Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-11-29
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~ e.. RIVES-ND
The life OF nations, il like man. The true phioso
pheI ca" scarcely fail to discover when to
must beg your pardon, for atbuting you doc rnes
III my last article which you have disavowed. You saw
you are not ''the friend Of the Bank or Nullifraou
Very well. l am very willing and Glad 10 Lelievs a.
put THIS could not have been from your nre
vious articles rom your eulogy Johu &. Calhoun
one might very justly draw the that YOUR nd
lraon sprang from the last his political lie
since The eye Of scrutiny and csndour can find but little
III ths hrs actions OF this mans life 10 admire Or upr
haps your adnlaion OF Mr.. Calhoun sprang from tLat
d"da6ie clarity, which all should feel Tor those who are
III d'ht uues; charity, such Cesar ie Tor Catilne
vixen icero had, by his vigilance and oraory rppet
' heliish plots FROM their womb uuine Is and xnns
ed him to the ia!l gaze Of the Senate.
ms Is well enough But it appears TO me, Sir that
you hmii your charity While you willing 10 forget
all The bal acts of John &. Calhoun, il is very singular
'na you seem equally willing 10 bury in eteral oblivion
all the good acts Of w c. Rives. You now n,ter JoLn
o. Calhoun as IL lie hsd committed an error-anJ
abuse Mr. Rves, as IL he had been the author OF
"'uou' act ms Is strange kind Of feeling, aud at
most very suspicious. Even if YOU are able fully 10
make good your charge sgans, W e. Rives Won should
remember, that he has been entirely at in M poll.
caI course and AT least OF some merit his
Sr, 'so"e oil The evil ell cts Of party spirit As Religion
eavens the whole lump Of moral action, so prejudice
eaVs s me whole lump oil opposition. Party spirit will
ho' divide virtue and vice. Bat iosc opposed TO ne. are
IN our eyes wholly vciou; those with s wholly yir
uous We see this principle daily exenplified; and in
some cases so papabe aud evident AZ 10 iii gust the pood
sense Of the community. have known men, who TO.
'y could hnd reasons AZ plenty black berries for GER
,H" institution, aud TO morrow those were gone
""'SiSSS
uppermo, springng from the eady mandatory of tr
Oran'' have known men to-day, the oppo,ers Of The
nS"A, anu an Bahks; Tomorrow ifs advocates. have
known men 10 day the advocates Of The Tariff, o.iuoron
oPPoscrS; forgetting all they had said and done You
Nolns' nave known them. Aud you have heard then,
will Halter hin! NY
bu nave taken up my pen at this time, not 10 speak
things ~
Ia my last, remarked that there one set Of doc
rhes' winch did pr~pondefac in the iOumiaon of Our
fe'riH Constitution. These doctrines entered into is
essence ani acua'c aud lare ever sciuated its true in
teIpfe'eH These doctrines compose. what | call fbe
tP"ocuH doctrines; aud iese doctrines are the on
safeguards, which we can have in conducting ssGpf,
we Iesst oil state. They do not lie n either extreme
o"'hHy lie ~ the hear ani cehfe. They cannot even.
u III sPopiexy; while, II properly understood they
W always prevent paralysis 80
ihe'e doc rines have been contended for by our poi
ca. 'Sbes ever since the formation Of Cons on
u 's 'pirt oil party hi been attacking these doc
times, under some form or other
NO "heTF Is The very pitt aud Of them more