Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-05

the mast were false j. charged
with Acknowledgements ku'S-evefy year since S'e-
neral Jackson election, as we'll Us sce NJ an bu-
rens Ruin from imputed harshness 80 tie Indians N
Gsoro;a where c,yza,,on aud Christianity were only
then attempted b. cxterdedrla, ifcn' The veto o'
The Bank in 1850, which veto their o. President has
repeated in ls.-ruia, from the removal OF ihe de-
posies which the law expressly authorized, ind IRON
an institution that has tailed, aud been pro-
nounced even b. some of,he Wing rar,sans p""fte
nuisance. -,
But enough oe charges So glound!css and absurd
Well uIcuiaed to te sure instead i"r ti"ie, u"'
vet after detection and iul! exposure
TO recol and overwhelm, they are now a"h@' VIII
shame deserton, and defeat, Their h'to"ss "u'"o''
Io,k next raome nj at the repfobate character VI
tho other nractices and principles under when uey
aopobt and power. Their course rs party
xas 10 promiise nothing, but abuse every tih9. ~
The same time, fragments of the party IN particular
places promised every thing, and III others resisted eve
~ thing In one place the fragments were u > Bans
in ,no,her anti Bank-in high Tariff in another an
tiTatff-in one Abolition another anti Abolition
one prdgng all Offices to old incumbents, IN another
all to ones.
But as a party, and whole party, when asked Tor
their Joint common principles Tor administering Tue
Covarpmen, they referred you TO nothing ba their
pbilosophical and argumentatve coon SKINS ma hara
e;a,r If you Inquired for their plans OF REFORM you
were answered only by iog cabins and geld spoons
In fine the loftsst among them admitted that Their
Nv
thing.
Even at Harrisburg, where the magnacs of their
cause assembled you could Obtain no opinions on The
Constitution, the Currency, The Distribution, much less
Abolition, or the u. $. Bank. All was conceamen',
non committalsm, ingorous secresy nothing IN
short about any prea, principle question Of cnns,n
,ional liberty public policy, but simply "iPpeca-
noe and Tyler too.
Ii was i 7Gppeeonoe and Tyler too, morning, noon,
and night a, tavens, pipe Iayings, log cabins halls OF
legislation and If not IN churches, al least IN arisoc'a
tic drawing rooms. II the eagne # black spirits
and white of all hucs opinions and creeds and all not
for one single great specified object, except "lpprca
noe and TYLER too and that TO be attained through ali
kinds Of Misrepresentation and deusl"n, all Kinds ."
munmery and parade, all kinds ci sensual aud snfdid
appeals indeed all kinds Of political debaucherr, ff'';
treating down 20 Badgersm and Gien,woT'h;Sin; aud
all kinds of inconsistency, from running two candidates
10 establish Bank OF the L. 3, who had both UNI
iormly opposed il, ard enable them 10 srzc on
all the spols of Office who had un's'rmy denounced
those spolls, and all removals inr opnon sake.
What could common sense, philosophy or cool reasc-
ton anticipate to happen, ere long, when The mask
was stripped of frsfn such chaos and proiigacy Of
principles Nothing less than what experience soon
verified Those who sow the wind must expect TO
reap the whirlwnd The end in one sense came more
quickly than any anticipated-in less than short
month.
In less than one short month-ere the baked meats
Of the inauguration, with all IT'S sense!ess paseaniry
and "glorifcation, cnd, they had flashed mss!
Of their pledges against removals, and hy npornn'-
ties and chickering's not ony embl!,ered Tie e 1n hor
RED to painful grave the gray hairs OF their lhei
Magistrate.
1t is a singular coincidence, that the nd.hlocded
prosecutors for the spos of office were allowing Inc
,imhers of the last log cabin in the capital, me great
emblem Of their cause, 10 be pulled down and r"doen
in the dust beside his ashes-"hen these last we're be-
ing conveyed from The city
What has been The fate also Of his colleagu
lcr foo-before the FIRST half year of his Presidency
closed, Burn, and shot in efgy over hall the Union
denounced in their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by
their rrcsses-and in fine prescribed in Congress itself
be all the great leaders vi the great harrisburg Peas!d
coalition.
