Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-04
POLITICAL.
CONCESSION OF An ENEMY

1880 ~ 'N'N NoBtN btAcN wi vi OHDOclApn OuInd
of high standing, may be read and carefully weighed by
all in whose way it may chance TO fall. We have de-
nominated this article Il Confession. IL is n confession of
party san, of so heinous a character as to compel con-
scicntious conductors of the Opposition press TO speak
out plainly and unrcscrvcdly in execration of il, That
such n course should have been RETAINED from during
the excitement and phrenzy attendant upon the election
contest, which has just closed with such happy results to
the cause inestimable TO the People. is not remarkable
But we have ever been of the opinion, that when the bill.
lows of political strife should in any measure subsidc.
those OF our opponents who reviewed with candor and
sober reflection the operations of their political lead
Interpretations which have been as unhallowcd rs
they were unprecedented-woul pause upon the
retrospect. and %repudiate the conduct and the motives
OF those violent men through whose agency and con
nivancc these unparalleled schemes of party policy have
bcenintroduced We shall not be disappointed in our cal
cuialons. We rejoice to see that the work has already
begun IN a good quarter, and i'm n manner which promises
to be of signal utility 10 thousands who have been led
blind-fold into a cooperation with fictitious demagogues
seeking their own elevation, even though univer-
sal bankruptcy, bitter distress and revolution cnsue.
IL is hardly necessary for us to remind our readers
that the Journal of Commerce is now, and has al.
ways -been- decidedly hottie to the present Admins
tration. Itscolumns have been 1noyru-ISSs..enao
as those of any other print TO break down the domi-
nant party i'm its State and the Country lit has
been steady and uncompromisng in opposition 90 ts
Administration. We hope that very many of our oppo-
nents in this quarter, who have always secuted a. the
jackson papers for maintaining that the late panic was
brought about, for political effect, by advocates OF the u.
5. Bank, will have an opportunity to read the opinions
of the most influential and respectable editors of their
own party on this point-and give to those opinions due
consideration.
lncSc cnarDcS-1nu serious ones they must be con-
sidered-are now brought forth by the Journal of Com
merce-and the Justice ofthem illustrated with severity.
as well as clearness. We put it TO any candid man il,
upon the supposition that these charges are true, as the
Journal of Commerce now has the independence TO main
tain, there is a possibility Of being too severe in COM
menting upon the conduct of the deliberate inccndiary
authors of such mischief-Saicnn Advertiser.
From tho N. York Journal Of Commerce. Bank paDe.1
soME REASONS WHY Things ARE A. THEY ARE.
In our tast, we published n statement from which il
appeared that the Jackson majority in the representa-
ton elected thus far, to the next Congress, Comprising
l37 membcrs) is Ii greater than in the representation
from the same States and Districts in the present Con-
gross; and that, so far as Il comparison can be made,
the returns of votes in the States where elections have
been held since Midsummer last. exhibits similar result
Now the question arises, how does ii happen that all
the efforts which have been made for n year past 10 put
down Jacksonism, have been so utterly fruitlcss, and
worse than fruiucss, as to any accession of strength to
the Wing party. There must be some solution TO this
phcnomcnon.-for effects upon public sentiment are as
surely traceablc to causes, as any other effects. We pro-
pose to state what. in our humble opinion, some of these
causes are: or in other words, what are the obstacles
which have prevented the success of the Wing party,
and given the victory to their opponents. But in the
first place, we must state what they are not. And
j, The want OF success on the part of the Wings, has
not been occasionod by a lack Of effort. For n year past,
hundreds and thousands of individuals have made it, we
cause of the Wings. Public meetings with ut number
personal services @Sisc % RaSS b sss Oy pr1m aIsliyy r sGnIsIsS,ed 4! and
previous to elections.
information. OF ten daily papers of this city, exclusive
of penny papers, only two are Jackson; and so far as we
are able TO Judge, n considerable majority of all the pa
pers in the State and Nation are in the interest of the
Wings.
