Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-11-11
For he Enquirer.

mus. be my apology for not sooner noucihs dn
article in The semi-weekiy Richmond "H'S y
the l4lh ultno, headed "Hardy IN me Enqu''e.
The Editor regrets that have chosen 10 ms
Re- oTe,eul him" and proffers quarrel-which oes
Lave 10 Misunderstanding the Sir Luc'uS y
Trigger school as not more Respectable man -"
III RDb Acres. That have misfrpresenled hih''
!, m,re easily said than shown. When II i
shown, | shall retracl and apologize; but un'l'
,hcn. shall believe myself guess OF any sucn
shallow and unworthy device 10 wrong DINERS
and deceive the public. And, so far from aH''-
butina 10 the Editor Of the Wing unworthy mo-
lives Of any SORT, | leave it 10 every reader 10
iulee. whether every thing said upon that sunec'
was nal calculated, as it certainly was designed,
n separate wal conceived 10 have been error
in cnotuc, from error OF intention Bnl, u the
sand Editor claims for himself an exemption from
ha, ordinary condition OF humanity WHICH en-
ahcs interest and inclination 10 lead us 10 con-
c!u>ions, which, il opposed 10 them, we snoulu
scrutinze too severely ever TO adopt, shall mol
re! ca lied utnn 10 deny il. but rather 10 consrau
late him uron The enviahle position 10 when ne
has attained hope, however, il will make MN
tolerant Of those WHO are blundeIing along 10 Inc
some atonemenl for my error. my sincere resrel
that ii seems 10 have given him pain. assure
him. nothing was further from my wishes.
As 10 the retort upon myself would ask him,
whether. 10 have been once Jackson man, and
now Wing. necessarily implies Inconsistency?
Whel!cf. on the contrary, during the late cam
pa;nn we were not continually quoting General
/ Jackson himself against those who claimed 10 De
his followers!-and whether, therefore, II may nol
m t.ntN
4 h. unjust, as well as impolitic, todenounce all VINO
ever have left or ever may leave, the ranks OF our
policai opponents and join ours, asinconslstenii
Ru, he sin of mv c'. (and strange sin II IS
in he eve OF w : Is, that / 'was Loco IN
FLOYD and am v mIg in Hardy" Now, that
i moi accurately stated, Tor never was Loco
having left tie Jackson ranks before they were
embraced III that name. But emitting Tins ny
percri,icism, !" would ask the said Editor whether
il r.. irne il fact, or polite 10 maintain that no
ore living in a Wing county can leave The Demo
cratic ranks without having his motives suspect
Ell, and without a probability that They are moi
What hey should be? And further would ask
him. whether lie can conceive Of shallower cal
cl,laliun than for one in search OF political pre-
i,rn,eni 10 leave the Democratic for The Wing
Par,Y; mere especially il This aspirant should
live On lie edge OF The tenth Legion" and in the
Senatorial ant Congressional District, 10 which
liza, s!aunc:l bod OF Democrats gives such over
whelinng maorilies | might ask him another
question 10 reference 10 The policy Of attacking
w ics as such in the discussion Of questions
which have no connexon whatever with party
politics; hui will refrain. and RETURN here, coed
Tor evil BY suggesting Tor his reflection The 1ol-
lowing sentence, 10 he found at page 375, OF part
81 number OF Theirs History Of the Consul
late and Empire: "Ert in this world wisdom is
more rare than ability, more rare even than gc-
Mus, for wisdom implies victory over our own
passions, Il victory OF which great men are not
;norc capable than little men,"
