Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-09
POLITICAL.

TIE l.ErrIR Mr. VAx BunrN-Wc 5;v. 6oI
r Van 'nren reply to call made upon him by gen
'c'h'h OF Augusta, (GrurgaD for expression OF his
sentiments in relation 70 the abolition rxcitcmentan
excitement which has been indus,rouslv cncouSaocd
ny the had among his political enemies and by all The
enemies oil me Union, TO emIbody the South as a party
against the Northern Democracy and particularly
MT " Hutrn, as the Democratic Candidate for the pre-
MS letter is but renewal of the declaration
OF Alr v b against the movements of the abul;,;on
" heretofore publicly announced in his letter 10 Mr.
Cwin, Of Mississippi July, 1894; through another
from intimate friend Mr. Wight Of New YorL
IN tue columns of the Richmond Enquirer anterior we
believe, TO The letter OF MIR. Gwip and subsequently,
through letter oi the Attorney General of the United
states, (Mr. ButlcrO To MIR Garland of Mecklenburg
f"9h'a. we are glad, however, that Mr. Van Buren,
nus gone beyond declarations when the crisis required
ana has not hesitated Ia inerpose whatever WEIGHT he
longs 10 the high official station he holds or the POSITION
ne occupies at present before the country to defeat The
nacliInat"ns of the Abol,ionists This IL nnncars he
has done in the most eiftctua way aud vet in r mode,
ana unobirus've manner for which he is DISTINGUISHED
re ADVISED and encouraged the call of that meeting al
Apany III winch the principal State Officers Executive
and Judicial including the Governor of the State The
most prominent and able of his political friends were
s'To"iou WIN ms most distinguished poltca opponents
III INC great du'y OF crushing in embryo the Abolition
crusade preached against the South I'm promoting this
decided measure IN behalf of the rights of the South
In Piedg'ug himself, he has done i'm h, letter ,o
maintain the principles involved in it-and moreover
making 1T the common cause Of the most eminent OF
those who oppose him as well as those y, m, sn,,,
Mr. Van Buren, shows that he considers it Gncstion 81
deeper import than one of mere administrative noliey or
party Prnc'ple--as one involving the fate of The Con
We append 10 MIR. Van Bnren's letter tho ,roc..i
ings enclosed with IT, and which express his sentiments
iuiiy upon The Slave Question.-GioJe
The Northampton Courier, one of AIR Webstcr's ma
PeTs, deals roughly with Cen. Harrison fl. save
" some Uhig JOsvnaiS making a great fuss sb,,,
Grn harrison, the "f1cro Of Tppecanoep They ,v,nt
TO nave in, instead IT Danid Ws6ser as the Wh can
didaie Tor the Presidency. Now IL these oufusls ,v.
any regard Tor principles, fir about The abilv
V ihe wing party they had better stop this nouseps So
Sen Harrison is brave man and a heroic soldier H.
ntir..
sPect as Grn. Jackson has and no more Uc ,o"ss
exactly those qualifications which the Wings have uni
iofny FePudntsd, as uniting Chief Magistrate who
has not the intellectual acquisitions needed bv an
rant Tor that high Office. He merely o,iiitorv oh Is
luln nothing more Now TO talk Of substituting such
I" man, snch mere drivcl!cr, for Daniel Webster ia
all insane fully and consufnmiate stupidity If N,
Webster cannot unite the Wing votes nobody can So
We ly as wen give up the struggle, and lie down in our
own de'p ignominy all the while be wranglin0 about
new iavofte candidates. No wonder the Jackson iur
mas aunt at Us No wonder they talk about our pSsia
Hily whrn ihcy SEE such iilusirinus name as I,b
ser oDiierated from Wing journals and Harrison rbs
tutea Ihs sort of chcanery double. dealing and
ueachey 10 our friends and betrayal Of their be Il ie
IeSis Is enough to produce utter disgust with eycrv
tblng snyorlng Of politics. ~
The editor speaks the sentiments Of the New ENGLAND
fcdefaisin and speaks them boldfg few of t5. o.
pers in this State, among which We ,yonlJ ,; IT,,
Norwalk Gazette, take the same course Ofhcr yybig
Journals are playing a! the game Of Hide and 90 seek
al ultimately go together and sustain the &c
the Boston Arstocracy. When these papers b,vs Inns
S'"'"'as VIC shaii give notice.--HayJfOrd Patyi0f
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
No man ever understood Federalism better tb,, IoJ,
q Adams Ills letter The Hon. Duer J. Pesrer ;s on,
Of those honest freaks 70 which we have hcrctol,r s
Mr.. Adams IS occasionally subject, and in which he
breaks boldly from federal raminels In early M. Mr.
A became Disguised with The Shocking co,ysnir,ce ~
The Federal party, which cnd>d 10 surrender Jnr i3s
tuilons 10 foreign influence and which Tie ploers
were to represent as ylccgcrcnts. Mr. Adams upask
Cd Their schemes To Mr. Jefferson So duripo tc LAT
N'nier ihosc who would have betrayed the cause Of the
country in the French controversy for party pufoosc
were alter some hesitation The part Mr. Adams final
y denounced BY him. AID now, again, we find Mr.
Adams party zeal giving way and almost inyoloniar
~ shrinking from the moral tuFpude Of lis Political AZ
sociaies lie tells Mr. Pcarce that although che dgSg
ca o'dy IN opinion from him ut Tie iQsf Coarress
does no. expect "t0 agrce much besr IN the merit he w
yet convinced that "tle party, ruE BASE courorxn
or HARTFORD COSyESrioS FEDERALISM, AND Ro,,oJ
afeh-m AsoSEr, IS so wIrH THg ooRROprfoS or
BOTH RS ELENESrs, as 20 induce him 70 HAN vfr,
g0F IHg VICTORY ACHIEVED OvgR IT :" But worst al
an, Mr. Adams assures the public that even Tristan
burgess complained 10 him Of "Tf1AT PARTY y ~
s,,s, ",TREACHERY IS so FAVORrTE An IN
SitO MENT'-Of that WUiGGERY which We hoe. |
here 50 fairly unmaskedtwo Of its leading member
Two OF the most penetrating minds which have been