Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-02-11


rust-Amids all the hypocrisy aud III cloaked maignity
oil Daniel Webster there is still preserved certain rete-
mue or ouwaa shew oil deeorum The pretext itself Of
sehSioy 10 the nations honor, hollow and false all
must deem it, when assumed by man who shouted de-
monac satisfaction at the peril and the suerngs OF his
country and who strove by every paricide effort
pose her bleeding and Naked and deserted to the blow os
the Indian onahawk, and TO the brutal excuses of mer
cenary soldiery-this pretex say puts ON at least tho
port of dignity But the ra,ilng of this ,o;d Goso
Miller, seems the very offspring of true crossroads
framing Indicating the usual inspiration which animates
me theatre OF such education, though character
zed by rather more OF and and
by much less OF tact and ingenuity than often found
ere The burthen OF this mans nosomc story is made
up oil the euds and intriguing schemes Of John c. CAL
noun and his creatures and the contests power waped
between existing parties in his State and he mani
Tests neither feeling beyond the success
OF restless and intriguing party lcadcr-thc chcrsbng
oil herce temper OF disorganizaon as regards the
W o it'ess prescription towards hisopponcnts home.
he ever comprehended them) the QUALIFICATIONS NJ ,ho
nominee and all the consequences likely 10 cnsue TO orr
foreign relations, or TO the character of the
passing too the sacred obligations attaching 10 HE
place has disgraced that place. and violated those ohio;
ons by an avowal Of his narrow selfish and acous de-
sgns.-Can any thing be more humiang than the de-
cIaration by this weak and Incorporate man. that naond
do not enter into his views abut that
us attack upon the President and Mr. Van Buren, is in
tended TO avengc the quarrcls of John c. Calhoun: and
to prevent possible the extension aid or IN
the Union Party in South Carolina whom he l. ,.asS ~
designate minority, and 10 sematize as Adams 80.
and as persons destitute of principle and mcany subser
vieh 10 power, by whomsoeyer possessed III any thing
IN heart 1t Is the recurrence, by this same individual 10
the secret pocket Information some of his
Qrom what sources derived can easily be n,,.;no,N
to the naked, conadcted, dscredited and scoutsJ ESQ
tons OF the interested person whom he was aLIress;n
aud the unbushing subs tuition of materials like these
or tno grave and public, and enlarged considerations
which alone should influence high flnctionorv
And could John c. Calhoun, have been possibly So
blinded, Dt to perceive the effect upon the ~
lie, OF an appeal TO himself in the discharge of q 60
Tenn official duty, through the medium OF his polit;c,,
hopes or OF his private aninoses; of the performances
art hV him
yves Ike these!-Yes; he has been so blinded AGAIN
as on former occasions has he become the dune Of bs
aoan. olple else would hece tainy have known that
m country men nave sagaciiy enough TO detect pngovcn-
able ambion-duplcity mcanness exe,ted for ibo 40
@ Oh dreaded competor-whatever shape these
may put on; and that they possess magnanimity also
which Will stamp these vices with deepest
nc else have perceived truths obvious and seeing
hem would have stunned eagerly than contaanSs
or DEATH the plot in which he has particpated and If
wmch he was doubtless chief contriver
Inc agency oil MIR. Clay in the rejection of The Mimic
yer 70 England though less conspicuous for weakness and
ntcmpcrance than has been that of orr sa;d cs 'a
her reflects as little credit upon him as MANI and The
argument on which he has chosen rest his Conduct 4;
untrue in IFS assumptions in its inerences sos,;.a
and wholly unenabe.-The euogists of Mr. Cav hara
ose represent MN as man animated by generous and
oi'y sentiments The friends OF this asprant TO Office
such OF them at least have any lust pretenoos 10,
Vaeu icenng or TO independence of charactcr-w look
win anxiety and disappointment for the noble ouali,;es
ascoed TO their Hero, in the wetchcd Jercmad chauned
neiore me Senate, and now forth 10 the nation Win
the sanction OF his For except the msv nretert
OF Webster concerning the nations honor "a prete~t
"hcn VIII presently be further examned0 the entire
speech oil Mr. Clay will be found feeble uncandid and
