Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-21

by which it is DONE arbitrary violation Of my con-
stuiona right TO discuss the measures and the charac
ter of any party and it is an open and fragrant in
fringement of the right which and my fellow.czens
possess above all Constntons-tae natural TiSht 10
the freedom Of speech.
opposed the accession of the party which you noo
represent, because,
Your candidate for the Presidency refused to avow
any principles for the basis Of his future official policy
thereby destroying the representative character OF our
Government; for, how delegate represent Tue
people when there is expression oil Principie 10
show that the views and wishes OF the people ana the
candidate are the same' And because
Although there was expression BY TINS cahd'oa'e
to the numerous calls made upon nun iIol many re-
snectable and authorized sources, yet he was under
stood from former acts and declarations OF his lite TO be
in favor Of National Bank MIR. Clays Distribution
system. protective Tariff, and thus linked to what
has ever been considered Federal doctrines And
because, vi,
You. John Tyler of Virginia. had ever been directly
~ war and srenuously opposed to all these measures,
vet consented unnatural coalition compounded 81
such a coSTRARIETY. find because,
saw the late President, yourself, Daniel webster,
and Francis Granger each entertaining differing OPP.
MONS on many questions of deep importance some OF
them most vital 10 the welfare Of the Republic, yet
uniting in strange neutrality. And because,
There was an open effort by your party the effect OF
which was TO PROSTATE the political morality OF the
conn,rv and which is further signalized by the large
class Of appointments already made to Offices OF trust
And because, =,
Chartered mopopolies, incorporated wealth and in
corporated dishonesty, see the broken Banks and the
Bidde exposures) eagued with the direct ntlu-
ence of two hundred millions Of British debt tor the
elevation of your heterogeneous alliance TO the power
of the country.
With these principles, and by .hese means, and
others more exceptonable, you are now placed in
power and see no yet to change my opposition
The conce ament and political fraud which cbarac-
terized the Wing policy before the election, has been
thus far the history Of its action The past and the
present warn us against the future and so long as you
are consocated with these CARVING out these nrn-
cples. shall deem it solemn duty whlen owe -
the Constitution Of my country, to the eterna P!in.
eples of right and justice, to the Democracy against
Federalism, TO America against England, to Freedom
against Encroachment. to stand upon my opposition.
THE seal of E1eeptzre power is now taken from my
G,s the letters os the official slave are changed from
mm limns. and aow with my old associates throughout
the country who in the field of debate sustained the
cause of tie true Democracy, expect to move on
ward snd partake in the grandeur of moral victory
not "a the hurrah of an inebriaed triumph. thank
YOU for my release; and now, though not in the man
ner which you designed, will energetcally and de-
yotedly endeayor "to promote the public interest.
Respectfully,
GEORGE w. THOMPSON.