Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-17

hnnpht into practice by the President OF the T. ),
whom that party call upon these same working men TO
discard for Gen. Harrison; the man who twice sane
toned law to sell poor white men who could mol,
lilo ,hc rich v;olator of law pay fines and costs
The marty assembled on Bunker Hill, further affirm
their "jeiirria nun 5 c0pacityfor seq. @"rernme"G
And these are they who are seeking to hrntaiz' m
fame and madden the people 10y nara cdtr' p'lfr u'
nrnc;o,;nn uross misrepresentation, abusive notiors
,nd ;n,;midarr- paralcs; boldly avowns tha, their
nnlcv i f. get the Of the p"puace BY practising
on their rnnranc. and crcdul'ty. ihrse are ''y WIG
b,vn over becn the associates and discprs ni 'iah
ion Adams and Amcs, whose theory was, ,a' 'he p'n
NJ. c,n neither Judge act will as political body
ia ~, .s,bctc - no sense of honor, moral sense "I
anv other sense of the people appeal to but Their nan
sense.
denomination Of truth while their whole effort is to ia
- H. on;,,nns measures and speeches "t the Admin.
;,,nn and It's suppnrters-a work to which their great
man daily descend, like Mr.. Webster IN ms kn"n'ng
Recommendation Of Mr. Burke, and MIR. John DAVIS IN
his .cf perversIon OF Mr. Buchanan, as 10 the wages
Of labor. :
Rn, ,hev tell US, they especially believe IN the be-
;,. nav.nce of religious feeling and moral instruc.
lion and then enforce their belief IN going about to
Io,rov hath by a Of conduct, and lavish eH.
hand,fnrr unparalleled in political deprav,y, save at
the British hustngs where money and mu'nmery, ana
moi mind or merit, elect Ia office.
JThat are their .ueaSurnS
These are all the principles which the wing decara,
t;on ovnws and each of them, though common 10 al
,ood men in all parties, are denied and discarded by
III, Marty in practice How stand their measures.
W., WI, a. a., ibev propose? What is their remedy
sHolIuu these general sentiments (says the decla-
ton we have come together TO declare la' ah"ei '
present Administration course oil measures mas o'th
pursued IN Judgment, disastrous 10 Inc orst me
rests of the country, and calling upon all men OF non.
%, ,urnnse 10 nut forth their utmost to effect change
| Surely then the "honest men have right to know
rIaf the proposed change is 10 be. In VAN we look
for Il IN thus declaration The customary wing history
| IS ryen nf Andrew Jacksons tyranny ana tahil"rh@
with the currency, and his refusal To give spectators
the public moneys and paper medium to 'rade win
With amusing gravity Mr. Webster aud the New Eng.
land Fcderasts say, "Genera Jackson was not elected
with my desire expectation that he would interfere
with the currency of the country, (eang me nahk
as if then had elected him. and he had pledged himself
10 the money power not disturb their reign OF paper
promises! aud yet the next sentence they comPia"
that Mr. Van Buren, will not Interfere with Tie only c'
gal currency of the Constitution, and mania'n su
on over the currency OF the country, b0h mtac
amt papcr for the of the whole country lhs IS
Their language, and THIS is what they require OF thc
President viz: TO violate the Constitution and give
them paper currency.
But bou this is to be done we not informed !: IS
all condelnning depor,ng, complaining I'd protesting
but proposition, no plan, ana no remedy i"'y :"
on in this wise:
.sWe condemn the departure Of General Jackson from
that line of policy he was crpeccd to pursue -Lhy
whom:
awe depiorc the temper which led han to HIS org'-
nal quarrel with the bank.
