Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-02
f DELEGATES from all the u s., in order to change .e
C,;,S,;o and 10 take from The Southern people 'he

abstrac. rights of the African race. ~
II : ;nnortant TO understand iuily tns co'uu..' "
- y ~ IA ,bo movements of Old Federal alassa-
-, because the Fcderalists there now openly as
90, sobat General Harrison owes his non'Eat'nn py tue
u-rsburq Conventions 10 the fusetts delegates,
ho acted there and that therefore he IS emphatically
tho Massachusetts Cand date for the Presidency
an tbe name of the entire Federal clique, Nlr WEB
tsr lately told the assembled multitude at alexandria,
..Wr hare mute Hiuiam Henry Harrison, the Bearer
Of QyR Standard y;,,;,,, uenrv
Harrison invokes the Democrats OF the South, the
Hartford Conventionsts Of the East, the Aootnnls,s
of the North, the Protective Tarittes OF me 'du'e
States and Feuerasts every where, TO hh''e ih one
COMMON camp, and do battle against every P'"eP'e
and every interest which the constitutional compact u
the onion was intended to secure to Southern men
If Democrats will obstinately unite IN sucn work.
they shall least have reasonable counsei against "
They shan not plead ignorance as an eAous. ~. ~"
ruin of their cause their country and its institutions
The question: fellow citizens, which you VIII nave
to decide polls in November next, IS vital one
II is whether YOU will restore the AMERICAS SYSTEM
composed of a National Bank, high farm, Internal
improvements and AbOlitIonisui
The late celebration at Bankers HILL disclosPs the
purpose Of the Harrison party TO tasten tins drstruc
tive system upon you Not only did Mr. Webster for
maly protest there against all the wholesome Demo
cratic policy which Jefferson, Madison, Jackson ana
Van Buren, have recommended and sustained; but
every declaration which was made there, every pan.
ner emblem, and motto exhibited IN the DESTINATIONS
parade there pointed restoration OF the principles
and policy the old Federal regime On "i those
banners painted the human hdnd, the centre OF
which was written the "rRUTECrIvE POLICY.
In the lead of this pnrtentous banner stood Governor
Ellsworth with the Black Cockade which FcderalIsts
wore in the iron age of their dominion.
And il is fact citizens, capable OF the fullest
proof notwithstanding the clandestlne efforts to con-
ceal it, that the brother of Governor Seward IN oehaii
of the great Northern manufacturers, lately vis,ted
North Bend 10 ascertain from the lips OF General liar.
.,tnAp tIapfh p unn
that preat Northern interest BY Protective Tariff
your staple productions; and that his Exceencys bro
Their returned home with perfect conviction that the
General would.
But If there were such evidence before u.s. If Ge-
neral Harrison speechess and unathomabe, only
behold the characters who surround the General IN the
decrepude of his helpless and second INFANCY and
whom he relies to give force and direction to ms
measures. Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, lhaddeus
Stevens J. c. Clark, Lcvrrett Saltonstal aud lru.
man Smith the chosen spirits of Federal reign
men, who have advocated every mlschlevous measure
and pushed forward every scheme howsoever danger
Gus and vre which could threaten you with mischief,
misery and ruin. Think you fellow. citizens, that Ge'
neral Harrison could etftctually oppose those mem.
Where and when has he avowcd the purpose or
disposition to oppose them Is he not indebted to them
for being hosted to prospect commanding and high
Has he given any promise, expressed any opini"n
that YOU safely rely on Or does 1t comport with
your dignity and security to trust in the lead Of
your national concerns who has been guilty of the most
dsreputabe dupcity every important political qnes-
ton of the day:
Go to the North and East; they will tell you, that the
General is Bank man, Protective Tariff man, and the
pledged advocate of universal emancipation.
Go TO the South-where political alSehoods and par
ty rage have made deplorable havoc on the human
mind and blinded to the perception of truth
and people-as in a wild, derinus dream-wil assure
you that the General is no Tariff man; IT, States
Bank candidate; dsturber of the vested rights o!
private property; but mighty Hero, and trusty De-
mocrat, who wants nothing but the Presidential sta
ton to make him u Cod
Look, fellow citizens, how compact and ndivisibe
are the furious fanatics and Aboltonss of the North,
East and West See how they continually increase
and work against you! See how they daily vote down,
and with indignant scorn, drive into ohscurrty every
honest Democrat who has generously served your
cause
What must be your feelings, when you abandon your
truest friends to undeserved and cruel fate!
How should your nercural sensibity kndlc into in
dignation you read the solemn and degrading truth,
that your fugitive slaves proclaimed free, adj
mitted 10 the rights of citizenship, and allowed vote
in elections of the highest dignity, the moment they
foot on the Northern and Eastern soil
When you drive Your allies away, do you not
strengthen your enemy and bring him towards you:
And will not this enemy already strong, sleepless and
impacabe, ultimately force rou to surrender your pro-
perty, or fight desperately to preserve II:
And why this most unaccountable niatuaton' Pos.
terity will read in egbe characters that all this
reckless politicians, who sooner than forcgo chance
however desperate-to rule the country with mischlev
Gus sway, would wickedy persuade YOU TO your own
certain and inevitable destruction.
But can YOU become forgcfu Of Justice and the
ties of gratitude; Indifferent to your country and
the safety of her institutions to support this despe
clique and TO asen disgrace.n brand the fair
forehead of man who has done much 10 honor and
10 serve you President Van Buren, has;
No, fellow. citizens; your honest nature assures me
on will: that Will pandpr Ia
countrys shame; that viii not allow Yourselves 10
be cheated and deceived; that you will enable IT,
rants to proclaim history 10 record and this desperate
faction rejoice, that in 1910, all of your JUS
tice, gratitude, patriotism and wisdom persisted
surrender of your Government to the most atrocous
enemies ii ever had.
History recounts thousand eminent and patriotic
men, who have been unwIsely brandt with the public
ngraiilude--men, who have served the State with
ZEAL fidelity and wisdom; and who, at every hazard,
followed The fortunes of liberty, Indifferent each pc
rilous and thorny path, provided only that she in
the lead and marshaled the way.
Solon-a name That stands for WISDOM in the ludg
ment Of every riruous and enlightened mind-was
nadly banshcd from authority; and unable to bear the
sight of his suhugated country, died old and deserted
in distant land.
Epamnnndas preserved, for season. the freedom of
his country, and then persisted along with her glory
forever.
In loathsome Jail, for fclons made M,ades died
of the wounds he had received in defence of his
try 3 independence.
Socrates and Phocon were imu,ortalized by the
ceaseless hand Of public violence; and the returning
justice of the Athenians erected 10 commence
rate their worth
Amidst such atrocious exhibitions Of folly, ingrati-
tude and dcpra=ity sad Freedom in her mourning vest
ments hid her repudiated face from the maddening
strife and sighed at the havoc of ferocty the repose
of the world.
Whatever of havoc the conguerors of the earth may
have made the freedom of the world; whatever of
IL,
full republics of former days; with whatever of pom
pous exnation despos may anticipate the future from
the past
''Siil one cline, in fun and free defiance,
Yet rrarS her crest, unconquerd aud sublimc.'
And better with the dying and the dead 10 be, than
basrly surrender the coudless glory of this great
sublime, uncononercG cline. All that your fathers
left YOU All that valor conquered and patriotism be-
quea,hcd. All that holds the ashes Of your venerable
dead, and sanctites the memory of those unorgottrn
and sodlke men, whose upright hearts and unclaimed