Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-23
ALEXANDRIA:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY go, 1894.
A ROWLAND FOR AN OLIVER.

| Our ancient Mentor of the Richmond Enqui-
rer takes us to task in the following terms
"The Alexandria Gazette says that we "ad
NIT the alarming encroachments OF federal pow
err" and asks us why We do :" not unite with
the Coalition we presumeD in opposing those
who are welding these powers" we ask, In
our turn, what friend of the Administration mas
spoken more freely of its errors than the Enqui-
rer2-and what friend of the Opposition has da-
red to find fault with the errors ofhis own party7
The Wing. for instance, in this city: it has now
become affiliated with politicians of all sorts OF
creeds; with Calhoun, Clay Webster, and their
allies and satellites. But which of their prlncl-
Piles does it criticise? What measure or vote, on
their part, does it censure? 1t avowed even
last year that it had prosttuted its principles Qf
it ever had anyD for its party; and yet it is i'm
pertinent enough to twit as as being OF the COL
lar press.
"The A. Gazette reminds u.s. that proper
principles must be carried out BY proper men"
Will it be pleased to tell us where we shall ind
such men in its own mongrel party! Is Clay,
the advocate Of the most outrageous heresies
that have ever been practised in the Federal
Government, the "proper man" to resist It's en-
croachments? Is Calhoun, the ultra federalist
in all but Notification at this momentthe friend
Of the Bank and of Internal Improvement, the
proper politician for carrying out the principles
of Virginia? Is MIR. Daniel Webster2
"Mr. Snowden seems to have become all at
once the advocate Of State Rights-just such
friend as he of the Free Press of Jefferson coun-
ty, or he Of the Wing here became, after sup
porting all the mischievous schemes of Clay,
Adams & Co. Perhaps he owes his conversion
to the laborS of his Charlottesville Correspond
ent; but if he does not look to it in time he will
find, too late, that his incubation is not of the
true State Rights" sort-but thatit comes from
the School Of the Nullifers.
IIa clxc, i,,E hot hnr ,ral ,nk
Rights from the Author of the Proclamation and
the Protest?-And we ask, in our turn whether
he means to hit at Andrew Jackson. by this re-
MARYLAND if so, whether he is so uncandid as
to forget the authorized Exposition in the Globe.
Of the Northumberland ofthe supplementary
message to the Protest?
according to this view ofthe case then, the
great points Of difference between the AleXan
dra Gazette, and papers ofMat stamp. and our
selves, are these: We find fault with Gen. jack
son, when ne errs-while they never dare to
find fault with single act of their own Party.
We will do justice to General Jackson, while
we frankly admit his erfors--but we will not
throw ourselves into the arms of Cabal, who
are only banded together by common hatred
Of Jackson, and whose real principles are as
various as the pieces of Joseph's many-co-
Toured garment. But the State Rights men
of the Opposition stamp are determined, phHe
they put down Jackson, to put in men who 60
for National Bank, with all its encroachments
and abuses"
We have copied the whole Of this article, in
order that our readers may have specimen OF
the tactics of the Enquirer and tIre peculiar
and adroit way il has Of getting out of Difficult
ties. The Enquirer makes virtue Of having
"spoken freely of the errors of the Administra-
tion," and tauntingly asks why the press on the
side of the opposition does not acknowledge its
errors! For ourselves, we can answer, that We
always do But the question is not pertinent to
the matter in hand. It's of this very thing
which is acknowledged that we. feel We have
right to complain, and do complain Does the
Enquirer approve of the system of Rewards
and Punishments adopted by this Administra
ton? No! And yet the Enquirer supports
the Administration. Does it approve of the
Proclamation? No! And yet it supports the
Administration. Does it approve of the Remov
al of the Deposites7 No! And yet it supports
the Administration. And thus we might con-
tnue through series of other important acts
Of this Administration all of which the En-
qulrer condemns and censures and yet, strange
to tell! upholds and supports their authors aid
ers and abettors. The alarming encroachments
Of Federal power are seen, felt. aye, and even
"censuredp' but not whisper is heard against
the man or his subalterns by whose command
and under whose orders the encroachments
are directed and prosecuted. Are the rights of
the States more respected now than they were
eight years ago? Are not internal improve
ments by the General government carried on?
Does not the power of the government extend
into and oyer the States more fearfully than ev-
er? Let the Enquirer honestly and candid
ly answer. We say again that to carry out
its own principles the Enquirer ought to unite
in opposition to the men now at the head of af-
fairs. We care not with whom it unites. If OBJ
lection is found to calhoun, Clay, Webster,
and their Satellites" let some other good man
and true be called out to meet the crisis. Must
it be that Van Buren,, and Clay, and Calhoun,
are the only candidates who can be held up for
the highest Office in the gift of the people? "Is
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