Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-06-25
POLITICS..
HE DEMOCRATIC CLOCK.

III me Ottefness al Their Souls pointing 10 orIht
pendulum as it vlbraes, cry uu-"Here she goes-llere
She goes "
II Ia true the Ftderaiss sometimes succeed in disur-
ranging her works. and then they anxiousy watch her
'mnImns, h"png and praying she may cease TO move
But the Democratic artist is slow discover the ia
jury In the twnkiing Of eye he repars the DANA
ges and the good old Democratic regulator again pnr
the tenor a" her ~ny, und the ast"nisled Fe
drrnsIs. disappointed cry "nl-"tere size g"es-lhere
she goes
Now you see The whole Federal clan busily engaged,
calling IN the aid of foreign influence 10 stop The Drmo
cratic clock The m0nled monster mounted ny "Old
Nick bribery, ccrruplinn nrt and deception all
sorted TO- 10 turn The Democratic clock from her peren
nal course; but she stems the pu~rr and Influence Of
their Hark art and steadily and handsomely on,
SPREADING happiness all around aud warning oil Uf the
rocks and shoals Of Federal Whi-gery, while The poor
souls, looking at The pendulum, in despair excaim-
"Hfre she gu.s-there she gors
When the British committed depre daiions
CONNER ce- impressed and bruioy treated our seamen,
and threatened all sides with desruclion when
our Country bed oil every pore; II was then The Frde-
rass nude nnnther b"ld rush at the old Drnucrac ia
mily clock. hey poured in red hot round head, chan
grape, canister and stand shot, into her wuiks She
bore The stiee as she ever will. and pursued her indie
pendent course iTiumphanly, and the traitors gave up
in despair, crying-"lere she gUss-ihere she goes.
The next u,iack made on the Democratic clock.
by The Fpderslss spiritual guard o, sn'd they, she is
The poorest weakest and most wretched pirce at urni
tlre in all creation. We snnn put her down md
stop her eternal choking. Al II, they WENT with their
spiritual weapons. Mighty indeed was The "nset tiea
ven and earth were almost csunder, the conflict
But they sn0n nnnd the machinery ot the DpmOcrahc
time keeper as tough "a OIL HnE"7y and exhausted in
their unchls,ian warfare they rerraied the Of
-"llrrr she gnes-Iherp she gees
Now we hear The sGuraklng voice Of that man, with
dark c"mppXl"n, suhken eye, fierce lLok he has got
Ibr Quincy. Hear HIM clustering and ihr, a,ennr
stop The pendulum Of oil WHO presumed 10 reince at h"
glorinus mnvt mt nj 81 the old American Democratic
clock. over John Bulls injtrior time puces He too,
vas compelled 10 I"sn in he song OF triumph" Here
she gn.s-thrTe she goes
Now The Federa~ts desccrated The cradle Of liberty
BY their ten cent rehpIl"us net This was anuh+r of
Their conlrivances 10 stop the old clock u, the work
there, and The rebels backed n' weeping aud
CRYING" Here shr g"rs-there she GOES
Now they gather lrnnps in The Key Stone State, 10
drni"sh The Democratic family clrrk But they find
her ks Hpre enable and the rebel E'nrrrs walk III
The course "mh The "rogues march, pointing to The
prndu Of the DfmocalIc clock. mcurntuliy singing
-" Here she gnfs--ihPre she goes
ia Virginia ton; AYE, said the Federalis,s chuck
ling, INV we'll clap stopper on that old wagrlng
D,mocrac machinery The Enguir'r utter truth IS
with us Now we are host a pin too, has slipped
out Of the old cock-Rrvrs hns drsrred her Let US
throw the old CHECKER into Davy Jones locker Hold
hold there, ye fell d, sroyris, the Independent
En0uutr; hands IF am set for the dernce, not FOR
the destruction of The Democratic clock And The
Frdrraiss and Conservatives Of the Old Dominion,
despair looked nj ihr steady move rnenls OF the pencu.
lul land CRY d. Here she gnes-rhere sic goes
Now ,hrrrs Tremendous brrrz- r"i.ed in the Granite
State. " son and the whole Fed tribe attacked The
old Democratic clock in the what Ipclng!
How sargunr Of success!
NOW. said they, "We'l shvar the "a '''''' P''
atoms L US aIa &C. Necessary 10 nc
.unp lish desirable object Now all IS rrady-Ihe
battle rnres The Drmncras noun, their fiery conr.
seIs apply "whp aud spur, and drive, the whole re.
dprn army % sal TrcCT. where they ore donmed tore
main tore er slngng,-"liere size goes there she
gors.