The Editor oil the Wing conesses inconsiS-
,ercy in his schemes Of internal improvement
bul contends that this inconsistency has been con-
fined 10 "details, and has never extended 10 Wintl-
rc;; ant in his illustration OF this distinction, he
seems 10 console. the "modc and the route" OF an
Improvement as lis "details. andlhe "end for which
i i made" is p5iaeiY!e Were disposed 10 'hy
penriticiSn or even 10 ''cricsm,' here is an
ample field for indulgence bu, my sole object is
% lind ou What the writer means, and 10 deal with
III. proposition as he intends il 10 he understood.
%Gw, though it does seem strange 10 my humble
understanding, prone to perplex itself with details
with means as we'll as ends-ihat any one oc-
cupied with The internal improvement Of Stale,
.huud regard The character and the routes OF lis
lines Of transportation as mere details, about
which consistency is OF no importance; yet The
Editor Of Tic Wing seems so 10 treat them. If
this be iruc it serves 10 1plan The course Of the
Wing on This subject, and 10 account for my diff
terence with il; Tor | regard these details as mat
',t> Of grave consequence and the areless incon-
,islency with which they were treated By that pa
pr, as calculated 20 TO much injury 10 the cause
OF internal improvement. II was 10 prevent This
injury that deemed ii my duty, in the position
was placed in BY The action of The Clarksburs
Convention, ard that Of this county consequent
upon it, 10 give the public a condensed view oflhe
| course Of The Wing, upon The subject oftEe inter
nal Improvement OF the Stale, that The public
might The better iudse Of The weight TO which lis
views on Tia; question were entitled.
But says HE Wing, had We supported the
application Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company to be permitted 10 60 10 PaIkersburg,
&C., We had then been clever fellows" "a6d
marvellous proper men" The Wing is very
much mistaken. should have merely thought
ha, on that particular Improvement, or dtfoH as
iacy wOul cal! il, their conduct was natural and
,p0rer There can BE- nothing m0,reiious on lha,
,cbjecl, except !tal one in favor OF improving The
cseie STAT, should be opposed TO that applica
ion. The efeal Inconsistency COMPLAIN oi in
Tie Wing is, that while processes and suppose
cH;crtains great z"aio re Iieve the fortunes and
superiority Of The Commonwealth" it actually
treats them as subordinate 10 those OF one OF her
cities That while great claller is kept mp in
lis columns about system Of improvement 10
cmblate and elevate the whole State, when close
" listened TO- il signifies nothing bu, The advoca-
cy Of what IS strictly local That, in lacl, Rich
,nnnd is ihe "principle," The end Of his whole
system, The mole aud routes OF which are mere
/ dc;oiis. about which The Editor coniesses himself
+ 10 be "mcre uncertain, and appears 10 be
/ comparatively Indifferent Now, OF this COM
I plain lGlhs editor really thinks that nothing is
/ # n,r IN Inc I'M nj Vir-
| GINA, but 10 connect Richmond with The West
ern waters, lei him say so-let him profess those
narrow localities in his views, which such an
opinion truly imports that The public may meet
and consider Them fairly, and estimate them e1-
aciiy Tor what they are worth. Rul am soTry
t. say, thai however much an internal improve
rnent party is talked about in Inc Stale, greatly
lear none such exists; for find, in practice, that
4 lev advocate any WORKS except such as approach,
their own doors. The bill for the Southwestern
5; road was defeated last winter, because II could
I mol ei,ainalc both al Lynchburg and Buchanan;
/ the Northwest was divided upon granting The
Baltimore Company right OF way, because they
I proposed 10 make but one, instead o, hal! dozen
7 roads; and Richmond triumphs in her Yairiottsm'
, because she advocates ali Improvements which
I centre in herse ana poses ali which do not
I Now should thinhi lie slrictcst construction.
4 isl al patriotism would make il cnextensi9e al
4 ieas, with The limits ol the Commonwealth; why
\ then should not exerlions 10 improve one quarter
"fit though lha, should he the North west quarter
! b. deemed an exercise OF that virtue ? Yet the
I Wing represents me, Tor making such exerliors,
as '2hs adrosats 81 cfder SlaicS asaina M 0wn! !"
), Because wish 10 have perhaps the most valua-
\ be quarter u the Commonwealth improved at
1 The rccnniary expense Of another State and city,
/ am held npas wishing TO build up other States
ard o!her cities, by depriving Virginia Of that
/ which nature assigned her." | assure Inc Wing,
ms wish is 10 improve ali of hal which nature
has assigned Virginia, and moi merely one portion
Of il. Now, do not see how the James River
/ improvmenl. nor any other contemplated 10 be
made from the revenues Of The Stale, can in.
crease Tie population, facilitate the COM
,ncfcc, improve the agriculture, Tor in any
way develop the resources of the Northern
half OF Inc Commonwealth; nor can | see
any reasons founded in justice or policy
which should condemn this Northern half or any