Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-25

sotdd motives The shipper takes cargoes, The inef-
chant Sells the manufacturer produces his fabrics, inc
customer buys all for the sake Q! "Sling t"c'r !y
al the esrec ed election of Wu tcnry HARRISON e
hero of Tppccancc They do It 1"rpTscissy ~. SUI
reason that they would huzIa ana a"''- "
public meeting. 49,. a.,
One great excellence Of tins explanation - 'has .ne
briskrr business becomes, me more " makes against
The Adm niSiration and Us iTcnds u 'fa' ana mus
,,v wcr, much more active than they are u would,
hr a purty O. reasoning, only show that The merchants
were much mere deeply convinced ihet they are "op
pressed and embarrassed By the Administrations II
The prospect Of escaping from the embarrassment and
oppression they suffer, the cause Of the activity
which nos anImates commercial streets ana scts
tbs Wheels of the Eastern manufactures IN RAPID mo-
ton, the prospect OF escaping from stub greater ZEN
tarrassment and OPPRESSION, would make our traders
still busy and whrl the machinery OF our spinning
ennies IN still swter gvratons. IT the men OF Dusi-
ness had been ten times ltrcaed by Mr. Van Buren,
and his friends they would OF course be ten times as
happy the prospect of substituting HARRISON IN ms
place and 10 testify their Joy, the shipper would ship
ten times as many goods the man"tac'uFSr ""'n MAKE
ten times The quantity of cotton and wooen cloths, the
merchant would sell and his customer buy ten times the
amount of merchandise.
Another beauty Of this argument is, that il rcsem-
b!es what called whip in the old game OF twelve
men morris there no escape for the Democratic par
" whichever alternative you take II on the one hand
business done the country is ruined OF course; II
the other, business active it is only proof that
the country Iuined and the people are sensible OF IT.
But must suggest TO the Baltimore American,
that does not appear quite to understand lie state oi
feeling among commercial men. Here IN New York,
very decided change has taken place in their opini-
The icrocity OF their opposition in most cases is
gone, and i'll many instances 1t has been converted to
absolute appreciation Of The policy Of the Administration
ana It's friends Were 1t not that we have no right to
bring the OF private individuals before the public,
wc could mention MANY persons Of great einnence IN
our commerce. long since the enemies, but now the
friends otthe lndepcn det Treasury scheme We could
give the of Others who from being the most I'M
pacable hatcrs of the Democratic Administration are
become extremely moderate and temperate IN
their opposition. \ set of merchants have also
sprung up, among whom many Democrats, and
others far from beng mbued with the bitter prelud
ces that prevalent in their class year or two
since. In fact, there has not been time since the
year 1888, when the mercantile community stood SO
we'll affected towards the Administration rs now. IL
is not fact that there is in the mercantile world
strong desire for the election OF Harrison. On the
contrary there j. great GOODNESS towards ms cause
feeling o. uncertainty as TO The he will pursue,
and doubt whether this policy viii not disturb that
happy regularity which the trade and business OF
the country under auspices of the present national
policy are manesty tending. 1t IS ridiculous under
such circumstances TO say that the revival OF business
is occasoned BY the hope that Harrison will be elected
II is occasioned by the mutual wants OF different
classes of and BIZ the abundant resources OF the
country
Nor is it accurate to say, the Baltimore American
has DONE that the business Of the present season . mol
equal to our usual autumnal business II Is not like
the business of l-}6 1857, trucbut y IS bet
ter business than has been doGe Tor several seasons
pas,