Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-07-15

that II no win do what good ,tse,,' would do
with such Impressions upon his mind NO Ee Processes
II he will himself return TO Washington, sd take the
customary mode Of going before the legal tribunal he
VIII give every possible safeguard and iacf3 in con-
sSc'ug Inc investigation Does any man believe, tina,
ridiculous attitude OF making charges which he osn.
not supportof appealing to the people, with the mo,f
exaggerated statements OF his wrongs flies before b
produces his proofs and will refuse to return for
the purpose Of making the legal nvesg aon. If this
be not " fsrce," what in the name Of Truth 10 Il
! THE COURSE OF THE OPPOSITION.
me Imposition are s,i'i attempting 10 make a' much
~, no scenes at Washington as they possibly can.
crosse" canmni's are penned al the city and cir
cu'asa over The country. Tu6es uagni6.. into
s o,n. 81 me privacy o, The hrs,ide invaded W
strip, Of The flights OF neutrality ard th,u., io,,h
Into all the urmtils OF the But what can be
when faction POUNDS the trumpet At the beck Of sub-
ton; when are held saered; when T,u,b h,r.
| cause OF tho Cosiiiioo.
With What mirer able stuff does the OvposI,ioo D..
s"a n. present adminstr Even Of our own
rsnd' do not seem to be OF The divers.en which
attempted, and Tho tricks played Of upon ,bs puts.
iuy Kept out OF sight. The People have q deem in.
'eres' In them. The President has been su,Iv
'aees''4i III tho general administration OF the public
.""s-Dut our Opponents spare pains 10 throw
'h'm on, OF view. They are eons' sniiy making the
moit arul and d'graceu efforts TO divert the subtle
mua 10 ne consideration OF private, and dsmssiis
ven" Do they dwell upon those foreign relations,
whn ,ornerIy excited such profound in:e trough
we oamoH: Do they sxpa'is'e upon the public 6nsa.
ees! Ufon sny great subest which affects m. r;rhf,
Of the people, Oh! ro these things are sem ns,i,s,v
THROWN into The sbads-and Il seems that .uti.et. Il
nnan greater magnitude have lately been pr.':.d sr
on me puoiis sr We are told Of oher thiuss which
more vi'ally affect our very ptlt teal eai,s nee
and which are to shake ,his country 10 II, eea.
ns! Hre he Presidents nieets and nephsrs
Hous6 what an awful subject is this to think uponJ
How many other matters has il superseded! The cr
ensive territories which the President has fairly and
hCnOrably fort ho II,,;,o
dian bloody civil war he has probably
prevented by his mastery Indian cgociatons and bv
me great exeriions he has made for the benefit of the
ihdlan 'rbes as well as Of his couH'ry-a tho adj
vantageous treaties he has formed with foreign nations
and every effort that he has made protect the cons
!u'on, and to preserve the public monies ALL ALL are
10 80 ior nohing. And we are TO be amused by the
movements Of ladies', and the squabbles of .bdie.teI
Secretaries! If Mrs d. docs not 60 back to the eitv
OIL washington, why tho Republic is runed Ipevit,-
ply gone II was but few days ago that tho arrival OF
her husband in this city produced panic and sn uproar
among Jeo choice spirits, almost great the rins-
ing OF Us bells during .he late war.
SureIy (ays Core ponden there Is SCI se aSo,iy
In This good Old Dominion see through aIl such ma,
nGavres. | am assured by eye-w,nesses on the spot
ihat the public business tceI done A IL
Is at this time. The public officers all ate ntiVetbs
government efficiently conducted in every Branch of tho
Administration the reven,e in more prosperows
condition than eper 1t t1ds. informed upon tho
best authority at shall haze bettceen and mil
IRONS o. dollars this year than tce had the Last,
Inc general prosperity OF the country is almost Without
Paraei IN the history of the world-At pc ace with ali
Europe; and on better terms with foreign powers than
we ever were before. And yet whence all this ella
" hence an ms Cabling among the slangwhsngers Of
ne Opposition! Whence arises this public exeitemenf
Why-i arises from some dirty, gossippinr stoyi,s a.
oout Wd'hngfon-in which the character of a Isdv
is concerned who has two or three children "a r,i:
and educated! Tell it not in Gath Publ.h r. NET IN
the streets OF Ascalon! Do these Opposition printers
believe that all the manly feelings OF our fathers havo
lu,ely lost their senses?"
