstincton in Ten
Dcsscc. That gentleman having been brought out
rs candidate, in tho belief that his talents might
prove scrviccabc in sustaining the administration Of
fre1dent Jackson has in a very bold and manly
manner, withdrawn from the field, avowing as his
motive for doing that he longer support the
administration. But VIC will let Mr.. Miller speak
iorhimscE and his candor is az rare in these days
nett isalways commcndablc, we hope the reader viii
g'Yc n his 'o''cr an attentive Ycrusa