The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-02


| man republishes in lis last paper
We copy the above fiona Al e Richmond En
quirer. We would send the editor our right
hand, if he were to request il sas an act Of
simple justice. ed Mad1
From the Richmond Enquirer.
THE CIRCULAR.
| We had scarcely written the words in another ar
tcle Of this paper, keep cool" To shear and for
bear, To discuss every subject connected with the
Presidential Election, with good temper, good feel
Dgs, and moderation when the last petersburg Re-
publican" was put into our hands There is nothing
IN that article, iraughl il is with some strong
sures, and marked by some harsh epithets, which
shall "irighi (us) from (our). proprieiy" Nothing
OF TINS sort can disturb our equanImily. The Re-
publican party is IN too DELICATE position-barmony
and union are too necessary TO It's success, for TO
break loose into war of retors and recrimination
} We had just written too much against "crminaton
| and fecrmination," for US 10 violate our pre-.
| cepts; TO suffer our feelings 10 be excited much
less TO be expressed in any thing like the language OF
| passion. We take no offence at the attack Of the
Petersburg Republican, We think too highly Of
It's edoI 10 believe that he will not come 10 see the
injustice with which lac has treated our "Crcular,
We have no feelings upon the occasion, except Of
some regret at the precipitation into which be has
been betrayed We have advised our friends 10
l'avold recrininaion and although the elimination
against ourselves Is somewhat respectful aud very
| unjust yet We iorbear To recrimnate. True, the
Republican has not spared our Circular ourselves.
II has spoken OF "its atfocy" IL has characterized
it "an outrageous proposition" II has charged US
with making ourselves ''tbe self-consttu expo
| nenls Of the public wl'-of our ('he, Mr.. Thomas
RhchieO proposing to 'concenrate in his per-
son the right TO speak the voice of Virginia" 1t
| speaks Of "the tricks and maDuuyres Of political
managers'-of lis Searching in vain" for some
thing m the Circular 10 clear from these charges
but then, 't (the CIrcular) stands in all IFS garng
deiormty before US, naked hdeous yet unblushing."
IL ciyilly begs to withdraw it, to apologize for it,
\ then ms "A
promise, that Uniforms us, by the Petersburg Re.
publican, he shall hear Of il again''and says,
how glad II would be "to see him in the proper
! track" how 'happy (t) would be to find, that the
influences which hang heapy his so,d ed
| and how (iD would rejoice 10 see him once more
the Virginia, not the New York politician" This
species Of language IS certainly not the kindes and
most courteous in the world-but we content our
selves with stating II, without meaning TO recriminate
II by one harsh expression We shall practise as
much moderation possbe-and if this great party,
on which the hopes of The Republic depend is to be
in any respect broken to pieces, shall try at least
that II shall not be fault. With enthusiasm,
| mere ardent even than youthful contemporary
with purpose as little car able Of being changed
as hisa Virginan, every inch of us-and no further
New Yorker, than New York and her citizens are
portion Of Federal Republic, VIE shall bear all
the taunts and oil the paper shot of the Petersburg
Republican with better temper than his own We
shall bear and forbear to the utmost poss ibe point OF
decent endurance.
And wherein have we offended We had called,
we hope, in the most respectful language, for some
explanation OF the course which South Carolina might
take in the National Convention. The author Of
South Carolina" repes, in the letter which we pub
lish this morning. We make comments now upon
its tone or It's expressions. But he pleased TO tell
us, " II seems, sir, very difficult for you, and other
friends further North, TO understand that there is
such people in existence, as the people of South
Carolina. You. call upon editors Of newspapers, and
anonymous writers, TO for the State, il they
were the State. Probably this seems very natural to
those, who are accustomed to rule their States by
The skfu appliances Of party machinery, which pa-
ces the politics OF State in the hands Of very few,
or cf one man-icho is sort Of .Nentor-e keep
er Of the choLe concern, The people who are at the
bottom of the machinery, may work il, and work
it, but the direction is from the top where sits the
engineer who OF course tell exactly what it shall
turn out" The expressions which we have thrown
into Italics, have some slight squirt perhaps, at the
person to whom he addresses his lctter-but let it
pass Next follows a letter from al Member of
the Is. O. Convention whose language hap
py 10 acknowledge, 10 be perfectly courteous and
proper whatever We may think of his proposition 10
submit the question of the manner Of voting to g
majority Of the States" instead Of "a majority of
the Republican party THIS gentleman who speaks
as having authority, in fact, having authority
$50 the Charleston Mercury says) next 10 the State
Convention, puts three questions to u.s. upon hich
depends, he says his TO the questions we had
taken the Liberty of propounding TO the editors H.
South Carolina He asks the Enquirer for expls-
nation" upon the views Of the friends Of MIR Van
Buren, in regard to two important measures-and then
adds hope the Enquirer will give explicit
| swer 10 both, and say aso-y puginid, 'mcon,pro-
uisngiy insists than secente delegates in the
Contention. | shall endeavor, in the meantime 10
acquire such full information as will enable me to
answer, explicitly, for The friends Of Mr. Calhoun in
| this State"
Now, we ask an impartial Public TO saw what was
| our duty in the situation, in which we were placed
! Were 10 pass them over, without notce-and thus
not only be entity OF d courtesy to the author-and
-
Tor him q strength in the State, which he does not
possess Clearly not Were to arrog lie the very
power which the Petersburg Republican charges Us
| with assumirg--vz speaking the voice of Viryinia
when our Convention Of March last had made no ex-
preston of IFS wishes the 81 question: perhaps the
gst of the whole matter when II had never been sub
mted to the People, and we had evidence of their
wishes on the sutjecti Ckariy not We acted pre-
csely as distant and intelligent friend advised us to
act, without having exchanged sentiments on the
| subject
i advise you {, say that at present, you are not
really informed OF the existing opinions of the people
IN respect TO them but that they shall receive pa
tent consideration aud that the public attention shall
be candidly called TO them. Aud that whensoeyer
you shall be enabled to speak the gener voice. you
will do so without delay. There IS really preiu-
dice against the press, when it pledges the party 10
course not fully determined ON
But we acted upon our own suggestion, before we
received the letter of friend. We re.published
"A Member OF the Convention and told him that
we could not then undertake answer for the peope
but as he proposed TO do with his friends in South Ca
rolina, so we would consult the Republicans OF VIr
gipia, and apprse him Of the rcsut
Well, IN carrying out this pledge, the question came
up IN ,chdf fo,m were we 70 consult them To write
letter TO every Republican whom knew in the
State would have been a Herculean task. To print
Circular and send II privately TO such as we pleas
cd would have subjected us 10 the very charge which
the Republican insinuates We would have been
cha; ged with writing letters principally TO the Van
Buren, men, obtaining partial statements and publish
ing garblcd and deceptive information What, then,
were we to do' Bring the whole question directly
! "a hef hs n1s,n,. "a