And after all what these mighty stores or rather
what Is the truth in relation them! The most
oil them now relates 1st the alleged OF thn
President shout the private aaoeaticns OF nj,
And 2ntly, The dispute betwc,n two OF
a'ie' and the charges which OF III. ha. brought
TO the present aspects Of both these uijsctsi
l. The prioate relations Of the Secretaries has
been boldly, unblu'biogiy asserted by the Oppo,i-
tonss from J'hn Holmes down TO the Editor o,
the United S.,tss' Telegraph, that Ipghsup Branch
and Berrien wsre dismissed because tbey y.fu,-,
ed TO compel their families to associate with that Of
Mtjor Eaton" We will not sop TO enquire in wbst
sht this d,mand would place a man OF onor TO whom
Il was addressed II these three gptls men believed
ha sucn condition was prescribed to ihem, what ao-
we TO mink OF men who would consent hold an Office
upon so degrading tenure?-Is any IAN re Al friend
10 ihsse g'nilsm-n, who would place tbsm Ia 20 awk.
ward situation before hs pubic?- But passing bv
his View OF IL, we cay, here the charge aesnsf the
President, now where are the specific atom! Where
are your prooi.! Let the public aceuser come fosh
be some "member Of CopgreSs" who is ,aid 10 hav.
walled upon these gentlemen In January, 1880 and
Informed them that IL was the Presden de,ermjn..
"on 20 remove them from office unless they eoptormed
10 us wishes IN This respeci!-And who ia this "mem
Dor oil Congres" IL is now said 20 be Col Rieh,rd
Johnson, Of Kentucky. The Telegraph admi. him "a
10 the man. when 1t asks ito readers 'to avail, the az
pose which the statement in the Globe m, to reouir.
OF Messs Ingham, Branch, and Berri.p and T,oi
Johnson Now, what says the G ob.?-Tbat "v.
now declare, w'hcu; qua6s cation, thai Colonel John
con never did make such communication TO M.,,r,
nsham' Berrien and Branch, that imputed "a Bin
ne assured those gentlemen, on the contrary fhaf he
Tesident did nor require social intercomse bet,re,n
me JdmHies Of me members IF the Cabinet, and thaf
ne expressly discfdtmed any such pretension''
hhu "hat said the President himself, but The oih.r
Day as we learn from distant Correspondent t who
hesrl the President make the declaration AT Il pint
he PFe'lden declared, learn from The letter We
nave already published, that The right of ,v,rv
menioer o. society to the most perfect freedom in the
10 tpery m'nd-fhdt no man could. ereept upon me
oeoTeSf grounds, be supposed giIfy of The faryarf
a6snrdty Of caiiing IL ia question:
bere heh Is a Hat contradiction TO the alleged .e-
count oil Col. Johnsons evidence.-And what will mi,
mighty tale probably turn TO be. P rbaps This on
~; mat the President, finding the public buspess ike
~ to be injured by the OF harmony in Is feeling,
OF MS Secretaries, declared-it may be through Col
70 a ms Secretares-that he did not pretend
10 interfere with their private relations he
any such Pretenson but that il was necessary 10 R
dscharge oil their public duties that thew should hold
an intercourse with each other and that he must bav,
harmony among the members Of his Cabinet, and that
ne would have suppose this TO be the state of thu
case, and how completely does this empty bubble This
riucuIous charge about the Presidents LAYING down
me terms oil intercourse between the families of ba
oecreiaries' vanish at once! But the whole thing !,
100 silly Tor further discussion. This cbsrse eould
never nave existed but for the workings of An o,,y
treifed imagination"
The qudrre' b,ttoeen yHes,vs Eaton and Y, ohnr,
9ch constant effort is made lay the ridcule and die,
grace oil these proceedings at the Presidents door
that H. IA