The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-11-02
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

We are pleased to perceive that the Rich
mond Enquirer has given some notice to the
late violent and abusive attack of Mr.. Clay on
Mr. Tyler and the Republican party. We
should, however, have been better pleased had
the editor given place in his columns to the
defence put forth by ourselves in our paper OF
Saturday. The article, as it stands in the En-
quirer, is not so much defence of the Presi-
dent as it is an attack on MIR. Clay nay, there
are some things in the editorial of the Enquirer,
which render it doubtful whether it is written
more in kindness than anger, and the PROPOSE
tons are so singularly stated as to be regarded
more in censure than in praise-more depreca-
tory than defensive.
The Enquirer rather appeals to the generos-
ty of Mr.. Clay than TO the justice Of the coun-
try:
"When Mr.. Tyler signed all the measures of Mr..
Clay but tive, {the Bank bills, and the unqualified
Disribuo441l,) and after he had appropriated" so
much " Of 4pstronage of the Government" to "the
exclusive advantage of Mr.. Clays friends, at the
early period Of his administration, and when, at this
very moment, so many of the highest Offices of the
Government are still in their hands, he should have
been spared from some of this unqualified censure."
Now, if this be not damning with faint
praise" we should like to know what is. We
should greatly have preferred it if Mr.. Richie
had spoken out more plainly. We should have
preferred it if he had designated what other of
MIR. Clay's measures besides the Bank bills
and unqualified Distribution bill," Mr.. Tyler
sanctioned We do not remember but two
other measures which were passed at the extra
session, of any magniIude--lhe repeal Of what
was called the Independent Treasury and that
only so far as the receirers Of public moneys
f,seAf1t'vJ front tdktng dnytting an pay
ment Of Government dues bit gold and siirer
and the Bankrupt bill. The really beneficial
parts of the Sub-Treasury are still as much in
force as ever-and we would respectfully ask
Mr.. Richie whether the repeal Of the specie
clause of the Sub Treasury was so repulsive to
his own convictions, that he would have been
pleased to see the President veto i'll If MIR.
Richie be now attached 10 that clause so warm
ly, as to pass ceDsure on Mr.. Tyler for not
vetoing IL, why all that we can say is, that Mr..
Richie has become possessed of newborn
zeal and new love in favor of a provision once
strongly condemned by him. Mr. Richie also
knows that the repeal Of that clause brought i'm
medlately into operation the Sub-Trtasury law
OF 1889, and the resolution of 1916; and that
the operations Of the Treasury are now as in
dependent of all unqualified reliance on corpo-
rations, as under any other form of Sub-Trea-
sury that could possibly exist
It's this wrapping up in mystery--this smil-
ing in the face and striking the bow-that we
have n comDain Of in tho k,T
US. The apparent pretence of doing Justice.
andye at the same time perpelrang greater in
justice 1t is this that we complain of in the
article of the Enquirer.
The declaration that the offices were filed
with Mr.. Clays friends in The early part of the
Administration, and that many of his friends
still hold high Offices, is certainly true to some
extent; but is Mr.. Richie ignorant of the fact
that Mr.. Tyler, shortly after coming into Office,
arrested the work Of prescription which was
going with relentless and bloody activity q
Is he ignorant of the fact that many who were
wrongfully turned out of Office have been re-
stored And if there are some of the FIJI, nds
of Mr.. Clay still in office, will he be good
enough to speak out more openly in regard 10
tbem2 Will he have them removed7 Will he
cxto the act of removal, or will he still transfer
TO his columns extracts from the profigate Globe,
censuring the President for calling Democrats
TO Office, and matchmaking Democrats for ac-
cepting office7 Will he not continue to cry out
"sma potatoes" as in the case Of the removal
Of two Cusiom-house officers in Richmond
VIII the thunders of Wing abuse of the Presi-
dent be music to his cars, and lest word from
him in defence should be calculated to have an
effect favorable to Mr. Tyler, will Mr. Richie
fold his arms and take "A quiet nap in his arm
chart
And now, forsoob although the President
has surrounded himself with Cabinet as purely
Republican and able as the country has ever
seen; and when his friends, for nearly two
years, have been acting with the Democratic
party IN good faith, and with all their strength.
Mr. Richie copies inlerrogalores from the
Globe, "a paper which, in reply to Mr.. Kendall
lntefroga' DRY, did not say, in the event of MIR
Tyler getting the Democratic nomination, thai