Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-16
Worihy Of Mr. We6stey's Consideration /,

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LIE Philadelphia " U. ). Gazette" Got the Oppo.i.
non side oil the House) remarks, that Mr.. JefIer-
sou have scarcely found their wsy south
OF the Potomac in this country, are ms Oh Quoted in
'e British papers The recent libel cases. have caus.
ed the writers for the London Press to bring the opin
ons OF Mr. Jefferson, in opposition 10 the practice of
LORD Lyndhurst; who, whatever provocaon for suits
ne may have found in the HbeIs OF the Morning Jour
nal, will scarcely acquire enviable popuartv bv ,h.
measure, and certainly does not free himself rom any
suspicions that might have been attached TO hi.
motives Tor appointing judicial officers, on the inu.
eNdOes OF That partZan Gazette"
The U. 5 Gazette also re publishes the following
extract from the London Sun -" Lord Lyndhurs,
should act and teei as Lord Eldon acted and felt On
MN, the squns oil The day. even when directly leveied
~ nin' should i"Ii pnness aud harmless. lie should
be IN condition 10 disarm invrcve by his conduct
ana augh at every sn"er aud every censure. II con-
scI0us oil lnnoctsce-it proof against corrupton-ii
sufficiently aliluent not TO be nredv-if rich enougb
not 10 he dunned-it honest enough 10 bid envy aud
sarcasm dehance-ii proud enough 10 be a peer and
JUST enough to he iudge self satisfied of his in
noccnce,-he should maintain a dignIi-d silence
leave accusations against his character To the iudy.
me" oil lime and the historian, and rest hi. re putann
upon events and his good deeds Had Lord Lyndhur.,
pursued 'h's course, he would have been nObier
person Than he now is Had he based his fame upon
ms acts and decisions, the world would have admired
ana appauded his conscious integrity and his benie
hant hOeray. The course he has pursued howe.
yer, has annihllaed this chance OF fame The irdqe
mas income persecutOr-the Lord High Chanc llor
and come what may, he will be Judged accorIinyly -
And yet, MIR. Webster has stopped from the hie h
estate TO which his partial friends have cnnspired TO
raise nun, TO vent his spleen upon the Editor of a
newspaper at Washington He, lik. Lord Lyndhurs,
SHOULD nave " sustained dgni6o silence'-no,
nave rushed into he Senate OF the U. S. with all hi.
peUy resen'ments, streaming from his lip; maxim
monon alter motion, and bTandshng his boosted thun-
aeIooIts' Tor The purpose oil furnishing an Editor
but no notion has vel been pre- and va do moi
.a" 10 predict that let it be PIE sed WHEN it may,
me bowwiil only recoil upon III. head of il. author
some @he Ignorant Peasantry," lin the Saun,cn
Spectaio has noticed the prediction. OF this paper
pecting ne success of the Constitution The wri.
Ter Is emitted 10 notice from the general courtesy of Iii.
remarkS.-We assure him honestly that we have no
doubt OF It's ratification by large raioriiy-and that
U's "oplnon Is founded advces from various QUAR-.
ter-, AMI the more we hear, the more we are salts.
ned Aud what would the citizen OF Augusta county
nave us TO do: To oppose this Constitutions? On
O0HOf u no. the proposed Contribution better Than the
WeSfM on! No politician deny il. Does The wr,
Ter expect another Convention he called aud b.
yer Constitution 10 be proposed? Let him not deceive
hmSei-Ihe Est will 90 into another Convention
SOON and should the West attempt il alone what the
me result would he dis solution OF The ties of il An.
Gent Commonwealth.-We submit, therefore cheer.
'n"y submit, to The Consliiuion-and we ball re-
g"d It's ratification - the hdrhinger Of the TRANQUILITY oil
,ne state As TO that event, we eniertan 40 more
uouo' man We have Of orr exissncc.-The very
paper which usheTs his writer into light is averse ia
us ratification by the voters of the Vest but it has
no erpecfdiiOn that he new Cousi ution can be re
Jected."- Nor have We