Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-12
FOR THE EN'QIIRER.
IT., ,Lo Erecmcu of Hjrgjuj1t


cider and belonging to an abolition Society not
sufficient qualifications for President in Tennessee
FOR THE ENQUIRER
To the Frecmcn Of Pirginia!
Arouse, Fellow Citizens Arouse The enemy are
at your doors! The great Republican principles and
civil rights for which your fathers fought and bled are
again in jeopardy True, the lllustrous authors ana
defenders of your political faith now numbered
with the dead But they have left their doctrines ana
principles upon record for the benefit OF you and your
children. Look and read, and learn Tor yourselves
Disdain to be inundated by their false cries OF "a
standinp army"-or to be tempted into the coils OF re-
deral Whiaecry by their deceptive promises OF Deter
times. They not fig for your c0ndat0n. lhey
only want y0ur r0tes, as means OF acquiring Po"eI
and when they have attained this end, they VIII auh
at your credulity and your applications HOLD
nG possession oithe Government with all the powersoi
wealth. talents and ambition, they will proudly ana
haughy reject your petitions and scorn your remoh
strances; and when you seek to reanIInate the sted
spirit and PROSTATE principles OF Jeitersohah Deocra'
CIV and cry aloud for the Constitution and Liberty you
NAV be told in the language OF arrogant Federalism
hat there ought and must be distinctions between me
rights of "aentieme and smplcmen What! Will
YOU apree that the good old Republican party founded
mon the equal rights of man. and warning with excl-
s;ve priylcres and domneerng prerogave, shall be
defeated routed, desroycd-and that too, within ht-i
teen wears after the death of Mr. Jefferson: VIII you
suffer il to he said, that you were true TO your principles,
while your leader lived, but he being dead you again
became the plant dupes and victims OF federaiis IS
il possible that the aspiring of the present Wing
marty can Gull YOU into the belief, that for near alt
century YOU have been contending for trtlng and tran
sicnt political distractions: That the Alien ana oeui-
ton Laws the Bank of the L. States The lar INFER
nal IMPROVEMENT and numerous other subordinate c.
dera measures which have at different times alarmed
and oppressed you, past and gone; ana therefore
Won need apprchend no danger OF renewal Oh tiie
same or the introduction of similar measures from te
same party should it, Mird hme, get INTO power
nIntt, 10
whene yer asprans for power have sought to enslaVe
free people, they have invariably attempted TO MAKE
them discontinued with their present condition, ana 10
persuade them to look for ameI'oraoli IN "a eh0"se
of ruIcrs Apply this lesson, winch the experience
nj the world has vouchsaed to TO the present wing
marty and tell me canddly if its truth is not fully and
pnInablv confirmed Look to Mr. Clay S famous speech
at Buffalo last summer, and you find hun exerng al
the powers of his mind in effort TO persuade his near
ers that the body polite was bleeding at every pore
ven sckenng and dying-and that the only remedy was
in ga rhangc Of rulers. Look at their long success
sion of panics since General Jackson vetoed the Bank
Bill in lS32-Llscn to their cuckoo notes OF mar"
times and their perpetual clamor OF the inaiauninls
traton Of the Government And then look, WIN "ia'
reckless etfrontery they attempt TO deceive you, ana ny
what of arguments and distortion OF acts
they abuse your minds and court your preudlc n.
