Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-17
THE CABINET.

THE CABINET.
We are amused as well as astonished to hear the opin-
Ions, which cool & generally liberal men, of the Oppose
tQn party, express about the administration. Among other
things, we have been asked Sravely, whether zoe ex-
pcct that Gen. Jackson will ever be able to make out
another Cabinet. They seem to think the thing utter.
ly out OF the question. They hint that all men OF sense
will fly from him-that Col. Drayton would not serve
that the Department of War has gone a-begging-that
Judge Barbour would not serve, sc. &c.-(The N.
Journal and tho Baltimore Chronicle,-yet we must
apologize for ranking them among the liberal and the
cool,-indulge in the coarsest illusions upon the
subject. The former in particular atirms, that +" each
gentleman 10 whom the Department has been rendered,
has been influenced to reject il: because of the disgrace
cd character of the Administration of which he would
become a member. In addi ion to this, he NAV have
been unwilling to accept a station, which he would on
~ occupy for about a yeae and three-quarters, a time
too short to allow Of a redemption OF the character of
the office, or to establish a reputation for the new in
cumbent," Sc. &c.)
Must We repeat that these assertions are rratuitou.
an false! that the vacant bureau has not been offered to
Drayton. nor johnson nor Cass-n nor to any other man
than Judge White-and according to the last Wash.
Globe "thers is reason to believe. that he will mako a
sacrifice OF his private feelings TO the public service"
As to Judge Barbour, we happen to be acquainted
President of the u. She would be the first to dis.
claim the motives which the Baltimore Editor is pleas
cd to ascribe TO him.
Dut "wil General jackson be able to make out ano.
ther cabi0et'I Who ought TO doubt il? Whence the
reasons OF such a %suspicion! The Baltimore Editor doubt,
whether MIR. McLano will accept the Treasury. He
need cherish no such delu,ion-The President has
mon obtained three Secretaries, and probably the fourth
There will be no difficulty about an Attorney Gene
rsl-And who will say, that this new Cabinet is not We.
ry superior to that of Mr. Adams' Gentlemen ought
not to lay such 'hattering unctions to their souls.' We
are not TO be beaten in this way--by sneers and gibes
by suspicious which have no foundation, and delusions
which the next days sun may %di-sipate.
.Mahomet's Co6ia!-Mr. Walsh seems reduced 10 ,
pert of /" The Case Of the Cherokee Nation agein,t N.
State OF Georgia."-Mr. Wirts 'snoble Speech in be.
nall Of the Cherokees, appears at first TO have settled
ms opinion. when we had come to the end of it
tsays he( we thought that our own persuasion receiy-
cd chiefly from his reasonin. and rhetoric, could not
De effected euen 6y the authority of the Court, hops-
sver ssoerse. But the opinion of the Court seems to
have unsettled him: -" II becomes us, perhaps to Weld
r"sl assent to the decision Of Chief Justice Marshall.
eopcurring with Justices Johnson and Baldwin"-Is
DR.. Dotbfy then satisfied at last.-Alasl for the Acc
oil Revolutions! He is taken a-baek by the rest of The
Book-the assent which he was disposed 10 weld to tho
decision oil the Court is no longer faai-"But the g.
Iaoorate, solemn, impressive, and, we believe, sincere
arguments OF the counsel, being Refrigerated and rein
forced by the disquisiiions and conclusions Of such mem
be's of the Bench, as Thompson snd Story, we seem
ssar!anfed TO relapse into the state Of mind produced
ov mr.. WWfs dppeaI."-And zee 6" seen, t1arranfed
u re-fapse' into the opinion, that Mr.. Walsh has taken
SIDES with the Plaintiffs against the State of Georgia
mat the Cherokees are a distinct nation and a foreign
sta'e WITHIN the very bosom OF the State her own ter
ritorial Jurisdiction to the contrary notwithstandinql-
A curious conclusion for a Statesman TO arrive AT. after
so much vacillation and pyrrhonismi
We have seen recently in the papers. much abou, ,ba
Cherokees, he thinks about the President and the Cbero-
keo Agents, and the Lawyers.-We understand that Mr.
