Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-07-27


val, the measure VIII be a safe, perhaps proper one
ot resting now, IS tie only specific charge does OF
lhr erani0us siaiemen, Ui single witness not swcri
TO- eniirsy eIpare, while the person accused who'll,
ignorant of The charge, wonld, humbly think savo
W rashness and injTs ice u the man Is guilty of ba
oi'nai ri,ofiion, why has he not been punshrd? Wh,
nh. mol Mr. Kings charge been preferred To a pianl
Jnfy nsfead ri the President 10 eiy the ma
'nai opportunity of defending himself, 10 which lie 1.
entitled by the Constitution and laws Of the counry
Ne charge Of eIlaItion against the Marshal brinr
u. Drought 10 the knowledge lthe President, hose
ons'utional duty IL 10 10 the execution Of the
i"s' mummy submit H. that sir. Kings letter and IL:
accompaniment ought 10 he enclosed 10 the District Al
'n'y ~ ONO with an Instruction TO examine into The
Use ahi 10 proceed, or NOT ihs evidsnce shall d.
rer: him. have The honor Se Sr
= '''' W. WRIT.
Toihe President oT rHR UsIIsD STATES.
fcu have been associated with tho Whig
party through long years You have received
largely oil lis Profits ard lis honors Il took
you up founding and made you notorious
II not eminent You have listened with com,
piacency 10 IFS claims of call the talents and
defency," for you considered this pacn in
your own praise, as full chorus TO your own
glory. But you never paused TO enquire what
important duties such claim imposed on you
and your party, but were content to snuif the in.
cehsc OF aduatlon which il furnished 10 your
vanity. The contest between the parties was,
heretofore, one of principle; it was battle OF
ideas; it was for The selection Of public policy
for people emerging from condition Of Euro
pcan vassalage, and was choice between wing
English System and Democratic Republican
policy; and your party should have relied upon
talents for the success of its "principles" A
claim of "decency" imposed rigid Observance,
|. not Of christian duties, yet of all honorable
and social obligations, and OF the amenities OF
HE, illustrating can era OF good feeling" The
Two claims united in cause, in which the wei
iareof The country was involved, presupposed
an elevated patriotism, high sense Of indivi-
dual integrity, and that regard for pub c OPT.
MON, which. while il never "stoops to conquer"
will never Aalter TO betrsy But there is an old
Arabic adage, which says that the egg Of the
viper, in the nest of the dove, although warmed
into lite, by The gentlest blood, will still pro-
duce the viper" and the Wing party, pledged
to high purposes, devoted by The very holiness
Of lis claims TO uprightness Of conduct, to re-
lance on argument, TO amenity Of intercourse,
10 charity of construction, have seeh all
these high claims disavowed, disregard,d, and
degraded by the changeing from the salt works,
playing the "butcher' 10 It's political SHAMELESS,
forgetting the relation which his party holds TO
principle, and which be should bear TO princi>
pie and 10 his party. You have seen wanton
violation of faith you have aided in its con.
summalion-you have made tho falsehood as
broad as the continent. Wherever you have
sent tho broad seal Of appointment, an agent has
gone to declare the Justification Of the pledge
BY which you hold your Office, and have no
regrets for the political infamy which follows
your conduct, and will dog you 10 oblivion; but
you have inflicted fatal injury to the conf
dence OF The people, and hereafter no pledge
which can be given will be received or relied
upon. 4 soldiers honor has failed 10 the re-
demption Of bis word, and you, Sir, have de.
snoyed the last pulse of confidence which
.hrobbcd in The heart of the people. And your
apologists can only say, that The EEporisM which
induced you 10 provide for your own household
compelled an acquescence in the wishes Of
others. In the "soli!ude Of your reflections, lf
This is the key 10 your conduct il will be gra-
tifying TO think that you have conquered &c
neral, and defeated party forever, by the in
diligence OF SO low a vice.
