Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-07
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CORES PONDENCE FROM wAslilNGIoNi
WAs,ISGroS, Dec. "A, lS1o.
That party should have trlumphed without Az" ~,
ing any principles, is not more to be wondered a'
that the President whom they have chosen' s'o ~
have cabinet made up for him, and the princiPa ON
ces dsposed Of without his being consulted; anu III
deed when lie is more than five hundred miles OIL ey
mean to have the cabinet and inaugural an reauy
he arrives! The Wings now proving, that wat
their opponents said about "kccPers during 'nc car
vass was but ton true was forcbly struck with inc
remark Of Mr. Webster, in his first speech at fanen
Hall after the Harrisburg nomination-where nc sh,a
that Gen. Harrison was-(not the chel-puQ nc ~.
standard-bcarer of the party. /; dchnea harrison
position exactly. There was more ruin ina" Piu
dence in the remark, and have KEEP, It in my nhnd
ever since. The field marshals were Clay and "eo
ster-the generals Sergeant, Preston, Bell hiVes anu
Corwin-whe the ssstandard bearer, as IS usual IN
modern warfare, supported on eacn sue " a
confidential 'orderly, "-Gwynn and Wright. wl
NOT however recur TO the order of batte- hes been
fought and won--but what now would advert 10, -
the fact, that here ever thinks OF mentioning
Gen. Harrsons name in connection with Tue arrange
mcns for the spoils, with the rumors oil wnicn le cry
has been recently rife no more than u ne hau ueeh
subaltcrn officer who had merely carried the coors
How would it have sounded in the days OF Washing.
ton, in the days of either OF his successors, mac
such liberties been taken with tie President elect -
Why is il so now Well, I'll tell you. Mr. Clay has
carte Handkerchief he received when Cen Harrison
visited Ashland a few weeks ago--and the new al
ministration will be formed the English plan, when
the nominal head of the Government sends tor or goes
TO see some confidential Lord, and tells HIM to make
snch n cabinet as lie plcnscs. Nothing has occurred
to alter the programme for the principal appointments
that mentioned in former letter: though the oppug-
nation Of John Sergeant going into the Treasury,
making considerable Roadway among the pipe layers
of PENNSYLVANIA, with Thadlcus Stevens al their head
Thad. has probably done than any other man IN
the country to place Gen Harrison where he is tie
gave the lead to Harrscns nomination, by putting hun
forward as the anti-nason.c candidate IN Pennsyiya-
MIA long before Tie Harrisburg Convention assembled,
and then By threatening 10 carry oil the anti-nasohs
for Harrison and defeat Clay, if nominated, he ndu-
ced the Harrisburg Convention TO adopt ms man, and
thus save the threatened breach. But thus very ma
mnuvre Of his which made Harrison President, instead
of lis being his passport to The office OF POSTMASTER
General which he now ardently cogets, Will p'obahiy
keep him out Of any prominent place in the new order
Of thngs-for Clay whom he has ever opposed, VIII,
If possible, that he does not Dip his a'schievnus
hand in the Cabinet DISH Wehsc:. is secretly iavo-.
able 10 Stevens coming in, for ne was Prvy to lhaa
Harrisburg ntrigue-but Clay wtil veto HIM ii he
can-mark tha.-not by open hostility, bat simply
bg keeping Sergeant the list for Secretary OF The
Treasury, which, OF course, excludes any other Cah
net appointment from the same State. But to racIiy
the snbcaders of the pine-iaycrs, Nay!or viii be
made District Attorney in Phiadelph and Bca Bad
ncr will have 4 comfortable berth in the Custom
House.-S;evens, however, Will move Heaven and
earth to carry his point, and some think he will even
outmanagc Clay.
You will doubtless have observed, that the new cab
net as at present arranged all ore, 10 be ia
ken from the members Of Congress. fine common
tary this OH the Wing ''holy horror of appointing
members to Office. But consissfncys no longer word
in tie Wing vocabulary NJ. Van Bnfen has avoided
sett, Pau!dIng Butter, Kendall, Niles, Grundg, and
Gipin. were neither Of them members of Congress
when called 10 President Van Bnren's cabinet
The late Convention Of Tobacco growers makes some
stir in these regions 1t iorcbiy reminds me OF me
war now waged By Great Britain on the oldest and
most peaceful nation in the world, because John Bull
is not permitted to sell poison 10 the China men, Ill any
quantity lie p!eases What shall resort 10 hostile
restrictions upon France because we cannot stui the
mouths Of her tobacco-c.iewers, while we condemn
England because she fights for Tie privilege Of drug
pln 10 death, the op:un.-cstcrs oil China: II the
gram were 10 meet III Convention, 10 DEVISE
the best means Of introducing their products, freely,
among the half iamished operatives on the other SIDE
Of the Atlantic, on the principle OF reciprocity ~
trade, it would to reasonable, US would
be more humane: but See no reason 10 interfere
with the police restrictions of Louis Philippe, if he
tax the sneezers and chewers, ana pfers,
among his Subjects though the consequence OF II may
be- that American kciont and James River "No. !,
NAV not be of cheap access to the noses and mouths
Of the French people, some cultivaors oi The weed
could wish One OF the first acts of the new admins
,ration will or ought to be, the revision Of the Tariff
rendered necessary by reaching the minimum OF
the compromise i'll about year hence Congress may
then do something by way Of councrvang duties tor
the tobacco-gIowers. Silk goods wines, tea, coffee,
medicines dried fruits, and long list of other things
that we dn not produce but partially produce IN this
country, now come through the toll gates Of the Gus
tom House. Of them, duty Free and the rest near
ly so. This done to favor your Eastern manuiac
,iirers-that is Congress, at their request released
these articles that the burthem Of the mpost might
fall on such things compete uniavorably with what
the Yankees make al home. Since then, Our country
men have gone considerably into the culture oil SILK
and the Eastern people 80 many OF them engaged
in it, that they would probably desire tariff on French
siks-aud far their interests and the tobacco-g
ers might coincide But ii the duties restored to the
reminder of the free list the restoration will TO that
extent lessen the protection those articles which
your manufacturers wish to have protected The South.
erners generally, for square rate of duties on all
imports, prohibiting nothing and protecting nothing,
lest one section Of the Union should be benefited at
the expense Of other sections The Eastern mannac
turers are now evidently looking 10 this revision of the
tariff expecting it To help them and their interests
Webster has always promised them tut-but Clay has
assured the South it shall be otherwise Look out for
a tornado, when the Administration break ground
on this subject fnot before.
(From the Haba,i Rcpubttas.J
THE REPUBLICAN, DOCTRINE: OF 'a5.
Gen Harrison having by The aid Of log cabins, coon.
Chair, and many thousands who have hitherto acted
and voted with The Democratic Republican party, hav
ing beer deceived and betrayed into his support under