Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-04
Som at .NnniEnn Cnnrl Nnnse. mn p. 1910.

Srcnc at .HadiSOH can't it0"Sc, JH!y -, 1910.
ilrssrs. ltives and Smith appeared al our Court
house Yesterday, in accordance with invitations from
both political parties, TO address, the people on the pend
ing Presidential Election. ii was agreed that MIR. X.
should commence the discussion, occupying an hour
and Il half, and then give way 10 Mr.. >, for the same
length OF time, aud so on alternately, throughout. Mr..
r. commenced nj n little before one oclock-gavr us
the old story about the Sub rrasurv-,hc Militia bill
the extravaganza SprndIturcS-ihr Bankrup, bill ldvo-
Gated bv Benton: who WIS, III first, 'solIiary and alone,
the centre OF the system, but would finally draw all
the lesser planets 10 lis support, and pass the bill 10 the
rum OF our State institutions. Denounced Amos Ken.
dali with much bitterness, as n hlrnGicam, Editor
Paupcr kinr-a Royal icggar-a pa;d Patriot. SAID
he had made large suns, by the facilities afforded
him hy his office, IN Specializing III the public lands;
that he was in fact, al THIS time, the Po>iinas;cr-t'r-
neral, that Niles was the mere iorum ismcn$: that
Van Eurcn was supported by FedrralistS, Buchanan,
Williams and others, that they had been charged with
federalism in the papers, and it had never been denied.
lie concluded the hour and a half allotted TO him, with
a little abuse Of the Enquirer, &c, &c. MIR. Smith
commenced by defending the Sub.treasury, showing
conclnsively, that it had not been forced on the people,
as had been con,ended by MIR. R.: that it could not ruin
the country, or take away our liberties, that they had
been achieved withou, banks, and could surely be pre-
served without their AID. He noticed the militia bill,
Showed clearly tina. the President; had merely recon-
mcndcd to the consideration Of Congress The re-organ-
ration Of the militia as submitted IN P"'nSett 5 annual
report, that be had not then seen the details OF the plan,
which were afterwards brought out by the call Of the
House Of Representatives.. He then produced official
copies of the plan and details, printed by order OF the
Senate: and Of Gen. Harrison reports and bills sub
United to the House of Representatives on the 18th OF
January, ISL, and 9th Of January, isis, and proved
to the satisfaction of all, that every thing contained III
Poinsctts plan, was now the law of the land, or had
been recommended and advocated by Gen. Harrison;
that of the forty sections in Poinsctts plan, twenty-five
were now the law of the land, including the one which
requires the militia to arm themselves, and the remain
der was to be found in Harrison 5 reports and bills, sub
mittcd TO the House of Representatives in lrlI-lc, and
still advocated by him, as appeared by his letter written
to Louisville, last winter; that Harrison had gone fur
Their on this subject, than any other public man, having
been in favor Of training a larger portion OF tEc
militia for a longer time; Of subIccting them, whcii
called out to be trained, to the rules and arti.
clcs. Of war, and, finally, was for giving g mill
tarv instruction in every school in The L. States Thus
extending Federal patronage, authority and influence,
10 every school throughout Our extended country, and
involving IN annual expense TO the Federal treasury,
of twenty odd millions. Poinsetts plan contained
nothing that was not now law, or was not found IN lar-
rison' $ schemes, involved an expense of only half mil
lion, and training of only ten days. in each ycar-tar-
rison's, an expense OF twenty odd millions, and SIX
weeks traIuing-was II justice 10 cruelty Van buren,,
and to sci up Harrison in his place: Mr.. ;. then no.
noticed the charge Of rxtravagance, showed that the
President could not take a single dollar :rom the
Trcasurv-could not even draw n dollar of his sa-
larry without n previous vote oil botl branches Of
Congress-, and the sanction Of the proper officers OF
the Govcrnncnt-tha he could only recommend mea-
sures involving expenditures, and he called on MIR. X.
to point out one single eXtravagant recommendation
He showed that the annual estimates submitted by the
President, through the Secretary of the Treasury, had
always been less than the appropriations, ana asked Nr.
r. to name an extravaganza appropriatlhn, Tor winch
The marty with Which he was now acting did not vote.
He showed that Mr.. X. was not sincere IN his charge Of
eytravarancc, made now, within TIE last few months
for the first time-for, the expenditures were larger
in Is37-3S, (whcn Slr. r. by his silence III the Senate
admitted they were not extravaganf,) than they are
now, and moreover they were caused by appropriations
made during the last years of Gen. Jackson admins
tration, against which he Mr.. Il. had never uttered one
word of complaint. Nj. ,. then showed The autho-
riiy in the Constitution, 90 establish UNIFORM laws on
the subject of bankruptcies explained me nature
and operation of the law pro posed 10 he enactcd-a!-
Iuded 10 Mr.. RS remarks \ regard TO MIR Benton
being SOLITARY and alone, he centre oil me oahk-
rupt bill system-but would finally draw an lne it'ie
planets to his aid and said he supposed MT II was
reminded of that eminent Senator = having peeh ',''ias'
" situated on another occasion-,he centre OF the e5-
pungins system-and, finally, had d Fawn 10 me support
ofthat measure Mr.. X. himself. One was called, oy me
Whip marty, the Great, The other, the !dttie EHPunger.
Mr.. S. then noticed, and said he regretl ed ihe charges
made by Mr.. r., on mere rumor, against siessrs' hrn
dali, Niles, Williams, &c.-showed how uncharitaole
and unjust it was 10 make scrions charges against men
of far character, his former personal ana poiiucai
friends, on mere rumor-illustrated and e:. 'orccd ms
remarks, by reading MIR. Wise's account 0. the eH'
punging scene, in which he represents MIR. X. n saying
che had not got up that MEASURE and that ne mao
sncver expected to be brought lp TO the damn'ng ACT:
This had been charged by MIR. Wrse-was printe ! IN
the papers, and had ne yer been denied, and, OF cot rse,
according to the gentleman's logic, must be II ne.
Then Mr., r. was denounced BY MIR. Wise, and 9th RS
Of the party, as "beneath contempt, as "peIl ured, y =
&c.-Now they were 'scheek by jowl, :" 'trusty, We. y
beloved cousins both, and yet he says he has mol
changed. This put the ex-senator INTO towering pas.
sion9a perfect fury, and forgetting the divine precepts
of his holy religion, which teaches US, that being re,
viled to reviIe not again" he held forth in lofty and
INDIGNANT strains against our poor Senator-dragging
his private affairs before the public, and on vague ru'
mour, charged him with making large sums out OF Inc
Casa,n,nen, bv the favori;ism of Amos Kendall, and
that he. Mr. s. had recently received money from Wash
inglon. Mr. s. pronounced ii a foul and airocious ca
lumny By whomsoevcr circulated or 'ndoTsed) that
Van Buren, had attempted TO = purchase his (Mr. y sup