The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-11
THR RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
We assure Mr. Richie we are not wanting
ia all proper respec, for him. We much prefer
that he should draw a tade in the defence Of
the President, = son of Vagina, than sgains,
him, for many reasons. In the first place, we
know he strikes hard blow, when be strikes
10 q good cause and ia the second place, Il
seems unnatural that q man, recognized as a
leader Of the Republican purity in Virginia,
should be assuming position OF hostility to-
wards President Of the true Jefiersonian faith,
who, Of all nen DOW living, has done most
service 10 the Republican cause. But for
the President, what would have been the con
di,ion Of the couniry2 Bank. Tariff, Distribu-
ton, Federalism raging through the whole land.
Can Mr.. Richie consistently say, that, in his
opinion, there is another man in the whole Uni
ted 3 ates, arA0, under sim liar circumstances,
would have performed The same patriotic acts
acts that have crowned him with fame, which,
when the paltry men who have slandered his
good name, and their own acts, shall have Pc
rished forever, will grow broader and brighter in
the lapse. Of ,ime7 When was there ever a
time before, in the history OF the Common
wealth. that the sons Of Virginia would not,
from the Ohio to the Chesapeake, have risen
up and seized their arms in defence Of their
common brother, man nurtured at the sacred
bosom OF their common mother, whose whole
life had been passed in defence Of the d".--
interests of the S,~.-. - .io'n "nooe in''hci-
Die shield, phen all pas else lost, the Federal
ranks were driven back and dissipated as dust
before The whirlwind2 When was there ever a
time before, that q Republican Presiden, from
Tirginia, who, for incalculable services to the
Republican cause, has been vilifed and ira
duced-denounced and condemned his life aud
his reputation almost lied away--his consitu.
tionai existence itself threatened-w would
not have been cherished and sustained 2
Daily abused in the halls Of legislation, and
not Democratic member from that State Tex
cept his own immediate fiiends) have spoken
one word in his vindca,on Daily and hourly
slandered through the ublic press, and scarcely
a word Of defence has been spoken through the
public press in Virginia Is this justice or mag
nanimity? But il is not for the arenger Of
the prongs of the People to complain. His be
the consolation TO know that he has served bis
country, as no man of his time has, His be
the pride OF the patriotic and honest statesman
who battles for the right and the People, and
who conquers for them, or pershes with the
flag Of his faith wrapped around him.
We have been betrayed into these remark.
BY our honest feelings. But we have not now
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handy threats with the Enquirer. Suffice il to
say, that Mr.. Richie is distinctly TO understand
that we prefer his friendship decidedly, but il
he dares to prick our arm with his sword, We
will strike back fairly, and with al our strength
into his breast. Our hands are for our friends
our daggers for our enemies.
As j; respects that immortal handful,
if we had been charged by some notoriou
thief with stealing money at Chapel Hill w
could not have felt more indignant than we d
when the intiualion OF The Globe. msi -aS.---,-
VS. lhtaslAshhfsudK Tor The substance of the in
timation was that tho handbIll was printed OF
,vne usea PRINT Congressional documents =
sd The Globe knew that we had never printe,
any such documents. And yet the .insinuatior
was repeated, and men were found to .caIl'
upon US for an "Ay" or mop
Some months since the Richmond Wbio
printed an account Of the hanging of Jon,
JONES in Texas, and intmatedn that il wa,
~. Wewere Likewise called upon to say .ay'
or "no" TO that. We said nothing, feeling ;
consciousness in our throat that we w,r,
unhust AID 50 in relation to this " fir, brand.
our heart is the jusIi6er of our course.
Mr.. Benfon has been charged with the an.
thorshp II the "handbi" The editor of III,
Enquirer shall have our answer Us this not an
equ'vocaiion, iooD when hat parsonage. over
his own signature, makes his response. Nous
rerrons!
But Mr.. Richie has fallen into the very or.
TOR OF which he complains 10 us We pro-
pounded the following question, and we asked for
a direct reply: "Does the Richmond ENQUIRER
prefer 'ha, Fedora pos,mas,,rs shall remain in
Office, when the Democratic citizens of TOW n.
and villages, I'm which these Offices are stu.
atrd,) in public meetings, ask their removal and
the appointment Of Democrats MI. Richie
answers in this wise: "We directly repiv. ,ha,
we ronid rather see Federal postmaster. re-
main in Office, sooner than give them aw.v n
any man or clique (csIing themselves Demo.
Gratis for the purpose of buying up vote. for
The Presidency" This is no answer to our
question. This Is nothing bu, an insinua,ion
on the part OF the editor HIMSELF of the truth of
the charge preferred by a little Federal paoer
t'he Trop'c) in New Orleans, on whose au,bo-
n'y Mr.. Richie originally boltomed his ques-
ton- Neither man nor clique constitute The
Democracy Of New jersey. Neither a man
nor clique constitute the Democracy Of Ohio
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