Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-09-09

any hins oi AIR Calhoun. that would uoi have,writ-
sn OF sAd 70 bin, had the ossaeon made II proper
Mt LumPkip, whom have long known, prides him.
sen cpon oeiog a very strewd observer OF passing
events, Independent Of his strong desire TO csmmu.
nea'e Iac's TO his friend The Vice President he as
sumes inc sharas'et OF prophet and ventures to pre-
u,t' "ne' "eh' Jackson will do. Unfortunately, ths
'hrewd observer ofpa,,ag events, aud the Prophet
are equally at fault He tells the Vies President,
I'. IM rom the day Pennsylvania took up Genera
yae"oh' every eon'psnous friend Of the Vice Psesi
dent supported General Jackson, with sonstaney
sau 9erosmty, and that GeLeta Jackson knows it,
L,avpg therefore, TO be Inferred h,t evsty COZ.
sPicuous iriend OF Mr. Calhoun Ia this mater, hal
ossn Influenced so TO asl by the Vice Pendent.
now, uoor oaa'ely for his friend Lam, kin, tho Wee.
hat he was neutral teiw cen .p,rai and Mr.
Adams. WoGderfu!!! Itis presumed TIA, there was
MOI ano'her individual in the United Sales this hap
py state OF que,cence up5n The presidential eee,iou
General Jackson aud Mr. Adams ere so ut like Ia ,h -r
temper manners and principles. that i, at least diff,
sur 70 conceive how any who had the cp, kno
eugs OF Tie two men could be neutral between them.
bi' believe Mr.. Cslboun was no even neutral be.
tween hosi gentlemen. Does ,he nation r.eoileet the
e"er oil the 81 OF July. 1921 by which Mr.. Calhoun,
Mr. Adams, aud JOAN McLe an, then Pos,ma,er sne
fa witbd.ew their names from the 4,h July Dinner
a, Washington, because Ninian Edtoards wss cud-
ed iron thai dinner: How happened his union! Tia,
'eueI al ieas shows friendly feeling bstveen tue Il
And The ACT was done prop the tcisrng reputation
one OF MT Adams. political supporters Whole SON in
law welded ihe vote Of Ihuo;,; which vote secured
Mf. Adams election. III IL had been Withheld he
would cot have been elected al least on The Isl bal
io'. Mfr Calhoun safes that his opinion between the
'"o eAhdida'es, Tow ard, whom he was in the happy
State oil neutrality, vas founded upon p-ilepi,, which
he E how Yer, careful disclose but leaves 10 be
Inferred fom bs subisqTert condue.. What tina,
prneiPs am entirely a, loss 10 cor c'urs; nor
az ms suoscquest sonuuct fuiushed any clue 10 ar
rive att. Doe' he mean that h, pt.nci- lie he audes
70 maj The ssndiae who receives ihs highest cleo
ofai vote mus, necessarily be elected by ,hs House of
Representative? Tee Constitution ha, 10 such min.
cipe Ia It, L. tha had been she Intention of tho fra.
mers oil that instrument, they would have said that the
cin lda'e receiving ih- highest number OF elecora,
vo'es Of ould tie P:esid o: doet he mean thai tn
Representatives. OF Safe arc bound 10 give the same
vo's an the eesors had done That pr uci, 10 m he
constitution The only liRIita,ion imposed upon The
uonse oil Representatives. is that they shall elect one
OF the three highest Of th- candidates. This the 1u
OF representatives. did, and therefore violated DO pne
PIE OF Inc Constitutes, however they have inlrnx
ed upon the prircipe Of th- President hisA 10 N,
entirely oceol believe he alone can tell what b.
m.an', he means any hing; whiih is very queson-
'ise Presd.nPs frierds- Ids, "How then can il BIO
possible that General Jackson can suspect tn. friend
shiP s'ns,ancy neerity Of you, you. friends NO
ne cannot. He will no., be does moi. | have quite
100 mush confidence the General, 10 believe such
die i:les. Poor 'nilemsn, he has been deceived ip
TIE course that Mr.. Calhoun has pursued, and he i,
equally deceived in that which the General hGs pur
sued ADD w!ll probably cona pursue towards the
wee P'esiden' The keen observer of passing evenu
ard tbs prophet ere alike mistaken, both az to the
rrsideni and Vise P'esilcD; but possibly he may b.
more fortunate then have been in discovering The i'm
pjr'aot prnsple wh th the Vice Pre- tide at think ought
Hsuss OF Representatives, in February, 1925
To be continued \