Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-03


r.?nI!r 81 hascwnr With his accustomed far-search
ial au: aonr,.a"! yprs hr hos traced the sv I" IT.
rm"-nId hr has r,ghuniy attributed much Of The de.
moral zion n"w prevail Mt to TN. Legislative. and not
The Ann,n s'ralive ID. parimrnts nf Government
Il is The vcinus legislation Of Congress hat is blame
IL is ynur Clay end Adams oppressive Tariff of Is That
is 10 blame I, was hs infamous scheme passed il
was through Congress by tn fiery zeal Of the then cor
runt Administration. aud sdvnra'ed by ils bong It-ng
presses Ihe Smith lit wns ihis system. hch
first IL. doc rnr al rnt'ing the South
grand scar- hich filled your Treasury I" nvatil w.
ing with The rS'nr.nns FROM our Inhustry-w hch first
swrllpd tie amount Of public moneys received by Ih-
Collectors 10 mn Astounding dsm"raliz'ng and s"irta
rxlsu;-and in a word winch frat tanghi the FEARFUL
iss"n, that. as il was crime Tor "nr sec'i"" OF The
country steal from another ST. con sn was u no crh-
fnr The public ihirf appropriate 10 himself The spos
NJ tie spoHrys! The sums OF money which have passed
through the Ia nds al collecting "hcsrs WITHIN the las
10 years are nEost incredible fonr farm brought IN
twice more than was necessary Tor me ifuyh!
expenses "f Gnvprnmrni; ihr gnencr vas nrV'la
| hie Much has been wasted and much has been recn-
lrrd-anh. what il worse the morals ct Tue c"uhrt
have hpen perhaps irrpparuby injured and dtm"fa'zed
thereby
! Yunr delicate nerves ARE offended. il seems, ny what
you plsns.d 10 drnuininar 'ihr cry ot the p"or
auains' The rch and 1.-THE camOr against all 'nHrp'na
snrc IN The administrator Of Justice am moi aware
that this cry has been excessively or wanoni' raised
the Wing arisncrncy and Wig lawyers OF our Giles
To The contrary notwithstanding But these sentiments
hnw ever in accordance with huse you prot ssed gu
l"udIy The Virginia Convention "Pr"rerty and
the "prpseIvaun Of property claims your ppcnllsf
care. and rnsis all your sympaIhes This doctrine is
ahomnnlp ard utterly un'enae, al least in Ibis conn
! try "Supremary Of The Laws md Of he Constitution
is thr real motto of the American Democracy. The
Whg Arls,"cracy, The contrary. have for Their mo'
- Supremacy Of Wealth, and dUnR with FcrS0Hdt
/ rights
have said that hi- cry has no, been wan'ony raised
and il has not Tint II has been The Constant object ~
the fe,c al to obtain the mastery the
/ m, I'M
hren fsl attained by Of The superior wealth OF
the former automatically tru'; that such ssc-Ddsn
has invariably rcn attended IN The Srgucjhy the mns
grinding oppression is und"nhfdy hus; that with regard
10 Country there ALREADY rxtss sufficient cause
FIR INDUCING pp-rhensons This score, nnd-nIahIr
thai hr Federal Wing parry The ts,o, and That The
D"mocratc party The many is nndrnabe. hnt il i
the nhc Of hese t,m 10 aggrandse themselves
! by cunning 10 make up for their want OF numerical
strength, undpnsbe that II Is the primary interest OF
thu many adhere src'ly 10 The laws and Constitution
which they themselves framed. is untpnablr that II Is
,mmonly The business OF r te,c cnverl'v To under
mine the Constitution and laws, 10 which The majority
have compelled them 10 assent, is uudrnisble; and, in
nnrd, that in this country, Republican as II yet I"
fory hr rich already possesses and enloyS suPt
rUrg p0uer and ayetndaneg vhih drnied lbs pOOrsr
ncghbOr, IS equally undrniuUs Look for instance
sir, !" The audnl u, aud corrupt practice bGnn by ;h'
g parry. of nhainnga irw acres "f pine bauens 10
doubtful Countless in order 10 influence the cleo
tons; nnk Ia this base conspiracy among few city iops
In obtain The mastery IN the Legislature of the State
o,k this dangerous interference, this American Rot
ten Borough System; look 20 III FACT that The RESI-
deus q" The country are thus virtually dphard he ex
Of lhr light /" choose their omn Representatives.!
Tan any thing he m"nsIcns IN theory. or more
~ rnrluus aud ant Republican in Practice Is no
| WralIh thus made Ia hold and wIrld the balance Of
Power; And vet this infamous and IiSgracrGl game Is
undoubtedly of Wing origin Al the late elections.
