Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-10-21
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REPUBLICAN ADDRESS.

TO TIE VOTERS OF C.8.uPBELL COu:FTr.
FrGLow.C lrlZEXs:-We are on the eve Of ell import
ant Election. On the first Monday in November ne1l'
the duty will devolyc upon you Of voting for the two
birhcst officers in our Government. 10 trcenen, this
cannot be a matter Of tritling import. You arr then 10
determine TO whose hands you will contide the dcstinies
of our beloved country for the next Tour years. lou
are then to determine, whether the Constitution shall
continue to be the rule and guide OF our political la'lh,
or whether the powers Of the General Government are
10 be extended or restricted by the mere Will OF lhe Elk
ecu,iyc and Legislative authorities. SUCH is the cha
roc,rr of the duly YOU are called upon 10 pcrturul-such
are the consequences involved in your decision. Gan
you hesitate as TO your course: Can you look upon the
contest with Il cold and heartless indifference: Inc
principlcs of the Republican party-that party winch
iriumphcd over the odious hcrcsics of Federalism IN
$500, which, during the late war, frustrated The designs
of the same faction TO place the country at the feet OF a
foreign enemy, and which, under the administration OF
our present Chief Magistrate, has been the means OF CIV:
inc 10 the country Il character for national welfare and
individual prosperity, u~ncqualled by any nation either IN
ancient or modern tImcs--the principles oil lhal party
are assuiIed-and will you not fly to the rescue! Your
f,tbcrs bpoucatLed to YOU a form of Government in
which the rights Of the States and the Liberties OF the
ucoplc were strictly guarded by a plain and simple Con-
sulution-WiIl you transmit that glorious inheritance
an inheritance from which you have derived SO many
bless;ngs-to your poslerity; untarnisllcd and unimPalr-
ed: or will you, by listening to the syrcn songs Of me
unprinciplcd leaders Of all unnatural Coalition: suffer
Yourselves 10 be Instrumental in despoilng that sacred
charter Of all that is valuable TO you as trermel-ni all
that rives stability and permanency 10 our happy Union;
These are questions which you must deciuc ny your
yotcs-and we bpseccll you, in the name OF our COM
mon country, TO pause and reflect upon the characters,
the prctensions, and the principles oil the Candidates
presented for your sufirages as proper guardians OF your
interests. your rights, and your liberties.
The Republican party have selected Martin van bu-
rem Of New York Us their candidate for the Presidency
and we hay no doubt, that if you will give TO his claims
an unbiased md impartial examination, you will agree
,Dith ua in saying, that the purity Of his character, his
exalted talents, and his sound Republican principles en-
title him to your confidence and support. MT. van nu'
rem has been a Republican from his infancy. Springlng
from 4 moor, but respectable family, unaidcd by the ma
nical influence of wealth, he struggled successfully with
The difficulties by which he was surrounded, and has r.
sen to the second Office IN the countFy-H "tms L?r
Which The a1islocracy, which cndeavored TO crush his
voulhrul energies, has never forgiven hlm-an arIst"cra-
CIV which still visits him with its hate and It's dcnuhcia-
tons. :..
c,pocjtv in 1912, and from that time 10 the present mo-
menl, he has been an undertaking supporter ot lie apc-
,riues of the Jeffersonian school-an advocate oi tHe
cause of the peoplc-a defender OF every Important IN
tcrcsl of his country. At every period OF the late war
he vas found among It's most strenuous suppor'e1s-urg-
inr upon the Legislature Of his native State tie aaop'
ton of the strongest and most energetic measures lof us
successful prosrculion-appealIng 10 inc paltlous" "'
,be neoule TO rally 10 the aid Of the Administrations
ao , Senator of the United States, he uniformly aclcd
fnyccut nm Il single occasion, when lettercd by iilslruc-
lions} with the Republican State Rights party III teS'st'
inr lhc exercise of power not delegated by tne Cohsu-
tutIon As vice ITeSluCHL, TIC huo S''NHN
ror,,nt measures of the Administration OF Gen. JACK;
fon an efficient support-and to him and his political
friends are tho Administration manly indebted il NS
success in destroying that potent engine OF c"tiuPuon'
ILr National Bank-an act, for which all the parties con,
earned deserve, and will receive, the lasting gratitude u
a peonle determined to be free. CoHlending ior a slic'
construction of the Constitutlon-opposed 10 inc eAei'
else of doubtful powers, as tending to destroy lhe "eSut'
FIJI symInrlry of our form OF Government, and as lead,
;nn f. entertainments upon the rights OF lhc olates ana
Of The pcople-he has, in every public station IN when
he has been placed, proved himself to DC a hePuphc""
in aclion-a Republican al heart. nat H. ) d on ".%
, nf the old Virginia School, is distinctly proved by Inc
G,,Inwinu extracts from a report made 10 the Legislature
of New York, written by himself: -, .
