Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-11


few can bring more acceptable aid 10 the opponents OF
tie system aud, the people OF halifax owe 10 the South
side 10 send him back unite with his c"rpeers. III
resting this monntotn nart n july. SOU llikON.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
To HiLLLl.u c. RiVES, Esq.
Sir: One who IN by"Onc days has been aElcng the
or,mON most ardent aud dsinrc>rd Of your admirers
but whose opinion Of your RcpubIIcansn has H0o I'M
derroue n thorough revolution, takes this method OF OF.
erlug not r,y icHgthy comments on your recent
political course ard present position.
HarEg natural aversion 70 all !ndrfcnrss and equI-
vGcalIo shall from the outset r0nSidfr and spcak OF
y0u as a WAR 4, al crcntS, YOU! arts, it not your
rO-ds have ,sde you We poor Loco FOco wights,
si:,arc apt to think with The red"ubiahle tludibras:
"Trat uf u. ;hircs best led
Mems yrlHe?!cs by what they d."
What care for lis Professions I'll individuals, when
these viii, their acts and the direct tendency
OF hel. nets? Shall forgive the assassin, who aims a
deadly blow heart hecnuse forsooth, while aim
nC Il, his lips happened 10 rharisnIcal smile
his eye happened TO sind crocodile teH? 1t he Sl"y
me- however hypocrIiicaiiy lie ma? cant. the result 10
myScfis the same, whether he pT0;eSsed friendship or
not, Just 50 is your contuc. towards The present De
moc!a,ic Adrnn.lra'ion lOu EH0m, kn0V, all men
DO knOlr that if il be orcr.hrn~n, the Federal MUnar.
chicaI floneyed Party must succeed it. lOn kno'o.
kno1 all Go hnOtr that this is IN reality the 0n!y al
ieTrati:c. And yet with perfect know, dye o. these
fictS-:0r. no readily give you credi. for
Intelligence than do With all these dnrk contingencies
il bold relief before you; with all these MIGHTY dangers
the of Democracy fully IN the perspective 'chere,
ask, III The n3uc o! my country and OF my principles,
lave you been found since Sept lc31 To what pur.
pose have all your talents energies, and influence been
Geced:--Io " EhkEN III" moral FORCE to IMPAIR
the usefulness o. and to DES TROY all public conf
Grrce H. tins Administrator! IN 1rOyd IN give
tua Timely ard important aid 10 the Of Federalism,
which already fast sinking beneath the giant blows
which had been aimed against it, by that Hercules OF
tie Democracy, the IMMORTAL and LION HEART
Ed JACKSON.
Sir in this free country il is neither crime nor
disgrace for profess their principles and pJedI-
lec,ions any political subject whatever! Nay, Sir,
will 90 further and say, lha, il is no crime for
gentleman belonging 10 either OF the two great parties
OF country 10 changc SIDES, provided he is honest
and conscientious in his convictions, and does openly
and obors t0Grd II any man is longing to become a
convert Of the Inn:tonan Federal alonarchca school
in preference TO that nt Jeersonan Democracy let him
do pedce But nj the same time, hold ii 10 be IN
famous and disgracriu for public 10 prCtcSS What
hr is nO and 10 be rcaiiy what he does not prcttSS
Yes despse that that Politician, 'cho car assume
such anbde:crncs position IN order To duPe The peo-
pie: 'ch0 bcray the generous confidence thus re-
posed in hn, and use the power and influence with
which they have cloed him, under j'N precIt for
purposes which they themselves could never kno'c
'ng'y consent 10 apply II, will nov proceed to emu
mrrale the PROOFS which, TO all ntens and purposes,
constitute you a Wig.
lit EecGuse during the two last sessions Of Con.
grc,s Ynu in the Senate, and your faithful b"dy-guard
IN the other House. Gariapd Hopkins ct omne genus
did ell Ihi cn,0 DO, 10 pay mo me nlDOS oi lHe
Federal Clav National Bank Party. Srch is the ty.
