Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-19

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of similar import and human beings tpng and mum
bling gingerbread Degrading themselves and m
sulting the free and intelligent people OF The onitea
States these assembages met and dispersed wIthout
addresses the people or any ennoohg act OF oecaa
ton to atone for the foocres with which they have
dispraced themselves and their country. While their
candidate is shut up from the people, what rational mo-
tves are every where any where held out TO induce
them in ignorance Of his principles or designs 10 give
him their support What feast for the inonarchists
| ne Enrope viii these foperies afford! How will the
character of an American citizen suffer IN the eyes OF
| all mankind.
Concealment is necessary 10 the success OF fede-
ralism in the United States No sooner does II raise
its true colors than il put down by the people
fhe monarchsts and arstocrats IN The days OF 1ohn
Adams let out their true principles IN private circles,
but not to the public and it is remarkable That while
| volumes of letters written by such Republicans as
Franklin and jefferson, have been gwen TO the world
the prvatc correspondence of such men as Hamilton
and Gouverneur Morris has never been permitted TO
see the light To say thing and intend another,
i one of the arts by which mankind are subjected to
monarchical and aristocratical dominion But from
peculiar circumstances, Harrison cannot speak truth
success In the North he is represented as an Abol.
ZIONIST; in the South the advocate OF slavery 10
saw he is one or the other, would lose him SO much
strength as to destroy all hope. lie has not there
FORE TIC usual resort OF Federalism, TO say one thng
when i means another, and finds safety only in 81
lence His condition is much the same IN relation to
the abuses of the banking system, the tariff, internal
improvements, and the public lands. Once saddled
upon the backs of people who have taken him upon
faith or, in the language of his committee, "wlth
something akin to generous confidence, winch IS IN
plain English sfor better for worse, he may ride
Them as he pleases without violating declaration or
pledge But will free people consent TO be thus
| hoodwinked, saddled, brdled and mounted when
ever they do, they may beware OF the wh'P ana 'he
spur.
Electioneering by Federal Members of Congress.
There is another enormous engine at work to ms
lead the people and induce them bndly to give their
sutfrapes TO the chosen candidate OF Federalisni-
Recent deyelopements have disclosed the fact, that
the Opposition members of Congress, instead OF de-
voting their time 10 the business of legislation, have
constituted themselves into an cleo pioneering assoca-
ton, with their Executive Committee, who are en-
gagged in appointing county committees throughout the
Union for mere electioneering purposes. Win the
COMPENSATION allowed them for doing the people bu-
sness they create fund for printing all sorts OF
documents disappearing the principles acts and de-
signs of the Administration, and with the aid OF Inc
frankinp privilege conferred them tor public pur-
poses they distribute these papers to their county COM
mitlees and others throughout the Union. Not content
with this abuse of that privilege, they DO not
hesitate when convenience requires IT. TO transcend us
legal limits and commit palpable breaches on le laws OF
the country In addition to the application OF part OF
their secret fund to the support of the Nadlsonan,
newspaper printed in Washington, they have under
taken TO raise subscribers for it, in various parts of the
country and to send under their franks ANA as II
would be announcement TO frank them in packets OF two
ounces only, which is the legal limit OF 4 member or
binary privilege and they have the right to frank
public documents printed by Congress, without lmlta-
ton of weight, they endorse 'public documents, on
these newspaper bundles, and frank them as such
member may by filling the mails with all sorts ottrash
abuse the Thanking privilege without violating the law
but here is papable breach of law and fraud on
the post Office revenue, in ranking newspaper from
printer his subscribers and covering and facilitating
the frand.
What spectacle is here presented by the Opposition
in Congress- Instead of being the honest and faithful
representatives of the people, devoted to the duty OF
making the necessary laws for their country, they have
converted themselves into privileged committee o cleo
tioncerers. BY obsructng the public business, and
protracng the session of Congress, they get out OF the
treasury the means to print or buy their
papers, and by an abuse of the ranking privilege and
violations of the law they make the Post Office De.
partment convey them without charge to the extremes
of the Union Thus the people made to pay for the
abuse and open violation of their own laws and insti-
tutions and the tme for the means OF delusIon
which are intended to induce them to vote for the mute
candidate of North Bend, in opposition to the frank De-
mocrat now at the head of the Administration.
Nor should it be forgotten that, while these men
promptly voted for act of appropriation providing
throuuh their own pay, for the of carrying oil
bis no,ca warfare they have so obstructed the pro-
prcss of business not only to bring to stand many
objects of great importance in the civil and military SER
vice of the country, but that since the hrst OF January
last eyery Executive and Judicial officer of the Go.
yernmeni has been without pay not because there
no money in the Treasury, but because there was no
, appropriation. ,,,.o,,.o, ! II .or;o,.
ness what party who thus abuse their privileges and
violate the laws to acquire power, would not do 10 re-
tain it. if once placed in their hands!
Federal Election Frauds of 1888 and 1899.
We have already alluded to the vain attempt OF the
Federasts of the John Adams school to defeat the will
of the people after it had been distinctly given in favor
of Mr. Jefferson.
But we have stronger and more recent case occur
, ring since that party assumed the name of Hhg.-
Some wears ago the dissensions Of the Democratic
party threw the Governor and majority OF the As
sembly Of Pennsylvania into the hands OF the Fede'
raj Wings; and the Bank of the United States want
ing charter from the State, found means to bring
over majority of the Senate. The high handed
, measures adopted by the State Government, const
tuted by governor and ma ortes SO obtained, pro-
duced strong revulson in the public mind Extra
ordinary were necessary to defeat the wshes
of the people for change Of rulers and keep the pow
er the state in the hands Of the Wing party There
is conclusive evidence that previous to the election Of
1888 in that State, scheme concerted to accomplish
this object by the most enormous frauds IN the cleo
r tons The State Administration were making heavy
Expenditures upon Internal Improvements, and recent
Legislative Investigations have shown, that the money
of the State was employed to concentrate great mum
bers of persons from other States, and foreigners moi
naturazed, at particular points, with view to coun
teract by their illegal sufrages frauduently admitted
the votes of the freemen Of Pennsylvania On the day
of the election parties armed with clubs beset the polls
to intimdate any who should attempt to interfere
with the intended fraud and in some cases, violence
/ was actually committed. The hands on the public
works were marched to the polls by the contractors
and voted under under their inspection, with an under
standing that any one who refused to vote the Wing
ticket, would be Immediately discharged; and, to pre-
vent evasons that ticket printed on coored paper
The contractors furnished with means TO manage
their hands, by increase Of pay made under the mos
frivolous pretenccs, and often in direct violation o
every sound principle, if not of the letter of the law
By such means, a township called ionngwomanstown
in Lycoming county, containing less than one hundred
resident voters, made to give about Gao votes
Nlllsville in Adams county, containing less than 5Ol
voters, returned upwards Of GOO votes, and the same
game was played in many other places.
The Wing Legislature had passed registry law fol
the special benefit of Philadelphia and its precincts
like that recently passed by Legislature for the