Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-19
Mr.. SMITH Of Connection. obt.ined The i,oor, and

addressed the Senate for nearly two hoars speech
OF mach point He considered this strictly party
question. il winch the two great parties
of the country stood divided He should take TINT
view o! it whch he fully believed the great mass Of the
people entertained with regard 10 Wing measures
tie g!ad 10 this country had Government in
the atmosphere Of which two great parties could
breathe and live. 1t was enough for him TO know that
the party TO which he belonged claimed all those prvi-
eses which formed the elements of the freedom and
equality guaranteed by the Constitution. lie was ready
TO admit that the opposite party sincere in their
views, and meant well. but there was n great diff
ference between meaning well end doing we'll and it
was because he Eel, satisfied they were doing wrong in
this that he opposed it, They had denied that
they the old Federal party but he and his friends
commended they were; and The proof of il the
pursuit Of the same policy and the same measures as
The old Federal par,y-a policy calculated TO down
and rnd the country Did not the same Federal party
duplicate a large national debt and high tariff And
is net the same policy the policy of the present Wing
party? For what purpose To sustain themselves
and their system The Government s TO be encountered
with debt, created on such terms as to enable the
authors of il to grow rich at the expense of the
try; and with the riches TINS acquired their party TO
be kept in power Nha have they done 10 redeem the
promises made By them 10 obtain power: Are they
not bound TO redeem those promises: But what DIS
position do they show that they will fulfil any one Of
them; When they out OF power they accused the
late Administration Of Gross and iagilious exraya-
gance-even descending 10 the charge Of the Executive
Indulging III LUXURIOUS furniture at the White House
but within the very first first month after coming into
power, as if TO alsity their assertons they spend
upwards of $1,000 furniture for the White
| House; on the rretext that i, not furnished
decenily enough for the habitaton If the Chief Ma
gslrae. They came IN by meaGs Of snch monsfous
falsehoods and lies; and the first themselves TO
prove that their assertions all Of that character
He read extracts from various documents in proof
of his charges of iaschood and deception. He also
referred TO their haste 10 make cx.ravagant appro-
prations, such as the grant oil $4,000 to widow,
Mrs Harrison, worth at the time 100000 under the
preteYt that than the grant due TO the family
for expenditures in the Presidential canvass. and taking
charge of the Government. He also enumerated
Gus other appropriations, which he considered could
have other real object in view bu. that mainly ot
building up national debt. 10 enable the party 10 opc
for its purposes through loan bills, banks,
high tariff and other measures, converting the country
tributary possession TO be used solely for party
purposes What further evidence was wanted Of the
uterior object of this system than the invitation held
in this bill 10 the money power al home and abroad,
to coaesce with the party administering the CO.
vernmcni, and Involvement, they offered
the stock at their price. II scontended that there
debt en,alled them by tie late Administrations;
but If that SO, they had promised 10 correct the
abuses oi their predecessors: and why did they not IN
medictely re,rench and pay oil that deaf: Instead 81
doing this, they set about increasing the debt, TILL in
thirteen months, they had added sixteen millions To-
il, and now they want 10 add five II Will
not do for them TO SHIFT the responsibility from
themselves and throw il on their own President
The plea Of their having beer betrayed will not be ad
mit,ed BY the country They had MIR. Tylers repeated
declarations Throughout. his public HE those subjects
which they now accuse him Of having betrayed them
upon. To show how unavailIng this plea was, he read
from several speeches and documents the opinions of
the present President previous 10 his election Vice
President lie next advertcd to the charge made by the
Wing party against the party Ia which he belonged,
that IL was the Of the Democracy against chartered
rights, which had brought the Country INTO discfedh,
and he asked what CONSTITUTIONS, vested rights could
corporations posss"s, but those granted by the people,
and rs the people never had Delegated their
mower 10 charter corpoatou what other course could
the Democratic party honorably take, brt that of
warning against unjus, assumption OF the right by
Congress But if the power did not exist IN Con
press TO annu vested rights, how could the Wing party
iustiy itself ON its grounds for having passed
bankrupt law to annul all vested rights Of creditors
apaingt their w Or This point H,r = dwelt for some
time showing the inconsistency Of the conduct OF those
who forced through the bankrupt law, contrasting that
conduct with their doctrine Of the involabIly OF vest
ed rights Bot the Democratic party IS arraiencd be-
fore the worl for denying the country the Creation Of
corporaton such the late Bank Of the U. States,
which sqaandered away capita! Of thirty five millions
of dollars and deprived many widows and orphans
Of their only means OF subsistence, not 10 mention
The ruin which il brought down other individu-
mis- as we'll as banking institutions and Stale credits
Thus the effects of Federal institutions and policy
existing in the discredit OF tie Government nEd
GENERAL deranue mpn Of The whole country raked
up and poraded the effects Oh Democratic opposi.
ton 10 incorporated rights! These worthy and inno-
bank corporations, which have spread such unver
sal ruin; which have swept away four hundred million
dollars worth properly belonging 10 the people; which
have BY their decisions and nigutrs, driven upwards
of fiity of the Wings themselves 10 commit suicide,
nov held up the innocent and martyred sufferers
under the persecution Of the Democratic party against
chartered rights! And t:is is u-ged reason
why the country is embarrassed, and why The party
power stands excused ior the state Of things which
lists These are the preexis for creating debt, the end
Of which can see lie did mol accuse the gen.
emea of dishonesty in this; on the contrary, b ev
ed they were sincerely honest in TIE pursuit the poll
cy of protecting the manufacturers b. high tariff en-
forced BY natona! debt, which t,ey eSablt such un
wearied zeal in creating.
But this is not the only way in which the Wing sys-
TEN is carried out They have placed high in Office
man who committed treason the country, by
ryne at the point Of the bayonet false returns Of cleo
ton IN Pennsylvania. Another valuable man pressed
into the Wing service John ". Bear, the cce.
brated blacksmith. fle would read from the OHIO
Statesman account of this valn .je officer, Tor
whose accommodation very honest Democrat
turned gu. make Mr. 5. read the paragraph TO
which he had al.uded lie also read from TIE Cincinnati,
Enquirer sketch Of J. w. Bear He had read these
matters to show tie Instruments and resoried
10 10 hnr from power the Democratic party, which,
after years OF DEPRESSION occasion"d by Federal bank
institutions left bu. debt at s. G)1 GEO. but which
was increased b. their rcform succession seven
teen millions in one year. II Easy TO that
the Gseat dHu inc ohy CIlc VI tHe be'i"ciaiC Piiy
was opposition 10 The darling and all ruling principle oil
Wig pocy II create nntiona debt tie foundation
of high tariff and protective system II IS part OF this
policy offer this loan at less than par, that the debt
may be the larger; and hence al opposition to it cha
racterised faciious opposition WHAT is it but apro
position TO throw the Government inIo the hands Of
joLbers, money dealers and shsvers with inv
talon to augment The debt much IS they please, TO
crafty their cupidity, and bring about high IN.
riff Although prod'gale as they have been in their
expenditures, yet, as the Government wants this loan
if they would but send their bonds into market in pro-
per form, be would vote for their loan bill
The question was then taken, and The bill was order.
ed TO be engrossej for third reading.
/ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
| Mr. HOPKINS presented two petitions from citizens
Of Wythe county, Virginia. demonstrating agains, the
removal of the Dis,rc. Cou: Of the United States from
! Wytheye to Abingdon.
On motion BY Nr, FILLMORE, the House resolved