Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-21
Cy,roct Of a iayer fyom Haiitar, .luy. II.

II'rGcf ~ II ifftr JIOm fiHl1J, .IH9. -.
81 feel warranted N again assuring Won, that III"
Democratic Republicans Of Halifax mean 10 do their
duty. hear tina, some o! our Federal leaders are
Dragging of their prospects even here. Rely upon II,
they are cheating themselves or practising a cheat
uDon others. Van Buren, viii prove stronger in No
vcmbrr Than any Of his friends. HIS majority sill prove
Iargrr than any of his friends have obtained ~ any
election sncc he was first before the people. \ Change
auain,t HIN here and there, may be. Bat you hear
nothing ns the changes 10 his favor. The latter, un-
less am greatly deceived, viii more than offset the
former. this dav saw a man who seemed astonished
and indignant at hearing that his name had been PRINT.
ed in the Wing list. IF have changed, SAID he,
at is in becoming hotter than ever for Van Buren,. :
hear Of one or two others, who have been blazoned
forth as Wings in print, who, if they have changed,
have changed IN the same WAY. Some of our TRENDS
NAV hare been staggered by the false reports and iais"
issues got up BY our enemies. The pictures IN HARRISON
almanacs and textbooks may have caught the fancy Oh
some of the weaker portion oil our flock; hut iel the
FedcraIis,s beware, lest whilst they are fishing Tor the
weaker portion OF our party, he r0hrdtsS, as 'h"y
consider them, and rs in truth most OF them CONSIDER
tho great mass of the people, let them beware, lest
they lose the better portion of those who have hitherto
confded in and voted with them. Let us honestly,
fairly, fearlessly and zealously contend for the truth,
and we shall gioriously triumph. Let rs rlvet the at
tention of our %nciahbors upon The important questions
really staked upon the contest, and victory IS onTs.-
W. have p.rmiti-d ourselves to be bcwildercd and
,ramInellrd too long by the stratagems OF our oppo-
n.nts. Van Buren, cannot be held accountable tor the
aims which they charge upon MN, uhltsS powers N
most omnipotent be conceded to the Executive. lis
enemies hold him responsible for everything bad that IS
done, and everything good omitted 10 be done by o""-
Gress. They promise that Harrison will put every,
thing to rights-give US better prices, better tunes, ana
better management of our Governmental matters. lhey
prove themselves impostors then, when they rant about
the dangers of Executive power; for, 1t would require
powers hut little short of Providence itself, to pre-
vent every thing they condemn Van Buren, tor not
preventing, and to do every thing winch they pro-
mise that Harrison will do
81 repeat, let us rivet the attention OF our neighbors
upon the vi,ally important matters which really con
Germ their pre- sent and future welfare. Let every voter
see, that the power over our pockets IS the prize iof
which the Federalists are contendrng. They contend,
that the Federal Government shall collect monies oa'
of our pockets and hand them over TO the Banks, or tc
a great National Bank, 10 bank upon for the interests
of stockholders; TO lend out TO dashing SPECTATORS, &c
enable them TO speculate upon US with our own mo
nies-and it is mainly because Van Buren, opposes theH
in this, that ne is SO furiously opposed, SO INSCRIPTIONS
" slandered.
ssNo reading politician can deny with an honest tace
that the Federal leaders everywhere ne IN favor OF lena
ing the peoples money to the banks, that the banH'
NAV bank upon it for the benefit of their stockholders
and that the dashing men of fictitious mIli'ons aoon
our large commercial cities may borrow Tor their Owl
use and benefit. No candid, well-intormed man ca
believe that such a practice was ever contemplate :
the trainers Of the Constitution. No aspiring Posl'cia'