Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-08-13


cu,ve upon political grounds alone, the people are in
suited bv the miserable and gauze like pretencc Of
the Secre,ary's circular. High public iunconaries,
The Secretaries, Collectors, Nc, are not only 10 eX-
press their opinions, and To exercise such pol'cai IN
luence Us may suit their taste ana consenience Dul
they are authorized, and It would seem, expected, 10
turn out all their political opponents IN subordinate
nlaces who presume exercise the like privilege OF
thought aud acton To bring the case home, ana
make the point upon the spot. The day-labofer hee'
under the eye OF the Executive ut WORK upon te P"
lc.buildngs if he has dred TO lisp his political sci.
ments is arragned before ali extraordinary, (aha IT,
what have heard of it, in my Judgment unau..'"
izeG) Star Chamber tribunal, aud his iioetty u sp
and of action visited with the sentence a. - -
wipe the pcrspiration from his damp III -, -
service and seek bread for his w'ie anu cn',u'e
he can find il. The application OF tins rue mus.' ao-
ra;n q, your notions, Sir, the nature oi llih9s,
be what YOU have eloqnenily denounced "aoSoiue'
uuincumber red despotism 49,. .
Democratic Administrations have turned Out soi'e
many # YOU please-polit,cal opponents, TO give
o - pol,tica friends; and the SINGLE grouhu 'ha'
thew had the right and power TO prefer Their renus "
their opponents. But, on this point, let me opseiVe
that no man can say, from h's individual khowieuee'
how il is over the whole country, put mere we Gun
know and here We do know the iac'' that inaJo''y
of the subordinate officers IN the Executive DePai'
meu,s hav during the last twelve years, oeeh opPosea
10 General Jacksnns and MIR. ' an buren, auimns-
tr,,ions They we're faithful and competent o,celS'
believe; at all events they were not reaIn.u ~ Luz
snr;, of prescription. Where for the last Twelve
r,rs yonr noli,,cal friends have enjoyed majority
~ tho ,l,ces how have our friends been treated now
that the tables are turned: They have not escapeu
vour sharper and broader welded against your open
aud ,n;v, al Professions. But, whatever was done
bv the late Administration, was not done unaer iase
nretences We put forth no cantng hypocrtca crcn'
lars we stood before the nation and the world on the
naked unqualified ground that We preferred our lfehdS
to our opponents that to confer place was our pVi
t,IrlIt
lege which we chose to exercise ! ous"' not ~ say
arr rLose Sir for will say-wha those TRENDS oes'
ACQUAINTED with me know--that there was nothing III
the administration of General Jackson winch so UNI
formy failed 10 Justify the removal OF one worthy OF
fcer 10 give place to another But ina. nav
occurred is not the thing of which 1 complain.
complain of your ly pocrsy. charge that your press
and your leading orators made promise" 70 Tue NATION
which they did not intend TO redre ~, anu mn'. '
now yalnly attempt 10 cover ~ voomeos' "e o ),
rron South Carolina nrsr me Mr.. CaihounJ remarked
Yesterday that h. had no language to express the m
fgmu winch al his Judgment must attach TO that man
who hal before the people raising his voice IN the
general shout that prescription was to be prescribed
and was in the face Of such action now here begging
for Mace at the foolstool of power If my heart
responded fully, unquaiedly, 10 any sentiment, y
WINS To that Fortunately, before the keen scrutiny o.
our country men, DISCUSSES vain, masks unavailing
The practice Of the present Administration mas Already
fiyed upon its professions of two thngs-the stamp
either Of truth Of iasehood the people VIII luase
which.
One word more and leave this subject pa'nu
one 10 mc-from the beginning TO tie end ne Sc
nato from North Carolina the course oil ms remarks
the other day. asked "Do gentlemen expect that ihe'I
friends are be retained Office against tue WIZ "
the nation ? Are they so unreasonable Is ~ eAPe.'
what the circumstances and the necessity oil Tue case
forbid = What our expectations wefe' = ~. w.
question now but what pledges and promises
before the people On previous occasion, the aislh
guished Kentuckian, [Alr Cay,l made similar re-.
mark "1a ungracious ,ask tut nc nation demands"
Sir this demand Of the naon-thiS pea o! o"1e nc
cessitY let me tell gentlemen, Is as old as 's h'sor
of wrong and oppression. II has been the standing
plea-,he nev,r-,ailng resort Of despotsm
The great julius found II convenient when he re,
stored The dignity Of the Roman Senate, but destroyed
lis udepsnGenre IL gave counenance 10, and Justhed,
all the atrocities OF the nquisiton in SPAN. II gave
ut,erance 10 the scd ggoans from the black hole oil
Calcutta. 1t was written III tears upon 1.-THE bridge oil
Signs Venice, and pointed 10 those dark recesses,
upon whose gloomy portals there was never seen re-
turning footprint. .
|, was the plea of The austere and ambitious STRAIT
ford in the days of Charles the FIRST TITLED the bas'
tile of France and lent It's sanction to the terrible afro
cities perpetrated there 1t this plea that snached
the mild eloquent and patriotic Camille Desmoultns
from his young and beautiful wife, and hurried HIM
upon the hurdle the guillotlns, with thousands oil
others equally unofending and innocent II was upon
this plea that the greatest OF generals, II not OF inch
YOU cannot mistake me- mean ham, the presence o
whose very ashes, within The last few months, was SUI
fcicnt the hearts OF continent-lt was upon
this plea that he abured that noble wife who threw
around his humble days light and gladness, and, by
her own lofty energies and high teect, encouraged
his aspirations. Ii upon this plea that he com
united that worst and most fatal act OF his eventiu
life Upon this. too, he drew around his person the
imperial purple. Il has IA all times, and in every age
been the foe of liberty, and the indispensable stay OF
usurpation.
Where were the chains Of despotsm ever thrown
around the freedom OF speech and Of the press, but on
this plea of estate necessity" Let the spirit OF Charles
the Tenth and of his ministers answer.
1t is cold selfish, heartess, and has always been re-
CARELESS of age SEX condition. services, any OF the
incidents of life that appeal 10 patriotism or humanity
Wherever its authority has been acknowledged, IT has
assaled men who stood by their country when she
needed strong arms and bold hearts, and has assaed
them when manned and disabled in her service, they
could no longer brandish a weapon IN her defence.
1t has afflicted the feeble and dependent wife for the
magnary faults Of the husband
II has stricken down innocence III its beauty, youth
in It's freshness manhood in its vgor, and old aye III It's
ieebieness ard decreplde Whatever other plea or
apology may be up for the sweeping ruthless exer
else Of tins civil guotine at the present day in the
name of LIBERTY let US be spared this fearful of
estate necessity this early age of the Republic, upon
the floor Of the American Senate, the face OF peo-
pie ye, free
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