Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-04

conduct of the rich. In the want of sympathy of many
in afHuent circumstances, towards those in the humber
walks OF Ife,-in their indifference to their sufcrings.
privation and toils,-in their very imperfect excmplifca-
ton of the law of kindness, which requires them to do to
others as I'm similar circumstances they could wish TO be
doneby-mayb be seen some OF the grounds ofthis dislike, in
addition To the natural depravityo fthe human heart. which
even without reason, is too apt TO cherish unhallowed
feelings. However,, 1T is not our business to moralize on
the subject, but only TO state the fact, as one of the eau
SOS which has operated to the injury of the Wing party.
The impression indeed is but partially correct,-for
among the Wings are great numbers ofthe laboring class
es,-but it is sufficiently countcnanced by facts to give
it an extensive prevalence, and a powerful effect. A
the polls all stand on a level, and here il is that the poor
man, who perhaps has made himself so by his vices. ex-
uls in the opportunity 20 baulk the calculations and dis
appoint the WISHES OF his moro afhuent ~neighbor.
3. The Pdnic-Whatever doubt might have existed at
tive time in any mind, none can exist now, that the pa
nc which existed last Winter and Spring, and which
produced such disastrous results, was deliberately foment-
cd by the tools of party for political effect. We need not
90 over with the details of the process,-for they are toe
VIVID IN the recollection of our readers TO require repc-
titon. Any one who viii take the trouble TO examine
a file of the Courier and Enquirer, or the Star, or the
Commercial Advertiser, during the period referred TO.
,%1p be astaGished r. the utter recklessness of their asser-
tons, the whole object and aim of which, so-1aGi man
can perceive, was to aggravate the distress in which the
community was involved, -vuiniy imagining that the peo-
pie were so stupid as to be gulled into the belief that be-
cause the President had foolshly and without reason re-
moved SS,OOO,OO0 or $40, 000, 1000 of government money
from one Bank to others, all the misery and ruin which
couldbe created by unprincipled presses and infatuated po-
hticians, and by every other fundamentally which could
De put I'm OPERATION, would be attributed TO that uniustif-
able and inexcusable act. That such was the expecta-
ton and object of the p~anic-makers, was sufficiently evil
denced by the Indignation which they manifested when
ever any press attempted to abatc the alarm by repre-
sentnE that all the elements of prosperity still existed
among us, and that in the worst view of the case, the
Distress could not last long. In the mean time, they
succeeded in causing millions, which would otherwise
have been loaned out by capitalists, to be locked up in the
Banks, idle and unproductive, and tens of millions TO be
Withdrawn from circulation by the Banks themselves. as
a necessary measure OF prccaution against the attempt
which they saw was making 20 cause a general explo-
sion, and which nothing but the good condition of the
Danks prevented from being realized in all It's horrors.
Had they been content to leave the money market to It's
own course, and hadthe U. ). Bank pursued the even te-
nor Gifts way, curtailing only so mnchas was necessary in
consequence ofthe withdrawal ofthe Government funds.
the public would have seen precisely how much mis-,
chief was chargeable TO the measures of the Administra-
ton, and would have been compelled to acknowledge it.
But other obvious causes of the distress being thrust be-
fore them by every mail, sufficient, with n little balance
OF prepossession IN favor of the Administration, 10 ac-
count for what they saw and felt, they were relieved
from the necessity of charging q it upon the Administration,
and set it down to the credit of the Bank and the panic
makers. This, if we know any thing of the matter. has
been the real operation of the case. 1t is this which has
reconciled aInaJorlty OF the people of the Empire State
to the $6,O00,000 mortgage because they thought
it, though undesirable in itself, a necessary mea-
sure OF defence against the attacks upon public and
private credit. AT first, indeed, there were many
who stood aghast at the effects which they Witnessed
and unable to determine how far the Administration was
a anssw@eraaBBiee 1 Ss to sie deserve ss d PseasaalnS ahat ea 1t was :, = SO tar
the time being, to the side of the Wings. But no sooner
had thsy opportunity to collect themselves, and see how
much that was blameable was chargeable to the Opposi-
ton, than they relapsed, for the most part, into the ranks
NN te eheitht
exhibited at the recent elections i'll this and other States,
from those which were exhibited in the same States last
wintsr and spring. Hence, too, the fact, TINT many Of
those who were then in the wind, are now among the
most decided, Incorporating, and noisy adherents of
the powers that be.
