Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-21


would propose increase of officers, say, receiver
keeper and disburser of the public money, as checks
on each other and to have no aid from the Banks, as
places of depose, in any other respect whatsoever
must say TO this "One Of the old Peoples children,
that he terms too kind courteous and aectonate
when he speaks of me, such as, 'my good friend &c.
&c. that view him with suspicious eye, rather as
wolf IN Sleeps clothing, and must quote to tl the
good old Spanish maxim of ''save from my friends
and will take care of my enemies
M WILLS
Chatham, March II, 1870
THE WIG NEWSPAPER.
sBeneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen Is nIieheF than me sword. Behold
The arch enrhanters wand! itself a nothing.
bu taking sorrrry from the master hand,
:" p ,., ,e ra,ar., and TO strike
Tremendous indeed, are the powers, and tremendous
the responsibility Of the who takes into his hand
"thc arcL-enchanters wand, who enters into the ma.
gc circle and calls his aid the sorcery of the PEN
The man "entirely great" may WELD it the encer
does his foil but the awkward yro, who essays to ape
the 'master's skill too often turns the point against
himself and disappons the hopes of those who have
placed confidence in his dexerty. In Republican
Government. where every man who may be influenced
by the non, is hims"fa constituent part Of the
rcignty where the prnc pies which il advocates the
facts which II asserts, are pregnant with the desnes
of the nation this mighty engine indeed is stronger
than the sword With what horror with what detcsta
ton, then, should Republicans behold those who viii
ullr lend the powers Of the pen and othe press the
propagation of falsehoods, and the dissemination of
prInc plies founded upon contempt tor the understand
ny Of the people, and supported only By sophs'ry and
hypocrisy. This grave charge bring against any
pen, against any press, but grave IS 1T
ought 10 be the punishment OF those VIII" are found
gully, We deem to be duty, at the present mo-
mcntnus crIsIs to call the organ of the Wings to the
bar OF country, and make this accusation against IT,
There Il day when the advocates of power, the
friends Decentralization, openly avowed their doctrines
There day when the idea OF Il srgovcrned peo
pie condemned, and the Fcdcralist proclaimed rs
his governing principle increase OF the power of the
Executive. When the Father of his country retired
from the helm, and sought in the bosom of his family
the we'll resting place of his aureled head, the
revolutionary services Of John Adams, and the conf
dcncc which Washington reposcd to hun subal-
tern, brought forward tc for him the second
Presidency of this Union. He elected, elected
Fc,cralS and a Fcdcralist acted. He served The
appointed time, again presented hms"f before the peo-
pie, and with all his services, with all the talents and
standing Of his supporters, FederalIst the people
rejected him. Dcmoc racy triumphcd and lis princl
pies were again and again stamped with the popular
approOaiIon the very of Fedrralis became odI-
Gus, and the advocates OF power worked only in the
dark afraid to avow their sentiments, and masking
their designs under cloak OF pretended devotion 10 the
interests of the people.
After lapse ottwentyour years. by base intrigue,
Fcdrras; again placed nj the head of our Gov
eminent, and here commences the epoch from which
the Richmond Wing may be dated Its Editor then
the same person who now IS ITS Senior Editor; he
then advocated the election of John Quincy Adams,
and after his election obtained his reward by mission
to South America, which he never performed, but for
which he received the sum Of near $1,000. This is the
who cries out against the patronage OF the General
Government, and wages his honsSt warfare against all
those who "ieed upon the public crib This IS the man
who feels holy horror Of official spos, and calls the
highest officers of his country the 'pampcrcd menla's
OF the Executive yes, this is the supporter OF John
the Quincy Adams, and the man who received from
Executive $1,000, for mission which he never
executed and which, without want of charity, the CIR
cumstances warrant in suppOslng that neither he nor
his cEiaovtr intended he should execute
The reign of Federalism was again cnt short, and
Democrat ,rh0m intyigHc, elected in dCfGncc q IN.
riguc, again in the Presidential chair, the represcn-
ative OF the sovereignty of the people Since that
time, wild indeed has been the course of the Richmond
Whig-desperae have been its attempts to storm the
citadel of Democracy at one time, avowIng the doc.
rine Of Notification; at another, fighting under the
banner Of The Father of the Tariff and now, most
glorious change Of ALL declaring that the Democrats
are not Dcmocras-tbat it, The Richmond Hhjg, is the
true rpon,nt IF RepubcauiSm, and I'm. Henry Harri-
S0n the ndhcrcnt If boM The .lamSCS the rca adrOcatc
Of Democratic principles. This paper, this Richmond
Wing in the space of 10 years. has been every side
of every question that has divided the opinion of the
American people, and has both defended and attacked,
supported and revrd every man who has occupied a
prominent station in political life. Calhoun once
its idol-now he is its deiestaton. Clay once lis
peculiar arersOn-now, its most ilaered tav orr and
of the lesser ORDER b. w Leigh "a hundred
wears behind the arc-now he is a bright and shining
light Rvcs ought once to have been FLASHED through
the world with thong of scorpions, now, the Rich
mond Wing moves Heaven and earth to place him in
the highest Office to which the people of Virginia
exat him. Gen. Bayly the most promising
young man in Vrgnia-now, he is traitor, hypo.
critc-now language is too coarse, step too low
which the Richmond Wing will not take TO rdicule
and Willy hun
AS the Spring Elections approach, the Wing be-
comes more daring in its misrepresentation its Cor
respondents become more mendacious and abusive.
II NAV be we'll to mention two Of the instances
which have occurred during the present month. To
apply the term misrepresentation to any statement,
charge which we would not lightly make. When we
say thing is false, not only that 1t is untrue
hut that the publisher scarcely be unconscious OF the
instrumentation which he uttcrs. In the r. Wing,
da,e 9TH April, 1910, VIC find these words, "Ant this
new scheme of standing army ofwo hundred thousand
militia hundred thousand to be kept constantly IN
body and IN pay, war or no war; enemy or no enemy,
at the expense Of new millions, To people weighed
down by debt" In the first place, the scheme is not
new-a similar organization Of the militia has been al
ready more than once proposed Gen. HARRISON mas
himself submitted TO Congress plan in which much
more extensive powers were given to the President,
and (as bringing serious charoe we refer lhc
reader 10 our evidence, NILES ''t"
vol, page $50 The Committee the Militia IN le5S,
have also called the attention of Congress to tins sub
ect. The scheme then is not nem. The next words
are, that is standing army-These words themselves
imply the idea of permanence, of continual EXISTENCE
but its sole and universal application as phrase rem
ders it stronger term-the words standing army
been heretofore applied TO any other than
regular forces, constantly kept together, professional
soldiers-soldiers whose whole business and only EN-
ployment that of soldier; and even when militia
have in time of war; been kept together for years they
have yet received that ePthet SO hateful TO 'ne
ears of all Republicans, standing army According
to the suggestions of the Secretary OF war, ,ne tlnF
for keeping this small portion of the militia toge-
Their, is, according TO the will of Congress, to vary
from ten TO thirty days in each year; SO that IN n"
particular does the organization, recommended by
The next assertion is that tro hndred thousand
men are to compose this "Sanding Army" when the
proposition of the Secretary embraces less than
hundred thousand for the short space just mentioned
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