Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-15

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RrcHMo>o, lirh Nay, !,a
I)ear S,r-At stated meeting Of Ippccatlo, u N :
ruia held on the I inst. the >ubjulueG resolution u,
unanimously adopted. The undersigned were appointed ,,
lee IL carry into effect
We respectfully request m early publication the rlun
| the documents referred 10 in said resolution.
Very respectfully, your "b't >cryi's.
sheso'red That Committee of three be- appointed 10 ,,
the Editor ." the Eni".r, and pr"cn" The publication h.
reorganization the Militia Of the United States and I'M
dents approval Of IT, aud that the Treasurer ol rl Cu5 &
| the expenses Of said puhlcitlon.'
/ To .ruuM,s RrIcng. Esq. EaGfor of tie Richmond rr
/ We NAV as well take the bull by the horns Al oan
and make our answeraS public as the '.TppccanocCe
! No J. of Virginia intend, we presume, 10 max. ~,
whole Transaction. One would suppose, that tn. r,
pccanoe Club would be satisfied with their own or,n
They have more presses at their service IN Nr5r,
than the Democratic party. They have daily F.ner
in this City, which struck of, it IS sand. Solp II,
teen thousand copies of its impression, just lo:5:r
the Election, embracing Mr.. PolnscttS Rrpo,,
/ They have the weekly lcoman-mun tccnty supBr,
ed and generally circulated They have had tie al.
of every variety Of document, which their att. lated
members of Congress have ranked to every COUNTY
! of the State-and thousands of the portable hand
I bill, struck at Washington By the ''tlon. John NJ
/ Bolts and his colleagues Of the ''Eyccutjyc Com
mittee" embracing Clark (thc virtual AbolonsiY an.
Salton<,all of Hartford Convention notorctyI |,
the ..Tippecanoc Club No. |, Of Virginia never to b.
conenied VIII they not leave the Democrats on pies,
1 that is their own, undISurbcd by the mpor,uutt,.
unseduccd by the bounty money of the Opposite
The Club implicitly take 1t for granted, that tie
Committee can ''proc"rc the publication Of lr
| plan in the Enquirer. We refrain from express
ing the feelings, which move! appca,.oa
! is calculated 10 lnspIrc-couched, too IN term,
that are not very courteous, and backed It by ,r
seductive purse Of the Tippccanoc Club, We has
never asked. and we have never received any comprg
sa,ion for publishing a P0luWm "rtic'c-and We >!a
scarcely such precedent at tins time, alter haya
passed through political life Of some 20 years.
We admire the ingenuity of thu Opposition. Il ST.
publish the whole scheme OF Mr.. PornSct they wog..
say al that wc were drag""nrd INTO the puJIcl
ton. Ii we received compensation from the lreasur:
| of the Club, why should lay ourselves open to the
/ imputaton Of ayarcc. II We published the Secrl'.
/ nv plan, without coupling II with the only noise
which the President has taken OF the subject, wc Shouts
] be CHARGED with garbInr the Public Documents L
we published the plan, along with the extract from tie
! President Message, should then be quoted I.
having acknowledged, that the Prcsidem had "pprOrr
of the plan. But if refused to comply with Nv
Resolution altogether las hereby do,) they will Thea
raise the CRY Jas of course they will now do) that VI
afraid of publishing the Report and the bill Either WAY
the Tippecamoe Club of Virginia No supposed thai
they would have Us upon the hip party, 50 irll:.
IN devices: 50 ingenious starting humhugS Tor La,
ing through the late campagn Will be at no loss 10 a
some political capital out OF the resolution OF iAs
4 :" lppcCanoc Mud
We must ask the favor Of them to let us conduct Tie
EnGurcr according to our taste We have PUBLISH,
all OF Mr. PoinSctts R"portS-hut we had II" room 1.
the bill itself and all is details; and, 10 tell the TIP
canoe Club the truth, We have since carefully cNaInn
the bill, do we approve II ourselves nor can We @
any where ''thc Presidents approval OF II. We q.
vet To learn that lie has approved OF MS details WE
ipan, MessIcurs of the Tippccanoe Club does your
solution refer to- Doyou refer to the very bret yno
which the Secretary pnt forth IN his .fna" Report
relating to the classification, the training OF the militia
Sc Nc: The President recommended this scheme
the consideration of Congrcss-but this scheme - IA
the Standing Army, about winch the Frdrralr>is ha
raised such a humbu1-nor is it the bill itself, abo
which they have raised such clamor. That hh. "
subioned TO Mr. ponScus second Ryort TIN.
toI,d document called tor By the House Of Rep
Scntatves, and 1t sent time in the m0a
of March. The hird Report was made IN April a,
instance of the Militia Committee Of the House OF L
representatives.. We yet to learn, that the Prcsa
saw or approved of the two last Rcports-as they w
called for by resolutions from the II of r. directly
dressed to the Secretary Of War; and they never pas.
through the Presidents hands, on their way 10
House. These PLAIN distinctions which should
have escaped the prying eye Of The lippccanoe {.
