Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-30

scr ia tho sheet anchor Of their hopes and cnphshcully the
palladium of their liberties"
We have now traced MIR. Van Burcns career from his
first into the halls Of our Legislature in 1912,
through the whole period of the war, and UP 10 the
i6cauon OF the treaty oipcace. The extracts which have
been given from the productio his pen during that
great struggle, will re-kndle the grateful rccoecons OF
those friends OF free principles, who witnessed these noble
efforts OF a great and patriotic mind And the young,
who have admired his honorable aud brilliant since
tho, period, will lind in these extracts the triumphant
evidence OF his patriotism aud love OF county, cOnspi
cuously exhibited in the SECOND great struggle which
"tricd mems souls and tested the ouness vi their prn
ciples.
Every act of MIR. Van Buren,, aud every page of our
Legislative journal contradict the calumies OF the Telc
graph. The Globe speaks the sentiments OF every man
of truth in this State when il says that the camnators
might with az much justice, undertake to convince the
people OF this State that Daniel ID. Tompkins opposed
TO the war, rs that Martin Van Buren, They stood
side 10y side in that fearful And until the death
tachment which springs up between those who have
mingled tbcrSxcItions, their hopes and their ears ip
trying tines Aud Mr.. Van Buren, remained hong
enough in the Senate TO vincaie his patriotic friend,
/ against the assaults oil his hearlleSs enemies.
Those who know any thing OF the Of the wash
ington Republican,, which established 10 hunt down
Mr. Crawford, by the basest calumnies-who remember
the a. b. plot, and the miserable actors in twho have
more recently seen John c. Calhoun convicted Of the
grosesi and most inc Scusablc duplcy; of paeiing in
double sense with the honest old soldier, whose frank
ness and inindedncss such that lac would
"tampcr With his heart hide its thoughts" and 10
whose popularity this modern Janus indebted for the
second Office in the natio-w Ito have this second Of
iccr charging plot upon MIR. Van Buren,, which had
existence beyond hs distcmpered brain-w 10, be
uprzed at the false and sandcrous allegations OF the Te
egraph against MIR. Van Buren, Consciousness that
alliance between Modification and the Hartford Com
rention, for the rejection of Mr.. Van Buren,, ha,
anihiotcd the aspiring hopes oil the high contracting par
Ties, and that an indignant people sumnonng them {,
certain doom-has induced the "Lcpds Of the
1fumardtc, oall back upon his resources" and from
his abundant store house oi cauinncs, 10 give MIR. Val
Buren, another specimen of that crooked system for nhcl
Mr. Crawford's letter entities the Vice President 10 the
exclusive right This is system, under which ias
coloring given 10 history ITSELF in order assa suc
men as Crawford Jackson and Van Buren-whose charac
tiers Tor honesty patriotism and truth, be locke
upon by this "chd Of squirting envy and sclformen,in
Spleen Ito use the language OF HE present allies, who
soaring his eye balls" dissatisfied aspirations after pow
er, drive him 10 madness the time approaches whe
he is Ia surrender the seals Of Office, which con6dc
10 him by friends whom he has betrayed and trauceC
lac Will struggle hard to defeat and deamc those VIII
have remained faithful which he has deserted
for he plainly secs, that honest people will longe
minister TO his unchastened AMBITION aud that he is
leh
, "Evon rs flame unfed which o waste,
with ITS own hicketiBg, n sword laid by,
ats into itself, andfu sinRlo sly.