Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-08-01
POLITICAL.
MIR. CALHOuN.


zens OF South Carolina 10 e point OF cutting each others
throa's, aud sujec'ng the friends of The Union there
Tie most odlons tyranny TO disabilities test Oafhso
me MENAcEs OF MILITARY ARRAY-nOw hopes 10
raise himself again to with The Repub
iicdns oil the Coniederacy by the of patriotic
professions lie has been proluse OF 4Ih of July letters
in which he makes prodgions display patriotic sen
ren' Sheridsns Joseph Surface more prodigAl
oil sentiments but Josephs actions did not 20 halt SO lar
10 belle his MORALS as DIR Calhouns bersy his
OF patriotism.
When Mr. C.lhOuns dreaded rival Mr. Crsw ford stood
forth as the radical Democrat MIR Calhoun stood forth
the champion oil consolidation principles; aud he
out system to them into effect which wosld have
wound the States OF the Union up like ball. He knitted
together the interests OF all the joint manufacturing
p@es IN the country by proposing and voting for the
iecive system in 1916 He consolidated the inonied
power oil the United STATES, and formed insolube al
lance between IL and the arstocrscy OF Europe
10y ncoi poratng their capital in National Bsnk-gving
the mercenary association perfect the currency
Of the country, and absolue control the State insu
tons lie projected and proposed in report Secretary
OF War; most extensive aud rlmfed system of internal
improvement, which penetrated the remotest parts Of
the Union, and which concentrated in the Execu.
tive hand all the cords OF local interest in the country,
and made them pass through IL into the reservoir
OF the National Treasury, TO be fed by the OF
alton drawn there by the high tariff be voted to impose
But MIR. Cahoun's consolidation did stop
fastening The federal clamps the Satce, in the shape Of
r-ads and canals, and military ways-he bound in the
States by iron hoop OF forresses avished millions
and proposed works which would have hundreds OF
millions, in establishing frownDg notifications upon
and frontiers This system il carried
plated extent would have the States absolutely in the
power OF the Federal head. What Tor instance could
Virginia do towards asserting State Rights, with her whole
commerce at the mercy of the Fediol cannon command
ing the channel leading from the ocean, between For
Monroe and Fort Cathouu9 With these iorica-
tons, pannedb 10y Mr. Calhoun. when Completed order
from the War Department at Washington would seal up
Virginia with perfect blockade, and off all trade
through her navigabe rivers.
But MIR. Calhoun content with marking his
solidaiion principles by his official elors. the mea.
they proposed His immediate riends-his poll ica
sidde-camps, Messrs. Hamilton and McDufie, expressly
TO support his views, came out in powerfully written
pamphlet the preface TO which ked By the Pr
gntd State right principles tVith and contempt
while the whole context was most elaborate v!5dicaon
OF the hg-ioned concentrating all absorbing federal doc
tnes OF Hamilton Yet, in the face OF these proofs that
he himself the bottom Of the grand consolidating
scheme, designed 10 put down, and forever, the
State light principles of Virginia, he has the eIiont
cry to write follows to the nuhfying party assembled
OH the Ash at Farmville, Virginia.
'Yirginis the fret perceive this dangerous ten
dency OF the system Arback 80, when She made
successful resistance 10 it, which terminated in The cleo
ton OF Mr. Jefferson TO the Presidency in 1901 Since
then series Of events. cheh IL is necessary TO er
Ptdin gaze TO ne system stH more powerfully. ats firm
er direction, fW me principles Of consolidation
cousummofed in the Proclamation and tbs Force Bill
If the last session. Of ,chich gathering The
biiteT fruit Let not be deceiUed; consolidation ir
resstiby leads 10 faction, eOrrupiio chy, and
ndIiy, not arrested to military despotisnl."
And again, in the same letter, he says
"U examine houc IL has happened, that zoe haze
become opposed Ia so dire calamity shall find that
consolidation gaze The first impulse"
And who gave the first impulse consolidation q
That Mr. Calhoun does not think it "necessGry to er-
pidin!" Was il Messrs. Clay and Calhoun, with the
American system aud Bank! Who them down q
ANDREW JACKSON. "COnsOddtion irresisiibly leads
TO faction, corruption, anarchy" Have no, Messrs.
