Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-30

ana so" for The season by vote Of the House,
OF Craig voting with the maturity te give IL us qu.
e,ns lie had faithfully and ttbly represented Us, eno
ns,ce compelled us 10 chPer HIM on by o puoiic e"'
,ession Of our appreciation that believed he duly me
Ied few days after the meeting we receiveo mp;
Crsp's Circular in which he says, 81 confess my 'n'nu
is not at entire ease, TO the best mcde vi osPos'"e
the public land; but my present impressions NV ,e
serve the fund as is in kind IL is lar better
money fund and ought not TO be cnnvef'eG ias't' @
The wants Of the Government ana OF ee,ie's i'fi VI.
And in case the wants Of settlers should require s'
beyond the wants of the Government, Tue surplus -
money arising from such sales should be d''itlbu'eu u
der Legislative direction among the S'a.ts' SELL sv
the stipulation in the act OF cess'on NO" VIC "en
candid and rparal mind where IS The onosiea s''''
;, - ,bs resolutions voted for by Col. Sh'nKs
and he opinion expressed in the above quotation from
CANAAN Craip'. circular! Coi ShanRs V""u ~ ; ,a'
of urging The spcsdy ado;t'on OF some pan o o'S.'
bn,inn u,hout any reference 10 the wants Oh 'he "o
ve,pmsn, wbie Cant Crags mind is not al enlre ense
as 10 The hes, mode Of dspusng ot the pubic lana ou
is disposed to prefer some system mat "o"'o pe'' t
lands from being sold at all, nhess as 'he "un's " ~
tusI settlers should require, and would coun'enance no
d;s,,hr,;on If the proceeds until the amount arising
from sales TO actual settlers would exceed Inc ac'"a
wants The overnment-a case in our opinion, never
likely 10 occur Where them we repeat is the 6oas'eI
similarity bet ween The resolutions voted tor by C"iohe
Sh,pks n nd the opinion expressed by Captain Ifa'g
II exists in truth fact, no where wllhin me Uounu
or for the sales Of The Public Lands De res
frtrtp cd tOa ri
the wants of the Government, there never can ne sur
nlus To distributes and the contrary except on "ie
happening of very improbable contingency, .ne OPP
MON xuTessed BY Captain Craig corresponds JV"y az"
sutreiy with the opinion expressed in our resolution
reyretnq Col. Sharks vole as in that resolution we
have expressly declared oursevesln favor nl resctna
the sales Of the Public Lands to actual settlers ana I"
applypq the proceeds thereof TO meet The current eS
nenses of the Gyefnment; and at all events, as IoPt
Craig voted 10 lay on the table similar resolution to
those voted for BY Col Shanks, and resniu"n oHreu
BY Mr. Robertson Of Virginia for Their disHou'on' " Is
the most conclusive evidence OF difference OF "phi"n
hui if il had even turned that Capt Craig agreed
fully with Col Shanks the subject, the meeting would
not have been liable 10 censure for inconsistency loI
they did his circular until about week hiter
their resolutions passed. and nasmuch as lap'an
Craig gave vote during the whole session which his
party could honestly censure, cannot see how gen.
temen seriously express their astonshnent mat we
should have expressed appreciation OF his ard
disappro5a,ion OF the course or other gentlemen
whose could not approve.
Having thus, trust uiumphaniy reiuicd the wan
ton and llbera charges loudly promulgated agains,
US for passing resolution with respec, to the public
lands we will now proceed to rcpe the equally beral
attacks our resolution dsappruVlng Vi Inc vote oi
Col. Shanks for Mr.. Rivss
Col Shanks and our Wing assailnns, contend that
be tod III" people last Spring that he wnnid vote '"r
WIN. Rves, aud hence it wsS "nnj"sl in the meet.
