Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-11
POLITICS.
TFcom tir Ga,,na, M.eois, Stniiaa Srp,.

ro MI tgvt TiiF his rRESS OF THE COUNTRY
we have had a series of articles, or rather repeu-
tim nj the same article series al huhoefs IN te
f.,1.ue des;yned 10 show the people OF Illinois, the
only remedy for all the Ills that have oe'aieh lne ~
since the coming INTO power oil lhe wing party :"
lsu We have no inclination 10 detract from the ed.
~. ,snn,,,iop bu, we must say that the arguments
there produced arguc nothing as yet IN favor OF ms
n,,,t me,s,r-s rnose mea.urcs he has not lett W.
10 conjecture he has told nS PLAINLY ""a' 'ney a'e
n be-ffs, "A National Bank, and through II the
restoration OF the partnership OF me N"Ve'.i'.
rho Banxs-a heavy addition 10 the taxes by Van ID
c-o,sa of the Tariff and faally, "the distribution
among the States of the revenue from Inc ruohe
Lands II scarcely necessary To refer 20 h's a'eu
ments but those who have read mem anu nave 'eau
The Wing plan of Bank and the Tarif bulls present
ea bv CONGRESS at the extra and present sessions, we
vould ask wherein they see the promised reliei
detail Of those measures would occupy larger space
,,n we can devote To newspaper article, put we wiz
endeavor 10 dIvest them oil some Vi ''ie NY ei'e "
as few words q possible.
IN the frat Mace those measures that are to bring TO
the people such great and substantial relel' are Tue
yery Identical ~hch DIVIDED tue Two g!ea'
,,i;.s the Democratic and Federal, at the commence
tnent of the Government aud which the iorme! mas
cooodad IN overlhrowing after half century OF per
seyerinp and unyieding RESISTANCE we name 'nis |,
show that bv attempt at revvalo' 'hose o'u
measures, they cannot succeed ~ oecci'ihs Tue w
publcan part even OF the Wings aud !"ist them upon
the country with all the unconstitutional ana waste
fu expenditures which have and must ever follow III
The first measure for their relief, National Bank, Is
10 be 90, up by mourning .Naoaa DtM To the a''oua
or lie cnnial-yz mortgage IN The shape OF public
stocks ia Ia BIZ LAID uoon their property aud industry
IN The nnoun, of say sol AOo00, TO he converted ants
cash and incorporated into Bank TO he put nnoer the
control and management OF lew directors 10 th,
District of Columbia and which is TO have the use
and control of the pubic revenue. MS we oe'ieV
was the outline Of the great Wing "F'sca Bank OF
the Ii s.
The next treat measure is the Tar!, where the
labor and property Of the people are 10 be taxed o
tho bleesinys bestowed upon them ny TIE BanR-lile
Comprorn,se act 10 be violated with iHpunhy ana a
"a, al from 9 20 $50 per cent seyrd on every thins
thav ca, and wear Tue third completes the three
great Wing measures OF relief, tia. nnconsutn;ohhI
dangerous and detestao.e n"asufe-the distloh'!oho
m. reyaaue from the public lands among he Oates
IN. d.nriv,r the Government Of this great anf
growing branch Of rc"enur, and virtually m'r'gagih-
10 fore,gn stockholders the pn5ic DOMAIN, computed .
. thousand million oil aeres-thr n"pe inheritance oe
,ueothed BY our ancestors to and our ?oster'ty-
neso ,re tho measures proposed ~ the Wing leade rs
advocated by the Wing presses and Tor 'he aaoptoi
Of which the party power display SO much s"ici
Jude.
live ~ for pressing those measures Mt Tie lfesen
,;mo and eoa..ary 10 The wishes Of the President
,ye are to helIeye them, originates III the Pnresi mo
lives Of PATRIOTISM aaG h@maniy MAI lher ooecl i Z
relieve the distress OF the country Who Is meant y
fhcc
the ueople who lave ;!ie!r o@: niea'sE INDUSTRY
,cd who look not TO "a. FaSors IS IL IN
tax payers, tax Consumers those VINO support M
I;overnia-n; those the Govrrnme". supports -
let US ~ho these measures ate iseiuea 10 'ess'
How Is tie :irnnr mechanic retrieved oy pachg "'
their ndos,fy ar nrop~.iy mortgage o! oOOuO
IN Tho shape of a permanent funded DEBT ana VINO
would annually extract from thea, III the way q
taxes about three millions % dollars, TO pay me h'f
&c, of The Le h, crly iow wculd il relieve them Il
ayf i NJ. IL,
.ovnr day on lea, coffee, sugar, IRON, niolasses
eait leather cn.ons, and wooilens Tor the ocneh "
II few manufacturers, who, in lct3 'ir. Clay saio
zero fu,ty neaiee.ed by the Compromise act, and VIII
,owarc ca;noroas for still greater protection AND
i,s,v hoY would il relieve iaem to give away The re
uennc derived from tie public lanis TO be distributes
amonq the States the proportion Oh ao'nl - cents
% each Observation-Disclosures the smn:at OF whch mus
hc collected of them 10 make up the drlci', ana pa.
Ece,s tor collecting it, TO pay spectators and deale!
in STAT. stocks: for which the Unon is not responsible
an either Justice or honor. The people know wei
tha, this is no relief, and had they tod the deHee'
pconle in 1910 that the PROMISED reiiei "ouiu io
National Gtbi, heavy taxes, ana i"of't'S'o e'u"
sryi How iey Of item would have been faisCa u
power let 10 we not see that they are ,'e ON!
measures PROPOSED b; them ioi the relief Of the coun
try. =, ~
To the Numerous body Of dependents on tie Govern
ment Ia tie tax consutiers-to those "Eo I"oA 1t
debts, stocks, hanks, distributions and taxes as III
choicest Of blessings ,hesc measures would indeed b
relief because, the more that 10 extracted IRON liz
people hy taxes aad b. every other device tie NOR
,,cs 10 them Thei. Interests and iiat OF The iarme
and mechanic are IN direct conflict. That w';ch or
$50. ,le ,,e managers he ether: and what is inke
from the one s,.s the other. They look with IL
most intense unAie,y, in tie hope Of gorging them
selves by such the expense OF tae people, all
like puck al hungry, furnished wolves, they SIAN
aside bowling fur their prey lhrough system OF nea
sures by which they haze Icing FED on The vitals o
the people and Which, wc before stated has bees
completely overthrow BY :he iustrio"s leaders CT th
Democracy.
These are o! the countless ways, ny witch th'
proceeds of industry may be iakea by law from ana
given TO another. They can only be couneraeted tj
sending ncn the councils Of The nation who Will legs
late or The whole for few; and as the next Pres
Dental election be conducted with reference to these
measures, the soccer the people Examine mo then
,nerils md dement's, the better able they VIII be t'
decide correctly, when ihat :i,ac comes
IELlp,lLl,I t,;-t Elll.i.n.