Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-02-09
. TIE ENPUIKEE
THE LITERARY MESSENGER.

i - 'N.bf
So long as the Proprietor of The Messenger kept the
promise Of his Prospectus, he unqucstionabiy had the
hearty good will OF every true Sou.hTon Tor his success.
If In. Messenger has nOr Il stew foes they arc oil the
proprictor's nwn seeking. And, if i"es should th'cktn
and friends icpart-if the Messenger should die, or I'm
gcring. live a miserable party hack, none but the r"''
fisher will be responsible TO the muci.abustd literary
public. 1t was unprecedented, nay, predicted, from the
beginning, that lie "Literury .N<sstngtr" would prove
10 be I masked pioneer, 10 open the way l"r Il pcNlIca!
successor. To me it is no matter OF surprise, That MIR.
Whites paper has become an instrument IN the hands oi
the Federalisls, with which TO wage their unrIghleouS
war upon the great Right Of Instruction. Nor am ! sur.
prised, since the grand alliance, that tile Nni!hi"rs
should WELD the same weapon, against Tie ton'
s,ilution and The Union. But shall Literature be strip
ned of her ornaments, To gl!d the poison ana gar
nisL the Sepu!chre Of Liberty Is there nothing too
sacred 10 be desccralcd by ambition anu aTarirc 10
the extinction Of popular rights and The utter ruin Of
our happy country; Is there nothing to save the pcop'r,
from TN. desuIaliUm and despair with which tins cruel
md Unsuitable alliance would 0rerwhelm them: Thanks
to a kind and benrfccnt Providence. there Is 4 rcueci1'
iur spirit in the heart Of every Democratic kepu''!ican.
with the morality Of Mr.. White 4 course. ! have M.
thiny 10 90. leave that to the casuistry OF the pVil-
cal party with which, doubtless, he is proud to lie num-
bercd;" for they have call the wealth ard al! The 1ia!riII-
pence. - With such high rndowments and such und!s-
puled boas, Of excellence, his party can luThiSh hun an
abundant supply Of .PollrIcAL PRorHEciES, and any
quantity Of Reviews of Political Prophecies; and, what
is + better still, tley can devise the ways and means n 81
publishing ti:cir Vaccinations and reviews, 10 an admit
ring and gaping world Of Whatnows.
FIR The r, plted Reviewer OF this new vailed FRO
pt,rt,' entertain high respect aud cordial good VIII;
therefore, | deeply deplore the lntalual!on which led
him, through Il nishty political career, to devote Tic cnrr-
oics of a vigorous intellect ard tho pTaci!srd ingenuity
Of a mind trained in sophistry, to the humble TASK o! COT
latino and condrnsiHg the lcosc declamallohs ana vague
char res which the worthy Bank. Wing Ea!tnrs nave o'rh
layisIirr upon Jackson and V. Buren,, with The Fr"ulgai!-
" ard wickrdncss Of Political Gamblers, ever SINCE The
removal Of the Dcposilcs: and this he does, t2o, under CO
lor of ~ Rericn IF Tie Partisan Leader: Il Tale q he
Future By Edrnrd HIiicm Sydncy!! Such an"'"fT
Review, The annals of literature give no paraiici! IL
has no precedent. 1t will never be, ITSELF, a preceuf.t'
Until tie mantle OF the great Romance pIoPHrt; ED
WARD WILLIAM SYDNEY, fall upon some other o'ss'n'
ed and chaled Wing politician, who, Qongins 10 Ses IMe
evils he predicts, coine upon ms county, Sn"' WHY
.,no,h.r "'pclIicai Propntcy,' with all ''agrerabie IN
.I r.y{au Of love, which cannot fail TO interest -0"GTn'
YuY-scEODL misses amt boys in their first craVa's, WINE
Ut, whole ailair-plpt, 'undrrplay, - matter, manner
s,y"c and design shall ill every sensible man ana "o'
mai. with modification and disgust. intelligent u"SS
ant uirls know that all consplraIors, against iheir 20
recn!nenl, from AbsaInm down, have beg n ineI! . ~
Nv dcluding and cor,upting The young. In virginia; II
Is well known. even to children, that there are no La
mi lis among the Wing Prophets. m.
The few short extracts of the "Po!ttlfat if"f""g
uiyen by the Reviewer, satisfy me that The co''htMru
ioungcr at Bigger's corner would lose lime ny S'"n'"S
nj home to read il. So much for the PoilTlcAi l'o'
?nEcY! The Review, however, is quite an"c CAUSE
incompetent, as am, TO cope with mighty me" II
Prophels-and indispuscd, as | am, TO be cril!cai an'
censorious, n sense OF public duty will ilnpfl me 10 the
TASK OF reviewing the Reviewer; il 1t be not oohe y
some ADLER man and better Democratic EcpMn!team;
.oa 49,, .dnrDlI