Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-12

The STATUS QUo.-As the clouds OF the last wears
tempest are clearing away disposed to take am OBJ
servauon TO ascertain something OF the latitude OF the ship
Vi STATE anu to notice the bearings OF the prominent points
around us The cause Oi republican government we fnd
mas gained ground; II stands better assured 10 our
sehe| aud vdichted tothe world The great regulaug
conong conservative principle found that settled love
oil tile Union, aud due appreciation Of its importance has
ln'eposed IT. powerful Office, stay the storm and brn.
oon extremes To pause. What neX,!--We hnd AN OIL
ser AZ he h'ad o' the government who has very recently
been placed th-re, by accauaon; but he is said TO have
See proved ieeteai 10 The principles that the coI
dtnce OF the republicans OF this country and zone over in
INC reJe"i Cohsoldau0nsis. Ii this be So is plain his
friends cannot follow hm. IL Washington himself was 10
return ey would not support such doctrines in his per
sou Ihey must remain where they ale. They must
oSeke Their armour the hrner oil; and though be
lean minority, they stand firm as oil the old time
ahd hight out the good fight TO the end, whether il be i'm
The high places oil their ascendancy or upon Tho
bleak held OF opposition. II Jackson has in truth
the lett hand path, must bid him adeu no, indeed
WIN those maedcions aud revings which are unworthy
OF ourselves but with recollection the good he Ina.
strayed and fallen. But ought we to prouounc. 1T,
sentence against an old friend? Ought we rasy TO cast
MN OH anu so iorce HIM. and with him. the
OF the government into the hands of the Federal ss me
government must be carried on by somebody and our
Eastern heshbors viii checruly undertake that labor il
we think proper TO devolve il on them
IL seems TO a., that Andrew Jackson Of all men in ,h
world 'het one who ought to be judged by his inca
suies All know he is pain strag ht-onward, prac
Cal man. out nothing like so keeu-sccned lopican "A his
predecessor, Mr. Adams. The recent events are ne, in
our history we may very well suppose that such per-
sou when placed in cODunc admi,e, TO h.. as mon
suOus anu urgent as 1t was new, would naturally be look
ing, rather TO what then be ons than to renemen
Oh argument Tor or against any particular mode of doing il
Now u we look TO the sentiment aud feeling that runs
through he Proclamation, we must that his devotion
aud habitual prompuude to duty stands out as its pror
hent and distinguishing feature. This general peryaJin
lone, we think, belongs 10 Andrew jackson bu he H.
rinal diaecuc parts smack of other hands Thes. Mr.
uons were to he sure admitted into il by hiu bu, nh
o'y Without weighing them in Mr. Adanss golden scales,
hut t.tr.- Lii,
bearings That they would have received from Mir ali
SON. We have never had any great confidence in J,ck
sons poielcs NhGE he took the Barancas he consider
ed lorda, and set il down in an official letter ,i,
ten al the unc a. conquered province. Now thar
single predicate fully carried out, would have yon
dcrluy abridged controversies by c,sheri,o bi
houses OF Congress, the Executive, Judiciary and all II
could readily have been built up into beautiful specnen
OF concentrated consolidation OF the power of peace and
war; aud the right OF jurisdiction and territory ii.c in ,h
oreaS oil commanding General in the field II was GER
'"ihy wide mistake; but what theni Did the American
people ldsen on tins speculative abstraction and in and
loom II alolt to contradict Lille OF constant action5 NJ
at all. They thdt he had indeed made v,o -,
IN ms arguments bu they too, that the General web
oil his conduct was OF right good cloth They did not want
professor o logic but president administer the Eve
cuuVG branch oil the government They wanted one who
thought the South should he reiieved and vim hJ ,L
he un0n should be preserved by, aud through the preser
Vauon oil The rights OF the States The republican mari r
TINS Union has always Judged Jackson by his acts and nat
ny his SyogmS; aud they should continue TO do 30 in is
uce TO INN, and in justice TO themselves We will not
disguise the pain felt the rank smell of con .o,i
that we found IN some folds Of the Proclamation bu were
SLOW 10 beheve that The author had taken his degrees in
the high School OF Hamtonian Federalism
We have all along thought that Georgia, Of ALI tho
states should be slow to anger this occasion jackson
has been her steady aud fast friend hroug hou her whole
struggle; struggle that involved her inryrit,, AMI 80
being as state He has stood by her at his
through good and through bad report and has 50 far see
her through the night her troubles and has now invited
C"eIokee delegation TO Washington, understand in
inc nope oil at last obtaining cession. Cautiously TO
leave him now Is not 10 be thought of But he il sail In
nave lett us lhsshou be looked into and irbis great ex
posltor his conduct proves it So then LET The Sa,e
take her lasting leave OF him with the dignity of sorrow
and regret aud not even then with the vuence of vim
dlctve spite His inaugural speech is now before the
approve He says, ~
''rhere are two Objects which especially deserve the
attention oil the peopte and their Representatives. and
winch nave been, aud viii continue be the subjects of
my increasing soicitude. They are the preserySon of
me rights oil The several States and the integrity of the
at will be my aim TO incuIcate bv INV ooGci,i ,., a.
