Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-04

indeed admits that the department of the Chief hags
most friendly and even ha,ering and takes
especial care to let The public know that tenders oil ON
cial advancement, merely offered, but pressed
upon him. But, already We may be permitted 10 sur
MISE that oftier visions loated before his eyes, which
looked higher Than The Executive stations TO which ~
audes He who has beheld himself, almost ensconceu
in the Vice Presidential Chair, where by the bye, we
sincerely wished to him. may well EXHIBIT ndIiieF
ence for uneasy seat in the Cabinet. If Mr. RIves
has been with "the bright prospects which ne
has forfeited, he is mistaken in supposng tnet was
because he sacrificed these prospects 20 self-denyng
Of duty AS he is not charitable IN his
ton Of motives 10 Others hope he will pardon US LOT
suggesting, that these prospects may have been sacfi.
feed for others OF more brilliant hue, bul which nave
since unfortunately vanished inio thin air new name,
separate organizalon distinct press, have all been
found unavallng, and the Captain of the Spartan
Band" has at length been constrained 10 accept oil
subalern's commission in The grand Wing army Mr.
Rves will not have been the rst man, who mas 1851 lhe
confidence of his party, and forever debarred himself
from the legitimate honors which the people have IN
store for those who faithful TO their cause from
an overweenlng impa.ence Tor premature possesslo
The shore is srewn with such wrecks Other causes,
too may have contributed 10 his deviation from Inc
straight path. There men who find themselves IN
false position in The Republican ranks. CFcuni'
stances have thrown them there but 1t 10 not the pro-
per place; they always nrsake it or later De-
7n0cracy their natural cement IL requires GER
tain rgdity Of nerve and sernness OF temper 10 be
Democrat. Fla,ery, fashion, celebrity thru, are not
bis portion; nOugh but the homely appreciation oil le
people. His name is not whispered with appreciation
in the drawing num or uttered with applause in the
halls Of opulence. hundred meIcenary pens are mol
employed in the Capital and elsewhere, to proclaim
him, the hero the statesman and The orator Ills 60,
nrs and comngs not chroncled, he is not Paraded
in CAV saloons Or exhibited un in The great lnwTs
To some naures these prvations are hard indeed has
not Mr.. Kves, then, been amply compensated tor his
predetermined and contingent sacrifices: lie has been
taken nio favor by the arbers Of fashion, and the dis
pensers Of celebrity. Twohirds-thc anti democratc
portion Of that press the assaults OF which he IS SO
sensitive, engaged in The perpetual task OF Offering
him incense. Alter deprecIang and ViIiiying nm ior
years thew have suddenly found out that the pgmy o!
Yesterday, is Of colossal proporlinns His motions ore
magnfed, his intentions are announced, his speeches
are REPORTED almost in advance OF their delivery tie
has, all at once, become one OF The countless rnagn0s
Of the Opposition They have made great "hig, Of
the "Little Expuuger" Truly he is moi without his re
ward.
is not our Intention in these hasty remarks, 10 dis
cuss the hRckneyed theme Of The Specie Circular We
have our own opinions about it, which, by no mems
accord with those of Mr. Ryes. But cannot iurbear
the expression Of amezsmenl that, al this late day.
he should persist in atlribung the General Suspension
of cash pay 10 a cause so hng, local, ano ailo
gelher inadequate Excessive imporlnons, the rapid
sale of the public domain the enzied specualions in
every real imaginary pursuit, the expansion OF tie
currency, The distribution law, which transferred mil
lons at short intervals from the vaults of the Banks
the great centres Of business 10 many distant and
ncon venient points, and, finally, The refusal Of the
Bank Of Eng land 10 discount American Bills. which
caused the tickish fabric of the Z" Credit System
to topple down-all these nothing, apparently IN MIR
Riyes estimation, when compared with the petty circu
lar Of Gen Jackson and the pockeng Of his unfortunate
bill At home and abroad, these things are under
stood by the veries tyre, and the deuson which would
evude the obvious solution only be set down 10 the
account of sort OF political ,nOn0nana. 81 have al
WAYS believed" observes Mr.. Rves-wc quote his
words, "thut if the President, his introduction into
office, munesng his respect for the legislative will, had
promptly resciOded The Specie Circular, the suspension OF
cash by the banks would mol have taken place
Credat judGuS! which may be rendeed-1e thatE Wall
1t would be vain to argue against so strange
delusion. But cannot help regretng, for the intel
leetual character of the State that astounding de-
caraon should gr forth from Of her leading states
men. We think MIR. Ryes under an error, when he de.
