Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-08-28
POLITICAL.

E'obh<REECAE.
CAUSES OF THE PUBLIC DISORDERS
The Richmond Wing it will be seen, ascribes the late
disturbances which in various quarters of
the Union to the fact that 'he Republic has generated
INTO Democracy The case is thus made Oct in the
Wing:
Every must feel the most painful emotion at
the more and moro frequent of these oarages
and melancholy orebodng of the consequences of the
popular temper which they prove exist The country
has evidently lost most of its ancient respect
premacy of the law and i'm the same ratio be va an 6f
ness for liberty The deduction of close IT,
that the Republic has degcnerated into Democracy and
this lis nature is rapidly tending to anarchy The
stages of declnation demonstrabe any propo
son from the history of nations and the succession of
anarchy to democracy, of civil anarchy and of
tyranny to civil snfable the of day
aud night What causes have produced tic deeiesioa IN
e american character, and the present supremacy IF Nle
obocrdcy? tits theme for the historian philosopher
and not for the ndter of hasty paragraph Nevcrthc
less will boldly say, have often foretold that the
ioos erdeuy calculated TO produce that effect In pursuit
Of njory to sustain their power, they have classified
the rich and intelligent, and denounced them
Gratis hey have caressed, soothed, and battered the
heavy class of the poor and ignorant because then held
the power which they wanted. They have unblushing-
y and atrociousy practsed the axms of sphere
in drawing line ia the midst of society, prescribing the
intelligent, and directing the hatred of the multitude
upon them Aristocats and their foes and they have
deeply stirred for their base ends, that unworthy but
nearly universal sentiment in the human mind the lea
lousy which the poor feel towards the rich We appeal
especially to the columns of the Globe and numbercss
OF Its affiliated presses, for the truth of what sayto
the State Papers of Gen. jackson HIMSELF of
to the passions OF the poor and ignorant and the ora
hons OF Col Benton in particular"
MIR. Walsh, who threatened the President with Gan
gJm catastrophe for daring TO remove the Deposites,
directs the public attention that event the cause Of
the late outrages at Baltimore in the following para
graph;
ats origin may be traced 10 that dark era in the moral
history of our country, when MIR. Amos Kendall was
despatched from the inner councils of the Executive on
tour of examination and negotiation preparatory 10
the removal OF the depostes. Then the impulse 10 wild
speculation by local Institutions was given and then
iii a MOI of yho
turned out to be miserable deluson, did gentlemen in
some OF our cities sanguine and speculative by tempera
ment, lend themselves to schemes of adventure, of
which the issue has been wide spread desoaon to item
and others All this may be freely admitted by the
friends oil those who are Immediately suffering.
More than this may be conceded As lawyers as meG-
bers OF that honorable profession which has the
depository of mems fortunes, and, by the knowledge
acquired IN ITS confessional, the master Of many pccu
mary destiny, these gentlemen should have shrunk from
the contagon OF speculation Many lawyer has been
ruined in fortune and character by pecunary adventure
no one 1--WE speak fgom observation) ifas ever
emerged from it with honor ad, antage. But more
than this should not be taken for granted the mere
say so OF an enraged populacenevet credible witness
fair accuser, or an impartial judge"
So it seems that the best account which the Bank Ga
gers they became tie depository ofc socrets Of es
fortunes this knowledge which they acquired pro-
fcsslonay, they carried with them into .e mana
OF the Bank under the circumstances
these gentlemen should hare S,pnk from The c1ntqgi0n
q Peenlafon which, it seems, they did not, but ad.
dcied themselves to kind Of pecuDary adventure
from which none has Gmerged icih h0ncr or adj
rantdgc'-and this brought the violence which
tae Gazette would bring round to Mr. Kendall be.
cause he the agent despatched to ascertain ghc.
ther the State banks would receive the public depo-
sites And how did Mr. Kendall 5 inquiries ejrn n,
impulse to cid pecuations on the part Of The gentle
men who have suffered at Baltimore? MIR Kcndalla
mission can no otherwise be brought have tie slight
est association with the specuatons Of the managers of
the Bank Of Maryland and its failure than was pre-
iminary TO the removal of the depostes- removal Of
the dePoses TO tie panicand the failure of the Bank
an accessory TO that political movement and at the
time to the private specuations Of the gentlemen who
undertook TO turn the pane 70 account at once
sher party and their private interests The whole mat
ter then, resolves itself into this-Thc panic ma.
kers,-who sought, by the Sunday cloquence Of
Messrs. Webster and Binney, and Of Messrs. Pres
ton and cDufie, at another time, to stir up the peo-
pie OF Baltimore TO mutiny and rage against the
Presidents great measue-and whose narlisona sounb
even TO brisg armed multitude from that CITY to
encamp Capitol Hill, 10 control the vote. Of Con.
gross-havng failed in their attempt 10 male Llo, liz
Revolution proclaimed by Mr. Clay "Gioodiess rs Det
have nevertheless caused blood 70 flow the c6nse-
quence Of private gpecuations predcaed the break
ing OF the Bank OF Maryland, IN aid of paRc, dcbc
Faiey plotted to accomplish political designs And is
not amazing That those who oiled in their at
emPts TO raise mob against the Government by their
panic iabrcatons, INT hare by0Ugh upoR Meascscs
ny private malPIactices, associated with that attempt
should now lay the result Of their machnatonsZ
the recon- OF their own shatsamed hand To de-
stoy the Administration, and the other 10 speculate
on the community, should sscrbe their misiortunes
70 those who then deprecated their cou,s
In the same way that the National Gazette loads The
Administration with the foProach Of the lao Baltimore
violence, may the Richmond Wing make good its charge
against the Democracy Of the country. What fury
prompted the mutation Of the figate Constitution
az he secret conspiracy oftho malignant partsans Of Mr.
webster IN Boston, What bot The Desperation inspired
by the triumphant sway with which the Democracy bas
carried out ITS principles by the heroigD Of popular
fresident What induced tie dregs the same faction 10
burn down the UrsUline Convent We have bee told no
swell informed friend that the cause was disnosg
Mon toPut down an Institution which as beacon
bgbtto invite the poor Catholic Irisbman 10 haven IN
which neither his political prncplc his industrious
competition with the native population we're welcome
what got up the riots AZ the Sixth Ward election in tho
city Of New Yok Was It not the attempt Of the Bsnk
pensioners J. w Webb, and others who rushed 10 The
Arsenal to obtain 70 crush the right of suffrage
guaranteed BY the Constitution 10 The nstralized Irsb