Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-22

la the o!Gtf faise twenty P'' :. ~
for the Government, among ihose many a,''e "
,..;,, and comfort and hc4few which have escaped
may are To be recapured, dixie fugves from luslu.J
10 be more heavily loaded at the next srsS'o'' -
and oirc were among these 'ugtves. ne SUI 'a"-
,b,, in pnue in position, The REVIVAL ~ WHICH, IN s
~ J., SIR Robert Walpu!e, one Of the sprc'htu
49, .s,r winch the English House Of Commons de-
nandcd aud obtained his dismissal from office THIS
n,,ous tax not only conurxed eni threatened VIZ"
augurna,,on inequality amAperpeiuiy dehcil Oh
s;xecn millions revealed for the confng ycaf-a new
,en Of ten twelve millions announced Tor Tie next
ses,ou Of Conpress-i;vc millions Of appropr'a-
lions N the late session, besles Indian treaties when
cannot BIZ naIed--;he General Post once, ana 'l'e
many pensions heretofore &sting on their own re-
sources, intruded upon the lrehsufy-a genera
abolition Of debts at the viii oil the debtor, under 'e
v;ol,,cd name Of Bankrupt aw-leglslat!on reduced
n ieycrden,au by system ot bargain ana tchery
which made the passage OF bills depend upon ea"i'o
cations and lagges and contracts Ter tae Passase "
other bls--ii.r deepest wound gwen 10 our i"rm Oh
Government, hat il has received, IN the pr ga'e
r,l,rt,on Of money from the public Treasury new
edition Of BdJles bank desperately struggled lot oy
the evourcrs OF the old one, an ony saved 'e '"
their clutches b. the double application OF Tue
re,ribuyely administered BY the hands
- ,he;, own rhysician Such were the isca! opera
three months, SESSION Of the party which was
n carry on the Government for "htFttcn mtHtonS o
dollars pcr annnm and which called Congress iose-
er !, such violent haste to rc!ierc INC MStrcssss ~ me
people. l.,
of oneratiny vas worthy Of the work DONE and OF The
workers Gag-gag-gag-was The law and the WORD
In the House IL Representatives Democracy was gag
red doy.n and the bill driven through. There the &C.
Mus Of the I'D sedon aw rcgned supreme, anu m
ssmn,.d yc by new modes Of attack upon The i'ber-
- RI succch Tor the long x.a Of forty ytais which II
had cndurcd The same tyranny was intended i"r The
Senate bu: the courage Of the strcety'oo saved tie
Chamber and prevented that proclamation Their conr-
4 g,pa, tttt
VIII CHI soud destroy the freedom ct the Iha''teF'
cone in VIVA, shape II .,whchct as tile bayonels
of military, The mandate Of civil tyrant. in,s
determined 10 resist, aud TO that DETERMINATION W.
Senate was indebted for lis escape from the 9fa".
and DEGRADATION to which The House Of Representatives,
subjected. 49,, ,,l,,9,,J
I The debates OF tie Senate during 'he '""'''l'"
duys" thc speeches Of the Democratic "eIli'is 49,
timr this ardpous imc who were can" ~ c,;m'
morn;ng, and kept late every evening '.a. a'as
mini, break down those whose minds were an over
na7h g., ,rl.rs-these debates, justice could nave
hesn 1,np them in ample reports ana cafeni feVsio'
would have formed era III the ahha'' O our pa'na
mcn,ary history leaving out my o"h' a"u can ed "
The rest, that they would nave Ga'h'u .'e '','e -
| L;l, ,,e I've aud constituted an era on which the III
49,, ,,,;,, would have looked back with pride and m
a,rt,,on. But Justice could not b. done them ne
scw reporters of those accumulate notes, could
only furnish disoin;ed and abbreviated Sketches. me
sneakers themselves, exhausted with dSda heats ad
,rolnnoed s. tnas-nadc long on purpose to produce
r,bans,ion-ulough in the end, We beat them al thai,
and often made them sill late against their wi!)-the
speakers could but mpeIiectly sketch ihr outline, anu
cnect the substance of some part Of ihslr incessah'
efforts Much was lost, but rot all fett got to the
country The sound Of the struggle, at least, was
heard, and the people walked up. 10 the conse-
quenccs Of the mcmentous contest "hc1 was gong
on The country electrified Every citizen icil
tina, patriotism required him TO do ms c"ty ana 'he re-
sult IS seen in The ssGtc At the loRs IN Indiana, Ten.
