Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-11-25

speeous demsg ogues dead their coupr,s homer and
spotted with corruption. senses have committed ason
against the people, and called patriots traitors in order
disguise their msfue. Stnaics have the nurse
es OF ambition and the hot beds faction The Senate
Rome committed treason az ins The people, aud accused
those Roman Democrats, the Grscchi, OF being rsitors
L ne Senate oi Rome than the tool Of
piriug ambition Rome had her corrupt orators
her military chietans Her Senate lost it, dignity under
The dieaiion OF Pompey--snd do not Think that Roman
liberty sunk under the sword OF the military chi, lain
'1ssr 80 not 10 the sm ord OF the Ca.ar lind
the Cause oil tbs destruction OF Roman hbe,ybut 70 10
tue fsfun', thrcnged with orators dead 10 thrr roun, =
honor aud spotted with corruption true that Roman
hoeffy became the piize Of military Adventures look
al her affairs at home, aud you will what OF
sacriiced on them; /, is there you will ud the
That corruption which led the overthrow Of her ii
berry, which engulpbed her public spit and anci, ut
sftue-fhe name ,rds only hn. Look at her Senate
IN The days OF Pompey, but do not expect TO find
true emblem Of those sugus fathers, who in iudg.
intnt ON the claims oi Kings aud Emperors--m hose
Characters Tor justice aud equity, and odr alton houg ht
cont"ndng roen,aie, TO sul their adverse ptptensios
70 wise aud maguannous suhtri y. The Senate OF
.oe had long ceased to he the arbiier justice peace
&c oil war between con'eudine States The wutd't
umpire had been changed, Transformed, de graded cor.
t"pe', when Rome under the dominion vi Cesar
Look into these monuments Of ancient time aud ira,n TO
eSutte ia" characters o those lao have made the
senate oil The u y, tile theatre OF furious and ui,-
pinriped combinations IL OF the Offices OF the iaiih.
iu historian, 10 furnish warnings through al accurate he
presenlaion II fdcts. The picture Of the Roman Senate,
when Pompey dictated all it, measures il not exactly
snaogou. To the subdued position OF the United States Sc
hfny Iiay, varies only in the different circumstances
"h'ek attended the operations Of the Two. We all know
however that u Is 10 The Iede ming virtues OF an n-
.ehgen aud cautious people, that country owes
is exemption f'om tie horrors of civil war. The
panic orators invoked the genius Of Dicord-yes iel-
row. itzrns they sought 10 put tiisI tie
love OF Union, in county where Union il the soul
q" the body polite; the ain OF public hsppiness
And prosperity They invited disnc mbetmtnt in coun-
ny where the bond Of conedeia e national existence
'he only security against the countless evils OF anarchy
ooe'po'a"eoas with the de'a'ion OF pompey in The Ro
man Senate. there stood master spirit of popular n,iga
uon exciting The worst passions OF the people. oing
all The mad pIrensy OF nulier oil order aud government
he SANDS recorded in The erlngs OF the horid picture
chy which preceded the civil wars by the disastrous
result oi which. the liberties OF the Romqn people were
overwhelmed. Roman liberty mig ht have been saved by
vile ana moderate course on The part Of the Senate
home hut II had become tie tool o faction; the senti.
rn OF personal dgny gone and that high sense OF
Official iiusi and responsibility hch had long
IT, amidst the rival peienons OF the paicisn and pebe.
IAN orders no longer existed as the ncenive equity ami
moderation Such was the Senate OF Rome, when the
personal Influence OF one had engaged il an in
srumeni, WIN which TO thwat rival ia public hoIors
ID" bcseech on, look the picture, and its re.
semhace 10 the Senate OF the United States during its
misehievous aud protracied session oil last winter
Did not the Senate go beyond is con,titu .onal OF bit
Aud can you hesitate declare that its conduct was in.
huenced hy the Gicisiion of Henry Clay, with design To
c'ush hated rival al say noihg OF the merits of ,h.i
iivsl; but IL IL plain. that this man, design
ed by The odiun he sought 10 cast the President 10
destroy the political pro poets OF the Wee President thai
TIE subject needs no better illustration, Than lair stale
he
combined aud brought into action all the disappointed men
IN the Senate 10 disturbing forces aud e ange the
harmony OF the whole political machine.
think, fellow citizens you canuo, he insenLie to the
degraded aud rre ponble OF the S,naie speak ol
tie acts OF the Senate, dime pupocly obslruc course
oil public business but under the disguise OF public s
nly yelling the real ojsc;-aets done, amounting TO
prostitution Ui legislative trusts and done TO avenue ,lis
appointed ambition OH The hand aud the other in the
hope oil rising into pow the basis successful ea
nation o the President Have you NOT witnessed in ,,
n fnlt li.,Ia
ties OF the State Legislatures regular aud lodged
constituent bodie'! Have you witnessed palpsbr
and mi-chievous ATTEMPT tolnyest the constitutional power.