necessity oil exercising, by the General Government
those powers only that clearly delegated; 10
simplicity and economy IN the expenditures the govern
meh 10 raise no more money from the people Than NAV
be requisite Tor these Subjects aud in manner that will
best promote The Interests OF all classes of the community
and OF all portions OF the Union" 80
Ii he fills up this outline we have no connI,i,, - ,,
MS leading Official act since, has been to veto the Land
DILL one ground OF which is understood 10 be his obicr,o
TO the exercise OF doubtful powers This i'm ,oo, icon
ing chasic abstinence from that sin will keep the
government sound and healthy. We apprebeud uobinS
now 10 disturb The public peace. S. Carolina will accent
the compromise; though rom the increase of
it will probably reduce the total amount oI rey
one cent Tor some years to come She will not nuIIir
the po-Vdlant, mendcing force bill; she has in f,ci
abandoned That doctrine and fallen back upon the bosom G
her sisters OF the SoHth. Jackson will no more m tbe
sword That has been put into his hand for brief space
man any State will lind 1t necessary TO notice il,
but, IT'S hl8h time TO speak 10 the point We all
know the real object OF the present IN he nob
ing else than the preliminary skrmishings for the next
t!eS'G i Oh mat we have word two TO offer
V n CTa Vp att,an
time alter the late conflict, il il be only TO pu or hos
IN order Secondly we think this new set-io il il ,,us,
needs now commence had better be out OF doors and no
across e counsel 'aOle' Let tue candidates come
forth, and battle out each in bis own prope name and
not be shooting at one another through the Government
IL mat cannot be- we then suggest in the third place vine
Their we OF Georgia had not better avail ourselves n M
present suspicious period OF peace and harmony in adjust
ING SOME OF our nome concerns, than in
ing the administration with a reference TO future ocon
and seeking to commit the State thus early TO an man TO-
the next presidency We have TO adjust and eoalle o
State representation and bring the Cherokee business o
hnal close, TO nothing OF the tri0ing subec
nal improvement aud oil education which so;ue arc 90 Iii,
as TO think involve the prosperity and well being ono e
them oil the present, and the other of future eeneraon
II we are to form our judgment Of the administrator
by the supposed future interests of great men C i
whirlpool would very nadequateIy represent he bc
wy OF our view and the cdpcOus gyraons of our course
but we look TO IT, and judge OF il with reference only IN
It's tendency to the establishment and conservation of ,e
principles Tor which we have all along conended nothing
u easier than to form opinion of its merits liz 6eI,
TO our principles can be Judged Of and sufficiently ascer
talned by one single criteriOn-EconOny.
The manufacturers driven from direct Protection no,v
nt uelF claims to such incidental protection as can be
venue wanted for government therefore the larger s the
ueDateaOe ground The history OF the great paree or
inc OhOn may be written in advance. They are IN RIM
Oh lne acSs the one OF poiusion and the other of eco