Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-31

red warrior vi the wilderness aud he veteran consue.
rer OF Bonapsrte, became the mere dupe aud passive
instrument of " the magicia =" II any thing could
have added TO the absurdi,y ot this declaration, IL
was abundautiy lurnished in the ca'icaturc which
these SIN pr,D's were con I nty drawing OF the in
dividusi 10 whom they had ascribej this IN gic pow
er. In one br,a h, he would be represented as WELD
log AL b. hueLco which 40 II All ia ttis ccuniy ever
can pos-ess while We remain tree, nd a. euveicp d
in al lmpcn IA trade igntranc W. h a wait OF caI acity
and ~ ant Of requirements peifre ~ inconsistent With
the posses o0 4 any iduetc e at u Over the mes,
ordinary meu. In she some zen nee, H. wou d be pre-
sotitd to the reader, as skIilsd In the dep. bs OF un-
iittowrb'o Intrigue, 81 ncviug be ", ole machinery
81 the = vrt melt, 0i houtsn apraren' eAer,ion OF
eprer'u Ut ccncsir; AID a'a supei hci'i ana ephemeral
poittici,u, au occidental creation vi cbauce. the III &c
hu'teiny OF asuptner hour A he ssu - mom-n', he
WAS heIi up brio = ,be Iublic, a. the cunning srd
gua'Gei and Sc D. poll ieian, 50 managing a presen,
Important public trust as 10 ensure is con'inUanee,
VI .Xel Sug- Tor one sui more desirable; and as d
reckless and urp,ircipied political gambler, with a
wan, Of polite aud moral integtty, perfectly iacon-
si'tent vi IA the retention or cafe management, OF any
public uust ~ hate We
Such had eg3n to he the attacks of tbs opponents
vi ,ae PIE ent national administ alton, and such was
the plan tor their cen iuuance during the present, sea-
500. They had uied every arrow in their poisoned
CULVER al The venerable President, and each succ. cd
,ng one had fallen back hunted aud powerie,s as lie
predecessIr. lie was now TO he transformed in,o the
dupe AID the iooi, the mere at toWa'eu, TO be moved
by o her. De- hind the throne. The pic uv was drawn
aud M'. Van Bus.n wa- placed MS ths wire wcrker.-
The y y rs a, headquarters lad given the Indication,
aud The whole CORPS brought out he how. The lead
ing dinner orator rom Rhode Island. by au 'hori y pto-.
n"uucsd the TACT, 'hs, Martin Van Buren, was in TACT
the l. esideui OF tie Uni ed 5 a'es, and his hea d au.
titnce called ior tie continuation. Thus lar he'd The
campaign opened, when it was di,cvvered that the
game law rot there. The Secretary OF State had r.sign-
ed h 3 eff q. The imp Else power ~i'h which thew
baud clothed him, had be,n volunis rily laiA aside
and te stood before them dressed in the simpls grab
Of a private ciiizan. What could be the rea-on for
this step They were frankly, and openly, and full
ly avowed. in his communication resigning the Office,
and were without delay given 10 The public. But
they projected from a feeling OF patriotism so pure
aud elevated, from a magnanimity so much above the
sordid reckonings of the political morality of his ira
ducers, that TO them they were entirely Incompetent
sible. The fact was astounding, and the reasons were
a mystery, rendered more impenetrable by the frank
ness oil their communication. Ii was a, once discov-
cred, that the communication itself was bad orthogra-
ply anu bad grammer, and altogether bal compost
ton, and therefore il could not be comprehended by
the editor OF the Evening Journal of this city, or the
more experienced editor OF tie Commercial Advertiser
oil New-fork, and here il was permitted TO rest.
Not $ however, with the Ex-Secretary. Prediction
upon prediction went forth for his benefit, and the full
hlment OF each, was TO be positive and utter ruin TO
him and his future PROJECTS. One would send him
home 10 take the charge OF " the Albany Regency"
which was represented as in a very disordered state,
and requring his immediate attention. Another would
make hlno Vice President, that his magic influence
might not tie Withdrawn from the national capital. A
third would send him TO England, TO get him out OF
harms way, during the dreadful battle that is promised
10 be given by the new " national republican party"
A fourth would compel him TO remain a private citizen,
That he may have the more leisure TO exercise his po-
lltical witchery at any necessary point for the next six
years. And all are sure that either prediction, if full
filled, will prove his final ruin.
Now, we are as ignorant as any of these editors, as
TO what may be Nh. Van Brren's future course, or what
may be his wishes respecting it but this we do know,
that whatever il may be, he will continue to receive
the same prosecuting abuse from the opposition. II
he accepts any other public trust, his object will be
sordid aud selfish. II lie remains in private life, it will
be for purposes of design and management. But Of
this reatnt nj, from these sources, he, surely, has no
cause to con plain. IL is no less a habit with the oppo-
sition To iniSrepresent his acts, and abuse his motives,
than il is the fixed opinion of republicans, that their
abuse - the surest evidence of his political fidelity and
adherence o principle. The same treatment has ma
terially aiied him in reaching his present truly elevated
posi- ion, aud its continuance will tie the gre atest service
t"ey can render towards fixing him more firmly in il, or
eNaliDg him still higher m the estimation OF the demo-
cracy OF the coun ~. [.4Bdny .4TguS