Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-20

M0CRtcG AND OPPfFSSiON. -'rt c"HI''tt "
Tho Constitutions YOU violently tore from h!S"
n,o, ,rj lis al her friends content with creeping
under IT, cap;nr it, winding round u, now sWots "
hand attempting to piece through IT. you nave 50 at''
ed ii, changed IT, and mangIcd IT. to your own par!
views and purposes, 10 p"rpetnaie your power a'iu
| rule tha, the people longer know or acknowledge
;ino LONGER find in il protection Tor their property"
safety for their lives. 1t is time, theI S'r, hi4h tc
for the people their turn, 10 look INTO thiS instrument
10 see If they heal the WOUNDS which violence has
inflicted on it-restore it TO lis primitive health ana W
qor TINT they may the beginning, find safety and
projection under the shadow OF the wings oil the Ane-
rican Eagle.
uf This administration can consistently with the pro.
visions of the Constitution ruin the country and oP-
press the people as they have done, that Constitution
sboud and must be changed. If on the contrary, they
have brought this ruin and oppression upon this couh-
try in open violation Of that charter once deemed 81,
cred THEN is THIS ADMINISTRATIONS WITH
i JAMES MADISON At IT'S HEAD, COM.
| MON NUISANCE, and ought 10 be "batcd by the
people.
awe still hear feeble, though fear 'nsldious cry OF
uniou Union with whom the present bankrupt op-
prcssvc administration for what: 10 AID them III
ruininu the country, Belivc me, gentlemen, foU WANT
so AID THAT rrRro>r--you arc completing H. =
FAST As TINE aSp lorE CRIMES WILL PERMIT hot.
on complain that avarcc boards, and timldty locks
! up the money from you. No, gentlemen, You ms
take. il IS common sense, and common prudence which
keeps it from the grasp of bankrup,s and spend
thrills.
.sSir this country is in alarming, an awful stna'
tiun she is lettering on the brink OF ruin. The pc"P'
have indeed difficult, painful labor and duty TO per
form 10 protect themselves and their country d@GihT
jEr Jcs,frGfe assaults Of q WICKED ADMINISTRATORS,
nnd ot an cI$pcrdtcd torcgR eHcmy-b", rM ire b''>S
;ag al Harcn on thar ,rertjoms they 'cW triumph oser
al their cnemjcS
And is there not to be seen here the senmens-ayc,
and almost the rom iangRGgeot the Federal orators OF
to-day: The admin stration OF Madison NuisANcF-
wIcKEp-the Constitution MA>@LEn-CHANGEp-A
rrErp-PIrRCEp Bf THE swoKp-Madis"h ana ms
friends RAxkKurTs ASD srrNDruEfrs-ln short, ALL
oxr rxIrAyExED MASS OF DEMOCRACY ANp orPREs-
.n>, How often nova DAYS, not the Constitution,
the Mccdinn Constitution held up the public view
How many times is il not compared 10 the bloody mantle
or he dead Caesar exhibited By the whining An
,;,oyYca AMI tie GaGcrs of the aSsassins pointed
n that rave the fatal s,abs And how often hes nj
..,he Administration completely ruined the country
and how frequently is nation described as beng un,
der tie h!ightng influence OF zone un!eavencd mass
| of Locuocoism and oppression How often are our
cities made dcSolae, that ain ChcapS'deS, our
State streets, 'palreys 70 TO grass, and how often y
"a the realm made TO be IN common as II was TO De
in Euulaud. when Jack Cades ''retorm (whoSe words
the Federal orators often quo,e,) was completed
And al! this is done effect he common object oil re-
sornr the Government the days ot her patriot IRE
s:dcats Can Daniel Webster, John DAVIS, Lcvcrc't
Sa,tcn=tall and their Federal associates mean by The
exprcs>un days when the Government was, III tle'F
view, OH uNLEANE>Kn MASS OF DEMOCRACY MD Or
PRECISION: Is not their meaning precisely the same
with Hon. CYRUS King meaning, when ne talked oil
restoring the Constitution "m It's pristine hcoih and
rigor - Is it not, in word, 4 RESIOE.iTIO.N or
/! Old FEDERALISM
| Young Men:-DECEPTIoS and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
are the two great the Federal leaders are now
usnr 10 overurn the present elect
a complete revolution in our regard for ''the OPINIONS
Of Thomas Jefferson. whose principles are admitted 10
form e basis o.! action with the party now III power
Deception, in assuming the Democratic name, IN pre-
tending that their party is the Democratic party, in
Droftssina regard for the authority Of Jefferson and
Madison, in declaring line of policy for their ad"p-
ton should they gam power ami IN making Their old
rally cry. : CHANGE OF >trIoS, RULERS, the means
Of establishing SAri"NNI. EN%E. .Nsr'Prcse"6fon,
in declaring bc tue object OF the Administration 10
reduce the wages Of lahorng 10 tie standard OF The
degraded population of Europe TO produce times when
we can get no meat the public money Tor cor
rup,inr purposes hy Of The Independent Trca-
surv Law, 10 raise standing army o: two hundred
thousand men, destroy churches and schools, 10
abolish the hereditary descent OF property and 10 IN
volye our country in one common ruin Webster, in his
great Federal speech Foote's resolution IN reply 10
Iavne remarked: "fat this day any one feels the sin
Federalism lying heavily on has conscience, he can ca
siy obtain remission We all KNOW process,
sir bv which The whole Essex Juno could. in hour,
be all washed white from their ancient Federalism, and
come out, every OF them, an ori9Ina! Democrat,
dyed in the wool =. Perhaps then he little thought ms
sancent sin would soon he 50 ''heariIy on ms con-
UNDERGO the cleansing process ere haa.dozen years
had passed over his head He tier detailed the 'n
conveniences Of the operation 10 consist oNii IN "a
s,iri tendency Of the blood TO the face SOFT suu'
sion which, however, is very transient, since nothing
i said calculated to deepen the red on the checks but
prudent silence observed in regard to all the past
All this probably has been safely gone through with
on his part. Webster himself has made the trans
migration .vor, rorsooh he is original Democrat
dyed in the wool lie is more lie is Democrat
who threatens TO fog every body who dares to dis
putc his title, and who is ready 10 call any man a
LIAR who darcs pronounce him an Arstocra He's,
in fact the head of the Democratic party. He pro-
fcsses Democracy day and nigh-appeas TO Jefferson
and Madson-inakcs the Democratic test his govern.
ing principle IN approving and rejecting any measure OF
national policy rcils the gutter misrepresentation
OF his party stump speechcS-suc"ceds IN ''gaining
the ear ofthc people, and is followed in professions by
crowds Of N, oM Lffrsoaio" EcPn"iro"s, rho h"r'
hqd thar strength >horn IN HE Ds''0hi Gp II modrrH
bonki<n TO act such bostcrous those OF the
lat. convention held on BUNKER HILL.
u! rEr,p III GluseJ
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