Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-19

rolye on YOU the high constitutional luhcuoh ia
ing the members Of your General Assembly, ""'h
,,,,s,ed 70, the ne II twelve months. the heno
&c ~, beloved State and the most important interest,"
or ms all On your acton, rest momentous issues ron
80 d.c;s,on must flow much Of public veal or 0
public wea-Dsguise II as our opponents may, ny fca
les. assertions aud move! preences IT
that in the approaching contest are involved Prih
cnles so long cherished with constant fah IN our IA
tive State as TO have become identified with her pas
glory and her present fame Shall the past elevated
character of Virginia. for dsinterestfd De vo'ion 10 Ike
nubl,can princi pies be maintained unisfn'sneo anu III
violate Shall her present proud position, as Inc re
cornzed leader in the march OF sound Democratic pfin
coies 10 their destined triumph. be ovcrthrown or oe
serted Or shall her sons unmindiul OF past ache'e
uen,s and reckless of present honors through sPos
,acv or remissness WELD her up victim to Inc ohre
,orted seductions of Federalism; On you, fellow
Gems. rests the determination Of these alternatives
And ought there to be-nay, can there be douo' o.
the result when armed with The principles ltcucaleu
and defended by the revered fathers OF our Republican
faith. BIZ John Taylor OF Caroline and our beloved and
pure Statesman James Madison, IN their ramies, days
I'VE are 10 encounter the most odous, ultra redefai
doctrines o.ce again revived, of Alexander Hamilton
and The Elder Adams. Let but the Wing party be once
fixed and confirmed in The ascendnncy' wln'n our s'ae
and throughout her borders will be spread the oaneiu
influence Of Federal doctrines TO blight her heids anc
co,ruu, her sons From this conclusion there is no es
caoe-No half way house Of refuge awaits us-lha'
ye may be satisfied, We sound no idle warning ony
raiss fvilow-czcns, the veil that marks the oe'or
mites of the party We oPpose-lrace out anna 'ht
sdio1s measures they propose, amid the plausible Sails
and pretences which they resort the true bearing
and tendency nike of their deeds and their schemes,
and YOU will find that each and all, woed hurry you 10
the extremes Of FederaiIsm-All OF them END IN the
increased power patronsge and influence OF the Ge-
neral a, the sacrice alike Of the dignity
and power Of The Siates-E1amine them, briefly, IN
the order in which their advocates, the Wings usually
present them. y,
Frs, in order, and perhaps in magnitude, comes the
question OF a National Bank, and this, which by the
m,o,,cnt verdict of History in its origin the bold
e., concer,ion OF Federalism, is undeniably TO the
kno ledge Of Us all still Wanted the greatest boon
which the Wings can Offer Yet, who among the lai'
and honest Of ell parties Federal or Republican, wing
or Democrat deny that the admission o; thr con.
s,tuoaa power 10 incorporate Bank by the eoetei
Government is concession that gives to that Govern
nent gigantic and hercuean power not merely IN re-
ference 10 the ncslculabe agencies CT such Bank IT.
self but through similar principles of construction over
the whole forms, functions and influences OF The 20
yernment5 Not merely, therefore, by Their acVocacy
of such institution are the Wings committed 70 ',ie
exercise of the immense capacities for III, embodied IN
the charter of Bank, and which by events too sadly
recent have ben exempfied before the startled gaze
Of an indignant nation; but, by admitting one nroho'
they will finally level the constitutional osrfisrs whch
have alone stayed the overwhelming encroschments OF
FedP
by dominant Wing party, where would me authority
Of their Federal and centralized Government cease
Who could define lis capacities, measure lis limits,
or arrest its power All the attributes OF supreme
soyereirnty would be cespoled from the creators
the States, 10 glorify their creature. The omaipo.
