Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-13

ca NC for his own purposes lend to others, pay
away any money, except TO warrants drawn ~ '''
I. Treasurer under due form OF law
..aIr Leigh said he had hopes that u would DC
. in,td because the friends Of the State Banks, the
!. friends of national Bank Tie trtendS q hfef"ee
Ius 10 pousr orrr tie Treasury would all nt oppns-
g cd TO it." "And because the nation would not ne
Il content TO give up the profits Of the sn pad IN LOT
revenue rs active capital IN ue in.cl'ai ".
collection and disbursement, and to lctt lie idle and
,nnroduc,;vc and he might have added, that the cX-
g verse az such an establishment would be as srenu-
& nns u-ecd AGAINST il, II Congress We're mol dis.
pos;n, OF surplus revenue, To the tune OF niiohs AZ
:, 80 session Bat the Jacksone objection to 1t,
. ,,s IN orrumenturn ad homincm to him (Nlr -
:. ,noJv that the scheme would give the custody OF
tho nnbc Treasure TO the President which, as these
h;r,;ona minated, the very thing that he at
co,ed "a hold in such dread and aversion. BIT the
nI.ouS cacrt of the scheme acodd be to TAKE he pub
u, Treasure o Of the custody and control c ne Pre-
Mr. Coode believes with Mr. Leigh, that 'slhe true
principles Of the Constitution according to the m
tanton of lis trainers, require that the Treasury
sbouId be divorced from all connection with any
Rank ar Banks State Federal, and that 'the OBJ
,ons effect OF the scheme would be to take the pub
lie Treasure OF the custody and control OF Inc
President Hr Goode entertained these Opinions III
s3I n he does now He sustains nor, rs he did then,
those pubic men WHO sust"'' anu az W '''. 't
,l -
Mr. Goode was asked, whether he considered ms
Whu friends and constituents to be anti Aasons ADO
litionsts and ultra Federalsts: To which Inc promptly
reped in the neuative-and such deduction IS express
IL excluded in the body of his speech If he believed
them to be anti Aasons, Abotonists and ura-Fede-
ralists he could urge them these considerations
az objections to Gen. HARRISON and reasons which
should induce them Withdraw their support and coun
,onnce from the Nationals because, in such these
tendencies and dispositions the part of Gen. Harr-
SON and his friends would be Just so many recnmmen-
latons 1t is precisely because Mr. Goodc knows his
bu arl- ,1p an aoIo
posed to the miserable factions of ant, Aasons and Abo
ltionsts that he urges them 10 reflect that General
Harrison and his friends are obnoxious TO these obcc
lions; and therefore il becomes the whole South and
all Republicans every where 10 unite IN resisting his
elevation.
II will scarce be denied tint he is the candidate of the
ant-Nasons in whatever numbers thev may exist; and
that he has engaged their sym,athes and secured their
support BY conntenance cNterdcd To their folly. lie
was the regular nominee Of the anti Masonic Cunvcn
ton of Pennsylvania, at the las Presidential election
And in his reply address from the chairman of the
committee of that party, he the following Ian.
suage: ".ts | am not informed of the principles
which govern the anti Masonic PARTY of Pcnnsy Iva
MA otherwise than that they opposed to Mason
r. | must leave you TO Judge OF ny principcs and
ounons in relation that order, iion the fact that
g neither myself nor any OF my family have been
members and from that Of my hay ng been in sitna-
g tons where the strongest inducements existed TO
!. become Il Misunderstanding from the example of nv
g when The Society had never been mTnachcd. either
" in relation {" its general tendency he conduct
" of any Of lis members.
