Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-07
RICHMOND, Va, TUESDAY, APRIL :, SI0


D;Soroeefnl position Of the Military Chiettaia,
Harrison he ar0ilable-in Lsadmg Strings,
The Correspondence OF the Oswcgo Association with
o,he Confidential Committee" of three has Justly e..
o;,aI rho suspicon and indignation Of a free people
,rberc was \ time when Gen. Harrison declared thar
every fesmau ought 10 do his own voting well h.,
own tirhtinu-bu, he himself is no longer freeman
hrcause he is unable 10 do ms oTn Mtnfng. lie is an
;rs,rrn.nt in the hands OF Thinking Committee
who as the Pennsylvania says, play The part OF
..Sons ;, bearrr" among the Semlnolcs-'an acute FL
low who furnishes his principal with ideas and advice
unon an emergency. HE Heh"ral IS mere auto
moon in the hands Of his guardians tas the last So
turIav's CRISIS savs.) "hc is pawn on the chess;
board moved about by his Confidential Communicable
i \ TOW. pulled here and there by the wlrcs-lic al
mos, afraid to say his souls hs He is afraid 10
come out on the Abolition question: Tor lear he Should
offend the Aboonists. He is afraid 10 come on
he Bank question, lest he should offend eheF thUs-
who ur. f,r or those who GgainSt National BAN
no receives letters which he is afraid 10 answer Que,
ons are put to him, 10 which he IS AFRAID I" give ans
reply His opinions are asked, not about ms own bu.
siness but upon the business pt the very people whom
he socits to make him their agent-and he Is afraid
declare them He asks the general confidence a
IN. neone: and vet he will not give them hrs own Ia
, word he is in the hands o. has keepers, who will not
oi him speak out, for fear OF Inaring ms election IT,
is ike the inhabitants otthe Flying Island, so humorous
IL described bv Swift who never spoke until Their
Hammer bearers who stood by them n'ce 10 SPEAK
m sr,knr their mouths with the iappcrs they IN
,La bond-And this noncommitta! candidate, As
lodging politician who IS IN the hands oi ms oniIten
tial Committee: whose consciencels III 'heif krePns
who think for him. write for hun, and determine that
he shall not speak for himself n FAC, lhat ne sha an
sver no more quesions-who tell the people al once,
..vou shall not know the principles OF our candidate
still claims the votes of tree people Tor NE hrst Office
in the Republic. ,,.,
And who are these keepers OF ms conscience What
re their oniptes to Abolitionsm 10 the Bank, To f.
.r,l doctrines: John c. Wright, the soul Of this Con
6lantiol Committee is hostile the Southern rights u
property and an old fashioned federalIsi who abused
President Jefferson III the most outrageous manner
In the Summer oflt'G, he delivered speech IN Ono
,vLich was contempuous and odious 10 me S"n'n In
tho winter of 1870 he wrote two doube-iaced letters,
| sr which. the son of Rufus King exposed hm 10 the
scoru of the Public The Globe says, that
.Wben General Jackson was first candidate Tor the
Presidency, j. c Wrig ht was elected to Congress from
m. district which gave General Jackson very large
moior;,v oiis votes To the leading Republicans,
| whose favor had advanced him, he gave pledge that
if the election of President devoved on The House ms
vote in conformity with that OF the majority oil MS dts.
trct should be cast for General Jackson lie BETRAYED
those who trusted hiu-vioated the pledge, ana voted
for John Quincy Adams. lie was the mos busy ana
noisy of Mr. Gays agents in eticctlng the bargain, m
somnch that George kremer compared nm toa cacE.
lino hen tina, ran about and laid no eggs, but deceived
everybody. The honest German, dlsgnstcd w''h Tie
sarviI,y Of this man 10 Mr. Clay and his nSoence Ia
,emut and oalhng his cnndnct provoked From That
day 10 this he has been discarded from the confidence
OF Ohio His appearance now on the p'iitca! stage AZ
the chancellor Of Federalism-the keeper OF It's great
seal and the conscience oft candidate Tor the fEcs
dencv is the first that has sgnalled HIM since he sunk
into obscurity under the odum or the people Tor MS
treachery III lc2i
Such is the soul OF the "Con!.dcntlal Committee
of the available Caaddatc-Nha, then VIII be tA'
character of hi. cabinet, when made President al
man Thus oiious, thus despiscd by the South EIDE
ral,st in gain and spirit, with political principles 30
obnoxious to us, is ol the "Conidentioi Coh'hI'
lee why what s0r, OF q cabinet NiH Ten II nave, %
Chief Magistrate Of the nation Ii II be so tad N The
green tree what will it hc III the dry mat he ~llDe
in the hands Of kccprfa, when he Is clothed with Tie
Executive functions; thai he will move as they move
him-,hink they th!nkact az he ~ ADVISED, no Mih
can now doubt who sees with what lltile discretion,
with what lutte shame he now 'on.'sses mat lie con.
