Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-28

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narat for ,he oreneditstcd mofertrat ~sNt ." 10" W
pears from the Iadecs speech, ne was 70 % m i've
son apainst the President. II Is ednoos 10 o's
devious way Ind tedious PreP1rAuoh .l'o's s0sout;on
he ,nnrorebtr 4,s object. Hc brings up resolution
~ An irsniry as 10 " That office Benla"ltn
r SsaSy fcAs fc -: 'Chst"kcc nation, (oe'ns ph
ScAv srs,uaia,cd as chairman. of the com nlee,
che Office the eseef The fs~ so, OH nnnn his he bangs
s,eech assalins The agent for letter WIZ ~ ,;nr
abont anoker notwithstanding the President ,D' hs me-,
written letter 20 Mr. Curry sh5T0S Gov w
hrogb, in conflict With the freeaomos o,en ND by
sailing the Nashville Union as paper nose of dis
funds furnished here expressly 12r iere all the dirty
trhu,ino in nv own State aud r.tsd with view
6lth and SANDER which could be con"'
70 detrsct from my humble slanas retary of War
Il appears from the letter OF uo asserted thnt il
that Mr. Curry was culpsolef ~ inJae White that Mr..
was "by the conduct is arragned was appointed
W. understand that Mr.: McConhe'i !" -, ,t II ~
by Judge instrumental in the appointment as be.
was uy edium of delivering it to MIR. Mcdonnell II
ing 'ne -, Indpe White doubt, the President haV-
,S great confidence in him, that be might use his
e,ion in delivering the commission or not as, IN his
onion the character Of the rendered him worthy
of the trust The Judge upon the information ne hau
or obtained, decided that the appointment OF MELON
nell would be ''Hssfm,' and gave him the employment
Might not Mr.. Curry, knowing that this appointment
was derived Immediately from Judge White-knowing
that he had authority withhold give Al
very naturally suppose that he had procured lot
Mcconnell and hold the Judge In some sort
for the fidelity of this agent And it the minute mis-
take committed by MIR Curry in supPoslng that Inc man
who, under discretionary trust conferred The oPpo'nt-
rne had also procured it, for which ne called TO ts
awful account by Judge White IN the senate a't'r nc
had obtained its correction and his rcbukc from the
Department:
It will be observed that Judge White does not pro-
pose IN enquiry whether the facts charged BY MT curry
against Mr. Mcconnell, nre true or false mo; thS Is
H.. rs
in the resolution, is Mr. Curry an officer: Upon this
the Judge hangs his tale about the Presidents letter 70
Mr. Curry-of his electioueerng-of 'Hs reading ana
shooing eonfdent;ay, letter. sad 10 Oe ortcn oy ne
by name and using general e1pressions ash.eh Mr. Cnr
m said ,ccre intended for nc, Judge Whte)-a"o oe
cause Mr. Curry not turned out OF employment lot
his mistake about the manner in which hcConnei aP
pointment was made the judge concludes that
his conduct was not approved as TO Mcdonnell, as 10 me
it was very WE'LL that instead OF an interior ne
70 be viewed as electoneering political oploa1sl
and that hereafter if the Gardener spoken OF oy the
Senator from Massachusetts the other day. to wear his
diplomatic button, Mr. Curry ought TO Hgare IN his po
Itca eectoneering star and garter. -
This with brief recurrence to late events, will ex-
plan the maneuvre Of the Judge, Who while he seems
driving at one thing, is really aiming at another To
secure his election Senator Judge White wrote let
ter to member Of the Legislature, in which ne sald'
qs to ny quitting the administration and JOINING inc up
position The idea is ancu. This happcn mr.
less the administration abandon the principles upon ''h,eh
the President came into po,oer immediately alter he
had succeeded and made Senator tor SIX years. he,
in the heyday Of triumph denounced the party sup.
portnp the Administration as ga MERE FACTION.
But this was the flush of bold feeling just escaping from
pressure The Judge has TO act and his objcctis
to prepare the people Of Tennessee tor his
of the President and his adhesion TO the Opposition
The idea Of his quitting which ne pronounced
is about to be fully realized, ard he must therefore PToee
that SHE Administrations a6aadons the principles on rhteh
the President came into po,oer. And to make out a
preteAt he has brought up the case OF Mr. Curry and
perverts circumstances which happened before the last
Summers election in Tennessee. Upon this he quotes
the inaugural MASSACHUSETTS, that the course OF the
Administration in Currys case is at war with the pas
sage quoted and that it involves SHE man ground on
aofich the contest rests9 aoch ended IN the election IF the
present Chief Magistrote And he makes his escape
good into the ranks of the Opposition They well
come to their acquisition. They have always had his
heart We trust he will be honest now, and will always
give them his vote.
We have word, however, to say as to the prctext
which the Judge has taken such pains to conIure up
with all the solemn forms of Senatorial proceeding
The letter of the President, the OF which is conf
planned of BY Judge White, meant, and could only
be endowed to prevent the abuse of the President
and influence in the Tennessee canvass then progress
ing Several of Mr. Standefers constituents desired Mr.
Curry as an acquaintance Of the President 10 ascertain
whether certain statements to his opinions, made by
Mr. Standefer operate the election, were true OF
false The President referred 10 this letter, correcting
the misrepresentation Of which ne Yves made the sub
ject-directed Mr. Curry to show the letter to MT stan
defer and the persons who had been deceived as 10 facts
The letter itself designed Tor this purpose and as 1t
contained nothing but the simple truth, could be used
only for the ends of justice.
II was, however, designed only for the persons I'm
mediasly concerned in its contents. Its publication
was interdicted but while it was shown to Judge
White personal friend, Mr. Standefer, we cannot see
how the Judge venture to intimate that 1t was con
fdentially" used finding fault with the implicated
person. when it presented directly to that person.
There was nothing clandestne or confidential III the
letter. 1t was giving positive proof OF facts and OPT
Mons called in question by Mr. Standeter TWAS writ
te for his eve and if he wishes its publication, have
no doubt as an interested party he can command it for
that purpose, whenever he pleases.
But the Judge introduces, ia bis general Senatorial
impeachment, charge in regard to the Nashville
branches of filth and poution He says of this paper
(which we believe used vile phrases those
employed by the Judge in the Senate,) SHAT 1oas got
up in this eity-tat the edor 'Ies FURNISHED so1A
some 5000 or 5000 dollars to establish his press in NASH
piue.' Does the Judge prove this: Does he furnish
any better evidence to support his assertions than MR.
Curry does for the facts of his letter. for which the Judge
would have him condemned without hearing Mr.
Grundy declared his total disbelief Of the statement in
the Senate and denied another fact stated by the Judge
in relation TO himself We demand the proof, and hold
that if Senator chooses 10 take his stand in that high
forum TO scatter accusations against the press that
he is bound to make them good by some evidence
beyond the ipse dixt Of the accuser. We have al
ways held that paper dependent upon Bank facili.
ties as it is believed Of the presses supporting
Judge White have been, press gotten up and rely
ing upon the contributions Of few friends of the per
son whose interest subseryes is not to be lookedto
the expositor Of public opinion That press can only
be considered public press, which relies upon the pa
tronage of the people That press which is supported
by public opinion will reflect public opinion The press
which ppored by few political leaders, will neces;
sary be their mere organ Did Judge White ever read
the following authentic account Of the mode in which
press was provided in this city subserve his interests
It impossible that he should have failed read the
cord Of his own nomination in this city by certain mem
bers of Congress- and if he did, he must have read in the
concluding paragraph the following account of the way
in which his organ was gotten up in this city:
"onc of the undersigned suggested that the best