Calhoun and Clay been the leaders of ali The late acous
corrupt and dnGTchicdI against the
And who put them down? ANDREW JACKSON.
Ii is now, alter the American system, which originated
with Messrs. Clay and Calhoun, has been crushed by
the influence oi Cen Jackson ai,er the attempt TO d.
vide the Union by Modification, which they found II ey
coul not obtain The control Of by of consolidating
systems had been put down by Gen. Jackson--ser the
moHeyed government they jointly contributed erect had
been paralyzed by the power OF the veoil is after
The States have been almost delivered from the grGSpng
system, hand, and the seuering scheme on The
other, that have coalition between the same mem to
try the British plan OF open, direct, Parliamentary cor.
ruptOn. The amassed millions OF the expiring Bank are
TO be applied 10 buy the Execu i've power Tor these
worthless aud TO buy renewal Of The charter the cor.
poralion The election oil President they hope
10 bring INFO the iouse OF Representatives. and there the
suocrai Gas MIR. Nj Duiie called, well called, the
bauk) divide the political power among its paytans
What elroury, then, does argue, in the man. who
VIGOROUSLY, and recently gave up the pretended ultra
State Rights dOcirines which he pledged himself 10 meke
manifestation OIL by stalking the great political issue the
country upon the repeal OF the IOrce hill What mpu.
deuce does IL not require in him, lUh0 gave up his
question: 10 make common with Clay, Webster, Sc
III behalf oil The corrupng consolidating power Of the
Bank again to altrmpi 10 cheat the deuded Nuilh
ers OF Virginia with his bypocriIcS cant about "coN
soLiDATING PRINCIPLES" "coNsUMMAJED IN THE
PRoCLAMATIoN FORCE BILLn' The Proclana.
ton and Force Bill the enent measures which Mr.
Jefferson first introduced put down the attempts Of Nor
hern traitors nnIfy the Embargo laws They were paue
manesoes aud several grades behind the bold and eRerae
tic taken by the Faher Of his country when h,
the Whiskey lnsureciion and which put poor Fryes and
others upon her trial Tor high But If he cole
ton bill was the bloody Of force, which Mr.Ca
houn has persuaded lis deuded paraus consider il
why did he give UP his opposition it, Join yer,
authors and legislative organs OF The mel
who sustained II hy their eloquence tie floor Of the
Senateand for The express pui pose OF uniting maiort,
oil Congress in tie capital effort against The tue principle
OF the South the effort establish bs power OF The Ma
f0nGi Bank?
II Mr.. Calhoun and his colleague in the Senate Mr.
Nc DUiie and tie Multiplying baud in tie II ouse oil Re
preseniavcs, toge'hef viii their editorial OF gan in i
city, had broken their Hannibal oath, never 10 relax !,
their efforts for tie fcpeaI Of The Force BI) for he SAKE
! principle practicable, aud within the reach o
their means, the forfeiture OF their solemn pledges
| their deluded frieLds would have savored less o
heachefy. But these men, under the orders OF Mr.
Calhoun, gave TYP the promised crusade Tor the repea
! of the Force Bill, TO make league with Us adyo
cales--to make perfect union with Webste
and Clay Tor te purpose OF successfully supporin
the Of the Bank monopoly, hicl more sbhofre
by thc ends Of Slate rights IN the South than am
other portion OF The great consolidating American system
Every maD in Congress kr0ws that Mr.. Calhoun drew
OF lis upon The Force Bill to join Clay ebsler an
tie Banktbe ulra iafin part lie internal
psriyhc anil ate-gights psriy-AOa 10 crush beneaf
The feet OF men, i0nics 10 every aspect South Caro-
liza, Andrew Jackson, her iilusirious SON the ma
who has pu, down lie TorB tie og.fone system Of IN
erno Improvements, The Bank, tst horrible anal ch
within her borders which threatened stain her Geld
with The blood Of her CHILDREN shed by the hands
neigbofs, brothers and iaibefs- Globe.
| PERSECUTION OF MIX. fancy By THE BANI
LEADERS IN THE SENATE.
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