Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-27
-. 1880 PRO BONO PUBLiCO
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
EXPERIMENTATION

Mr Rives, and those who seem determined 10 " sink
o. swim wtth him, bold It 10 be objectionable SIN in
IN President that he persists IN recommending The
atIshnl-nt OF independent Treasury after the
peaed rejection of the measure in Congress.-They
ca-rge han with showing disposition 10 i" thrust the
uO Treasury down their throats spite Of heIr h
and rather than submit, saith Senator Anderson OF
Bn,stvui. II Will live under the Sultan OF Turkey
Let US LOOK To FACTS, and see the altitude in which
tn Gves Conservatives stand Let US try them by their
oan s,andsrd-and let candid public judge between
them the President. The President, the perform
.ncr of his duty after the Banks had
,snse YES loose from The Government and forced upon
US ne Sub Treasury System in its FORM and under
tie NEST unavoIaoe state OF things, recommended to
Congress organize and establish Constitutional
Treasury should place The g"vernme nj ind pendent
al, Banks MIR RIves has admitted that the trainers
a ,Ds Constitution intended II to be- and he himself
has commended that II ought 10 be This proposition OF
tr President has truly been rejected again aud again in
Con gIsss But how rejected: BY the negative votes
Of of combined mn"rItes, each witt lis scheme.
antagonist of the scheme of the Prrsdent-and
III Ire part, totally Incompatible with each other,
according 10 the protested principles upon which each is
advocated BY It's friends. These combined and incom
pab'e mnorites by their united efforts defeated the
uIscsled sub Treasury, BY meagre msjnriy OF about
DOZEN rotes-and that majority embraced more than
dozen men, who themselves in favor OF the
great principles OF The measure against which they voted
81 account OF objections 10 some OF The details oil the b!
before Congress Thus has The Treasury Bill been re
,.csdBut notorious ha, i, has united IN lis favor
g0EE vnTEs THAs COULD UNITED IN FAVOR OF Any
ANTAGONIST MEASURE. Yrs, | repeat, that The nick
ram-d slandeled mlsrepresented and by too many On
sacied and misunderstood Sub Treasury, has proven
stronger IN Congress, in our Stale Legislature, and
amongst The people than antagonist measure See
log Tins, telling deep and settled conviction that the
neasul, to the language OF the leading Editor
Of he Richmond Wing 10 regard 10 ~ THE SAFEST
FnR THE SECURITY OF THE PUBLIC TREASURY. AND THE
FEts:T From CORRUPT TENDENCIES OF Asr LEFT wlrHis
tfnS1 thn td.n r
sisted IN recommending indeed IL was his duty 10
Co. snoer his OF the measure II the votes IN
congress had been more decisive against For this,
NJ Il denounced by Mr.. Rivrs aud his "siuk or swim
i's"GS-who wherever they have the power, denOunce,
pi'.c'tbe, and put down every man who supports The
Precautionary man who will not consent !" have
Mr. kvrs and has Conservative scheme thrust down his
ihroa,
Nov how stand Mr.. Rives and his Pet Bank scheme!
II perfectly that The great mass oil oil par
ts arr heartily SICK of II Ii has been, even when the
TT Banks seemrd TO he working well, pronounced oy
mr. L~igh land his denuncialuns were re echoed oy
NM irn,hs OF MIR. Rivess present ales as n'orp On
cnhstilu"ral. aud lar perncious than an uncon
s''iuIivnal Na'iona! Bank" The vote has again and
again been taken upon tins Conservative scheme oi Mr
k,vTs-and II has been again and again rejected, even
~ntn sustained by the OF those who TOLD Hr hiVes
10 his face, that II would not do-ihat 1t never could
work weil-,hst il must and would fail-aod that VA
n"nal Bank the only measure IN which they CON
hced-shc 10 that he must come al last IN ruin there
afr not ihuiy men u Congress- or IN our State Legs
allure. VINO go with Mr. Rves, in good fiilh, ior ms
fch-me-And yet he and his followers, persist IN ss
lag 10 ihfns, downo throats they denouncc
as hgh hsnJ' dctaon in the Presioent-oecause ne
persists IN Urging the establishment OF constitutional
Treasury sustained has bee b. one branch OF The Va
'na Lsgsa and by alager vote IN The other oahch
than can be united upon any antagonist scheme-sus
famed too. as It triumphanty s, by speech from Mf
hives own bps az undrrs hen it was delivered
AND as il will be understood now by any candid man
""o understands our language See Mr. RiSes speech
upon he Removal Of the Deposiles, and his positive
pledge bring forward "this great measure OF deliver
snce and liberty" now ncknamed 1.-THE odlous Sub.
Treasury
Verify, i, seems that IS hen ambitious politician once
begins usitor the to which he owes al
lsgance there are no bounds TO his desperation. He
has eyes himself his true colours and blindy
that the people are as blind and desperate as
himself Thanks TO his desperation! u has awakened
Elany honest Republicans, who have been mlsled by
th. dsvo,ion 10 him. indignant sense of his apos-
lacy The real people will in The end judge justly be
tween him the President of their choice Lie the
lshman, well may he fear The justice which
he preiends TO invoke Almost daily DO we nno some
honest voter who admits that he has been cheaeo oy
The slang and Islander heaped upon the suo-ireasnry
Tbs signs Of The times give unerrng ndications mat
will in The end prove triumphant TuIDcoats AND stock
l"bbrrs may conspire 10 defeat IT, Their macnina'""s
will onls unite firmly than ever lnoee vi
now differ only about details details utterly nsgnih-
cant, when com pa red with the broad principles and mea
surts which separate us from our common enemy.
VOICE FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE.
no tbs EDITOR OF THE Enquirer.
Sir is pleasing your determination, express
ed your paper of the 9Th instant TO rub oat and BE-
g'n 0goin $50 far the Principles have not been
es'asshed) By Ibis expression, taken in conne1on
with the paravraph whence il is extracted understand
you 10 mean that is your intention 10 obey The lnnnc
uon $" beautifully expressed in several Of the bills OF
2his Of of the State Constitutions, and IN none
more beautifully than that Of Massachusetts 1t Is as
follows:
frequent recurrence to the funda mental principles
"' ih1 Constitution and constant adherence to those
p-y justice, moderation. temperance, industry and
Hugaty, are absolutely necessary TO preserve the sd.
'an'g's Of liberty, and 10 maintain free government