Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-10-18

be made for Jackson's past services, his love of the
Union, his solemn constitutional obligations. nor on &C.
count OF the wild and ruiIOus course OF the South Caro-
lima leaders. You must not talk about The uncunslltu-
tlonal and disorganizing doctrines, nor the anti. kepub-
Iican measures Of The Modification Ordiuance-N No, ga
CHOICE OF evils, was 4 sacrifice OF PTtnctPteS. "frincl-
pies! State Rights princi ples!' was the cry.
And what was The course of The FedcraL leaders: For
once they became good Jackson men. They d'nnH,ncf"
the Nuliiirrs as IraitJrs, deserving the hnfrr, ar la: h"y"-
nd. They lnpcd tia, by the violence oil Soai!l Car"IIna'
the rrrsiGrnt would be driven int" The ranks III nHla
Federalism. in the general cGnrSe OF his administrations:
and according In Iii. Il invariAble custom ui embracing
every man. NJ mater wirt lie may lure hr"n. provided
ih"r"br. r!-y can see the slightest chance IL! rrTiving
their drc,rinrs aud measures, They hccair warm III their
IrrndIY professions towards The "mIhiaTy c!Ir"itain,
whom they had 80 lately aud loudly denounced. The
doctrines OF the Proclamation and Force E;l, were pro.
m"nncrd 10 he III '.in raul al Schn0l.'
Bn, whrn the drp0ST,S we're removed; when The Dnnk
was t"acird, and the Presidents manifest" against II pub
lisrd: The Federal lra,irrs saw, that though true TO The
Union, and decided against Notification. the cid hero
WAS equally true to Stale Rights, aud equally decided
against the ultra Federalism Of their good old school.
What followed; The widest extremes embraced each
other. The vrncratrd name of Wing was stolen 10 cover
past differences. The Bank, the Federallst ana The Nal
litirr, all jnircd fortunes under The banners OF modern
Whig1rry; and who has forgotten the prnic they created,
ana the loud and bitter anathcmas which they uttered
against the sold tyrant and ~usurprr": 1t would not d"
Ia plead the misdccds of the Bank, lis violations OF lis
N''IV l lS w hpl N"t W. Pbl '"~lII' :. ~
powers. and dangerous tendencies. No. There must be
no choice IF evils. "UmqualIicd and uncOmpromislng
opposition 10 tho powers assumed, and the PriarLp'es N
volvrd. in the removal of the drp0shs and the Protest.
"Down with the tyrant, his galley slaves anu collar
men! was the war.Cry.
How next, hGncst reader? On The S0uh side. they
pledged themselves for Lrigh for The Presidency. But IN
4 few months they. ~uupLcdgrd threw Leigh overheard, and
drove i bargain with the White CuncnS IF rirrcn Can
grcss men; and Hngh L. wife. till then, 4 lho'ough-go-
Ing Jackson 'collar.man," who had approved the roc
lainatinn. tn. Force Bill, the removal of the D?pnsites,
and Tie pr"irst, was exactly The ma" for the nryL rEc5!.
dcucy! "WhIle against the field, - was the pledge. To
cover Inconsistencies, another pAnic vas raised. The
Abnlilionisls of the North, were warning against ilr
Son,a. Van Buren, was 4 .iOrhcrn m"n: Call HIM an
g AbU!itiomiSi; no matter whether lie b. guilty or lnn1'
" cent: -chargo him with AbDlitiDniSm al all events, and
I" proclaim it from Dan to Brefshtba. The Southern
% people are tender and suspicious upon the subject OF
g slavery. The nakcd chdrgc will kill him. The peo-
6 pie being ignorant. will n"t stop to empire int" the
g truth or iaisrhnGd of the charge. Tl"y will lean to
:" The side of their jealousies aud suspicious. White is
:: Il SDluhtrR man, and Il Slatc.h0thr. Under his nanIc,
6 We shall split up The Jackson party. UhHc is our man.
Accordingly they pledged themselves 10 linn. Many hi
them rode into the Legislature np0n hiS plcdgc, loudly
charging their opponents with ~noH-cOmmntal. lhns
elected and thus pledged, they framed 4 Uh!e Ticket,
appointed HhiC Committees, and at our last elections,
rlrctionrercd under the Uhite trg.
