Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-25

cra,y 81 cur country. In carrying "'t i'ts' H.
mia practIce We must expect occasional error -
i ~ humanity-but happily the sfdndnrd Is eSi"0f'"
ri and neither agitation, ireachery, false pro,ess
fraud or force can long prevent the people, III NV
her second thoughts from recurring 10 u WIN u'"'
nished and abiding confidence me parlirso 81 "' 80
understand this perfectly, and henc" the striking con"
,rast between them The Democracy address tnc'rI'
understanding ana appealing to the Justc" n '''
cause march ca mly forward, as 10 an assufch VIZ"
The Wings having no principles ~ common can pa
claim none, but depend upon ae,iat'on: t.'' 70
cbanr. The missions prcjudces and bad feelings oi o
nature and even 10 threatened violence he one par
- nresents as it's candidate for the Chief aagstrac!'
DISTINGUISHED civilian, born and bred IN tiie Ta"AS "
Democracy and who has already discharged most h"
nj fbv the duties of that high station; the o'her
gentleman on the verge OF the grave, who has Phs''G
,brou IN long life of public service, almost unh"i'e"
and unknown and who now stands before me p"oP !"
mute as if to mark his utter contempt Tor me pf"'
customs and even feelings OF his countrymem;
We must not, however, impute TO the wings a"y
narcnl,r respect or regard for Gen Harrison; the I'M
mutation would he unciv irony, for The General IS 10
Them noihnr but an available candidate; still the mo-
ives and the objects of the party and their Candidate
are clear and manifest .:,
Won VOL know that opinions and views existed, GI''i
il host,l IN those Of the Democracy 4 strong parry
was SO much in love with the English iorm oi w.
yernment so welded to ITS orders, ITS exclusive
terests It's monopoes, IT'S absolute power, ana eve"
cprr nj
character upon Young and free America. The minus
If This ancient ars,ocracy, seem to have been %
yroJi,d in Enrlish customs and opinions as TO nav
been incapable oi attaining that manly SIZE, "','''
a new country and the spirit OF freedom required.
Conquered in the Convention, they soon rs''Pir"s'
~ the Federal party, and under the lead OF Gen ram,
linn ot,er,p,ed 10 nusc into the Government by raua
and artilcc those Identical bad principles, so decoS"
rejected in Convention. Hence, sprung the F'ue'''
laitudnous construction OF our Constitutions iuhah?
las nd 70
r all kinds established and sustained by partial laws
and bv which our young Republic was soon 10 be al
rayed in all the panopy Q! potent Government,
The Republican party approved themselves faithful
sent,ncs upon the wachtower, proclaimed lle DANGER
from affair." and under the great patriarch OF Denocra
90 sxnelIed the Federal Arstocracy from the Capitol
The reformation introduced by Mr.. Jefferson and ms
successors is well known to all, and by Republicans ever
freshly remembered 1t * however source OF deep r.
cre,. that many Federal excresccnces were SO hFny
GRATED upon the Republican stock many aise hciPs
and corrnpt practccs blended with the appces ana
ous Of our nature that after 10 we have been
unable 10 eradicate their causes, escape their cose
aucnccs They still bloom and ourIsi-ana now, Whet
Republican President comes nohy forward 10 me res
cue and again appealing to the common sense anu com
mon rests nte people proposes more ptfct Tt"
goa are yvc be astoushcd al the storm {" oh!oqui
ana rcroci hcap"d upon han and ms supporters II was
the same N the days OF Jefferson IS 50 no" ana eyer
viii be- for age or country, dd these act''onS m
t.-es,< endowed with peculiar privileges, fenced
,rnund v uuns, unequal and oppressive laws, OF iIei!
nyn enac,,ncn, ever rellnqush their III gotten power
without desperate struggle. AT no moment canyon
touch single brstle without throwing the whole sly
into uproar.