A. Another cause of the i'll success which has attended
the efforts OF the Wings, may be found in the evil prompt
ings of would-be leaders, which haze led to violent mea-
slres that the community could not approve. OF this
character we consider the plan of shutting all the stores
during election; a plan which the wings themselves
showed by their conduct that they did not approve. but
which nevertheless. having hpen adOnfpd af n nuhlic Al
ting, through the mjudicious zeal of a fiery demagogue,
had all the bad effects ON the public mind which it would
nave had If fully acted on 1t was trumpetcd far and
near IN the Jackson papers, and the Tammany party per-
ceiving that they could use it 10 advantage for their own
purposes, met and passed resolutions of a conciliato-
ny character, for the purpose of placing it in holder re-
Lief. Our objection to it was, and is, that it could do
no good, and might do hurt;-that its object might
be mistaken, and would be Pervertcd.-Anothc instance
OF over-actlng, IN our opinion, occurred on the floor
OF Congress at the last session. Scarcely were the two
Houses organized, when a torrent of invective was
poured forth upon the President, and echoed in a
thousand newspapers, which continued for weeks and
months, till the Wings themselves were tired of il,
and till, we must add, n great many who were in prin-
ciPle favorable to- the Bank, had set themselves in de-
termined opposition against it. Though not under
taking to Justify the President in all he had done,
particularly in the rcmovaio of the deposites, they consid-
cred the measure o8 vengeance meted out to him so ex-
irayagant and excessive, that they forgot the wrong he
had done. in the injustice which they conceived was dono
to HIM. Politicians would do well to remember that the
mass of the community are moderate men, who cannot
srnpathise with violent denunciations or violent mea-
sures. They are also plain, honest, straightforward men,
who do not wish to deceive others, nor.be themselves de-
ceived. And this leads us to rersark-
D. That the coarse of some of the Wing papers, in
acting on the principle tfaEs'all is faiEin politics, e. that
il is lawful to tell as many lies, for political effect, as
will answer that end, has disguised a great many CON
scientious persons, who are in principle with, the Wing
party. There 10 too much Of this prevarication on both
sides IN every political contest; but the two leading Whig
papers in this city have always been distinguished for ii,
whctheu acting ON the side of Jackson men or Wings.
In all their changes, they have n.this respect, remained
unchanged. One of them, If we are rightly informed,
was the author Of the principle, and the main instrument
OF giving it currency. The last part of the statement
may be true bus the former cannot be, without dero-
eating from the claims of another. The principle is
older than the world; though this particular modification
Of I may be Of more recent origin. To give a single il
lustTation OF Cur meaning After returns for Governor
from all the counties in Ohio but l3, had been received,
giving a majority for Lucas Of about 10O0,- being per-
icctly we'll known that tho remaining ~ aounties in 1889
graph from the ofict Of the, Coufcr and Enquirer was
inserted in several Of the 4ep9riag papers, and the sub
stance oft ~placarded ahodtthe city in handbills;
"Omo Eazer~iTEruNfH o. PRIsofrLr.
IN NAL oi this morning brings the most cheering nows from tho
5tatc ~ ONO and cont-rSaH our an'ic iPa'onso Of the saeeess q me
"Ctymon county, asicb in our table this morning wo put down,
onh authority ~ me Abe, as having given q majority Of 6S7 for
Lucas, l. is now asccrtained, has gtrcn a majority for FispLAYl In
BagHc countyiw where We allowed them, on The Same authority, sos,
MeIf mllony IS IN tact, only tik-naking n difference IN our favor
of2jl. These two corrections ni9nc, place Findlay 1898 ahead Of
Lucas, and only thirteen counties to be hcari from"
The Official returns from Clcrm0nt county. give Find
lay GO votes, and Lucas 1927. Lucas majority, G57;
precisely the number which The Courier took the pains
to deny. We could fill columns with similar bare faced
Misrepresentation from the same source, but the game
would not be worth the ammunition. Suffice 1t TO say,
these continual misrepresentation BY papers claiming to
be the organs Of The Wing party, ard 10 n certain extent
acknowledged as such, together with the ebullitions
Of vfndiclive feeling, and The violent measures recon-
mcnded and urged through the Same channels, have inter