Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-05
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Mr. Spsnccrs official associates here, doubtless oi
o6 md sufficient reasons pleased win his trans
!I,,nnrr He has respectable talents more than oro
nary acourements-a unconhi"n 'ho's.iy. ""e
M; ,nurb is sad Of him, think his merits ana qua
80. arr fairly summed. That there sA"nid be 4
l,sc,norarv nul!reaa Of auaa,ion on the occasion III
o.,, quarters j. n,tnra ani If indng"d without too
,nch ryirayeuance should not rr"y"ke comment OF
contradiction 1t there amy one thing IN regard 10
Lh Ia can CHIN the merit Of consistency, II is the
.,a.d:n,ss of his opposition 10 the Democratic party
I'm his political wauderngs lie has occasionally come
onono The Jefiersonnn Democrats: but his tarriance
a. ever been of short Duration. Some features OF Dry
d,ns famous character of Iimrl have been rllconsy
rnl;ed to him. As politician he !:as been, curing te
last twenty years at least
| i'sT in opinion always in ,le WRONG,
Every thing by starts and netting long
II is true he began his . JeleIsonion Democrat,
but he has not acted 10Th that party, except for 81
two hr;,f pcriods for more than twenty years. For
nrafiy that entire period hry have haomn and f and
cannot soon fure.t ani he has acted against Mem.-
Either becau>c he could not gain their favorable oPI.
mon because his passions are naturally inclined II
vndiciyrncss lie has sgna2ed himself hy being I'M.
commonly ferociuus towards them. In the peculiar
state feeling Of the Democratic party at this time to-
wards Mr. Tyler, they would have been better pleased
he had seen fit 10 select Wing from this State less
0JRoTcus TO them tut they had no right 10 interfere,
aGd therefore have no cause 10 complain.
Same ot the comments Of the Wing press upon this
| apponment claim passing notice. IL Mr. Spencer
had been al The elbow Of the editor oil the Madlsonan
when he wrote his remarks upon il, the new Secretary
would probably have cautioned him against nllndng /"
that celebrated Republican, DasirL ID. TnNrEISs. =
Here know that it vas IL the bosom Of that tue
hearted patriot that Mr. ) warmed and cherished
in early ll-aud il Is PAINFUL 10 Us also, IL rec0cct
tho position III winch Mr. ). siood 10 that veneracd
man III 1919 and -2A. In That dark period III Tins Il
Gus,SIo,i= pa;Tais lie, VIXEN he pursued br rclcn
4 hon Her NJ
is throat. where then his farmer Pr;vatc Srcrc
tary? Was IL nj his SIDE, ward'nI ell some OF iir
thousand mortal blows aimed at h;p Oh, ~" lie was
conspicuous among his assaants Thcus nts &c; I've
who knew the irrvent pat'atlsin o Coz. Tompklas-
WIN Witnessed his invaluable services during the war,
and the sacrifices he incurred 10 sustain the cause o
the country in lis deepest gloom They nc:er can tor:
gel the cr. and lrarIiess persecution winch the enc
mes If hat war, aided ~ few apos;aie Reputcdus
wogrd against him. and by winch the remnant II his
!il was euhittered and made miserable. twill Be dtih
cult persuade any Of this class Of men that Pcrso
cutor al Tompkns b. it Secretary OF War under
any Administration.
We fear that Mr. $ will BE- scarcely less pleased at
the niadsonian : auson 10 his war services. Il y
true he belonged liz staff Of Gen NcCnrc, and is
natural 10 suppose that he had influence IN bring
ing the General Ia the unfortunate determination Of
| burning tie village Of Newark. This act provoked =
retaliation which drcnched blood and laid in ruin The
Niagara frontier.
/! MI spencer CPrt1tny mas TIE merit OI UtiHH
head Of e W hig administration Of this state. lie has
been If not The conscicncahecprr tic principal director
IL Gov. Seward, and he has led his Eacelency INTO
such conrsr that i.e i abandoned even h. hs own
PARTY lie MAS literally dragged into office IL the last
election IL the Presidential question, and came eight
/ Thousand h-,.ind the WING electoral ticket.
! The FAC. thu; thc ing Legislature would not @ra-
try ilr g. with the ccc -: Comptroller las, Winter.