That the Wings are identical in principles and OBJ
ecs with the ancient FedcraSts, that they seek t.
prrprtuatt these abuses and to carry ou' the system :"
.pi.lattnr prcunarv inequalities between States: cor
,ora,inns and individuals reference to few leading
subjects of present discussion will render manifest
Nr Jefferson and the Republicans Of Virginia have
ever opposed a National Bank. We have regarded u
as Observation-Disclosures giving most fatal consohdat
nr tendency to Institu'ions-aS bosto"ing ~"
ncnse power upon privileged few, thereby dividing
mankind horizoniay-the privileged GJorc, the peo
pie j,o,-aS concentrating degree oi wealth "h'cn
mas indeed has dclrd responsibility and GtgFr" :"
mower capable of pcrpetuling itself y fraud or force
Did no, the Federal party always sustain Naona
Bank. and do not The Wings now threaten us with
third edition revised and enlarged, The identity Is
here manifest.
Associated with thr Bank, is that whole system OF
stocks funding, and chartered monopoly, relied upon
Nv the Frderalsts many means i"r lnius'ng Int'
our Republican institutions the ost fatal OF all poso'
-ir,siocrary j. not the whole kennel o. stock job
buq nlonnpnliss associated with the " n'gs II TINS m"
rnen,. proclamrnr with unre!cn'irg hate, cnr 10 M
kpie upon The Administration, for us steady EcpHoi'
can hostility 10 the whole system.
Tariff laws for protection, is another Federal Inca
.ure which has been firmly resisted by Republican
virginia Tina, il oppressed the South Tor the oenei!
of the manufacturing States; that IT Pulied do"h OF
the one hand 10 build mp the other that II created
all the evils resulting from overlooking Treasury
and afflicted the people with unnecessary indirect an'
mos, or,evous taxation, Republicans believe. lh'
course Of the Administration upon this subject - suFe
republican, wise and Just whilst none, but the "'n"l
blind will refuse 10 read the signs OF the tunes, s.
clearly significant of the intention OF the wing party
to revive these odIons laws upon the st iaEorahe op
portunitv.
Dcpcndan, upon Tariff laws, is the system Of Inter
nal Improvement: By the former, the wealth oi Tue M
ton is hcapc up in the rTeasuyhy the latter, ever
i i..uc Is opened for its reckless expenditure. Whe'
Gen Jackson appIied his veto to tins system there ha
been made under the acts Of Congress- surveys requr
ing about one hundred millions of dollars Here was
source Of patronage which, If persisted m must nav
proved fatal to the liberty Of the people, by rendern!
The Presidential Office far too powerful Tor Republic
Gen Jackson proved faithful and true 10 prnc'Ir AM
EXAMPLE and nearly ytina ushed the whole al blow
Thirty years anterior Mr. Jefferson had SET the exam
pie Of diminishing the patronage OF the Government
by cutting off unnecessary expenditures; ana II H't"r
speaks true was rdicued by the elder Adams Tor tIu
diminishing The power Of his office Mr. V Buren, nigh
have thrown himself into this of corruption, revived
the Fedora practice and barganed with States, corpora
atoms or individuals for untold millions OF the public mo
ncY under the prctext Of Internal Improvement Bat n
loo has proved faithful 10 principle ana put inc SiP"
State upon the true Republican tack thereby preventing
a honndicss expenditure Of the public money and pro
portiuna,c enlargement Of the patronage OF his ONCE
| What Wing halls with applause this triumph OF pTInci
pie 10 pour tie most bitter npo
The patriot officer: Not oncnot even those who, wit
consistency altogether admirable claim to be regarde
as Jcicrsonian Republicans.
These are some Of the established landmarks be
tween Federalism and Rrpublcansrn That the polio.
OF the administration upon all has decided Democrat
cal tendency, cannot he denied, The Wings are sen
Sble of this all look with dismay upon the advancn!
their cherished system Of partial, coTruptng, vena! AM
oppressive laws all tending to the establishment OF
splendid, central, sovereign and absolute Government
If we examine more recent measures, The Inde
pendent Treasury, for instance, how admirably doe
The Admin stra,ron vindicatc its CLAIM the conf
dtncr and support Of the people. We all reinrm'
ber that when the State Banks wcr" tried as :isca
agents. how 'hry attended as humble s"ppiinns a
the itrtstDGl OF executive patronage, IN tao rtrs
OF Reuben NJ Whitney, ready for every species OF sIa
wish subserviency when thrift might follow fawnng.-
And how those rcdoubted Wings, Messrs Wise AM
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