RAINY you exercise over the minds Of these men, and
such is Tie progress Of man worship, that for two
yras past i! more they may BE- regarded as having
had will Of Gi;r G'ra, and you may be considered as
lie r'lGl Repre- "i both lie Louisa and Russe
Districts heed not the canrg professions Of such
men, they ticndS Of the Administration, when
! witness them enGeavGrng To emharrass and over
throw il, b. oil the tale of which they are ca
pabe.---When | behold them, for instance, nmrtur-
that Nuiturp TO the Republican rarity
that truly "!oul sheet the Ma isonion, whose un-
busting editor has, in reality, no principles oil lls
and whose Cnly merit consists IN earning MS Gerry
brrgd by dividing the household Of Democracy Yes,
when behold them cuaescng with the National Bank
vote away hundreds OF thousands nt dollars oil
The monry Of The People, oT tie especial benefit OF Al
len, Seaton d Gales, in order 10 enable the former no
mnaY To conduct mcngrrl political prni-he 0hycct
OF which manRnvrc undoubtedly UaS, "hatever the re
su may hare Gcen 10 work and SOW schsms among Re-
pubiirans previously to transferring portion OF Them
over 10 MIR Cny's Federal army. Neither will dwell
in this place upon the unarrne pariiay and dis
gushing subservency Federal Wing dIcalion evinced
by Mr. pkins his late most singnarly absurd lmhe-
Gle, and inGuisorlal certificate, Appended 10 the ne
port Of the Committee Of his -bgjcS'y Henry a. Wise,
the First wherein, while he (H"pklhs) admits that he
had not had lime read the Report and To examine The
subject Thoroughly and his duty to do, yet (mt'
r0Lue dcu he proceeds 10 condemn The Secretary OF The
Treasury partly unheard anJ without FL LII and PER
Feet investigation being had - Surely, surely tins
is beating Rhadam:nllus himself svirh veugeance!-
The other frdera Wings at iea, prefess 10 read and
anime before they dare condemn but such are the IN
1UrT1VE 70" ERS Of this nmabe and sagaeiOus gen
tIeraan this "dear friend Of the Democratic Admins
tra,ion Such may be admirable Famillars OF a
Spanish nquslun but totally unfit represent The
not'e, npsn hehried ye0mnnry Of our .3meTica.
% Btcause you Old ms, confne your opposition o the
Sub-TrcSsury, you protesseG; you abused the Adm
nis,ration after The Wing fashion, and IN The true ndis
crininse slang. whanging sye-makng vague and false
charges; irsinuaIing aud no, proving evncing pu
ent desire Ia find !auii but ute! ncapacity 10 show
where the fault did lie Indeed, weak, wicked and
absurd your charges that eetn Wing c hr. WEB
seys deiGtd stamp, strained to pronounce you
and your charges bath unreasonable and unjust!
3D. Because you dit declare, rnm your seat in The Sc
nate, tina, the Democratic presses throughout The Union
fully much abuse aiSch00d ard 'aiJrepresen
to,ion as The Federal Wing prinls-no hesaling &c
produce Nicholas Biddle and Baltimore Bank Editor
til and c0ncusi1e e'tnesStS 10 convict Democratic Ad
mins,raon Of "some high crimes and misdemeanors.
Hos long is IT, Sir, since, in your opinion these yn
oraclcs have begun 10 speak the truth; Did they speak
he truth, when, longer Gan nco years back, they
tecrr with tie most uuhounGed abuse and Bllingsgate
acan:st your own character and repuailon But, tenn.
poYa nrutantur ct nos mutarnur in Ills!
4h Because ~ The late attempt at an election Of !
S. Senator Of the most rank Federasts and tho
rough going Clay National Bank men, strained every
elect you in preference TO their leaders,
as "aliernalire-not second but first choice
This is omnous enough. "Fas est aG hoste doeeri -
These Wings understand the true policy they know the
advantage OF rewardng traitor, uho after his treache
ry is sure TO become more jealous unting and
puous in their service than any original partzan. Mr.
Pendleon he great orator Of Whggery) said most
phalicaIly-"My friend from Caroline concurred with me
~ months ago in The opinion that The WIG PARTY
would ULTIMATELY SUSTAIN MR. RIyES, and
he differs with only 10 this extent that lie lie dis