Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-08-12
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of both of them:
Thers great force in your remark that II the editor
be kept poor the press Is in danger Of being de-
pendent. Yet afraid shall scarcely mend the
matter by making the editor his fortunes to the Ex-
"cuive power. Shall merely s the danger from
dependence on piriy the people. to
the Administration al think, ia this respec, we are
and should be. prescribed class say we
lie shut from The ordinary Executive off cess but would
equally prescribe Member Of Congress leaving both o:
t,em however at liberty accept the highest grodes
offices for which the r OF selection ough be as wide
ns the nation itself: such Secretaries OF Departments
Jugss OF the Supreme Cont. and Foeign Minister
highest Courts But would, at the same tme throw
every other honor in the Rrpu lie to gentlemen OF
Cur cloth what would ask t. that. Tor ordinary offices,
there should b" little ble the
P'rss aud the Executive would pu, Eio,s aud Mem
uers OF congress under the same rule aud exceptions; be-
cause the liberty OF the press. the freedom cou
are the great safeguards Of liberties; aud II The Pres
dent inure both, b, c,iig Editors aud Representa-
,ve- into office, shall place both them at his .rt'
We scorn To retoiiate OH Mr. Noah by publishing
his private letters to ourselves. But may he per-
united to ask, with what show of truth or decency
lie can utter such witticisns MS the following
Speaking of our LIST letter, he says:
~a o%e."s very p.".s. anL a.oeo in the
lie could have suspected no such thing, or he is
hypocrite in his professions; for, his reply all
courtesy, "conf euce" aud respcct-askiug for our
counsel" &c. &c.-On our 81 letter he says
nss ,o TO- Satisfied Us 90 one Mr. Oh
offices lie had objections Editors Cabinet
on them iorriln ministers. Ut what wo.L have
Offices r rsd, aud When o"s wa.
iiha one woaS have bee" , Reaio III. admitted 1 "a
a hand The connsnee then rpo.d 10 b." BY hi
who had ably ba,,cd the
Sir Richie, would ou~cn or
S. 's s to tue feathers Of M's"0''' Ia O'"o''o
lie here hints al orr being Hing avail ourselves
al orr own rule and TO take Office under the Admin
stration-just Duff Green did, when he published
Letter wrote TO him about the same time will,
the above taking precisely the same grounds which
we do in our letters 10 Nj. Nj. Noah. We .liscaiu-
,Iur,l ri.l, HAL, H.
pleased to affect to put our letter, when lie pub
lislied IL; yet Mr. NJ does not hesitate TO follow his
example. BE Il So. Mr. N. is welcome TO misre-
present us, IT he pieases. Ii touches not But
we are somewhat surprised that MIR. Noah did not
rather suppose the rule we laid down. was intended
for himself, rather Than for us. Whatever he his
real pretcsions he has vanity enough TO think linn
sell entitled 10 any distinction. Aud is it not pity,
That n gentleman so well qualified, he is, should
not he rewarded with opportunity of showing off
III some OF the Courts of Europe? lie once figur-
eel away ms Consul, mt one of the Barlary States;
ma who can forget the very pompous display Inc
afterwards made of his services, and the very pa
thelic appeal he made in his Book Tor being super
seeded by MIR. Monroe? Besides il is n great mis-
fortune that lIc should he permitted TO practise
III The Courts abroad, those airs of royalty which he
once exhibited as King of Israel OH the banks of
the Niagara.
As for the "crony" of Major Noah in this
CITY, we take the liberty of assuring him. that tie
first time we ever do "dreain of foreign mission"
own instruction. We sull scarcely attempt TO
complain of The state of our finances, and try TO
raise the wind Ivy loans ofsthe great mon" at wash
lngton Nor shall we then complain of the state
81 Our ncrUeS, and beg for employment from
our political Patrons several ioeeks euen before
ihey have ac,unlly got into power themselves
Dur disinterested contemporary (of the Whg)
knows perfectly iohom ace n,ean.-And if we do
accept OF n foreign mission, him that
we shall take deliver our Dispatches al the
place TO which we desnetl-and not even
the company OF "fihy mechanics" shall induce
us TO Change our vessel at sea.-Slill less, would
receive near $4,000 for 'he task of carrying Il bun
die of letters, tied up with red tape" to South fine
Ticd, when we had transported oion precious per-
son to Liverpool. We cheeriuy yield to our
contemporary in the other qualifications Inc has
assigned To us. We shall scarcely attempt TO vie |
with him in shows" nor i'll the easy grace or man |
ly bearing with which he entered the Adams
Convention in 1928, when chosen as The Secretary of
that meeting. The pencil of Hogarih alone could
do justice to the beautiful of his memorable
exhibition.
Our Contemporary has attempted to hit at us for
stating bold truths i'll private letters, aud merely
"hesiatinS Misrepresentation" in the Enquirer. But,
what justice or truth expect from such II
Critic Or else, he would have stated, that we had
expressed our objections to the appointment of Edi-
tors, freely, md frequently but, generally in the
spirit OF a friend to this Administration. Though it
has rendered great service the country we are
free TO say, it hns blots upon lis escutcheon
and we have never hcsated confess it. But,
with what grace this find fault with us p
When did he dare 10 except to any of the OF his
own friends lie confessed only last year, that he
had sacrificed his principles 10 his pariy-and realised
III himself his beautiful doctrine of the "two con-
scences--one private and PERSONAL the other public
and political" With what face can such All Editor
attack others?
Or Pangioss My LoIj;Iem!-fo hos your nup
ta, which, conjecture take places will doubtless
need uiofThree hundred per
ships osequiuus servant Peter Pnngoss ILL ID.
Henry You seems up.
Pdagioss The huuan natural looks
"Anmls PiUvid lutura - Ceero.-IIeml
The N. York Journal is silly enough 10 assert that IL
firmly believes the Editor Of the Richmond Enqu
Ier has or al least had, the full expectation of his being
iewarled''-wh foreign Misson.-Bu cannot be-
iieve him when lie says Have not soemSiy aud
repeatedly dsclaimed the asking The accepting any
appointment from the bands of this Administration?
Have we not posi- lively declared. that have re
lgionsly oreborne ak any thing for kinsmen or
or ir"nds But viii 90 lurtherwe bind ourselves
10 any penalty which the journal may specify pro.
vied IL will Into The engagement il we here
siier sccepi any Office under this Administration, from
the hands NJ the President though he may be he
.f'ch Mngician himself? What say you, Mr.. Journalist?
.7ye or .NO2
The Battle If The Newspapers!
The Telegraph adherrs 10 its position, its reply
Alexandria G'zetles'rikes still for is pfincples"
(Nnilihcaion and a)conplaius OF the prescription by
tne National Republican Psr,y--pi the abandonment OF
Wicklie and Dsniels-and brings orW ard the two follow
log interesting facts:
lat We plainly because we know na, DE National
a.