! shows their aprrccaIlca "t MS administrative talents
and "a naciir Il j. not literally career that Governor
al, l.4, f...r
G. rj,(d.L IL tins selection. lis services as Revsor
are undoubtedly Tire iares and most feasible topics !"r
praise believe the profession al He law have
never ceased 10 regret the numerous Speneertsms scat
tered through Rcyis,d Statutes. j; IS rank must.
ice TO his learned and able associates ~ that WORK. 10
saw as the editor Of Tie Sadlsnhan does, tina; 81" his
talents and labor principally, New York Is indebted tor
those great volumes entitled the Revised Statutes OF
1880" 10 which, however, the editor OF the New YORK
American in an article recently copied ino this paper,
has rplicG the corrective But line SirangeSt
\ in the whole article which 80 commenting, IS,
that che (Nr. s. rW 5e ionnd concnrr'ng Cordially
" with the President 50 FAR AT least "a lie acton Of that
+" high unctionary has been connected wit! them,
1.-THE recent events at Washington) There is much
meaning and appropriateness in the use OF The future
sense in the elove sentence IL is remarkable that Is
not pretended and il would have been imprucent 10 pre-
tend that MIR Spencer approved OF any one act OF the
President which Mr. Clay and the Congressional Wing
caucus censured until after lie was enlightened by the
prosprc, of cabinet appointment. II IS not question
ed that he wrote The Wing central committees adj
dress convoking The Wing convection at Syracuse
We need not quote that celebrated production Of
the new Secretary Of War, IL show hs total and mn
qualified condemnation Of the cGndnci OF The IRE
sident lie reiterated the charges against the IRE
sdcnt Of detection from the Wing cause, put for'l
by The Wing Congressional caucus-hc ratified the
unmeasuTcI coHdemhation--he even added 10 thei'
lis. OF gricvances--he went IN open, bold hostility
In The President q far who gocs ;arihest =
We venture to assert that throughout the length and
breadth of lh,s land, there individual, not ex
GLIDING Mr.. Clay or Mir. Bolts in whose bcs7in there
was an iu,enscr feeling Of wrath against The fesden
than in that Of MIR. Spencer, until the suggestion
arose that he Ind been thought Of nr Of The de-
parnents at Washington. We will do him the jus
ice 10 conceJe that liz had then strong Inducements
10 take u mere favorable view ct the President
conduct. He is undoubtedly convinced that tie coun
try w,l. be benefited ty his services at Washing
ton So far paifiotism-and a pure PATRIOTISM as lac
ever felt ay al The foundation .! s change lie had
the sanaci;y 10 perceive at his career 81 pubic ser
vice. and o course Of pubic usefulness here @cnid II
all human probability close in February, and that NJ
pary in The State would be likely 10 seek iiis nr
thr. 81 vvices Ii an uneA peccd cpeang Ter pro-
longing his public employment, which IN HE rfgnia
aernalions ci parties would never arse. Situated n
Alr : was and was likely TO be- certainly no more pow
erlu arguments could have been offered 10 his mind Il
induce Il change Of Tiews
O.her reasons than those alluded to have been g"en
and lhry nav have wrought the Sudden change. After
Mr. s wrote lie Wing central committee r dennncia
ton Of TIL President three Democratic PosimssaFs II
hi; Stale and Democrats in other sections Of TIE
Union. had h IN removed from Office We full5
aware that persecution Of Democrats Is peculiarly con
genial 20 tie feelings If Mr. Spencer, and Ne doubt nat
iln ore Of tie hEE 81 Qualifications IL VII d"Tlre IRON
his situation, viii te The Opportunity he wi! onJ"S
of removing ID nnc!atc ncuGenis in ii,is respect h
hui. finger w, he found more wc'rhy :ian Granger
,ni,. Tie Presidents iageT 10 fierce Joe al Tx
Democratic party. viii BE- reIy p.as!n" 10 even lie &c
vord ir,end Of MIR. Clay Ar,i 10 signing Bamt
BILL The most sgnican, proof the IRE. dent could Tg'
10 both parties Of As fidelity 10 the Wings s The seec
lion lie lias made fer The War Department. Having
hiss otact III yew presume lie has, lie hns acec
inlegby. il not wisely II is not for as To discuss The
que slun how well or how i'll lie has judged II II wa:
his expectation 10 secure 10 himself abiding friends
among Tie Wings in this State. Events are rapidly
coming upon which s dspe! hs doubts. # hr la
any that poEt According 10 ordinary calculations
the ,au wIlo has done much coed service towards
breaking down Wing administration in thus State
would be regarded The itlcst instrument 10 sus ai