Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-05-08
he revived FEDERAL party 80 far .Ianscend. an that was

t.The hOTToTs OF the T rehcb NFvUIUEIUH, V" HFH6"sf
aided them mainly, and using that as a raw.heaua"ur
bloody bones, they were enabled by their stra'agems VI
X, Y, q, their tales of tub pots, ocean mas'aeles'
bloody buoys, &c to spread alarm into oil ot !. :.
est breasts. These transactions, now I SS,h;nu
dreams Of the night, we've then sad reaii.es' a"u n N"alJ
rescued us from their lberticidf effect, nut Tue 'y'G0
ing opposition of those firm spirits VINO s.e'"'y "a"
tanned their posts in defiance OF terror
The usurpalinns and violations OF the consA'u.ou t'aa
ne,;od and their naiori,ies in both Houses ut Congress
fy.re az orent. so decided, and 80 daring, that, alter com
hating their expressions, inch by inch, wi'nou' Ve'ns
uble in the least TO check their career, ~ hepuunoan
leaders thoushtit would be best for them TO give up 'heir
pspless efforts there, 60 home, get into their respective
Legislatures, embody whatever OF resistance they couiu
no formed into. and if Intellectual, to perish there as IN the
last ditch. All, therefore, retired, leaving Mr.. Ga'!atin
alone in the II. Of Representatives, and myself IN the Be-
nate, wher | then presided as Vice President Remaining
a,our posts, and bidding defiance TO the browbeatings ana
insults by which they endeavored 10 drive US OH also,
we kept The mass Of Republicans in phalanS together'
until the Legislatures could be brought up 10 the charge;
und nothing on earth was more certain, Than II ihyseiI
particularly, placed by my office of Vice rresisent al
the head of the Republicans, had gwen way anu ~"
drawn from my post, the Republicans Throughout ~
Union would have given up in despair, and the cause
would have been lost for ever. BY holding on we 90
tanned time for the State Legislature, to come W WIN
their weight; and those Of virginia amu hhs s ,hs;r c pn.
ticulurly, but more especially the former, oy 'neil ceie'
bra,ed resolutions, saved the Constitution a. lis last gasp.
No person who was not,a witness OF le scenes OF .ne'
gloomy period, can form an idea OF Inc aliicuhg Pe,se'
cutl0nS ana DeISOudl luutSHitN
saved our country however. The spirits OF the Seople
were so much subdued and reduced to despair, that they
could have sunk into apathy and monarchy, as the only
form Of Government which could maintain itsell
Such, Mr.. President, was the terrorism with when the
Federal party surrounded itself forty years ago; such It's
mode of action then, and such lis manner OF ac'itS on
the public mind now. The Presidential election OF in'o
was carried BY error, extracted from the french ne
yoIuion; the election Of 1900 came within three vo'es
of being carried by the same means. The second eisc
ton OF Mr Jefferson Frustrated feoeransm-s sen. II nv
a state of hybernation far North, and with It The mytho
logical deity of its worship, and the whole machinery
of terror and alarm. The appearance OF General JACK
son, at the head of the list of Presidential candidates, In
the winter of lS24-25, and the events OF the election OF
President at that time By the House Of representatives,
revived the two primitive political par,ies-,he Repub'
can and the Federal-and with the latter, its distinctive
passion for terror, alarm, and panic. From thht DAY 10
the present, a succession of alarms has ughated Inc pup
lie mind. Raw heads and bloody bones have stalked IN
solemn procession over the public stage. FIRST, IL was
q military chiefiain, who was 10 put an END 10 Tue ne
public at once, with the sword. linen congress was &c
be turned out Of doors, neck and heels. Then lie llner'
" of speech was to be put down-to be suppressed oy
main force: afterwards it was to be choked down by cor
ruption. Then came a fright about pockei!ng bills
General Jackson did not return the land bill, which was
sent to him TOO late 10 be returned; and, thereupon, all
bills were TO be ~pocketed, and all Federal legislation des
iroyed. After that, we had the Maysville Road bill veto
alarm; and such was the effect of this fright Tor some
months, tina, many good people believed that there was
going to he a general destruction of all roads, and that
all travelling would be reduced to s~cramhi'ng through
the woods, camping out at night, and swimming creeks
and rivers like offers. Quick upon the heels Of this
fright, came the National Bank bill veto alarm. Then
there was no mistake. Destruction had arrived. Ma
tional wo had arrived. The price Of all produce and
property was TO sink TO nothing; every man ) estate was
TO perish on his hands; black desolaticn was 10 sill upon the
land. From the contemplation Of This ruin, the nation
was suddenly reused up to the appatilion Of the French
war. For three months, this spectre OF a French war
kept its place on the public stage, to the extreme irrIta
tion of the nervous system of aged ladies', and with vast
-a.Ay ~ -, and manor n n npapa nplp.tp2 -
The arrival OF the gold iademnitleS put an end to The
fantasies of this poor specific. These brief and warn.
