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

''lSS'NiNh " q hhibN W III .hI'h uJHN a'baN'Sf
Laws, but a doctrine equally monarcllcal was proclaim
cd IN The sentiment, ''tnat no Representative should be
palsied by the will of his constituents Each OF these
administrations claimed powers that were identical, and
each was expelled from office at the expiration OF It's
first term-Both deridcd State Rights, and believed that
our Constitution sanctioned the doctrine OF consolida-
ton; both claimed the power OF originating missions,
DENYING 10 the Senate any discretion further than TO
decide upon the fitness of the nomination., and to the
House of Representatives any right to withhold the ne
ccssary appropriation to pay the salaries of what Minis
tiers they might deem necessary. One was distinguish
cd for a mission to Berlin-the other, to Panama; IN
volving those principles, besides a dangerous political
connection, against which we have been guarded by
the warning voice of the Father of his Country-our
former connection with France, and the experience OF
all nations, ancient or modern.
When, therefore, in 1922, Gen. Jackson was elect
cd President of the United States, the government al
Washington was to all intents and purposes, as much
a monarchy in principle, as if the King OF England
and a British parliament sat there, instead OF the ser.
wants and deputies of a tree people, whose duties ana
powers were prescribed by 4 written CONSTITUTION
The American Eagle had descended from his majestic
height. nauseatcd again with sickness and despair; ne
caught the spirit of liberty once more from a Jackson,
and Tapping his wings, bore aloit, and was soon seen al
his accustomed height, where he has ever since been
watching with Jealous care over the dearest rights OF the
country. Such, Mr.. President, was the political condl-
ton of the country, when Andrew jackson was elect.
ed your President. That "pionecr' of constitutional
encroachment "a National Bank had opened the way
for the exercise of all powers deemed e~xpcdient by
Federalism. As with the first, SO with the second
Adams, powers had been claimed utterly subvcrslve
of the principles of our Government. Under the Tor
mcr. Monarchy appeared in the passage OF a Scdltion
Law; under the latter, the seed was planted during the
first, and its appearance doubtless reserved tor the "a
term, but defeated as were the enemies OF liberty ana
ever will be, | hope, it was bequeathed IN The last Wil
md Testament of that defunct Administrator as a le-
uacy TO modern WhiGgery. (Ycs; what the younger
Adams began, modern Whiggcry has been endeavor-
ing to c~onsummate, in obedience to a well known
maxim that .murder will out, the 'devil will show his
cloyen foot Not longer since than the last session ni
CONGRESS, an attempt was made in the Senate of the
United States to revive in The most odious form the
principles of the sedition act of the Elder Adams
And in the House of Representatives, the monstrons
pretcnsion was set up by this modern Wing party to
expel a member, not for words spoken in debate, but
for alleged lbellous publications in a newspaper)-
This, then, was the condition of the country when An
drew Jackson was elected. How was II at the end OF
his End term, The powers claimed by his prcdeces-
sor had been repudiatcd, the sentiment of the fede-
raj Government had been changed from that OF a
Monarchy, to one of a strict Representative cha
ractcr. The system Of Internal Improvement had
been abandoned. The National Bank had been put
down rs ! National Institution. The Tariff laws
had been remodclled on n principle relating TO reve-
nue. alone. In all Of these measures, a most violent
and vindictve opposition was experienced from the
present Wing party. How do parties now stand =
MIR Van Buren, at the head of the present Democratic
party stands pledged sro tread generally in the foot.
steps of his predecessor, : that is, resistance to all appli-
cations for money to works Involving as an original
question, the principle ofInterna! Improvement, uncom-
promising hostility TO Il Bank ofthe I. S.-a reduction
OF the Tariff 70 the revenue standard, and IN hnc, OPP
position to all implied and constructive powers. To
this pledge he has been true, and the Government as
well administered as ever before in our history. Where
do our opponents stand now on these questions: No;
III the open fields as they did when warning against
Gen. JachSou's administration, but lodging behind
trees, and in the bushes, showing and concealing them.
