Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-10

nar,;alv iudoe the Administration by acts pro-
dgious camor has been raised by the Leaders OF .e
Wing party against the late recomhenoat'o. y. @
Secretary of War for the regulation and d'scphe OF
the militia Now this clamor has been raised, aouU'
less for the purpose of exciting alarm u, ns r
mind Is it possible, sir, that the inteli'gent @ ,h;
VIRGINIA can be cheated out OF their fS".s ",a ;II
principles by such shallow devices: Is y aaon,
r., ,h Wb;os can render odious measure, recon-
an5ed nv Washington, Jefferson and other nus,
tr;ous men, | ask that party II General harrison olu
meyer recommend cooperate with others w feco'a
endinp scheme for training the militia, which car
r;ed ont would have tended infinitely more to conso
naated Governments or a military despotsm IMAM the
plan lately proposed by the able and ns Ia
triot now at the head of the Departments ual. ~
or did not General Harrison recommend tia' -" -
Tia officers should be under the immediate oohtfoi u
the President Of the United States instead OF 'le W
vernors of the several States: II the Seee.9 aaaJ
had recommended such measure as ths' l''e", ue.'
might the people be alarmed. II 49, aNu IL Can
WAYS conceded, from the toundatioh VI 'is W. m
mont that the militia ought to be trained We al
know the wrptched ignorance OF military ",. n:
peryades the whole body of the m'a-aha ',i's tS".
rance mast endure, unless some sehe"'e W ~ e
;mn,rt IN them military knowledge. "onid not uie
m;i;,;, under the scheme proposed, be comanueu "
officers appointed by the State authorizes = T.
BILE to believe that Liberties can be
the calling out and training, Tor tes nays ., m,.'
\ small portion of citizens-ana lheh peconie
component part of the great mass OF our poPuiatoh
hy sir verify believe that there IS no honeS c0ata
Ehie who entertain the Shghtea aPPtehensoN -
danger from the scheme proposed u rec"eea :" Pr.
ice The plan suggested by MIR. Ponsett, or Sst4r
one is iadispensaby requisite, or we shall never nave
, we'll regulated and disciplined militia II IS vain 10
look for the day, when we shall have wen
militia which is necessary to lhc secur"! VI ~
State and TO prevent the necessity OF large s'auhs
army unless some general scheme be adopted by Con
oress Some of the leaders of the wing party assert
chat thcy kno,c be false, that the expenses wnch
would be incurred in carrying out the propose P"'
yo,d amount To some 80 40 millions OF collars an
nna,iv Now. the Secretary, fancy, never dreamt
thst The cost would be, under any circumstances, one
thTticth part great they make IT. indeed nc es'
mates il al less than half million BE assured Sr, tat
The camor has been gotten TO alright the PeoPie,
With The same motive that Gen Harrison has been re-
commended for the Presdency-a direct appeal 10 '"e
svmpahies Of our nature Such conduct, SIR IS inco
p.tibe with dignity and repugnant 10 every pf'"'
ciple Of patriotism
oernins the hardness of the times, the tghtnesSs o
the money market the great fall IN the price OF produce
and instead Of ascrbIng this CONDITION IN inc et1t
tile world and monetary system, TO us real causes, ue
nounce in round and unqualified terms our Democrate
Administration as the sole cause thereof NOW, or,
..mark how plain tale will put them down, or IN
other words let look ct the state OF affairs towards
The close os Mr.. Monroe's administration VIII give
YOU the opinion of Mr.. Clay, who, suppose, IS good
authority with the Wings 1t Will be seen mat IN
1921 the commercial monetary and agr'cnitnrai dn-
cnltes were greatly increased and recollect MI Ed'-
tor that il long before the removal OF the DePo-
sites or the veto put by Gen jackson Ito his everast
Ing honor be it sad) TO the I , BANK p'ii hes' Sl'
Il was at period when the boosted regulator The
Stacs Bank was the zenith of ITS fame, ana IN te
climax Of its power What did Mr.. Clay then say aho'
blythe bye, did he not give correct view Of te con
dton Of the country at that time: HEAR HIN VA
the 3lst of March, lS24, Mr.. Clay said In casting
onr eyes .round u.s. the most prominent circumstance
which fixes our attention. and challenges our deepest
repret is the general distress which pervades the "oie
country II forced upon BY numerous iacts OF te
most incontes,hle character 1t Is Indicated by the
3;n;sbed exports of native produce by the depressed
and reduced state Of foreign navigation; BY our al.