..We depiorc the hcadstrong spirit which In.gated
him to pursue that institution TO ITS destruction.
awe protcst against the conduct of the House OF ke-
representatives. in the of the New Jersey election
That is, they protest against majority OF te people
governing, rather than broad seal J
awe protest against the plan Of the Administration
respecting the training of the militia. The precise
plan proposed by .uar,in Brim"er, and approved by
tiorcrnm ErcrcH in the Massachusetts militia law OF
l~;g, from which, IT Is sad, Mr. fonsctt obtained lhe
outline of his plan
We protest against the repeated instances OF d'src.
rardinr judicial decisions by the officers Of government
| How:
And thus we have the same old catalogue of imari
nary evils and iancicd abuses with which the fcGc-
raj party have assaed President jackson ever since he
refused to surrender the country to The money power,
and submit the Bank, the master ct the Govern
ment and the People.
Now all this abuse and complaining and protesting,
amounts 10 nothing when those who make 1t do not
tell arhat they mean do, how they would alter
things if they had the power TO do IT. Even "the lazy
clown who rs the poet Informs MS, complained that
"rhr works Of ProvheuC" were wrons
Aud bad all IN SIGHT,
He knew things were wrong conriFrd
And lie could sci them right.
Even this Wing grumhler, who insisted on living
without work. aud protested against large pumpkins
growing on small vines, and little on bug oaks,
had the honesty and sense 10 distinctly propose his re-
medy, which
.T'hat tins large should acorns bear,
And pumpkins take their place"
And the sequel of the fable is, that if the grumbler
could have had his way, he would have had hrs
head broken 10y pumpkin, instead OF an acorn, winch
fell upon 1t.
But the Wings on Bunker Hill do nothing but grum-
Die at the works Of Providence and the works OF Co.
vrrnucnt and camor for the power {" change, with
out even hint 10 hoGc what they would change,
it they had the power.
They perverted the order OF things and fastened
the cunIhrnus pumpkin Of tie Bank upon the Tree of
Liberty bu, the noble HcEory shook 1t off True, in
It's fall II crushed many but what then, is 1t wise or
safe TO try again, to have 1t again fall and crush no.
nest men well reckless spectators:
In VAIN then, look for declaration OF principles
or an avowa of III this document put forth s"
nposingly, the great creed Of the British Wings
The only pledge they give in any torm IS the pledge OF
prescription aud office seeking, VIZ to turn out their
opponents and take their places 1t they can They
complain that the Democrats hold to tie doctrine OF
spois tIough II originated with one ot their own lead
ers, Attorney General Austin, in his i' OF Gerry and
vet they pledge themselves 10 "c!ear The Kitchen, II
they have mower TO seizp the spo,ls THIS is the only
definite pledge promise, arowal OF object, that
he found this Wing declaration Of three columns,
and this II IS
awe here part of The people, pledge ourselves TO
each other and to country, tn spare no lawful and
honorable means (Such the coarse caricdt"reS We
have described in their pToccsson,l TO vndicatc and
MAINTAIN these rights, ana 10 TeH0ee from thc hsn
places q" the nation who have thus condemned and
violated them
When ask what are these i'rghss that have been
violated, the only nte!ligble respons" is that the Co
vcrnurGt has abandoned the control OF the currency
When ask, hOlr do you propose to have that sup.
posed power exercised there IS response. DO they
mean 10 kec? the country III another tour years conflict
in n vain effort 10 rc.charter Bank which the people
have tscce condemned once in the election of General
Jackson after the Veto and again most emphatIcaiiy IN
the choice Of MIR Van Buren,, with the distinct avowal
before his election, that if the people honorcd him with
their suflragcs he must into the Government an
uncompronising opponent of an United States Bank
Is it nAxK then No answer. We know that the
prominent Wings in New England mean bank and no
thing but Bank, but they also mean to deceive the
Southern and Western Wings, and the people into a
belief that they have abandoned the Bank
Mr. Webster himself declared IN the Senate in l-.,,
tina, public opinion has decided against the Bank He
cnnsd, the question Of renewing the Bank Charter
as entirely settled, should he join in any attempt,
a, any time hereafter, to establish Bank until
tier. should be general call Of the country for
National institution, but for himself il was his stated