Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-08-10

endeared himself more than ever To his own proper
party, and had even golden opinions from men,
who since lc21 had looked him witiiou, dis
trust Never before had lie stood high, the day
when The Wing Convention met at Harrisburg. Why
vas lie not selected the candidate OF the Party
lie surely desired and expected il and the Union
rang with praises of his magnanimty in pcd1ng his
support 10 The pre,ensons Of the to whom he had
been postponed. Are find the reason in the NJ.
torous fact that Mr. Clay had Of late lowered his tone
on The SUBJECT OF the powers of the Federal Govern
meni that he had displayed more respect for the dig.
nifty Of the States than formerly that he no longer
seemed TO regard their sovereignty as farce aud
that he listened patiently to the suggestion
that it had been through WEAKNESS otiegisaiye yran-
ny, exercised by him under his lat,udnous conSrmc-
tons Of the Constitution, that the People had been pre-
pared 10 acqucsce in Executive usurpaton and msrue'
Was because he thus wavered in the faith, and
sometimes to look kindly upon States Right men,
that he set aside 20 this not the nature ot
is fault II was not that he went too far in that d.
recton lie did 90 far enough TO recover the
idcnce and secure the much-nceded votes Of States
| Right men.
| That great day for the poor Gespiscd States
Right Party and proud should We have been, could we
have been fooled BY cajolcry. Weak we were, we
held the balance and, Tor the first the history
| at the Union, the contest among the Candidates for
the Presidency seemed 10 h., (Which was the bcs:
States Right man: MIR Je.iersons name in
the mouths OF men who deesed his memory. Mr..
Madison 5 Resolutions referred 10 by those who
never read them Even the inspired Proclamation It.
self was renounced and It's authors heard TO make
u eproach against General Harrison, that, in hasiy
moment, he had spoken Of it apProvIngly General
HARRISON, on his part, plead guilty 10 the charge but
PROGRESSED repentance, and declared himself States
Right man. Was II this ground that he was
ected IN preference 10 MIR Clay mot by but BY their
own common .rcnds,) as the Candidate OF the Wing
rarity Was 1t not so proclaimed and were not &c.
neral farrIsons pretensions placed OH that ground
II was the topic on which he himself accustomed
IN i,rpH hon nn ppi1rp OIL IN rha
with Federalism, John lsando ph had done him grey
ons wrong, the whole wig Party shontsd, and .ung
mp their caps, as they would hang them tie horns
Of the moon
lie believed General Harrison. Did they who call
themselves the Wing party believe hn IL agreed
with him. Did they agree With him too' II they did,
then they have but TO leave you carry the prlu-
cpes OF the State Rights school, TO winch you need
no prompting lfthey did not, then they believed that
he deceiving WIN they now dlshonor his
memory hy saying this: WIN they tell lis ,hat lie
schooled to 'paIter with double sense 10 ca,c!
our votes; Was tis his game will not believe IL
Some Of them doubtless did, and fooled themselves
| III their cndcavor 10 deceive So doubt not they
would have found it, had he lived lie was not indeed
State Rights tic that you arc, bnt enough
10 have disappointed the consolidating Of Mr..
Clay and his followers. That they, however, did
think so, IS clear. Uhat they thought Of him. whom
they proposed to set mp puppet, TO deceive ~ W.
to learn presume from The honors donc 10 hts me-
morVt, Strange AMI mons,rous peryersion
But, 10 make the proposed deception perfect,
you too brought upon the stage. Here de.
coy which could suspect. y State Rights
Of tie very stracs sect is taken from the ranks 81
private l;f TO which uacompronising devotion 10 his
principles had consigned him, and paraded the tick
81 with Gen. Harrison il praof of his sincerity and
tiat Of his friends What pledge did you give: What
opinion did you rcnounce, WHAT assurance did yon OF
fer, tina, known principles should not stand in the
way Of the views Of the Wing party; None whatever.
