Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-18
From The NJ J.. .s1Io Era.
n nI.,nN Nn REI.HER III III Is.

This is the beginning of the end. The conhdroce
the prosperity and the immense business that were e
follow the election of General Har'son' are areaoy
more than realised. Hope now beams on the counte
nance of every business man-prosperty follows IN h'
footsteos-rches come by asking-in short the oIish
era of Federalism is now, even now, upon us, Ttii
eusly: what do we see? Is confidence restoreos-it
entirely banisLed. Has business revived 1T has
taken WINS and flown away. Does prosperity over
spread the country Nothing but ruin and disas
Ter are seen from one end of the Union to the other
The very movements of the Z" Hero OF lIppeca
noe" have seemed to carry dismay and censterna
ton into every department OF trade and commerce
throughout the country. His "progress' toward the
CAPITOL has been attended by the huzzas of hordcs
office seekers and reports of the crash OF banks Or
his first movement from his quiet and probably regret
ted home at North Bend, the great file leader OF tede
ralism and arstocracy, the monster Bank OF the u D
arrayed its golden candlestcks TO shed their of
ocratc light around his progressive footsteps. Anthem:
and halleuals were sung by the whole tribe OF Fede
alism in the same breath to "Harrison and sBddle
Bank but 10 the nearer he approached to the cllade
of his hopes the blaze that shot forth for few days be
run to flicker and grow dim. His very approach flung
sckly hue around the shining hopes of coming prospe
rty and when within mailing distance of the capital o.
the nation, the gnis fatuus they hoped 10 clasp was
lost in the distance. Twenty days had they gloweo
like fire flies in a summers evening-twenty days
did their iron prison vaults stand open, inviting all &c
exchange their rags for the golden treasures within
and sing paans TO the great chef of the nation The
doors were length heard to creak upon their hinges
they were sprung upon the victims of idle deiusIon
they closed with mighty crash the echo went forth
TO every hamlet and household in the land. Thus ha:
the hero Of Tippecanoe been welcomed with "}en d'
oie OF rroans and discordant sounds emanatng from
the sad victims of misplaced confidence Old Tip is
surely magician Evidences of restored confidence
greet him al every step. He had no sooner placed fool
in Baltimore than word given for the banks tc
break-and break they did The very cannon that IN
l. oach olSn ayi.
dence of restored confidence in his capacty-"Hurrah
for Gen Harrison -"llurrah for the Credit System
aHurrah for restored confidence !"
nrrosperty and restored confidence, has been rung
into the Of the people for months to attend
the election Of General Harrison; and the assertion has
proved just true all other promises of Arisocratc
Federalism-lt lie and cheat. His very "pro-
Sress 10 take upon himself the great responsibilities
Of chief Of the nation, has seemed 10 have dlsspated
all hope all confidence is ut end, and not town
or village through which he has passed but feels the
sad effects that his elevation has upon their prospe-
T nT All that lie has left behind him is broken
banks-broken fortunes-and broken hopes How
many will there be- the end of two short years, who
will rejoice in his clevaton:-How many besides the
hungry oiiceholders And how many will rue the
day that that honest and upright man, Martin Van
Buren,, with fixed principles If action, was elected
from Office to make for "Old TIP" As violent
sWhip said to US two days ago" am sorry to think
have assisted 10 elect Harrison: Van Burens course,
however wrong It was, and am not SO sure nor, as
was six months since, that it wrong, was at
least settled-his policy fixed, and distinct
we could all shape business to it without diff
culty-,hings gradually neutrality-suspicious.
was being Observation-Disclosures began to revive, and
there was prospect Of better times. Now, with
Harrison at the helm, all is aloat again-what we
have is to be done away-what We are to have no
one can tell-al is at loose ends-nothng fixed
Observation-Disclosures has vanished and hope has fol-
lowed tt wish Mr. Van Buren, again in the
Presidential Chair" We thought to ourselves, these
are the words Of wisdom and truth; but alas, they
too late We begin 10 the fruits Of Federalism
and We prophesy that the reign Of Harrison and taxa
ton Will long epoch for Americans TO lcok
back upon with sorrow and shame.