Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-09-03


We doubt whether hoax was intended. bv the
ndvduol who transmitted this early ,tion to
iPh'adephia; though, far as a belief in II rro,t
produce any effects, II hoax 20 all intents onJ
purposes. we sorrow most for our brethren of the
pies5 whom such mis- advice places under the awk.
maro necessity OF correcting Mistakes and brnoino
The premature gadness OF their readers ;n, &C.,
LIE Philadelphia Gazette says:
nc intelligence Is credited here we believe we NAV
i 70 our iaIme's on the prospect of AN add
ai aeahd iSr their produce, and our merchants ON The
prospect OF widening of the scope
IL Is true that Mr. Peel replied, in answer To n
Question on this subject, that negotiations were
pending with the American Minister g. IL 49,
been for very considerable time past And !, wo,IJ
ue wen always To remember that direct intercourse
WIN The West India ports will not be crantsd unit.
ater que notice given TO tho Colonies and then only
WIN such exceptions and discriminat,nns !, f,yor e
British bottoms, Will render it not more nro,blo
than the indirect trade at present carried O and
winch It would be degrading in any othsr adminstro.
I non TO accept a. any rate, Whenever any thing
snail be done it will not be revealed To ms in ths
manner in which it has been by the doom s,crinn
reports We have had of late.
From the .New York .Uorning UeyoJ.
A. Is rather surprising that this important news
Mo,; n'st reach The public of this city through the
f'.s'o',Si 1aZctte There can be doubt that tho
,Eteer Is hoax; and regre, that il should have
oeeh practised upon newspaper having much inau
eiice' ohG large circulation Too much of error In
~ieaay Deen promulgated on this eger debuteabis
question ana deception has Just been dete cied
WhicE had lis origin i'll letter pretended TO have
oecn received at Saint Johns, ard which is still uo
ne Tue rounds OF the newspapers, with its reCtaIop
u'cl!hs Ut us heeIs. Can it be that these reports
nave 'heir origin in political designs are they the
Wag%cry OF some wicked roguss, who take dclirbt
poDtment?
~ From the Baltimore Chronicle
Lae Vest India Trade In giving the erkrn yes
terday from the Philadelphia Gazette ON the suIoct
OF The opening of the West India ports TO our com
merce, we expressed our doubts as to the correct
ness oi the information, and grounded them on he
circumstance OF the New York papers, of ths same
uute OF the letter giving the intelligence being en-
tHeiy silent on the subject. By Yesterdays mails
we nave no confirmation of the report and of course
nus' oeheVe that the information Of our correspon-
uen' was prmature, II not altogether groundcss.
From The PHILADELPHIA National Ga-eHs
;, Inc news or the opening Of the British West In
dia Forts which we publish the first page on the
authority OF letters from New York appears TO have
eeen wholly unknown to the New York editors as it
Is not mentioned by them in their papers OF Saturday
VIC fear that this mistake, or hoax has accustomed
muoh Hour to &c bought and sold in this city
In noticing the report relative 10 the opening of
Inc British Colonial por,s the New York Journal
OF commerce says-We have letter from our Lion
ann) correspondent dated July Gth which saws:
Ihere Is some reason TO apprehend that the Amer
lcan public will count too confidently upon success
iui result in the West India negotiation The ad
mlnlStraion here stands pledged to the British Narb
American Colonies not to grant YOU direct ME-
course with the Islands, without previous notice
ever" VIM"
40 TIE EDlToRs oB THE Vino
nave been 90 little provoked at the course which
sPursued by the few papers which read (your. tbs
,sat'Snai lntehgencer and the Enaulrar) towards
thing nboot the consrltuIionai .t,n.ii e. - no
they contendi for the argument upD~ hat uues1isn
seems to have beer exhausted on both side You
I
opposed 10 1t. The Enquirer seems to think that II
VIII not DO at present; and indeed as | understand
him, renounces it; although, he evidently has great
sympathy with the party. You and the National
inteigencer quite Indignantly deny their claim to he
OF the true Jefferson School Of potics-snd the En-
quirer says not q word in support of il. Yet YOU
must all know, for al! OF you have read ar Jefer-
son posthumous works, revised and prepared by
himself for publication in 1879 that their claim j.,
this respect is founded in truth and Justice Now.
whether tho party be right wrong, common fair
ness requires that their petcntion TO this illustrous
origin be admitted therefore, appeal to your can
dour to publish the following extracts from two leb
ters OF Mr. Jefferson written in 1897. one 10 MIR
Madison and one TO Col. William Smith, and publish
ed IN the cd VOL of his Memoir
| z 81. 81 hold 1t, that little rebellion now and
then Is good thing and necessary IN the political
world, as storms in the physical Unsuccessful re-
beliions, indeed, generally establish the encroach
ments on the rights of the people, which have pro-
duccd them An observation of this truth should
render honest republican Governors so mild in their
punishment CT Iebelllons, not to discourage them
! too much. 1t 10 medicine, necessary for the
souhui neahh OF the government. - hopo that
| THIS advice, Will DO duly appreciated by General
jackson when the occasion arrives ard that is ano-
her motive for wishing the sentiment published and
oihheea III due tune. have some fosrs, derived
from his past conduct, (though you may think that
such Inieences are not at all 10 be relied on that he
! might net take that mild view of the matter.
r. 267. Speaking Of the Massachusetts rebellion:
God forbid that should ever be 90 years without
such n rebellion The people cannot be all and al
ways well informed The part which i, wrong. will
be dlscontented in proportion TO the importance OF
the facts they msconcoive. Ifthey remain eulet m
/ der such msconccpton, it IS u letharey the fore
runner of death to he public liberty we have
mad 10 States independent for eleven years. There
! has been one rebellion That comes to one rebel.
| lion in century and half for each state What
country before ever eXstcd century and halt with
out reocinon' And what country can preserve its
liberties, If it's natives are not warned from time In
time that their people preserve The spirit Of resis-
lance? Let them take Thc remedy rs to set