Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-14

were not the People, and that it would prove a "host of
freedom and "a host ofGod" in the country. And the
late elections everywhere, sure enough, are The elegy Of
The Dictatorship. This is not the first time that tlles stone
rejected OF the builders has become the chief of the cor
ner. II only wanted enough to raise the standard OF
Republican Liberty for The popular masses toxally
arouhd1t, and though few, the guard were many enough
10 wave that banner upon the outer wall. They have
been accused OF mercenary motives. There is not one
oil them who has not publicly renounced the spolls,
who has not proudly RETAINED from seeking and re.
fused 10 accept office whilst in The representative ser
wee, ond who has not promptly declined when il has
been Steted. Can the Regulars of the Dictatorship
say as much'-Count their applications on file; and
oh!-ho~ mach more infinite it would be TO sum up
tEe-iawn'rs sycophancy, the crouching seryiii,y, the
sacrifice Of manly pride and Independence of
my Of those who pzoffered their all, and all that they
- tor place until II was denied, and then, turning to
H. D. spleen. OF their appointment US bitterly upon
~ 80 nj as they had before volunteered their curses
~ ~ 80 .ms = and are now the most venomous among
o,a -, no rail and rage at him for treacherv
a. i pe,."y I'll, these, not Of the legion of locusls
""o 'a"s = = rom ~ land on the 4h of March; hut
w. ~, H. n u L.ngry and woliish still, they
~ y - .. nc st of those who presume
IL ,p,arss,od ~ go, s : "ms nsrty, in the language Of
have as little shame as honesty; f0i ono of ,baso ra,,
men undertake to he witnesses TOO b,coro ,bo nj.
Ready themselves to join any body 70. ,nv ,prnoso
provided they were first provided for, they Is >. ms Grs,,
TO accuse the Guard Of nm attempt to form 4 'ra-,;rm
Quid"-a third purity. This charge was ridiculot' and
presumed that We were as great blunderers az the J
corrigibles. They imagined that the Wing party was
built up for them. Our simple effort was TO convince
them OF their egregious mistake; TO teach them that
the Wing organization was not to promote National, but
Constitutional Republicanism; TO favor the iedcrative
features of the National Compact; 10 protect both the
rights of the States and the General Government under
a strict Interpretation Of the grants Of power: and to
check the tendency otthe latitudlnarlanc construction TO.
wards consolidation and Capitalization. For these ends
we thought that the Wing party itself was formed, and
there was no necessity for j new party. The Dpcta.
torship feigned surprise at this just view Of things, and
itselfbegan q new organization. To cover up It's own
designs, TO pervert the sUnion Of the Wings to its own
purposes, il began Systematically 10 treat 'the Republi-
can portion of the Wing party as aliens and enemies
TO the household Of IFS faith, and rs traitors and rene
gades, who were attempting to destroy the old and TO
form 4 new party; whilst they themselves we're IN truth
trying their best TO restore al old, banisied and defunc,
party, which ended before the Wing party began. We
were for adhering 10 the Wing organization on its avow-
ed principles, and they were for retrogfading to the
Na,ionalism of 1898. We were no tertium guilds. Re-
publicanism needs no third party in this country; its
votaries are a majority Of the nation. We were oppo-
sed to the uitraism of National Wings, as we were to
the L.ocofocoism of modern Democracy. The latter OK.
treme OF parties had been etlsctually routed and pros
trated; and the wanton and wicked war which the Dc
tatorship has waged upon the President, will as GER
tainly destroy the former. The dangerous extremes of
both parties humbled and %subdued, we may now hope
to see pure and undefIed Constitutional Republican
ism established in the place Of Agrarianism on the one
hand and of Federalism on the other. Let all true
Republicans unite, and this will be the glorious
fruit of the ever memorable Wing victory of eighteen
hundred and forty. This is the object Of the stru@-
Gle Of the Constitutional Guard, with the National
Guard. We want no Citizen kiGg, any more than we
desire an absolute monarchy. And those Bourbons of
t,narIca tho Ipro-ri1ihlpS lIwno mover lonrn onvthinu
and never forget anything the sold Regime" must
be brought 10 their senses and be taught to respect a
minority before they are themselves worthy of respect
in 4 majority. They mustbe taught what tertium guilds
are, vino they are, and what they can effect, before
they will cease TO buster and bully and learn how to
behave themselves. They are as hamh!e ard unpre-
tending as any body in a minority. but most 'nso'ern6'y
supercIlious, 10 those even who achieved their victories,
when suddenly raised into a majority.
