Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-01-30
TO TIE EDITORS OF TIE sxon,RSR

10 Tuk EDfIORS OF THk ENQHIRER.
IL has been said Of woman. semper rarium ct nsufa
BILE aud this the only instance IN which unmsrt
ed rep'oaeh has been the rcr and better part
creation they would have great cause Of compliant
The whole material world Is marked by constant puts
uons In my poor Judgment however the most variable
and Incomprehensibe Of all hing. is your tho.
rough going nodern politicians Natures changes al
ways gradual, aud preceded by signs which give
warning OF their approach. We know that the genia
orea OF Spring has but to be fe aud the cold
avsoia'e scene produced by the beannbing influence o
WINTER will disappear and give place TO one OF lite and
'oveiness naked fields will be covered with veriure
ad me ieafiess trees will put forth buds aud blossoms
Tue Sinners sun has but to shine, the green fields
OIL Spring pen into golden harvest the buds aud bios.
SONS are converted into fruit; and however much we
may sdhlre. we are never astonshed these
a wise Providence has orlsn-d them they regularly
take place. aud Of looked Tor IT'S not 50 ill
the POLITICIAN Transitions the sudden une
anu nhscrounsoie from one extreme TO its opposite are
ever occurring la his hisory aud when we
na history, surely wonans instability should not be
mailer OF wonder He tells you his opinions are h.. ed
on nmuabie principles; his policy involves the prospe
my, aye, me very existence Of institutions; and AZ
~ 'h Ta ascertain what his opinions and policy
~ VIC Shmng OF an eye, they abandoned TOR others
OF totally different character lie tells YOU to, that iii
o's acts are mpeed by patriotic motives and that his pe.
shs measures Ut any thing can he called peculiar.
meo all III 'urn' appropriate TO themsevesJ the only
ones 10 promote the public good and we cannot look
,o the human heart, guph impenetrsble to human vi
son. lie thks, forseol must In all simplicity believe
n'm 10 be sincere confess have neither charity nor
simplicity enough for that In estimating his character
sd Judging OF his motives. must look to appearances.
n'' deeds; and observing them, constrained 10
that teagg andizemen iorns large In all his
schemes, professedy for the general goods and that p
cpies are Out little regarded in forming his opinions The
history Of our government, almost from its stabshmen
down to the present time. together with that of our nun
nc men, WIN lew exceptions authorize this belief
.ney teach us tie ortying lesson, that j-inerestsd
patriotism, existed among mass Of
mas become extinct that the glory be won by exercis
ing ranscendaut abilities, for the peoples benefit il of
description but little coveted. All now is sculTle Tor
place aud power. This that measure is adopted mr. re-
ecled thus or that opinion espoused ecred not from
n IQlr ntcsa hs,fk
tat man Of distinction and dosiros vor
snip oil one, or nexngushable hatred Of another man
1"ese are the principles which actuate politicians
nowadays ent-making has unfortunately become
the chei business the grand concern OF this great nation
eng"phng all others nothing IL done without an eve t.
rec,ed TO the elevation Of some avore aspran,. all I.
right or the subserves this purposes H., shor,
Is mixed up with and dscoors the whole stream, of Fee
uera legislation. Look back but little our his .ory
anu observe Tor moment the existing condition otnx.
III the political world, and the justice Of these remark.
VIII De admitted by every one. Principles, that we
supposed would have ever been held sacred OPT
mons 'nat were once popular throughout State the
opinions OF Jefferson aud Madison in ,9s we bav. seen
brought INTO disrepute by the Proclamation of popular
President denouncing them. We see men who profess to
be The peculiar friends Of the rights Of the States now
among whom, but short time SINCE advocacy of those
.ghIs was subject OF mockery and reproach We see
WeSe same men supporting with ardent ZEAL the preeu.
slons oil man for the presidency whose effort, from
his hst introduction into the OF the nation have
OF policy now goes. to the utter
men OF the United States Bank the power Of Internal
Improvement In the hands of the General Gov rnmen,
e a &C., have brought State Rights into peril,
Wnat reused the resentment OF the s. Carolina
nat stirred them up resistance and of what did ,hs
oa OF the Injustice aud oppression of the Ia
h!-An injustice aud oppres nsu.rsbe as TO ius
N.Y. ' ther opinions, imbruiDg their hands in the blood
Of their brethren breaking up this great conederacy and
earih-The principle Of the Tariff remains The ,ame
ihe great author OF the American System still avows
himself e, i's supporter, and INDUCES the hope that
II Will become the fixed policy OF the nation And
where do find these we'd chamnions or S,as
Tgh's these unite ried and unsubdued subjects of mis-.
RUE and oppression! Where, now, are the devoted
Pa''o's, VINO preferred seeing their native State one
vast cemetery oil reemen, to submission TO the un-
Just enacmenis of the Federal Legislature! Where
40 we mad Their leaders! Having licked the hand of their
ercers oppre'sor' they are now pulling quietly in the
same yoke with him. Yes, with him who was but lust
now forging chains for the free citizens of Iadepe n;ien,
STATES and piundering them Of their property They
are the ready and willing coadjutors in the struggle
Tor political power, OF him who f" had surrendered q.
MS principles al the shrine Of unhoy AMBITION How
are tese gross, PapabIe be
Could the sedscepances opinions and acts these
CONFLICTS between profession and practice these in the
MS DRY oil the same individuals if principles reg their
conduct No; believe me, they could not-and il is time
Tue people were seriously considering these things They
DO not surely underysue the high, the nestimsbe priv
ieses they enjoy. The remembrance of the blood and
treasure expended BY their fathers acquire the iorbds
the belief They should not forget principles are at
'he oo.om Of our institutions. andii they prize Them and
uesre mat the liberty they secure should be
they are unwilling that their children shall be cut off
from the hope OF participating in these blessings they
ouia rise IN their majesty and the evils of the
times They should mark with unrelenng severity the
degeneracy from the purity Of the patriots Of the Revou
on' which characteristics most politicians our day
Let pTineiptd non homines be their motto, and let them
discard from their service all those who settle great uues
lions by reference to The opinions men rather than IN
principles. Let them look upon all their Officers from
the President down TO the humbest drudge in the com
munify not as their masters, but their servants and
go well. '
Hanover. Jan, IL, 1884
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