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

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other party declared, tina, could longer be made eve
subject OF soi ton Serious difficulties had also crow,
up with several OF the South sstes and 10 gene
raj our relations had gotten, from ene MT neg
iecI, AMI over-nuch diplomacy, and most
unavorable con'on All this the people wet, desyoys
TO correct They had that there as bot ii,l, yr-
tue in wody discussions acrimonious controversy and
they were anxious iniuSe into deparen nj of our
affairs, and commanding spirit Ia mis- re.,eet
tier highest expectations have been realized, The
very name OF Andrew Jack carried with III mighty
'nIenee-an influence, which the upghness and
oil ms character, and the straight course marked
out Tor our ministers aud other agents
were needless on the present OCCASION enter inc
TAILS Ii rs sufficient TO say, that would impo sble to-
select another period OF three years half since The
iormao"o our government, during which much his
been done by negotiation for the settlement an
OF our interests with other countries. The character too,
oil the arrangements which have been concluded has in
every Instance been so just in ITSELF and
to ourselves that with single exception the vo &C OF op.
position iseii has either been hushed silence,
PEELED to swell the tribute of appreciation. BY tho
exception referred to- You will readily undr rsand,
tina, ailude TO that attempt disparage the arrange
men concerning the West India ,rade and to destroy
one OF the public servants by whose agency il was
accompshed which touched so nearly the feelings and
the honor OF this his State will not stop TO cony-
ment this acton because have once discussed
u before YOU and because you have your OPT
Mon in regard TO it, But may well congratulate NV
fellow citizens, that the Judgment they
appears to have been vndcaed confirmed by am ho-
nest public sentiment in every quarter the Union Sir
cheering truth-one which should inspire us with
new confidence in the discrimination and Justice of the
great pouy OF me people That even amidst the heat and
fury OF violent eeconan election too at which the
very INDIVIDUALS who estioI
candidates FOR the popular favor the public mind appears
to have come fully othe conclusions that The precnces
on which Mr. " Buren, rejected uniounied, de-
cepuve and nsncere, that the point has been subsan
tally abandoned by intelligent opponents For a
bret season. efforts made satisfy the people that
il really true that Andrew Jackson and Marin Van
Buren, had succumhed the British king and had laid
before his throne, the honor their country! and that
aspiring politicians spoke the truth when they lamented
THIS degeneracy and above all, when they amened still
more, the painful duty OF putting down dangerous
competitor! But on all these points the people seem to
n We hpR ly inrr aI,In,g 20
the omens which have they about TO insert
the tokens OF their ncreduiy in the history of the
public.
But return: The beneficial results of the successful
negotiations concluded during the present
are not to be estimated in dollars and cents They have
removed causes of contention which otherwise might ui
maely have involved in war; they have drawn closer
the friendly ties which unite the family Of naions
and tey have secured in other lands to country and
t'cizens, high and favorable regard. And can
not but notice it, Mr.. President, one OF the most sin
gula features of the present things that whilst in
every other quarter of the globe the
oil jackson held in respectful admiration very
nearly approaching that in which
at home, great numbers of his counrymen indus-
ousy employed from day daynot in freely discussing
the wisdom policy OF his measures-that would be
exercise 10 which could ohiectbut in the vilest
aud most malignant efforts draw down upon him the
tempt and only of America, but of the world;
and this too by representing him, at moment,
moecre' adrveer and dotar, whom others manage at
their pleasure, because he is incapable of thought
as an inluriated Tyran whose will is law and whose
govefable Passions, neither family friends conf
moderate
hird and still more important objection 10 the adj
minsration of Mr. Adams grew out of the principles on
which he conducted, aud proposed conduct inter-
MAJ AFFAIRS on are aware, sir, that il is the manner
in which this portion OF the public business is regulated
ami discharged, that the happiness the people princi-
paiy depends Our foreign relations ALWAYS mpor-
tan-and particular occasions they may become pre-
eminenty mporan-but internal affairs 'coIne boa,e
TO the business and bosom every man i'm the commu
niy they give the government lis compIe xion and s
character; and they exercise constant and powerful in
1uence on the destinies of the nation Nov ,ybo,,
which he felinp \.
cen for my present purpose remind you that Mr. Adj
ans commenced his President by avowing some
OF the bodes and aitudinarian doctrines ever pro-
mugaed among and that those doctrines followed
up ny several acts OF strong mark, and unequvoca COM
plexion IL this. than any thing else that oused
the Democracy OF ~ York; and that brought men
who had been separated for years by diveres 81 opop
on local questions in the support of Gen Jackson. 1t
was this, sir, that rallied the disciples of George Clinton;
and that induced your friend relative his distippisb
ed nephew, to anticipate with delight .ub,ae sso-
caon oil pubic gratitude and heroic virtue We wished
and so dd our brethren in other Satesto bring back
the government to the republican track; and to put an i'm
mediate and ecctua stop a OF policy which if
carried TO its legitimate and results would either
have changed the character of the COVE rnment or have
broken into fragments the union of tbe states ndrev
jackson was believed to be the est person. not the on
y person. then before the nation whose election these
great results could be accomplished
In this respect the expectations of the people have not
been disappointed shall pretend TO say that Gen
Jackson is infallbc; he is but man and all men arc i'm
perfect Nor do claim for him The merit Of having on
all occasions avoided the commission Of In The
management OF the muiiarous and complicated affairs Of
S EXTENDED empire II is utterly impossible that
should not sometimes interveneespeciay in appoint
ments TO Office, which often be statements
derived from others independently also of the difficulty
Of obtaining information which may safely he relied on in
respect to persons with whom the President
ted, General Jackson, IL must be admitted, has 90
casonaliy, though in very few instances when COM
pared with the whole number and for ~the most part
in reference to any unimportant duties made an I'M
fortunate selection, the responsibility Of which doubt
less be ascribed TO his TOO favorable estimate OF the merits
OF the individual lie has also, perhaps exposed his opi-
Mons 10 entaions and Observation-Disclosures ,yi
have sometimes operated 10 the prejudice of the public
interest by the irankness and freedom with which he
has opened his whole heart, all sorts of people,
foes well as friends But YOU will not omit 10 oh
serve, sir, that bol these aings clean 20 virtues side
The most generous Of men, he is unwilling to suspect the
purity oil those whohave gained place In his esteem;
and az TO the observance OLA sarched and diplomatic pru-
dence ~ his intercourse with sangers other persons
such thing not within the laws of his moral nature
tic must DO made again before he could submit to
any such restraint On the contrary, his Utmost thoughts
Tree and open the air he breates, given, without
concealment or reserve, TO all who ask them.
To tho mperecons just referred to- and to every other
exception TO the personal conduct Of Cen jackson Pre-
silen Of tie United States may well apply the wise and
liberal remark Of the Roman Poet, who declared that,
Whcre there many shining qualities work, no
would not be offended by slight spots occlsoDed 10y mad
vertonce, the imperfecions Of mans nature They
really but spOfsspos the which Mother
dim the spcndor Of its beams, impair their genial in
fuence Let them not c1aco from recollection, the
Gngusabe love Of counlry the incredible exeriions
The immense and unexampled services, which, be-
fore his elevation 10 Presidency were not only part
Of his personal biography, but important and shining
part Of cOuntrys history. Above all-le Them not
weaken for moment, the impression which siouId he