Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-14

pass IN legislative assumption, when no man can tell
"ns' II Is mat Congress may do or may attempt
10! lhdrecton is resored to- when il i, feared that
. MENUS would alarm the peope-but the FACTS,
'hat congress has egsa,ed and lepisIaes loo much
until we have become victims 10 oyerac,ion Took for
instance 10 us usurped action in relation 10 Addition
look 10 he dsgacefu log-rong system which prevails
al'ef session with regard uncoasti.uon.
al Internal lmprovemens-iCok 10 the rassfnIness of
is appropriations with respect spurious Object. for
which the Executive nerPr presented an estimate NJ
asked ore cfuiand last, though least and lin NV
opinion at "as} worst Of a lock 10 tie fearful e,,en.
sion. The drmo,aizag tel drncy, the anti. Republican,
eEorlnes u y"nr present vicious and mischevous PEN
sion system 1t is r",tenmsss self Tie Revolutionary
patriot should herer know wanbut you have perverted
and abused HE system 10 ta, seands0us degree, thee
VICE and lDLENESS and FRAUD are virtually mi
ntered TO! Unl the uncomfortable ezcess perpeated
that ii officer OF your Navy died his hears pass 10
herlt mot the mere salary Of that officer while living
(Which nigh, perhaps be reasonase)-but sometimes
STA, SEVEN, or EIGHT times that amount: re-
peat II, that such Of things is intoerable and
cGhHt last. He who is nj all conversan with the his
tory ri this corrupt Pension system in hoary Europe
IN SPAIN IN Portugal, in France in Englaad-he who
knows now deeply II has contributed 10 aemNaize the
institutions Of these countries, is naturally made 10
trenbe Tor III, atltuGlnous and deadly legislation Of
Congress in this behalf Blu, whence this Pension sys-
ten:-where the root of the evi?-Behold il IN suri,
ndfuratbnS-behod il the genuine fruit Of Congress
sIonat usurpatIons in other respecs-behold the sf
iect OF your oppression Of the South-behold it, in
word. as the real offspring Of that INFAMOUS IA
RIFF Of lc25, foe which, nnd the Pandora box os
evils resulting ihereirom, obliged and indcbt.
ed 10 those Two Samese twins, John Quincy Adams and
Henry Clay Blessed be this 0rii-Ame'ican system
As MIR Calhoun elOquenty says-"for years your T'ea
sufy "os 30 Overlooking with the e1totIons from South
ern industry, that the money in it regarded
much Dirt And where is the remedy :-Bring back
the Government To what its founders intended be
dIsconnect II from its corrupt alliance with the Money
ed Banking interest for it be the Of tSis
interest 10 tax The South wHh unmercful Ia ia
order to swell the OF Public Moneys upon which
IL designs Illegltmately 10 trade and which TO be
deposited with lt-oppen once more, say 10 the
Peraiive eaute OF our system, appeal TO the Old Virgil
MIA doctrine Of Stale Rights-and all will yet be well!
1t is not Virginia alone, them that expects trery Re.
publican TO do has duty-bul IT is the Of
many-our peculiar institutions, the haowed and dsin
erested cause of State Rihsthe prosperity and safe
ty OF this vast and gorioas Southern Countrywide pu
r'y of the Consnulion-the perpeuily Of The wkote
Union under vir'uous tes-and therefore, even the &C.
MUS Of LIBERTY ITSELF-ALL, ALL these consi.
dernions join,iy ana seseaHy. CALL upon Us in i'm.
pefa'ive strains TO 90 forth EVERY ONE OF US on
the 2'd of May 1870, and not to leave rsGge # Hs
dsrnl Hhigsery Ia disgrace tie ESCUTCHEON Of the
VENERABLE OLD DOMINION!
JEFFERSON.