MANY Hhiy citizens of Richmond gave 3, ! >. u. and
| SOME even and : vn,ss! Thus Federal Wing 10
chm"nd actually possesses and exers as much poiili
- IN thpc MT
! don't knnw. Sir, what you can mean by your allu.
sion 10 ''lhp clamnr against all mdpendente IN the al
Illustration nf Justice II by ih.s y"n mean The just
indignation which has lately been excited by The utter
pnsru'nn instances, at all public Justice III
! our Courts oi law, for will cIamor against SO
much viIainy even Ia my lars, breath! That our laws
sharnre>sy violated The fountain os justice
no man ean drng-hat This inpudrn, violation s manly
pucuunu-d and ahred By thusp ieurned man. who, vu
lufc.like Ippd IN hnnan b!uud man can deny That
The profession Of HE law, noble ~ lis origin, 10 now
ain universally perverted Tor The benrh, {" the wick
ed and The oppression Ut the weak n" man can de"g
that our laws outraged and prusn;ed Tor ma
nev no man c1R deny; that The ancient op"thegm OF
thr laws being spiders w-hs, which may bind the weak
but annul bind the powerful, is literally verified among
u.s. that this mrIcrnary prostitution OF the laws IS de
! srrucvp IF all social order. deny; thata
man may perprtaie any and every pnnrm'iy with I'M.
yuniiy, provided h. can fee able counsel IS now gene.
rally acknw pdgrd as an nxi m of nur Jurisprudence.
That murder u h. committed by rich man demo
minated "jua,fabie homicide-but that If poor man
commits urslaugb p,, IN is sure 10 6e convicted OF
ian Infamous rfs e"-hrcause. and only because, he
is unable purchase riointi,n IF the t"'e' And the
fearful state If things has been gng progressively
! from bad To worse UNTIL, upon inp commission OF
crime The general rEmark and inquiry IS NJ" as 10 the
h,nosa,ss intamyni the "!frncr n" or" asks "he-
hrr b- rl"ny "f m'sren'ranot bu' The question on
all sides IL, Is The man nGLr IN fee able c0a"Sti"
] And under this grirv"ls tyranny +" must remain
hrsh d-We cannot even open mouths aaainSi these
oulragrs "f all Justice. Of oil d'cency. and "i all rrcI
rude Oh no We cannot even murmur. lest our mas
hrs should o ndrd by the "ery Of Me poor against
Tic rirh!' ..foaers cal Item frMey our mos'trS
in thy ought 10 DC IN me"ry-and hard
nastrs tor Tor they at once maHr, administer ana ro
infc laws just they h"rsa mt"o the people "'
his country wall submit much hunger To be thus dIivtn
| Ike oxen by a naughty, mushroom arstocrscy THEN
say that they d'ssrec The doom which The latter have
| in store for them!
! But, tha.k Heaven lha, the people up-aye and
they will continue rise. glory IN The and IN
| The cause of n Democrat THIS cause must Ti"mph IN
The opp run II is the Grea, error the brset'Ing sn, hr
Inarnuus distinctive rauTP of Federalism. ia' II bath
no sympathy with the 4 UNIVERSAL HEART imd.rd
MS grnnd characteristic is MARROW MI DEDNESo!
1, ,ra, ms not ards. II feels not tor The MANY In
prily aud partial obj petty and partial legsai'o
IRE all his energies spent. Hence lis alliance with every
rnerrricins hence lis nnnIsieIng Ia oca pre-
iudIcr; aud hence IT'S contempt tor The beests ol our
uuna harpr, in order 10 Cypress one class al
the expense nf danhcr is great tools are fElt' Eh
SION OF GRAINED POW Frs and PARTIAL ana
PERVERTED LAWS. Win equal blindness. 1t has
allied lis II al times with the hendIsh Aho"nist, me
Northern anuIacturer and The bloaisd mnn.d interest
Down down, down with such party and me'h'nks
hear The American Democracy answer IN chorus bn'
uothipe shall daunl in the chase. The cause :" De-
mocrscy is not Ia put down because iorso"Ih Of ms
ar ibaf Martial ln,,r- this that delacaon By Con-
setyo,iyr Wing. We wi! 6gh Federalism to he asi
we viii inhi IL with lcney and eih fire By day md by
n;pLi. ~. viii battle with in The sh,rm,>a, ard IN ne
rd feId: We will not leave il nook corner where.
m 10 hide ils liids"us rnnt 1hsre cU be Hornct-No
martial reyersrs shall dauni or make our rars quar-
Trench,y and pDroi .7rnods may raise hrr heads 10
our ranks but even this shall not avail II Aud hight II
we WILL in spite nf every art while there is shot 10 the
locker or q man 10 tread the deck.
Permit me Sir ere | conclude. 10 compliment you
oncp more IN the admirable aud elastic revolution when
your politics have undergone since l-6 HAD my man
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