Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-22

Tue Continent ncr means OF throwing all
and lrgions shores, and 1arrsons resignation,
are incidents that rush together and mark the same
page of history. The greatest service he render
ed his country, was his resignation. As you have said,
Jackson's appointment followed. An intrigue of the
politicians restrained MIR. Madisons wish TO Of
flee to Jackson long before
:. TO TIE EDITOR OF THE Eve UiRER.
1t notorious fact, that the leaders of the mscall-
ed Wing party of this country entertain the belief that
the people mnsSc, swnish multitude, incapable
of either finding out duly approaching their rights
They deny hcr capacity for self government, and
slider them mere tools III the hands of the ArIsto
cratcal order They looked upon beasts of bur
den, TO administer 10 their wants and comforts. Al
though this Arstoc. atIcal sentiment has been long
cherished by many, yet it has not been fully developed
until recently. 1t has been heretofore considered
unwse to disclose this opinion but ArIstocracy has AZ
length taken courage, and boldly erected its unhaow
ed crest. What expression is now more commonly
used than this, the people incapable Of se.goy
Icrnmcnt; they their own worst enemies. The
substance of its bold doctrine is, that the people too
ignorant perceive their duties and too base TO assert
their rights Can there be any stronger evidence Of
their chprshng the above doctrine than the daily
emps gull the people, by pictorial representations
and ridiculous caricatures: Is II not rerottng to
nv enlightened and vrtuous mind, to witness the ar
fees TO which the Wings resort to deluGe the people,
and to draw them aside from the issue They be.
cyc the people be like children, easily ticklcd with
,iraw and amused with rattles aud gewgaws. Hence
the fantastic parade of the Young Mems Convention
al Baltimore, composed of delegates from eighteen
three wears and ten; Convention, which
markabc for show and parade, for the sounding Of
trumpets, the waving of banners, nc, &c., &c.
Convention, which met to do nothing but spend money
mosi pro(useiy, whilst they crying out "hard
times, and coming. What more absurd and
ridiculous than their exhibition Of log cabins and bar
rels of hard cider resort 10 shallow artice 10
divert The people from the main point in controversy,
is equivalent declaration to the American people,
the plain, unsophlscated voters OF the land, "ie
fools we know it, and therefore Thus act to impose
on your ignorance and credullty. Many of you lnha
bit lor cabins and drink hard cider, and by inducing
you to believe that VIM. ii. Harrison lives log
b n and drinks hard cider you will readily consider him
as boon companion, of yourselves, and there
fore will support him" Many Wings acknowledge
that this IS Eick 10 gull the people. No Wing, who
has regard for his reputation, wall assert that Gen
Harrison lives log cabin that he drinks hard CT
der. IL is we'll known, that he dwes in fine house,
has large and valuable farm and in the clear receipt
Of some four five thousand dollars annually ctou
lqboriug for IT, and has received much money from
the public Treasury, any man now living, with
the exception perhaps, of John Quincy Adams. Such
attempts as tins to deceive the people, disgrace to
any party; and will, trust in due time, receive Sc
we're poDuIar rebuke How the people believe
such men be their friends, whilst by their very acts
the tell them they fools, and dupes 10 their art
fees Are such these, the friends Of the inmates
of loo cabins, who look down with sovereign contempt
on the poor and think them not honest or deserr.
ing as their domestics; Let il be understood,
that | do not here include the rhoIe Wig pGrty;
but allude TO those who pull the wires, and the
ieading PERSONA dramats on the political stage. Let
me not be charged with spirit of agrarianIsm, with
a malevolent motive to excite the poor against the
rclI-No man deprecates such feeling more than !
