The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-09-21

fan esteemed friend writes as follows from
Richmond.
/ have long believed, without designing to
indulge in any thing like nlltery, that Thomas
Richie of the Enquirer,-l like 10 write the
name out at length, was the most finished d.
plomatist fthe age. You may be glad to be per-
mitted to learn in the school Of SO profound
master, and if you ever attain his age, you may
hope to put forth the fruits of your tuition. No
wonder that he can exercise so magical IN in
fuence over the pubic sentiment Of Virginia.
Whv what ale all The other editors in this Stale
compared to him a? One may proclaim MIR. Cal
houn TO be The most available candidate-but
the next Enquirer contains letter from " a
leading Democrat" from some important county
10 the State, who blows up the assumption sky
high. The aoriter can only find one Calhoun
man in a thousand. Every body reads the En-
quirer at least in Virginia, and in few days
thousands in every part OF the State are repeat
ing the same thing. Does he desire to be backed
in circular from dferent-parls of the State
Nothing is more easy than TO accomplish his
object. He makes his wishes known TO Mr. A.
at Goochand Mr. B. at Winchester, and so
on throughout the alphabet, and resolutions of
about The cunning Of Mr.. Van Buren, why,
wi,hou, Thomas Richie in Virginia Mr.. Van
Buren, would not be heard Of
And what chance has The Wing party in com
batting such an adversary with such an editor
a. Moseley? A man who has no tact-no Ia
lent-no discretion. fellow, who it seems,
would have blackeuardism 10 pass for wit-and
violent abuse for talent. Who has but three
words in his vocabulary, "rascal, /" "scoundre,"
"knave," which he uses on all occasions
Whose study it would seem to be to drive off
friends instead Of conciliating public opinion
Surely The idea that the Wing party can tri-
umrh in Virginia with such odds against it is
wholly ridiculous.
Let any one look over the editorial of
the Enquirer Of the 18th instant and mark
its extreme tact. He gives pretty hard blows
at Mr.. Calhoun, il is true, but he holds
out prospects of success even to him after
1914. He admonishes him that he has no
strength now-apd that The restoration, ay,
that's The word, must take place before any
OlUti INlCbiloiu eau Dt ptfNulltu 10
take the field. But how can Mr. Buchanan
resist his Establishments Your readers saw the
"soft impeachment" from The Enquirer the
other day, and Mr.. B. trust, among them.
Mr. Tyler also, in some of the articles in the
Enquirer Of the 18th, comes in for his share of
noucp. shall, however, let them pass with
the single remark, that if the leading editors
and politicians Of the Democratic party had raj
lied in his support after his Vetoes, that Repub
lcanism would have been placed as firmly in
the ascendant as it was in 1900. Yet | am
convinced that his course in Office has been in
Auenced solely by regard to duty to the coun-
try and the Constitution and hat his chief de-
sire will continue to be to show to the world that
the institutions of the country are suited TO all
emergencies, and that Vice President, sue
ce,ding TO the Presidency, can administer the
Government according 10 his own conviction.
and judgment. The glory IF having carried
through such an experiment successfully, will
place his name high on the roll Of fame. As,o