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

Such q XposIiIonS are exceedingly Nncnminrtabc Tor
that party which only rscs rs the country sinks, and
sinks as the country 1t IS sndly distressed al re-
turning prosperity hen has hope Ot success but
through r influence Of pancs, pres8ureS, ana WIDE
srrcad and the state OF affairs bitter dose
for those who have sakrd their political reputation
rpon the fact that the "odl"us Sub Treasury would be
calamity almost unparalleled IN The history OF nations
Like Wormwo"d i'll the farce, after chuckln9 over the
affections which their policy brought about, the
Federal leaders weep 10 find that the reprcssbie rner
ans If tins vigorous nalIon aided by sanitary law,
are trrnnpllng ali the evils created 10y the abuses
o' credit simulated to madness by vicious banking.
The grand object Of IaTrsonan journals, therefore,
ind # possible" some paIIaiion Tor the iaS'ica-
ton of gloomy iorrbodngS, aud 10 cxtrcatr them
selves from the embarrassing dilemma IN winch they
are placed To do this, their ingenuity II taxed To the
utmost but they still however make the attempt Inc
Of il is shewn the sui"Ined extracts from the
Baltimore American Forced 10 confess that there IS
"bri>kness, that paper says:
s.rhe cause of the present briskncss-What IS IT
If the inquiry is made Of business men, they will reply
that the pros pccts certain, of Gen. Harrison $
election has given things start Let the belief
become prevalent that the present Administration wall
BE- continued, and instantaneous depression would
take place.
Again:
s.Thc trading community have learned by sad expo
rencc that they TO expect nothing al the hands OF
the Administration but embarrassment and oppression.
If life and activty returning 10 business, IT Is not
bv reason Of any thing which the Administration has
done: it results from the belrr that the Administration
is to be changed and that speedily"
SO then, people are not engaging IN business because
thcy find business poftable-trade does not revive be-
cause the country recovering from the leIargy INTO
winch il was thrown by over banking, trading,
over-sprcuatIng and an over!ndu gcnce in every pc-
ces of luxury and extravaganza. The nation IS not
working itself Of is difficulties by the natural mode
No. according he Federal theory, It's circumstances
as had ever but men are beginning to resume lie
exercise Of their callngs, solely because there Is IN
some minds hope of putting out one Administration
and Of substituting another which proposes no remedy
for commerce ia Ills but secret a. the grave as 10 Us
principles and It's intended policy Was there ever any
thing more preposteroust
THIS new Fedora, Wing doctrine is admirably sat,r.
lied and cxposcd in the subp.ncd extract from the y
Y Evening POST written IN reference TO the very pas
sarcs which we have quoted
..,ccordnp to this ingenious explanation, people are
buvinr and selling shipping goods to foreign climates
and importing goods from abroad, setting their factories
al work and in various enterprises out OF pure
conrn,mcnt OF heart the that Harrison is /"
b.. elected II no, because the shipper iuds his bu
s,nnss gannl; it is not because the merchant makes
money BY selling 10 the country trader; i is not be-
cause the manufacturer finds profitable market for his
wares it is because the customer wants the goods
he buys and has the means Of paying for them. Let
no man deceive himself by any such commonplace the
DRY this The world OF trade is governed by no such