Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-08-28

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trust, Nessrs, Editors, that shall PROFOUND no question
wnch you VIII not find ii entirely convenient to
with perfect fTankncss.
FIRST, thenWas inconsistent and faitbless 10 my
principles. when, having joined you, and every other
Anu. Adams man Of the day in denouncing the ;lcn
Administration for transferring the public printing from
some hadozr political fees many political friends
and sending tie Editor OF the Nhg as Messenger TO
south America: afterwards condemned Gen. Jackson
LOT appointing Kendall, Noah, Simpson, Carr, and some
J'y odd other par,izan Edrs some of the most la.
eratisr and permanent Offices in The Government.
W MS recfcant To my principles when, hav ing with
y'u e",oe"ned the practice under the late Ad1nnisira.
non, OF turning out competent and faithful public ser.
wants Tor opin'"n sake (Which that Administration did,
IN somc twenty odd thirty csses' afterwards cen.
sured Gen for dscardng from office for The same re.
son" nearly eigh hundred men, say nothing of the 1870
posihascrs, deAaoiodgcd by the to
Der, 1884. P
3. What good Jackson man of hi, d,v who ;o;ned
wi.h yoa and me and the whole Republican pary do
not mean the Democratic Republican Party of modern
mes) in raising the hue aud cry against j. O. Adams
Tor advancing the abstract doctre tina; is was with
IN The constitutional competency of the P.csdent 20
ofginate foreign mission: will have the hardhood TO
charge me with inconsistency in blaming Gen jackson
o' TTc'" TINS very power, ,citOut deigning 10 raise
a question atosf a. by sending Mr.. Rhind TO Turkey
where he entered into treaty, having all the forms So
enil,cs and sanctions ofUne egotiaed by an Enyoycx
aordnary and minister pen potcDiary Mcssrs Editors
you Cannot have forgotten have you. celebrated
speech the " Panama Question called forth he In.
pronunciation OF this hcretical doctrine OF Mr. Adams.
distinctly remenbcr the hearty appreciation given 10 the
principles Lard down IN that Speech by the whole Jack
ana orthodox, in lo21, and thought them ound in 1881
NOW, d" tell nie Messrs Editors there any thing in
consistent IN This Is there any thing Inconsistent in
vonucihhng Gen jackson for doing that hch you and
condemned MIR Adams for claiming The reht to do p
ret believe i, was upon This very question Gov
lazeweI lost caste with the jackson party-and of
course, erased 10 be a Republican!
.. Conspicuous (says President Jackson, in his In
suguioi messagc) anong the objects OF REFORM will be
.c eiots 10 prevent the patronage of the General Co
v"rnmcnt being brought, on popular sentiment in
regard 10 political questions. You L. Messrs Ed-
kgc ha.rf ,rtta
inc spirit OF selfdenia and devoted patriotism ready to
Sacrihce every consideration of TO
The glory and prosperity of the country We hailed il
as me harbngrr OF the return of those halcyon DAYS of
hP.1ica"'sm Dnd.td, which, in the times of Jefferson
ana Madison, promised perpetuy to happy political
Do you, Nicssrs. Editors, believe in your conscience
that this pledge has been redeemed Do you think the
proof of its having been redeemed is TO be found i'm The
notorious fact, that Amos Kendall was for several wears
after his appointment to high Executive Office under
inc very eye o the President the principal writer for the
Government Gazette! is to be found in his letter of
sod April, 1882 in which he uses his official frank 10
forward prospectus ola political paper got up sustain
the reelection of Gen Jackson-tclls his
mat is intended that this paper shall every
neighbourload i'll the Union'f-that s'the time TO,
action at hand and ends by saying q" do doubt
that the coPle whom he (the Pesid-ut has so honest.
