Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-29
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% The Lynchburg Virginian concludes notice
oil The Presidents Message, with the following pi-
quaint observations upon :he vouminous lucu5rutions
CT ouT ncighbcr of the Enquirer. BY the way, those
iucuoraon were generally understood to be prepare.
tory TO an assault: upon the Presidents Tariff opin-
ions; hui none such has appeared. From beginning
10 cnd they were swee'iy eulcgis;c. Has the cue
been given: la the cannonsde upon the Tariff 10
cease, from this time forward? Is the upconouerabe
and increasing popularity Of the Tariff principle per-
cevcd and is Mr.. Van Buren, too wise TO stake his
political destiny upon is overthrow? We have
proved prophets in than one remarkable Instance
We foretold that the Southrons were aiding to rive,
the Tariff by the election of Gen Jackson for Tim,
he neither could or burst oppose it, and that tho
recognition OF it- wisdom by President elected
through the ins,runientay Of its foes would fix its
permanency Have not events sustained us? Is
not Gen. Jacksons last Message uncquvocully, and
strongly Tariff? And does it require the sagacity
of the Editor Of the Enquirer to Eoresee hatVrgin
ia is fast becoming Tariff Stre' Hero perhaps is
the secret of his silence.
"Wfh these extracts, we must conclude. NJ lcas,
Tor the present, our notice OF the Message As il
would. however. be disrespectiul TO pass over our
friends OF the Richmond Enquirer entirely unnoticed
shall remark hat they have already published two
u
bout Seven heavy columns oftiat poppy I'VE hope
this word will not be mspronounced, that poppy ne
riodicql. We glanced over mo l." from "a sense
ofProrssional duty" (as some Editor has it) Moth
ing else could have induced undertake the Her
cu!ean task Of delvlDg through such a medley of
shreds s. patches. consisting of extracts from tie
45h No. of the Fcderast from the writings of John
Taylor of Caroline from Gen. Samuel Smiths Speech
IN the u. ). Senate, from the National Gazette the
acknowledgement, the Wheeling Compiler and a
n. York writer'-wiihout raw OF genius or spa rk
Of eoquence 10 relieve the dul, monotony of italics
without emphasis, and quotations without point.
IAN ounce OF civet. good apothecary," to cleanse
the brain of such drowsy stuff! I, is due
TO the Enquirer however, that we should
give it the credit i, deserves for one candid
Acknowledgements which we find in ia comm nary:iwe
care no, hnw it came there. The ENQUIRER admits
that is i.quite 'remnrkaLIe" that sucI, able docu-
ments as the first and second Messages signed BY Tho
President shoud have procepdsd from his prn Re.
markable, indeed it truc Ii It were So we to,
should lft up our eyes and hand. with establishment
real as'onishnent, and MT affected as is The En-
qnirers,-oDd excaim. lis possible that this 10 the
old soldier. who, when he wrote the Dinsmore letter.
could not spell some of the most ordinary words in
our language Isit possible that this is he who put
Lindley Murray at defiance? Is this be who could not
write even his own General Orders at tho head of his
army, nor the Official accounts Of his own battlcs?
II 1t De, then there is royal road To lcarnng-a
man who - Presideat can learn faster. than one
who ~ Observation-Disclosures and philosophers may
say what they please TO the contrary here 10 the mir
Gle worked before eyes, and we must believe it
that's cll."
u In what we said Saturday, in reference 10
Mr. Caldwell, member Of The House Of Delegates
from Loudoun, we committed a mistake. Mr. Cad
well las he stated on the floor Of the Iouse) did not
resign the rle Post Office he held, before HE eltc
ton, but has done since. Inaienton led us into
:he error.
a0-Sccrctory Ev ons "Cacology" bas been long tn,
subject If newspaper mirth. From tho New York
Commercial Of Fridy, we copy he following singular
illustrations ofthe Secretarys ignorance of Murray
and the authority exercised over his style by the
Grammarians Of the Cabinet. The case plainly ia
that neny being detected in his grammar by ,ic
Jackson critics in the irst edition they assumed 'h,
bbery OF making those corrections which APP ar ~
the next.
T'fifco'e Reports We received ycsicr az ls