Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-24
TO THE EDITORS IF me ENQUIRER
A SIGN OLE THE TINESi


The cleo Ion OF pTGtsr e. Cougres IL ovef: ami since
His went an old s-tcls from the Nashville II publican
ha been produced by the T.le the text Tor bo
'nly 81 such peculiar rii in the eyes ct the Nii,n-
ln,eis eocer, that 1t has lost time in Transferring
to i,s colrrnas, with comnsndAtoty Introduction
whi"h mnt be particularly gratifying to i's honored
"blect The sentiments OF the Telegraph are p-csoun
ced worthy OF sdoniion h. every Na'iina R.puoli-
can in the country''-an opinion which will doubtless.
meet the eary concurrence uf 'he other Ma iona',
hat has lately declared itself ready 70 rsi, riZs,
or "Calhonuizs," or ise ia anv possibe share
provide 10 rniiv-n th- nov ohseEfss hor z wi II
prospect Of treekns down the man OF the pecp'. The
incl gencer. moreover, considers the honilY "a ign
Of the um's" la thi, concur; and l. therefore, ask
that by is los rtiln, yon will sid in hi Ing II up the
eyes OF those VIII m II concerns 10 read such SLAMS.
The mos. careless reader of these r-maks' at the
Telegraph scarcely il 10 feel that there some.
mean
Ga perusa' OF the ar cle on which the Telegraph
has made its naonsl-reput cam comm airy, IL will
be man fest. that the OBI and T. sole oN ct OF the
writer, Is, TO awaken the voers oil Teon-ssre the i'm
portance oil selecting their Representatives in Congress
with single rye 10 those qu .sons n atom al
policy witch appeal has been made 10 ihe peo-
pie, AMI "in ths decision Of which may b. iGvoiv.
ell the desnies OF our coun,ry."Ceraio questions %
par imount imPor ance TO the present AMI future cate If
You country. are nov pending before you. 81 lar az
you can affect H. the issue rests upon the choice Won
IN Ike OF representatives These Iestons, YOU ought
all, therefore, TO examine deliberately; and every man
oil you whose visws, in regard TO then The
those taken b. the President ought vote fer ch
those is
=" oc,rine" OF The Republican. II may he righ or l.
may be wrong; sill, this, and nothing more is The doc.
rtne. Can y Other idsa be iouni in the piete -
-ad II You will see that it, purpot, lie 10 hole pur-
port and lis sole purplt, il a. have ae: and not.
whtaud az the remarks Of he Teeg app and of lie en-
do'ser OF their you will, with
me- believe II im?ossioi' fer any vision, however di'
tor e. to sc in 1t augh els'. VIVA then does the Te-
legraph pretend TO discover 10 IL; Letus see.
ihe ciIz'n' OF Tennessee ara toll hat they owe
TO themselves, to the President and the country,
pIrNA fnnn nj nNfr,,
cate course of policy different from that recomme nd
ed n the Presidents NJ .asage." Thus does the Tells.
graph outs and the insidous distortion OF the true
sort Of the Republicans aidse's is already b gun
Does this fatty represent the puTpor Of tia, address
But let proceed.
We have erdeavOred," Gays the Telegraph ",o
maintain It's principles, Qhose of the veto message
no; because IL procee ded from The President hut be-
cause beloved them dictated by me Consti ution
and bish considerations of public olicy. W. believe
mat 'he veto has done much good ahd mat IL ought
he aud will maintained by the people; but TO m k.
1t personal measure of the Presiden, and 10 make lis
advocacy, as such, the exclusive test of fitness 10 re-
present The people in C0ngress would crate prece-
den, much more m'schev AMI dangerous shan those
which the veto arrested" And what is the up hot of
all this! why, ts only possible meaning 10, tlat the
paper to which II s contrasting ,self you'd have these
principles Imported merely the srouud OF ,her be.
ing the "persona" policy of tie Presiden'; and ~
sue" mark uis as such would with to establish
hem as The only test # fitness represent the people
's there shadow Of foundation for these impulaons
upon the II publican
OF the elective franchise, by substu ing tho will o.
