Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-11-27
A FRIEND TO MERIT.
FOR TIE E.vQ UIRER

"The cuPIi,y and proscrpiive violence OF the
Opposition have been greatly increased by the result
the late election For weeks before the opening of the
POLLS the Clay men in every part OF the Union ere con-
dent OF the defeat and disgrace OF the President They
had premaureIy tuned their pipes for the song of tumph
With the mammoth Bank openly enlisted their side
and with newspapers bills aud caricatures lying
the wings of the wind throughout the continent they
too confidently relied the influence of money and
weakness and compatibility OF the people. The
the ballot boxes has only then but rouse
in the breasts of many of them tho spirt of .swar
pestilcnce and famine by which their leader is known Ia
be animated. The will OF the people affected to he
scorned-haired and malice and disappointment have
gained the Judgment seat and may look for every ex-
cess of madness 1ha, many headed monster, the Bank
is perhaps, not the least furious of its costly
defeat.
Mr. Walsh Qhe chief Bank organ,) has thrown ont
string OF inuendoes, dsreputablc himself TO the Bank
and its party. Mr.. Walsh is educated man, advan-
tageousy known his country and 10 Europe for his
literary prccnsons. H. had won Tor himself reputa-
ton and scholar, which most men would have
guarded with studied II is this reputation which
TO his late lnucnioes Importance which they would
deserve had they emanaied from quarter with less pre-
tension TO chastity or refinement
Mr. Walsh says, g IRE add, with less sincerity that
we anticipate and dread for President jackson himself
cdtastrophe, not distant owing the arrogance of
his spirit and the weakness OF his judgment, aud the
coarse cuphliy and ProscrPve violence OF his avore
advisers
What sort of catastrophe is here mean, has slready.
been matter OF newspaper speculation. not one OF
those who are ibera enough TO think that he meant that
the President would be, forthwith murdered on account
OF the Increased affection which the people have shown
towards NM 4 his would pre-snppose Mr.. w. q be
ms dotagc and had been indscrecty cOuide ia by the
conspraors. But, let us fairly his whole strng
OF gvings-oui, and what is the just meaning of the
whole The next sentence contains his dread
ing some catastrophe, and, with Mr. VS. leave we think
he ought TO have begun with the word f0r. But he
says.
eTes to which he aud they cannot with mPuni themselves
the arrogance OF spirit and proscripve violence
to expose TO Congress and the world any isoings of the
Bank III relation TO the late election, hat may come TO him
in an affth tc fnrf,' no a;
OF judgment in Mr.. w. and the Bank TO ATTEMPT 10
deter the President from doing 90, by the most ope
threat Of personal violence to him, and his fvore adj
Yiscrs some men may be scared by paper bullets
but Andrew Jackson rover known fear eahen ones
But, Mr.. WIS third senteuce, although written with
studied obscuriy, gives us the clue to his meaning:
him should ovoyo this Poiot-he Jaro perseee people
institutions, gcc Of tho county, n"'
The dulest reader that will ponder moment on IN,
involuons and misty meanings OF this sentence will h,
at no loss TO understand the two preceding sentences anc
will see that the gentle Mr. Walsh did not think of IN,
sfeitO-and that lie looked even beyond tho use of ,,a
assassin implement The Presidents popularity is noI
more relative than absoute."rhat ia presume vhet
compared with that of m clay or Mr. JVi,f Has th,
Bank then found that Mr. Clay is no great lavori,e will
tue people: They were long finding out this grea
secret Mr. Clay himself They have got il at beav,
COST and 1t hoped that, hereafter, the people will not be-
annoyed 10y tie thrice rejected pTefcusOns of MIR Clay
Cue Bank must try some other candidate. The Anti ma
dead and buried and with them the onvcrt of
single night Alas! Poor Vortex p But, to proceed
this men'bcro the sentence means, can he better x
planned by the about General jackson than bv IN,
writer. Does tic Bank to take ZIP any one Of IN,
Sccretaref or some other about the President
and thus. coyerly throws its threats and it's intua
donsl Is Louis Mclane TO be thus approached? He re
commended the recharerng Of the Bank IL is true yyher
is presumed ia nc knew the President was Opposed
TO it, but did he give his own opiron l. lie rot the
staunc friend Of the President and Of his gene raj course
policy? And is be GOT too high-niinded and honorable
to be found along side Of corrupt moned institution
lighting against the expressed will Of the people' Th
writer knows that Mr.. McJane will never consent
become passive tool in the hands of the Bank what
ever lie may think. either Of its cOnsiituliOnaiity
cxpediency. II tie Bank HIN, they likely II
be as sadly disappointed they were when they threat
eed TO turn ont Gen Jackson IL he retoed the late bill
re-eaftcr H. They death, grim DEATH staring then
~ the facet few millions OF dollars nothing sucl
mammoth aristocracy as the price OF escape from d
grave which is dug, and yawns before them! What vii
uiey not " DO Ia be saved"
Mr. Walsh tells Ne, in the next member Of this com
pick sentence, iot the (oUor persistence o the pEo
PbE s"ch as n tS may prove ceokey than Republican
genus ana institutions. and the economical energies Of h
county. Even tie blind man may here see the talon