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

3 service frankly and hono;ably rendered. As
The office district Allorneyshipl it was one whic
| had refused when Wing was The incumber
and had recommended his continuance; j, is a
office never sought, bul lie duties of which
: eadeayored faithfully 10 perform. And you vii
understand, that il is net Of my case nor becaus
OF The universally OF your acI OF prescription
thai complain, but il is because it is a talsfca
lion oi the 4yowrd and publicly received opin
ION upon which Gen. Taylor was elected, and
nave selected you as The person TO whom TO ad
dress This epislle as the principal agent in tha
system OF talsihcation-the parizan pandeie
VINO made soldier forfeit his word, man 0
some reputation relegale his honor Moderation
conservatism happy medium between he con
hIcls OF The cd parties in which The Wing Parry
should abandon The errors OF The pasI and advance
with The spirit Of The age Il use The sentiment O
one OF Mr.. Clayton's spcechcs) was The ma idea
which constituted The mate1lc Of the political ca n
paign OF l648 by The advocates OF the successful
candidate. And you know the crowd OF endor.
sers, which thronged the bye-ways and pub il
mars, for General Taylor,
Whose HONESTY they all burst swear for
| mo not man Of them knew WHEREFORE
And now might add in The f,liug language 81
The sa.irst,
This TOO might we, but who would be deceived,
The Greek alone may lie and be believed"
hui over all The arguments and pcrsuasiyes Of
that contest The impression most deeply made on
the public mind most visible 10 The public COM
prehenson and TO great ex:en not the least
acceptable 10 very many, was The idea that p,o-
scTipllon was 10 be prescribed" Many dreamed
that, that nobtest guaranty Of The Constitution
which protects the citizen in The free exercise and
expression cf his religious faith was by The doc
Irine and conduct OF ncp man, 10 be extended
10 political opinions. The bigot Cannot al This
day propagate his faiih by FIRE and fageot, bul
Thomas Ewing, by the sword OF prescription,
would leach conformity of political opinion.
AUD Ibis is the Administration formed on The
model OF Washington
But you, sir, are the colossal figure of this
Administration, Qne Triton Of the mnnows J
not receiving the estimate OF your dimensions
| from any acts of intellect which have YET mark
! ed your official career, hut from The elevated
scaiiold on which you perform your public exc
cutiohs 5 lamp post secretary, stationed OF the
corner Of tho Rue de la Iannerie," and who,
having degraded Tyler's administration with the
humber OF your prescriptions, denounced him,
as have heard, for having made you Infamous;
but having earned the reputation you seem now
determined 10 deserve il. Were il blood (and pro-
scrp;ion formerly meant death, and now means
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blossoms OF the laurel which crowns your cabi.
net would DO tinged with so deep dye as would
make your prescriptions the CO rival Of the pro-
tectoraie of Cromwell and 10 one point make
the simlitude apparent. But as you are fond
OF epilhcts drawn from the lives of famous men,
and Of comparisons from the Histories of the
past, lei me adduce IN important and striking
illustration TO these times and Of your party,
where successful general in civil war base.
ly slandeIed the last patriots of the Roman Re
public, BY attribuling to them the motives of
| bis own conduct and the means and measure, of
his own success,-the last and worst in6rmiiy
OF perverted intellect, which denounces The mo-
tivcs and arraigns the conduct which character.