awe are advocates for the reserved rlghtso 'Nc 80 ~ -
o,d , str;d construction of the Constitution OF the u
c S,,tns" ..This mastery exposition oil the True princi'
= Mes Of the Constitution" (aIiuding to Madison $ lie
n prnr J \ snnd of the abuses which had been praclscd uh'
der il. contributed, more than any event. 10 tiut i" auE"i
change in the public sentiment OF me country, "nlcl
w,s ~consummaled by the election OF Mr.. Madison, ah'
has, from that day to the present, oeeh !ustiy ieg". TL,
&c Tho renuiue text. book of political orthodoxy. Inc
committee do, unhesltatlngly ana VIII : "NneaSn,;n,
q embrace this occasion to avow their dccluea aPPfoo"tn"
o or i,s doc,rines; and feel that they would NC "ahtlhE
: in gratitude and duty, if they were not 70 express theI
- coTviclion of the benefits which nave oeeh oe!l'cu y
;. ,b.ir in a,ence-of the extent 10 which III lneir opinio"
,Lo r,Ir,c ooerations of our political institutions are de
n nrndon, uuon the continued respect and confluence II
ihcm-as we'll as their ~unfeigned admiration OF tne un
!, sprpassed disinterestcdness and lnhexiple nueilty VIZ
=. which those doctrines nhFeJ utouS"
,ood report, been sustained by that truly palfio''c HE'LL
Der of the conlederacy.' .uos
C W. asl, YOU 10 examine his history Tor yourselves
J. pc ask YOU to subject his political course 10 the tcst Q
T" those principles sanctiied by the support oi oene!so
re- and Madison. and identified with the lame OF '1rg'h'aI1
and WE feel satisfied that you will be convinced ina ID
C nor,rai, we have here drawn of his public lie ana OPP
Mons is fully sustained BY facts, ana Una, .e contra a.
= osser iions of his enemies are foundea ellhet uPo. W
l. crosses, ignorance or the most wlIiul nisrepEeSch'auo
> To DESTROY your confidence in Mr.. van buren, 20
h,va heen told that he is, or has been, IN favor OF III
Rark Of the Tariff, of Internal improvements, OF Aor
&c Ii,ion. Of the Missouri restriction, and OF The extenso
,s n If Free NEGRO suffrage. And By whom have you bee
toId thai MI. Van Buren, is guilty of all these heresies
Nv n marty that numbers among It's. most active ieaGcr
The mos, efficient supporters OF every measure wH'
they have thus enumerated as objections 10 the ceh'
to craiic candidate. If Mr.. V. Buren, were guIily u tues
nolilical sins. the Wings, as a party, should nave 1e
the last to attempt to array them against MN. D NJ. y =
iy nropose to show you that on all these questions VIZ
he B.. has been misrepresentcd; and, LOT ina pIpos-, y"
beu YOUR deliberate attention TO the lac'S Whit" We '"1
do lay before you. ~ d,s,;,,,o of The sb
/ THE BAyK.-This charge is destitn'e u .c T ~
dow IF a foundation. When tue old Bank OF tne ~
ted States expired, Mr.. Van Buren, was MOI pun .L, wv
but when the stockholders attempted 10 otu s q J1 O.
o., from N. York, similar to that recently o[sineG ~ w
pennsrlvanja by the late Bank, he sustained UoV. VI"
- Inns in his efforts to defeat the PROJECT: In le'atIoh
,es Tho late Bank of the United States II Is 4 "el hhoT
on, toc, that lie was among its most decided opponenls' I
haI;sre, that Congress does not possess the power 10 CHA