selves as s.policy" best dictatcs-playin@ The game Of
s.hide and seek, avowing and disavowing, approving
and disappearing, according to their "intcrcstS, with
no fixed principles of their own, waging an eternal
war upon all who havc-opposinge everything and pro-
posing Just enough to unInask their true designs; act
ing on the same principle which furnished Orcus Aver.
nus its first tenant, and for which the rcbelious an.
gels were thrown over the battlcments OF heaven
Yes, this party-tlis present pure patriotic Wing party
after shaking the very earth to its centre, in opposition
10 the measures and policy ofthc late Administrations
after they have been hunted to their dens, dragged on,
and held up reeking in their filth, before the eyes Of
m indignant community-now modestly tell you, "Oh'
we will wait until the people want a National Bank. '
ssrhc Tariff we are willing shall rest with the colnpro.
mise act, and 'thc States can carry on works Of Inter
ma. lmpre S11i, nMi 1' not Il finnappI55caaGSlES here:
An humiliation, say. the fade,
o,rrilo~cd a farmers inrn and stable;
Whole ricks Of In! and stacks Of corn
Were down the Sudden current borne
A bail Of nrw-drort horses dung,
Mingling with apples IN the throng,
said 10 the pipkiu plump and pIim,
~ pi'thNI " w nlihEo SWIM
One might however conclude from the avowal mad,
by this party, that Bank, Tariff and Internal Improve
ments were no longer in issue, that all opposition to tht
administration of Mr.. Van Buren, would cease, and tina
like good and virtuous citizens they would yield it
generous support-but not so-with the ackncwledg
Inent fresh on their lips, that they have been defeated
in these three great measures, defeated on principle b,
a decided expression of the public voice, they perss
still in a course of the most reckless and proscriptiv,
character towards those who have been honorcd by liz
people as the opponents of their will. Why is it, aut
for what: For nothing in the world but to bring abou
"a change of rulers, as the Richmond Wing (or prn
ciple and consistency, flair representative ofthe VIII,
partvl has modestly confessed to put Mr.. Van Blu
zen ont and tlr. Wing in, when it is acknowledge
on all hands that Mr.. Van Buren, has administered
the Government ably and efficiently, crsdiahy a
home and crcditahy 0droad; has violated no part o
the Constitution, or proposed any such violation
But, say they, powers were claimed and exercised b.
Gen. jackson, and approved by Mr.. Van Buren,, which
had never been claimed or exercised by any former Pre-
s;dent, and for which, any Monarch in Europe woul
nave lost his head. What were these powers; for, some
thing more than Tcneralitiss should be demanded b.
every sober and dispassionatc enquirer after truth
Why, he exercised too frequently, they will tell You
the Veto power; he removed the DepositcS from tn
Bank; he issued a Proclamation-a Protest, and order
I'd his rlinions 10 dcface and destroy the Journal of tn
Senate. 4 brief review OF these measures, III the or
der they occurred, will be all that is necessary to satisf,
the most ~sccptical. When Gen. Jackson was electe
IN ls29, he found 4 National Bank, u Tariff, and q Gys
leilio internal improvements IN complete possession Q
the Federal Governmental arrested Maternal improve
lncnts by his veto on the Maysville road bill. Mr.. Clay
the leader Of the opposition to his administration, in
voked the country to arrest the downfall of this brancl
Of his system. Every effort was made by him and hi
friends TO render the Administration odious, but in vain
the Constitution triumphed, and the Treasury was saved
from a drain, which, though small at first, had swollcr
to the enormous amount of one hundred millions, il
the shape of bills then lying on the table of the House
of Representatives
"a, recommended n rednctiou of tho Tariff 10 m ncn
noInical expenditure of the Government. This was
resisted with equal, if not more pertinacity, until Soutl
Carolina compelled the Compromise Act; a measure
then believed essential to preserve our glorious Union
He vetoed bill re-chartcring the then National Bank
whence ensued a struggle of the ticrcest and most
v%indictlvc Characterization a long time, the issue was
doubiful-the overthrow of the administration had
been predicted and threatened by the Opposition, be.
fore the veto, and great was the effort to verify The
prediction. The presses ofthe country were bribcd to
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