Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-05
"REMINISCENCES.
o.. Peasants US. Pieosonts!


The Richmond Wing is continuing lis quota
lions OF "Rilchic upon Calhoun" We cannot
ronIplain of his brinein. up these "reminiscences:
and re suspect, that Mr. Calhoun cares a. little
abou them as we do We spoke al Mr. {. in ~ as
we lien thought and As he then was. But MI. Z.
has e.considrrcd those great questions. upon
which we were divided-and it is worse Than idle
ii is pcriecv dlSin.cnuouS, 10 lise any express
.ions as the Wing does which would represent
him 10 b. 1t this time IAN ultra-federalI> ana
advocate of Bank. Tariff. and Internal Improve
mcnt,." The Wing knows beicr-llc knows.
that there is no, nj this time. III america, more
able and accomplished advocate OF the STATES
Riolr, Scbool-a more determined and efficient
onpoI en-, of Bank, Tariff and Internal Improve
mcnl than John G.. Calhoun. Mr.. G. had the
wisdom 10 profit by the lessons OF experience, and
the ,,orc recent revelations Of the Constitution,
(as Mr. Crawford did and he has had the cou-
raoe 10 avow his change ot opinions. In this
connection. who can forget the admirable culoSl-
nm wlich he has pronounced upon Virginia, ana
her principles. in his speech al Feb. 22d, lS.';
1T would be presumruons IN me- Mr.. res
dent I, advise those who are charged with 'iie
administration of the Government. what course
la ,dnp,: bu if they would hear the voice oil ono
who desires nothing for himself, and whose only
wish is 10 sec the country prosperous, nee ana
Lappv | would say to them. You are placed IN the
most remarkable uncuIe that has ever occurred
since the establishment OF The Federal Govern
ment. By selling the opportunity, you may
BRING The vessel of state Ia position where she
NAV Il Ike new tack and thereby escape all The
shoals and breakers into the midst al which,
false Storage has run her, and bring hcr trliim-
phanlly inlo her destined pull, with honor 10 your
selves and safely 10 those on board. Take your
stand boldly: avow your object: disclose your
measures and lei the people see clearly that You
intend-what Jefferson designed 10 do but from
adverse circumstances, could not accomplished
reverse the measures originating in principles
and policy unconeenial 10 our political SYSTEM
to divest The Government of all undue patronage
ana influencc-to restrict it 10 the few great OBJ
ccts intended hy the Constitution III wond, 10
give complete ascendancy Ia the good old ~
gina school over lis antagonist which time ana
experience have proved 10 be dangerous 10 our
system of Guvernment-and you may count with
confidence on their support. without looking 10
other mean, of success. Should the Govern
ment take such course al this rropIiiolis mo-
mcnt, our free and happy institutions may be per-
petUated for generations: but il different, short
will be their duration"
twas this change of position--his cooperation
with the Republican rarty. and his utter abandon
menl OF H. Clay and his Federal clique-ihat re-
moved the line of separation between us-and not
| EXAS The w hi9 IS obvious OF chlonoioSl
a. we'll as OF principle. He forgeis, that long
before the question of Texas came up, or Polk
was nominated, the tomahawk was buried, and
peace was made. 1t was not Texas that "made
darkness light was not Texas that Eecame
''hc successful mc,liatrix7 between the parties
it was not POLK and Texas that constituted the
| bond of conneXion.'
But with what grace can tie Wing Editor
rebuke Mr. Calhoun or ourselves for any change
in our rclaiions7 Who has changed more Than
himself? Who in all Virginia has 50 complete
" apostatized from all the principles which lie
once protested? Once State Rights man, and OPP
posed 10 all The monsirous brood which emanaed
from the Federal school-Ani- Bank. An,i-lnter-
nalimprovemenf, (and yet eversince lo2i, working
in cooperation with some suspicious candidate or
party $50 much anti Tariff in % and '33 as torun
into nufcation-and SO much opposed 10 the op-
pressions ofthe North, as 10 be even Disunionist,
and now what is he? A Fedcralist substantially
in all his principles measures and affiliations
Not in name; for Mr. Jefferson predicted, that they
never would rc-appear in lhat old form, but would
assume some other title to disguise their purposes
We look no further for his change of relations
towards men, than that he who twenty years ago
denounced Mr.. Clay as ian aspiring, moon
reaching politician, who never could deserve