Blu. had there been indeed understanding between
you and this domnccrng Wig Party, that, after per
hitting your name 10 be used TO catch our votes, you
were then 10 make yourself mere tool III their hands
the accomplishment o.! their grand plan Of conso
dation and the establishment Of all the denominations
Of l-:- along with the bankrupt law Of l79c, had
this been SO, how would you have stood in the Is
ttnation of honorable men: Had we, consequence,
| renowned YOU, reproached you spurned you, who
would have been the traitors, you, or And who IS
the traitor now You or they who would seGucc
ecu from the principles under which you were elected
and your fidelity 10 them who suffered with yon ."r
these principles tic DAYS Of the Tariff, w ch these
men established, and, III tho days of the Proclamation,
which they dared not oppose What faith 50 sacred
as that you 10 men who have stood wllh yon,
shoulder shoulder, in these days Of prescription aud
terror who then defended their principles, nnawed by
power and now interrupted by success, refuse TO be-
tray them
In the history Of human mpudence have met with
nothing like the conduct of these They Dig the
pit and fall into it. They set the trap, and catch their
own fingers and then they cry out that We are tra
tors, because We do mol cx;rcae them ana put our
selves in their place.
You are President Fl Mc iaited States by the act Of
the People, and the authority Of the Constitution and
you are 10 permit yourself to be treated intruder
because YOU are not also he ChuC II Faciton, which
calls itself the Wing Party, and 10 surrender your
power INTO the hands Of him who claims that august
distinction. Bot what did We hear from these Pc"pl"
the other day Was il not hcr ~ord ''ihai the Pre-
sdent should be President Of tic United &astS, and
no, the President IF Pariy9' And were You IN,
deed Tie chosen Chtef Of the Wig Party, would mol
that character he lost in the duties Of your office
Would it be enough for you know that gwen mea-
sure the choice Of mojorty Of the HhtS Pdriy :"
Must you pay regard TO the fact, that the opponents
of the in ,a, and other parties, were great
majority Of The People If the United States? In adopt
ing it, would YOU President 81 The intel States,
or as the foot of Faction Could any pledge tacit Or
express, bind you TO tins
las General Harrison no friend 10 vindcac his me-
mory anans, those who say that he gave such pledges
When and 10 whom were they gwen Hc wcr" then
reckoned portion OF Tie Wing Party Were rc priyy
10 them Did We hear Of them last year. when the
voice Of his advocates heard from every hill, ana
rose from every valley And are We 10 be now told
that such pledges were implied and understood
Where is the proof We are referred to the consu
ton OF the Cabinet. b appointing slr. Webster
General Harrison pledged himself to Mr. Webster
principles. BY accepting the appointment, Mr. web
ser pl red himself 10 General Harrison principles
By retaining Mr.. Webster in Office, You pledge your
self /, The same principles BIT what principles Oh
the principles Of the HAg Porty, Of COURSE By which
SIC are to understand 4 code Of Constitutional law,
which Gtnera Harrison dsaroced, which gou have al
ways toagat ogotnst, and which Mr. Webster scans
cOnient II aratrei
30. Sir; there were no such pledges. The only
plcdrcs were 10 put down the Sub-Trcasury-to r.
trench cxtravagancc-to reform abuses-and 10 purge
away corruption. These pledges were gwen by all,
understood is all, and binding all. They bind
you, SIR, and they bind you 10 nothing more strongly
Than to .rown this worst abuse Of the late Admins
traonthe sacrifice Of the Pnjc c0od 10 the purposes
ofa Faction, and the discipline IF Pagty.
In another letter VIII beg !,ave to show you how
much your opportunity Of making your station honora
bic and useful, IS enhanced by The very circumstances
winch in the eyes Of somc degrade you 10 the rank u
pnrpet, 10 gbber aud squeak as the nan behind the
A STATE RIGHTS MAN
1IEDicAI. COLLEGE, ki,nMoSp, Vs.-The next Winter
VI Term OF Lecture VIII ronn"n'H o. the
rs Monday November, and continue nn tc Int week ~
r. John Cnren on Theory and Practice Of Medicine.