Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-18
this dark, grim spirit and dismsses it guest that
lie dare moi entertain and vet fears 10 offend
From The Worcester PoliaGium.I

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Ii was the of many Wing journals, when they
published an Address Message from DeTaocraue
President 10 advise their readers that IT 'ceS nor fom
cr perasat lnlayng before our readers the Address
Of Federal PRESIDENT We give them no such aainoh'
ton.
Shakespeare makes ono Of his characters say OF ano-
hcr deeply iins,d with pedantry, 'hc has teen al
eus, o: 2nauagcs, aud stolen the SCRAPS. 1t wo"iu
not be unnatural conjecture that Cen Harrison iau
been 4; historical feast and gathered up the ila.
ments, with which IN ir2ze up hls rhetoric fiaa TIE
Genera! thrown his Inaugural into The form Of fiay,
il would have been vastly entertaining. lie mas
all the machinery necessary for dramatic erect an" :.
good supply Of charactrrs some oil whom might enact
the part oi Stars, 10 capital advantage. For scenery,
he has the Roman Capitol, the Forum and the Temple
OF Liberty ATHENS, Gaul, Egypt, Scythia Scand'-
navia and Lesser Asianot forgetting To mention the
Helvetc Conledrracy. Then such array OF actors
if they could all be brought upon the stage in even
ing the theatre would be crowded from the PIT 10 the
galleries; let alone the nersperson Of few IIppe-
canoe songs. Taking the Inaugural play bill, II
would present the brilliant constellation of Roman
Emperor, Consul and Citizens Cesar, Brutus, Octa-
vus, Antony, and Camillus; the Curti, the Decii,
and the Scipos; Cromwell Bolivar, and the Hero OF
Tippecanoe. But the Inaugural Is not tragedy nor
comedy neither has it the form of farce; but II
viii astunsh Sophomoes and captIvae boadng-school
misses Classical learning certainly begins TO revive
there is small sign OF the return OF the Augnstan age;
and the booksellers must lay in good supply OF Lem
pricre's Dictionary.
Were it expected by any that General Harrison
would be the real head Of his Administration his Opin
the various questions that occupy tie pubic nj
icnton, would be matter Of interest and OF inquiry
All exncc, tina, his Cabinet will he the Executive, and
such expedienls as they may happen TO hit upon, Will
| constitute the liarrisonian policy.
There is iii the Address unusual amount OF tnatHf
for State paper nerspersed with harmless illusions
Of vanity, egolism and srlt-aduation But nowhere
will the reader find any intmation or shado.ing forth
fpft nn HnnfI n
OF the country which was proiuscy promised at tic
hastings.
the Aboltonsts but the confidence OF those interested
in the question, VIII be cautiously awarded to one VINO
hammered with that Sect before the election TO induce
them to lend him their sweet voices !; and having
wheedled them out of their votes, bows them of with
the declaration that he has farther occasion for
their services he does not intend To be again can.
ddatc.
The great and absorbing question of the Currcncy,
from whose dsordered condition most of our embar-
easements spring. passed over with few cant phrns-
IS about an exclusive metallic currency and the
changes are all repeated about the tendencies of
power TO concentrate in the executive department On
this subject there has been among the Wings great
waste of rhetoric and logic. There never was time
when the Executive had 50 much power during the
administration of MIR. John @ Adams; and from his day
10 the present il has been decreasing lie had only
controlling influence over the public officers, but Ma
.ona Bank in full blast, with which he was on The
best Of terms; high protective Tariff, pouring into his
hands splendid revenue altogether exceeding the
wants of his administration, proiuse as IT was III expen
dtures and superadded TO these system OF internal
improvements stretching itself over the whole country,
BY means Of which executive power cooled itself around
millions of the people. With such appliances in his
hands, almost any but Mr.. Adams might have Sc
cured the government to himself and his friends for
long succession.
Gen Jackson with the single blow of his Maysvi!le
Veto, struck off one of the main branches Of executive
power the thousands Of agencies which II had establish
ed by means of Internal improvements. Another fell,
when he struck down the National Bank: and with the
explosion Of the Depos!,e SYSTEM the almighty dollar
lost lis energies an executive agent Never IN the
whole period Of national existence nowlthstand-
ing the constant rIlls OF Wing defamation, has the
executive depa been clothed with little power
as during the Presidency Of Mr. Van Buren,. He has
had no National Bank; broad system of Internal I'm
provemens: surplus revenues 10 60 INTO banks and
be loaned to partsans and he has not ceased to ad
wise that the public money-the great engine oil execu
tive power-shoud be disposed Of as 10 be entirely
powcress for good for evil And it he had active
parlisans among the oiceholders, also had General
Harrison those who not less active or efficient
and probably not less in numbers.
The veto power is claimed by Gen. Harrison TO IN
extent which no former President has ever darcd 10
claim. On the principles he lays down, not bill
could pass Congress, which he might not veto, if he
chose to do 81. He would set himself up the sole
Judge not only Of the eoastaioRaiuy of laws but of
their expectancy. No Democratic President would pre-
sumo advance such ultra doctrines in regard 10 the
Veto us come from the lips Of Gen. Harrison at the
same time lie is every moment thrnsting muftied
dagger into his immediate predecessors.
In conclusion say 10 every Democrat lead zen
Harrisons Inaugural address, il will show how
much you have lost by the change 81 the Adnnisra-
ton. 1t will strengthen your faith in the elevated doc
rlnes of Democracy of equal rights and equal priv
pup Drp
it he confessed of opposite and adverse creed
There is nothing in its or lis matter to recon-
Gle you 10 the change or attract you INTO an alliance
with those from whom you have sustained temporary
defeat. -
TIE INAUGURAL.
The Charleston Mercury characterIzes the irst ad
dress Of the hard cider President, perfectly than
any of contemporaries. It's outside is altogether IN
the s'Tippy style, but all under the cover is ultra Fe
derasm Of the Webster school. We predict, with per-
feet confidence that all Gen Hnrrisons cshmaclaver
about Jefferson and Democracy will turn out rank black
cockodeism-tha not one Republican measure will have
his counenance during his Administration but that
the whole complexion Of all his public acts, like that of
his Cabinet, will be at enmity with all the doctrines OF
the Virginia school, which he processes to follow.
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From the Charleston .Mreu-yl
TuE lSAUGCR.L.-"SiIn or Gratiuno talks an INFINITE
deal Of nothing, more than any man in all Venice Hs
grains of wheat hid in two bushels Of
chaif You shall seek all day you find them; and
when you have found them, they are not worth the
search.
The Globc is right in calling this document 'Web-
stcrian considering its main purpose, winch IS con-
sodaton IL is framed 10 reconcile the people to all
and every thing which can be done by al'tudInaran
| Legislature, with suhservient Executive. IL would
persuade the people that there is danger from Lc-
gslatve usurpaton, and is meant TO prepare them to
see President Harrison aid and ahet every consoida-
ing measure of the dominant party. lie will, a. Pre
sident, sanction every thing which his party can get
majority Of Congress 10 enact-whlch is the only
meaning of all his twadde, fit has any meaning In
this it is thoroughly Hebsterian and to say this, which
is all that is said, the space Of short paragraph
would have suficed In all else, it is emphaticnlly
Harrsonian, huge emptiness assorted nothing, twad-
die, gable, grannysm
We think have thus pointed to the two grains of
wheat, such they the prodgous mass of chatf
and need say more by way Of general view of
the Inaugural lis leading principle that Congress
can do wrong, and long the President is the
subsevent tool Of Congress, the constitutional rights
of the people safe We defy any body to make