Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-10-07

thing short OF positive madness would suggest revival
Of the Tariff, and the consequent accumulation of useless
millions, unless Internal improvements were also reviv
ca, which Mr. CGy says (and says lFuy) Gen Jackson
has cr"sacd and that too with the full appreciation OF
Alr. an Buren,. Is it not arcca to hear the warm
friends Of Clay and Adams object Van Buren, for these
| reasons?
He IS charged ,riM being Il Bark n7an-This ion ;s
not only destitute of foundation, but has not even tie
semblance vi Justice to suslin it, To prove this t.arrr
you have been told in Address lately from the Con-
trail Wing Committee, tina, !c invited li, President AMI
Directors Of thu United States Bank to csabs, branch
al A!hany' lie merchants OF Albany held m,ce;im,
all" adopted memorial I'M the subject, We insert ali
t." the above mentioned letter I:srtt which has any rr
l!oh 10 the qaeSon. that you may form IN estimate u
INC foundation fnr charges made ,rnSt this much abus.
ca man In the very letter relied on 10 sustain Tic
charge, he took Tie precaution ~ state hs opposition
banks )!
"AtJany Jniy 17h, 1926
't the instance ola highly respectable portion of The
good people Of this city, have signed, and now Trans
n The encInsrd (al!udng |" ;i:c mcnorial) PERSONAL
IT, iaetcr harc dcSirr conncuun 10Th banhs and
the sole "hrcl Of my agency is 10 crafty the wishes OF
our citizens: and to promote the interests of the city
NJ VAN buren,"
lie remainder Of The letter refers simply to the cha
racLrT i The merchants and the business Of the city
inc bank was chartered in lSl6, with power to
iab'ist branches. Mr.. Jefferson letter in behalf
OF branch al Lynchhnrg Philip p. Barbour in behalf
OF Fredericksburg, and other distinguished men, known
To be opposed 10 The bank for branches at other pa
ces IL must DC desperate which requires such
means tn sustain it.
| In the suppressed letter to Sherrod Williams, above
alluded TO, his views The subject Of the Bank
pressed in clear and powerful manner; The limits of
this Address forbid our giving long extracts In relation
TO the power Of Congress TO establish Bank undcr eng
circumstances he says my objection on the contrary.
erect corporations cithim the Suites. 1t objection
which nothing short OF I'LL amendment can remove"
he then goes on 10 express his DESIRE that the people
should be fully informed Of the precise ground" he
a
Bank under any circumstances, they may express it, by
voting against him. lie says afterwards lie wishes it
10 be fully understood that he is decidedly opposed
to the creation Of any such institution in the District Of
Columbian harrison, the contrary, has been always
Bank man, all other FcderaIlsrs are and in u late
publication acknowledges the power of Congress
the subject.
UejS rharg;d 9th b,nr an 7LOionist This subject
we think, must BE- exhausted, but know from past
experience that the voice Of truth and Justice is unlre
cd IN the excitement OF party conflicts, will give
passing notice. His opinions the restriction ri slavery
i'll Missouri, and tho regulation Of the right OF suras
in New York. each between - and 20 years AFRO:
urged against him. The Missouri. question in lis day
produced much excitement hat then settled tv
compromise fixing the boundary between The shareholder
and The aveolarr; that compromise held sacred
by every gnpd citizen, pros ed by the admission ct
the State u Arkansas into the Union at the last srSsn
when The terms OF that settlement were respected lis
true, that an Aboonist, an enemy of Van Buren,, pro-
posed to dIsrc gard IT, and Nucr joccd al the pros
pee, OF agitation; but it had effect His vote in New
urk drG.cd the priricgcS of the free negro instead Of
extending them, it fixed the qualification of voting
at the possession of ancHcWmbcred freehold :r0!M
$50, standard which few, il any would ever atnin.-
They then voted not only in every nonsaye-loiing
State but in North Carolina, and Tennessee, tO0 Bu
il his there had not been much against
the free negro it has application to the present sub
ject neither Congress the Prc"dent has any th:
10 do with The gii Of suffrage in the State governments
You have doubt seen his public written declaration,
to wit, IL do not what authority the General Go
vc-nmcn could interfere Gin the States with The slave
qu,stcn( without Il change Of the Constitution,
i. the instance Of either Cj MI Of the savrhoding
States. Iou have seen his written pledge that if elect
cd hC would gHInu The presidential chair The infcIihe
aud u"cDmp0mjstng opponent # anyncmpt, on The part
Of Congress, to abolish sa"r.y ~ the District OF Column:
5;a against the wishes Of the slave holding States.