ize your public life and the party OF which
you arc in part the impersonation. And when
Rome rapidly descended tho path of destruction,
from the date Of tho historical transaction |
here addIce, the hireling so'dicry, the hordes of
Cloths or Vandals, rushed not 10 tho Spoil Of
The Eternal City with moro impor,unate appc-
| tlte and coarser rapacity than your adhoronts
claimed the spills OF victory and you seconded
their legionary cry RenG from page So, Book
Ill. Of the Civil War of Cm:ar:
az. ~-.fv thru tegaa = S'-rs''> sc0.' 'sUa'us
and dgnities ana .Gred Oh Tie p,rssns wio peJc
annually to succeed TO the c7nsu'ship A warm
debate arose in council in relation TO L Hrrus,
whom Pompey had sent against the Parlbians,
whether, in the next election OF praetors, he
should be allowed 10 stand candidate for that
Office in his absence; his friends implorng Pom
pey TO make good his promise he had made al
his departure and not TO suffer him 10 as dseeired
| BY depending on ths generals honor. - Already
| Domtius, Scipio, and Lentulas Splinter were
| openly quarrelling about the high Priesthood-
! They even descended TO personal abuse and
| pleaded their several prelensions L. Domitius
| moved il council that after the victory, all the
Senators in Pompey's army and camps should
be appointed judges and empowered to proceed
| against those who had staid in Italy or pho had
appeared COZ, or sho,on oay Indifference 10 the
cause. IL icord nothing pGs taought on but no
ao,s Of profit or vengeance; nor GiL they COR; der
BY uhGt methods they rare to conquer, bus Jiat ad.
van'ags Aey Would make ~ uistory."
TINS history has lis sequence, aud the decline
OF the republic, following closely on these scenes,
witnessed man assuming the Executive Power
Of whom il is recorded, that, "When obviously
told Of some OF the offences which had been COM
nued against him or his preen,ions, he said
"thal he had done nothing to merit the haired OIL
| any ono and that he should be deaf to The whis
peis OF iniormers and spies;" but who immediate
y commenced The exercise of every species Of
injustice, cruelty and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; and the
historian concludes his summary OF infamous de-
tail by saying such "makes up The seQlel Ui q
reign which began with some professions anc
| propilious appearances Of moderation and rcsarC
for public opnion."-And this hss,y decline o.
abandonment of public virtue was iollcwe b,
The installation Of his horse as consul Of the re
| public; ard as the rewarded parIiZan of you
particular Stale announced his candidates in you
National Convention, we may soon expect 4
| ~ A form no J:,:e
Executive Power in tbs equine administration.
But you and your co-tenants in the partition
ed Executive Power, were to herald in The new
era OF good feeling,-lhe phrase distinctive O
the administration OF Mr. Monroe, ard which
may also be considered that OF one OF The ear
lier Presidents That vas one from which The
co-tenancy OF the Executive power, coming "
with the peculiar prestige which made lis can
didale successful, might have learned some les
sons OF wisdom and prudence. They might have
consulted the policy OF that term upon The sub
ject OF removals and have been guided by The OF
fetal opinion Of an eminent Attorney General
a scholar, gentleman, statesman and wing
William Witt, sir was an Attorney Genera
whose deliberate opinion might command eyel
your respect, whose official act might shape hi
ccnduc, OF "a model Washington and who's,
honorable and courteous bearing might inspr
with Kindly sentiments an administration enter
ing en- an EZRA OF good feeling This case com
mends itself 10 you with peculi1 ptoprelyi
comes from your OVID State of Ohif It origina
led 10 your own Disric'; the parties named wer
, your personal acquain.ances and your polllica
friends Be pleased 10 read ito ponder ]
J and then 10 refec, how you have violated lh
, feelings which it expresses of the man oil homo
of tie views OF Statesman OF your own schoo
and behold The contrast which II furnishes be
| I'M mi on
strength and purify Of purpose, faithfully an
, honoTabIy discharging its functions, and one
violating It's pledges, poslilu,ng its energies an
sinking, from very imbecilily OF moral Purpcs
E and popular strength, into the weakness OF cor
lemp,ible tyranny. extract the case from u:
. 'OpiuiJns Of the Attorneys General of the Un
$ led States, p. 1893,
ATTORNEY GRsHnIL's OfTicE,
n February 70, ls2l.
: slR: The documents you handed me yesterday pr
pose the removal OF the present Marshal oil the s'a
. AZ Ohio on the charges: