Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-02
COMMUNlCATIDNS.
DJT0R OE TIE FN'OU IRER.

Dear SRI perceive that you ulu Puo"s" NY az
dress 10 nv constituents paper OF yesterday as
expected and YOU promised, conditionaly but that II
was handed 10 the Wing send you hunoef %
the Wing containing il, with some corrections OF Vpo
graphical errors &c. &c Please publish II IN your
next with the from my address last sPng when
is appended You say in your editorial OF yesterday
that you understand "some OF The conservatives a,e
about 10 make SOFT of war upon you lou surely
have forgotten the attack made on us IN SATURDAY
paper 10 say nothing Of 'he filings and nsnuatons
repeatedly made before Please publish this aud oblse
E. FONTAlNE.
To The voters Of the Senatorial District composed Of The
Counties of Fluraana Goochland, Louisa and Han
Fellow Ciiizens-The present crisis 10 expert
ment of free government, OF unspedkaae importance
The result OF the convusve agations o! ihe present
time will determine whether our government, Ike The
republics Of Greece aud Rone-hke every other work
which has roTl the hands OF etrlng aii'oe man,
is not rapidly tending TO decay and corruption me
Martyrs of &C. bequedthed TO us Constitution, which,
if preserved IN purity will perpeuate the liberties
OF the people One OF tn most striking features OF that
Constitution that which makes the States sovereign
and independent OF the Federal Government Sc
cures to Us Congress, elected BY the people, dsnc,
and independent Of the President. Scarcely have The
fathers Of the republic become cold III teiE graves; The
men whose footsteps marked Win blood IN the rug
gsd path OF liberty and ndrpend, nee! aud the descend
Of that noble lace Of men, forgetting the immutabe
principles which the Constitution contains, require no
thing else and will be sa,isfrd with nothing else
to Office. but pedgts-pedges promises and VOWS,
10 support Tor the Presidency; HE must
unspottrd political faith and practical life, are rejected
c"nten, with nothing but bind devotion 10 men. A Sc
of this proud Commonwealth, scarcely inferior 10
the President himself in station is required to degrade
the office he holds by edging his SUPPORT 10 the Pr.s,.
dent, instead Of representing his Sa,e Scarcely have
those proud spirits who quiicd tbe!ore England
hapgh,y monarch, winged tIeir way ~ eternity and
their descendants are dtnouncing and c"ndvmnng one
oh usb mo n
me, that of daring 10 oppose the will of the Executive.
Fellow citizens, 1t we mean 20 be ieemen let Us sus
tain the man who with spirit worthy of our forriu-
TIERS has hazarded his popularity by resisting avore
but mschievous measure of the Administration This
odious subTreasury, was rrjtcttC in lSl, 10y every
member of tho Republican r.Jiy -" t'".a-"oo
denounced then dangerous 10 The liberties "i The
people and as the organ Of the Administration then said.
exposing the public Treasury to one hundred hands,
where cannot reach II; OF winch the present
Secretary Of the Treasury MIR Woodbury., said III com
parison with lhr State Banks. that IL vas 'SS 'cP0"s,
be- safe cDncensnt and erOnOm,caL II rs because he
has not wheeled to the right 0Gout with the Frrs-
dent hut has consIltuIOnay adhered 10 his own OPT
HONS hich the opinions oil Gen. Jackson and
the Republican party 10 the meeting Of the last Con
grcss his administration, as will shrw- that he has
ben denounced by the Globe, the organ Of the Pfssl
dcnt, as "rensg"de,' "Gpo>tatc 'nnltOr, &c ir"Hi
the first recommendation of the SUB Treasury, I'LL the
present time.
Fellow citizens are you prepared To surrender the H.
ber,y of thought, the liberty Of speech, the right 10
Judge for yourselves whether the measures OF govern
menl are wholesome mschievous-a right without
which freedom but name: Are you prepared 10 sus
tain the President in pressing measure which The
representatives. Of the people have repeatedly c'td, un.
al by the force of patty despoilsn, the people them
selves shall be- forced into submission? know you
not The indep PENDENT lrcemen that have the honor
TO represent, will submit To the dctaton Ut man of
no party orliy. Gud knows, am party man enough,
but surrender the dearest rights OF freeman
| cannot sacrifice the interests of my Children and my
chi drpn \ interests
not consent to the representative OF this proud Com
monweallh degraded aud hu'Dbed al the feet Vi the
President.
do not mean 10 appeal TO your passions; appeal 10
your reason. mean TO speak the words OF truth and
soberncss. beg YOU to Judge calmly and sobrfiy vie.
Their Mr. Rives and the Conservative party, ought not
to be sustained Many Of my Sub Treasury brethren,
are carried away by violent neutrality-suspicious. Of
good intentions, but blinded by misguided zeal The
principles Of The Conservative party these, that all
the acts of public shall he freely discussed;
that is privilege and duty of representative fear
essy oppose any measure OF the executive he thinks
mische vous, without enqnting whether 1t will affect
his popularity. Any other course tends to despo,ism.
II may be asked if the Republican party, during Ge-
neral Jackson administration were not appealed TO- and
en,reaed TO keep united even when there was some oc
casion to censuse his acts True and thought II RICH,
Gen. jackson had commenced most gigantic task-to
pu, down the U. S Bank-and that inIQuitous system
Of drawing millions from the pockets OF The people 10
expend on inter nal mprov BY our union
complshed ALL Mr. Clay declared that inter nal improve
menis lay crushed under the power OF the veto Our
own State institutions were selected TO keep the public
money place vi the United States Bank and Mr. Van
Buren, instead Of threading IN his footsteps as he pro
missed recommends a measure rejected in lo}4 by every
member Of the Republican party in Congress, except
one-n measure which requires the people 10 pay all
their in gold silver, while the principal part OF
our currency paper or our oank-the soundness Of
which man doubs-a measure which requires the re
venue paid by the people 10 support the Government
instead of being kept in the Stne Banks
is in Virginia, to be kept by the officers appointed by
the President and holding their offices his w-one
Of whom Swar,wout Of New York. has lately run off
to England, with million five hundred thousand
dollars! more than has been lost by employing banks
since the foundation Of the Gorernmem!! You may
be told that much of this purloned while the sys-
TEN Of de posting IN banks operation True but
not dollar lost after the money got the banks
1t was stolen while Swartwout was Keeping the money
The Sub Treasnrers will keep it and if the lempta
ton was great, While by law he required TO hand
over the cash hand 10 the banks every week if so
much stuck his fingers lille merely passing lhr uuph
his nds what would BE- the case when he is 10 keep
it throu ghout the year: Swartwout is not the oulv
one who has lately been discovered 10 be deauller-
Price another federal officer. has fled to England and
many more defauers which for the honor of our
country, could wish were not so But we told
that President proposes 10 make felony 10 thus rob
the Treasury. That will DO good, while the steam
car or ship has carried them out OF reach OF the
law IND this is not all. The Is not only 10 be
collected gold and silver for the nft tn Government
md its hosts of officers while to be content with
our Bank paper, only to be exposed 10 some hundred
hands ,chen cannot reach A. the GluLe said
of il. hut we are to have enormous expense in erect
mo bindings for the +" Receivers General" or grand
Sub Tressurers-safes and vaults for hoardirg up the
,pece and an immense increase Of Executive officers
The system may be commenced with small increase
INT o., your neck the collar onceget the System in
,s ration, and there will be difficulty in multiplying
hem; and should any resistance then be made we shat!