Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-12-02

furnish IS many instances OF violations OF The Cohst
tution violations OF the rights OF States ana oil no'
ydua!s, and of oppressive legislation, as these two
vears have done To enumera,e their bad measures,
would be to give history of their acts Tor lwo entire
sessions.
When this party csme into power, one OF lis ,uos'
conspicuous members, (Alr. Wehser) had the enfon'
tery 10 saw that they would open new SCI Ut books-
that they would 10y away tie old books used by The
previous admnstration-and take new set Tor Their
clean and patriotic entries. | understand that lhe
accounting officers succeeded in preventing Tins hne
scheme o! laying away The aid books a!ih commehc
ING on a new set; but II new books could not DC open
ed new entries have at least been made IN the Old
ones-entries which were strangers TO their pages "neh
Jackson and Van Buren, at the head OF the Co.
yernment, and Democratic majnrtes filled The tSo
Houses oil Congress. Among the=e new entries "c
ind taxes loans unrcdeened Treasury Notes, National
Debt prch5itory Tariff Distribution Of Land Revenue,
non pa yment Of public creditors, protested bills on TIE
Government, disgrace, the borrowing agent oil the
Government, nsued in Europe, prescription, map
damus act, ha5eas corpus act, and IN cntsa"ry ac'
against the Staes (this last pcckeed bs M'. iyier
reputation Of private debts under tie pretsxt OF 3
Bankrupt law and new British treaty. al which
cannot now speak, but Of which my sentiments will
appear in the speeches which ] maoc against IT. anc
which LEFT at Washington to be published on the ex
change of the notifications. Such their new en-.
tries Finally, the federalisis promised US change
Of tines and they have g'ren ii. This promise they
have kept, and i! is the only they have kept-the
times are change, and changed about as much Tor The
worse as .nodern Federalism, (now q. the head oil our
Cove: nnen, in the person Of Daniel Wcbsle is worse
t,.n the old black cockade Federalism OF John Adams
and Alexander Hamilton.
Two years ago, when this party got into power,
took occasion TO say in letter which published,
sihut ssy c0ud hare short ride and 6y no means
mtTry one Both clauses of this prediction have been
verified The ride has not been merry one, as lie
state OF the party we'll shews that will be short, the
elections going on sufficiently prove. Democracy
will so5n be in power again: and 1t will be for them to
rub GU, the entreS the old books, and 10 make
another change Of tunes by restoring The prosperity Of
The Jackson aud Van Buren, administrations And they
will dot, The country and lis cause and not men and
their schemes, is The order OF The day; throughout
The Democratic host and the country and lis cause will
be attended 10.
Turning to our own noble State, We zee The Demo
cracy in full power, and ready for action. base cur.
repcy aflcls the State and il is for the approaching
General Assembly 10 apply the relief Small notes,
dspreciaed pa per- spurious banking, unauthorized issue
OF paper trash awess coporations and The n'roduc.
lion OF base paper from other States have been the
curse Of Missouri for some time past aud is the Only
curse that nlicts her IL is no longer time for
lheorzng about currency practical measures are want
ed We see the evil-we zee the abuses OF the paper
sys;em and leaving theoretical dsqulston 10 inetaphy
seal politicians, il our business 10 proceed against
these evils and heae abuses and 10 eradicate the "he
The F,derass seek perpeuate them in order to drive
The people To what their late oracle (NF Webster) nov
calls san oJsoiftc i1ea' that is, National Bank
began the war agans, this Bank, "aiOst solitary and
atone" twelve years ago, Qor had but few hackers,
bu, among them JACKSON and VAN BUREN, and
have lived 10 see the institution in dust and nfamy,
and its foremost champion con,emptupusly referring
TO it as "au obsolete dsa.' But he has idea,
ycept crch,qut7 system, which he got from Nicholas
6 ddle in .rmner, ISL, (when the great Banker
visited Washington CITY Tor that purposc) and which
idea tbs cham ion gave 10 Mr. Tyler, who presented
il TO Cecgress, and where killed it in one speech.
/. is to ir brought life and presented to US aga,n
This cxchequcr system ~ the progeny OF b'dfe,
aud the substitute for TIE dcfunc. National Bank,
and the new contrivance to put the credit and rese.
nues Of the United Staes in The hands of the men and
OF the prly who pundecd widows, orphans, men, ci-
tzcns, nIeigners natons, States, railroads, canals,
and ocalbanks OF about one hundred millions OF dol.
lars anowhch hundreds OF millions they would have
pluntcret from the Gorernntnt and people OF the l.
States ha1il not been for Jacksnns Eeoes and reno
val OF the dcposites, and Van Burens 'ancopron'S
ing hostiiii, 10 a National Bank"
Respectfully, gentlemen,
Your friend and ltllow.ctizen,
THOS. II. BENTON.
Messrs Nm. Shields, } ID. Blair, b. w. Sharp
II. W. CrGv,Lcr, F. y. Williams, j. l.. Anderson,
f. b. hcPlcrson, II. f.. Moore, J. NJ Major, Com
r,itten ,kcNc