Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-28
Richmond, "wednesday. Pee. rs
MIR. ADAMS.

We confess that Mr.. Adamss bearing i'm the H. of
X. has hitherto most agrceably disappointed u.s.
We regretted 10 see him return to public life and
particularly at his taking in the III. of r. We
were far from expecting that he would add any
thing to the stock OF his reputotion.-The course
which he has pursued to this moment, has bailled
all our calculations. His debut is allowed on all
hands To be extremely credablc TO hini-And, if he
will redeem his pledges, throw off all party bias :;
consult only what is due to his country and TO HIM
self; perhaps there Is no man i'll Congress- who has
1t IN his power 10 render public service at the
present important session, than John Quincy
Adoms-The following extract from San occasion
al Correspondent" of the N. Y. Sentinel, mt Wash
ington under date of Dec. l4th,) places Mr.. A. in an
interesting point of view:
''The probable reception of Mr. Adams on the floor of
Congress, has been, aware, subject some
interest among the political prophets of the day Some
predicted that he would meet with that cold condesccnso
which is accorded unwccomc visitor some
that he would be the victim of immediate unqualified
persecution some that he would be the
get at which the young aspant would direct his
ing shaft somc that his presence would call up
ricd horrors of the Panama Mission and unbearsc tho
Wondering remains of the murdered coalition" But
none of these results likely to be experienced Mr.
Adams, without seeking it, has twice had to adj
dress the House, and has been listened with that
spectfu attention. to which his character standing Just
~ cntitle him. Nor do believe there is a disposition
among his political opponents invade his feelings dig
nifty believe he will always be listened TO with inter
est and deerenceand that his scrupulous freedom from
unamaoie personalities, will secure him the friendship Of
many VINO nave looked at him with feelings OF hostility
Come to The Poim-We shall not handy compli
mcnts with the U. s. Telegraph We do not go
for 'eords, but acts for FORM but the substance of
the thing:
"What shall we do''' (says the telegraph "Shall we
as the Wing nsnuatcs ask Mr. Rches permission
duce the proof positve-or shall silently submit to the
mpuation of '.folly and fasehood?' Will Mr. Richie
permit us to convict him OF desire to 60 'foreign
mission" under his own sign manual-or will he plead
breach OF confdence Nor do not blame Mr.. II. for
the vaultng oil his ambition; good why
an editor may not go foreign mission; but we do see
many good reasons why he should not abandon his pnci
pies, and sacrifice truth and honor obtain Mr. Richie
holds responsible positions his opinions have accident
al importance, and have long had our ewes upon his
movements We have the and having that, we are at
no loss TO account for the that forces Mr. r.
sert the principles of jefferson, the whig principles of
20; to worship at The shrine of Knderhook. We cant
withhold our pity. 'Oh--what a falling off! ~
We meet the question once. 1t does amuse
us indeed, to hear man who has so indecenty
published private correspondence and private con-
versatlon now pretending to haggc at the publication
of any thing under the "sgn manual" of any man.
BUT we VIII leave him no cXcuse-no preteXt of
eq"cocot,on We again dsGy him produce his
! proofs. we discharge HIM from all pretended OBJ
legations OF confidence" and permit him to con-
Wet us of n desire to go a foreign mission un.
der curl own "sign manual" If he can. We 90
farther-we permit him, any other man, to show
by our sign manual or i'll any other way whatsoever
that we have asked, that we ever would ac-
cept, from the present Administration, of any Office
whatsoever, for ourselves, or for any rela-
ton on the face of the carth.-Nay, more:-
We have uniformly disclaimed it, The Tele
graphs friend 1.-THE Editor of the Baltimore Chro
nicles) has the evidence of this fact i'm his hands
Let him produce it.-4tnd further still the Editor
| OF the Telegraph has it under sign ma
nlia that of all the acts of the present adminstra
ton, think the Executive appointment of Editors
TO be the most eXceptonable---We beard this vgi-
liant nquisor, then, the teeth. We defy both him
and his spesand the busy body Members Congress-
who 20 proving into the public Offices, and hold
conversation with the Heads of Departments which
are afterwards garbled, and retaed to- and publish
ed by, the Editor ofthe Telegraph We defy all such
Of md Nvn
may as truly add none of Mr.. Van Buren, himself
hone of Gen. Jackson himself What occasion
have we to desert the principles Jefferson
motive TO " sacrifice truth and honor to obtain" an
| office, which shall ncyerscek and never accent;
"Are you answered yet?'
The Telegraph is pleased to speak of our consist
ency.-lost truc--we have supported, and we now
support, n man, whom we once most strongly op-
posed. We gave him support under public
considerations, which as yet even but imperfect
~ disclosed TO the eyes of the People. We adopted
Ten Jackson our alternative not as our choice
because we believed that he was the best calculated
under all the circumstances of the case, of all the
candidates likely to be elected, to promote those
great principles of limited federal Constitution to
which we have been devoted. We vet trust that
his past and his future Administration will redeem
this conversion into which we have fallen with so
many of Our political friends. But if ,Ce have
changed our course as to men, how many others
have not been guilty of a like transgression? Has
the Editor of the Telegraph been consistent? Let
the solemn pledges he lately gave TO Mr. Bockee
ito obtain an Office" and his present hostile attitude
to Gen. Jackson, give the answer-Who was it once
called Henry Clay ga political gambler" and is now
his devoted parsan?-Not We and truth to saw not
Gen. Duff Grecn.-The N. InclIigencer is also
pleased to- join in the chorus, and to speak of "thc
paragon of consistency."-Has the Inteiligencer for
gotten, who it was that first gbed Mr.. Adams for
being "a wolf i'll sleeps clothing" and afterwards
licked the very dust under his feet? Who it was
that said that Mr.. Clay would never like them. be-
cause Inc knew that they knew him too well: and
yet they now laud Mr.. Clay to the very skies?
The N. lntcigencer hints, too, at our consistency
in reproba;ing their copying single paragraph
from the Ex-of6cia when were formerly in the |
habit of re-pubishng long "articles from the Tele-
graph" is there any mystery in this? Can there be
any inconsistency? Then, the sin lies equally at
their door We formerly re-published from the Of !
hcial--and we now repudiate the Telegraph-And
how arc they? They formerly repudatcd and now
they re-publish from the Telegraph, not ga single
paragraph" as they say, but whole columns as their
own paper during the present year will iestify-l
There is this other difference between us: So long
as we believed the Telegraph TO be guided by prin
ciplc and TRUTH we copied from it, But the pIoment
It exhibited the clovcn foot, then the Intclligepcer
cruces its columns with its beautiful efTiIsions
But enough Of his'
This is the Letter, which an Editor is pleased IN cav
'was construed TO that [wel had letters from the
Hero Offering [us something-and that the rIror is that
it Clerksbip Of $500 per annum!"-Tbat docu.
nicnt is in the hands of ,JoccJ