Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-21

defamation for arguments that are all-powcriu and
unanswerable.
Sd. He tells us that public officers "who have been
distinguished by the honest, able, aud exemplary as
charge of their official duties have been arbitrarily re-
moved from Office, for other reason than that they
could not conform the private and involuntary cPIi
.ons of their minds the standard OF Executive lan'
&c. Now, this is the same system OF tn'oe'ane laS
he is now pleased to call it) which Mr. fives aa sup
nor, and Justify, when Gen. Jackson dismissed MI
Duane from office, although the whole Wing party,
with Mr. Clay at their head acclaimed then rs furious
IL s this aposate does against this dreadtu m
tolerance and when MIR Clay asserted that "a useil
nubc officer had been dismissed for no other reason
Than that he could conform his conscience 10 te
dictates of the Executive, Mr. I'm. L fires came
forward and defended and justified at length, not oy
The removal of Mr. Duane in particular, Out aso aa'o
Gated the power of removal IN general, IN It's most ui-
qualified and ,atitudnous construction And yet, Tor
sootb this is the same who would now lam aiaIh
the people on account of Wing defamation against .ie
mower of removal, which he himself secuted ana Ia'-
cnled in 1884 Fudge fudge and hoa ,hy peace tlou
wretched, tme-server ana "ele'eh' "o'' PNH''
for we ,cW not believe thee
1,b Another reason which he alleges ior ms oppo-
ston 10 the present Administration is Tue iact that inc
President estimates the expenditures OF e year just
ended at 26 millions; wherenpon, tins worthy ana con,
ss,ent patriot remarks, But tins sum OIL 20 ioHs Oh
dn,rs bappcns to be lust the double OF the public eX-
ncnditnre under the Administration OF Mr. J. U
dams which most of US thought was SO enormous ana
pniustable as to merit the disp!easure and rebuke OF
the people Now will it be believed, that tins political
tnr was The strenuous and whole hog" supporter
NJ Cen Jacksons Administration from ont out, when,
according to this late patriotic doctrine OF s ne oughto
have been its uncompromslng opponent, BECAUSE AR,
ug ereru uear of Gen Jackson administrators ne P"O
tic expenditure exceeded that under j. 1d"mS' oy any
millions Thus them what is rank offence IN Mr AN
Buren, was perfectly harmless practice IN Gen. JACK
som Facts like these may serve to prove and expose the
inconsistency nsincerity, tme-servlng principles ana
obominable bad faith of William &. Rlves Neither
has he the fairness magnanlmty tor Tie selfish are
ALWAYS mean in spirit to make any allowances IN favor
nj the present Administration, on account o the IN
creased demands upon the public service which neces
sary flow from the growing population and rapidly &C.
yclopinr energies of this young and hoursing coun-
tv a. also on account OF the enormous and eXtraord
nary expenses incurred on account of increased pen
sons purchases Of the land, and removal OF the IN
dams and the expenses of the Florida war; ana whicn
no human foresg ingenuity could nave prevented
controlled
Presidents real though concealed design U.s. to do away
with all Banks and to establish San erctuStre metallic
currency and yet in another part OF IT we are told,
that the President also designs to create great Govern
ment Bank" Now, it so happens that 10th these as
serons cannot be true and valid at one and the same
time and from the necessity of the case each OF these
propostons must inevitably counteract and destroy
the other for, if the Presidents 'daring plan be an
erclusire metallic currency, great Government Bank
would necessarily prove llLll
TING large quantities of its paper, which would
drive an equivalent amount of specie from circulation
and thus effectualy prevent the consummaton OF tins
supposed sdarling wish for erciaSire metallic cur
renew and the other hand, II the PRESIDENT really
DESIGNS erect great Treasury Bank, how IS 1t posi-
BILE for such an institution TO prosper even to east
under this ssost dire and atrocous PROJECT TO estab
lish an erclnsirc metallic currency, winch would OF
course forbid and prevent the circulation OF al Bank pa
per whatsoever: 1t is thus, that this wretched po-
tails nnIf hiatt he nSIn q II 4
of his charges IS rrefragaby proven, because IN his
eager recklessness and bcraty TO mpugn and lnJure
The President he falls into the childish and laughab!e
folly of ascrbng to him the most opposite and conflict
ing motives by turns. With regard to the now almost
exnlod,d argument that the Independent Treasury
system is Bank in disguise, call upon Him. C. RreS
to answer if he darss that portion OF Mr. Buchanan
late mastery speech in refutaon of this charge:
should be glad 10 see the lttle Expungcr undertake
the task.