How now; Wig Il little Caucus over the Mountains.
and about 4 dozen leaders about Richmond, III the teeth
Of ali fo,,nrr professions and pied yes, have again. upon
the very eve OF the election, half. yea, almost wholly ~
piedgnd themselves. their Electors, their Committees,
aud lnrir followers; and Harrison. The fcdcraIisl, whoi 1t
is said removed from Virginia on account of his h"stIlt-
~ Lu slavery, an cmanci pati0niSt by The General Govern
mrnt, is made Il jpint.partner with White, and is now
ioDkcd upon rs TIE nc:t President, by these principle
preaching Wing leaders. Ask them where ire their
principles, and where their former ptrdgcS. And they
answer. 'tCiive Us White, Harrison: or The Devil. rather
g than Van Buren,. lie is an unprincipIed p'I'tician-
q is anything, everything Or nothing, according to h!soWn
[. .--. H. .. .al.,,'. I..yyy,, - Nntpr'
If you can follow such leaders as these, then, indeed
you must be i mar. hatcr, 4 man. worshippcr, and 4 tame
tool Of the most unscrupnlous imtriguerS, the most I'M
pudent dictafOrs, and the most unblushing dcceIrcrS: that
ever tried to inislead 4 free people. In the name oil
truth and Justice, when was Martin Van Buren, ever
guilty of such an unprincipled course, as Is here truIy
depicted;
State Rights Wings! View the ground you occupy
See what company you are IN Cninc out from an'""s3'
them! There is moi one single Stale Rights principle
which you can hope 10 see carried ont by the modern
Wing party, or by any President coming into pn"er un-
der the auspices of that party. The Republicans oi the
North and the South must unite, or ultra Federalism Will
be triumphant. Martin Van Buren, is our man. Years
ago, he may have erred upon one or two questions; but
his errors were the errors Of the people whom he served.
lie may proudly challenge n comparison between his
sins and those of his enemies, who are TO triumph: II he
be defeated. The charges uttered against him, are STAN
drrS. he is the only candidate before the people, who
has conducted himself in 4 manner becoming an aspIrant
TO the highest office Within the gift OF a free and in'eiIl'
gent Ithpic- lJpDh II INC CpItSc vi Io
lravcrsing the Union, and elsctionccring in the most
grovclling manner-Whitc maniitsting his past hypo-
crisy and present reCchcry-llarrson making n Sh"c oil
his palpable ioolishEcss, rs well as his indecent carer
ness for office. Not 50 with Van lurcn. No candidate
ever manifested more implicit reliance upon the justice
and intelligence Of the people. And y'n may r1nsack
the annals of the Contederacy, and you Will Ind, that
no candidate for the Presidency has ever c 'n!nIitrd HIM
self more fully, upon the important questions iaY"Ivrd 10
his election, than has Mr.. Van Buren,. He Is cmplaltca!-
" he Republican andida,c-agains the Bank, against
Inc .Ahulilionists, against The National Internal Improve
nenl system-agaInst the D!*rRIErriTE. ~SgStem-in
other words, against keeping up Il high tariff, TO raise
money out nf the people Tor GiStribHton. or for any other
purpose. than 10 iniiil the constitutional wants "t Tie
Government. economically administered. lie Is against
monopolies, and for returning the currency, SO Us |"
render both the government and the people less depend
el upon Banks. These are questions which must hr
acted upon during the next administration. Van Buren,
is will us; and unless we are ready to abandon our long
cherished principles, we mast 90 for him.
FRIEND TO VAN BUREN,,
Beeuusc Il Friend 10 Mc S0uh and The tni0n.
C0M-NUNIC7TED
HALIFAX MEETING.