Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-12
REFORE AND AFTER.

An excellent article apI"arS III lHc oioEe
ul,, addressed TO Dan1i Bttster Esq, signed P"pn-
lus We make short extract from II which fnrcib!y
illustrates the conduc, of tie Whggery, before and al
ter coming into power:
ssThe people Sir are tired Of these decisions Strip
Off vour mask, them let have less OF pretenson
and promise, with a little more OF performance. IN
stead Of twenty eight thirty millions expenditure,
when your friends promised but thirteen or fifteen, let
us, at all events, have more than the eighteen or
twenty 10 which the last Administration was rapidly
approaching and which you denounced as e3traVa-
uant Suspend the ravaccs Of persecution, at least
for season. for that mere difference Of opinion in
which YOU yourself are, among yourselves, beginning
to indulge somewhat freely; otherwise, some Of you
NAV have Ia look carefully 10 your own heads Let us
have few rood works As yet hardly see
grounds even for faith except in the two vetoes OF an
intrepd Executive The whole session has been
masquerade unniasking Were il not subject too Sc
rous for merriment, little amusement could be ga
tered from the contrast between the leading persona
ges before The election, in their domlnoes and coaks,
and counterfeit characters, and their true appearance
now, when stripped at this Extra Session.
Before they were patriots Of the pnrest water, who
scorned the spos of Office, and would prescribe pro-
scription Now, they appear TO have sezed on every
occa son 10 plumber power and salary for themselves and
families, well TO have prosecuted from The lowest
station every political opponent, with sort Of hurri-
cane rusl-a wo6sh hunger-a death-hke struggle,
which have driven one President already TO untime-
" grave, and must embitter the life Of another. The
leaders Of the Wing purity came with honeyed accents
10 emancpatc office holders from fear and danger when
Che subjects oil no Donysius Nero lived in
greater dread Of their bloody tyranny. than most in
cumbens have, till lately, felt for The Wing gulo,ne
Before the election, they were graciously and be-
ngnantly TO bring relief TO all classes. But now,
some of their first acts TO increase taxes aud that
TOO, on articles Of most universal use.
Before, they were 10 introduce rerenchment and
economy. But new, almost every establishment is in
creased, salaries raised, officers multiplied and our ag
grcgatc expenditures alarmingly augmented.
Before, Executive patronage and discretion were Ia
be limited. Now, they are enlarged.
| Before they were prodigal professions rs excu
siye friends If order und deccncy. They now raise
lerocious yells around the dwelling Of their Pre-
sident and they burn, hang, or shoot him, in gnom
NOUS etfigy in almost every village.
Boastfnl before of their superior courtesy and refine
ment their distinguished leader in the Senate
descends 10 disgrace himself BY denouncing all his OPP
ponens piratcs-and their vagabond Bears are pa
tron:zed by their Departments, and they, and some oil
the most infamous Of their pipeayers, fed from the
public Treasury.
They were 10 protect liberty of speech. But they
began in one House with smotlerng debate-have Gu,
of yeas and nays on important amendments, and con
ceaed from the people the opinions as well as votes Of
their Representatives muny Of the most essential
points they were delegated here 10 uct on.
In ine they were to uphold morals and laws. But
they violate the public peace in the very halls of Con-
cress-,hey disturb our villages and cities with riots
,hren-and they tempt The community in more remote
regions by their bnd examples, 10 rush int" various de-
moralizng outrnges and establish the fierce reign OF
unbrlded Lynch law.
Remember, Sir, that these the fruits Of only six
months administration of your immaculate party
1t sbut three months session Of your uncontrolled
majority in both louses-scarce hundred days, which
have exposed your decepons, and shaken if not over
turned, your power. Let the people take warning.
If your influence ia not already para yZcd, is not
to be-, allow me TO caution you, that all your arts
all your dupcity, all your indomablc scl6shncss and
inscriptions AMBITION are beginning TO be developed
Ii Providence, in his wrath for national irnns-
erosion, connected with such Administration as
you have headed during the las, six months should
permit your power TO be much longer prolonged, we
need ano her national Fast try 10 avert The calanes
in store for
We most devoutly offer our thanksgiving that the
President is relieved from The rest Of his bad advisers
But his deliverance will be incomplete and his future
fidelity well as success be in jeopardy, while
rounded by like yourself Retire, then, once,
from station which you should have profancd
under an administration making ony claims 10 Repnb-
cansm. Cling not bascy 10 mere power and pelf.-
Evince some little respect towards The feelings Of vir
tuous outraged, and indignant people, and the catas-
trophe may yet be averted, which seems to menace
both public morals and public liberty.
Our At LAsr.-The Albany Jun,o have taken the
field against MIR. Tyler. Their ''State Central Com
miitee" have called "Whs State Convention at Sy-
racuse on the 9th Of October, "to deliberate on the
condition of our public affairs They moved to
this chiefly and Immediately because the Wing
party are in confusion and because the Federal Cabi
net is dissolved-bu, because of tie appointment to
vacancy in The Treasury Department of "a decided ad
herent of Mr. Van Buren, who for that cause, and that
only, had Just been removed from the post. =
WHO will deny that the crisis is inminent' Will the