Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-29

ing o6feers e1clusiccy from Of his poiih.ql
" opini0ns though he formerly thought otherwise -
Here the rule is asserted by of the great parties ii
the country on the floor of Congress, be the rula
exclusion: and the other party, on the same ;ioor 10
the public ear, and printed before the public cyc al
,pifs ar0rs and jnSiifes the rule, cOnSsen. with
wisdom and integrity To this might be added In. IN
stances of the removal of Gardiner, Coke and oiIg-
for opinions sake, bu, this would be unnecessary IN
the Secretary of War (Nlr Henry writing the v,,l n
the Executive, declared that he would make no an,
continents the provincial army, "but Of spirits ~,
dsa icccd, and that prominent and known characer,
must certify the principles of the applicants rB
same army that was in being when old John Adams
informed certain citizens of Bath county that .Ger
was party in Virginia who deserved TO be- h"Iublrd IN
dust and ashes before the indignant .rowns oil lc. m
iured and nsuted country.
Here we see the exclusive rule avOwcd by the rrf.
raj Erecutire, charged and admitted by both parties rgo,
the door of Congress- announced too at that day h.
Mr. Jefferson and confirmed by him on the l2,h a.
JULY 1901, in his letter to committee Of the mer
chants Of New Haven. This rule assured to d.
was the absolute and unqualified exclusion Of par,cp
lar sec; polite. from all public office Mr. Jeicrso,
declares that Mr. Adams and the party then IN powrr
" excluded from office every shade of opinion winch
was not theirs; 10 which he added his sincere regret
that unessentia opinions should have been su:IcIer
to interdic half the society from the rights aud bless
inps of self government and to prescribe them A.
He
81 circumstance of great relief, had | found
| moderate participation of Office in the hand. If,
:. the majority. | would have gladly left 10 time -.
accident To raise them To their Just share But saa
| " total exclusion calls for promper corrections
The existence Of the rule, and the practice Under Il
cannot be regarded as in any, the least degree doubtful
if the voice of party, the voice OF Congress- til" voice
of the Executive practising IT, and the voice OF the S
ecuye succeeding and correcting II, can be taken a.
the voice of truth. The doctrines which assumed lii.
name of Federal principles, too we'll known 10 r..
ouirc commentary Their objects 10 crush STATE
sovereignty, and to subdue the freedom of opinion
Their means, gags, and chains, and ietterS, pans
penalties and PRISONS standing army, provisional!
army and thIrty.scven thousand ''prcsidcn''aI militia
las the Democratic party then called ihrn.j tTcc req
mcnts of regulars stationed above the Fall: Of Savan
nah three more at Harper Ferry, the Blue Rdscof
mountains, three at Brunswick, IN New Jersey, aal
three in Massachusetts, all To raytng points
for sthe presidential militia of well affected spirits to
gather around at the sound of the Federal bug,r-
Here we behold the doctrines of the .'sect, ana vs
have seen by incontrovcrtibe and rrciragablc pra.
what was the rule which that party laid down for office
All taking office to be Of that sect, none or,,
were appointed; none others could be admltcd-I ia
very extraordinary coincidence, that the commission
William Henry Harrison Secretary, and acting Go
vernon of HE Northwestern Territory, the allen law
the sedition law and the law for the prov SIona army
were all signed and approved by John Adams IN ~,
in the same month: and the same INK might have bccr
wet on them all. And all under that malgn star:
whose baleiul ray the lgh, and the guide and the
test of Federalism; and it may very properly be- added
within that month too, IN which the RUE and 4
ouchstone for Office 'r0S dsrar'd on aH hGDds Ion.
grcsS sto be concidcmce ~ 0p,nion 'cih ho f'Ga f.