do But, sir, speak tthe words of sobcrncss and
truth do assert, that such means TO deceive our
fellow citizens, gross insult TO them il is deca-
ration that they have neither virtue nor intelligence,
and that they be led, like sheep, TO the slaughter
house Of arstocracy. who are these friends OF the
people, answer, spectators, stock lobbbers, advo-
Gates OF great central noned institution; men, VIII
think they entitled to exclusive privileges, because
do saw too much they are Of nobe Hood have by
ir or toui means, accumulated wealth and Fictitious
Importance in society ! will venture to assert that
some Of the Wings, who are are so camorous about
lor cabins and hard cider would enter log cabin
most reluctantly, TO shelter them from ''the pet-
inrs of the ptess Storm and, to hard cider, far
from drinking Mat they would turn up their noses,
like "Bcau Hrummcl, at any thing except wines Of
the most exquisite flavor. How many of the young
men who attended the Baltimore Convention, do you
suppose irlabit log cabins and drink hard cider; il
is said that there from fifteen to twenty thousand
there "cli at Gath, publish it not in the streets
Of Ascaon not On6-R0-n0t 0nc.
The Harrisburg Convention composed of men
of different political hues. They selected VIM. IL.
Harrison from belief that the people would 60 for
Military Chiiain without regard 10 his GIRL or po'hi
cal qualifications. These men, their party, had
serted that the American people led off by the
Glare of General Jackson military reputation-thcy
denounced his ric4S, for what they termed their fol-
w. said that the election Of President from such
seratons, argued depravty OF public morals, and
that such feeling would operate most njurlously on
the rights and safety of the people, was destructive of
the Free Institutions of the country, and ought to be
deprecated ethan war, pestllcnce and famine :
and now these very who profess to be actuacd by
pwrc iorc c cOHny who dcc0rc tint o"r h'er'cs IRE
in danger, have resorted TO the rTy means OF which
they unius,lv condemned the advocates OF General
Jackson They nominated General Harrison, but
withheld from the American people an expression OF
aeir own his political creed They refused to pub
sh to the world his present ricrs with regard to all the
absorbing questions of the day. Ask Gen HARRISON
friends for his opinions in relation to the Tariff, Adolf
tonistn, Internal Improvement and I States Bank,
and they refer you 10 his speeches made many years
ago but will not canddy give Jon history OF ms Po-
iiticoi acts Uhntarc his opinions NOR. Is he Ike
Mcde or Persian whose laws are immutable: Has he
nGrer changcd OpiaiOn9 If he has not, 1t argues
consdcrabie degree of perverscncss. Henry Clay, and
| think Daniel Webster once entertained the opinion,
that T.. s Bank unconstitutional that Congress
had no authority under the Constitution to establish
such an institution and Mr. Clay sustained htS otc-
tons in one Of the most lucid and able speeches he
ever delivered in Congresabut noc he believes sncii
an Institution be the gredt Pdn0cca fer crcry d'Sc1Sc
lin DE body polir. So General Harrison oHce pro-
csSed belong TO the Jetcrsonlan School, yet Voeu
with the FederulIsS all occasIons-was an ADVOCATE
for high Tariff and for Federal measures hro"gh0m
was one of the favortcs of John Adams, during 'Me
Reira Of Terror and has since, by his pol.'at dcts
renounccd toreecr the Republican doctrines Of Jstcrs0n
When the Democracy presented Mr. Van Buren, tor The
Presidency, the Wings charged him with AboiI''onlsm,
and insisted that he should disclose his views on 'hat
snb;ect II was urred by the Wings that his views
Should not be withheld although, if mistake not he
had not long before given the casting rotc as President
Of the Senate in favor of the bill to prohibit the circu-
la,ion of Inlammatory Abolition papers in the South
Mr. Van Buren, readily responded to the call Now, if
i was right and proper that Mr. Van Buren, should be
Intercepted on this subject, and should it, it
not Just and proper that General Harrison should do
the same But, sir, according TO the Wing version, IN
this case what for the goose is not sauce for
the gander.
! The Wings say the times hard--a change IS nc.
| cnSsarr-that Mr. Van Rrran's administration hGs