cares that The suspension took the Government atcge
Their by surprise, and when, with no little self complu
cency he arroga,es to himself exclusive prediction Of
! that catastrophe. Many persons connected with The
Government, we'll as the party which sustained II,
looked forward with much apprehension TO such result
Of which the precursors were significant and numerous
Mr. Rives has devoted large portion Of his manifesto
TO his favoe controversy, that OF the Sub Treasury,
which he treats neither with novelty, nor fasness. The
merits of the financial scheme Of the Administration,
apart from the question now at ISSUE and therefore we
shall discuss hem IL he is conscienllousy opposed
10 that plan Of finance, and deems Ils perseVerng re-
communication, a sufficient fer Withdrawing his
confidence from Mr.. Van Buren,, no one has right to
complain. He should exhibit charity, however, in
his opposition, when he recoecs that no one IN either
House of Congress- out Of It, has expressed himself
80 positively, explicitly and solemny in favor Of the
slernest feature Of the Sub Treasury, himself We
do not think it necessary 10 quote here The celebrated
declarations in favor of hard money Government,
contained in his speech Of 1884, which gloss
! ment can explain from their manifest 81 gniica ton
Having so utterly abandoned. his original principles on
this great question, he should not be too prompt in
tauntng the great body Of his late political associates
with inconsistency. If he has found good and sui
I'm his ODin recorded he
| strongest terms Of which language is capable he is
certainly bound, by every consideration oil Justice
and propriety, TO extend The same candor and IL.
berality Others which he would claim tor himself.
Il is not exactly lair represent those members Of The
Democratic party who voted against The proposition Of
Gen Gordon rrevocaby pledged against the plan OF
an independent Treasury They had determined TO give
the Stale Bank system fair trial aud therefore, resisted
the substitute proposed with sincerity, it is true, 81 an
adversary and hyporritca!y sustained by many avowed
friends Of the Bank Of The U. S. All this was fair and
natural But the fayorc scheme OF Mr. Rives has been
tried and Notwithstanding the firm and generous sup.
port which it received from the Republican party fuiled
mseraby amidst the eers and ,aunls oil the uumPhng
opposition. Those v no then sustained sincerely and
with The best wishes for lis success, are now released
from all further commitment 10 system which has not
answered. and left free TO decide in favor Of any
other scheme which may better calculated 10 pro
mote the interests of the country.
But if Mr. Rives had limited himself 10 temperate,
but firm opposition 10 the leading financial measure of
the Administration, he would no. have forfeited the
6dence of the erea, body Of his Republican supporters
There are gentlemen who have pursued this course
openly and without hinching and yet recognized
as sincere members of the Democratic party But it
soon became evident from his tone, the tcnor--ui
his conduct, and his associations that his antipclhy
TO the Independent Treasury tainted all his pol
cal feelings His most intimate associate was undis
suised in his hostility to the Administration, and
made a public declaration Of uncompromising oppo
sition TO the election Of Mr. Van Buren, The press
at Washington, which was established under their aus
pices and admitted to be the Of their views
became with rapid transition the btterrst, the coases
the most unfair Of all the revers Of the Democratic Ad
ninis,ration and party Every day the Indications Of
hostility became clearer and more numerous The Re.
pubcans Of Virginia learned with equal surpr'ze and
pain that in the vital contest which agItaed the old Re-
publican State OF Pennsylvania, their Senator had inter
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