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

ed " cost q pretty IOund SUN a. XIX NV I" - yS'
but careful not to say this boat might have been char
tered to go u very dangerous voyage and perhaps
carry a thousand troops, or remove 10 the iar "est
many Indian prisoners but the inference was, that
this was to be paid every day through the year, as
he mentioned the sum 1t was to cost ~ ae IN
of the wear. Also, other steamboats, were men,
toned. and some two and three hundred doiiars pau
per day. ST 80 cents was paid per io"l . Pi""A' ano
This. the General stated, was a pretty good price: Sloo
nor hundred for plank!-Her eckoned many oil ms near
es would like to sell plank at this price. After o,her
comes the great expenditure OF 81 millions OF the
neonle' money in one year thrown away, ana among
other things, Mr.. Fan Buren, tarsd them to pay f@etee
hundred dollars TO hes GardcRer9 This MADE many d
voter look sour, thinking this was paying a h,gh P,ce
for flowers and cabbage; bnt that gloom was dlspeeiieu'
and laughter took its place, when MIR. Atkinson
told us, this $1,000 was an APPROPRIATION mauc ~
CONGRESS to the Superintendent OF the siiruooery AM
public square about the public buildings. AGAIN; ihe
General spoke of Mr.. Van Burens vote usans. -.
reduction OF duty on salt-an article when every Pooi
man used.-That he voted in the State OF I'VE" On
for free negroes 10 be put on a roofing VIII n ~
men, by allowing them the right OF sunfags- :" ~
voted for instructions to his Senator IN SohgteSS'"
vote for the Missouri restriction-lha ma ne Vo'eu y
,ol r,tes IN he erected on the Cumberland road; then,
came the e.Alarmiae proposition OF a Standing army
in the time of profound peace. Tins biil, ne sa'u'
was recommended 10 Congress by the fresioent'
and its horrid propositions actually sance.oneu =
the report of a committee in the United States Sc
nate; that this bill compelled the poor man to pro-
vide himself with a musket and ammunition, TO leave
his family and march to a distant State TO be traineu'
while the Governments own officers ana once .ho!ders
were exempt, there, when asked if he would not ex-
emnt nersons holding office from mastering, he an
swered he would not, that he was opposed to the whole
billy Now came the Sub. Treasury scheme, creating
one currency for the people and another Tor Inc once.
holders, making a currency independent OF the people;
After this, he stated that q brave and chivalrous oflcero OF
the u. 5. Navy, not long since in the South, wastrted,
,,l +b,a only ay,danra brnuuht AGAINST him was the
cook and steward, tro black negroes; that their evidence
was taken, and the President allowed this brave son ofour
glorious Navy to be dismissed. believe these are most
Of the charges brought against Mr.. Van buren,, save the
low price Of produce and the general ruin OF the coun.
try. Now comes the great panacea, the great Wing
catholicon for all these mad schemes and Government
abuses. All hail! great Jack the giant-killcr, the hero
Of hard cider and log cabins. Yes, said Gen. Pegram,
VIM. Henry Harrison Of Ohio was to be next President;
and he thanked God that He had so far spared his (Har-
rison's) life, and further prayed that the General might
live until after the next Presidential election. Yes,
this was to be our next President; and stated he had
the honor to be in the great Harrisburg Convention,
and mentioned it with pride, that all the candidates
spoken of there for President were native-born Virgil
mans, and that the Vice President to be, was also
q Virrinian; that a most distinguished son of Fir-
ginia, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, was wanted to re-
ceive this nomination but declined; and most he said
about General Harrison was, that he was appointed
TO office by General Washington-tha he was no
Federalisf, and read many long extracts from Mr..
Ritchie's Enquirer in recommendation of General
Harrison as a great General and Civilian published
some years ince-that General Harrison was a Jeffer-
sonian Republican,, opposed to a United States Bank
also to a revival of the Tariff and Internal Improve
ment by the General Government-tha he lost his
election to Congress some years since by taking sides
with the South-by voting against the Missouri Re-
Rt~riction-that he vas no Abolitionist-and many other
like tales, in a speech which lasted two hours-butn not
concluding before again assuring his bearers, that Gen.
