Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-21

sracd 10 his satisfaction as being the effect ofthat mca-
sure. In le27 he was in the u ) Senate and voted
against reduction of the duty on coffee, (trum its &C.
neral use almost necessary of ic from to cents;
being in minority of II He also voted against re-
ducinI the duty tea, IN minority OF :. And this
is the man you incur the responsibility of recommend
| ing to the people their Presdent-"Out. damned
| spot YOU nav excain but all the ink in your office
can never cleanse him of these fatal bots any
than The perfumes Of Arabia could sweeten the
blood. stained hands of the murderer whose encrget
ic expression ! have applied The effort is made
TO vindicate General Harrison, by referring TO Mr.
Van Buren's vote for the Tariff of ls2s. Never
was the conduct of two public men more con-
trasted "This bill passed the House of Represent
tatives in 1897, but was not finally acted upon IN
the Senate After the al ournment Of Congress, Mr.
Van Buren, attended public meeting in Albany, call
ed to consider the propriey of sending delegates 10 the
| Harrisburg Tariff Convention. Upon that occasion
he delivered speech, in which he characterized the
proposed Convention as "a measure proceeding more
from the closet of the politician, than the workshop OF
the manufacturer,' and exposed the unequal and OPP
pressye provisions Of the Tariff BILL brought into Con-
rrcss in 1887 and which finally passed in ls2S. II
was this decided speech which alarmed the friends OF
the Tariff in New York, ana induced the Legislature
To transmit linn instructions to vote for the bill of r-
whc!, il is well known his friends he would have
opposed if he had been free to act according to the
dictates of his feelings and his Judgment. address
to the people of Campbell, in 1891 If Mr.. Van Blu.
rem voted for the Tariff of ler, il was in conflict with
his own opinions and in Difference to the orders OF his
constituents 1t is his obedience 10 instructions,
suspcct which has subjected this act of his to such
censurc and not The Character of The measure tor
which he voted Who are they that denonnce tins
vote most bitterly: The supporters OF the Tariff or
of the Tariff party II is not the measure then which
Mr. Van Buren, supported that gives them offence =
| No! they denonnce him because he Submitted 10 IN
sructions and suffered himself the FederalIss ex-
press il, be pased by the will Of his constituents
So much for the Tariff.
| ~ II al, h,p favor
able TO the construction Of Internal Improvements BY
the General Government Against this charge you at
tempt to defend hun, not with your pcn but with
more expeditions implement of composition-the sens
sors think you might have made your extracts from
one that would have commanded more confidence than
traitor TO his party and an aposiate from his creed.
But proceed 10 the evidence. In lcio, certain reso
lutions were introduced into Congress, presenting the
question of Internal Improvements, in every shape
which it could be made To assume. Here they are
Ist ReSoirrd, That Congress has power, under the
Constitution to appropriate money for the construction
of post roads, military and other roads, and OF canals,
and for the improvement OF water courses. ne
vote stood, ayes 80, 16-Gcn. HARRISON voting IN
| the affirmative.
= Reso'red That Congress has power under the Con-
stitulion construct post roads and military roads pro-
vidcd that private property be not taken for public uses
without lust compensation Ayes -, noes el-Gcn
! Harrison votn. IN the affirmative.
| Sd. Rcso'red, That Congress has power, under the
for between the States provided that private
property be taken for public uses, without just com
pcnsation. [Ayes7l noes 95-Gen. Harrison voting
IN the affirmative.
/ 4 Resoired, That Congress has power under the
Constitution TO construct canals for military purposes
provided that private property be taken for any such
purpose without just compensation being made there.
for fAyes n, S3-Gcn Harrison still voting IN
The Affirmative.
The principles here affirmed BY General Harrison
G., Int. Nv tha
ment to an unlimited extent In his letter tn Shrrrod
Williams he prctends 10 limit this power 10 the con-
struction of works of Irrational character "a loose
cyprrssion that NAV be made 10 include every species
Of Improvement contemplated by the foregoing rcso.
buttons Let us now src how Mr.. Van Buren, stands
upon this question. He shall define his own position.
