Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-09

.uuitum in Parpo.-The N. Y Herald money article
of Thursday last, congresses into nutshell the pre-
dominant plans of the Wing Clique at Washington:
"c accounts from Washington stale that extra session win
be held May in all probability to lay the foundation of the
Appears be magnify every possible the Indebtedness
Of The present government For this purpose the letters from
Washington filled with the most absurd statements ni debts
and drirrnces The amount of which they swell To near S4
o rms ansed debt 20 be aae M aocTy M s t.
discussed the session increase Of The tar repeal OF
law and lastly as If in mockcy the WHOLE consider the
means OF diminishing the expenses Of the Federal government
They pretend there is debt which must be funded TINS w be
nucleus for Indefinite accumulation Of the national debt
The IS that The revenue ~ short ana na ae
ish the still further, by the proceeds n ne gu1tc lands IN
order bolster the nsove Stale governments 10 increase The
proposed upon silks and Wines under the
o uyures II the deficiency real the method pointed
goods only way of remeding IT, The de
6ccncy is however, BE- created By squandring array The proceed
whole project a speculation stock obbns.
The fallen credit Of the States is to be ressnrd BY e reaea
ton db and The extravaganza Of The whole to be supplied y
. the earth like those of England"
Against this monstrous combination of measures, we
happy of the "Repubican portion Of the
Wig party coming forward, and manfully throwing
themselves into The breach for the good of the country
The first movement of Mr. Rives has dissatisfied the
"Federa portion of the Wing party" Some of the
Wings have begun already TO sny that they cannot e1
pect to keep him in their traces for six months. The
scribbers at Washington look upon his position as
very questionable, since his speech against the Dis
tribution. The Washington Correspondent of the ~
York Express exclaims, that "he is in the negative
upon every thing connected with our land system
ale opposes distribution although 81, is one of the
cardinal measures with the Administration !" The
writer whiningy adds 81 hope Mr. Rives has been no.
nest with those who have elected him the Senate. +"
We can whisper word in the Of this Wing scrib-
bler.-"Some of the Conservatives here say they are
tnot Wings at all-at ALL We begin to hope
that our quondam friend James Garland, will come
,1,x Tar, h..Vr, hattie In
terna Improve ments, but National Bank, when
the TO be between il and the Independent
Treasury.
We presume, that by this time General Harrison
has arrived at the seat Of Government; siated, for
time at least, with the incense which has been offered
TO his vany-with the procession Of 10 coo and 10000
multitude which has attended his footscps-with the
numerous speeches he has made at requcst-parcuiar
" with his addresses TO the ladies' and above ALL 10
the 5000 ladies' Of Pitisburg, to whom this grave and
reverend Signor sentmenally told of the love locks
which he had exchanged with one Of their fair maidens
in the year 81. All this homage" (sec the Cores
pondence in our columns from the Baltimore Patrop
IL rather malapropos to the gloomy character Of the
times, and the grave affairs oi state which he is ubo;
to undertake. The General has taken two weeks
to travel from Cincinnati TO Washington, and il must
be apparent the whr of pompous professions and
constant ceremonies in which he has been engaged
that he could have had but very little time to prepare
himself for The serious administration of the national al
fairs-to organize hs cabnet-t" prepare his lnnugu
ral-to consult with his ablest friends and repress
that daring cabal at Washington wh;ch already aspres
10 rule his destiny, and to chalk out the measures,
which they recommending in other words, seeking
TO dictate TO hinl.
No President has ever gone into office with such
storm, the explosion of Bddles Bank and other
cumsances have cast upon the country-Never was an
able helmsman wanting to the vessel Of State
mo time ought to be thrown away pre- pairing himself
for the high uflice he has underiaken-and yet never
were two precious weeks idly wasted in public
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