Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-20
BREAKERS AHEAD.


The President elect has difficulties enough ahead,
hich are sufficient to strcw his roses with thorns II
he were of iron nerve, like the Hero OF New
Oreans-ifhe were a Of imperturbable equanirny,
Ike the present President; but his whole conduct
proves both the nrity of his purposes and the rrl-
liability Of his temper-if he were man III the tuii
vgor Of his energies and endowed with superior quaii
fcatons instead of his being subject TO the continued
influence of the superior minds around HIM. he might DC
able 10 cope with with the extraordinary d-
rutes which nd the unexpected elevation 10 wi'ch
he has been called by the voice OF the people That
voice indeed sounds loudly. The majority winch has
raised him up would carry some sustaining moral force
with it. if it were not itself purely Fictitious and
apparently evancscent II s idle, as his hatierers
are attempting TO soothe him with the syren song,
10 say, that he IS popular that ne is 'he most Po'
puar man, who assembled the char, next TO
Washington; that the immense vote, which ne has
obtained proves the extent OF his popularity Let Gen
Harrison trust to no such delusion tie IS TIC chia
and creature Of circumstances The Wings composed
they of the odds and ends OF all SORTS OF parties
united upon him. from various considerations lie nhd
some military eclat-bn not of the highest order ms
was one but very inferior recommendation. lie iiad
been nominated before by the Anti Nlasons-Ihs was
another argument in his BEHALF with certain clique III
PENNSYLVANIA and New York. But he was pressed al
Harrisburg BY the Abolonists and it was their nu,
cnce more than any other circumstance, which lurned
the scale and gave him the nomination over Clay OF
Scott The grea. body of the Wings had then no other
alternative Many Of them rldculed his pretensons,
gorge rose at it-but they were finally drilled and
dragooned into his support-and many bitter word
had they to swallow, before they could make up their
minds 10 rally upon him. At length, however, the
Wings were whipped into the ranks-hasIns very 1T
lie confidence in the respect Tor his qnaica-
tons Indeed, his Election presents the very extra
ordinary paradox, that scarcely any candidate has OBJ
tanned such majority against Opposition, and yet
no candidate has been less personally popular IL ne
were the popular favorite, which they are now idy
attempting 10 make Of him, why was he so coin-
petc!y beaten but four years ago, by the same man
whom he has disianced: The reason is not nc,
10 be found in his superior popularity, but IN Inc
STATE Of the ,imes.-The times have proved h's best
friend and almost any other man could have obtahea
the Wing vote. The leaders were determined 10 put
down Martin Van Buren,. They ayailcd themselves We
OF the condition of the country-artuiy LAID It 10 inc
door Of the Administration, instead Of tracing 1t to the
"verhanking and over-trading of the people They
took care ring the changes upon the word Change
Change They enlisted in their unha!lowcd crusade
every party every sort of passon-the banks ana 'he
banking interest, with their various ramlhcasions from
Cashier Oco who had been dipping his fingers IN sPe-
culaons, 10 the lowest bank oifcer-those who were
n debt and sighed for credit and especially those
who wanted bank of the U. s.; those who went Tor
distribution Of the proceeds of the Public Lands, an IN
crease ofthe Tariff, and system of Internal Improve