Although General Harrison diSavuws the intention
Of using official powers to the injury Of Masnry-rc
errng The evil To the corrective Of public opinion: vet
the above passage dscloses hostility 10 the or'cr and
desire that his claim to elevation should be fa,oraby
considered by the enemies of Masonry
On the question Of Abolition il is 10 be expected,
that partizan newspapers will sevcrally adducc strong
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an Aboltois and that his election is is not desired
By the deludcd fanatics, 10 snt the party Of the
several Editors. Mr.. Goodc mnglcs not in the :
troversy--concnt to rest the justification of the alln-
sions of his Speech on the evidence furnished by the
General himself
In his celebrated speech delivered Cheviot on ith
july 1893 he says "Should be asked if there is no
q way BY which The General Government aid the
cause of emancipation, answer that il has long been
nm object near my heart, the whole of its
" plas revenue appropriated to tina, object. With the
" sanction OF the States holding the slaves there APP
pears Ia me to be constitutional objection 10 its be-
/" ING thus applied embracing not only the colonial
ton "f those that be otherwise freed but the
- purchase OF the freedom Of others Ry Il -raiouS
. prosecution OF plan formed upon that basis, we
" mich, look forward 10 day, not far distant when
North American would moi look down a
" slave.
Ii is submitted, that THIS passage dseloscs the most
dreadful proof of the dispositions and tendencies OF his
country in the most cXcepUnablc and alarming form
If it be not characterised BY that phrenscd violence
which marks the wild projects of iniuriacd fnaticsm
asserts the constitutional power of Congress over the
subject whilst il suggests the only plan of operations
which in the incpicn stages oc the question, may he
expected Ia receive the conMtcnancc Of any powerful
party of the People
No wrong is inflicted on the State Rights Wings, BY
tho suggestion, that the PrtPondcrdn" inRu'mce-h(
rouiroIIu0 faction of the Wig party is Federal and
Ill E,b, Ipyy.I
Rights Wings inilict themselves by cooperating
with party Of laiitudinarians, whose success must
result in the overthrow of the Republican creed of their
fathers-that controlljng Faction nominated General
HARRISON and he is pledged TO the Federal doctrine
In ls26, John Randolph of Roanoke, in the presence
OF Gen Harrison, in the Senate of the L S. declared
that Gen Harrison FcdcralIs of the order of the
Sedton Law ard Black Cockadc Administration
r. SAID Now, Sir, the only difference between the
gentleman (Crn Iiarriscn) and myself IS this--and il
is vital Tia; gentleman and myself differ funda
q mentally and totally, and did differ when We first
g took ouf seats in Congress. "ic was an open. yea
lous frank supporter Of tie Scditlon Law and Black
:. Cockndc Administrations; and was Jealous, frank
and opcn an opponent of the Black CoCkadc and Sc
" dition Law AdnniStration.-Wc differ fundamental
g Is and tntay-we never can agree about measures
or about mcn-Lct us agree TO differ gentlemen
" ought to do-especaily natives of the same State
" ,rho arc nntipodss to osch oth'r I" p0h.nrs
In reply Gen Harrison virtually admits the truth OF
| Mr. Rs egaton-togeihcr with the high esteem
which he cherished for John Adams, and for the adm.
nis,rat:on Of John adams.
Al more recent date, in his Cherio, speech, he
adopted the most Federal Interpretation Of the Const-
tution-mainaining the constltutionallty and eSped
encv of the Tariff and Force Bill, and declaring that
constituted as is the Government of the Union il APP
pears that there is not the least danger of IFS
+" encroachng upon the rights of the States And
also that, 1.-The right of State nerposition strikes al
the very foundation Of the Legislative power of Con
gress' Further, he says, at is undeniably true
that the trainers Of the Constitution intended TO create
" n national judicial power, which should be paramount
on national subjects" Can any State Rights man
any Republican-anv man who adopts the Republican
creed of 1898 defend opinions such these assist
to elevate to the Presidency candidate who could
knowledge their influence in the management of pub
lie concerns
There is another passage 10 which the attention Of
the public should be nvited-"I have thus (said Gene
-a liarrson) cndcavored to explain 10 you, the prn
Z" cipics which the Government of our Union is
g formed. ] recommend TO yon however the Procia.
nation Of the Prrstdcnt IF Mc United States, issued
10th December last, mud tic speeches Of M Heb
siGr, delivered III the Senate of The Uied States Al
g their last session Of Congress, 10 the argu
g ments Of Mr.. Calhoun, containing the most eio