Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-10
THE PRESIDENTS LETTEE

As we expected, this noble document this mani,
testimony q ,1'are,o Jackson TO The truth, is sinkin.
deeply into the public mind 1t is new and ire
sistiDe proof that this man does not finch from 70
sponsibiiity-that he ''wcars his heart upon hi,
sieeVe"-tlat he will not sec Il public servant I'M
justly persccuied-nor his own acts mistaken NJ
uaduced--Dut that he is prepared to bear his testi
mony TO the cause of Justice and of truth No lib
eral man, who converses with him. but is deepl,
impressed with the frankness of his characterize
man, who reads this letter. but must sec thar :,
speaks the man himself
And who arc those that find fault with t2 The
ultra parlzans of rival aspirants-the bjpotted de-
voices of Nlessrs Clay and Calhoun-Some of these
crilcs scan ITS style, and say it is the work of Amo:
man in the IIebrides.
some OF them denounce the President for mod.
ding with such subject. They camorouslv denv
ms right to refer to any measure of the Senate !.
lhey cry out that IT is attempt 10 Interfere with
It's constitutional prerogative-to bolster up n IA
vorIte OF the President and to- attack those who
have rejected him. Mr.. Walsh and Duff Green
harmonise togcther-'Thc former represents sstbe
correspondence (as) concerted appeal from the
Senate, and studied condemnation OF the constit,,
uonal act of that body."-Thc telegram pours
lorlh violent trade against the Letter We nuote
inc following language, because the friends of Mr.
calhoun have not yet scorncd to make IFS Editor the
vehicle of their sentiments:
ga great question remains-to the real renubl;rs ~
the couhy-to those who have bent the knee TO Baa
TO those devoted TO the of the Constitution
lhOSc opposed 10 nrOads OF cOrruptOn-to
IWor oil thorough and radical reform; and that question
Whch must socmnIy press upon them is what IN he
done We all know the embarrassment which tbev
Iec IN choosing between General Jackson and his rival on
ponont lis time TO speak We all know that the las,
hgaurc oil confidence almost broken still thev Cet
profound embarrassmcnhcy knew not how TO Withdraw
when Vt was impossible to go the opposite side
Can this last gature thus weakened still continue 10 bear
men, as by some fatal cnchanment after this extraori
nary cNmbitom VIII they withdraw, inactive unraled
deSPang spectators OF struggle, in which is impossible
OF mem 10 wish success TO either side? will they rally
upon ther own strength be THAR numbers few or ore,i
noDy determined not TO participate in STRUGGLE
principle nbbits; but resolved fearless of
10 defend those great principles the maintenance of which
ey believe TO be essential TO the preservation of o,r adj
9p'c system the very existence of which at sake;'
on thus know the wounded pigeons bv their
nuttcrlng y OH see the great panic which the Pre-
sldent's letter has scattered among tbem-JIis con
dld testimony TO the integrity of Mr. v b. has an
gered such partiZans of Mr. Calhoun beyond forgive
ness-and they now threaten to abandon General
Jacksons calIse-and perhaps to set up their own
candidate-Let them do it if they please Who
cares for such support they bring us? Who corcs
whether such men d. G.. abjtires all their loilo,,
and reacherous professions? Andrew jackson can
be elected without their aid or their votes The
people viii rally around him-aud, without any SIM
port from these rcoL repubLcoIIS" thew will re- cI,
him to tie Chair. With him, the citizens Of the
south will ettenlptto save the principles of the Con-
sutuuon-ShOuld they fail, it will not be their fult
What gross absurdities have been uttered nbo,,,
tic Presidents interfering in this letter with the CON
stltutlona power ofe Scnate Has inc been Guilty. Of
INC slightest ndecorum towards that body? Isthere
ono harsh cxprcssion-a single cbargc--the slightest
atack upon them? If there be any thing i'm il which
any OF them can feel, it is the force of the state
mems which 1t conveys. IL is the truth. which
speaks IN every uc.It is the honesty of the dccIo
rauons the iacts, the dgnfcd terms in which thov
are clothed That speak with such powerful effect.