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The 9TH No. ofthr Enanirrr', " Vim,
the ka'ncon' is devoted 10 the establishmc, =,
the propositions, lst, that Cen Harrison is al.
tiibutionist IDLY, thar he is against \ rod.
of the Iar, though this point i, but seh,l, ,o..
ed upon; and Billy, that he i, a National Banl
lie demands upon our columns this morning Vim
compel us to be very brief in our remark, .,.Y
each Of these heads
ETH-Wr admit that Gen. lIarrson i, !, r
vor of distributing Whatever Surplus Rcyenrc NJ.
accumulate in tho treasury; while we AZ no<;,.
" deny that he, or any other man in hi, .e,...
advocates the adoption of "A policy the ,en,,r,,
OF which i, 10 produce this accumulation. Non.
l'lc'an in the United States has ever in,;o,,.1
IN the rrmoirsi manner, his desire to rai,e n,or.
tor the purpose of distributions the whole ,Yon,
o. the Wing doctrine ~ that, if the receipts Of III.
treasury shall accumulate beyond the econom;,.l
wants of The government the Surplus shall ro l..
permitted to lie idle in the hand, of the treasure,
or be permitted to he wrldcd for purposes Of co,.
rnp,ion, or be expended in projects more mi ,cb;.,
Gus and dangerous even than its prohiga,c c1Ir,.
durc would be. And this was the doctr,o. =
Gen. Jackson until within few months nae,
as II was OF Thomas Jefferson before him-,. -.
might show, iii we had room for ex,rsr,s IN.
morn'ng,) by quotations from the Annual Mcxs,.
ges of both TO Congress How is it, then, tina,
what was right and orthodox in Jackson and I.t
irrson, is an error and hcrcsy in Gen. Harrison,
Why do the 3" Democracy" thus change their patL
to suit the caprIcious opinions Of their new Amos,
lie Even Marin Van Bnrcn saws thar /, ~.
AT one time in favor of an annual distribution or,
surplus among the S,acs. " Inv las he chauc,J
his opinion Simply because Gen ack,on 81,
him the cxamp'c-and rs it is "elor, rnonyh IA.
him TO serve under sucl, n chief" why it follow,
that h" rs content t" Yield his conscience and Ii,
judgment to the control of his master And wiz
did Gen. Jackson change his opinion1 We dew
any man 10 assign any plausible reason for his r.
nireta'ion OF a measure urged upon Congress VII,
warmth and decision, save thu di>rracrtiI nm,
t'iat, in order TO d. lea, Mr. CLAY, Land Bill !.
orcam" necessary to assail The principle Of di>t
button, ~ unconstitutional in lis character and prt.
nicinus in lis tendency. Persanoi enmfy to I'm
l'ns'rlnus Kentucky Statesman, whom Gen. Jack
son hates with AN ntrnsit, lropuriiunae 10 Ii,
wanton injuries h" has sonehi - inGi., ulmn hu,
wrought 'h's wonderful revolution of opinion on
great question of State poieg-and it h,haov,
the people 10 say whether ,lie> ar,.u Hing ia ii,
measures Of thcir government shall be SHAPED
suit the private amin, stiles If its Es, tuti,r h..
Nor Is II difficult To defend HE wisdom of III. D
trlbn,l"n n"licy, if HAT wrrr necessary. II -.
ply attcs'ed by the wonderful rnaninrv
which, L drfan = n PARTY assocaians, omnipo
in all ID ms beside, it was sanctioned BY the la
C"ngr' s.. The more saracious and bones, mer.
hcrs even Of tho Van Buren, party saw clearly III.
1t was the only door of escape lrom universal pry
llgacy and comprehensive onl, mean, by Wind
the nation could be saved from c,,rayacam appn
prIa''onS in behalf of works of lncal improyrmn
or, shH rorse, in helling our Atlantic and INLAND
frontiers with Notifications, useless for purpocs
defence, and pcrilons in creating The ncce,st, 70,
an ov"f"he'm'n' standing army and an immrra
military establishment, which, while it would Or,1
rate as continual drain upon the treasury. wonI
ultimately prove fatal to the liberties Of the Ns
pie. Yes : Gen. Harrison is Distributions, and
so IS Judge Nhitc-and so ,rsre Cen .Jackv
ana Martin Van Buren,, until personal hostiip y,
Mr.. Clay converted the former. and a strd.
obedience the latter, into its bitter enemies
Choose ye between them
Sreondfy-Wc do not know where the EInd
o. the Enquirer learned that Gen. Harrison Vi
not ala proper time, sanction the reduction
impost duties Atprcscnt, the Souib itself ,hou
not press reduction, in the teeth of the Compr
mise Act, which, in 1882, was ratified by the AZ
q"'escence ofall parties, rs the permanent Wt
ment Of the Tari(l'ques,ion for ten wears, e,csI
Its farther modification should generally be aar'
ed TO. The very men who are uroinc a rrJut
ton Of the Tariff do So however, with full b,6
that no such reduction can be c(I,c,.d and sole
win view to cosri popularity by re -mounlin.
old hobby which has more than once served the "a
tactions purposes. Nor can we believe that
sober and rational man desires to open again
y fountain OF bitter waters" by uuscins
terms OF the Compromise Act. & involving usao
IN strife ofseclional and professional interest,"
tie Is AN enemy to his country who does and m'
than this, he is a wiliul yioa,or of the pledged
oil tie parties IN the Compromise. But We
told by " i. r." that he did not agree 10 i'
Compromise, and therefore thai it is not bind
on hlm vidnally-ind A, B, c and D ~
say the same thing ofcvcry law which is rn'df