Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-19
\ PLANTER.
FOR TIE E.NRUIRER.
FEDERALISM-fNO. 81
VAN BuRES VERSUS HARRISON.

- - 'N~~ ~'FN'
Of Gcnl. HarTison's latItudinous notions OF Constitu'
tional powers. These prove hun to be a Federai'st OF
the school most repugnant TO tie State Rights party
They show, that while he has certain opinions OF par.
tlcuiar measures N relation TO their unconstitutiona!lty
he is yet willing to waive his own convictions OF right
and duty, and yield the sacred palladium OF our Noef.
ties 10 It's foes nj the bidding of a party. IL - IDLE
for Southern Wings any longer to tell US that General
Harrison, If elected, would not sign an act to charter
a Bank We have his own promise in his own words,
that, If elected. he vii do 50. And who that can see
three feet from his nose, does not know that in the
event of his promotion 10 the Presidency, he would re-
gard, and be bound to regard, the fact OF his support by
the people, an unequlvocal indication o. Their desire,
and their expectation that he would make good ms pro-
mise and redeem his pledse:-That this very support
would be construed by HIM as that ''unequIyocal
manifestation of public opinion IN favor of n Bank,
which he makes the condition OF his willingness TO
sEsign its charter Remember, that Mr.. CLAY is COM
United in favor Of Bank with a capital Of 500, 600, 900,
and that another Federal member OF Congress has ex-
pressed his preference for 4 monster with the enormous
power of patronage that S1j,UUO,UuO would give HIM;
and that the establishment Of another Bank is the dar-
ling project of most of the Federal leaders. Can YOU
doubt, then, that with Gen. Harrison for a President.
we should have another monied tyrant fastened upon
Us: and perhaps born INTO existence with a lease tor a
Iii. Of half a century, II is madness to doubt.
MIR. Van Buren, is opposed to a Bank. Hear him
. Some admit that Congress has a right 10 create a
Bank, whenever its establishment becomes necessary
u vac. ''L AA1ShAS - h''S' 49, F'N~N' $500 - 80
revenue. but insist that no such necessity existed when
tine charter Of the old Bank expired, or has arisen since
Such persons make the power 10 establish n Bank de-
pendent upon its necessity. My objection, on the
contrary, y, that the Constitution does not glTe Con
1r-ss power to create corporate Institutions within tie
States: and again. Il am DESTROYS that it should BE-
fully understood that IN decidedly opposed TO the
creation OF .ny suct! institution in the District Q! Co.
lumbia,'
10 prove that Mr. Van Buren, Is a friend 10 Inter.
- H., ,t-. ItL,--a IL
Wing Convention OF Virginia, in their address to the
people Of the State, are wholly at a loss for facts
They ground the grave charge solely upon .ilr. Van
Buren, vote IN the Senate tor the Cumberland road
bill. Yet candor wrin9s from them, IN the same para
graph. the reluctant confessions that he regrets that
vote. and would. lf.hc could, recall it. His whole
course, while in public lne, with reference to the powers
of Congress over tins subject proves the sincerity Of
this regret; he has repeatedly opposed their exercise
and IN les. IN the L. ,. Senate, he Introduced 4 set
Jt resolutions, GecllrIag ''that Congress does not pos
sess power to make roads within the States, and
during the same year, when the subject OF apDro-
pratloUs to the Dismal Swamp Canal was before the
Senate. he sad. she would not vote 10! the bill. Tor he
did not believe that the Government possessed the
Constitutional power TO make such appropriations
How stands General Wan. II. Harrison On this sub.
iecl. In ISL. he voted III Congress Tor 4 series OF
resolutions. asserting the abstract propositions that
:. Congress has power, under the Constitution. to aP-
provrlate money for the construction Of post roads, MI
Itary and other roads, and OF canals, and for the I'M
proyemcnt Of water courses 'to construct post roads
and military roads, Ito construct roads and canals
necessary 70. commerce between tile States, and ITO
construct canals for military purposes. These were
his views in l-l-. Nor have we any indication that
they have been changed subsequently to that time
On the contrary, we kno" that IN l-2U, he voted for
similar resolutions and bills making appropriations for
these purposes. while Mr.. Van Buren,, with Macon and
Tllewell, voted against them. Gen H.'s position here
- clearly defined.
