Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-12-13


men to the sure instinct of private 4
interest," In the choice Of th.;. pursuits, he would
by means OF burthens imposed on some. and Ger.
responding bounties offered to Others, prescribe
each mans occupation to him By la,o, and in place
OF leaving all alike. to support themselves by the
natural fruits OF their own industry, he would sus
tain the employment of one, by forced con,ribu-
uons from the earnings OF another, and thu, in
short, fora system OF indipiiual security and
freedom, introduce one of mutual trttute and
restriction.
The official prcinulsation of these doctrines an.
nounced that new and disastrous ezra in the LIS
tory Of our government was at hand. According
ly we find, IN the exercise Of the contested power
of internal improvements, which the most ortho-
dox expounders of The constitution have concurred
in denying TO the general government. and from
which, unaccompanied with the limitations neces.
say TO guard II from abuse, the greatest danger is
to be arprehended to the rights Of the states in
The exercise of this dangerous ard contested pow
er, we see the present standardization. by a shame
tul misappiicauon OF the public treasure, laying
the foundation of system far more conprehen =
siYe & indiscrminate than bad ever yet been con-
ceived by the boldest and mos, enthusiastic sdvo-
Gates OF the power system which dsregards all
distinction between loc'l and national objects
which looks with contempt upon the inherent ju-
risdiction oil the several .tates ,her own ter.
| ritores, and which seeks to purchase the acques-
cence OF the people under these nvasions of their
rights, (io use the language Of Mr.. Jeffei son }
with bats OF local interests arfully prepared for
their pilates" AS father sample Of the degree OF
respect entertained by the present Chief Msgisrate
tor the authorities of the states we have seen him
! IL time oil profound peace. and when there was
every probability that other modes of aibiraiDen
| would be altogether effectuai, g,atuitously and
heed!ersly disturb the public tranquility, an put
to hazard the iraternal harmony of the States by
publicly threatening one OF them, sovereign
member OF the coufederacy, with the military for &c
of the nation!
| In pursuance Of the s,ric,ve system, so eiabo.
raiely developed by the genius Of the Secretary of
the Treasury, we have seen the whole influence of
the admnslI alton, secretly first but openly af-
| forwards, lent TO the furtherance of a measure
more unjust, unequal aud oppressive, than any
which the annals Of American Legislation have ev.
err yet exhibited. We alude TO the odious w DOL.
lens Bill OF the las; session If Congress, which Tor
the benefit OF few wealthy capitalists in one Sec
ton OF the Union, would have levied upon other
| portions OF the country and other classes of the
community, tribute probably aot short of ten
! millions OF dollsrs Sill seeking to make a per
suasive merit, with others of its zeal for this sys.
TEN, we have seen the influence Of the administers
Ton again exerted in getting up the project Of a
convention, whose express design being, by geo.
lgrdphicai combination of interests, to array one
section OF the Union against another, in the
attempt to impose upon the latter SYSTEM odious
and oppressive to II, for the exclusive benefit OF
the former was scarcely less criminal in its con-
cePtion, and far pernicious in it's tenden
than Its famous prototype at Hartford.
In the management of our finances by the pre-
sent administration, while the revenue of the ma
| ton IS rapidly decreasing under the restriction.
and embarI assments of Our commerce we have
seen the expenses of the government heedIessly
| and wantonly multiplied. We cannot refrain
from noticing, as fragrant examples of this sort.
the institution OF Pompcus and expensive embas.
sy, which has probably cost the nation seventy or
eighty thousand dollars, when an informal agency
would have answered, equally as well, every pur-
poe but that of patronage, witnessed in The case
oil ihe johanna mission,- the frequent Changes of
our representatives. abroad, and the CONSEQUENT re
petition OF outfits, in the of our legation al
London which In little more than two wears has
passed through three distinct hands. and has suh-
Jec'ed the treasury toihe payment of three d,tinc,
outhts' IN addition to salaries and ether charges
making the whole expense OF our representation AZ
that court, during that period, not short IL ia
snmed, Of sixty thousand dollars, and last. tho,
not least, the manifest favoritism with which I'M.
pubic money has been Iati,hed or sought 10 be Ia
WISHED upon par ocular individuals without sny e
qu,valet consideration of public service as in the
case OF MIR. Rochester who was receyno bjs sal
airy as secretary TO the legation 10 Panama ne,rlv
Twelve months before he departed upon the duties
OF that III sson. nd while he was actually t,vjns
hIs fortunes in New r.s as the sdministra,;oo
candidate for the Office of governor of that pre.,
stale; as si'o IN the well known case of Mr. John
~ AIng' VINO without ever changing his situation
| (being all the time stationary in London1 wa
permitted TO draw from the treasury an outfit, NJ
tour thousand five bundled dollars for, construct
| lpety gong TO London, IN which event only m.
law authorized the allowance; aud again in The
less known, though Tot less remarkable ca. . AZ
| Mr.. Poinseti, for whom the administration grave
y asked an sppre priation of nine thousand doIls,s
as his outfit for travelling the distance of six miles
| from Mexico to Tacubays, which, however. even
their friends in the House of Representatives tbo',
too much, and reduced TO half that sum ,vbila d.
Senate rejected the allowance altogether. Ho,,
lar these iac.s are consistent with faithful cuar
dIanshp OF the public t0nds, or can be reconciIed
to professions of "a viglsnt economy" and an
anxious spciiude for the extinguisbment NJ ,hs
national debt, an impartial public will decide.
| In the management of our fore ign relations yr
have seen the outset of The present administration
signsIizcd by an attempt Gin The face of the soj-
emn warnings OF Jefferson and Washington
TO form intimate political connections, and unite
our destinies IN one great american con federn.
ton, with Precarious and equivocal states. which
had just arisen in our hem.sl here; and when bv
! the transportation OF The representatives of the
people formally expressed the Executive was COM
| PEELED, by moral necessity at leag, 10 recede
| from this, the original motive and design of the
mission they had os,enta,iously devised we have
them sill keeping up the useless and as il ia,
since prov ed, ridiculous pageant, for the convent.
extension of their patronage. Such too has be
The singular inieciiy which has marked the diplo.
macy of the present adninisIa that their yer,
| esgerness TO take these new nations { the South
| by the hand, has been interpreted by them (uot
,CIfi0uf found0t 0n) into the ambitious DESIGN of
placing the United States at the head of the pro.