Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-07-08
Richmond, Va, Tuesday, July s.
The Post Office Department.


letters of Messrs. Longhborough Resides, Stock
ton, Smith, &C., &C., the memorial of MIR. Blair, and
various other expostons of facts, going show that
was there thrown together loosen and more
tacious Report, than that which has emanated from
the Majority of the Committee Ii is absolutely dis
graceful 10 all the parties concerned i'm its concocon
Had the Committee confined themselves a calm
and dspassionae specification Of such transactions
of the Department as were really Objectionable, the
Public would have been indebted to them for the
discussion they had provoked. But they have in
troduced so much misrepresentation and romance
into their composition; ills strangely characters-
ed by garbIed and wlu mistatements, or the gross
est negligence, that they have thrown an mir of in
credulity over their whole production. We shall lay
these various pieces of testimony before readers,
lin order that they may form uster opinion of the
charges which have been embodied in the Report.
We shall expect from the Committee of the House
of Representatives, q more impartial and accurate
statement of the situation OF the Department. If
any abuses have been committed let them be boldly
unveiled If any OF the Clerks sub-agents of
the Department have been guilty of any corruption,
of any tampering with the Contractors, or of any
:. abuses of the public trust, they should be hunted
apand exposed and punished. Public justice will
indulge no mercy for such delinguents If the De-
partnent be so organized to give too much pow
er, with too little responsibility, its Head, the
jealous friends of our government most shrewdIy
suspect, and rs Mr. Barry himself is probably nclin
ed TO admit, let the evils be duly reported, and the
proper remedies be devised by the mex, session of
Congress. But il is sincerely hoped, that while the
new Committee shall fearlessly carry the torch of
investigation into the deepest recesses of the office
they will avoid the gross errors and the factious
party spirit, which pervade this wretched production
of the Minority of the Senatorial Committee.
The Prediciion.-The last N. Y Evening Post
contains the following article:
In looking lille OF paper few days since,
struck with the following paragraphs from the
Richmond Enquiie which copied into this Journal as
lar back September OF last yearten months Hsd
the pen guided by the spirit prophecy
nm The has
since been pracsed BY the parizans Of the United States
Bank IL did not SEEM however, TO have been within
his prescence thatthe Senate OF the United States would
play the principal part in the detesfsbIe game No
could have anticipated TO what depth oil degradation the
majority IN that ari:,ocra'ic usurpng and irresponsible
body would plunge themselves They had suffered ihem-
selves, before, 10 be rs great lengths by party
lgny; they have fully attained the goal Of ufam,
organ. sss%p the
raise about the .@uss.
they they ra, the upon il.
e and And ,b Bank % n vs sss
play this desperate game,
Here the Evening Post stops its quotation.-Bnt
we beg leave to finish the of the Editorial ar
Gle from the Enquirer of the Oath September:
"Aready do see the enemies of the Admins tratioR
and the organs OF The Bank raising the war-cryAeady
the iacous Telegraph was shouting out before the
measure OF removal was finally announced:
Mobile asoS %ns. wS S ~ Mr. Duane Is Ismeyed md The
ms " us ss sS %s S%psss %
I b. s s @
Already the prostiIued Editor OF the N. Y Courier
was crying out:
ns Dsno; s0 will be 70 the Of the Bank
have urged Or advised such 40 by private
%oyS will clearly the utility The 8 Bank Of , he
Of so % and hs and The utter i'm
without The of The people
.Nor will The People DO wrong in this instance They
will judge in spite OF forced embarrassment and Of
laundering Glamour. They will Judge frankly OF the
for Withdrawing the Depostes,but
Of this description, iusdious effort raise prejudice
OF Bank, will induce the to encourage such
establishment. They, the great yeomsnry Of the
country, will still rally around the Constitution of their
country
Ii is amusing to the various phases which this
same Telegraph has assumed upon this subject
Here it predicts the reaction of sentiment and the
re-charter of the Bank-more recently, ii has harked
iii with Mr. Calhoun, like true collar press i'm his
views OF the Bank. But what language did it for
merly employ?
"The Bank of The United States, THE NOBILITY OF
THIS COUNTRY will not permit repose. 1t operates un-
see but will be felt In every corner the country and
ia no place sensiby than the floor Of Congress
We thank all wise Providence Who hns hitherto pro-
tecicd us that our Chief Msgsrae oves this Bank no.
thing. We believe that its millions otH be Iavised upon
members of Congress and their constituents purchase
re-charer and that when that j, obtained shall
longer be free peope."-Iei, Dec H. 1929.
"The Bank has money, and IL has purchased presses
II rs gradually extending its power by planting its agents
in the several States, and il must be put down, if ALL
by the sovereign People. Believing that the act which
reDews the charter will put end civil liberty,
sha not hesitate TO do duty. The opposition TO the
Bank will not cease."-Ib, May 3, 1890
Yes, we hope "tlie opposition to the Bank will
not cease"-nnd that the act which twill put end
TO civil liberty" will be arrested, Notwithstanding
the Trumvirate (sIessrs. Webster, Calhoun, and
Clay and their Satellites will unite their exertons
to effect its re-charier.
.4itrorG Redivivu.-We have received the LIST No
of the Aurora, issued on the 9TH July by that yee-
ran politician Wiitiam Duane. Never was the OPP
position more completely disappointed. They con-
fdeny expected, that the father of the late Secre-
tary OF the Treasury would flame in the Opposition
--and that he would prove a valuable auxiliary TO
their cause But, if tie Prospectus had not put
down every such cnlculaIion the No: of the Aurora
now before MS completely extingushes every spark
of hope.-We give the following Extract from its
Address "To the American People," as a sample of
the firm, manly and disinterested spirit which may
be expected from the Editor of the most celebrated
paper, that the u. States has ever produced:
SrA certain public character has given his ideas the i'm
poraDce OF names parties The parry which aimed 10
overiutn republican institutions assumed
titles al different tines under the OF Constitutions
Gisfs they sought TO undermine the Consiiiuion-und
the name OF FederGss they opposed the State Govern
popular aud responsible democracy, and the liberty the
press; and this the lille under which they roUghi de-
bbefate mischief Tor 100 many years"
"Aier the executive discontinue IN 1900 though there
was oer epirit nanfes for two three years, while
their desperate hopes had led Of the TrdsOs Of that
day 70 predict The return Of The FEEDER ss power in ten
years. but the faction extinct in combination, acting
only like scattered bsDd some weak or undefended
Prt OF society resortng detached or partial
cies and promoting dscord WHARF nat