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

This gentleman has appeared every where al once in
circular letter his constituents. The Richmond Wing,
the Alexandra Gazette, the Fredericksburg Arena, and
the Madlsonian, simultaneously come down upon
with this overw helmng appeal. II would seem that all
the opposition presses have had copies communicated,
that they might discharge them in platoon, and make
the greater impression. The National lntegencer, a
being the big gu Of the Opposition, with becoming TACT
has been kept in reserve that it might not appear 10
have participated fully in The confidence OF The
convert as The minor organs Of Whgery. Virginia
mig prove tractsbe, if the hand put foEIh to
control her should manifest itself the moment in
the principal well as the secondary engines OF The OPP
position.
This sudden coupde main upon Virginia contains
special call upon our attention. The author evidently
desires 10 be considered prosecuted man, and is parl
cuary anxious 10 make the impression that he has suf
ered sangunary infection at our hands. lie says:
81 have been the object OF deep political resentment,
and occasionally Of fierce and bitter denunciaton. But
within the last three four months the Of denun.
citation has gathered new force, end been directed with
unsParipg fury against During that period, the
RobespiereaH Press al Washington, under The mmedl.
control Of the Administration, has daily eXered all
its diaboIca resources Of faIsrhood and defamation 10
blacken my character, as9ai my motives, and msrepre
sent my conduct
However blood thirsty the Robe spierrean press may
have shown itself according 10 Mr. Rvtss comics
sion, he has been very kindly treated By The head OF
the Administration. He tells lie people Of Virginia,
that
"There nothing in the Of official advance.
men which could have expected desired, that
not, not merely otfrred bu, pressed upon me, in the
mos, earnest and allering by the President at
the lirs. moment OF organizing his Administration.
And then, speaking Of The great party in this country
Which suslains the Administration, he adds
81 cnjoyed at least, as much oil its favor and was as
likely TO obtain its future support. IN aid of the ambitious
aspirations asc!bed 10 me, az any other man."
And what have we done tC provoke MI Rvcs 10 turn
his back upon those golden prospects? he docs not
leave the people Of Virginia, before whom he lays his
complaints, in the dark as TO This great grief, with which
he opens his paper
"l'he Robes p.enean press he tells ,lem) has culIed
from It's vocabulary Of abuse all lis mos, hackne yed terms
OF political vitnperaon, such FeLPra!s,, Renegade,
Desere. Truito!, and by attaching them TO my name,
has sought 20 make il the object Of general odum and
repr0ballVn."
Although thrae pLrnsrs fall ri short CT Lood sledding
which the epiihcls, "ROGespierrtan and "dabO!icai'
applied u.s. would intimate the character of The Of
fence committed against Mr.. Rlves, yet miligaled
the accusation appears IL The specifications truth compels
us 10 plead not guilty to the charge preferred we
deny the 'p0iicaL Evaporation alleged, and say that
have not used the fcdcraiist renegade desert
er, traitor in the form Specified ard "Gy Qttacking
icm Ia his EMr. Rsess n2nIe, sH%ght 20 make the
oLect Of general odlum and YroJsoa; aud demand
oil tho writing wherein i'd pretended Tie words
aforesaid are 50 attached
We have from the first that Mr.. Rves was re.
solved 10 make an issue with We have avoided il
with great caunn, because conscious il wonld
be most unequal contest MIR. l;lyes his part has
again und again appealed TO The people Of Virginia. and
roundy asserted that the Gssaiant. AS there
is wedding The question: viii pat our side Of
i, before the people, aud let them Judge bew cen US BIZ!
must take lime TO mike retrospect OF the record.
Meanwhile. lest adversary should have too much ad-
vantage from the atirctiona. in which he ad
dresses himself "the Safe ekirh care hir Lrh we
tell Virginia that she niso gave birth which as
it cost very little travail we iear she has forgotten
Globe .i!arch 80.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR lsS9.-lhe opposition have here
toiore endeavored 10 drcrive the public into belief
that the Democratic Administrations had become cults
eIravagant. carrying up the appropriations 10 above
$40 G0O,0O0 per The attempt had success far
while, until il shown tina, Of these large amounts
about the half for occasional, contingent ard
extraordinary objects, no way connected with the expen
ses of the Government and that, deducng these the
cardinal feature of Democracy that Of economy would
be TO have been duly attended TO- So i, Of the
year 1889 The appropriations are, in round numbers
SIS G00 000 but. after the proper deductions it will be
That The Of The Government consde ably
below the half OF that The first item he de-
Quoted is 900 Tor the contingent calling into ser
vice Of fifty thousand men 10 repe if necessary the
gressions Of Great Britain. The second item is So
100000 for the Post Office Department. mol che oar Of
which is paid from the Federal Treasury, but Genes
wholly from the Post Office itself These items re-
duce the thirty eight to twenty.hree millions. Then
81 $50 600 for the expenses Of the Florida wal
and above the expense Of the regular army Then
81 76J GU0 for The Indian Department. the greater
part of which refers 10 the removal ad subsistence of
the emgrating Indians, and compensation for their pro
perry and lands This makes three and half millions
more, and reduces the expenses below twenty millions
Then the pensions, which constitute part Of the
expenses Of the Government but gra,ules bestowed
for FAST services real supposed The appropriations
Of the last session for these, two and half millions
but nearly as much more will have 70 be paid under per.