An paor F, dersss.-there is repreve. You have
wasted your strength in folly You may continue 10
war as long you will; but you cannot harm The De.
mucraiic tnck. She speaks truth, and The lovers oil
truth wi defend her She IS I'D" pefsonitirnon {" De
mnciacy which is truth and truth will prevail against
the assaults lie crmbinrd i"rcfs OF traitors, rebels
iuuties and decrivers. L"k-"Hrre she g"es-'hrre
she goes" und will keep going tl every vestige 81 re
crIul higgeiy is driven from This land ." d. "ocincy
Bay State Dem"rrGi.
THE COMMITTEES Art ~ COVERING cpTlE GREAT
The Oppusitinn nj The Inst ss"n, made great and
success vi sirugg 10 pack committee, 10y ballot WHICH,
beng drvu'ed 10 parzln purposes would throw %" pup
lie pursuit Iase scent The skI with which 'he
Committee conducted the inquiry 10 this end, IS made
manifest By the rnuminuus report which c"fs moi give
the sp clue dscuvrr what dsp sal made OF
the vas, sum which Mr.. SHartwnut took from iir cos
IONS The whole report IS mad' up "l an fhce"'nr 10
imul;cate Ike Secretary G The Treasury, he AUDITOR,
Compro!l. r. and other Treasury icers in me fault,
in falling Ia del, The frauds Of S"ariwnut All the
accoupcrs of the latter are inieH"gatd 4" prove that
The circulation was committed adroitly as To es
cape scrutiny The fact Ils the frauds we're so suc-
cpssuy peIperau as 10 .Ude The vigilance OF all the
Treasury officers even the Cnud hig clerks whose x
elusive dury il TO settle them. was absolutely Ger.
tam All III. heads nf bureaus and their clerks and
the Secretary of the Treasury deposed 10 that FACT and
the invest se made the pr cst ''dr 81 elect
inn he imposition apparent To every body and yt the
" hole time oil the committee vas Coz sunno III 'he e.
fort to prove. by the accessory nP"srs themselves
ia, The Stcreluy ought 10 have seen WAT ihry So ok
teruusIy cuuceat The waste "i lime TN his iase
uursuit was designed by the committee expressly I"
avuId bat should hive bren the main scope nj 'hr M
veslpation BY srtng buc and cry alter The 81 Gre
larry u The Treasury, and directing Pubic ''' nuh 10
the attack defence made these SIse occusaurs,
the main run Of inquiry rhdt h0d btcemc II HE mn
uey?-was nsl sight d. Upwards OF halt in'll'on, but
a few months beiure the COMMITTEE ire had btrn alb
s,racltd ON merchants bonds. They knew That me
laws and rules ot the lr asnry required HAT ihry should
pay The money the bonds they Tell due, al bank
Did the M rchaHls pay the money to Swartwoht =
II they did ii VAS in violation Ui the regulation Of me
Department. The narrs Of oil merchant d. ho's were
be ore the committee. and II WIS called On publicly by
The ,ress--,LIs print 10 parcuIalo Inter"Eaie the
merchants how and To " HON bad they rnd Tue tohds
II MAS in proof 10 the COMMITTEE, that SUar'"' VI hac
removed The bonds from The bank ard CUSTOM house
vel V neither thy had been paid bona tide. Wirlh'r
new uues 10 Swarwuut pprsrnslly had been gwen tor
then whether the merchants had paid only pari or
were sill ind bed for The whole amount were inquiries
the cnmmre mnh'Ird. The ruth IS. many ~ me
H hp merchants in New York, il appears from tie
Boston Alias hp Philadelphia National Gazriie and the
IT, States GsZ tie, themselves committing al ms
time il rabIe frauds on the revenue by false IN
voices brblnp The Ulcers Of the customs. &c DC =
And l,rre is doubt that oil Them COMMITTEE
tr.sds also IN getting discharge from their bonds
false urIrxs whi u actual al least, iull pay
mpn, Yet The Committee did hot look nl' THIS matter.
The merchants not nrerr"galed on oath III regard
10 their private dealings with SwafS"ut. This would
h,Iy pE thp mel N r.IsIn
of Wb;uy-ry in The pecuuii,n Of lrasi half The anCunt
for which Swarlwout sune now SANDS sponsor
We uudrIslsnd that one OF Swarwonts nIIina'rs Hss
been building up immense blocks Of houses 10 4'"
Ynrs, and was engaged IN making other 'afsf tp."a
tive investments al money which there were wy s
grounds o suspect, hr had not means Oh US "'
were derived from those which VT S"ar'"ou' .'.
manded; but The slightest inquiry was pI'so ~ ,'