one time General Jackson tyrant, set-wilied ana
despotc: at another, Mr.. Van Buren, was ''he Po"er
b,L;ud The throne grcater than tie throne Itself AT
onc time. Mr. V. b. is weak, tmid and non.com-
initial, following in the wake of public OPINION
forming expressing and changing his views according
to the VARYING state of the general sentiment Al
another he is repeatedly recommending ana pressing
an obnoxious upon an unwilling people, deter
mined TO worry them into compliance with hls views
At one time he is determined to fastcn upon the
country National Bank to be located in "Uau street,
and so 10 flood the country with paPT money-at
another lie is for hard money scheme altogether. Al
one time he is pacific towards foreign natlons-a
NJ 4 ttr,n hp rpm
too many office hodcrsat another, not as many as ne
ouoht At the South, he is 4 Northern man, Opposed
10 Southern interest-at the North, he is Southern
man in feeling and opposed to Northern interest al
ono time he is Northern Abolltlonst-at another, ne
is the supporter and defender of Southern slavery AZ
one time he is charged with conducting the Florida
w,r with too mnch moderation and lndltterence-at
another with the fcrccst vigor and the most merciless
cruelty: even far that they denounce his admins
tra,on .'Mc H0OdhO"Hd aGministrnt,on In tne, ne
Is Dro. SlarrrV or anti-Sarery-IarW or anti ldrtD-
Internal improvement or mt. Internal lmproreRe"t-
Bank or anti. Bnnk-a Republican or fedcratiSt-an
3r;storrat or Dcmorrut-a NUTfhern Man or South
. crn lMn-a .Uogienn or Stmpteton-a Human Beng
or Painted DerH-jIs wbensoever, or whcrcsoeVrth
m,v he to their interest to dub him the or the other
And then their Inconsistency is not less remarkable
than their iusincery and dupiicty AT one tme their
motto is principa homineS Sat another, "hsmtncS
non principal" In 1888, the Proclamation conceh-
trate the whole powers of the Government in the EX
ocntivp-rcpealS the CONSTITUTION Vi y.
practically snatchcs from the people, with tyrant
qra,p the last vestige of their civil liberties But IN
IS4O not a man in the Union can be found so wen
qualified for or entitled to the Presidency, as Geni
HARRISON who has announced 10 the world ms ue..oG
roe sanction and approval of its doctrines and prnc-
niles as expounded by Daniel Webster; coupled with the
significant declaration, that IN issuing IT. Gen JACKSON
rendered more important services to his country than
he did in the achievement of his splendid victory at ~
Orleans At one time, "car, pcstttcnes and a.
| thp -Ht
| Chirtinin to the Presidency OF the Un'ted ota!es.
! Now Gen Harrison with no other recommGnddton, Is
a marvcously proper man TO be elec'ea 70 .ha. nv"
and distinguished station. At one time, no oouoherh
man ought ever to support candidate LOT 'he ii.s..
dency from On-sinrrhoiding aate-now, they are
DANGEROUSLY sustaining the nomination OF candlaate'
himself anil Slarery and from non-sldrch0n"s ute'
At one time, they declare the South ou9h, never !"
aid in the election of any man for the PRESIDENCY VINO
believes that Congress has any right to to"en Tue SUI
;ect of slavery ann phcre or in any form whatever
now, they are making a united and violent sHof' !"
elect Gen. Harrison, who declares II mas ioig pee
an object near his heart, to see the "aoe SUI Pu
venue of the Federal Government Appropriated 70 tle
emancipation of slavery AT one ,le, !. 10 :; n NJ
estimation, perfect and INCAPABLE damnaton IN Mf.
Van Buren, that he voted for the Tar'f Oh io.c' IN
der iustructions--now, they make II no oogS. :,
Cen Harrison that he voted for the same ~"
the same time, acithout Instructions; ana WIN 1'
clored that not one of the evils predicted oy us oPPo
nonts has occurred. while every advantage PROMISED
bv its friends has been amply developed and that ne
would advocate its repeal only when e streets o. Nor
folk and Charleston shaH hare grOen up :" grass :,
At time they depecate The election o. amy am b %
L. INV conneyion with the ".Essouri Restrictions =
nn nd vey at the very time they making this obec
49,, :; NJ Van B,iren's incidental connexon with that
subject subj they were supporting the election Of John sar
peant as Vice President of the 7. 81 VINO was th'
sb;ef advocate of that exciting and memorable ques
tom At one tme they regard it nsuperable
objection to Mr. Van Buren,, that he voted for the cree
ton of toll gates the Cumberland road, the con
stitutional opinion implied by which vote, he recantee
many years ago-but now, they make IT no onJe.
ton to General Harrison, who voted in the senate
Of the United States in favor of the principle ano
policy of Internal improvements by the Federal Go
vernmen all occasions, and in every dIterens M
At one time, they loudly and bitterly condemned