Upon the Tariff, B F Eut!er says, ''IIr. Van Burens
personal feelings have been NJ all times adverse 10 the
high Tariff pohcy. Bat his constituents were N Ia
yor of the system, aud acting on his Uniform rule Of
obedience to their VIII. IN - and =, he gave 4 silent
vote IN favor Of the Tariff. At a public meeting IN
Albany. held in l-21, he cautioned the friends Of pro-
tectIye duties against too great eaTerness IN urging
their measures; characte!ZlnT the Iaritt las a polti-
cal manCauvre 10 influence tie Impending Preslten-
tai election, and "a measure proceeding rattle: from the
close, of the politician, than from the rorkyhOp Of the
.Mpujarfurer:' and IL l-32, IN his reply 10 the SAocco
Springs Committee, while he admits (s we all do)
that the establishment Of commercial regulations. IS
within the constitutional power Of Congress, he yet
declares his opposition 10 the exercise Of tins power.
s.wlth an oppressive inequality upon any portion Of our
citizens, or for the advantage Of one section OF the
Enian at the expense OF another Ia the same con-
nec,ion occurs tins paragraph
..Thc Protective system, and lis proper al Iustment,
became A subject o: frequent and necessary c~onsidera-
ton, wiII.Sl ! lh.lAtL d g4ib ~ N' 'iOiHct, anu Wv
manner IN which the President Jackson proposed 10
carry INTO effect the policy IN relation TO imports, re-
commended in former messages, has since been avoweG
with that irankuess which belongs to his character =
To this end, h" recommended ii modification Qt t'
Jqr;f". rhirh >hoaid pr0GHcc a reduction n tie reroaWe
Ia M. trgRts al he Gor,rnmoHt, and an aGl ustmcnt Of
the autv upon imports, with a view to equal justice IN
relation 10 all our national interests. and TO the counter
action Of foreign policy, 80 far a. II mag be injurious
to those interests. In these sentiments fully coacrr.
NJ. Benton. who sat mex, 10 MT Van Buren,, when
bo,L voted tGr the Tariff Of =, declares that Ike re.
,prnauce to the provisions Of lie BIZ was fit by both,
and that they welded their objections oniy N oL,a-
tirnce to Tie known will Of their constituents. Gen.
Hamilton. Of South Carolina, too, bears testimony 70 the
truth OF the belief that Mr. Van Buren, was really op-
posed T. the Thrift, and says that Hr. '. Z. united cor.
daily with himself and other promineu. Southern
members, IN their strong feelings OF hostility to the
bill.
Gen. Harrison voted for the Tariff Of 2--not. a
the Southern Wings tell u. apolo-eticallv, because ms
constituents desired it, but because the Tariff met his
own uuIuhuenced appreciation. This i made nantes;
s. his own emphatic confession voluntarily and gra-
tnitou.iv -:ven before the '.Ha.nIltou coun:g Ono
Agricultural Soc;etv, in ISL. After advocating the
Tart: at great length, he says, Il believe that not one
of the evils, which we're predicted from the Iarr,
have hapncaed, and that not one OF the advantages
which we.e promised from 1t, but have been realized
-(purc grammar, By the war.) and nothing but the
folly OF abardoning It can bring rs back 10 the haze
times through which we have passed. It was Of
the same occasion, and n ailusfom TO the remark OF
distinguished citizen OF Virginia, that the effect .! the
Tariff had been 10 cover the streets Of Norfolk viii
rrass, that Gen. II. uses this language: 1T may be
asked whether, under any circumstances. would %
willing to abandon the Tariff. answer, without any
hesitation, in the affirmative, Whenever Tie streets Q
Norfolk and Charleston shall he covered WITH grass,
and our Southern friends ind no market Tor their pro,
duce, and this state OF ,hinEs can be distinctly traced
to the Tariff. | would then instantly give my voice To-
Is modification. or entire repeal, even II should stii
think that IL continuance would be beneficial to a ma
ioritv Of the American people. In l-27, Gen. Fl 70
ted, IN the L.. : Senate, against a reduction Of ue dn'
~ oa coffee from ; to , cents, and against proposed
similar reduction 81 the duty on tea.
The object Of the writer IS now attained fac,
have be enlaid before the people, winch Will eHaD.e eyer!
one to decide for himself which Of ihe t"o candi.
dates for the Presidency has acted u p~b.!c lie more
nearly in accordance with his own views Of the proper
course. and this question IS uow left with the State
Rights Republicans, with a strong assurance that ih'
CONVICTION to which the mind Of every impartial maj
f,,s been forced Is. taat Gen. Harrison i a Federalis'
as Jar as professions and acts can make him one; an
ina. Martin Van Buren, IS the pure ''Repub!!can Of n,
~ T.T.r.1nian School