ing TO him for doing hat he told us he would
do We freely admit that lie proclaimed his preference
for Mr. Rves the Spring election, but he commended
loudly, at the same time, that MI kives was Inc
warm friend If Mr. Van Burens administration in
all save the Suh.Treasury scheme. and Indignantly
repeed all insinualions that he about 10 desert the
Administration. A large number of The friends Of MIR
Van Buren, voted for Col Shsnks under the impression
that he and Mr. RIves were as good Administration
men as their Sub Treasury opponents but how s!ancs
the case now; Previous 10 The election OF Governor in
Pennsylvania last fall, Mr. Rives wrote 10 Gentleman
in Philadelphia suggesting 10 The Conservatives 81 lhhi
State the proprety Of withholding their votes from Gen
- y, p,,np do,p rnlss hay nDlS ha
satisfied that his election would not ~ considered
triumph Of The Sub Treasury Pariy-Hs opponent was
Joseph Ritner, an Abolonist, and anti Masonic
Wing Was this any proof u' The friendship that he
pInessed for Mr. Van Buren,;
linn, dia;e!y after the commencement OF the las,
sion nf Congress Mr. RIves far ahead "f The Wing
members Of the Senate assang the President and tie
Secretary Of The Treasury for alleged Illegal
ton with the Bank Of the u S and, after Utirrng
resolutions calling for information the subject e
guei If the Information had already been received in
his favor and proceeded 10 condemn and denounce the
President and Secretary without hearing So exceed
ingly Liberal, IN Just and unwarranted was his attack
on these gentlemen that not a single Wing Senator
would render himself contemplate os TO join him in
abusing them Was it his great love for the Admins
,ration that induced him thus 10 revile them:
His next attack on the Administration was in speech
on MIR Crrtlendens Gag Law" TO punish certain sub
ordinate officers Of the Government tor expressing Their
opinions of the fitness unf,ness Of candidates for Of
fee. In his speech this bill he is reported To have
attacked the Administration with than his former
violence, and among other things TO have said. that
'ici0ut change of rulers The country could be 'Utned
Mr. Ruane said Administration party have felt
that his (A, Rives) sword sharper than serPents
tooth" Mr. Buchanan charged him in plain terms with
having deserted 10 the enemy and he dd not attempt,
deny il In the course Of MI. BuchanaDs speech, he
saws after holding out long together ought hr
(Mr Rives) not, al least to have paFted trom us IN
peace and bade Us kind adIeu: In a'"aaontng
our camp, why did he shoot Parthian ari"ws be
To-, f,EJ Isurr If mi t,lrEyp
is it not too much 10 hear ourselves denounced by
the gentleman in the language he has used, &c &c,
If he had desc rted the Administration would he have
permitted Mr.. buchanan to have used such language
whru, correcting him. isevident that he would not
Bul Fellow citizens, if any further proof of Mr. RvPss
aposlacy be wanting find it in abundance in every
newspa per that open. The Editor of the Washing
ingon Globe says in his paper of the 10th March: "Ihe
last session brought Mr. RvSs and his friends up their
true position, and into full view. MIR. CIays press
in Kentucky gave him distinctly TO understand, that The
haif ray stand would not secure the Wing votes for
his reelection to the Senate. He therefore at
the Open ming of The session the champion Of the Oppo
slon in attacks on The Administration, from the Pstsi
dent down His friends in the House Of Representatives
entered fully into his views, and through The session
acted in perfect concert with the Opposition" His
rerable friend The Editor of the Richmond Enquirer
who agreed with him the Sub Treasury question:
and sustained him ably last year. has been compelled
give hun up. After enumeralng all the suspicious cir
cums,ances which have stated in this address Mr.
Richie says, Under all these circumstances
idence in his (r Rves attachment TO the Republi.
can party began TO be much shaken; but still re-.
fused TO take any active part against his re election
When we saw, however, that il was almost beyond a
doubt that he would his the hands
Of ihe Whgs-when We saw their presses urgently =.
commenting hun TO their support for the aroced purpose
Of producing an union between The Conservatives and
the Wings, carrying The spring elections, and breaking
dU,on the .3dminiSratiOn-w heard Of the great
intimacy which said TO have subsisted between
him and Mr. Cay-of Mr.. Ciays being avowedy in
favor of Mr. RIvess election confess that every
hope vanished, and could longer reconcile il 10
our political duties TO act upon the system Of armed
neutrality"
On The other hond it is we'll known that Sir Clay
and the whole Wing press Of Virginia anxIousy desired
his election 10 the Senate. The Editors Of the Rich
mond Wing, and ma ority Of the Wigs Of the Legs.
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