ccals even his opinions al tins time, at The bidding Of
this "Conidental Committee Talk Of log ta"H
candidatc!--We had better call HIM at once the 10:
s! Candidate"
/ Mos, truly does the \ Y, Evening Signal twith The
! Wing leaninga) designate tho appointment OF Con.
/ ilcnial Committee "pltitul and contemplate III
the extreme
.sshst nc, Ae4r. David vynne, J. C. Wight and n. II Pm
reI he Ihal /! their Pe"' '"H,s ,aG! nave a'"F
ccF a'nlt ie ieicl'ion' Of ne y ny ,tEdd"
all Administration papers !" the coun,t! SV"4 aeon
hin ~ An ire spon imt.ccus earfGs old o" VINO
leGt himself would be- Sl. give wrong and embarrassing
answer N. Letter., ana ,rr W vs n W"T and Sv.G
GER this city they have rendered themselves The laughing
d, VI ' n ~ hc C.rro ArSoraon If such be- .r.
cim-n Of individuals who surround and Influence ten'a
Harrison hr with reason rNcIaim save me from ~! ie""
and will take care Of my enemies
What woful contrast IS all tins 10 tic moral heF"s
of President Jackson, and 10 the manly course OF Vii
Van Buren,, who answered TWO Committees OF NoFn'
Carolina, and Sherrod Williams IN The fullest ana mo>I
unreserved manner. The Wings are mIscrabIy pal oH
thnr Tx This couIpmDiin!C nN.l.
caon oil their avnrite canddatcbnt usual, they
resort TO a liz 10 palla'" their disgrace ihcE say
that their Committee IS The same as The wite'"as"s
Committee of Gen Jackson IN $50 The bo!dncs'"
the assertion display the desperation Of their c&lsr
4 What analogy is there in the case; Sixteen gentlemen
Judges Overion and White among ihcm) were APP
pointed standing Committee Of Nashville, not to 'ahe
charge Of General Jackson conscience, but !" pro-
mot, his election and defend him against the charges
of his cncmcs-and nohy did they rcp"l the ma
nous SANDERS which were heaped upon h'n and rs
wife. lie did not appoint them-nor did they ap'
point themselves Committee. But did they under
take 10 conceal his opinions on any SUBJECT p'
they pursue the ''poicy Of concealing any "ph'o"
Did they tell him. that he should ''makr no further
declaration Of his principles, for the public "yc whilst
occupying his present position: Far from ion if
contrary he spoke freely wrote freely, answered in'
! He was afraid Of offending Aboonrst OF han"
man-But he uttered his opinions, whenever they were
required He was in no leading strIngs-in no man,
himself all times bound to- tho people iir
never asked their generous confidence, without 9"
ING them his own Such is the difference bctwe'nH"
lodging Hero of the Thames and III" bold 'oid"f" %
New Orleans Such is the prcvarraIon and soph'''!
TO which the Wings compelled 10 stoop Tor screen"
ING their iavorite candidate.
Franking.-The Richmond Wing is charging W.
Roanc with an abuse Of the irankng privilege
But if he has ranked Documents and Speeches "
his friends in Virginia, sometimes under frank "
be forwarded 10 others, with what grace can al;
Of the Wings complain Of the act: Do they no.
/ know, that their friends in Congress are IN wv
habit of doing the things themselves. las w.
James Garland framked great number OF RSeS ; 's'
ter to the Southwest of Virginia, Did not Mr. VS.
resolution call for % 'good and true Wings N 'a,1
county, for the purpose of flooding their counties VIZ
political papers franked by the Wing members II"
not Mr. Hill Of Buckingham ranked 10 the ClaFS'O"'
district ia huge mass Of Riyess letters, &c, nc
Has Clark of \. York pledged himself to franz :"
Mall tharss