As to their war upon the President, it is most like
a servilc Instruction. Some oil the Retiring CaJira
not all of them, one or two of those men | respect,
reminded me Of unfai,hiul slaves who had been
caught t%hieving, and knowing they were to receive
"nine and thirty, well laid on the next morning, ''bun-
died up and put out tho over night. Sure that no re-
ward would be offered for the apprehension of such run
Always; for they knew that they were not worth having
and there were plenty Of better hands without them
left on the plantation, they did what | have before
known fugitive slaves TO do-wro!e back 10 their mas
Ter most i~mpudent and insulting letters in the hope 10
discredit him among his n~eighbors. Forgetting that
their testimony would not be taken by moral and
just men in their own cases; that the President would
not be excused for condescending 10 q controversy with
them, because, if for no other reason, the tests Of the
truth Of their statements were involved in Cabinet
confidence and belonged not to him but TO his office,
winch he dared not betray; and that the only impartial
witness who knew all the facts Of the case, and the best
witness which the nature of the case ADMITTED of, the
Secretary Of State, to whom they referred, could not
confirm their statements and would not follow their
course.
1t is amusing 10 those who know the truth Of the
transactions in the case, 10 hear Alr. Bolts letter talked
the first revelation TO the President and his friends
perfdy OH the part of those who are now most vo-
charging perfidy on the President. That
letter was Piper's news. II was comparatively inno-
cent and probably sincere; but weeks before it made its
appearance at the Coffee House in Richmond, it was
well known 10 The President and his friends, that several
ofthose who had constituted themselves special deputies
from the great Wing party to visi; him at the White
House, and to advise and counsel and teach him, without
being asked, Is TO his duty, all protesting the kindcst
friendship for the man, the warmest wishes Tor the
success Of his administration and the deepest interest
in the parpeluation Of his fame, were seen publicly plot
ting in the lobbics and elsewhere, comparing their va
rious versions ofconversa;ions snatched with him in an
evening crowd or caught in Q morning hustle, to pro-
vide proof ofcontradiclory declarations in case he should
veto, in fact intimidate a vtto; and, in case he should
even SIGN a Bank bill of their own clumsy contrlvance,
10 arrlV SUCH nIOOi ~ uc'Hbi.S dle iiiS aIiIaliHS "Con-
ness and to Justify them in c%huckling at the easy con-
science or hair splitting brain Of q poor Virginia Alb
stractionist! To sign or veto, his fate with them was
the same. If he signed, such should be s.tle syringe
to catch lct wnodcock;'' and, if he vetoed, he was
doomed, as re have seen, 10 worse than a sneer-he
was 10 be an arch, ~peridious traitor. Of course ] do
not include many honorable men in this imPutation Of
and, OF course, as an honorable though a
Bank man, could not JOIN IN perveFlng SO grave and
vital a public question TO the base uses of any such n
plot 10 destroy a chief magistrate, whose only fault was
that he too long, too arduous'y and TOO conidingly
tried TO conform his action to the wishes Of many whose
sole purpose from the beginning was to betray him
into a conflict with his party or into some unpardona-
Die weakness and folly. Mr.. Bolts letter became pub.
lished proof only of what was known at Washington
to all sides long before it was written.
They mis,ook their man. They thought it an easy
matter to "head Captain 7yier'-good easy man.
And thew respected his courage for veto as little as
they did his intellect when they rendered that notable
COMPROMISE contained i'll the Fiscal Bank bill. lie
saw the Indians in tie bushes in time to prevent the
ambuscade, and instead Of allowing them to turn his
flank, charged them, Mad Anthony like, at the point OF