Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-16


mainly depends upon remaining united among ourselves
and harmonizng with the majority of the great Republ
can party throughout the Union.
3. Resoloed, That the indications of nubc se,,me,,
winch nave continued 10 reach this Committee sronglv
confirm .ne opinion heretofore expressed, that Gen.
WIN again be the choice of the people OF the Uni
ted states Tor the office of President YET his
uspay confidence and ZEAL and endeavoring to en-.
in'o computations, which ought the attention
oil his edLfiend aud carry them to the polls TO avert
result which nothing but their want of concert or their
supneness produces and than which, nothing can be
more disastrous to constitutional liberty and Republican
principles.
4. Resored That the county committees no e,roos,,
requested TO invite the voters to the polls the FIRsr
MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, and place before them the
true grounds which the present controversy turns
than probable that Electoral Ticket pledged as to the
Vice President will be opposition to the ,tnpedsed
ticket recommended 10y the Republican members Of the
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
Four years since, our common country suffering
under all the abuses Incident TO weak and prodga adj
minstraon of her government; an administration formed
upon no foundation, either of wisdom or patriotism nor
upon the principles harnony of opinion or pn,n,l
confidence between its constituent members; but SPRING
ing exclusively from immoral combinations cemented
only by an unworthy and norlinae lust of power. OF
such combination, the natural and baneful effects were
shed abroad the land in every form of widest mis-
rule The commerce of an enterprsng people was ex-
cluded from some OF its most profitable channels or sub
Jecea 10 anu ulnous restrictions which in turn
rejecting their Influence agriculture dried up
that great source OF individual and national prosperity
The property, the credit, the comfort OF the citizen
were placed at the mercy of pampered boated mo-
nopoy and the public squandcred in ex
travagan projects all tending 10 increase the coruptng
patronage OF the government; they avished pon
or purloined by-partzan dependents (of whom ac-
countability exactel the rewards of their cm
nal subservency To rescue beloved country from
the mischiefs just enumerated many of her democratic
sons directed their attention TO the whose unwaver
ing adherence TO the republican faith and whose devoted
and heroic services, gave hSpe that if the first Of
hce in the government he would bring that station
sagacy, an integrity and frmness which would stay the
gganuc strides oil progacy and usurpaon and vndcate
the purity and supremacy of the laws They called you
TO elevate TO mat olce, Andrew Jackson the citizen,
who, by exertions aud sacrifices surpassed had
second time achieved the independence OF his country
and covered her with mperishable renown Inspired by
the earnest ms hdeity aud heroism had furnished YOU
the majesty of your WILL expelled the inbece and profit
gate juno who had traffcked themselves place. and
called your service the whom the call of his coun
try has ever been supreme law.
We intend not in this place. review the ruthless and
savage prescription, which, from the first moment that
your choice Indicated has been urged the sub
ect othat choice apd indeed against all that nearly
dearly allied him. We will run through the noisome
detail from the affected SCOTS of upstart arisocracy
malevoence of disappointed selhshness detected pc
cuaton, 70 the dull bady OF the hireng writer
We advert to these agents, simply remind you. thatin
that same majesty OF your WILL the peoples tcH, you
have once laughed them all TO scorn remind you that
Andrew Jackson, despite Of official patronage aud nfu-
ence despite Of inveerae hate and sipendarv SANDER
has heen borne trumphantly office by the great bo
dy of the people; that truly and emphacally he is the
Peoples Presidents and that in snglcness of heart
with the calmness OF conscious integrity it is TO the bu
nal OF the people, and TO that tribunal only TO which he
apTeals upon all his official transactions
We will now fellow citizens take leave to tender 10
you our hearty congratulations upon the and
signal benefits conferred upon country by the re-
voluton you have accomplished in the elevation of this
upright and independent patriot Conrased with loose
ness which held the public agents eectual respon
sibty, but which permitted under fraudulent construc-
tons or by holder dishonesty the embezzement thou
sands, and suffered to baen upon the of the
pie, swarns of tools and underngs, you have seen the
retrenchment both of agents and salaries, scale COM
mensurae with the actual necessities of governments the
strictes accountability every where enforced and the
vgant detection, and stern exposure Of every grade
malversauon In lieu of prodigality which deemed
scheme OF expense too visionary which gene
rated places and place without limit; which augment
sd the already ovegown and dangerous patronage the
Executive ana tended to perpeuate the unequal and obi
GUS revenue SYSTEM so long and justly complained Of
you behold nlex rejection of every device for the
wastetu disbursement of public money! the adoption and
steady maintenance of honest policy which must, in
short Time 10 the language of able European Jour
nal exhibit to the wonder of mankind that singular
phenomenon Of a nation toihOW cent of public debt
tailoring to keep doCn lis 10 The moderate tcdns
OF its simple and economical goUernme7l Instead of an
agriculture and commerce. restricted and crippled by gno-
RAM concelS IN Poca economy aimed at The control of
private industry by the imposition of ntoerable burhens
some classes OF the community, for the advantage of
oerS more favored 5y the government, you behold our
long suspended commercial relations firmly established:
millions of which citizens had been despoied prompt
~ ana paclncay recovered; the vices OF revenue sys
TEN imposed upon ms by opponents If fully reform
ed, in the progress of ameoraion; uuurled
and our starspangled banner display upon where
until the present era, they wholly unknown and
field opened for enterprise aud skill which, upon any
theatre of fair competition were never known 10 fail Bnt
not less than all these things perhaps in importance
above them ALL you have consequence of the same
revolution, witnessed the Illustration of mighty effort TO
Perpeuac amongst that stupcndou mOnicd corporations
the Bank OF the United Ste whose direct and rapid
dency has BEEN and must be- swallow up
Huence every other institution in the If there
existed other objection 10 this Bank that arising
from its uncomfortable and almost Unreasonable power,
that alone, is an objection sufficiently valid That the
teress the prosperity the very existence pecuniary
point of view OF the people from Maine Florida, should
be in any degree dependent the will twenty-five men,
located in the city of Philadelphia surprising these
10 be as wise, honest, and benevolent men
ever were, implies an extent Of power the hand,
and OF deencclesshess the other, irreconcable with
either prudence or safety. But ii correctly be
assumed, that these twenty-five will be peculiarly
distinguished either for wisdom or disnteresedness or for
any very enlarged views Of government philanthropy
They and must be chiefly persons engaged in traffic
intent the accumulation OF wealth; and their individual
profits the profits of their corporation will give the rule
by which their policy their sympathes will ybrae and
they will favor Cypress accordingly. Their mandate
too, TO the the other of effects
lutte as was ever the rescript OF emperor All
thory resides IN, and emanatcs from, the mother Bank
in Philadelphia; go that the luckess individual or
ISOLATION which may under its ban, can find no
refuge either in the Justice coufnseraton of the
agents Of the particular office with which he or they may
become involved The evil is still augmented, il be
az has been stated that the tremendous power Of this
poratiOn Is welded almost exclusively by indirual
the President Of The mother Bankto whom il is said
that almost every matter beyond the immediate
oil the directors and their friends what may be termed
The neghb0rh0Od transactions Of the Bank, is committed
But by far the appalling effect Of this corporation
found in the political influence il has welded, which,
its charter be continued it inevitably will exert
TO the subversion Of free institutions From the first an
bV the of opiuions relation