6tb Another ssmost Grev accusation against the
President is that he is not Prophet Yes, People OF
VIRGINIA because Mr. Van Buren, is not 'tortune.tel
fsr" and did not foresee IN December That certain
contingency was to arise in February, and because he
then sent message TO Congress communicating ian
opprehcnded deficiency in the Treasury the most
ridiculous ourishcs aud antics nlrlged IN by this
omnsccnt and ia.-Serng apoS.ate OF Castle HUI! =
And them If 10 cap tl!e climax o! The iudcronS, he
has lurged IN two Latin verses so maapropos ana so
little to the point that even a schooiboy would be
ton of his book and that all may be enabled TO appre
ciate the merits of this political and literary quack,
here is plain, downright English translation OF the
verses in question
20 mor,als: blind of fate who never know
TO high fortune or endure The low.
In the name OF common sense, what can Message
Of the Executive communicating his "apprehensions
that The available funds in the Treasury viii not be suf
fcient to meet the public exigencies what has AT
this TO do, ask, with the "inabiLty IF moriais to bcar
high fortune or endure tic iotc}" Was there ever a
more bunsling application of classic coupe;; Was
ierc ever miserable attempt TO "shine in Dor
rowed feathers and to appear nonsensIcally a6SrS"
and saJiimeo However, this worthy parsonage has i
mighty propensity TO deal in classic SMILES and quota
lions and he seeneh take less delight in msquot-
ing history and numbering the classics than IN betray-
ing the and princ Piles of merlcan Democracy In
his Louisa Speech he did not fail to perperae several
blunders and msstatemens IN ancient HISTORY, ana ne
did not then hesitate TO arrogatc to himself the carac-
Ter Of Fabrcius and compared the President to that oil
Pyrrhus; but according to this latest ordnance he IS
no longer Pyrrhs but Turnns, But, as the Ex-Sena-
tor has failed in this instance to compare himself TO
some illustrous character think ii but Just that the
Democratic party should Do that for him, without 60
ing far back into history as l has done and Tor my
part respectfully suggest the pcrtod % The fmtrtcdn
Reroluton, and the OmnO"S ""mc n Bened'ct ir"o'G
9TH Not less unwarrantable and malicious than the
rest of his other contemplate charges the aru at
1c,npt which he has made enlist in his behalf the
scltishneSs and cupdty THAT powerful interest which
is cen,cIrd in and welded by chartered companies and
corporations of every kind; and this, he had attempted
10 do by iaisy representing the President as wishing
90 wage cXle terminating warfare against them. Nay,
INSCRIPTIONS and Liberal is lie Il the means and
weapons wherewith to attack oppon"nt that he tries
persuade the country, that the Pres dent wishes and
seeks TO destroy all Banking ins,t and this, too
despite the nnequvocal language contained in his
Message that Gin country COMMERCIAL ours bankS
IN some form scU probnbly dl,cdys 1rist He also
CHARGES him with design destroy ssthose noble and
most useful State Improvements which have caused the
recent wilderness of America to blossom the
Now what are the facts; In the mastery and anan-
<,-,r"c sketch which he gave Of the causes Of our
financial embarrassmentS Indebtedness and degrading
dependence foreign countries the President took &C.
cason observe that sour people will not long be IN
sensible to the extent of the burdens cntaed upon them
hy the false system that has been operating on their
sangune energetic and industrious character nor to
the necessary to extrcate themselves from these
endorsements. The weight which presses upon a
large portion of the people and the States, an enor
debt, foreign and domestic. The foreign debt OF