Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-15
POLITICAL.


MENacEs OF THE BLACK CoCKAnE PARTY.
One OF the marked characteristics of the anti-popu
lar party in this cnunry i'll all Others is the dispo
sition extort political power by the direct application
OF lorce-or such exhibition OF design 10 apply u
rs will obtain, from the fears OF The community, what
cannot he expected from its good will. No privileged
class could ret the of Government out OF the
hands of the Democracy, and obtain Tor the few the
power of enrchng themselves from the labors OF the
many, but by corruption, fraud, or force. All thesc
elencuts OF arisocratic power put into requ-
son by the Bank party among aided by Their allies
abroad At all times the gasconadng spirit OF Feae-
rallsm has (n emulation .. the great class abroad,
which 1t aspires To become the peer OF IN the United
Sates) made an audacios dis play al the fighting pro
pensity part of political tactics. In the elder
Adams time, lis standing army of officers hois'ed the
black cockade badge, for the purpose OF 'ntn
dating the Democracy MIR. Jefferson, Mr ktndniph
MIR Ga,latn, and many OF the Republican members o
Congress, openly insul,ed IN the streets IN the
theatres and other public places By these hired bn!lies
and the arrogance Of Federal party NJ, content
with the terrors nf the scd,ticn act to muzzle The
press as they called it. They sent their mercenary
ruiens into the offices of leading Republican editors, to
commit assaults upon them with view 10 &c: upon the
fears of the whole corps, and Paralyze the freedom OF
the press Mr. Duane, the Editor of the Aurora, (the
organ of the Democratic party at the seat of Govern
mentD was harbarously beaten BY of the Federal
bandtti; and the country press did not escape military
visitation. From an article copied from the ONO
Statesman which quotes the journals OF that day 10 bear
Witness il will be that, instance, editor
was dragged from his office BY the soldery, 10 the mar
ket place, and there stripped and whipped
Modern Whiggery shows It's genealogy in nothing
no-e strongly than lis tendency violence. We have
seen this bullying propensity continually breaking out
in all the pGncs which hir" preceded the last two Pre-
sdentia elections Mr. Clay set the key note IN the
first, by his announcement IN til" Senate OF - EEyo-
yrrIoS BloopIEss As YrT Mr.. Webster followed 1t
up with his Sunday Baltimore speech, in which he
proclaimed tina. there Sabb0thS IN rcroution-
arg times. Tins promptly succeeded by the or
.anization Of the Wing military association at Balti-
more which resolved 70 march to Capitol Hill, and en-
camp until the vote taken the restoration OF the
dcposites This military association was dissolved by
the spirited Democracy of Baltimore, similar Juno
Of FedeFass were, during the war, IN The same cy
in Philadelphia and New IOrk, the liank cohorts MADE
an actual experiment of violence 10 inlmdate the
tiers, and control the elections. The redou6'abie hebo
figured considerably in the effort 10 seize upon The de-
pot Of State arms in the city of New York, TO bring
them 10 bear on the ballot box; and in Philadelphia,
Mr. Bidde filled his marble palace with arms during
the contest, whchb began by the assassination Of 4 wor-
thy Democratic mechanic, with knife, driven BY an
unseen hand at thr polls and which ended IN the use
Of firearms upon portion Of the people,
The disposition TO add intimidation 10 the other
means put rtQu,sitton b. them success was
strik,ngly manifested by Federalism than at
present. and never before in SO early stage OF the
controversy.
The movement one evidently OF deiiberntion and
p-econcert--not Of unprecedented passion. Whenever
The instruments OF Bank found resortIng I" force
carry point, calculation has always something 10
do with it. Two prominent editors IN OHIO, have a.
ready been assaulted with murtcruus weapons. Ar
Melary the editor ne the Statesman, but the other day:
and show the spirit which prompted the attempt,
is only necessary add that his assaant perfect
stranger to hm-smpy accoSed him and then aimed
q deadly blow with blud@eon, winch would nave
proved fatal if it had not been dcxterousy parted, and
the backed by body of bankers, who had
horS" and light vehicle ready favor the escape OF
the criminal If his blow had succeeded.
In St LOUIS, the owner of the Argus was recently
murdered By agent employed to get Up Bank meet
iny under the false cniors Of Democracy, SIMPLY be-
he did not prevent the Editor from exposing the
fraud in his columns.
in Mississippi The president Of the Union Bank cha-
lcnred and shot SIR Howard, for able areumenta-
ike comment upon the abuses o!s institution, with
out reflection upon the president IN hs individual cha
racer and the Bank manager afterwards attacked
the Governor ofthe State with stick for d'scars'ng
his official duty in regard TO concern IN which the
State is deeply interested.
in Tallahassee. Florida where the party question has
resolved itself into question of the frauds OF the banks
blood has already been shed in mortal combat and ou
few weeks since, the Governor felt obliged 10 call on
the militia suppress threatened insnrrecon against
the laws, and the pulling down OF the house and the
destruction of the press oian editor who had slgnazed
his opposition, the fraudulent management al the
banks OF that Territory.
The Bank party look to the institutions in whose
they enlisted provide both the sources Of
corruption, and the sinews of war With money they
can brite ocerS al the polls To chcat, 10 lastly ut re-
cords PIT false ballots, TO withhold the returns
IN the reanSy lvana and new Jersey cases. " tn
they hire assassns 10 cut Of The conductors
OF The press, and strike terror into the tsd WIN mo-
ney they hire hues attend the polls, 10 drive oil
The feeble tan,hearted and to raise raiS and con
fusion to cover the frauds which they design to per-
petrate.
All these things have been done before hy the drspc
rate and mercenary faction with which the Democracy
is con,ending and the lnrses, scale By the
syretches who first named Harrison for the Presidency
-Thaddeus Stevens and his crew. To encourage this
diabolcal body of conspiraars against the purity and
freedom-agains the right Of suffrage every aspect
in which it can he valuabcwc find their leaders open.
" threatening violence, if they fail IN securing their
point by the fraud and corruption, VIGOROUSLY
part of their system Harrison has been already
defeated by the President and with an overwhelming
majority of the popular vote. Harrison and his par
sans see therefore, that something more than his per
sonal prctensons or party strength is essentaito hs
success From his speech Fort Meigs, IL seems that
he would not appeal force, except in the Ia resort
but he distinctly points 10 it the ultimate al,erna
tive; and his friends following out his watchword,
have openly avowcd it, We give the countersign, as
proclaimed by the General, with all the variations upon
it, repeated from rank to rank, by the subalterns
The ,eord giren out to his political army at Fort
.aagsby
GENERAL HARRISON.
"PEACEABLY If WE CAN-AND WE CAN
CAPTAIN STOCKToNs
paraphrasc as reported bye Jersey City 7doerser "a
Harrison paperl
From Cart Stoektoas speech at Jersey City, July 30,
+ awe have the means in our hands, let usAcT PEACE
ABLY IF We CAN, FORCiBLY II WE MUST If we
come to the ballot boxes and defeated do mol say
a. -, .t.il ha ur,I mr.