Harriaon would cartoinly he elected fhe no VI President
Mr.. Atkinson now mounted the rostrum, and com.
menced with the first President, our beloved Washing.
ton-spoke of Alexander Hamilton's admiration Of the
British Constitution, and his first establishment Of a
United States Bank-the administration Of old John
Adams-Gener Harrison's support Of that Admins
tratuon, and his receiving the appointment of Secretary
Of the North Western Territory and Governor of In.
diana from John Adams, in days when none but the
faithful and true were allowed the gift of office, toge-
Their with Harrison's support Of the Standing Army,
and his admission to John Randolph of his friendly
feelings towards this Administration, marked him with
the stamp of Federalism. Yes, his whole course in pub.
lie life bears him (Mr. Az out in this accusation. He
blew the frothy work Of Government Expenditures SIX
high, and gave the people a strict account of the ex-
penditures since Reiterated much mirth about the
1920 gardener-showed General Harrison, by bis
votes, always to have been in favor Of a Tariff arithout
instr uction-that he voted against reducing the duty on
coffee, an article which all use-that he was a friend
Of Internal Improvement BY the General Government,
as his votes, proved by an extract from Major James
Garland's address, a brother Hhig, will shew, (Which
was read)-that he was a friend of the United States
Bank, as his letter to Sherrod Williams will shew-tha,
he was an Abolitionist, nc hs Choriot Speech she med
was II object near his heart, and a card, published in
1922, declaring he became a member of an Abolition
Society at the age of Is, and his friend, Judge Catch,
had given him a certificate to that effect-that he sup.
ported, in the Senate of Ohio, resolutions instructine
his Senators IN Congress to vote against the admission
Of Missouri into the Union, unless as a free State, and
exclaimed, Show me your company and | will tell you
the man-Are not all the Abolitionists in favor of the
election Of this great William Henry Harrison. Ihave
now proved him, not only only a F~ederGiiSt, in favor of a
Tariff, Internal Improvement by the General Govern.
ment, U. S. Bank, but an Abolitionist. Mentioned, on
his way TO court, in an adjoining county, he overlook
cart, loaded with %handbills, fastening also to court, head
ed, in large capitals, st.3Iarming Proposition" indeed
he feared a tragedy similar to one acted in the count,
some years since had been a~gitated; but reading further
saw a plan for raising a Standing Army in time ofpeace
Examining the bill, found it was a plan Of the Secre
tary of the Army for re-organizing the militia of the
United States-at the bottom bore the mark of Mr.. Var
Buren,, as II 1t had been recommended by him in his
annual message to Congress. One thing struck his
mind which exploded this Grand Humbug. Mr. Van
Buren, delivered his message to Congress in December
and this proposition was reported to Congress in March
"a mere plan of the Secretary of the Army, Mr.. Poin.
sett, given at the call of a member of Congress, anc
rejected by a report to the House of Representatives
as regards arming the militia. As the law now
stands, every man is compelled to find his own
arms, &c. This alarming Proposition, then, was
mere plan OF the Secretary of the Army for re-or.
ganizing the militia. Mr.. Atkinson spoke Of the many
books, pamphlets and speeches, circulated to tell the
people who this great General William Henry Harri.
son ls-but he offered no written life Of Mr.. Van Blu.
ren-htS memory uas acoren IN the hearts of his coun.
trymen-at the same time mentioning the many high
offices ne had filled, passing from a poor boy of respec.
table Parentage to the Senate Of his own State, Senate
of the U States, Governor of his State, member of the
cabinet of the illnstrious Jackson, after that, appointed
Minister to England; his nomination rejected by WING
majority of the Senate; his return to his country and
elected Wee President, and whilst presiding as Speak.
er of the Senate, just after the insurrection in an adj.
joining county from this, the question, Of allowino
incendiary pamphlets and papers being circulated by
mail in the Southern States, came before the Sc.
nate. The vote was taken, and a tie produced. The
Federalists rejoiced. We have got the great non-com.
initial! We have got him.! But their shouting was Of
short duration. Mr.. Van Buren, Immediately cast his
vote in defence Of the South. That he was a true Re.
publican; that he had ever advocated Republican mea.
sures: that he was opposed to a National Bank; opposed