Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-05
ITwENTY-sIxTn CoNGREss---lst SESSION.
SPEECH OF MIR. DUNCAN, OF ONO.

sident making speeches here, the transcendent mi
lury services of the Federal candidate Tor the fresl-
dency
Ii is not my purpose, for moment, to throw the
slightest shade over any fame that General Harrison
may have acquired in the late war; but u must as
tonnd every rational and consistent man IN lne h'oH'
that the Federal Wings should select military han
as candidate for the Presidency. SIR, indulge me a
short tine while show of the inconsistency oil
this self.stvcd consistent and decency party
What did the Federal party say of the last war; ana
Of military men: Hear them read from the ollVe
| Branch
Ict no man. who wishes the by active means
by lending hare PROSTATE himself at me om m
fast dau for they are actually much paakes in the war as
soldier bayonct, and The judgment 'o
riu arah them. 80,
sWiI Fedcrasis the loan Government Lean
will they lend money national rulers: il Is imr"ss'p'
"Any Fedcrais, who lends money the Government must
go shake hands with James Madison and claim sl9ws
and friend to his country lie viii be called by others nfa
any man who lends money the the present
time viii fir, honest! and comon cour.
try among all tine friends the couuyBoton Ga.str
1--WE have only room this evening To say mat we nus ~" '
friend to his county VIII rr be found p among 'e Substitutes .
No peace will made till the people there shall be
IL the rich now continue I" furnish mny, war VIA
continue mountains wrttrd with blood III every hta
in America white with the bones OF the peope-Deourse y
Sir could read an hour from this collection of fe-
dera savings and doctrines but will not detain te
committee; but he remembered that at the time OF
i uenunclatIunS,
West the work of plumber burning, and death, bcset
our whole seahoard and frontier exposed 10 Inc
savage rifle the ping knife and tomallawk ana inc
torch Of the lndians-thc Government was oppressed
and borne down with pecuniarv rmbarras'neh'S-
every institution of the government was SINKING, ana
every prospect witterng, from the same cause: hui
what do We find now, sir: The same Federal party sis
tanning military for the first office IN Their gut
for the Presidency Of the United States; and prcdIca
ting his claims upon his military services IN that very
war which they 30 violently denounced, ana upon
which they invoked, from the sacred altar the ven
ecance of God But that was long time ago Well
what did the Federalists say in s2i when the Demo
cracy sustained Gen Jackson for the Presidency: why
sir it will be remembered by every person who hears
me- that every political journal in the country teehed
with the most solemn admontions against placing the
Government in the hands Of military cheiian; and
even referred 10 the subverson and ownal OF every
Republic which had gone before rs BY military drspnt
ism. Such warnings were in the mouth OF every Re-
dclalSt in Tie land at that tune, and we're brought Ia
lear against the election Of General Jackson, with all
the force they could he urged through every possible
medium.
Hear Mr. Clay in his address 10 the people of the
Congressional district composed of the counties oil
Fayet,e, Woodford, and Clark, in Kentucky:
In his General Jacksun'' election this ulcc, Thought
perceived the establishment of fearful precedent aud am ms
taken In all The waInns z" INSTRUCTIVE has1r! rea ~ i NY
lie liberty besides that which proceeds from military iaOa'
m have acquire the knowledge of it, there be one more
,.r'o"~ h,>ng;ae'r, March 81 ls@'
! To this all the Federulists said. Amen
But here is more Mr.. Clay, in his letter to Judge
Brooke, dated Washington, January ., l-.', SAYS
liberty, and The Of in>tt.u
contributing 10 the eieci"" ." in:ay thr,'n. ~ ~ 'I
strongest that In. Republic VIII narh u az Fatal ROAD
| ln,vuGl lariEgra-r FtI-rGrm II, l12i.
/ This strong language, and fearful and solemn
admonition II thought, however, by some, that
this warning urged with more outward than IN
ward zeal to secure him against the Indignation OF the
Republican party and the suspicious of the Federal par
ty in his somerset from the former to The latter. But
he continued his warnings in deep sghs Of prophecy
and jeremiah lamentations Hear what he says IN
4 deprecated Gen. election" stu ees1u;'
his elevation believe would be the result exclusively 81 aan
ration and gratitude for military service "nomi "fan :" M -
pensablr civil qualifications can neither rtTart "r h"! o
alter any opinion which on these subjects nave ~ h! ~ '
nj soil future DAY pray 'iuh thai II arrive ma! h
SOM day hciai tis infant Republic All pa
history had impressed his mind ih- SOLEMN aPPh irh>"
Nor cacrd weakened by "ol'T'o'""s "'rntS passing
upon favored continent
.;ft remarkable that this epoch, n The head oil ne d
pendent Governments, established III both AnsIlca- militia! On
ha. by military .uvcrtcd the Republic of Ia Plata. Gen
santa cruz Chief Magistrate Boa Col Pinto Of Chill
Gen La Mar Of Pcru and Gem lonnr"i Colombia Central Am
rca pieces and bleeding Al pore from wounds lnlci
cd by con,cndns military factions under the alternate wa!
Sin the Government nephor, election con
Quoted according all the requirements" their Constitution h
terminated with majority Of States in favor of Pcdcza ''
civil candidate An nsucci;on raised ~ behalf I" his nj
MAR! rNaI ne Wy 'u' VA =! .r r.f,, rtr
,ai,n. Grnrrl t:u"rrro having nnl, minority
stats duly ricct.d President.
1.-The hunde's from Iii" SURROUNDING. fort: and "a, aoIIah'i"m
,rTh c., GENERAL was =; hr h,, i os.r af,r
Nnio"% !"''Liar@r'r .'i7r'a9 lrs''
have one more extract Ia read, which Is pertinent
and | hope il viii be remembered by all wh" hear me
and all who may read me, while am reading extracts
from Mr. Gays speeches, tina; ! am not reading 'hr
sentiments oi single individual but the sentiments o
the whole Federal tribe, expressed through every
Federal sheet in the land, BY every Federal orator and
every Federal babhllng noisy POLITICIAN from the iarg
est to the smallest, and in instances from the pull
pit and the sacred desk,
Now for the last extract:
"m ISIS, NJ" Two years since. Mr.. clay said IN the 'it
sam >s ,mG c ne connr w I xoron ans home w
srs and disgust; and a. returning hack annoy country
What the ground Of his charge Mr. C. had returned undr
rrrn, n"ce.,lIes-hs n'c" hat been mn,rn, AZ" ~ "a"
Jnomor% d. ,s" a&prant and had rouncrd m in Ian
suagc which h proud to have used WIG" he had exclaimed
send ~ war pG<irnce and famine, !'rr ,nn r ~, w. m