OIc year since Tie nomination oil your candi.
date was made, has passed; eight months since
his election have .une by; he inaugural address
has been delivered four months OF bis admins
iraion have elapsed-ahd no ptoerdmme Of
+. = -;~i~- ar hcac ..''~a ~ - r-''s. ~'"'i
your party are sick OF The manly which op-
presses their minis and the nuiiy which heads
their councils. Blu, is This concealmen, Of policy
the result Of acciienl, incapaciiy or design ;
There is but ore accident which can produce
such resul.--lha, the discrepancies which prevail,
in The partiloned and divided constitutional
office OF President are not harmonic d, and can
not be reconciled TO The enunciaion OF any settled
principles CT policy, and chaos rules within the
eight fractional pericIaniums OF the iragmentary
executive brain. Oris it incapaciIy2 You, SIR,
have been such a worsbipper OF Henry Clay,
(although revolving now in The pergee of an
inferior orb;t) and wi,ha have been SO true a
parry man, you should net relucl 10 digest a
creed, 10 meet The urgency Of your friends, from
the celebrated Raleigh speech-lhat frank and
manly avowal Of one who never would have
made lhe pledges which brought you into power
or, having made them, would honorably have
redeemed them. And now, while there is po
liical history o; this country, must The pasean
and puppeI power, that shirks the sense oil sham,
and duty by division OF responsibility, slan'
the comparison and bide the contrast whicl
devrles to All iniamy unmi,isaled and ir
redcemable2 Or is it design2 Is this STU
duus concealment foolish forecasIing to pro
fit by The chapter OF accidents, and 10 TAX
advantage OF delays2 Or is that game Of poltica
cunning and imposlure 10 be continued, which
before The election, made your creed like 'yonde
cloud Of Hamel's oi which each political Polo
Mus swote, IS the circumstances directed, wa
now, C camel-and row, backed like weasel
and now, very like whale while he VIII
stood on The margin of three States, couh Sc
that il was neither, but only political vapo
SHAPED and driven by the breath OF Ewing, John
SON and Rives, and al one place 'blaci and a
black al another very while, and IN The Other
considerably slreaked. child scarcely attain
The age Of one year without showing marks OF il
snecial character, and due allowance icing mad
for The extreme youth and novicia'e OF your abe
cedarian in. politics, yet with some leisure ifol
the work oil prescription and come concession
10 The conflicting views ol The eight fragments {
the Executive Power, you might have inrnlshe
some ihslings OF policy, other IMAM that OF Uni
versal prescription. BIT the body OF The p,opl
must wait your leisure or preparation; ye, lhel
have been watchers looking unto the skies &c
signs and wonders, bnl all that they would say
has been and is
"Scmetlmo we soc cloud that's dragonish;
Aivapor, sometime like bear or lion:
tower'd citadel, pendant rock,
forked mountain, or blue promontory;
That which ID now horse, even with thought,
The rack dlslimns, and makes II indisInct
As water Is In water.
ny good kndus. Eros, nsiO thy captaia Is,
Euen SUCH body"
SIR: There is no chapter Of accidents whc
can avail you; there is but one ground 0
which you can sand; il is that which you occr
pied when you were known as Federais
before your patty had assumed the name {
Wing. That is the position you must sill OF
cupy; abandon II, and you are traitor 10 VIII
principles; assume any other and you sse The
confidence, while your systematic falsfcalion {
every pledge torbids your acquiring the iavori
BILE opinion Of the people. Tnen westand to eac
other where we have stood Tor the lat twenl
years when first addressed you In opposition
your Public Land Report, and contributed 10 j
rejection By line popular suffrage Your Cabin
shall stand whelc you have always siood; LAM
mark Of ,se past, barrier 10 progress, mouE
led rampant 10 arrest the advances OF the pop
| lar mind, an armed fortress where Piviee
! Power, and Wealth, banded in all forms OF pol
tIcal organizations, MAKE war upon aud repre-
The Freedom OF Labor and crush down the Dil
nifty OF maa claiming his equality before u
Spirit OF Christianity and the laws OF Nature.
Stand upon your principles Of classic isla,io
Of exclusive privileges. OF incorporated veal
and social monopoly, and siren slhen your positi