But what ought to satisfy lis most violent op?onen',
Il. the le o. Congress- when the vote OF the Sc
balanced i for and IL against bill framed by
MIR. Calhoun for the express purpose o! crushing The
AbDlitivSs, and giving rrPoSc and safety to The South
| lie gave the casting vote III favour OF the bill. Thn5
taking himself the responsibility Of denying to the
Ab,!onsts the Of the public mail; for, tie bill Pro-
vdsd that every postmaster should be removed from OIL
flee WHO should knowingly receive or deliver an lnce:-
! diary .,u,,s,'v ii Mr. Van Burcn had wished pre-
text vote with the Abollonists he might have done
SO WITH sncty as Mr. Clay Mr. Leigh and others, voted
against the bill: protesting to think il unconstitutional,
but his desire to put down the AboloniS!s ovcrcnnc
every difficulty.
tic is cailcd Tic Caucus cGndiIntc.-The Wings mast
surely tiuk that tie at: for holding caucus"s or
conventions, belongs 10 them. Ihclr two last cal!l-
| dates in this county were brought out by Caucus
Our Wing representative in Congress nominated by
caucus in Richmond. Judge White has been "Gr0"cht
cat before the American people, numbering about 10:
teen millions by caucus composed OF eleven 'c'he:s
of Congress whilst Mr.. Van Buren has been nc'n
mated By convention of delegates amounting to four or
FIVE hundred, sent from nearly every State IN the Cn"n
1Uihcr objection 10 him stut lie iSa candidate by Pre-
sidcnliat Gcntion-rS nducedto suppose icnIn
the great stress laid on il in their resolutions adopted at
late meeting, mast be tic main reliance. That Jackson
has dictated his succrssor-dcatcd to the free pHpc {"
this country the vote they to We III the Gaming eec
ton For spurn The charge as untrue; anu
trust that is equally untrue regards you Here is
evidence among much else that might he adduccd 10
prove the low estimate which placed on the intelligence
and integrity Vi the great body Of people BY the hS
And can be true fellow. ctzr MS that yoC the mum
bic passive slaves Of Andrew Jackson-Iat you cc no
ether impulse but the dictates OF his wiI:-llaYc you
lamcly submitted 10 executive dc,aon:lS It true that
there docs not exist in your bosDus lingering spark
o., that indcpc ntence, which distinguished and i'm
moral!zc, our ancestors We will not hesitate to
answer for you promptly as for ourselves II Is
n ISLANDER on the whole people. We believe yo1
wonld not submit 10 the d;claton OF Washington
himself were he living, and should attempt IT, 1t
is libel on our venerable President, to say Thai re
has attempted it, The claims Of Mr. Van Buren, are sui
ficici,y strong and plain /" us all They do rn; re-
que the supporting of the President, although we
are glad TO believe he has ms confidence bGt lnis
charge though it might he passed over as an insult 10
our whole party: shall be examined as lar as we can "
dprsland its iniudatipn Ii is, in TRUTH one o. Tie many
charges without any foundation letter 10 r' "%'hh
Of Nashville is said to contain the proof-slrnPy from
the fact that he expresses lis appreciation OF the plan oil
consul!ing which about TO b. executed al Baltiihn!r
We insert extracts from the letter. showing the ahSnT;
ty of referring to thai; for he does not even say lie Is ~
favor of Van Burcn-and Il he had done So wr cannot
see what mighty sin there would be in that simple uecla
ration. :,
A Whig editor had been arguing that IN" iFcs'rn'
wouId be IN favor Of Whites election. Not having He
carcd himself III favor of any individual he thus writes
osryrd in the Nashville Republican Of the lbih
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