Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-25

g'ous that hypocrisy how w"tully Gcpraye1 rl.r
gcnuty, which could ". trhr with the God an
lions BY attempting to p-yrrt his most awfg y.,..
to the petty Instrumentaty Of party purposes
sc oil his patriotism and Ii. private morals he.
the same man, who was I" r,ncd neck and b,M.
o: Office by the people for tin resisting ,he,r v.
then abusing their power u>i.pcd rs briba-y an.
trguc. The same, who has sl.cr permitted hun.
be elected 10 the / :. Scndi", Tie positive y.g..
aga,n Of the Instructions Of the people Of kru,r.r.
their delegates in The State Legislature for no n.
purpose than to be thorn IN The sG. o., the P,a4.
The same, who, mortified at the success Of rb. me-.
Administration in obtaining the West lGarradr.r
he had himself SO s,gnaIly !4rd 10 secure. a5l>..
place Of Senator BY venting his clagrin md >pl.s
| Mr. Van Hurcn, who had been General JacS.og < ,.
! minister in negotiating with England ant " h.
I then and is now MIR, Clay S most formidable r,ys
the Presidency Who in advocating the re,ar,,,,
| the nomination of his rival 10 be minister to The &
OF ST James, openly esponsed the maxim of nlnna-,
and dcsPos-" TIM Ms kiRg ran d0 no 1rroag' -
! ary entitled the President of the L S.-k<a s..
relieving INN Of all esponshrIliy 10 the people, mas
al! his faults, toibles, SINS aud errors on the head
Secretary Of State, Mr Van Buren, who Il, to B., NV
The "Scapegoat of the wilderness AS black viii. .
rs the Opposition can make him. ~ time for li, IL.
| campaign FOR the Presidency, after General Jack.
term expires. The same who, after pushing hmm.
though romdtd0te far ths PrcSidemcy, on the ary.
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shocking inGelicacy, stepped forth his own 5ra.
! champion, and bul!lcd and bearded nearly eycrg i.
peer of the Senate Chamber opposed in pride aud p.
Cple 10 his election
''Ihr same, who even descended from the -.
Chamber TO ricctonccr with body Of men called b
who have since increased in number about as nun
in stature. The same, N word, who is mar - p.
naciously and approximately begging and "Jraaa.
that of us the boon Of ambition the power %. iii
rhf Ip .l,.~
per force. How any man, who has t!.Us 50 rb,;ia
So MmSsif ~ 0yyO>ui0a to hc ,rW AZ tie p,ng..
who has often and invariably abused what .p'i.
power has ever hren contidrd To- hi1a can Toe s., Ina
den, now as ask 10 be favored, 10 be Trusted +.
accountable, except up0n the supposIrton that H.,
curhed and unb0unded ambition - only rXcrcdae
his hatred To- the very first principle. Of Republican,
submission 10 the constitutional Will OF the ua.ur,.
the constituent! Bur, nj the same time, 1t Is well Is
he is not more popular. when We consider that tie
hor n his iit. has been i" identity himself and his !,
tunes with every political subject or =" ys;em, mwh.
majority of the States are Interested or a mamr'.
interests are concerned. On constitutional gues
he has invariably taken part @iih clpcGitHcp sua
questions Of Np,deucy he Il sure 10 side with ua
rty Of votes On the subject Of lnterna! lGpr.r
mcntS, or instance he is nltralatltudrnarrin H. ,
surle> power 10 TO General Government 10 cou,'..
roads and canals Ga,GiHSt Mf consent Of tie >tot.-
or ans Western State, would No, ass
any politician So much. On the subject of the
Rrrr also. he is wholly and solely Tor the 5, =!
trcrvc system, nnmodifrd and nnrn'tigntcd. T
people Of NLw SoEk even We're disposed 30
much more lrneut and comprom sing toward.
south In fine, on every important su5iec, a
ieral Legislation, Mr. Clay gocS -.GionS'y srH
gytat .Nurthfrn, .Wddie and HCst,rn suites, and yer
not strange that majority Of than should not 90 -
Clay for The Presidency: There is surely somvlttu-
this question and the answer is easy. Those )
have always regarded Mr. Clay es Snfsh I
iciqn He j. for himself, and not i,r his conn'r
He j. not for Tariffs. or Tunptkes, or Bans,
heir sake and much less il he for ta>ts o"d Pre-
for Gods saEc. His selhshness of late has
100 eager and too apparent. During the last
.iou Of Congress, he and hs party IN the Senate
careful t. mlng!e items Of totally different chafacr.
