Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-22
FOLLY AND FaLSEUOOD.


We use the ploincst expressions thatwc can an
ply To an article in the Telegraph of the 10Th inst
rose by any other name would smell as streetn-
30 vei silly is the article IN question: that should
have hesatcd about noticing it at all--had moi tl,c
N Inteiligenccr given it some little consequence by
ranspianting II INTO its own columns Of the 2Oth.
pours forth the following struns
I've ma the following intelligence in the Telegraph
yesterday, winch we give To readers find IT,
Ii may not be all Of it true but where there is much
smoke there must be some fire. 1t will blaze anon:
I'VE have before us letter, written by am intelligent
gentleman in western Virginia. who informs us that L is
understood that Mr.. Randolph has enlisted warmly i'm
the service OF Mr. Van Buren,; that he and Mr.. Richie
are organizing party against Gov Floyd, Mr. TaZewcll
and Gov Tyle that the general plan contcmpates am en-
nrc OF foreign diplomatic corps; that
Mr. Rives is To suppant Gov Floyd; that Mr. P Dan
el is 10 supplant Mr.. TaZewe; that Mr. Rondonb il IN
sppiant Mr. Tyler; and that, plishing
s general arrangement, the Clay party be
c'a'cu ny giving up the constitutional question: the
principles heretofore maintained by the Enquirer and Mr.
Randolph in relation TO the Tariff.
The letter does not say that Mr.. Richie is 10 become
r. an ourens successor at the Court of ST. James, but
we have good cause Mr. II. knows to believe that that
point has long been the object of his ambiion.''l
o.,d may not DC G1 Of At true" quoth the modest
there n single syllable of it true We have doubts
even, whether amy such letter from any gentleman
III western Virginia is in existence but certainly
the very fact of such n letter would call any mans
indulgence INTO question. Letter or no letter. it is
SUN; ana the coinage of some idle brain We
do not believe, that Mr.. Randolph has enlisted i'm the
service OF MIR. Van Buren,. lie does him more JUS
ucc than ms enemies have been in the habit of do
nS-and tins is called an enlistment in his service
There Is no such plot plan or organization as is
mere spoken ONO organization of our diplomatic
corps. How can Mr.. Rives suppant Gov Floyd-
when the Governor is in Office two years more un-
der the Constitution, and no man breathing cnn
therefore, supplant hm?-As TO Mr. Rvcs, we should
offend hs understanding by supposing, for one mo-
mcnt, that he would prefer the Executive Chair of
Virginia, with salary of one thousand pounds to
the Office of Minister at Paris with & 5000 The
designs of Messrs. Daniel and Randolph to supplant
our two Senators are we have doubt Us fictitious
as the rest of this frrago The assertions that the
Clay party is to be conciated, the constitutional
question to be abandoned, and the principles i'm re-
lation to the Tariff to be given up arc so drecty
contrary TO the cleares facts, which are known To
the whole community, that il is wonderful how any
man could bring himself TO make assertions as pre-
poserous as they are false.
That many of our citizens are dissatisfied with
the manner which Messrs. TaZewcll and TYLER en-
poyed in their speeches upon the Turkish treaty
that they disapprove of the tone of Gov. Flovd's
Message, towards the President, and his supposed
aIlusion To the doctrine of Notification is most
rue-but is is just as true that the above statements
OF the Telegraph the Pigments of disturbed
Imagination.
This most worthy Editor goes on to say, that he
has good cause, as Mr. r. kno,rs IN heiievo ,bot
that point (the mission to Londonl has lon. been
the object of has ambition" The assertion is al
most too absurd for contradicon-but as it is pos
side tiat some one may yet be found, who is ready
to give some little crcdence to the statements of tho
Telegraph, think proper to charge the faIsobood
directly to the teeth of its Editor and we dare him
TO his proofs. We have not the vanity to aspire 10
such a distinction. We have no ambition that
looks to the possession of any Office within the off
of the Executive. 1t has nothing TO give that we
VIII ask nothing that we will accept. Are YOU an
swered yet?-Wc kno,o that neither this man nor
any other man has good, any reason, TO believe
that we have any such thing irszvew-and we know
i'm Tho 81.
have never entertained much less expressed any
such desire. VIII the Telegraph Editor be pleased
TO call his witness into court? We defy him to do
It's il some other letter he has received from some
western nan-or, is it that ,corthy representative
from Virginia, who said the other day at Washing
ton that he was anxious to "get paper to cut and
to SKIN I,J - ne, who would see A. j. sup
planted by j. G. &. Get it from what quarter he
may or be it the Editors own especial invention. il
is all false.
AUDACIOUS PROFLIGACY.
That most unprncipled politician Stepben Sinn
son. is now in the act of epublishing ali the private
letters which had been addressed to him bv his for
mcr friends! Among them is a letter from the nreseu
Judge Baldwin, who writes him in July 1920, i'm a
moment oil petulancc, a letter about Gen. Jackson
The Judge Is no doubt by this time sufficiently asha
ed OF his eilusion.-But what shall we think of
,he morality the deccncy of this man, Simpson, who
Deuays the confidence thus reposed i'm him, i'm
manner which every man of honor would scorn to
adopt-Yet is this proigatc politician still quoted
and admired by some of the Opposition!
INFAMOUS INsrNUArloN! The Washington Cor
respondent of the N. Y. Sentinel writes as follows
under date of Dec. 10:
he more reflect upon the late Report OF the Secre
tary oil the Treasury, the convinced there is
something rotten in Denmark. Have spalms been
crossed! he Bank has said ii will pay its adhcrents
reu! The Secretary has always had the reputation OF
hninded honorable man. but there are times to try
men souls, aye, and their pockets would not be
too severe would think charitaby of all but when
great interests are at stake when great onied MONOPOLY
threatens the very foundations of tho Republic Men
should speak fcaressly."
Yes and what is of more consequences should
speak Hny-We undertake to say, that a viler and n
iaser inslnuation never escaped tie lips OF man,
Weare as much opposed to this Bank as the Editor
or the Correspondent of the Sentinel can Debut is
mat any reason why either fus should sneak ,lse-
ly and illibcraly of Mr. McLane? What grounds arc
there for thus stspccting him ofbribery and corrtp
iiop' lie has been always rcputed-nay more inc
mas always been, a hlgh-mindcd, honorable man.
lie has always been an advocate ofa Bauk-JJe has
never disguised his sentinents.-Ie has ALWAYS been
above board.-Upon what possible grounds, then
Is he thus suspected of corruption? The very thing
carries absurdity on its face. Such Liberal stric
lures can render no service even TO the cause which
IT'S authors profess to serve. tits a disgrace 10 the
press itself, to use such poisonous weapons.
Ol the same character the false and miserable
assertions of the U. s. Telegraph about the concoc
ton ofa Bank Bill. Its Editor has been driven from
every ground he has akcn by the authorized and er-
Ptich contradictions ofMIr. McIane No explanation
to which the Telegraph can resort; no snberfi,oe
which IT can employ, can shield il from the oI,nroe