Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-27
RICHMO.ND. FRTDAY, MUG UNT pa.


Nat Intelligencer has been polite enough charge
with ''impudence" i'm ''palming off deception the
pubic"-And what are its proofs, That the "Washing
ton Correspondent of the N. York Journal of Com
merce," whose marvellous calculation about the next
Election was blazoned forth by the N. Inteigencer
the work OF uniform Jackson man. ais also the Cor
respondent OF the Editor of the Enquirer that have
derived much information from him, and, that, he is
ka0tcn to the Editor himself a Jackson man. And
gainst our own acknowledge Of classifying the charac
ter OF the writer, leaving to be inferred that he
an opponent of the Administration THE National
lnteigencer still insist, upon it. that every DO
dy knows, who knows him at all, that he has been,
from period long anterior to Gen. Jacksons election
an open and uniform, Jackson man."
We are now TO understand them, from this descrip.
ton, who is the person To whom the lctelgeoc
teIs-At the time OF wiring our own paragraph we did
.ot so understand i'.But even IL we could have said
to him. at the writing of ii, in the words Of Ma han,
that " Thou art the man." we should have aft med
what We now repeat, that he is no Jackson man, who
AIDE such ridiculous calculation. anil that the N In
cliigencer musthave k own, at the time il palm
ing deception upon the public--We will not name
the person in queslion-but il is no, true that he
IS the Correspondent of the L ior OF this paper
We have not had line from him for many weeks, and
we may several months. The facts these that
in June, 1929 We received letter from MIR. -
-- Offering his $, rviccs as a Correspondent, SIC.
&c. We promptly declined his assistance, in as civil
terms as We conld-(We informed him that the state OF
the establishment, SC. would not permit it)-At his
request the Enquirer was sent to his address-and
few letter, were subsequently, received from
him, from which made exracts. There Is no
doubt, that Mr.. presented himself origin
ally to us friend OF General Jackson-hut uiti-
maely his letters became less decided in their char
scsr. and we became chary Of the extracts. His
letters sopt eight months and il 10 IA Sc that he is
now the correspondent of this pap-r-And are now
TO understand that this ge.enan is the
OF the N. Y. Jour..ot Commsrcc-.he author of the
famous Calculus for making MIR Clay President n9,D.
and foreuer the end OF Gen. ackson the " uniform
friend both anterior to his elsc,ion, and at this time
For, that is the question-Wha is the key to this
vouton OF feeling and opnion-and whether the u. 3
Tel. has rightly hit upon 1.-THE Deponent sayth not
But did not the very Calculus and its publication, prove
to the satisfaction of every honest man. that its Author
was no friend Of A. Jackson? He might haze been his
friend but whatever he torote said years, months
or Deeks ago, he not his friend at the time he made
this publications and the Inteligencer must have known
II. But what do these honest Editors now saw when
MIR. - himself has recently written in such terms to
the Journal OF Commerce, will be sufficient, accord
ing TO his declaration 10 make the friends of Gen.
j. TO give him up; that he is "Jacksonian" mans
fool, but native American Citizen" tsnever entan-
gled with any political party" When he publishes the
world that however tcOrthy the President may be- he
so toed to be governed by he styles him
mere "iySttnen, mere dutonidtOn in the hands of
those who surround him?" Now, here's the rub. II
the National ntelligencer calls this ebackng your
friends" and il they will still insist upon it, that he is
the friend OF the Presidentwe shall surely not
he ast1nshed After whatwe have seeD, MI ddlirari
Is our rule with those geDt-men. Others, who have
better opinion q them than profess, may call il
ignorance and Jatuify if thsy please We Thick il il
more worthy OF being called mpudence and resump.
tim.