,s,ce of an Enplsh Parliament would have been in
vain dr. fed BY our heroic ancestors, II bys Federal
AGENT he usurped the power 10 legsate in all things
When it shal stand supreme, as the measures OF
the Wings would make it, without iim't 10 lis enc
with no restriction on It's means, must not alike
the franchises of the citizen, and the proud Prero.
a,,;vss of sovereign States, depend on It's imperial
fs,, Can it be, frccmen Of Virginia, that you or
your forclathers ever consented TO ret over you
and YOUR descendants for generations to come, Co.
ycrnlne mt with powers :ranscendant Yet with con-
SC onences so momentous sPringng from tn: exercise
Of the power TO incorporate National Bank, the great
Wing party, as they rauntingly style themselves
yer they dare honestly disclose their prnc'pes
and designs hold up this golden object Of their dslary
10 the view of an embarrassed naton and denounce all
who oin them not in vouchng its virtues, no Wings
-os weak and faithless renegades. A Bank with 30
or 40 millions of capital is the universe! cry OF these
Successors TO all Federal ereses not merely bank too
Cor legitimate banking purposes but an institution SO
fashioned and framed, as to be ndissonoly united 10
the Government itself; SO welded Federal power as
To Giiusc through all s manifold channels corruptng
vet irresistible influence. And so determined is this
n,oleran party accomplish lis purposes, that TOR
differing from them this subject alone, the Chief
Magistrate Of their selection, without qualihca-
ton, denounced traitor and aposate, and by The
revelation of Cabne, councils and Congressional ma
nifestoes held up TO public contempt Hilh the por-
entous evil. of National Bank, thus boldly menaced,
how fell low citizens, Will your sufages be cas Fora
Bank for your country for The union OF money with
power for the severance OF the ,il.omened alliance:
Are you willing to surrender the control OF the TO-
vernment 10 party, who would bride you to ruin and
leave you Bank.ri5den Tor ages:
Next in order come the Tariff and Internal Improve
ment By the General Government Like The Samese
twins. they cannot e1is; apart. AS soon as hgh la
riff imposed not merely TO raise revenue, out lo1 pro-
lection mainly has filed to overlooking the Treasury
of the S. there active struggle Tor It's Ich
stores, followed By corruption in its worst form. Inc
construction of roads and canals the clearing cut OF
long rivers and building up harbors, are happy ceVces
for bes,owng fat Jobs the favorttes of and panders
to power, Legislation becomes a subject Of bargain and
sule-slen unite to pass appropriations, wnich 'aey
could never approve but in consideration oil some Ia
vorite scheme Of their being also provided Tor
The demands the Treasury increase in proportion 10
the app.opriatons1he grant Of million OF collars
in one year, meet this waseful application OF me
public means is followed in the next by reqnlsl-
ton for double that sum-1'he more that IS gwen,
the more is demanded-The Treasury runs low
more money must be raised, and again Tie La
riff screw is applied aud further exactlons mace
from the people They alone suffer, while the spe-
culator and the adven,urer, BY the gr'sscst lmPo,
si,ions, faen and grow rich on the money e1'of,eo
from the honest and iaboring part of the community
Look the past history of country for the truth Of
this picture. When did We have Pfottftee idT.J.
that We did not also have lis twin sister, Internal In.
proycment, and prodgal waste Of the public funds:
Beware them Of the deusve appeal to YOU 10 protect
domestic industry BY high duties It will fa''en again
upon you unequal and unjust burthen, and what may
be taken from you thus will be squandered elsewhere
upon wild schemes, destined 10 aid the selfish pnr-
poses of others. Now you called upon to decide
this vital question, whether you are for Protective
Tariff and high duties build upmanufastures at your
cost. This IS another issue made by the Wings, and
this too you cannot avoid-s!fet H. decide it, as in
;elligent liberal freemen and VirgInians and honor
with yonr confidence man who advocates these
mad and mischevous measures
For fear, however, that the demands on the Treasury
of the Union might not be enough to exhaus, it, and
thus afford an ample preext for high Tariff, the
Wing party have determined 10 withdraw the proceeds
Of the Public Lands, and distribute them among the
States Two objects it thought could be attained
by this measure; first, by substituting the States, to