Gus little panics were preludes TO the great one-the de-
posite removal panic of 1854 This was a panic IN
deed, not only great in itself, but the prolific parent of a
progeny Of %subaliern alarms. Orators here, and bank
screw elsewhere, worked up the nation to a Puroxysm OF
CONSERVATION. Great was the terror excited, and great
the mischief inflicted. For six months, this chamber
was the laboratory of alarm; the distress Gag flying, The
tocsin beating, and the alarm guns firing; all the while
the Bank of The United States turning the screws on
her debtors, to the sound Of our music, and, with each
scream Of its suffering victims, eXul:ingly demanding II
the distress had not arrived?
The revolution without bloodshed-thc expulsion Of
this body from its chamber by a military force-and the
Protest, which was to wipe out the Cons,itut'on-were
among the prominent scenes Of that magnificent panic
The revolution was, in itself, a curiosity. II began in
the middle. carried i;selfon without bioodshed, and end.
ed without a catastrophe. That ithas ended, myself
do know. know it of my own knowledge, and can
tell you how. You remember, Sir, we were then inform
ed that, in revolutions, there were no Sabbaths. Now,
l have seen Sabbaths since that time myself. | have
seen the people at church, worshipping, and keeping the
Sabbath. This is concl usive it / proof incontestihle
that the revolution has ended. Bioodless, we know it to
have been. Without a catastrophe we know it was
There was no list of killed and wounded; but there were
some crippled and lamed-a certain catalogue of Presl.
dental candidates, architects of panic, were gravelled
on that occasion. They became what ''safe and solid spe-
Gle. paying" bank notes are in the Treasury-an unacaIa.
dc fund, They ended with finding themselves horS du
combat; not horses of combat, as a worthy friend OF mine
~ ~ n,l shnt rnn nhracn hnt ahlpH
animals, Withdrawn from the turf, tied up TO the rack,
solitary and alone, to digest their provender at their lei
sure.
The Senate expulsion panic, Though severe at the time.
is hardly 10 be regretted, on account Of the noble spirit
which it caused 10 be developed in this body. When the
first tidings arrived of General Jackson's design to ex.
pei the Senate by force of arms, then was seen what
stuff our hearts were made Of incontinentiy patriotic
Indignation rose 10 the highest pitch, and courageous re
solutions exhibited themselves IN daring forms. Some
proposed TO go forth, and bravely meet the advancing
danger. Others preferred 10 arm the doorkeeper, The
nesse agers, and the boys with sticks and slaves, and to
plant the IN behind The Jams of the doors. Others, like an.
cient Romans, deemed il more senatorial to abide the
event in a sitting posture, not IN curule, but IN their lea.
ther. back chairs. While still in this fearful condition,
the portentous Protest arrived, TO %heighien the exciting
scene, 10 multiply its perils, and TO superadd alarm for the
safety ofour beloved Constitution tothe personal conster.
nation we endured on account of our own necks and
limbs. How the Senate became relieved from this dou.
BILE peril, is matter Of history, which the tongue Of clio.
uuence has already innortaiized on this Roor, aud which
the pen of truth, will faithfully transmit to a remote gene.
ration. Virginia came to the rescue! Hanover county did
the business. We all remember that day, whea an orator
Of this body rising in his place, announced to US the glo'
rious results of the precinct elections OF Long Tom, Slow
and Hungry, Negro Foot, aud He'll Town; and conclud.
ed with a declaration, that he had heard The last knock
of the hammer on the last nail in the coffin Of Jackson
ism. Al this annunciation our spirits rose. The Senate
breathed freer and deeper. We all began TO feel like
Brutuses, ready to brandish high our cleaning steel, and
call on liberty, and bid the fathers of their country hail!
Er lt n fuyant Hntrn and NJ naI all ire n
alas! the ~muiablity Of human events! quickly we found
ourselves in the condition of the poor fisherman in the
Arabian Nights, who had corked up the terrific genii in
a bottle, from which the giant spectre had emerged 10
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