Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-28

der which of all Others harmony and conference h'eh'
from the nature of the ties winch bnd Toe ''e com.
munity together, most reasonably ne eHPse, ~ 70
il to the candour Of all 10 say how utterly npossos
, ercn tLsn 10 prevent those winch VIII SHAKE the
SOCIAL rdiice and asked how unrcasohah!e aha no"
unjust then il was hold the President f-sp"hs"ie o'
or,. dor.ction from duty on the part o. the various
cmplored to carry on the gFea, WORK o. govern
a,t ~ , country like Ia the course OIL ms
rep,srks and whilst replying to me crh"nSa'""s - T.
herallv hos ped upon the Administration ana l's prom"
n.pt sunnorters Mr. Mcdowell dealt the "L'ttie f'x-
nrer. come heavy blows, and referring TO his vIru.
Ian, attack upon the Editor of the Enquirer, commented
with great severity upon the nature OF the attack upon
ono sto whom he well remarked, "o an others
uc,t "a himself, Mr. Rves owes his present elevation
T. ,,p, Ia his dcnnnc a.ion othe hard money feature
!, tla Independent Treasury Bill, be quoted with great
effect from Mr. Rlvess speech OF le the declaration
that one Of the most important considerations "'rh
could enaace the attention OF the Statesman ana ia'l'o'
Ihe 5reprcty Of ..brnging back the Government to
ID, ! was intended BY the trainers Of the Constin
lion 10 be- simple, solid, hard money Government.
In pocinr the declaration that "from the outset OF ms
administration to the present ume, an bu,." nas
nnrS,;ng \ course directly in conflict with his pro
fssions and pledges, Mr.. Mcdowell reminded the
mEY conservative that formerly, in defining his posi-
lion he assumed the ground that his was an honest
difference of opinion, upon "0ne point only, ana r.
frd "a his celebrated letter to Major Garland, writ
- The latter part Of the year IS, in which ne urges
h; No, 10 exasperate his friends, neither OF them
.had ann thing TO efpeet from TIC ""prtncpen ""TH
a. furnishing the solution of his present position
80 homo thr;,s; and told only upon Mr. klves ou
, ,,ror his present friends the aforesaid '"nPFt"c'-
,yxd HhigS But that which seemed 10 ISL h,I
West on his SOUL, was, the scorchns reply 20 ~
hold assertion, that 'he Presidcn. aa a!'enp'eu -
snb.;d.e The Banks IA point which he chueafo'eu
,,o ,r, nv nerver,inr a passage in the Message ol
lS32A ard tLfre6g cimsdd direct and dtGGg Oo % "a"
rrcet priacipIes Fl american iben9 leiripe as was
Tho ycuriation, Inflicted with :" iaeh o&h!
aud witna SO much Justice, that notwithstanding u
lnDtu IT.
ncrycr the passage ofihe President Aiess'Tr was mo
roughly exposed, and again quoting from ms speech u
/ Al Mr Mcdowell showed that IN reply "a Mr.. oiay'
he had then maintained, that the power asked NY he
pssacn, yas from The inherent structure Of the Go
yeroment an executive function But putting !. upon
lie ground assumed by nlr. EIvcs, Mr.. nicbo"c"
IcmGnd-d 10 know why il was that he-a senator !i"h
Virrinrathc Of her sovereignty ami th@
Guardian of her ri.nsact'n- under Inc S"cHih SAINT
-, Of an nath!aG not raised his 10 dehounc" IL
,-ifu n. attach rms mute You, SIR, sad he, were
psc.d as sentinel a; the door OF that temple when
you now say has been des.cracd BY Tie ruthless mana
Of the invaders. and call upon YOU to answer TO ms
people, whose reliance was ur"n the S.cep'"S
of those set to watch ii, io7 that nu! pollution
Having followed Mr. Rives through End r"rlrd to
his various charges, Mr.. Mcdowell "TraI@n"d ncmcral
Harrison carried home upon h'tn IN" charge Of ir&c-
ral:s:n and sustained by reference to his Who'll" P"'
lincal career lie proved by the Journal .! he senate
afOhio that General HARRISON had gore r!r;he: n3"n
The Missouri Restriction question than M: Van bH''h
had done he having, whilst 4 member o. th"t u',uy'
voted for resolution requesting their Senators ana ne.
nrcs.n,,tyes in Congress- oppose tho admission o!
mn State into the Union, unless the iurthcr extern
SION o slavery within such State be expressly prohi-
!. bited :.