h'dge does not give precisely the CT cumstances of the
case. II turns out, that the gentlemen of the bar had
not taken up the defence g of injured and HELPLESS pa.
lions, from the mere impulse OF a fine and philanthro-
pic enthasiasm-but that they had gone into il, in the
regular course OF business moved thereto by certain
solid considerations of a fee. A draft was ACCORDINGLY
given in their behalf, by the Cherokee Agents. usoo
tue Secretary OF War-to be taken out of the annuity Of
the naf'on.-lt was in relation TO this order, which the
PRESIDENT declined TO pay, that the conversation between
nimseh and Ridge partly related. The President was
impressed with the opinion, that the cause of the Cher
okees against the State of Georgia could not be sustain
ed that the lawyers were unable TO carry il on their
shoulders-that they could render no equivalent for the
lee. which they had stipulated to receive from the an
nuity oil the Cherokees and that it was, therefore, mo-
ney thrown away upon the gentlemen Of the profess
sion, by this " helpless n~alion."-He refused TO lend
himself to such a purpose he made a different ar
rangement Tor he payment OF the annuity and hence
some oil the criticisms which have been circulate about
his course.
II the Charleston Mercury does entertain any doubts
oil MIR. McDuffie's change of opinion, as to the funda-
mental powers OF the Federal Government. and of the
rights oil the States, we advise the courteous Editor to
compare Mr.. McDutie's One of the Peopie"-wit
tn doc rines which he now entertains. We had sun
posed the Inconsistency was too glaring 10 be contra
dicted by one intelligent mind. Mr.. McDuffe him
sell would not deny 1t and we cannot doubt il there
had been the same call upon his candour, that there
was upon Mr.: Hamilton, that like his distinguished
friend, ne would be the first to avow his change of sem
in the most manly and honorable manner.
irue-a the Mercury says of us, we have supported
Zen. ~Jackson's election. after having most strongly OPP
posed it-Again an again we plead guilty TO the acctl-
sation- and our only apology lies in the public conside-
rauons which imperious1y dictated such a course. Al.
Yer al, twas a charge in our opinions about men-ur-
der circumstances calculated 10 throw such light on the
aud character Of the only two men who were
before the American People for The Presidential Of
flee.
But il zoe have been guilty of inc on isieney in that
respect, what shall we say Of the Charleston Mercury;
"The rep oach C mes indeed with a peculiar grace and
effect from that quarferi Let the Editor
his own quondsm Grafton with his more mod
eIn e1Posiuons- placing Them in parallel columns be-
fore him = and then let him say whether he has not
changed tho whole stream of his opinions on the powers
the Federal Government-Whil we were str,i gglinO
Tor the Rights OF the States, he was crying up the au.
must submit quietly to the over-zealous enlightenment oi
this newborn Prosolyie.
LoisseS nous faire.
We have been somewhat surprized though we have
been %gratiiied, by the following Editorial article, which
appeared In the ~. York Journal of Commerce of tbe
principle IL supports is undoubtedly correct.
the fact it brings forward by way of illustration, is
striking enough TO have its impression. 1T DouId be
strange, indeed, that In a country like this, which had
shot up in so short a time to such a pitch OF prospe rity
by tnd'utduof and voluntary exertions, IL should now be
ound necessary TO regulate its labour aud capitaI'' by
the agency OF the government II does appear para.
doxical, that in a free country, trade cannot be free
and That those who profess TO be such friends of Liber.
ty should call upon the government 10 manacle our Dyi
pate industry by extreme and %impudent restrictions
Guard our rights from foreign aggression preserve
at home and discharge hose specified func-
lions which have been delegated TO the Federal Gov
eminent, by the parties 10 the compact-but in our do
nestle industry, in the making OF houses and furniture.
broad cloths and cottons and combs, whatever amer.
tains 10 food. clothing and lodging, the Arts, the Scien-
the Literature, and the other private wants of our
People, "Let rs dIene.' Let them buy as cheau and
sen as dear az they csn-particularly in \ Gate Of
peace.-It is, IN the general, a correct maxim in Poll
ucal Economy, that a rood business will suDuort .t.oIll