~ served, VIII trumphanty sustain hm:''
Is the proof Of the ulfnent of this promise to be
found in the composition oi the late Baltimore Conyen
tion and IN The means and agents chiefly used to fill
nps Sy the way, MessTs. Editors YOU are in the Sc
erts OF the pIsnn-house you may possibly be able 10
cDtcehoiders and 9ce hunters, who entered into the
composition OF that august Joay," and tell us whether
any oice has been dismissed for bringing the patronage
"i he government 10 bear on popular sentiment
garz to political questions. But above all is this solemn
pledge redeemed by 'the Gwin letter. pa document
WHICH, Tor me hrst time in the history of Govern
ment establishes the fact of ope and dr;no
teterenes by nc President of the day. IA the choice of
his trequcs no gift of prophecy and bn IL
tie historical knowledge 10 foresce Tint II this bgj,
banded and alarming assumption OF power be not put
down by the indignant irown of intelligent and H.
he Y nls Tho,
OF his successor by the Presidentand the last the es
Enlistment of an hereditary Government
In the letter above alluded 10, the President of the u
states ne w'cider OF the whole patronage of the (ie-
neral government, openly brings the weight OF his
personal and Official popularity Ito bear popular
tmcnt in regard to political questions" The question
about which popular sentiment so muci agitnt
and divided, was the propriey of National Conyen
vention to select leg pardonto nominate to rocLiU
a candidate for the Presidency Gen. Jackson settled
the question at once by throwing the scue-no his
sword-but the weight of his name and suI,e nstron,s
personal preferences consider fiji the true policy of
the friends OF Republican principles, send delegates
purpose of Setecting that is the for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency and that 10 inpeac
nt selection 0core IS made, or to resist Il achen ary
made as an ea"ai0a IF Ereeuipe o,cer to assau s
rirt"e 81 HE people, and IN effect 10 oppose their right to
goren."
Now, Messrs Editors, here is not oay an open ayow
al OF the opinions Of The first officer of the government
upon one OF the most important political oucstons
that could agilae the public mind; but il is al The same
time, solemn annunciaon Office kers throughout
the land FROM him who hcds in his hand the issues
OF tye od dseth to the kuRgry appellant that he will
hold him guilty of GsSaing Lhe Dyfue IF tic PcOple ANIL
q opposing their right TO gorsrn, who shall dare TO
doubt that political conclave gotten up by and com.
posed Tor The most part of political and greedy
Once hunters, IS the beat means of preserving "Repu
lican principles in their original purity. Msssrs Ed
tors, were y0u much surprised, after this annunciation
to witness the zeal and activity every where displayed
by the scekersaer Office in favor the Grand NatSno
conrescn and the speed with which they FASTENED to
enrol their members of this august assembly,
trust, shall not be understood casting n general I'M
putatlon on the members Of the late Conycnon-Fa
very tar from it--fo know great many, and doubt
not there were many oheTsas hig minded, honorable
and patriotic men any in the community Rather
have been caught in the trap Of puzzled Pun BIZ
rem Baltimore Con1eHtOH For myself car ans wcr Do
sityey, and tor them with confidence, that we
will not be easily caught second time.
But tins famous letter goes still further announces
by the piainesL and most unqucstionabc impcan the
preference Of the President an individual TO succeed
him in Office. Every schoolboy knew that tie Balti.
more Convention gus gotten up for the PURPOSE If no
minaung MIR. Van Buren,. The quarter from which the
movement cnme-the machinery put ia motion for the
composition aud organization OF tho body-and bis open
support by the official Gazette left no doubt upon any
press purpose Of nominating and that would nominate
Martin Van BETcnand how the fact has IN formed
to the ancipstionAir v H. got the Aaamiaa rofe--
not one thrown away, even TO save sppeaTanccss
Gen. jackson hpeic therefore, what would he t,c
issue OF "ihe mountain ia labor. In declaring himself
III favor of the call Of the Convention he therefore yif.
tuily and knowingly expressed his preference for Mr.
Van Burcn as his successor
Messrs Editors, believe you had much or more of
the confidence Of MIR. Jefferson, Mr. Madison and MIR
Monroe during their respective Administrations than
any other public Journal:wil you be good enough TO
the public whether