4 Mr. Rves repled in Speech ot an hour and half,
which was the most undr niled and ribaid exhibition
that we have ever heard from any man lie complain.
ed OF the introduction Of his Speech OF s3l ana could
not FOR his life imagine what IT had 10 do VITA me as
cussion going in regard 10 the Flee
,,t,,tN has
Currency B-and abused the old Hero Of the Her
miarc for his audacy in refusing his signature lIe
Old General refused to sign That B!l, because II was
"such miserable piece of patchwork that he conG
not understand it. with the aid o his legal adHl'
ser the Attorney General, and all the other members
Of his Cabinet and for this attack upon hc purity oil
} his English, the LiHe Erpunger avas himself OF
all occasions now that he has no longer cceS TO be-
stow to denounce him in terms OF unTHcaslred harsh
ness lie applied all serts Of epIthe:s 10 Alr Van Bu-
ren, such as the ;e Magician the "Htastl' the
"F0r" &c lie raved aud rancd Al most awtnl rate
about :. OIL Tom Rjtchis," "Framh B'n'r, and Amos
Kendall the +" PauPer King, Pad Patriot, &c
seized the Extra Globe, and threw It upon The iioor OF
tie stand too impure for him TO touch-and scoded
like Fleet market fish nj john G Calhoun, Tor
his advocacy Of the Independent Treasury b and Inc
other of this Observation-Disclosures his
abuse Of Pninsetts Militia rccommendai"n-ihr sub
Treasury Rl and the Bankrupt Law. Just before he
concluded he charged Van Buren, with opposition 70 the
late war-a charge which he must have known was I'M
though he did not charge in drec; words, yet eli tc
be inferred That Van Buren, tainted viii: Abolition
Z ism lie closed his speech with an Giiu,on to the
course Of Harrison G regard 10 The Missouri question
alleging tina, he had sui"rd more for the South than
q any man North Of the Potomac.
2 Mr.. Mcdowell rcioined in speech of Tho same
length, and gave him some home thruss, which ne wall
no, forget We venture he will rccollect the ancc
dotc Of the shopkecpcrs monkey as long as he lives
lie replied 'y great effect TO ms slang about PonSeit
plan and carried The home upon !nrrs"n, by show
inc that his plans revealed in his Reports of l-1
1918 and -lo and the bills appended thereto, were
much Objectionable than Poinsctts. lie produced
the most incon,rc"cytie evidence Of Van BGrrRs nd
vccacy Of the War, not only in III" Senate of !. ork
in 1872, but previously thereto He quoted n T. Tall!
madgc, who a.rms that he the ad:occte Of the
from lis beginning 10 the close, and It's most cic
ent advocate He replied 10 the slang about the
Iiooe casc-and his nsnuaon that Van Buren, was
tainted with Abolition. He then alluded 10 the opnI
of Harrison and Tyler, and showed that they differ
ed upon almost all the great questions Oft. day Har
rson is Tariff Tyler, anti.Tarif- Harrison lnterpa
Improvement; Tyler anti Internal Iinprnyemcnli Hair.
rson, none nm,ial on The Bank: Tyler, anti Bank-
iarrison iattuJnarian; Tyler, strict State Rights
man.
Mr. Rivrs then spoke FOR fifteen Minutes, hut gave
nothing new lie still said nothing about Harrison
principles.
Mr.. Mcdowell followed him for tie same length
of time closing tic discussion with the most eo-
qucnt appeals 10 the Administration rarty, that We ever
listened 10.
In his Speech at Tincns,lc, Mr. Riscs asserted that
the President claimed discretionary control the
. public money. Mr.. Mcdowell replied 10 tbs assertion,
that Mr.. Rivcs in 1884, held the opinion, and IN
proof quoted the following extract from his Speech on
tic Removal OF the pcpo.ttcs:
at tfu., Congress- exercise &c i, .-lativ
powers, may ana ought Il" Is TAR a' Is consistent M lie lc
rs roT Ss e. s n s, gE. ': En%S sss
~ p.ecIp;i h. a,ac by tie i,.I,.vt a"% l%oyr. ne.
the Executive Department, cafl N" Cn.c