No. of Virginia, are vet COMPOUNDED IN their re>o
: ton They plainly set forth in the follow
article from the Knoxville Argus of the 9TH
that we beg leave TO lay IT before our readers
'Tsx Qrr,TIo> Nur-SELL.-W' have stated taa'
the plan 10 rroTganihr the militia The secretary of War @
responsible We rcaSsc that tact, and rcsiac tin C'Hn
Cc under which the report was mad The House 81 Rci
tvcs passed resolution requiring the Secretary Of Nuwr
to plan for the reorganization the militia,
tins requirement, the Secretary 81 himself work, aud
much labor and careful rciccon the conclusion i3
enrol from the al the militia hundred Thousand mru
should be drilled III the immediate vicinity q" irH own ~
not les than ten than thirty days IN each year m
years, and Ia be paid Tor Their time, would r the best plan
could be adopted He accordingly reported IT I" Congress 4
result of his deliberations, obedience 1" their resolution
have no reason 10 suppose that the PRESIDENT hnr" me h,
the plan until II reported To Congress. That body ld not
rect the fr"s'der, 10 report plan, but The serrot'ry
"in hI> annual message, Mr. Van Bur~n spoke ut the
line which was then ll before Congress, ami recommends
tr consideration lie -P"h" q" our ."untri hong I" 'ieh
state ana Tor that reason recommended l" tnr '">'"
Secretary PLAN without approving or c%ndian'ns ~ on"
DENLY entertained The opinion that something ois; 10 r.
IL dong that li' only did l> duty rs an mi"lH 'f
involved. Mr.. Gailatin while Secretary ii'c Iu.n h
rcput-a very able rcporuppn the subject o road, aHi
and Nh Madison, although he id not believe III" uH.i"
the constitutional pnrEisw # C""ss~, ~t'il i,,"am,a
every thing contained ia SIR. GaI!gt,n report b. r'nn
Nor i Mr. Van nrcn responsible "r tins plan o. Nj Z %
We 90 one step further! Ii the "IIppccange Gu.
Virginia No, /" could have cmptied their whole
flowing Golfer into our lap, could not have cong
with their extraordinary ill-advised resolution.
could not have published the Secretarys "P!an
bill tsef) with ''the Presidents approval o! Il,
the lives Of all their tribe. We assert without
hazard of Il contradiction, that the Tippccanoe
and all It's Committees produce such bd,
procure such bill to be published. "" kmo" b
4 !ectiy well what writing. And poor rs
!, own crib is, viii givc the Tippcranoc t.o1 II
times the sam which they would have gwen !s,@
have not required of US the execution OF most
aud iInpract.hlc "!iicc. ~ toV Mcm hvc IS "a
paa. We axe daily n.ibr Of tie fill iorcr ar@
phasls Of our expressions. The President bat i"..
IN The footsteps Of almost cvc-y predecessor 10 -"
eases, from the days Of Gen. Washington Ia th''
Gen Jackson. He recommended the re- Organic,
Of the mtIa--The Secretary answcrab!e tor u.
tails, as he is for the general manner OF carEEH-
the measures Of the War Department My lite o..
il, that let Mr.. Polnsett speak upon th.s sa' Il
whenever he plcases, he VIII state ii, with all
moral courage, and all that magnanimity Of - n
which crst distinguished him IN the Capital Of N''
: and in the streets Of Charleston.
word more. aGd We mean it III spirit o. q.
ton or discourtcsy, 10 the Tippccanoc tuo Of -
na-No. H. lfthey have generous an Even.
as their resolution imports, had they not better d,
portion of 1t towards paying the Editors Of ia"'
presses TO rcpubllsh the militia projects OF 'Hr@
\ ''mtary' candidate, His propositions are 10,
titute of ingenuity of originality. As Gen
son wrote to the Louisville Legion Of the ID OF '"'
bruary-
$50 long ago as the year leo, endcayore" !.
the attention of the nation TO the subject IN 81
i letters addressed @ the venerable revolutionary 81