Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-19
To the Hon. TmoNAs II. DrSros. correspondence

p. X. LAURENCE,
j. b. PLAUCIIE,
To the Hon. THOMAS H. BrXrox
NLw ORLEANS, April IS 1895
GenHe'nen;-Thc most esteemed invitation, of which
you have been the organ accept public dinner from
the Democratic citizens of New Orleans, has been din.
y received. and commands the expression of my most
respectful thanks both for the honor which is done me
and the attcring manner in which il has been commu-
nicatcd. Nothing could be more agreeable 10 my feel.
ngs than to meet political friends of this great and
growing city in the way which is proposed but the ac-
ceptancc OF such honor would be compatible with
the humble and individual views with which have vi
sed your city, and which require my visit TO he unac.
companed by any circumstance which could cause those
views to be misunderstood.
The political events through which we have passcd
and to which you have referred with much natcring
appreciation of the part which have acted have indeed
been momcntous and have severely tested thu. firm
ness and patriotism, not only of public men, but of tc
whole community Many good citizens have been de-
cpivcd and nised by the bold and spccions
of the Bank and its friends but the time for deception
has passed away; and with the recovery Of its pros-
pery, the country has also the calm and de-
noeI@le exercise OF ITS Judgment and p.oM most dis
tncily VINO were the 2S5loi the RLiLil nv Pressure
which lately atlliatcT and alarmed the country TLf
Bal Tie United States and the Senate Of the United
StatCs stand convicted in public estimation nj
all the mischief resulting from that irightf period II q
Bank account of its wanon and wicked pressure for
money and arrangement of exchanges, the Senate
by its cries of revolution and lis unparalleled and uniust
fable proceedings against President Jackson The Issue
OF the elections has pronounced these results and wouI
the Bank and the Senate their
faults and rcrace their steps But these powers do not
acknowledge the will ofc people, they do not submit 10
the verdict OF popular elections The Bank is still i'm the
political field with all its forces and now looks or ,l,
victory in the r. csdcntal election, and fo that renewed
charter, from divided Democracy and foul election
in the House Of Representatives. which il has been una.
bic to achieve in the open field and against our united
ranks The Senate still retains upon its Journal that
sentence of condemnation which the pcope have revrrs
ed and which te public voice requires be orDnn0ed
from That page on which IL should have been pac-
cd and where IL will constitute the triumph of the Bank
and the humiliation of the country, until it is removed
The issue OF the elections have declared the will of the
people, and should terminate their with the great
monIcd deSpo but that contest is not tcrnnnaed its
form only varied and the struggle is to continue as
urGuousiy as eyer The tiger crouches before lie leaps
upon his prey and II is the part of the tiger which the
bank is now acting: 1t has lowered its head for The lean
Fo!ed In an open attempt 10 seize upon the
and to administer il through lis pensioners il now Ina
recourse To fraud and deceit TO compass the design which
force and audacity could accom- sh Repulsed in the
attempt to control the elections and cxtort char
ter from the sulcrings and alarms of the people it now
substitutes The soft arts of seduction for the rude arms
OF oppression and terror, and lavishes millions upon
inc same community which few months ago it was
grinding INFO dust. Far from giving up the pursuit
OF new charter, it does mean TO dissolve
Itself at the expiration of the present one Fifteen
million ui loans thrown in Il few months r,aoy nj
them to beyond the period of It's LEGAL cxistence
multiplied editions of the absolvne report OF the Senaes
committee; inexorabe persecution through all lis organs
against the prominent candidate OF the democratic party
such are iew OF the signs which the
ton OF all rejecting men, and convince them that The
contest has not ceased but has only varied its form aud
become more dangerous because less Obvious and
c Presidential election is to be transferred from the bal
lot boxes OF the people TO the intriguing and barganng
JoT"n OF the H. OF Representatives Under these circun.
stances 1t becomes imperative the democracy of The
Union to stand on their guard, and to meet these new
attempts "io ditdc and conquer" with unanity which
cannot be divided and iirmncss which cannot be con.
Puered The convention of popular delegates at Balti.
more clothed with authority TO speak for the democra-
cy in all parts of the Union and qualified by The emitted
intelligence To indicate tile choice of the majority fnr-
nshcs the means, and the only means of countclcton
and OF safety The rancour and perseverance, with which
The whole body Of the open and secret friends of the
bank attack that conventions the proof and the test
OF IT'S nGispcnsaby to us. and when il shall have ac.
complishcd its task and declared the candidates which
majority prefer, trust those candidates will be sup
ported by the Democracy of the entire Union and tat
no obirusye gift Of Trojan Horse conducted by bank
grooms VIII be suffered TO penetrate our camp through
any breach which can be made in the wall
With the greatest respect gentlemen, have the no.
nor to be, your most Obedient servant
THOMAS III. BENTON
Mcssrs Martin Gordon, sr., NJ. Lcfebvrc b. Marigny
J W. Brecdiovc, J. Il. Labatut. Mlunsel White r. K
Laurence, }. II. Holland J. B. Plauche