Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-06-08

their Judgments IL remains DO seen how far this opi
mon accors with the sentiments avowed the communi-
cation under considerations and how Tar the writer !, i'm
Oued with that feeling OF charity and that love of Justice
wen Is he strongest proof as is the unerrng charac-
efiSuc OF an intelligent community.
nave no design of entering myself rs a party 10 the
controversy between "A Ciiizcn OF Amherst and Vox Po-
pun The former requires no foreign aid, and especially
none whlcn could bring, TO sustain him in such con.
nicG anu presume he would appeal from the critical
Judgment oil Vox Populi, TO a impartial il not to
more discerning tribunal From nay recollection OF the
communication OF O. Citizen of Amherst" (for speak
rom recollection only it 10 that manifest inus-
ice is done him by his commentators certainly did moi
understand him stating fact contendne for the
conclusion deducibe from of facts that CLAW was
more popular In this county than Jackson On the con.
uary, understood him disclaning either expressly or
certainly nierentally any such position That conmun
cation was in reply 10 another which had preceded H. and
IN winch the late election in Amherst boasngly pro-
claimed as complete triumph OF Jacksonism To repel
any idea OF the kind to be deduced from the election
Siuzeh oil Amherst stated fact, that which is here
known TO be iactthat the election did not turn cxclu
svcy on the merits of Jackson Clay lie also placed
inc question upon the ground upon which the writer TO
wnom ne was replying, evidently designed TO place it,
namely that 1t was complete party question, and upon
a HYPOTHESIS demonstrated by the simplest of all arth
MEDICAL calculations that there for rejoicing
III as much as the votes given to the candidates sun
poScd TO prefer Mr. Clay when added together exceeded
by nifty or sixty the pollcd the candidate spposcd
TO prefer Zen Jackson But at the same time he drew
rom no Inference favourable TO Clay or preudcinl 10
Jackson, but expressly declared it was not test; and
that any conclusion of that kind be deduce, from H.
would be drawn from false premises In WIN, way there
waiting abroad untrue prcSsos or what
tons he has made to disabsc the nublic mind of ,;
Is the avowed object Of " VoN Populi confcss L,yo
moi been able to discern Perhaps i'm the first moments of
rejoicing II was imagined that no impression co he true
which went to damp the JOY and the TRANSPORT of n SIM
posed victory or may be, that because he did not pro-
claim from the hOuse,op that this county There mr.,
toe"fy TO one against Clay, and t,co TO one for Jack.
son against The world that therefore has been ctv
OF waiting abroad impressions If i'm is consists
ms crlne,a crime if such be- rather of omission Than
commission, it is he will share with many Others w.
pf t,., till.
supporters OF General Jackson Rut seems that Vox
Popu Is not willing To admit that either Mr. Garland OF
MIR. DAVIS are supporters OF Mr. Clay;-indeed he ex.
pressly states that Mr.. d. els not Clay man" He how
ever does admit that he is anti-JAckson with Mr. d.,
Wis opinions on this point, pretend to greater flman
" man other OF his acquantanccs have ALWAYS re-
garded him as decidedly prcferrng Clay TO jackson
though lac may not subscribe the whole Of Mr. C's poll.
ucal creed still think that such is his preference and
in this belief fortified by the opinions some of lis
intimate friends It is, however, mn issue of fact ana do
wish considered as making a poSi,ivc ovcrnon,
the ono way or the otcr,-my belief is as cxpressedit
remains unchanscd but in one thing cannot he m,a.
KEN ana that Is that his oppo-ion General Jackson
thorough deep-rootcd and unyicng. In the second pa
ragraph OF the communication il is stated that Mr. q die
claimed being Clay man. but his disclaimer ayails him
l1hS SO lar as the opinion OF Nox Populi" is concern
' 'oT III succeeding part oil the communication he
Is represented as being uncompromising CLAW man
opinions 1t must be confessed rather discoran Ii is of
llttle moment to enquire TO the quO anodo Mr. G. he
came supporter OF Clay He like many others nrefsrs
Mr. Clay General Jackson for reasons satis c,or IN
hmseIi' and which presume he is prepared TO assign
when properly called upon And that lie had as unIonI
ed right to turn from Crawford to Clay and with anv con-
ceya6le expedition, as others had sh from Crawford
toJackson with certainly equal, il not greater vclor
ty, VIII be conceded to him.
