Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-02
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TliE NEW ADMINISTRATIONS.
"Whct course will the new administration t7kr: Vs.
question now in every ono month Put 1t to 4 Wing,
and his answer is either fran, 81 do not know or lhe
people, and the Office holders, arc gong 10 RUE al
ter the fourth OF March That the people have made
General Harrison President elect, is rue but that they
have in so doing marked out q course OF measures Tor
him 10 adopt o. even voted the principles he shall
sustain, is not so evident. No one who has watched
the political of the last year will dare assert
that they have In all the resolutions, convention al
dresses and in the public speeches even, OF trir lead
ing men, the Wings have kept their policy concealed.
Webster of them all, has been the only one who has
fairly broken the ice TINS he did fully, frankly in his
speech TO the merchants of New ork There he bold
" advocated National Bank In this speech nc cX-
pressed the views Of large majority OF New England
Whigs--a majority made up mostly OF Jealous ola re-
derasts The Conservatives in this quarter, and those
who have ioned in the crusade against the Adnnistra-
ton from a mere desire OF "a change OF national rulers,
repuda,c National Bank-yea, they have charged
The Democracy with dealing in caumny in accusing
them Of nvoring II.
In lieu, however, of explicit declarations of policy,
the tongue of the travelling Wing orators have poured
forth voiey after volley Of PROMISES pleasant enough
indeed to the ear Whatever there Of wrong, the
election Of Harrison TO set right. They PROMISED
that this auspicous event should be golden harVes,
for all Ii was TO produce times when business men
were TO increase their gains; when the farmer should
get for his produce: the mechanic for ms work;
the manufacturer for his wares the laborer nr his toll
Better times were To TO ALL land was In flow
as with milk and honey And npled with this golden
harvest the that the success OF the
Wings to save our goodly land from evils, The
extent of which, even Imagination had exhausted
its power 10 deck out IL the full The rawhcRd-
and bloody bones spectre never lifted It's rirhtul,
Aledean head, higher among Us. Should Harr-
san not succeed it proclaimed our free in
situations were 10 tumble pe nell over the pre-
cipce liberty to die away, and ruin was 10
follow. And this mass of ruin, Martin Van Buren,
ride in splcndor, 1--we IN his marble palace DIM
inu with gold Spoons the office holders nj his beck, the
treasury nj his CONTROL and standing army OF two hum
dred thousand men to sustain his royalty! while the me.
cianics, the laborlng men, were 10 have their wages
knocked down 10 eleven pence day, to be allowed
no meat Tor their suscnance, and TO be furnished on
w with rags for money! while the dreaded oiice-hnld-
ers were 10 in luxury and 10 he supplied with gold
and silver And from all this dire calamity were
the Wing orators with Harrison al their head,
the people.
These promises and alarms appear very silly:
they will grow TO look silly every day. it requlr
I'd manuac ured enthusiasm 10 make them of even
rs cec,oneernr stuff Ii required all the hard cider,
spout;ng, song-snging and banncrf flying, that was
used 10 make them even passahle. There is time Ia
huzza and tiaie to reflect Things that even wise,
a.udcnt VIII believe and do under tie influence
Of excitement, vii! sometimes. when snbcr second
thought does lis work, sting them like acders or hang
upon them like m'llstoncs. No man rcshes It much,
that party, for party sake have made hun guGgcoii
has been thus dealt WITH flashes upon him, is quite
likely TO give 10 feeling OF Indignation asst one OF
compacency Such the feeling which many ere long,
doubt not will experience The golden promises
that daugled rrcy upon the tongues OF Wing ora
tors will ussuredy be broken to the hope Tor the great
laws of trade will 10 govern the business al
fairs Of men, Just the after HARRISON - inaugu-
rated as they did before, and commerce consequently
will have lis cbbngs and owlngs, IFS fluctuations the
sane as ever Labor and produce will continue, as in
Ill In .Ea n n
supply and demand. And all that legislation can do,
is 10 restrain boards of Bank Observation-Disclosures Of
National Bank created 10 regulate the State Banks
from exercising the tremendous power Of initiating or
contracting their will the paper money circulation OF
the country And as for the frighttu stories of the
raw-hcad class, they have served their purpose and
will now 90 the tomb Of the Capules, TO be again
cyiuned perhaps, at distant day, and put in new
dress when Democratic Administration s again TO
be detained against and again driven from power.
Eut what viii the administration do.-"Aer the
fourth OF March the people will rule" Such is The
answer intelligent! Wings give 10 the question But
never vii! people appear powerless than after
the Accession Of William Henry Harrison TO Office.
party will then come into power, with only the phrase
Of 'changc of rulers for their raying cry, and with
no pledots 10 pursue any given line of policy. Their
leaders have Mnocbc Ia i'll mp they chousc.
Webster, Rvcs, 1almadge, Clay, Bell, Leigh, with
their allies, VIII either make use 81 harrison, 10 forward
their schemes or Harrison will pursue an independent
without their dictaton in either case, what have
The yeople had to say relation toprneipies or inca,
surss The simple fact that not ohe most Jealous of
all the banner bearing fraternity not even Harrison him
self can tell what will he done, speaks volumes against
the answer The Wings give to the question Not single
great principle Of Mc Hhigs
agreed upon. But they soon must act AS this acton
shall be Democratic Arisocrac in IFS nature, as It's
principles NAV SAVIOR of strict construction of the Con
stlutio or branch off into atudnaran construction;
as IFS policy shall favor the building up great arIsiocra-
lie establishments like national bank, or the reverse;
80 will be the judgment Of the people Let the Wing
party introduce amiltonan measures, and The people
will have the veil from their faces and they will
in their mgt and tumble their decclvcTs from their
places Of trust
But whatever may be the policy pursued, for the ho-
country, Tor the Of morals for the sake
Of the purity Of the elective franchise, for the sake OF
the aud patriotism Of the people, we hope never
renewed the rowdy scenes, the disgusting fool
cries, a.! the degrading measures that marked the
late fierce struggle fos the Presidency Surely, high
minded honorable men, who have the good OF the conn-
try at heart must condemn them to lasting oblivion
Let tho Democracy stand by the noble principles they
avow storm well III sunshinc et them do what
they may spread them broadcast through the land;
and then with cheerful faith and calm confidence await
the issue. They may be defeated hut they cannot re-
main defeated Their ultimate triumph is sure.