Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-10-25
OCTOBER S:5, 1883.
P<,s.a EdtAsI.
POSITION OF rue ADoLIrl0NlsTS.

POSITION OF THE ABOIrluNlSTS.
| The Cincinnati Gaz"lte that The Abolonsts
are part and parcel Of The Opposition II says: The
state Of parties That tic .1toioHias must foOk 10
The opponents ot he administration alone 70 atd IN Their
risWS. The IN Office heart aud hand Tor every
| preIeIsion set up by shareholders "
There can BE- doubt Of The truth OF The assertion
so b"cly made by the leading Opposition paper IN Gin.
cinnaIl, Immediately under The nose Of Gen Harrison,
"H@tMc 9toitonistS must ook 10 me opponents IF Tie i'd
fniRiSiratiOn alone 10 0td IN thar rituS The ncenda
ries receive encouragement from The Administration
or ils lrnds-they of the Democratic purity
they belong 10 those who have been ready 10 sa
crhce The prosperity Of The country TO hazard ae
| Union in their struggles Tor rliice and rover.
IL has long been well understood by intelligent men,
that the AbUllInnis,s dsubers Of the rcrose of the
| Union-as faction who would rampe The ConstItu
ton III the dust, aud carry their scheme of robbery
execution by fire and log IOt could not harmnnize with
Democrats who respect the rights of the South, and
have q, all times h'rn devoted 10 the Constitution and
ready TO defend all the rights recognized in that sacred
instrument.
We have noted The declaration Of The able Editor #
the Cincinnati Gszee, that the Aboonsls must look
10 The Federal party for support, in order 10 place be-
fore cur Southern readers who will understand by it
that their rights are nov openly assnIed by the OPpo
slon.
In ord'r 10 rally lie Aholonis's in support Of their
brethren, in the election which took place on Tuesday
last, Mr.. Hammond said:
"An!i-savery should preserve their own free.
dom. | would as Kentucky master as a
society master | would have overseer Of
work as an oVerseer Of voting. | anti slavery
man, aud mean to vote al this election. The is
peculiar, and have belIefjn permitting any regula
tors 10 regulate my action. say, that not 10 vote is 10
strike blow at friends for The benefit of enemies To
all who advise me 10 do this answer, | cannot take
their advice, ! wM nat do their bidding"
This language well understood and could only
have been received rsdgc tha, lie Federal party
Ohio will IN future Gc (Gs they have hitherto nced)
friends OF The ncrrdarIss il Is taken granted tint
they are for end with The Wings, and the leading Wing
Hath al
yitndS FOR the b'HEt IF tntmitS So perfectly under
stood is the position oi AboIlIonss in Ohio, that they
are urgd by The Wing papers 10 come 10 The polls and
assured that their refusal 10 will Re striking blow
al hggrry and aiding Democracy Is II not high time
for the people Of the slave holding States 10 take The
cessay steps 10 put down the fanatics and their Federal
associates Louisruc .3aeertiscr.
Tie Richmond Wing joins in urging complaints
against tie Government because there not, OF the
present time" surplus in tie National TreasIry to d.
vide among HE States II praes OF money due to the
S'a'rs Will tie Wing inform the public how The dtLt
Of which il speaks due from the General Government
10 the States contracted: Will it also state how
much he States have r,ceired on Opposite, and when
they will be ready 10 refund the sums placed in their
custody uf safe keeping: Has II never struck The
minds OF the mfrrcHarcs, that difficulties may mise in
The Collection Of the money already deposited with
the States: II should occur, would The
States be ready refund the already received of
the General Governmrnt' We need not extend
Inquiries, by The way believes The States will
repay The money they have received under the de-
paste lao II has been conldcd 10 their care, never 10
be recovered; placed their possession under clrcum
Iinu The cGnGe Iep0sen MI urh- of-uio,
place them on a level with individual guilty of
breach OF trust Tie law provided for dcp0sitc, aud
it will he crn'cnGsd that good faith the Government,
by which the depns,e made, should have lis money
again demand The measure must, Of necessity, ope
rate 10 the degradation Of the States
Under the circumstances we cannot avoid lcathing
the conduct Of those who forgetting what the States
already under The depusie law, neunly craving
from tie national ns begging fer parts OF
surplus hch has existence ard hypocrtlcaly pre-
tending that bare proposition 10 drposile with The
Sales amount which it supposed the Federal
Government would not need, made that Government a
dcbr 10 The States, and authorizes them 10 call on il for
pdym,nt Such base hypocrisy-such crIngng dupIici.
ty will be despised by Vrgnians have estimated
them highly. They will inquire What tho Federal
Government has purchased Of The States 10 credte
DEBT from The former 10 the latter. They will ask how
money be cons,tunnaIly raised 10 be divided with
consideration, among the Slaes? and will answer
the inquiry correctly for themselves ~
FISEssE The Bank Of TIE s. in an expose pub
lished in all Philadelphia prints, and which recng
Missed official did not pretend that the Govern
me had any The least agency in producing It's s,orpage
II chnrgrabe TO HE deStrucon IF he opium rade in
Climatic The FIJI IN c0iton-to sh0rt crops IN Engi0nd-
To- 0rcrirGding-hut not the femoest insinuation
limited that the Administration had inerfered unnsy
in its affairs. About six months SINCE Mr. Bidde,
resignng the Bank presidency, said:
last the Bank as returned oits
toned channels Of business peace therefore withdraw
leave Of the institution state Of great prosperity and
in III. hands Of abb Directors anil officers ,,
friends with whom have been long and
so .rccay r.s"ciuird is the painful my life
and pray you at parting my nerT ,n %se' Tor The per
"PhludriIha, March 20, 1892"
The honest Conservative leaders, counienanced By
their new political allies, assaulted the Administration for
no, collecting lis bonds on the United States Bank in
such mode rs TO Cypress and embariass It, The FACT
that the Treasury Department IN sevefIng Ms connec
ton with all banks willing 10 make the obligations.
which il held over them weigh as lightly as possible
on their exrriinns aud maintain specie pay.
nen,s lard among The resi- that The Bank ofhe United
States was 50 treated was brought up US criminal
charge against the Executive by MIR Rives and his
sdiuors Hence in the face OF MIR ddles declaration
in March above qnoIed-in the face Of the persecu.
ton sustained by The Secretary Of The Treasury for
his attempt Ia avert by The most favorable treatment
consistent with duty, all preext on the part OF any
Bank recur suspensnn-in the lace ct The tact
that The recent slorpoge OF The pioneer in the pre-
sent catastrophe not The consequence OF runs on II
By the holders of ts common notes. but upon It's tls
dawn on Euope and its post notes both sold here, and
on hich il had itself made and obtained specie
for exporlainn England-n The lace OF all this mel.
ther the Bank itself nor any OF It's organs IN Phlodei
plia had the mpudence 10 charge lis failure on me
Government, Aier examining oil lis bulletins care
fully we announced this circumstance, and then Tor
the first time the politicians. Tho look with The hope
Of desperate the public caiamiiies as furnish.
ing Some prospect of lettering their own distressed
condition seized the 10 give another cue IN The
National nellrgPncer; and that it's own call has
been followed this insdious journal halls the echo OF
lis own voice as evidence that il not the first
the very first newspaper after the catasirophe-o
suggest the thought that The Government had been in
the slightest degree instrumental in producing IT, II is
striking fact. also. that The National ln'egencer and
the other in nails which have come INTO The conspiracy
10 charge the ne failure Of the Bank Of The u 5 on
the Treasury nborIng 10 extend The mischief which
they charge as crime to the Government, and actively
exert all their power 10 make The mischief universal.
Globe.