Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-07

To hc EIi9r. 'FLUNtSSA -, Va, July =.
'..Anreeahly to pre- vrus appointment, several pnltI-
cal Addresses were delivered 10 the people of Finvanna
on Monday last, IT hcrnr our Court day. The drscn-
SION was opened, a. soon rs the people had c"ih'ctcd,
By Mr.. Henry +. Watkins, III" big gun from France
Edward. IN Il very far SPEECH, ~ ai,nnt tw" hours m
length, which Sremcd, however, 10 Prrduc" bet ''t''
impression upon The people: aHi as soon as me- LOOK
has seat. he was replied L" IN an able and SPIRITED man
nrr by Nj. Holiday OF LOUISA, who SIT torn ~ In"
strongest light. the true issue OF the present contest tor
the office of ChIet Magistrate, anu contra>trd with
much ability the relative merits Of tn" two candidates.
He commenced w!ih The nrIgin 81 the t"o parties WHICH
npw divide The country, ~ the establishment "i a Va
,ional Bank. dur.na the administration 81 Gen. WASH
ragton. and show. d that Mr. Jefferson, the well known
advocate ufa street construction OF the Constitution, aiH
the founder Oflhn Republican party, was 4 Jealous "ppo-
nent ofllat measure; while Hamilton, Who entertained
opposite views. tIvurrmg 4 laiitud'n"ns construction OF
his instruiirrni, as WARMLY Supported and urged Us ad"P-
ton upon Gen. Washington, who was Induced, WNl
much reluctance, 10 I'm ITS charter, anh o"iy IN cohsr-
qurnce OF Ia" heavy dec, which thea ""i-i"" upon III"
n,,,nn. He then showed that Gen. Harrison, The te-
d.raI candidate for the Presidency, favored the esia-
bIiShnrnt IL a L. 5, Bank, and very justly p"ntrd u
out. rs among the first measures when would result
fro,, his eI.ctI0n-t To- that office 4! not, he asked, why
>. IN. advocates OF 4 Bank. almost to a man, found
r,i1yinr 10 his support: They must certainly have
ann. reason :r b levIng the election "i G"l'ral har-
rIs,n will ad IN cstdbi shing th"rr iaYorii" s:ieiIr''
and. rs he has pledged hin'srii t. sign a bh! Tor ms
II prrnosp. provided lht Interests ~ We C'iu"t. an ="
,oo,is. IN hs opinion, seem 10 require i: he W.! look
mon The vote of the bank party a evidence 'n!1ri-ht
To show. thai III" people arr now N favor 81 us au"p
ton. and, consequently. II Will be- among me raf'i'S'
measures he Will recommend 10 Congress, n IN" erthi
fin, election: That Bark or no Bank, 5 the irn" IS.
sue now before the country, and that, IN iaGt, the
whigs Of Kentucky have openly avowrd 1T = such
He (, went on To show, that HARRISON : IN" warm
advocate Of the Tariff system, ana OF interna! Ia
movement bG the General Govern ent-iha he lt"d
80 Er,I,- an IlA. Stl ri n. fIn | arm fll
-, pol,ical man now before the puhlic-tnr, At q
,ar;,d when this system was weighing most heavily
an he Southern S~tatcs-wh"n they were ground 10
\ Inst an! ashes under It's oppression, tar from nppfnv'
inr lis reduction. Gen. HARRISON wished It u ~ IN
--c,s,d and wished the surplus revenue arising there
So, J., Il. auprorrat-d, Mt 10 The liquidation Of the
,uhic drb,, but t. the internal improvement OF ih'
c,un,ry Nv roads and clnal--tIit h" wis Tor intf',d'
80, , Las infn thu Stat. &c Ohio, ezrnpiinE maniiac'
t,r;or houses and manufacturers from tIxiti"n, ana
me Inter froan military dn:y aud from ""FkinE on me
nrbIic HIGHWAYS. Yet. ~ the face at all these facts,
which shnw that Gen. II 'rrrsnn advocated al ~" pro-
minrnl Federal treasures, winch were Considered a'
,.s, onrstions his approval Of Gen Jackson ; fr'rii-
maton, declaring Il I measure wh'eA 'i'c'rr.'" mmi
w;,h more rInrY than his splendid victory at New Or
L,r.-hfs u,rrnva! nf the l,lItmdi nous exposition
&c The Constitution BY NJ. Wrh,t"r at ihn' prr'"h'
believing il The most satisfactory mat hah ever
hem mad--h3s nomInat:"n at flarr'-hhr9 oy ~
r.dernlIst-. and ti, sanction of that nomination ~
ur Webster. the leader of that party-ye>, IN Ia"
face nf all these fact, he was i'rld up !" tt i'"''' =,
he T.. States asa Jrtfrrsnuinn Republican,. tie proved
c,,cius r,I,. thai Gen. Harrsrn, IN the days Of } IN
Adams. mounted the black cockade-'he badge "i re-
deralrsm-ard adduccd, IN part, rs evidence 81 That 'art'
The testimony or nId Nr. Fowler Of Kentucky, formerly
, member of Congress, 10 which the Senator from IN
District thought proper to object, as coming from a su'
per,unnatrd old mau; forgetting that he was a "'e'i'o"'
az CONGRESS at the same time that Gen. HARRISON Wa>
and, consequently, # one be suP"rannut 'ed, Inc same
objection might apply with equa! force 10 the "'her-
| Mr.. Holiday then discussed The question: "h"thei "
M, Gen. Harrison has been elrc,irneerrng t obtain tn
rote Of the Aboltnn,sts. as has been charged upon nun
and during the discussion, adduccG evidence 70 prov
J! that he has been gully Of the gr"ss'st prtvaricati"h ~
relation to hiss op mons On THIS subject, and mas contra
dicicd himself repeatedly in the various letters he Ia
written to different quarters Of the Union Tor IN" pr
ca,e eye. which unfortunately i"r HIM have been eS
posed to the ridicu!e Of the public BY the 'nadvrr'en
publication OF his letter to Mr. Lyons-ihat the South
ern people have a security aGa'nst the INVASION 81 me-
rights bv these !lnatics IN the solemn plrcge 81 hf
Van Buren In veto any ill for the abolition o. SLAYER!
IN the District of Columbia, or in any Of the slavrh'1"
,nr States, IN case he b. elected; while they nave no
,h,nr IL EXPECT from Gen. Fl. on this question ~n
has made NJ such pledge, but the discussion ~ ne 81"
/; i-c, in Congress, and all those evils wnch WIN Ne as''
revived h. is agitation. If the Ab"ltti"n's's DID n"
e,pcct the promotion Of their ianatical schemes m IN
!, sIect;on nf General Hurts n, why are they 50 unani
nous IN his support: WHY did the Southern dri"sa.i'
in the Harrisburg Convention, oppose MS noh''hatoi