In speech, delivered in iS2I, IN the t. ).
Senate, he says-"Mr. Van Buren, Is by no means Ger
tain that in this respect c himself has been altogether
without fault At the first session after he came
into the Senate the knowledge of the perpetual drain
that the Cumberland road destined 10 prove upon
the public Treasury, unless means were taken TO
prevent il. and sincere desire 10 80, al ali times tar
as he could consistently with the Constitution to aid
tie improvc ncni and promote the prosperity Of The
W.st"r. country. had induced him. without full .Ximi
natiou to vote for provision authorizing The c"l'c.
4 ton of ," tins road. The affair of the Cumbcr
land road in respect TO lis reference 10 the Cunsiin
tiona powers Of this Government, is matter entirely
SUI Scnryis Ii was authorized, during the admins
traton of Mr. Jefferson, and grew out oil the d'spoS
ton of the Territory of the L 5, through which 1t
passed. He has heard an explanation of the
subject, although ii has been matter OF constant
reference that has been satisfactory to his mind All
that h can say is that, il the question again pre-
scented 70 him he would vote against it, and that his
regret for having done otherwise would he greater had
not Mr.. Monroe much to his credit, put his veto upon
the bill and il not the on vote in the course of
years service which the most tastidious critic
can torture into inconsistency with the principles
which Mr.. Van Buren, proiesscd 10 maintain, and in
the justice of which, he is every day more and more
confirmed.
i word or two on works of a national character
Mr. Van buren in his letter tn the Shocco Springs
Committee, Il do not hesitate 10 express IT my OPT
MON, that the general and true interests of the country
would be best consulted by Withholding them (appro
priations) with the exceptions which have already
ierred IT, until constitutional regulation upon this
subject has been made What the exceptions al
ludcd 10. "Such relate TO light houses. bcacons,
buoys, public PIERS and other improvements ~ the bar
bcurs and nayGabc rivers u the L. S, for the sccur
" and facility Of our nrcign commerce. SIT would
in nv opinion be infinitely preferable TO leave works of
the character spoken Of (naona works. ana not en-
hraced III the exception which has been pointed out,
Tor the present 10 the supports upon winch they have
rcp0sed with mnch for the last Two years,
viz: state efforts and private enterprise. nus, 1t a!
pears, that Gen. Jackson, in his Maysvillc veto mes
sage, expressed opinion that appropriations, for OBJ
ects which might he deemed Of national character,
should he deferred until after the national debt was
pad. MI. v buren,, III lSS2, went furtntr re de-
cared his opinion TO be, that appropriations Tor I'M
provemcnts, of this character, should be withheld
until amendment ofthe Constitution, expressly auho-
rizng and regulating them, should be made In sub.
sequen message, the President Jackson) upon fur
Their view Of the subject, adopted and announced sinh
stantiay the same construction tbs surprising how
ignorant ioretnl proirsSed politicians are, whca
ever, the ofhunan events, il becomes neccs
sary assail Mr. Van Buren, his ilustrious predc
ccssur.
Next comes the affirmation that Gen. Harrison no.
minaton 'cntircly satisfactory to the Abolition
cetics" As that nomination made known,
the accredited organs oihrse societies incontinentlr
gave vent to their JOY in the following memorable
strains ''Thc Harrisburg Convention Well the ago.
ny is over and Henry Clay is laid upon the shelf and
no Of ordinary iHteH.tnce doubt that is the
anti slavery feeling Of the North which has done it, in
connexion with his os,cn,atous and infamous pro-
slavery demonstrations III Congress. Praise God for
great an,i-slavcry victory a man of high talents, of
great distinction, of long political services of boundless
personal popularity, has been openly rejected for the
Presidency Of This Rcuubic Of hrs dryo