Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-13

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AEDNCITN or TIE |! HARTFORD CONVENTION LEADERS
IT. .GorcmcntS M,t mnSt STIR lie DsmocrGry as ~ih
n itriRg coat
The audacly Of Federalism knows no bounds in sea-
sons Of excited hnpe expected triumph Presumng
upon the ignorance or the credu!ity Of the people, II
treats them It they had no memories, were destitute
OF honesty, and careless Of consistency. Emhoidened
bv its own claims success which believe by the
mere force Of reI;aatIon it TO have forgotten It's
past character, 10 imagine that cr0n;cry may cace
what time and truth have Indelibly craven upon the po
pular mind IN this country.
Can we imagine any thing more indicative Of the
Federal temper Of the day. than the bold audacIty
with which seeks TO obl,erae the past and to stul
tfy History Can We match, in the annals of our
politics. The ctircnrry Of the descent Of the Hartford
Convention leaders upon the strnn@-hods Of the De-
mocracy DA.irL WEBSTER in Suffolk, JoE HOME
and AARON CLARE in Delaware, and WM. l.. STONE
10 Herklmcr?
If there is ans hing that arouse the Democra-
cy to full Of the importance Of this great con-
test-any inng that create political life, instinct
with mighty energy even ''undcr the ribs Of death
it is the audGcy OF these movements of the old,
lcntless, unchanged leaders of Federalism-the revi
lers of Jefferson, the prosecutors Of ompkns, and the
enemies of the Democracy and every Democratic Ad-
ADMINISTRATION since Sc and 1902
DAS!EL WEBSTER as carly as 1896 InvcIghed against
President Jefferson, arraigncd his administration, and
denounced HIM for his love Of economy. "Dusky
SALLY and the cred brooches" of the sage OF a!onti-
cello, familiar topics of ridcule and dcnun-
catcn with the tGreat Daniel as with the S;alstun-
stalls, the Kings the HamIltons, the John Davises,
the Spencers the ilofaans, the Duers, the Ogdens,
a ID ontne gchHS Subsequently he wrote pamphlet
against the Embargo, in which he accused Mr.. JEFF.
ferson and his Democratic friends, of being under
French Influence and of preparing for surrender
of our liberties and independence TO the protection of
Napoleon. In 1872 at Federal Convention, he
re- ported resolutions jus,rfy,ng the public enemy,
and condenning his own government. While in
Congress he opposed the war at every step; and
opposed and voted against every measure for its vi
gurous prosecution, aud for The defence of the coun-
try and the yIndca;;on of its rights He surpassed
even the ordinary bitterness and opposition of Fe-
drrasm, by resisting indispensable appropriations for
ens,ments, for driraying The expenses of the army
and navy for raising troops, for the support of 90.
pernment, for maintaining the public credit, and for
the punishment Of traitors 1t at the darkest pc
rod of the war, that, exutng IN the defeat Of our
arms and the murdeTous ircursions of the savages,
he exclaimed: This is not the entertainment 70 which
we were inrtcG'"-from that day to the present mo-
mcnt he has been the very head and front Of the Fc
dcral objectionable, bitter, relentless and unscru-
pulous-to every Democratic adninstration-Madi-
son, Monroe, jackson, and Van Buren,: He has
been the soul of Arstocratic exclusive. nonopnliz.
ing Federalism He has been continually eulog,zed,
almost dcifed, such. He is their approved and
hrthided champion-ther most cherished ''expounder
OF the Constitution. And there is not a single ques.
ton OF difference between the Democracy and Fe-
w d''s' "a e S"Gntry, tBat he Is not 1ound on re-
cord and MS leader, IN favor of the latter-Aexan-
der Hamilton Funding Sys,em-a great Central Bank
"A high Tariff dtItudinaran construction of the
as consequence, strong console
dated government as conirad,snguished from s'thc
Of the rights Of the in all their org
pal vgor. Finally, the attorney and agent OF the Z
5 Bank, feed and paid such, and lis debtor even
while member ofou highest legislative body he gave
that mos. corrupt and rredeemable institution. whose
pecuatons, coniracons, expansions political associa