Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-06

20 h. inferred taat 'thc Chairn,an was inactive or
thai nc did not redeem hs pledge according his cwn
understanding of IL. Doubtless lac was active cnouyh
And ac . Tn evenings when nearly al the people had
lett .hc Court, house, and had fingered there much be-
yoniay usual hour OF departure fer home tina; might
net lose Tie benefit CT the promised castigaton as un
dersood IL he announced the result the front door Of
uie Coufthcusc Tavern, which, suppose hc meant az
the matter that would not be t. my asle but nothing
aoorttic Eye and Ea: witness" Ifruc freely admit
ta was not suited TO my taste however il may be to
yeuTs l.icssTs Editors IL was bOasiu claim OF, ma
Jorty of the qualified of the county in favor of
instructions 70 their Delegate To vote against Mr. Leigh
Th.;csim pronisc, shall be investigated and doubt
not wall turn out % be = mistake.
In The Chcirmans use Of the argument of cpticts
ne WI permit ine 10 say, that cannot follow him.
would not resort TO it TO my ifc-bccausc coaSi.
der unfair. lie understands it WELL has lcss scrupc
suppose. about It's use, and certainly makes the
OIL lie knows, as Mr. Leigh has said, that '.namcs
are things and potcn; things too; and hence Rcpubli-
cans, Democratic Republicans and all the other white
washing popular names nc can pick up freely APP
Piled to his party and fejcrals and every Cdous
or unpopular cpi:het lac think Of freely lavished
upon has opponents, without regard the principles or
tendencies Of either, the fitness of things Now,
nope he undertakes the Intelligence ofthe people
herand, II he believes that they cannot separate sucl
caif Rom the grainif he supposes that they cannot sec
That tho key to Mr H. spoics, and of those who witt,
h and The tendency oftcig creed is restrain the pow
cr patronage andnucnce OF the federal executive which
nave proved too strong for the Constitution prcdctcC
ny te immortal Henry ndhave lawful squ.ntng to.
wards monarchy; and that the key 20 the politics oil then
opponents. is the enlargement and consolidation of the
power patronage and influence Of the Federal Execu-
Se and the tendency OF their creed the destruction OF
the barriers between the State and Federal authorities
and between the departments Of the latter and the
ccntraton OF all power i'm the hsnds of one u,an-tLa,
The former the friends of liberty, call them by wha.
name you will ard the latter the friends of power call
Mem by what name you will. If not am that
fugitive piece IN the newspapers, like this, never
convince thcr--and that that kind of argument, which
consists IN calling names, for aught which do 10
the contrary, must take its
The awful consequences of this concentration Of pow
or IN INC hands the President. fearful
tent 10 which he has been sustained in il by blind party
zeal now feeling in every fibre Our country is
bleeding at every pore the public mind agtatcd and
aarhedihc breast OF every patriot hrobbng with in
tense solcitude for the safety, the purity nay the very
exiscnce of our free institutions thus ruthlcssly assai
ed by the strong of power But ali these things dis
turb not the sefcomplacency of Mr.. Chairman. He
sees he feels, he needs them not In his eagerness
stay the Bank already slain, like Falsa killing dead
Percy and looking further than to the price ofwheat
and tobacco lac believes them not And because these
bear living price an FUgiaia he utterly denies
the existence Of any distress, hcretofoe-ifl un-
dcrstand him and dcnounces false prophets, those
who ever anticipated any He surely has forgotten that
at the period 10 which Inc himself refers distress was
mItled on all hands. The only question between u.s.