3. It's not owing, in this city to official influence /:
for, at present, all the city officers hold their places by
appointment or at the control of the Wings, The State
and National patronage does not equal that of the city.
q: l Is not owing to any want OF good faith on the
Wings than the Wings have done for themselves. Ten
OF the Anti-Masonic counties gave, at the late election, a
Wing majority of Ia 200. In all the other counties in.
the State, which gave Wing maioritics at all, the aggre-
gate is about 200.
5. 1t is not the unseasonableness Of the time of making
the effort. At the commencement of a Presidential term
and especially of the first term of a President, there are
powerful inducements with the army of Office holders
and retainers to support the existing Administration.
But, when a President approaches the cloee of his Sc
cond term, the field of competition is fairly open, and a
new party has as many attractions to oficc-holders as an
old one, provided il has an equal chance Of success.
6. 1t is not owing to the badness of the Wing cause.
Stripped of its unlucky appendages, the cauae,is a good
one, and ought to prevail.
What then arc the causes which have opcratedagainst
the Wing party, and disappointed their antieifations of
success. We answer
/. Their connexion, or supposed connexion, political
ly, with the Bank of the United States. Until within
the last two or three years, a National Bank was not I'M
popular with the pcople,-at least such is our opinion
and such, we must suppose, was the opinion of the Wing
party when they entered upon the contest: for at that time
the Bank was their w%atchword. and one of the bases on
which they expected to rear their triumphs. They knew
that a National Bank was important to the interest of
trade, and favorable in its influence upon the general
prosperity; and they naturally inferred tina. an institution
with such properties TO recommcnd il, would be sus-
tanned by the people. But the misery was, that they
went not merely for q Bank, but for the Bank; and
not merely for The Bank, but for the Bank with all
it's faults. That is, they were disposed TO overlook the
errors of the Bank and It's President, or else to justi-
fy them. We needn not remind our readers what a storm
we raised about our ears, for the crime of condcmning
those errors, and recommending a course by which the
friends of the Bank could relieve themselves and it
from the bad consequences they were producing upon
the public mind. Had the public been totally ig-
norant of them, then indeed IL would have been a
question Of policy and ethics, whether the friends of
the Bank, were bound to reveal them. But seeing
they were already known, there was no alternative
for the Wing party, but either to denounce them, or
bear the consequences Of being understood as cndors.
ing and approving them. That we may not be too
indefinite, let US say, that when we speak Of the err
rors Of the Bank and It's Presidcnt, we refer more es-
pecially to it, %tamEering wait the press the full OK.
tent of which, even now. VIC do not believe is general
ly known. And as prG-cmincnt among the acts of
this kind, We reaxs to the $4,000 LOAN; a loan
OF extraordinary amount, on extraordinary time, and
made (without any other cndorscr) to persons whose
credit at that time would not have commanded SO cents
have produced an impression. decidedly unfayorable to
the Bank and Of course TO the party which undertook to
sustain IT. But, az IL all the iates were combined to do
mischief, itso happcnodibatthesc same Editors became
not only the most jealous ADVOCATES Of the Bank. but She
great guns Of the Wing party. One of them Processes to
have given the party It's name; and at all times and in all
circumstances, ia print ard at public meetings, they have
been so identified with the party, that no one could think
of IT without thinking OF them, or think of them without
thinking Of the $4,000. Tho unreasonable prejudice
which exists in the minds of the working classes aeains.
all mOnicd institutions and monied men. here found ample
scope for indulgence. Fortified by a tangible fact which
every attempt TO vnrnish over made more glarinQ, this
unreasonable prejudice gained strength and diffusion. so
That the party found Itself obliged, as Che only chance
Of success, 90 abandon the Bank, and sustain itself on
other principles. Ba the mischief was already done.
The enemies Of the Bank, now numerous and powerful,
were able 20 persuade the people that this change Of