Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-17
STRANGE LOGIC.


Some lime sine, when the President oilera
HE English Mission 10 Messrs EimoTe ant
PickenS of Sol,h Carolina, the Wing press
raised shout, an charged him with attempting
10 concilia;c the Calhoun interest By open ap
peals 10 il, leading members. Then, according
TO Wing assertion, il was The Calhoun Ihicres'
which was in III, aScendanL-and all The other
portions Of the Democratic paTly we're appealed
10, to note The maGnrfc.
Now. the luneis changed. Mr.. c, w. Law.
renee is appointed Collector OF New York, 10 MI
the vacancy caused BY The resignation OF Mr.
Van Ness who's said 10 be friend OF Mr. Cal
houn-and the aichmcng Wing seizes upon the
string, and attempts 10 produce violent vibration
on the popular tar. That paper says:
"Wha, is doirg is but all indication OF what Is
10 be done. Tie prescription oil Mr.. calhoun
friends is declaration that lie whole weight, in
auence and n;tronase oi lie Government will
M ezertcd in avor Of the succession OF Slas
Wright 10 ,hc Prestency--an event rs certain as
ina, Rc lives AMI the Government and Old Van
Buren, parry can eflec! ii. !,
ave never doubted ourselves, ard often SAID
tina, ,his would te The case, and that Mr. calhoun
could offer Mr.. Polk nothing in he shape oil 20,
litical CAPITAL, personal popularity or numerical
force ,n connierbalance The wishes oil Gen. Jack
son and HE prcpondcraiing power the Northern
and Northwestern Democracy.
"No pary has ever appeared 10 Us 70 acl lind'r
50 muci imagination and dr!uSion as that OF Mr..
Calhoun. None, in 1910, were so ciamorous'
scarcely the Wings, against Mr.. Van hnren, as
they: and vet in 1874, none cohlLipuied 30 active
" to rclnsiale is dynasty! r"r; "s'a' IS VT.
poll, Inn Mr.. Van Buren,, or, what one or the
other but Gen. Jackson-"i'use Pe's'A "hu med
surcs MIR. Calhoun abhoire'
Now as Mr.. Van Ness is singled out as a'nrn-
inc nivo, Of The Presidents policy, le, US briefly
eyamine The facts Of Ibis case, by which all others
arc 10 lie Judged. Has he been prescribed q
clearl,. no,-lor he is officially reported as hay
inc nres;cned" Buthe facts disprove The charge
of "proscripon;" for in that case, is it mol nau-
raj tba, his feelings wonld have been aroused
against The tyrannical actors Of his removal7-
Can This be shown? The contrary is explicitly
stated. The Union says:
aMr. Van Ness has resigned me colleciorshiP
of New York-lhe resignation 10 'ahe eiecl on
10 is, az Julr next The President has accepted
his resignation, anu aPP'' a. I, ,: -. j
80 s,nnin,ment could be made, more satisfactory
w ~. democracy OF all classes than that OF Mr..
! ,,rrence II IS due 10 Mr. Van Ness TO say,
IL, he has discharged the duties oil The otre with
I'D. ~ ah;l;,v Ne Tfi1es ig nc bst rldcs fer
g as tn,s Of The administration, Of which he has
~ IL been an efficient supporter, and retains,
in his retirement The respec!! ana confidence Of
all our friends a, this place.
And the Constitution declares, lha, The Presi-
don, has the highest regard and The kndesI feel
ings for MIR. Van Ness. Is such pleasant reia-
,ion cousisten, with an act ofiyrannous 'proscrp-
toni"
But, says the Wing, '1se whole weight, inau-
ence and patronage OF the Government will be
s-sned in favor of The succession OF Silas Wright!
10 the Presidency" aud dwslls, with emphasis