President as the sole tes of fitness TO be chosen re.
preventative Of the Peopa-a doctrine which would
pace all power, legislative and judicial in the hands
OF the Executive" What is ii that would amount 10
such surrender aud he attended with such mon s,rou
conssqlences9 Any thing in the course really recon-
mended by the Republican? Nc! Where has The
Telegraph found this docrne," at which i, DISPLAYS
such holy horror! The monster is cliId of its own
nre ton; conceived and produc ed M 9th imasina
bic purpose than tina Of max NC the display What The
alma
EsSi comes Inc choice nioraizng, the folio
s;rar: Is the misfortune o! paitv that Il Often fer
gee me putic gooi in It's devotion 10 indivdu ls; aud
' irdiscre'i0p oen f1rd the BEST apology which lac
ton can give tor its disregard Of prncpies." we'll
rounded pc od, aud partIcula' y Ineligible! II l.
b. wrong in principle, for tie positon u oppose oil
the measures OF tho President right wrong nothing
can justly aTepres-ntAiiye OF the pc ip!o IN an abn
donm~nt OF the will OF his 5'itu or what he he
lieves to b. his duty TO hem, account OF the opin
ons OF the Executive" To Whist post n Of the re.
uroba ed DO rine is this cant any-wise aypIicsble,
Wherein doss the Republican evinc4 forge,iuIness
Il public good in its devoiion TO Individuals? Where
does II say that any thinz c0ud justly represen,a-
tive in sacrificing the will HE constituents or their
10 interests TO the opinions of NE Executive; or at any
oil e. shrine wtaeve The Republican says to the
people Tenn Ell is not merely the support and
re election OF Gen. jackson that are to b. ken, in
view; but IL is the establishment of certain vital men
sWes NJ public poiicy, tohich may and probably toH
exercise an important influence on The ultimate Jate
Of the Repu5iic."
The Telegraph, moreover, can see no reason which
would authorize the psOp3 of Ten1esssse or aDy nor.
ton OF tbem TO deseTt In Old and acknos ged rieds
OF Gen. icssrn, repre- seutavss who concur with him
on most and who bave yea TO such measures az thew
have approve, ELI tent and dec led support
because they have Hsred with him on a ain
gle point SC " The sririt of msrs prcsena ion which
prvedrs the whole atiicle lie here again ifss, The
Republican neither says, ln,ima e. in I'll rrmoes
manner, that difference of opinion with General Jackson
would authorize the people to desert his lrienIs-a
novel light, by the bye, in which place the relation
between the people aud their representatives.. Thi.
10 purely an invention oil he Telegraph. The Rspub.
lean rep nfs the support and reelection NJ G. n
Jack on 10 IN liter OF secondary moment. The ori
mary confederation is he establishment OF that poIiev
III reference T. the sspns by which the coun nv is
disirc'ed which, upon examination, shall 10 the people
sem be''. To bs sure, from the adoption OF the
cour recommended by h Republican il ght toll cg
that The people would change heir repre- senAtivas
ut If any such ohange sho M lloS, il wo nd follow
n' becanse the incu nbent had didred from Gene al
Jackson, bu because he docs differ from his constiu
enis.
Finally, The Telegfa ph "pres umes that the r III
ican is not prepared TO denouace as opposed to Gen
Jackson, ard therefore unfit to be r. preventative
in Congress, ali peesons 81 ="
Aghin the same unblushiug misrepresentation. Whom
does the Republican denVuuce unfit 10 be TepTe.
sentative, because opposed 10 Gen Jackson7 Where
- there idea TO this ehsct-sn idea that .mis of
being tortured into any such sIaps No where IT'S
another Of ths shameless tissue Of abicaons ths
place, he people OF Psnus, lyania, X u ueky Ohio
1od Maryhnd," aro plainly till ty the Tsegssph thu
the odous denuncation imputed by it to the II pub j.
ctn ep lies Wi equal force to their natives
The utter islsi'y f tis mpua ion has been pointed
outnOt the slight 81 foundation for IL IS % be fund in
~ a A.