II boots but little TO enquire when and why " Vox Po
pun pecahe supporter OF A. Observation-Disclosures the
dread OF spinning ennies drove him from CLAY and M
tached him to Observation-Disclosures it TO enjoy the vo
lupuous pleasure OF sporting upon that popular current
winch was bearing many along upon its hoson-wbe
Their the day dreams of Office fitted across his vision and
whether the hope OF participating in the spo OF victory
won his Observation-Disclosures the one, the other all mr.
more OF ese were the reasons operating upon his mind
nave not the means OF aScertainng, il had the inclna
Ton TO pursue the enquiry But certain it is that i, re-
qufes as much moral rmuess aud political Independence
TO refuse TO bend the knee and offer the incense of ~
ION at The shrine OF power, does y TO the standard
around which thousands already assembled and where
all fear is lost in the supposed certainty of success
now proceed TO examine briefly another part of the
communication OF VOx Popui,' in which all lcvity is
forgotten i'll the gravity OF the charges and il was p1c
Pay in reference to this part of the communication that
l have been induced TO appear before the public AL
ude 10 tat part in which the Commissioners apponted 10
scruinlze the polls taken the late election are araion
CO. wat are the charges preferred against them? The
WRITER to use his own words charges that the course
pursued by majority of those holy inqusors is viewed
by both friend and foe with and Indignation that
some OF them imagined they had right to return whom
tcy pleased as the member elect in defiance the will
oil the people -"lIa they drilled bv Mr. Garland -
. mat hTee or Tour weak or Ignorant Commissioners
aded by an ambitious politician, had tanped upon the
dearest privileges OF freemen" And though he does not
make the charge direct yet is made by sinuation too
strong 10 be misunderstood that their acts have bcen 90
vcrned by arbitrary within, caprice and iayoursn,"
that they have been ruled by the dcta!ion of Mr. C.
and hnay that they have refused abide by the salu
tay rule OF audi dAeTGm pdrte" These are the CHARGES
publicly made through the columns Of ncyspapcr A.
gaSt ohcerS, appointed under the laws Of the land and
acng under the solemn sanction of their oatIs CHARGES
so nShng II true, both to the moral and official charac
ter OF any man, should only be after the most crave
consideration and upon the most indubilable evidences
and the enquiry which would naturally arise in the
mind OF every man who loved Justice and was dis.
posed to act upon that humane and | ought 10 add
uVlne phcPie o preSuming every man innocent until
ms quit IS proven, would be, where the proof? And
where Is the proof A. citizen Of the county ceranl,
celDg some interest in its honor and welfare call uuoI
the writer TO bring forward the evidence of This weakness
ana corruption, especially against those who now fill Off
ccs oil high trust and great responsibility i'm order III
guy that they may be draggedom their posts the cou-
y purged from such STAIN and they consigned to inny
and disgrace. Butt there any proof Is there tbe sem.
blancc OF proof TO sustain one the least of these al
legations! IL IS noriurnshed by the communication nm
der conderaloit is not found in transaction that
has reached The public eye is it to he drawn
rom hc character OF the persons implicated. IL is indeed
and IN truth to he found where, for it does not exist
The accuser would shrink from this tombstone of the
business OF his charges and witness would be found r
sufficient harthood to step forward TO sustain him He
has hurled the poisoned shaft reckless of the wound il
might inict or the pain IL might prOduce and is perbps
now, /anga-ikc shaking morbid thirst for human suffer
ing IN the supposed agony OF his intended victims The
charges arc 80 general ia their character and so destitute
OF speciiicaiot, that II is impossible meet them except
by an equally broad denial OF their business He saws the
course pursued 10y majority of these holy nqusiors
&c &cbut we not informed what that course was:
"Sone ofthom, he says imag incd the had RIGHT orern
ing whom they pleased &c &C. but upon what data this
opinion predicated, is equally coniectal He does how
ever, say That they drilled by Mr. C-Ucre tho