Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-09

thetic appeal, compounded from the calunnies OF
The lnteiligencer, and the celebrated Farmers
letters, the veritable productions OF that ceebra-
ted "iarmer" Tobias atkins, late Fourth Auditor;
&C. sc. &c. az follows
"ShouId violence aud prescription succeed in
procuring the election OF Gen Jackson, our liber-
ties are gone. The forms Of our political organi-
cation may for shor, time be continued, but the
substance is taken away. military despotsm will
overawe the exercise OF our privileges and make
them subservient to the viii of tyrant, sc. II
phrensied devotion TO an idol has not subverted
your reason. we call upon you TO pause aud reflect
upon the facts we have disclosed"
'httend 10 the lesson OF experience; let history
speak TO you in the language OF warning & admo-
milton; and, finally, hear the voice Of your beloved
jefferson, who from the brink Of the grave ad-
dressed 10 you his apprehension of your I'M
pending ruin IN these awful and portentous words
"y country thoH too 'DW experience the fate ,seh hc
bfatisn erey free gousrnnsIthy liberties DW Be ,eer
had fody hoPsd 10 have found IA flss exception
ny support " Jackson a"n '-Ao res dregg'dsd every
order he eVsr reeeip rho has trenPted udsr foot The
iar' aud constitution Of his country ard 0io has substi
stei ais govshe5ie sviH his only r,e Of conduct
- thy support Of seA man shakes my confdenee, IN he
capacity Of se goserGent, and fear all is lost"
Such is the case ofMr. Henderson, whose re.
mova has been hera'Ied from one extremity Of the
Union to the other, evidence of the vindic-
tive character of the President; and over which
the National lnteligeucer excaims, worse than
Turkish cruelty"!,
Ii is also charged, that, in this case, better
President wanted the Office. We ask every can
did reader to say whether his removal was not
called for, by that respect which the Head of the
Department owes TO thc Chief magistrates. Had
MIR. ii. changed his opinions of the President, Is
itexpecied that those public officers who were in
debed for their indiscriminate ISLANDERS ofthe peo
pies candidate, should be continued in office:
Mr.. II. was not removed on account OF his pre-
ference for Mr.. Adams That preference he as a
citizen, had right to exercise. He was removed
because his printed address convcts him of gross
libel upon Gen. Jackson; libel which the parti-
2ans of MIR. Clay, had it been applied to the chief
would have rated with the objectionable offences
But 1t is asserted, that the removals OF Postmas-
tiers are not FIRST announced in the Telegraph as il
is said was heretofore done in the Intelligencer
or Journal, whilst those prints enjoyed the conf
dence Of the Executive. Before this fact can be
properly censured, II must be made TO appear, that
the predecessor of Mr.. Barry did, as alleged
make official PRONUNCIATION OF the removal and ap-
pointment Of Posmasers, thro either OF the prints
in question. II is positively denied thai such ever
was the practice Of any Postmaster General: and
the Journal and Intelligencer are challenged TO
prove 10 the contrary. Until that be made to APP
pear, the charge is unworthy OF an answer.
But all this white washing of the characters of
ex-postmasers, and other abducted public officers,
is well understood. Ii is to give an impulse 10 the
wheel which, as the Journal says, is TO bring the
reforming power into the hands of our opponents
that MIR. Clay may reinSate those whom General
Jackson has removed. Such being the avowed
Y,
clamor admit that all their patriotism consists in
love OF place-aud with the great body of the
people, who cry aloud for reform, they will find 10
commisseraop.
We have thus discharged our pledge; and hay-
ing disposed OF the Postmasters we will in a few
days pay our respects 10 Mr. Phiebrown and if
we do not demonstrate the existence of most
bare-iaced conspiracy against the freedom of the
press, in behalf OF corruption, will fail in
municating 10 our readers those impressions which
conscientousy entertain.
IMPEACHMENT OF TIE PRESIDENT.
The In,eigencer, OF yesterday, speaks Of The
removal of Mr.. NouTse, as follows
GToseph Nourss removed from the off, of Register Of
the Treasury This venerable citizen, dingusbei for the
pey and excellence of his personal character has
recne, Tor more fifty years. mr. Nourse entered the
public Secretary TO Gen. Charles Lee
that officer Fort Moulrie,in the harhorof
wasbe,eged by the British lie continued with
until the battle Of Monmouth, ser which he appointed
the Old Congress- December 80, 1876 Assistant CLERK
10 the Bosrd OF War June III Deputy Secretary
sDd Psy@s.te to he board Of War May 20 1T7s Assistant
Auditor General Sept 49, 1851, Register of the Treasury:
Hamilton, underthe edera Constitution he reap pointed
September ~ 1893 Register of the Treasury, which Cce
sny thing like qualification of this removal or even single
oitcumaiance to qualify IT,"
The Journal of to-day, follows up the subject
by threatening the President with an inpeach-
nieniW We do not deny that MIR. Nourse has
filled the Offices here named, and received the
salary attached thereto, for the terms above stat
ed The dates are given with such punctilious
exactitude, as leave doubt that the statement
was made upon careful inspection Of the com
missions, and proceeded, for aught we know,
from Mr.. NouIse himself. The IntelIigencer
and Journal are licensed complaners, but we
again caution their country coadjutors against fol-
lowing tlieir example. Ii il should appear that
in addition to the large sums received by Mr..
Nourse on account Of his salary, he has improper
IN used other large sums of public money, for
which he must hereafter account to the govern
Inent, the camor about his removal must re act on
the coalition. We learn II t.,Mr Nourse admits
the fact of his indebtedneSpfto the government;
the precise amount isnot yet ascertained.
For this Indebtedness, there can be no apology.
Mr.. Nourse the Register of the Treasury,
aud the sum passing through his hand, has been
chiefly for contingencies of his department..
We can only repeat TO readers, that the
work of reform goes steadily on. That the Presi.
dent himself examines into all the causes of re-
Inoval with great care; that, although all these
causes are not laid before the people at the present
time, no removal is made without such cause as
is called for by the public nterest-and that the
developments which must take official shape
before the Congress, will call forth the graft
tude of the nation towards the incorruplible states
man and patriot who will have rendered more
service in expelling the agents Of corruption from
Office, than he did in vanquishing foreign enc
my. ~. s.. TEL
CASE OF TOBIAS WATKINS.
Circuit Court of The United States, for Wash
iHgton County, ID. C.-(CoNcLUDED)
THURSDAY, May %.
Mr.. Key made few remarks iD explanation
He stated that the bill which had been ignored
by the grand Jury contained an allegation totally