Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-10

world who solicts aQthing so much as an AUDIENCE
was extrayapantly "bcprdSfd, Tor eorts 10 disguise
his intentions from community Oh WHOM ne W"
the same moment requiring their iuest coi'''ue,iIe
donendpncc in any man, III Office or ih PlIVae i'ie' ~
= or;,v 70 whatever is ianoble or dlshonorable,
!; worthy nj all admiration: but that independence III
representative or agent which CONSISTS IN cohtune
DECEPTION and bad faith towards his constituents, ms
r,ators whose will he is bound as lar as pracucaoe "
raaac,-such notion of independence, IN one whose
r, duties are expressed in his rcry name, Is
an ahsurd;tv loo gross pretenson 100 impuaeht o'
patrnt consideration. We have no" secohu S'"'P.'
Of WHO independence i'll VIM. II harrison; iore'aSee
we presume of his administration, shou'o ne ','a
70 he elected Can there be any PROOF more oVer"he
bon that Joreloped in these unheard OF transactions
any concession more unequvocal or Illuminating Oh
utter unfitness Of this man for station wch cans p
the oearest intellect the purest and best urea i.ep"D
cansm But here We have ProPosea ioi .'"t s,";
a man. who shall not, or mH not, answer pam
common enquiry Or that be greater extreme
of arrogance a pretcnslon more at war WIN l'e
yerv elements of representative Democracy, 'hah 'c
exemption from enquiry here claimed or indeed thah
any qualification of the right 81 enquiry as 10 any o''
Rut Won w-c2cnS, are well assured, VIII not
tolerate for one instant such folly or such arrogance
nor will you mistake the conclusions 10 whch ,cse
tbinps ouGht TO conduct you You will see that W"
n Harrison is both FEpERAllsr and an ABOLITION
IsT; that his supporters mh0 hart "hen nm up rs "a
mere instrument 10 ,cOrk Their 0rR adrnnt0g', c
kuoir thcse truths hacy dare not "ror ana are f4""
In afraid 10 DEM them. But what should you say
what ought you TO feel with respect TO any American
with respect especially to any oou.hesh .'h' W."
sus,ains or can comprehend the relations OF parent,
husband father brother, iriend-who chershes ana
appreciates the associations connected WIN nome
with all the enoyments of cultivated iiie-aha yet u
crafty his lust of place. or 10 gu ms Poltticai ammo
sities can lend himself the elevation OF one VINO, II
not from wickedness from folly equally fatal, IS pre-
pared let loose upon these sources oi happiness ana
improvement 10 tue humiliation OF every trace "i ct
vzed lile) the widest excuses OF rage brutality an"
ignorance: This fierce ianaltG!sm Of Aoo1n' ,'
Germs is an enemy with which can hold no parey,
nd make neither truce nor compromise IL must De
utterly ext,rpated from the land, must inevitably
spread il desoatIon with winch The EXTREMIST
CONFUSION OF the elements Is delightful calm -
The progress II IL making in the Northern States aided
as it has been by political faction, IL enough to awaken
our greatest vigilance We II too helped on pro-
badly there by political views extending itself nn"gs
the nations o Europe, where enthusiasts ana actlohss
who know nothing in truth Of our social condition, Turn
from the infinitely greater oppression, misery, wreicsed-
ness nd vice that surround them al ome 10 BUSY them
selves the situation, and 10 destroy the comforts 81 II
people enjoying The blessings abundance and degree
Of Happiness unknown IL millions IN immediate con
tact with these pretended phanihropiss. a conTen,
ion Of Abotionisis has been lately held in PARIS IN
which the question Of Sarsryin he intsd States was !
