Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-08-15

had transported US farther from the principles with which
entered life, than had ;oeseen. that retrospect
could approve. Is there any thing dissnorabe the
fact :seli in the confession Of the fsc Lot pure
most Il IT,"
We leave schdt he did say, to speak for ITSELF The
following is the confession he did make, and the
comment we made upon it at the time last August.)
Here he coniesses that he had been much "tram-
nelled by party engagements as TO relax his prin-
ciples; but pledges HIMSELF in fit of compunc-
uon to compensate his errors by {" future fdeiity"
And how are we now to understand this most mo-
raj Editor? Ii lie had done more than other
men, why did he promise "iuture fidey:" II he
had none but ordinary transgressions repair
why promise to amend them? He is only doing
what other would do; and yet, he promises to
do better. But unfortunate wight! his sins against
Stnte Rights WITNESS his late Bank heresyl are
''never ending" his future fidelity sss begnningn
But let the following extracts speak for themselves:
"THE FAITHFUL CENTINEL.-1he Wing la. ex.
posed its true ch.ract-r-BAdy had hitherto deem
e.. OF its iactious spirit its unse anes-, aud tergiversa
ons is des'i'uton OF oil fixed principle of action,
'icity Of assertions its reckless abuse, it's utter want
at all the iecenc~s snd gnies OF the Press s late
confession sink still lower in the esteem Of all ho
norahle men, The Editor comes forward To say
ys asad the any Standing BY Stat.
although we are Sse u the e and candid s~oas
% the q Il. "ss that men r
than 20 doctrine We did not from 1874 isi loyalty
tfiho VOID suit. Mr ee durog Interval We
deity. Having Adams an early date
i wVsi sS 's %ss'I q party spirit into man"
Even we h d never considered the Wing to he such
ttnprineiped olticiau. We had suppose IL possible
that lis Editor bad changed his principles, rather he
had prosfued them TO party. We -iered him ra
Their as an Apostolic, than an Imposor But il sp-
pears by his confesson that he has sacrificed his
conscience men And this is the uIAte Editor
who has been in the habit OF abusing others for
ship-and Of s,ignA ng them Collar men Heaven
save the cause, which has such champion protect III
what soit Of religion that be, which has monkes
for its priests ?
For niue years. appears he has abandoned hi, Ioyal
~ 10 the oil ate Rights of which he had been the
advocate tom early youhsud he has offered them up OH
the ambitious SHRINE oil their most unret
fhe still snail voice OF Conscience never reused him
10 make any aonenen He the cause sssaiird; all
fe objects OF his first love ruibessy attacked but he
stretched Io'h not an arm 10 shield them from violation
Oh no! he then lied by patty eng emen,,
and was looking Ia men than TO docirin-." Why
did he not attempt TO awake "e sic eping thunder.'
when he saw MIR. Adauss higI.ton messsg.! Oh no!
the Cen,ne himself WAS asleep. He tcas looking 10
men more than 10 doctrines. When MIR. Adams made
his onset upon the sovereignty OF Georgia, where was the
faithful Cenne OF State Rights? SulI asleeu-"iooki,0
10 men more than to doctrines" When Mr. Adams en-,
pressed himself in such strong terms in favor OF IN. Ia
iH where was then the viglat Cen,ne upon the ac.
tower? Was he asleeI Or, TO believe his
professions that he has beeu sincere ia his support the
American System?
"He opposed 10 the election of A. Jackson -wel
give him all due credit for the honesty his opposition
yet, when he ound that this attempting rally
all the friends of State Rights their defence when he
arrested The Maysve Bill by his veto, why did not the
early advocate OF Stare Rights cheer and bark him on
Was he still looking 10 than TO doctrints7n
When he him striking down the Bank of the United
States the very engine which had made the very 6r,
breach in the Citadel OF the Constitution, where was then
the early advocate OF Safe Rights? Asleep! or was he
sucere in the attachment which he processes for In.
situlioB!
'~ will not put ourselves TO the trouble of scanning
the numerous ergiversaous OF the Whg--even we had
all the materials before But have never conned
over the pages OF the Whig-We have READ il viii,
"tse puncnaily aud devo,on of which he speaks The
very first No. which he ssu-d in this city, much ia
character with the Lynchburg Virgn, in which had
he
o the Wing la which he had couplimeuted US, that we
the resolution of never gAucing over its columns
We have adhered TO that determine alton ever since Now
aud then we extract copied into the Telegraph and
other congenia sources. friend shows scrap in the
course OF two or three months, and eiimes hear
remark made upon lis contents. Otherwise, we should
be ignOrant oil its contrnis, il another
planet But, lhhe have seen, have seen enough
satisfy about its character The which has
made gives even opinion OF il, than we
entertained before. According its own she wing,
who coniJc III It's discf rion iis Who
know tchen lie il since When lie L. the p,oteyte of
principle, OF when he is the slave OF faction. When he
looks men, when doeine2 Catechse Its Editor
upon his opinions, at period OF his existence, and who
can he assured, whether at this moment he consulted his
conscience, at that, whether he prosuied press
the purposes OF iaction y
.'No has more vehemently repnd4ted the here.y
OF NniiicA'ion than he has. Well was he honest them
or WAS he not No one more vehementy supports the
fame docirue at this tels lac honest now he mott
Is he the sincere convert of principle. he The
fictitious instrument Of party Who ascertain? Who
repo-e confidence in The de- one, ui-
tlushngIy that Tor nine years he sacrificed all his
strongest convictions TO the irresistible influence OF party
engagements?
Read the following character which he drew OF John
c. Calhoun in 1880:
wil1ss' tho Hon Vice President" who innamed by the
bis conduct from 1911 1926 when
sdyoca'e-inrasl improvements syema,izsd by him
nhcent SCALE his Compensation Bank the u
TO man knows now what arc hs principles, and ~ the Vice Pes
dent Of the States imsolf JUDAS
the principles OF % years. shuttocock
on which acton plays what tune
the John O. Calhoun OF 1872 who
osn, and received anaon admiration. Uuehsstened
hlih wrought tho melancholy change This has the
ration felt for tho WHOLE sectional
Comprehensive whose measured tho whole
cd only for self and the lcongs
noble Candid OF all nor
deductions. from the history o John q. Calhoun"
" ASK hin, whether this portrait was drawn in
inent oil fact'Ous frenzy or indignant principle
" He says, that his 6rsi love has returned upon him
and that he compensate for his nine years
al political chAs ity by his future fdetyiIe is 10
herod Herodsnd like all converts among The Turks
lie is attempting gain the confidence OF the public by
the excess OF his z-a lie goes Tor State Rights
and the first step which he makes is TO plunge nto Md
LITIGATION! such his prolessiOus-csn believe
them? The question ill returns 10 u.s. what fit is upon
him? what part is lie playing? The character OF real
life The counterfeit of the drama tie honest poseyio
OF principle, or the slave Of = fdrlon %
But one more quotation, from his last Wednes-
days article and we have done
eve not conscious Of having entered the Conyen
ton in 1928. With any peculiar grsce-Bu IL we did,
did not exceed the exhibition male by Ger.
tain Egrntieman last Saturday, at place need
aeniion, when the CONSEQUENCES reflected from,
cOuDepsnce that he considered by almost every d
idna there, the unprincpled sanderer Of honor lie
knew tO he the most stainless"
r.,