clubbing appeal in favor of himself and his associates in
inc late administration; and against cruelty of boldn
up both themselves and their diplomatic policy as hayin@
been condemned by the American People Yes: himself
MS merits and unheardof wrongs, first midst
and last with him as they have ever been and not tho
oil the Minister furnish the pervadng topics
oil Mr. Cays long speech; for, upon the latter sub;ect
we have not one word from his lips 49,
The particular causes which should have ensured for
bearance and even beraIity from Mr. CLAW to Mr.. Van
formerly In hose
nave, II Is believed placed the bearing conduct of
where the People this Country will leave tbem anu
warning examples TO uturity Let us turn more i;r sc,l
10 ms argument: Mcssrs. Clay and Webster have both
WIN dHorney-hfe capousness, rendered sDeci0l ira
oefSe Or more properly, perhaps, special demurrer to
the language of Mr. Van Burens letter to our late
That letter has not the nodi,s and foya that Suits them
take strong exception to the declaration which they
say 1t contains that the conditions long insisted non h,
ADAMS ana Clay as the only admissible grounds
Tor negotiation and which were ultimately
ny them, had been first advanced by these eenomen
How truly puerile and dsngcnuous this bubble! Mr.
van Buren Gas these men well understood meant IN con-
Vcy nothing more by his language than the fact that the
Pos'ons heretofore urged by the American Ministers and
regarded in England as insrperable obstacles in III, @
W an adjustment OF The West India Trade, had been way-
ed-abandoned too, under the sanction of the American
feope. lie would have been clearly comprehended az
Gecring mus much and nothing MORE had he been adj
dressing directly the British Minister he was aJdressing
se however, not 10 the British minister but IN tl,e
american Envoy-o man second none in this nation
or character, or TALENT knowledge of the bisto-
ny oil ms own governments 10 a who had ssparticipat-
Gu IN he pubic councils upon the very subject of the
correspondence YET Messrs. Webster and CLAW wouId
huuce me People TO believe that Mr. Van Buren, was nj
.lPunS 10 deceive this man, and through him the British
minister (who must be presumed by this cunning theory
equally ignorant of his own political history bv 40
caraon that the conditions objected to by ENGLAND had
ieir origin with Mr.. Adams's Administration solely Pc
levc me, gentlemen, this mannuyre is too characteristic
700 OBVIOUS Tor deception. Mr. Van Buren, i'm his letter 10
Mr. mclane, meant nothing more, and by fair interpre
'io' said nothing more, than that the grounds of oicc-
uo o5snatey maintained former occasions had been
waived by the advocates of those grounds henseIvcs.
mat The men, who heretofore had nterposcd those obiec
uohaDe grounds, were no longer in oce and that no rea
sohaDe dlhcuy in the way OF harmony and mutual adyan
age any longer remained and lastly that these consdera
IONS might6 De presented by envoy in the event mat IL
n'"a become necessary to great national Jene
J"--hnd was not Mr Van Buren, fully warranted by the
run OF the case in charging to Mesrs Adams and CLAW
not 'he origin oil the obstacles ceranlv
er Wanoh and obstinate and injurious continuation as
wen as the ultimate surrender of those obstacles as he
was IKE manner justified in referring TO the abandon
ent oil these men themselves by the American People,
May not Mr.. Adams, indeed be identified with the psyu
origin OF these obstacles, when we find him conn
selling the government TO insist upon them durino to
administrations both of Mr.. Madison and Mr. Mo3roe,
Let The archives of the government give tbe answer TO
tins enquiry. We, who have so lone and so severeIv
suffered under perseverance in folly and Injustice cam
not forget as easily selfish aspirants for Office would
nave us to do it, that Immediately after Lord Castercapb
on the 18th OF September 1916, in communication 9d
dressed TO Mr. Adams then Minister at London pro-
nised speedily TO bring the questions concerning the West
ndia 1ade to the attention of his government the latter
gentleman, in letter TO Mr. Monroe 6he Secretary of
Stae9 Without waiting moment for the views of tho
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