Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-13

b. reduced as Jackson and Van Buren reduced them I
Cheer up cheer up-nany "h@pny .N'o feW =
before y"u nnd "nrran, you Uill never be found with
less Laa i.cy in your p"rk" after three years from
the fourth day Of March, lsi2 NJ tying pnp,r p,o.
misses neither, but ysnut@e yeoc hays ami .chne h,adS
Benton min,.drops ye:o" aud whi,r, drawn from
God Almighiys bank, which never ial's nor makes
false promises
"Hal Columbia, haPpy land"
THE NEW YEAR.
Never did heoven sintlr upon ear,h through more
nj a,mosp hrre Ihan the frs: day of Janua
ry, l-42. As walked uI'ns enjoying the sunshine
and the yep. r, could not help contrasting the day
with the stormy and cold first Of January, ici. The
scene before raised up another contrast Multi.
tndps II our fellow ctzrns hurry my and fro
preparatory l"nins the temperance processions,
with which the day celebrated. Oar mind invo.
UNFAIRLY reverted the drunk-n and dsordery
Of lSib. when intrmpetance vas the w:tchword ot a
pty and peaceful c.tiz could not meet t. announce
lnr. principles without danger "i having their heads
broken with stones and brick. bats. All is mud
and pacific The elements 10 sympaihse with
man; and the mdness Of The presen, winter, If Dor
roaed from the bosoms 0! sober md nk'ng people, is
in contrast with severity of the last winch, with
storm and fury, ike the phrrnzv which preceded the
political triumph, uslsred the Wing party into power
and then SING requiem the grave ot lis chief
Wig promises and highnpes-aehcre areihsg7 The
chief leader Wings told the Country that the re-
stora,on of confidence, simultaneously following the
triumph of hgis, would al once restore Stale credit
the OF ana
10 the country t. triumph came: but the restoration
of confidence came Wait, sn'd the lenders, until
our extra session, ard measures shall bring all
things right The session came; but things did
not come right. TO Sustain Siate credit they turned
over the Sntes entire source OF national revenues
and State credit has been geg corSs and icorse erer
since. To reiiees The Peos, taey gare n,eay me pto-
ples 7aoaru iared them. and item IA debt To shoe
itir rerarence for Contracts hey passed law 10 enable
every man who chooses, relieve himself forever from
all his contract Obligations, Ther 'retrenchment oil
The public expenditures turns out to be an increase ~
millions their t.rcforms, removing honest men and
Amounting many khow proigaes and rogues 10 Office.
Behold Tie results, All State stocks sinking, and
many Of them a!mos, worthless Banks exploding
in every direction. The Great Regulator" 50 long
the object IF Wing idolatry, and st'!i yearned NJ
Ter in some new form with starving appetite bro.
KEN unveiled, exposed to its dcuded worshippers a
mass Of loa,hsome corruption, and is managers whose
power not long since exceeded that OF Princes, saved
from the peni,sntary only by those bubbles through
which the administrators Of the aw generally find
means TO screen splendid rogues from punishment The
National Treasury too conessedly bankrupt; 1t has
m means beyond few Treasury notes. to pay the per
diem If members Of Congress aud the monthly stpends
Of clerks in the departments. The naons! credit IS
gone also! Money cannot b, borrowed 10y the Govern
ment a, six per interest, for short periods, and
probably not for long ones.
Irlaf hare ,ce aheadp The expenditures of ls40,
were about four millions of dollars than those OF
1885, those of lS42 are to he stu ghcr money is 10
be borrowed If it be had: taxes 10 be increased
TO large amount aud I" finish The work Of W hg re-
FORM Il rs proposed establish "B,a.a Of Exche-
ouer' Government Bank, sort Of pHptr mint, by
which the public authorities make money more "a.
silly than they get by loans or taxes!
.9hrad, If Whg'sm can have IT'S way, ~e hare ~
INCREASED NATIONAL DEBT. INCREASED
TAXATION, and me issue ~ COSIlNESlA AL
MONEY.
But "a happy ne,c near has opened upon us. Our
Wing Belahazzars, the midst OF ihei. teasts, have
seen the handwriting the wall, 'Ye have been
weighed in the balance and are found wanng-y"ur
kingdom rs taken from YOU and given to others. The
power that governs them has spoken: the oil the
people has been heard the VOICE OF God; 'ley have
been cnnfounded their counscs and designs; aud al
thou sh thu disposition do mischief may remain, IL Is
like Sitan bound Gy the Archangel.
Democracy does no, look upon the state Of things
this shappy new year" with despair or despnndeucy;
but with hope and exnnt,on. From The thorn d'sap-
pointment people pucked the fruit knowledge;
the public mind, ling bound by the spell Of party, has
now broken loose from enchantncnt and IS open 10
profit we'll BY the lessons Of experience the pre-.
cepts It truth. We see tho people returning By thou
slnds Ia their "first love and ready I" d" battle more
fercey than under The glorious flag of Drm"cra-
cy ,ht al truth, ot Justice, oF patriotism, o" liberty
OF phlanhr"py, Of all That sacred in morals or useful
in religion.
Il is indeed "a happy year" Confidence in
the capacity of the people for s'covernnant, Some
what shaken BY the events oi 1870 has been complete
" restored in lS4l; and The dhcal,ies III which our
country involved through ,hr party which idssh"nd
drunkenness, and frHnd brought n' pn"er, VIII VANISH
as as Democracy resrn'"s the helm, as # onchtd
nv an .nchanters wand Oar cnnntry Itself, thou III
bowed down by the mountains which fraudulent and
rotten banking system have upon II, and sn,,ten
by the men VIM progressed n come II lis rescnr wit
throw off The old Ike young giant, and again raise
itseyes and throw up lis arms IN gratitude I" Heaven
for the signal interpretations which have left lis mind
free and Iis limbs une,'efel.
Reader, we never despalsed Of tho Republic. In The
moment of defaat, We had full confidence we
have nov, IN the second reisnf Federalism (Which
is bu, another for political fraud and c"rfnp,'on
would in effect be like that of The restoration IN
France-The elements Of speedy destruction were
embodied the party itself; all sorts of principles
and no principles promises impossible to perform aud
promises never intended TO be- performed; personal
ha,reds, political rvalries ambition, cnpd',y; all the
bad passions which enter into party mass ready
10 explode by spontaneous combnstioni an ,ntsrnat
machine charged with all that is dangerous and wick
ed which, attempting TO destroy others annh'la'es
itself On the composition of the party tsfif winch
its own workings would soon exhibit to an awakening
people, the exposure of their frauds and the failure q
;her promises we relied with The faith OF martyr Tor
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