Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-22
TO TIE EDITOR or THE ENC UIRER.

"Dcar Sir Il was pleased TO find that the Empire
State had also refused 10 accept the portion oil the brbe
which Whgism offered 10 her. 1t would have heen
a burning shame upon this good and proud old Com
monweaith, if the Wings had confirmed that aho-
minnb!e Distribution bill, by appointing agent 10
receive her part of it. The Distribution bill ought to
receive the condemnation of every one, Wing or De-
mocra,. who desires 10 see the Federal Government
net out the first principl which governs the dealings
between man and man - honesty without
which, confidence canno; exist and hence the loss oil
the credit of the Federal Government.
ulf nv designs were treGsonable towards my coun
trv would not an entering wedge desire 10 take
stronger position than the great Wing party have
taken-that of destroying the credit OF the Govern
ment. while we are now likely 10 be at with the
most powerful nation in tie world. would not be un
derstood as nsnuating that any one Of that great
party enirrtans any such deslgn-far from lt-but
what wish To he understood saying is this, that if
rrns0n instead of adness governed that great party
they would plainly see the hnmb!ed position in which
our beloved country is placed by their folly.
"tHenry Clay does not appear TO have that magic
influence upon the press of the great Wing party,
which that name inspired but short time since
Three short months SINCE and the appearance oil II, OF
the foot of letter. would have insured The insertion Of
il in nearly every Wing paper in the country and,
now we find that ambition and bad temper has led Mr.
Clay into the folly Of making an attack upon the Chief
Magistrate Of the country, his letter to the Ae1an
dria Committee published IN the Gazette of that place.
which fluids so little favor with his orn press that but
few if any of his papers have copied his letter from the
Gazette
81 trust that the day is not far distant, when those
who voted 10 receive The part Of the brbe which
offered 10 Virginia, will he freely spoken of as those
who were disposed TO disgrace the glorious Old Dom-
nion for serable pit,nncc of dollars and cents, and
spaniel like to lick th foot Of her oppressor; for, such
is the attitude Of the Federal Government towards the
States.
"Whiggery counted too low upon the intelligence of
the truly great agricultural interest in the country
when their miserable brite offered TO them, they
knew that every dollar of the bride which they receive
will cost them and half two dollars, 10 pay for
il; and experience has taught them, that all approprl
atoms of money which were not directly drawn from
them, have been waseful and ex,ravacant in the ex
teme and, such, the share Of The bride offered to
them would amount TO loss of nearly, if not fully
double the sum received by the State
81 notice, with pleasure, the victory of Democracy
in the land OF steady habits Whigism has but little
left at this me having lost ten States since they got
into power and the election in New Orleans for Mayor
looks like the overthrow Of Whigsm in that quarter ;
and in the old North State, We have not yet had an
opportunity Of finding out whether the people there
not as tired Of Whgism they have proved them
selves be in the ten States spoken Of all of which
hive found out that Whigism and Biddes Bank are
alike. The application presents itself; but for fear
that the dear Whigges might 'not take, will men.
ton that neither of them redeem their promises; and
hence the great wantof confidence in BOTH II is dill
cult TO say in which The most confidence is felt
"In $40, the early part of the year, or may have
been the year before Biddlc was up TO l22 and, 10
the Fall of lci0, Whis;sm raid that it Up 10
I45 ,G0o-the majority believe, they claimed in The
Presidential Election and, now, Bddle is down to
about four, perhaps less and Whgism is SO low, that
cannot quote il and, such, | think there is
slight advantage in favor Of Biddie