Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-24

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Gen. Jackson letter to the Nashville Union, deny
ing, as had been asserted hy the Wings, that nc had
abandoned the Administration, and vss in favor OF Inc
election Of Gen. Harrison, ~ very painful 10 "Gco
Mason" and the "Iyhrg." Ihi, IS not wonderful; for,
exposure is ALWAYS painful TO the guilty. But why
should not Gen. jackson speak when misrePrescntcd;
Where The improperly Of setting right perve.s'oa or
nisconccpticn Of his opinions: We cannot see where.
The Wing very well knows, that 1t was a common rn-
NOR, and believed hy some, that Jackson had spoken
lavorably OF Gen. Harrison, in connection With the
Pre- sidential question. II, then, Tie structures Of tic
Wing bc ius; " me:!tcd Tor correcting 'I!:s ru'nor, u
forti0ri, they would be much mo7c 70, had Gen. Jackson
indeed expressed any preference for Gen. ilarrIs"n-a
preference. 7hmtrr mate kror7, the Whig, VIC ven.
ture 10 predict. viii hail as c~hccriu!.y rs any other pa
per in this Union. The ohicc: Of Gen. I1c&sons let.
ter, then, WA, not TO take a part, but 10 lntorEi The coun-
try he had taken no p0rt or c~zpTcSacd my preference IN
r-rard 10 the nc1trrcstdsnt, and the ing charges SIN.
reference in the very G..avpval hr makes RI any such
interference. liul, If Gen Jackson had lniHE'rCed, and
thrown ,hc whole weight Of h: character and INFLUENCE
in behalf Of l!r. Van Buren,, tic world III Ieas: haze had
| Wing authority for il. Have not .,lcss-s. Adc:ns and
Clay been engaged in an open war upon Gen. Jackson :
and Nlr. Van Buren, administrations ever since ihey
were hurled from power in lc3-, Not content 10 stay
al home, and correct errors a tD their opinions, the Que
has been ever since in the Senate Of the L. :, and the
other in the House Of Representatives., cIerting all
their powerful energies to BRING them under thu ban o.!
| nonulsr disappro5atlon. Yet The Wing nor George
Mason" can see any i'm proprictv in the. Mr.. Adams
Wing Ex.Pre,ident, and hs Secretary, who was f!csi-
dent IN trd, may not only express their opinions Of
Mir. Van Euren, but Willy, tratuce and SANDER hun
from hirh places, and The Whig can see III il nothing
10 condemn; hut, if Gen. Jackson, who mad ahstalned
truth from expressing any opinion, ventures to correct
Ia misrepresentation, It in MI '~ronc. MI fsriai'o?, and
ABSOLUTELY |s-rIrING 10 he people oil tins country,
" II The Wing or "Geo. Mason he kind enough 10 m
form r,, If The letter in question h,s reno"cd 4 single
prejudice or s9fcned one sentiment OF hostility they
entertained towards, Mr.. Van Buren, before It appeared.
II nat, then why complain Of il. Where is the G'c'a-
.lon. DOC. the Wing suppose that others can b. m.
aucncri BY it 10 support Mr.. Van Buren,, whcn the e.
fec, On himself is Numerically opposite: We should
think the reasoning Of The Wing 70 hr NJ 'nconrrr'rn''
The Wing attempts to bring the examples OF Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe 10 bear against Gen. Jackson N
this matter: hut u. authority Is not apP.lc1hlc-and II
i were, the Whir would not lie borne ont; for It Il. wei.
'knnwn, that the FcdcraIists, in the tim" of VI. Natl-
son, as aor, charged thal james TIC First was nslag
the power and patronage Of Government TO elect James
the Second" We believe it VAS known also, that Mr..
jefferson favored the election Of Mr.. Madison and Gen.
Jackson. The Wig must ovc:haa. lis notes again. 1t
ought 10 be better acquainted with the history & ou'
country. before it indItrs any moro sr,c!es Of ;his sor!.
Neither o. those gentlemen c!cctionccrcd Tor their sue
ccssur, nor has Gen. jackson.