Of The senat'-a anton aid misehievou .xpend
the public money, 10 aid in Ing that viles OF all
plots, the Bank panic! Do you believe that the public
goou actuated The majority ia 'he Sena't aud il do
beg YOU cautiously TO reexaine the question: under The
lights which the present peaceful and osprrous cond
ton oil country affords. We have escsp.d fo,u M.
corporations which disturbed civil so
cety--wr have Stunned the which Law yer dta.
gogues and trostitu ed politicians had for r peope-
we have behed, and hcpe only abhor the ,Ieachery
and weakness OF OF those Who were the apuon,r1
senIine TO guard the TO lac sacred shr ne of De.
morracy hat, II they do call themselves Wing? -Ioes
name possess magical powei' II il did thar name has
lost It's power 81 enehan"en' IL might he proper here
Z" enquire, ia detail Into the wiich in England
have 'eparoied the OF Wigs from the po,ious in
spirdtOns U freedom. 1t once name de Ar In Fg
Is patriots il is The scorn OF those ho i'm Eno,tJ
struggling TO restore tie rights conscience and ,e
blessings oil Tree government There once an ac-
know lodged lusire in the Of the Whg party in
hk'h", p"' hAs iaueu away By acts oil base eIy
TO the cause oil the people, Inst party has alleu into
deserved dIsIepu'e The Wings Of England first sci
the example OF coIIuping hrtmen by the nsiI un, n,ay
Of Inoied coiporatirn. Tie party have erected
those pyramids u national debt which repesrnt lie COST
~ sacrifices oil iIrrmen 10 the glorious pulley of des.
posm The Wings oil England sedu, ell the rel Icsena.
ives OF tile Tree cities and towns created hy the x of
commercial wealth. hose cities aud tow ne were al the
hfst exhibition oil their political exisi nee the onists
ui Tie houen Borough sysem they filled with peo-
pie WHO had giown rich 10y the pursuits OF COMMERCE
they formed the power OF The personal pop.Ify of the
real n conce ntfsied mass, aud mutual opuo-
Hens O the landed sIisOcTacy OBI the cor ias
and the banking monopoly, aud The Whole sysit N, Of pro.
nbiiory duties Ihei genius ree and their les and
towns were the ornament OF England whilst hs people
who Inhabited them, were animated by lice spiIt and
nsiiued The ouly hope OF political MAS in the
corruption oil is pure element 81 popular eedom
Wing party manifested its ub ed hostility to Is rfv lie deem
possible 20 convey Just iceA OF the reach. cen,s
Vi ministerial policy designed ANAL the
and the hopes vi these de posaies Of politics power
with the old aristoctacy, which had rested the onot
nous slavery OF England aud wh:cL ages Of barbaism
had consecraief, without going Into detail than
would cOmpori with necessary Lrevity. But the slave.
~ which time had covered with the venerable moss of s
PerstIiion was Ound TO be ia Danger from fhe now of
The new order Of bofoughs have mentioned. e credit
OF tile discovery a'we as lie fraudulent policy adopted
TO beu"y Them, belongs TO the Wings, whilst in The pie.
ilure vi their power, when the unfortunate Tores
PROSTATE in tie dust u political humiliation. The asren
ddncy OF the Wing party in England BEEN ev since
the uhic OF George the FIfsi used ause the peopIe
Oh That dscebdsncy The people have been taught place
oil th, r hopes OF Liberty. Whilst tie Tories hay as Uni.
ioinly been denounced the only enemies To freedom,
W heh wing Administration war fOrneJ il the n,os
ga ing circumstance; az IL understood as uiup
over the Kug and the Arisocrscy. Each successive
" hig ministry regarded : a step made towards