ecutire." (See the debate, lcth July, l1>l In tar
following year, Capt Harrison came to Congress
delegate from that people, whose political opinions, he
told the Senate of the United States, in March I-26
were concurrent with those of Mr.. Adams, and, Is
evidence of it, he referred to their address 10 that per
sonage assuring him Of their appreciation. speak Of
this fact as Gen. Harrison himself uttered il, and
leave the public TO de- rhine or themselves, from
their knowledge of the relation aud duty between th'
delegate and constituent, what mnst have been un
opinions of that delegate. Soon after his taking us
seat, Mr. Harper, a i'ad'ng "nd =eatOUs f,a,rg.is
moved to clothe his associate, Mr.. Harrison, wg'
the prerogaves of pay and irankagc. IN the gr pal
of former usage, when delegate sat among TIE"
from a Southern portion of our Territory. IHS W3s
accorded The local measures for the TERRITORY Veg
brought, to view. The bill for the sale Cf the pub
lands above The mouth of the Kentucky river, with tie
same title of that which passed May 10th, loo was
before Congress- prior TO the session IN which liafsoa
took his seat-lt said to have been iavoruc ne.
sure of Mr. John Nicholas, portion of whose const
tuents took deep interest IN the question Mr. Har
rison (on pettOn,) introduced bill for establishing
the Territory Of Indiana In its progress, it was az
tackled with great vchemence by Mr.. Jackson OF S.r
rinia 1t became party measure; was sustained b.
Mr. Harrison with great zeal, and carried through. IL
became law By the President 5 signature, the IA u
of May 100, and the 18th dny o. that month, lla1
rison nomination TO the lucrative Office Of lis Govern
was sent to the Senate by the elder Adams, in the mi
of the Reign of Tcrror--of party prescription, ami
the infiexible rule for appointment to which has"
fore referred For this office, there were many d:l
guished applicants; and among them, Jonathan Dayi.o
las the papers stately who had been Fedora! Speak,
of the II of Representatives Coy Harrison prevae
and at period and under circumstances IN which
will not himself say, (and sensible and truthful ms
can say,) but that he appointed friend OF ~
Administration, and 'cOErurrinT IN the EtSd0m ~ HSr"
sureS AT that time, the Aurora was the organ oi
Republican partySustancdj ythat pary "chDohr'ed-
and distributed By MGt purity. The Editor himself "a
that the leaders Of the Democratic side IN Congress.
ribucd largely TO his aid tia, Mr. Jefferson and
Madison supplied it gratuitously and generously "'
money every month: and Mr.. J admits and defend. t
fact as to this class of publications. IN his published
ter to Gov Monroe. Whatever was announced m I'll
Journal, (prnted under the pleasure and cornirHauet
of the party, and of the then acting and moV"t
on the spot is not to be taken lightly, evidence
the political opinions and classification OF ncn-e>l-
cially when II not only unconradlc@d, So lar
can be found at the time, but with many power
facts that stronger than Witnesses corFoho'1'a
the assertion Of the Aurora, that 'Air Harrison OF "
Northwestern Territory 1raS F6drraI,si - ="
true and accepted FeGcraist, who brought 10 Congo"
proof of the fact, under the broad seal Of the ;,
his commission as Secretary 0! the Territory ~
west OF the Oho, and who returned from Congress
still stronger evidence oft, under The same broad
stamped and appended in May, loOo, to the higher
mission of Governor of Indiana, by John Ada"s-N
bestowed on him this distinguished Office. when IL
were only given ''to the faithful and when ''7.
erciuded rh0se "ersry Shade Of opinion "@S nat NJ
-fSce Mr.. JcfersonS icucr to .Ncc HGcc", J"'y J.
/ 1901.
The evidence which | have brought forward " \
entire success, as believe, Ito fix that which =
and never was an open question since Fredericksburg
Reign of Terror was openly charged on Gen u"
sony needs nothing to give strength 10 lis s'l'i.
It may not be amiss to refer las the paper Is l0
handy to the dec svencss with which the Aurora n
10Th Of May 800, boldly ranks him with the tra-
isis Of that tune and amongst the most noted d i"f
~ viz Otis, Ross, Chapman, Morris, Fichrn"-.
cy, Bayard, HARRISON, Of the Northwestern 81
tory, Dayton, Goodhue, Harper, &c. The ed orM "a
of his lampoons at that party By providing q ID. n
for them, and Tor each leader treatise peculiar
taste. lie aIlots to Mr. Harrison "Barralara "r ''
would be Govcrnor-Sccond part 10 an old farce 81
notes by Judge Symmes and Jon1,han DE"'
Against such evidence, comprising the irsi'W''@
John Adams Thomas Jefferson. the Democratic " n