Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-10-18
p0EHFEGAE.
from The Winchester Trginian.)

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FREDERICK DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
At 4 meeting of the Corresponding Committee Of the
friends of Nh. Van Buren,. in Frederick, county. held on
the Sd met. Henry W. Baker. Esq was called to the
Chuir. and William Wood appointed Secretary.
On motion of james NJ. Mason, ESQ the, following
Address, prepared BY the Committee heretofore appoint
ed, TO the voters of Frederick couRty, was read, and Or
dercd that 500 copies bc printed and circulated.
10 The Democratic Eotrs Of Frederick county.
CiTiZESs-An important Ura in The history
n: cir country is fast approaching. On the first Monday
in November next, you will be called upon TO exercise
the highest rights attached to the elective franchisc.-
The two most elevated officers .! the General Govern
menta are 10 be CHOSEN by the sufraHes Of the people.
These high trusts are about to return TO the source from
whence they erIaaated, 10 be again delegated 10 othetst
In our Federative system, this is It's grand popular iea'
ture. In the election of their Chief MaGistrale' me peo-
pie hold the nower of moulding materially the action OF
The General Government for The period OF the Preslden-
tal term. The impress Of the sentiments of this popular
branch of the Government, upon the measures ana pollty
of the country, il. as ii should he, deep and abiding. The
annual recommendation 70 Congress ofproper matters OF
legislation-the powe- 20 arrest legislation by the veto
the nomination 10 ali the most important Offices ct the
Governments the regulation Of the diplomatic inter
course with foreign natinns-ih" control Of the army and
naYy-i,.e pawPr 10 giant Tcprieres aud pardoDS, and The
duty to see the laws faithfully exccuted-the .eoHStitu-
:ional powers, with Numerous others ancll!ary thereto,
and sanctioned by usage from the earliest day OF our his
tory, disp.ay low a.eat Vac :hc confidence Of the fra
n.ers of the Constitution, in The wisdom and virtue OF
the people, whose officer that Chief Magistrate empha'
:tcally is.
To most o. TIC. fellow. citizens, it is not material by
what name the ind:vidual is distinguished wno may ex-
sercise the functions o! chief .DagiStracy; nor is it more
important from which member Of the con!edctacy, from
which one Of the sis;rrLiood oi States, lie may.6e &C.
lected. The great question, the paramount considora-
ton, is, what will probably be the measures of his adj
ministra,ion-and has be the high mora. rirlse, and the
intellectual energy, which Will airrn the exalted station
he fills, and abide the scrutiny and observation of the
world:
The measures Of The Administration of President sack.
son, now drawing to Il close, arc familiar to us all. From
that period in the history OF this Administration, when
a serious attempt was made to embarrass its measures
BY one of the members Of tie ConIeGeracy, in refusing
TO permit the rcrenae laws 10 be executed within her
limits, up to the present moment, 4 violent party war
fare has been waged. The dire scenes which smote
with horror the heart of every patriot, when the Stnte
OF S. Carolina was inadiy shooting from lis sphere, and
disturbing the delicate balance of the Union ure rcmem-
bered by us all. The stu! darker shades which we're
spread over the hole country by an overshadowing
monopoly, sustained ay L trilmvirate sucn as Rome ne
ser saw, are equally familiar. The panic ara will live
forever. "This is the house of mourning" was written
on the walls Of your strongest financial Stale lnsti-
tutions and it seemed rs il your country was about to
be sold 10 the highest bidder by Il monicd monopoly
On the page OF history tie warfare Carried on by this
monstrous monopoly against the government, whose
creature it was, will be written out in broad and living
outlines. 1t will be seen how well nigh it had wound
within its tortuous but ample folds, every interest dear
TO I'm American citizen. To have met and overcome
these two crises, hat keen the fortune Of this Admins.
aralion.
Nor much less difficult was the adjustment Of our diff:
ferences with the French nation. So energetic, so conci-
}iatory, SO consunnna:c, wOe the policy Of The govern
nent IN Tins mater, mat the Opposition press, with one
ortwo melancholy exceptions, Joined in the pe neral need
of appreciation. The limits OF this address will not per.
NIT us farther 10 advert TO the policy and measures Of
the late Administration Of President Jackson. The nal.
my state Of prosperity prevailing over TIE whol, land
is the best commentary on ibis subject. To the prndeni
and safe counsels AID 10 the invlncihle and inJomi,abl.
spirit of President Jackson, we owe much Of all dis
prosperity. To say even thus much of him, will be cha.
racterized by our opponents as idolatry. But they are
yet to explain the policy, or the profit Of worshippins
che setting sun.
Intimately identified with this Administration in ak lis
prominent measures, was .nurtin Pan R,srSa, the present
Vice President. Called from the gubcrnatorial chair Of n.
York, to Inc department CT state, by President Jackson, he
conse aGcnt,y became his official adviser. Having been,
Therefore, elected governor Of the !s,ost populous State in
theUnion, he occupied no small space in the public eve.
From humble. life, without the aid Of wealth or family
influence, he has passed through 4 greater Number of the
highest official stations of The nation, than any other in.
diyidual since the Revolution. IN al Of these, he has
sustained himself with 4 modest characteristic propri-
ETY., with that republican simplicity which disdains
20 use the high Offices oi' the country for the purpose
of personal scenic exhibition. Dependent on his own
personal merits and exertions. for future success and
promotion, he had studied deeply, the principles of
human nature, and laid up that stock of good sense
and good temper, which is The indispensable ~eualiGca-
ton of IN American statesman; and which, though of
the simplest elements, must appear a species OF magic
70 such individuals as are devoid of either lmbued in
sbe most democratical principles, Mr. Van Buren, his