nessec Alabama, Vermont, and Name. What these
have dnne others vii do and we look 10 your no.
bic State Tor great Nample. New ork s.sed Demo
cracy in the time Of Jefferson, and size nust not teach
rs 10 do without her. Let her come INTO lire once
more and open her lower tier oil roErr.rmo PocSDrRs
One concentrated discharge from her foecr ter, and
the Federal hulk sinks to Tic bottom Of The
VeTy respectfully. Gentlemen,
Your obliged fellow citizen,
THOMAS II. BENTON
To Messrs John Van Buren, Rodney \. Chip, iona.
than u Oslrander. Wn. DAWSON Nicholas Scsles,
b. NJ llasbrouck. Edmond Suydam. Committee, &c,
Kingston, New York
Bi>cuAMrros, Oct :, l-il
Gentlemen: Your favor of the 18th III, inviting Inc
10 attend Il mDemocra;ic Republican Mass Conyen
ton Of the River Counties and Long Island at Kings
ton on ~. 1;lI inst, before n",-and regret TO
add, tia; professional engagements co"pei me 70 de-
cline IT,
Il is Asly gratifying 10 perceive That We have oace
more reached a point, where the difference between
proirs and practice be iaifly estimated aud
which proves how much more valuable Is iruition than
hope.
But isw mouths since We Witnessed the success Of
the enemies Of Democracy under circumstances emf
ncny calculated 10 bring reproach unon our Insttl-
tons and TO lead Ike tmid and dcsparing to sPecu
late upon both their STABILITY and value we saw
reason and reflection ,lirrst asde az unworthy OIL 'ie
occasion, u make place for SOM and fevelry:-and
candidate Gak,ng sno disclosure i'T liz public eye,
elevated Il The hghos. Of earthly distinctions, WINE
Distinguished patriot and statesman, Ike the Illus
,ruus Alh,nan consigned to the shades OF re-
trement
The mischief has, however, already returned TO trout
BILE its inventors and the rthukc which furnished by
The history Of the EItra Session, IS sufficiently signal Tor
those are not insensbe 10 shane. or BLIND TO the
teachings Vi experience.
The success which las crowned their pretcnsons in
he affairs d! government, has been some what like that
which awaited the querulous Darby, OF the homeiy
allad his domestic economy Lake him, they were
loud profession, powerful in criticism, ahnndan, IN
concct, and stupid in execution ana their eoris IKE
his originated folly, and have terminated IN disaster,
amid The derision and Of most and the contempt
OF all.
Unlike all political parties which have preceded then'
they have not bcen permitted to fall by the hands OF
their opponents, upon the field of honorable combat
but thai, their end might be sufficient: ing oTons, they
have been doomed 10 become the cSernlnaiors OF them
:, Ives aud Ike The feline combaanIs 81 Kilkenny, they
/ are proceeding 10 accomplish the task.
Whoever has heretofore doubted their real object,
must be satisfied fro;n their last words and dying con
ipssicn, in the form of Congressional address. IN
this they admit that which they have so long and 50
s.rcnucasly Med that National Bank is the cherish
ed object OF their soc,udc, and THAI; III refusing 20 con,
sent to its incorpoat alton, the President has deprived
them Of the lest fruits Of their victory, and defeated
their jus, hopes and expectations with their arms IN
! their hands.
II was doubtless their intention, IN some form to have
10 nvigoa,rd this fruitful engine Of mischief and per-
United H. like the uncean spin, n ODD to enter the
apartment from which similar lrlahiiant had jus,
come cut and winch from recent Developments II
seems il would at least have found empty If not swept
and rarnished, that i might again furnish farms 10
achieve political victories, and yield the fruits there.
of and hence the Remuneration q" tie President and
his political associates t"c attempt 10 embarrass his
I Administration, and The d'sso.ul Oh ., ..:s Iabnei
IN refusing his assent t. THIS institution in any and
every form, Presidcn: Tyler las, IN my Judgment,
meed the gratitude o every tFue friend o! his c.nntry
There is cerlainy in his Administration, mach 10 con
denim, aud much more which cannot be approved, hot