rnished commerce. BY successive unthreshed crops oil
grain pershng in our barns and barn yards Tor Tue
want OF markedly the alarming dminn,ion OF tue
circulating medunl-by the numerous bankruptcies
not limited TO the trading classes, but extending 10
all orders Of socety-by universal complaint OF me
wan, Of employment, and consequent reduction OF tne
wages of labor-by the ravenous pursuit atler Pupic
situations not for the sake of their honors and the per
formance of their public duties but as means OIL pfl-
cato snbsistence-hy the reluctant resort to the peri
Ions use Of paper money-by the Intervention OF ic.
gislaton in the delicate relation between deht"r ana
creditor and above ALI by the low and depressed sac
OF the value Of almost every description OF the Whole
mass of the property Of the nation, when mas, on al
sNifefs toe
in the present stagnaton of business, than the aborng
class That is necessary effect OF the depression OF
agriculture, the principal business of the community
Jhc wages of able bodied vary from hive 10 eight
dollars per month; and such has been the want OF EN-
,ovmeit in some parts of the Union, that instances
have not been unfrequent of working merely for
the means Of present subsistence. If the wages for
labor here and in England compared they will be
found not to be essentially different.
Here then, Mr.. Editor, picture of the amcntlhc
condition of our country in 1924. Comment is anne
cessary. There no Independent Treasury sng-
rested at that gloomy period. No attempt on the part
Of the Federal Executive to put down the Banks-a
ID Mr. Van I he
cratic party in direct viofon ofthe facts How soon
we forget the past At the period referred 10 above
there tampcring with the currency The IN
fortunate result now attributable to the laws oil
trade and restless spirit of speculation How unge-
nerous then is il 10 accuse Mr. Van Buren, of bringing
about the present state OF things. Is not dreadful
thing, MIR Editor, for ono 10 bear false witness against
his neighbor: The present ,irn"us and enlightened
Chief Magistrate subjected Tho grosses and most
shameful abuses The W,,gs At first lauded the indie
pendent Treasury the sixties: bal finding by so doing
that they codid never get INTO power they soon de-
nounced the very measure they approved Such rs
Wing consistency Is itpossible that such party can
long p>st VI common sense, moral rec,itude and a
luv. Of country exist the land OF Washington, JET
t,rsop, and Henry, will never be governed by men
yov-rn. 4 by such principles. SUBSCRIBER.
Of he views "f our in,risen, Correspondent These show that
Of produce have been much lower" in former ln
1h &C., &C., hanging over us than p"'s a- nor hry nus"
1l s R'fs s tad " r % F @
under Richmond hend, signed \, h'h uses up the present
cant Wings prices and alirbuns Them Ia The
Administration il also shows what rfl Of the
lyhss and what i HE remedy they aim at aud which they hope
- the election Of Cen iinrison VIZ the establishment
IL great National Bank Mr. Pope proposed the other day
60 Of r. for 20 millions Mr. Roo. declared himself for
Bank the other day in the Senate Of New York Wise
&c. &c. CLAY Webster, and all the Federallsts)
p,os .tedy for a National Bank Tina, abyss into which
I!c, would all betray Editor.
SIX DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
London papers to the evening Of March ., brought
b. the packet ship Montreal, Capt Griffin, have been
received at New York.
There was talk ola war between England and Por.
lugal Or rather such the talk at Lisbon BY the
advces, which ere to the oath Of February
In the House of Commons, March ., Sir James Ora.
ham gave notice that if the documents respecting Chi.
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