Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-05
not be Abandoned as long as Carolina has faithful
of her integrity as State

not be abandoned as long Carolina has one aithin
citizen left die in defence of her integrity as state
her Interest, or her honor.
Your Committee unite with the Executive IN amaze
mem. at that deluson which could induce any South
ern State to abandon an administration which adhered
most faithfully TO the doctrines whch tney nave slFug
ged maintain since 1900, and hazard Their interes
BY coalescng with party To which IS allied The cde
ralsts and A5p!tion,sts; the advocates OF Nationa
Bank and the perseveTng solicitors ola Tariff OF pro
tecton and while eoce to find ourselves ASSOCIATED
on the one side with Virginia, the very nursery OF De
mocracy and State Rights, and the other by our owI
offspring the enight aned people OF Alabama, we ice
unkiudness towards our immediate neighbours, ant
are confident relying their general good sense ant
right feelings, that the moment the development O
the character of the combined and allied opponents
of Democracy exposed. they Will promptly ana cheer
fully unite once more with US III sustaining coihio
cause with sincerity and zeal worthy of their elevated
chara ccr and their devotion 10 tho rights and interests
Of the South. And your Committee concur Win ms
Excellency the belief, tina, the people OF every sec
ton Of the Union, brm IN Their principles ana resolved
in their purposes, will once more rally IN The great
cause of Democracy, and rensiac in Office his original
and GnwavesinT disciples.
Tina, the late election Of President of the L. S. was
corrupt and indecent, wholly unworthy of sober and
discreet public, and calculated TO degrade our country
in the eyes Of the world, observation and rumor, too
we'll founded, it is believed induces us 10 lament -
The resort 10 silly pagean.res, ridiculous embems ana
vulgar dissipation, insnit upon the dignity OF
1reemen, ana c0ulc only from an oNt'1 S"'s
tempt OF their intelligence, and readiness 70 degrade
them the level OF the servle popuace oil tansatiun
tic monarcfes. That funds 10 vast amount were
layished, palpabe: and when it Is reco!ected that
the prize TO be gained by opposition, was the control
of the revenues OF the Union. the rcsuscitaton oil an
expiring tnoned institution, whose stock is largely
owned abroad; aud, above all the driusire hope that
there magic in change that would relieve men
from the losses OF mproydencc or misfortune there
great 10 conclude, that the elective franchise
polluted BY most extensive bribery anu cOTrup-
ton.
There feature, TOO, in the late election, stall
more odious Men high in station and surrounded oJ
the respect of the public going about the country E-
flaming The passions, alarming the fears, and misleading
the judgments of the people, spectacle desr,ch
to our whole country, degrading to us as m'fai anu
high minded people, and can only be ascrbed 10 hal
popularity in the human character which leads men,
banded together for common purpose TO do what, as
individuals, they would revolt ut and repddate W men
of character would assert in The Ace of day, that
the distribution of the public treasure raised by The re-
representatives. of the people, and paid away by apPropa
tons made by law, nsurpng " the power OF the
purse, which every one knows is the power TO raise
money without the consent of the peoples and still more
absurd that they should represent militia men, called
out 10 drill ten days in the year, standing army, We
are amazed at the that did not blush at
the deception. No: the objectionable SIN OF the pre-
sent Administration was, its repudiang chartered mo-
nopoy to and loan the public treasure, and re-
tanning in the Treasury of the United States-s gra.
dual return to sound constitutional cnrrency-and
its resolution, not to entang.e Government with any
money dealers stock jobbersbut to leave to the
States to regulate their Banking Institutions rs they
deem best; and upon the wisdom and policy of tins
great measure, South Carolina concmrs with It and is
ready the expression of its sanction and ap-
proval.
This State has only to repeat her objections to Ia
riff for protection, and when the Tariff Compromise
ends she expects fair adjustment of new Tariff for
revenue aud in fact. The result of the cleo
ton of President has not shaken the faith Of South Ca
rolina in her ngcherisked principles.