was as to its origin he and his friends contendng that
IT was all owing to the Banks curtang: and mine
tiat 1t was owing to their powerful assailant who
PEELED them to curail But when, by the recuperative
energies Of young great and growing people, they had
in some degree thrown off the incubus and are now
thriving little more than the most sangune anticpa-
ted IN spite of misruebecause of the immense value Of
great staples abroad, the increased and constant
" increasing demand iOur successive years because
OF four successive short crops and the consequent influx
OF foreign capal-on sudden, presto change the
whole ground is shifted and the existence of any distress
utterly denied The very letter which the Chairman
syswas read ut some of elections the February
meeting, predicting great reduction of prices was read
ii is believed, by the opponents but the friends of
the Administration and the mischief laid at the door of
the Bank. am very much mistaken fit read by met
though IN the other aspect of the subject, | would
gladly have avaed myself Of the views of 80 wise
and experienced practical merchant and whose orcbo-
dlng5, | mast still believe, have been partially, not
Il thank an overriding Provdence) fully realized. l
would ask 'the Chairman if he does really believe
that 1t the Government chad let alone. we should
have had still better prices for great staple tobacco
Could he see did he not sec ut every warehouse
exclusively to few foreign capitalists? That our own
people, for the want of the usual bank iaccs-ofthat
borrowed capital which young and growing country
hc always needs to enable its trade keep pace
with its populaon production and enterprise but which
,ou' wise and venerable and patriotic President said
they should not have, ('he knew that his
would break many dealers OH borrowed capitar thoy
ought to break almost entirely thrown Of the
chase? But for this causcifour currency had not been
assaled-I verify believe, that instead of an or I0-doI-
lar we should have had 15-dolar year. And now
what might not expect if all in money market
was calm, and peace, and sunshine nj home most
Unprecedented state Of things exists abroad. To-
bacco, wanted for the Continental market, it is said,
is worth more than fine tobacco has heretofore
brought us in the English market. So far as mo-
ncy is concerned these would truly have been the
hacyon days of the Old Dominion, if the President had
only let currency and credit alone-if lac had
made the subjects of his cruel experiments it is
we may expect another igdolar year perhaps little
improved instead Of fifteen or twenty dollar year.
Now TO our wheat.--Thc fine prices of wheat arc
quoted with eXu!taton, classifying the prophecies of
the ''panic-spcech makers. Now, who does not know
that this has been owing cause peculiar Virginia.
the expectation of the Richmond City Mills Flour in
the >. American market has given them the monopoly
ofat market and enabled them TO give for wheat
by 10 10 - cents than it worth in the Northern
Cities, any where in the Union, and the country
n.!ers have been obliged to bid up somewhat in the
same proportion, stop tclr milling operations. Where
he
that it, prices considerably CHER in the Northern
towns than in Richmond. This shows that dcpres-
SION has been experienced and felt every where else but
IN Virginia. Now IL the good prices attributable
any degree TO the benignsnt rule ofAndrcw Jackson
how does happen that they coextensve with
has rule! Again: The high price here appeared and dis
appeared as suddenly waterspcut, The
City mills were supplied Compare the price now with
the price this time last gear ii is 30 to p lower
III the bushcl;-l01 now-l2O TO 20 last year. AaL
t y the charge aderaisni Chairman eans TINT ka on
would have thcm;iiH would tho Onion
safety ofto snn it IL nd
aud the Chairman knows thai OF them honestly and
firmly opposed to it, both grounds of constituonaty
has tho worthy Chairman been in his
Bank o. te United States No longer ago. an The meeting
tbs people ofhis February held this language
70 substitute offered by him on that occesion eve
the subject 0 The ppcy OfchaftoTing Bauk of the u SGos,
Mieh OF serious moment And Fret that the evil of tho
N az at present organized and ITS dangerous tendencies far
outweigh advantages that derive from
ie' ne dsOed state If he the country during b
yS F0" Ie % iolbl sH taere Hank 81 he u States,
etR great 10 e eecssire NJ Beus az
Jrsa S e cod hare coHrOHi eaeh otie, te
5gerae ces II stok jbbrs If Ire United
many " nc toHs sharing nc paper h0sc UhO compelled ne
teri phea reco ,oo sai operations of tao rernsf
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