The bll! of Appropriation 10 Internal Improvements.
order 10 compel the President either to ~ 40 p"
IF .tnaii0naL Importance" which he had acknowcC |
should be sanctioned, to sanction others OF the 50
k md as the Maysvllc road bill which he had be
,,tDed And the fact itself showed, that little DID II
CLAY care whether works of national importance ~
or those of mere neighborhood moment w. |
paid for BY the Government IN violation OF the Con
luton So that Jackson, either by his sanction ~
one or his '.rsto of the other, made uuavolC.
Inconsistent and rendered unpopular.
land his course upon the United States Bank I
been much more selfish as well as inconsistent. an ;
case is much more easily made out againsthm /.
year ISL, he opposed the Bank charter most 81
ously and voted against it upon constitutional grar
He opposed il upon every ground Of law and "SPe!
ry at time when il could barely be tolerated IS >.
cessary evil, before II grew into mammoth iniG- 1
and its evils WERE in fact, but little known. But,
il has cured the objections Of distinguished ndy3.a
with the appliances Of retaining teps-now that 1t L
laid IL iangs upon the purse strings Of POPULAR
now that by supporting the bank, he IS advlncu.
. a hp haS IN n i III
only for charter but though The ''ta;hcr, ana Is
tens Gegei systems and he IS now getting old, b
soon be denoulinatcd hv the sduiati"n OF his wog
pers tie great grand faThcr o! the American So n
yet upon the Bank question Of -:'a, he "a! any
but an American corporation, for monopoly, FOR p II
legged franchises independent OF State TAXATION an +
elusive privileges derogating from the powers Of
gress in the incorporation in part Of Foreign SIoc-
4 gain, that the President III his former ne. n
having seasonabiy directed tie attention merely Of
gress to the Bank, and having suggested that tar
porance of the subject was such as 10 require tbe'
sideration then, with view 10 their final disBoS'a
Mr. Clay, in Of his dinner speech tours 'h': n
the State Of Ohio, al the city of Cincinnati or.
censured the provident advice of the President. Is
ing too far in advance Of the time for the eNpDrao
the present charter in l-36, and declared It IT, b. r
polite and unwisc to attempt 10 modify ne" ca Fs
so far in untic patton, without torckn"wccg" % n
vsstudes Of commerce and the mutations OF trad l
the intervening time. But afterwards Tfcn.@ ~
that the Presidential Election comes OIL ~ Nov
next, and calculating, with reason, that the i3lnt
nnce in his favor would be almost omnpot"nt ne5 \
ally seized upon those rsrg messages which he 0- 4
fore censured premature, The shallow PEr'er III
taking up the Bank subject Immediately. And all.
Gen Jackson, in ms last message, had express
the subject TO Me nresfigdtiDn oil an cn!lghirne III
ple and their representatives, get Mr., CAY I'll"
party added TO the friends of the Bank actua..s
ont the last session OF Congress 10 the ras2@ 3
length of seven months IN order 10 hurry The Bar,
through all its stages, in one session, and, alter
passed both houses, and they were ready T. 81.
tie session from the oh 10 the uti %
for the avowed purpose OF awaiting unncccssnr
decision Of the Executive, heartily hoping t"r 90.
which they were fully gratlhed Il etO n ograh
election IN the taH And, truly the most shame
of the political prctligacy of Mr. Clay ana h's Il
that though they n0,r claim to be- the warrncsi ~
of the bank and pretend 10 be shockedby th- ''
alarmed inr the prosperity of the country, vi
prGycd that the baHk chartcr n,i2M Dir IN ora.
Mr.. Clay might live. Though they protessed 10 }.
the charter all-essental and necessary 10 the wa
rests Of the country, yet we heard their mo,'f
in every direction praying for the President
which they deemed more essential and neees>
the success Of Mr.. CLAY. They actually n ~
the sacrifice. not Gt .Nr. G0Uaiih' p"bitc "'''.
cording 10 their own views OF Bank, ~ IN.
N his shriu.' The fact ls drsgraceui n 81 liz
we say that though Mr. Clay and the party IA H
position ccrc IN taror of The bank, yet they pH Ell
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