Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-31

upon charge are hcaped upon Mr. Van Buren, do yo,
call 10 mind the proceedings Of acous and anti Re
publican majority in the Senate of the United Staes
Hunt up the Panic Speeches OF the last year-Hunt up
Tic Speeches of your "Alternativc Scnator''-those
speeches which printed and circulated bu The Bank
and partly, at your expense Point your finger 20 his
developements and alternatives and ask every no.
nest voter, whether Mr. Leigh representing vir-
gina lac was supporting opposing the Bank:
Take his Richmond Letter and his Petersburg Svce,L and
,tevery honest voter see, that MIR Leigh has said and
done as much he ddTed TO do in supporting the Bank
and that lac has aborcd 60 con vince us that our opno
si,ion to the Bank is vain and idle He admits that the
constitution docs not authorize the establishment of any
NATIONAL Bank, but he ayows his readiness aside
Tie Constitution. IN disregard of solemn oath in the
event OF certain deceopcmcntS and alternatives which he
mas IA confidently predicted Well might you dislrust
Niarun Van Buren,, If he had avowcd any such prnci-
P"s Wen might the people of the South beware Of the
AN Buren, party, or any other party who would show
Willingness 10 violate the Constitutions knowingly and
deliberately upon pleas of Lrccedenis observation-disclosures
and lawful alternatives" But what is the fact Whilst
r Leigh was preaching up these excuses for violating
me Constitution the friends of Mr. Van Buren, were his
only opponents. They stood up, nanfuy for the obga-
lions OF The Constitution, in spite of panics develvpe-
mens and alternatives.
But, why am | defending Mr. Van Buren,? peo.
pie OF Virginia. Do we live, and move, and were
all our institutions established for the sole benefit
OF political aspirants; DO we send Reprcsentatiycs
to Richmond and 10 Washington, for the sole pur
pose OF leastug at our expense, and making Prcs-
dents wiz yon support public servants, who have de-
ned your viii, and who have attempted TO alarm YOU into
their party schemes, by crying usurpation - revo-
luton and "ruin who have spent whole winters
III 10 cOnEince.you, that General Jackson has
assumed powers preached up principles and committed
acts, (which would have any European monarch
ms head Will you tolerate n set of men, who after
all TINS Glamour ut the heels of President turn
round the next moment, and unblushingy tell YOU that
II all Tor the purpose of preventing you from electinr
MI. van Buren,, as your next President? And that TO
ehect ms defeat you must support Judge he who has
sustained the President in every act which they have
so loudly condemncd?
Fellow-czens Ii is light and business to elect
fresidcnts We not bound according to the
dictation of any Legislative Caucus When the time
comes, we can vote for White, Van Buren, whom we
please Ii we do not approve the Ticket of the Legisla-
1--WE Saucus any twenty of one to our own
hking-No Caucus can divest us of this right Beware
then how you permit aspiring Candidates and dsobedi-
eht servants TO divert your attention from the real
ons before you Will you sanction the proceedings of
the Senate of the United Sates-its alliance with
the Bank-its war upon the President and House of
Representatives and upon the rights of he States and
the prosperity of the people? What security is there
Tor State RtghSwhat ridiculous thing is State Sore
representatives! Iico men, treating with contempt,
ana thwarting the will of sovereign States for sr
gears Yet, 1t Is these men, their friends and allies
who have been damning Jackson, and all who support
him tor endangerng tile rights of the States and the
liberties of the pcope-People of Virgina You cannot
out surrenderng the right of Instruction. Are you ready
TO do that: Are you willing to be identified with the
faction in the Senate of the United Stales Your Soma.
Tors are acting IN concert with men who have set at
haught the Will OF cc States. The majority in your Ic-
gslaturc completely identified with the factious ma
Jory IN the Senate These the matters which we
nave TO consider in approaching election Let us
Vndicate our rights. Let every Democrat be at his
post Down with those faithless Representatives. who
have gone for eirpaTiy and against their peopie Down
with the substitutes of those who have skuked from the
chaStisement, which due them!
a DEMOCRAT IN EARNEST