Wba, sudden re,ribu,on, Wha changes beyond the
romance of the wildrs, Arabian tale What >iur-n-
dous coalition Slapped by lis own bad principles over
thrown-scatcred IN fragments over the ea!i! III eHls
half year J, was almost miraculous madness, wh'ch
led The perseyere, they began, IL such an UNI
versal disregard for all their solemn pledge against re-
Inoras Tor nc.e opinion sahepisdgss given every.
where and in every form. end by almost every c"nspi
cucus politician. In this matter their wanionntss j.
most exceeds crediby Did they suppose the whole
community had adopted Pau! Clifford rule OF conduct
and belief: Did they suppose that the people al large
had neither memories nor morals? Is breach Of faith
10 he part OF the creed Of our opponents: Can they
regard hypocrisy q vir,ue: v,oiaton Of Pledges
honorable' Did they expect 10 retain pubic conf
dence by breaking it-snd 10 deserve future trust b.
prchigaic abuse Of all past :fus' lfhey did, is Tor
tuna,c that The false disguise has been stripped off
early, and that they stand unwhe.ed-5eiore the
of many OF their party, anc the sneers =! The
world. (Che.rs)
They have been equally unfortunate il no, perfid-
Gus, in several other respects Thus, on the great
and absorbing question Of the currency, they have
compl,shrd little or nothing, except 10 get Up mag-
nani family feud Their magnificent doings have been
chiefly mndongs The depcslie act To the pet banks
which they lad insisted indispensable to proven,
despotic union Of The pnrse and the sword, and 10
control dangerous Executive discretion, they have
repealed IN hn, haste, before any system had become
law in it's stead-ihus BY bunder design restoring
under themselves The very condition Of things they had
unathemat,zed under others. Not content with this
they COMMITTED tic like folly To tie G5T Treasury
though excellent Of lis provisions force
on themselves renewal o them; and in all IFS
essentials, that no cons,ut"na safe, and permanent
substitute is very likely 10 be devised for IT. except
with notifications 10 the currency, originally
recommended with IL IN SEPTEMBER 1887 Indeed the
great Wing argument aganst il, that verdict had by
The former eli ctions been rendered against it, has al
ready been nunrd and the hundred Thousand changes
Of votes already sscertsined since last Autumn, and
indeed since It's repeal, furnish The strongest s
gu,nent to restore II, and drive the advocates II
National Bank INTO more than Andalusian shades.
How ludctons has been HER tinkerng with this
subject at The lake Extra Session, til, they .l together
by the t"nsnes-no, Ia say cas-, as in house Of
regular row Of caucn sscold,ng.
Instead If confn'ng banking 10 those who have
spare funds 10 loan, They tired 10 dahbl- in II them
selves, though without spare money, and compelled 10
resort to an debt 10 te embarked in unpro
snsng speculation. Instead Of proydln. capital for
Commerce where sufiiccncy did no; .Nist, they
songh, to swell the amount OF What already over
bloa,ed, excessive and improbable. Instead OF reduc-
ing BY their system Executive Influence, they ncre
ed en-fcid Ius,rad oflettng the Government III keep
It's own money a. II keeps ia ships, forts, Lands,
aud buildings, by lis officers. auenah!e IL and
accountable Tor desacatnn under penalties they
attempted 10 put II in the power Of book ockhodrrs-
at times titled, innical, and irresponsible irs,gn"rs-
such some Countess of Farcr rays, soue Duke Of
Shinpasrrs, or the Barines, Louis Ptsl,prc.
Instead of leaving substitutes for spreie 10 The States,
that may need them, and wh" can, by only wIln. H.,
at any time, make them sound, they have sought al
sorb The whole subject Of the currency into The hands
Of mere j"bbng politicians. Under rreencr Of doing
some small exchanges for themselves, they have
gued the power to do all exchanges for others and they
have thus attempted TO regulate, cheaper, and equal
ze the whole exchanges Of the country, amounting TO
HpyPral hundred Millions hy e0Is q corr 4ii,ns