Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-10

to toment The strife between ia. friend. Of the Admin.
istra'iou The conduct Of its Editors reminds 10 Of
tho ridiculous Goose in the farm yard She 4, proud
OF the crumbs that have just been dolsd out 10 her,
She struts along with beeo ming sir Of self Importance
She gaooies about with all the noisy mper iueuce Of
iu rsce-his'ng away and attempting to make much
the yard
The course Of the Republicans Of Virginia for,uua,s
~ admits Of no confusion. The landmarks are laid
down, as strsigh, ray of light from Heaven They
WI rally stound andrew Jack on. They will sup
respondent OF the Boston Courier NAV infer. n he
peases, from certain signs al Washing ,on that there
are' east,wo neD Staiesnow represented 10 Con
gres.' In which General Jackson will get no vote.-
aud ne may aiuds TO Virginia one Of them-But he
10 mistaken. The Boston Palladium NAV confidently
assert that " Mr.. Calhoun is to be proposed BY his
friends In those States Zone of them is Virginia. as
Jackson." But he 10 mistaken In his Views both of
virginia ana oil MIR. Calhoun. The politician who saw
IN he breaking down Of the Potomac bridge the tyoe
q. .ne separation between Virginia aud the admbi.ira.
"on' was one OF the fass prophets Of the day. The
piers oil the bridge may be swept oil by the mountain
'orrent but the ties which bind Virginia to A. defv
q maeh stronger attack. She remains unter,i6ed''
In lew views and measures, she 10 strongly attached
70 nun a, an honest pario and the friend Of reform
She will gofor his reelection and this Is one OF
the points which cannot be mistaken.
she VIII also go against Mr.. Clay--for reasons
wh'ch nave been so frequently enumerated, that il is
unnecessary to repeat them.-Tbs is another of the
established landmarks OF our political course
But Virginia will scarcely bind herself at this time n
ne car OF any man who aspires to be tho successor of
Al Jackson. She goes not for men, but for pripeipe,
no. lot this or that candidate. but for the great inter-
ess Of the Constitution. Who Is the beet calculated n
defeat the success Of the avowed author of the l,ev
styled " American System! Who has the strongest
attachments to the true principles Of our government
and s the upst anxious aud the most able 70 " re,rs.n
lite measure to the fundamental PRINCIPLES of the Fed
era Constitution These the great elements of the
problem, which we shall hereafter be called upon 10
sslve nu, virginia Is scarcely mad enough OF This
moment to waste her strength by premature commit
ment OF her suhfages. We trust, that she will uIti-
ma.e'y throw her weight into the scale of the Con-
u uton-and not pemaure,y sacrifice her great prn-
epes the personal views OF any ambitious
Mneh Is expected from her. IL would be affectaton
TO deny that much depends upon the discretion and
mness OF her politicians An honest and an earnest
support oil all the good measures Of the present adj
ministralion-a frank but friendly aud respecul
test agains, lite errera determination 10 supDor her
principles; -as much harmony as possible among the
republican party-a resolution to give no premature
commtals-,he interests Of the Constitution ratbe rban
Of Candidate-these are the landmarks which IN Il,
to be hoped, WI guide the citizens Of Virginia
may not venture 10 hop. the Re pubican, If 49,
Uniou " WV
THE TURKISH COMMTSSToyyERS
We have read, with much curiosity, Mr. Tyler,s
Speech upon the appropriation for the Commits
20 turkey We hasten to lay Il before our readers
sha also lay before them, the Speeches of Messrs
Taz'well, Livingston, and Forsyth as soon as We re-
eeve them. -
We have read Mr.. Tyer's Address with very
mng'ed feelings. We like the principle which Il
lays down. We agree perfectly with Mr. TYLER
that the post of safety 10 10 ssnd by the Cons,i
tuition" All Public Ministers and Asests. who re-
present this Government abroad ought to pas. the
ordeal Of the Senate, except in the cases spsciir
by the Constitution. We think TO Temporary sxpedi
ency; no commercial advantage that NAV be promi,.
ed by any such secret Mission, can compensate FIR
departure from the Constitution of the Country. We
consider this to be the abstract the true doctrine I'D.
on the subject.-We think with Mr. T. that no prece-
dent can JUSTLY error in such case We do moi plead
lasuncaon therefore for the apP.intmen, of Csmms-
sioners TO the Porte. We think the Adminis ration
has erred In the course which IL pursued in the present
case NO ons lie more willing than we are 10 rive
every eeidf, which is due to Mr.. Rhind's successful
ego'iation-conducted as il was with so much sd-
dress, and eonsumma ted with out the knowledge and
against all the wishes of the British Merchants and A.
gens-ye we arr free to cotf.ss that we see no ade-
quae authority Tor such mission, 10 the
Of the land We take IL for granted upon Mr. Ts sate
ment and that OF others, that II was conducted,
without the knowledge and advice Of the Senate and
such Il the opinion that form OF i,-So far we agree
with the Senator from Virginia.
But we cannot equally approve OF the manner In
winch he has conveyed his opposition to the masure
thousand precedenfs will not justify error'-bu,
they may mitigate our Indignation. We unde rstand
tnat In our foreign diplomacy distinction has br en-
drawn between civilized and barbarian States, II has
rarely occurred ii ever that our Commissioners IN ,be
ates OF Barbary have been nominated by the Pest
dent, and confirmed by the Senate. The practice
may be wrong; and il is our belief, that il i, so-But
II has been pursued since the year 1885, by Washing
ton Jefferson and Mad'on has been asserted on tn
hoor OF the Senate land one can peruse the b.,o
ry OF such negotiations in the 18th Chapter of Ly-
mans Diplomacy OF the u. States" without being
sensible OF the fact that they have bsen conducted
neither with regard 10 the strict etiquette of civilized
nations, nor to the strict letter Of own
Treaties have even been omed with the States of Bar.
barry, by Agents appointed by Minister a, Lisbon
&c. Some reasons were given too n this Debate for
the employment OF secret agents in such
IL was sad, that Commissioners to the Porte yer
could have succeeded, if their mission had been made
known to the European Ambassadors and that il
would have been impossible for this mission TO have
teen KEEP, secret, il the nomination with lis objects lad
been communicated to the Senate that some one |
out oil the 46 Senators would have bIabbed the fact:
that tho mission would have reached the ears of the
I" privileged spies" at Washington and its object wond
have been d. feaedWe state these circumstances no,
by way Of jus ion, but of mitiga tion OF damages-
They do not excuse, but they clearly palste the act
We should have been better pleased, therefore, |
with MIR. Tylers amendment, II instead of confirming
the protest to this single he had extended il TO ali
other precedents since the year '9j We should have
brmiy protesting against the measure, he had obsery
cd more friendly manner towards the administration
wa say the admioi.netion, because we have mo
Idea OF separating the President OF the United States
in any such case, from his Secretaries. In Eng
IsDd, they may pretend that ths King can do |
no wrong" and lay the whole blame on bis minis |
ters. But hold the Presden principally Iiableand
we also bold his constitutional adviser also TO b.
liable for the bad advice he may give But we cannot
consent, TO hold up the Pres dent really OF cyohar
nor do we believe A. Jackson is so as 10 shuttle the
Secretary OF State to the top OF the pack"-and IN axe
him the principal object Of snimadversiou. We think
Mr. Tyiers manner 10 unforlu naie-aDd not 90 friend.
y as II might have been-snd the more 20 4.