subject of consideration. a similar convention ana
for similar objects, has been announced to meet III The
city of London; aud we perceive that som" "i 'h'
Northern fanatics have far forgotten their dhties and
situation rs Americans, TO have united II THIS scheme
OF arltaon and mischief. Judging from history, oil
the tendency intrigue amongst III" governments
of the old world and their un,cupnluns employment
OF any means or engine believed To BE- adapted 10
their views il NAV not be- extravagant To anticipate
the employment of this faction by governments
hostile TO our institutions, in attempts TO impede the
growing prosperity Of our country; II not to DIS
sever our conicderacy, and utterly TO destroy go
ycrnment which they have always regarded rs mint
cal in It's nature and example 10 the interests OF mo-
narrhv These foreign movements magnify IN our
view The pcriIs which threaten from the zraoiS "i
Abolition and strengthen the appeal we here make 10
every friend OF the UniUn To every Southern man IN
particular who loves not only his country but still
more his family and his home and would not see IA" IN
cnnulEd in horrors, which the imagination cannot even
picture TO make truce, 10 cherish n" Sympaihlrs, Ia
permit comfy with the votarirS OF tins bloody Ia
nat:csm Nothing less than this is demanded OF HIM
b, the strongest law of Nature. The public life and
professions OF Gen Harrison, they have been mani
tested by himself, would alone condemn him alto
rrther unSound tried by every great test o Republican
principlc-wlcn these shall be viewed IN connection
withthc origin and manner of his Nominations with ms
refusal 10 comply with the plancst dictates OF duty
and candor, invoked especially he has been By
the most solemn consdrraons-hound as he un
questionaby is, by the nature of our institutions
10 shun every concealment-to present himself to
his county I H y" SGn n o 81 IL TIC Honest and
did Of all parties, when under such circumstances
we denonnce him as do before country and
the world, rs both Fedcrast and Abotonist-as
man wholly incompetent for the station he cmulatcs
Us whose opinions aud actions are nImical to the
principles of Democratic Republicans TO whose conf
dcnce and support, therefore, he possesses not soil
tary claim.
We refer you Fcllow.citizcns, to the long and COM
prchensve Address of the Convention, from which
derive detailed pSDOsltIOn of the
great principles which this controversy turns. That
Address presents you with the irresistible objections,
which may be urged against Gen. Harrison, and the
strong claims which Mr.. Van Buren, possesses TO your
continued support. We have thrown into the present
address OF the topics, which have since been pre-
sented in the of this campaign But IT IS time 10
be drawing to close.
| You will have TO encounter, Fellow-ctzcns, a
great deal Of Glamour and complaint about the state of
the market and the low prices of our produce But these
Wings keep ont Of view, the fact, that prices were
much lower years ago, when the Bank OF the
United States in full operation and when no fnan.
cal measure Of the Administration could be employed
As pretcX Tor such complaint They are pleased too
to forget the causes which have produced the present
state of markets the protnson OF our own pro-
durc the state of the foreign marhe; affecting own:
rs we'll as the want Of active capital IN our own coun.
try, arising from the overbanking and overdeang IN
i the United States They pleased to keep out of
view the fact that the fleets OF oyerbankng have been
principally brought upon us, by the Pennsylvania Bank
of the United States, which chartered by them.
selves, and whose gross Encouragement has compelled
| i, TO suspend specie payment and caused so many
others initiate IL Example Ask the Wings also, what
We {" gam by change Of the Enthusiastically
the clec,i"n Of latitndnons Federalst to the Presi
dency remedy he is TO apply, and what measures
they are 10 adopt, for relieving the country. The only
answer they can fairly give is that they are esta.
bsh Bank of the L. S which is not less dangerous
in the exercise Of its power than il IS Incompatible
with the Constitution itself Such is their scheme for re-
lieving the country-and the rock upon which we may
be driven if you should assist in rlcctmg VIM II Harm
son IS the President Of the T. S. Are you then pre-
pared Citizens Of Virginia, for such tcmcndon" al
tentative,
The Presidential battle viii be Tough, IN November
We shall make all the arrangements hereafter for that
important election But an election is al hand whiah
will have lis moral effect upon that contest ~ Virginia
as well the inte rmcdale elections III other States
The first gun is 10 be fired on Thursday the Ord inst
when you Will have to elect the members Of the