Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-12
POLITICS..

A great fuss made IN congress, anu by FeCtlai
parzans out of gresS, year ago last WINTER be-
canse the Democrat C members resisted motion made
by Mise to nave MiriY thousand extra copies OF 'DocH-
aaeat No. III rcpr.ncd. They declared I, was Il
true record of driacatinns from rst to iastaH true
-youcned by the officers Of Government aud the &C.
count books Of Governncn,-and that the democrat
c members were atrad to lei 1t come TO light and gr0"
that the people should H. The real object {" tins
was to put ja job INTO the hands Of Nsn Prtnter Tor
the House. who had been elected by b"r9dtn between
the Conservative and Federal members, by winch ne,
CONSERVATIVES was to hold the Office, and receive
part OF the profits, while Gales y Scaton, fedcraitStS
were TO do the work and receive the balance OF me
emouments. As well account oil The expense oi
re- prntnu 900 copies of this book OF 400 pages, as
for the reason that it mixed up truth aud error III such
a manner as 10 lead the public mind to wrong conclu-
sions and could possibly benefit nobody but The men
dicant of party printer, tn" m"tion was resisted
And ict whether the leaders OF the Federal
party are the ateors OF rogucry whether they were
not laburinr III that 10 disseminate tiOTiaattOn
among the people which they knew to be unioundcd
and tallacious.
In this "Documeat No Ill" is statement that J. c.
s. Harrison, son OF WV. HENRY HARRIsoS is delaul-
Ter 10 the Government in the Office Of Receiver at m
cennes Indiana, 10 the amount OF oOOO, OF which
the balance unpaid IS Ss9,00o,-the sad WV. HENRY
HARRISON beng security. Now this statement is either
true or false but is stated BY the Richmond Enquirer
10 be True and that upon Tic authorty II the d0c"-
nent IN ,rhich HdppcarS, bit iron ACTUAL i>srEcrIoS
of tie records Of he preper department Yet Mr. John
&. Wright Harrison Chief keeper, cxciaIns III his
Cincinnati Gazette show dcSpicgb'y must be The
head and heart that proaG gate such paragraph
against the war.worn veteran, Harrison Good! Mr..
Wright. Excellent. Mr. John G Wright; II, as
mere ..cQrijing hen you lay no eggs yourself, you
first rate n, finding the nests 9" your party leaders
WHY Mr. Wright, Wise pronul gated t-Graves pro-
muuated it-heir "DocHWeat W. III proniug gated 1t
There it stands, vouched by Wise aud vouched by all
your party leadersnnd now you wish t. deny the truth
of the statement and thus show that you are wiling
10 screen deiacatun and roguery from the public, be-
cause they lay at the door Of the Log Catn where you
have cooped up your interesting charge Or do you say
that this DOcumtnt No III is calculated 10 produce
a wrong impression among the people, III regard 70
the Harrison dedication: 1t vas declared and demon
s,rated in Congress upon the motion to reprint i',
that it would create wrong, rntounded and most 'nlu-
rious impressions many other cases,-and would ",-
seminate error instead OF correct knowledge among the
people: the Democratic members declared, aud 50
proved But wha, did Hl<c, what did the Fcde-
raj leaders care for they might ncucate, or
Injuries they m:ght inlct, long 4 Democratic
Administration and lis honest supporters alone were
the sufferers. Nothing whatever. Not compunc.
,ous thought feeling crossed the breast OF that
man who told his friend GrarcS to Atoot iocer at
the lamcnted Crllcy. Not syllable was Pcnned or
uttered by any OF the Federal parzans IN or out OF
Congress- unless III the way of abuse and viiifca,on
of the Democ rats, for resisting the motion to par
" mendlcant the fat job OF rcprntng $1,000 extra co.
PIES of It, And, now they found turning short
around III their track, and Gcn""ncng, as "de$ptcd~y
mean the promulgatorS OF statement found IN tins
very docunle nj itself Such tie character q the OPP
position lcaderS-and such the nature OF the warfare
iha they have been wagn against the Administration
By their own followers are they conviced,-oat "i
their own rani.s they condemned Of and Tor fac
t.ous reckless sinderous and vlainous OF mis-
representation wrong and outrage and that course too
was approved and appauded by the very men tina, nov
exhibit character, and is stu! approved and ap-
plaudrd-save only, when it involves their own Log
Cabin, and duplicates the Caged Hero therein.
While therefore, the whole statement IN reference
TO the defacaton of young ana the liability of old,
Harrison, is TRUE to the letter. the affords re-
markabie illustration OF the character OF the opposition
that is waged against Mr.. Van Burrn and the Demo.
cratic party. IL starcs al msrcprcsentation-it
stops at no inustice-It shrinks from uiquy, the
sfrct of which will fall upon the Administrations But
when their cages and cider barrels approached
with the arguments of Truth, drawn we'll their
iavorte documents from the records, they out
in pain aud denouucc the " head and heart that .pro
mulsatcd the statements that them 'dcSpicaLy
mean" Such is the WtSc and Hrtoht warfare upon
the Democratic party, and we mistaken ii the pcc-
pie do determine that It neither rtsM %
give it countenance or support.