Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-03-14

III.
consul, contendng with each other for the ascendency
Factions, se,itions and civil broils will follow in such
quick succession that you will he compelled to resort
qucll the connections.
ii this he not our destiny, VIC shall Glide INFO the
present condition of Engand-if the doctrines Of Mn
Clay are asln to be practscd in this country we shalt
b. brought into that condition which some men pretend
much TO d;cadi0e sh. Socn hcge Yo,csr 6eh;na he
throne grecr ihG Tie tirone iiss The man who bears
the name OF Chief and wears the sword will sink be-
meath the superior power of him who holds the purse;
and our lordly secretary, like his great exemplar of
England will rule all things and direct all things by his
sovereign willard III one important respect he will be
superior to the lord of the treasury of Engund-he rM
be responsible 10 The country for nothing But will YOU
not by subecng the treasury department to the control
of the president be uniting sword and purse in the same
handSi Will you not be giving the whole power of
the government to one man? Never was AN idea more
futile than the recently ahoat that the funds of
the people under the control of the treasury DEPART
menttha the public purse is in the hands of the Sec
retary and by giving the president control of him. YOU
place at his command all the of the country
such notion is almost too idle require grave re-
iV'ation. Under the numerous appropriations which
are annually made by congress, there ALWAYS more
money in the hands of executive officers than there is
actually deposited in the treasury. During the war,
from twenty to twenty-five millions of dollars were am
huaiy appropriated to the military and naval servce
and at all times there is large portion of the revenue
IN the hands Of agents officers Immediately dependent
ON the observation-disclosures that all admit subject
ms VIII and may be removed at pleasure. Could he
posed, TO ms own purposesl Could he not dSpace
and substitute agents until he obtained trained band
entirely subservient to his will
If the president, instead of seeing that the laws are
faithfully executed studied knavery and fraud upon the
public, there are ample opportunities to fill his own
private Golfers without committing violence the rea-
Sury department. The open and manly way in which
he has gone work proves the honesty of his inten-
tons and the purity of his motives. Never there
more specouS or deceptive argument than that which
attempts TO prove that the purse of the people is in the
keeping of the treasury department. The revenues of
me people are 'chere they ought TO Jei The hands of the
representatives Of The people,
what says the constitution NO 1noneu shall be drn,rn
from the treasury, but in consequence of approximations
made by iao; and regular statement and account of re-
ceps and expenditures Of all public money shall be publish
ed from time 10 time. What more protection do Won
want to your treasury than is here secured by the con-
sttution? WhodeviseS the ways and means of raising
the revenue? Congress- Who authorizes the appropra.
uon OF that revenue to the various purposes of govern
ment? Congress. To whom is n strict account rendered
OF all the receipts and disbursements of the public mo-
ney! Congress. There is danger then, that the ex-
ecutve can ever obtain the control of the public funds
so long congress shall be faithful her trust There
lies your chief danger; you have nothing to fear from
those who administer the laws those who see them
faithfully executed For all their actions are subject to
the supervision and correction of that BODY whose
province 1t is TO make the laws tax tile people and
To appropriate the taxes when raised, any purpose
they please BE not deceived by the false issue which
mas been presented to you. Your danger arises not
from the usurpatons of the executive but from the
usurpations of sectional majority of congress. You
have already experienced their usurpaton remonstra
ted against their OPPRESSION and groaned beneath their
tyranny. Then be not deceived in this thing. Ii is a
matter OF small consequence where the public funds are
deposited--box them up you please and place them
III the presidents bed-chamber and so long as your
congress is honest and vgantso long as they REQUIRE
scIupuots account to be rendered of all the oned
transactions of government dollar can be mis-
placed or mlsapplied either by the president his Off
GERS without immediate detection. But when your con-
gresS has become venal and mercenary then all laws
all constitutions vain. You may surround YOUR
treasury with bars of triple brass, and they will be
borne away like the gates of GAIA on the shoulders of
sampson. When Rome was to be bought, one Metel-
lus or one Cato obstacle i'm the path of Caesar
With single stroke of his batteaxe he cleayed asun-
der the bars of the treasury, and measured with
liberal hand to his trusty followers the reward of treason
and the price of blood.
But it is said that this is our condton--we are ready
to be sold like slaves to the highest bidder-and An
drew jackson is the Caesar of America! We have
shown scrvile spirit, it is saba disposition to bow
and do homage at the feet of sell principle
country and honesty, for favor and promoon--the
whole nation is sunk IN lnlquty--virtue gone-ustce
and honesty have fed-and indignant people look to
Andrew Jackson as the cause-they point to him with
the finger of scorn, and excaina thou art The mani on
thy head shall fall the eXecraons, the bitter curses of
an ensaved posterityl thee owe the degeneracv
the corruption of the present timesto the base selfish
ness profgacy, and misrule of thy administrations we
trace our present msiortunes! What short-siehted
mortais how ignorant of the influence of moral causes
In the same way, the frivolous and shallow-pated
Frenchman, attempted to explain the revolution of his
own country, by relating anecdotes of the leading
characters IN those tragic scenespointing them as
the causes of the terrible convusions when in truth
they were the effects of mighter agents-he lava
ana the cnders thrown up in the volcanic eruptions IL
is no uncommon foble with those who have slight
acquaintance with history, and no reflection of their
own, to attribute national events particular persons
particular measures, the errors of one man. to the
lntrgues Of anoherto any possible spark Of paytic
t~ OCCASION rather than to the cause.-the moral and
political principles prevailing among The peopie.
Our modern seinspired state ort,oe-teHers and NAL
contents for their bread have forgotten or never
to have known that nation is not made corrupt in a
day--that Inlquity does not spring up like mushrooms
IN night They seem never to have known that the
which produce degeneracy and corruption which
influence the destinies of nation are deep hidden and
slow IN their generations for their