Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-12-08

gre S. the rich got principal beneit, WINE the con
, ~ indirect ration by means tariffs, TO pay back
The great portion Of the taxes The rich receiver W
PROPORTION 10 his property and the poor and men OF
moderate means contributed 10 make good The dehciency
caused BY public plumber, i'll proportion 10 thei' con
,m,,iou and industry lie referred TO the former d's1
tribu;on BY which New Hampshire received about
$3.50 600 and declared that had cost IN oeoaes ID ine
State Legislature, in calling town meetings., IN ocker
inps loss Of ti,ne and contentious about ITS disposition
more than il was worth-that it did good, but
h.rn-[ll will be recclected, that nir Anterior was
a member of the Legislature and voted TO receive The
surplus money in 1896, and this fact must give his
views the weight since they are the result OF re-
aeciion upon facts within his personal knowledge
and upon which he has been called TO act.
i Mr. Atherlon commented upon the Bank Bills OF Inc
Extra Session, and showed up the manner IN which
the Cabinet and Congress and Mr. Tyler carried on
eysem of mutual cheating. lie illustrated IT by Tue
story OF the gamblers. One of them had provided him.
self with high cards TO use occasion might require
Another detecting his knavery, stole the cards. Inc
first requiring the of high cards. upon looking TOT
them 10 his Amusement found they were gone-ou' &c
dately rallied, and throwing down his hand WIN
countenance honest ndignation cried out, "lhere
cheating at his board" So it was with the exploded
CABINET and the coon leaders in Congress
He spoke of The various measures OF the Extra oes'
sion in the seyerest Of condemnation, and con-
trss,ed The performances Of Federalism with lis proes
sons He referred to Richard fletchers complaint
and declaration, that the committees OF congress acteo
NJ the dictaon Of the President and heads OF Depart
me nts and then stated that the Federal members oil
Congress- party, chose committee 10 wait on 'he
President and humbly ask him what sort OF BANK ne
would sanction; and that this committee went to nun
with tears their eyes beseechng to know his plea
sure He condemned the Bankrupt act as uncons'tu-
tional and violation of the obligation of contacts
lie spoke OF the gross inconsistency OF the Federass
as TO the right OF petition Calumny without stunt mac
been poured upon him for moving TO lay petitions LOT
and improper purposes upon he 'aoe
Without debate in order TO save the time OF the House,
but a, the Extra Session The Federal party had passed
rule that eli petitions should be laid upon The taoie
the moment they presented, i Mt subjects ctMem
cerc not mentioned In the Presidents message!
i II had been matter OF charge that the SESSIONS OF
Y Congress were lengthy under the Democratic admins.
!, ations and he compared them with those held under
! the coon dynasty. The last the longest ever
Il Known and it did not adjourn Till ga black cohort OF
auumna evers had scattered body more pestilentia
! than themselves Il
The protective Tariff of the last session, he spoke OF
IN The ght il deserves. He said tina. when it was pro-
posed give protection TO the wool grower The agents
of the manufacturer would insist that 1t should not be
done unless the duty the articles OF his manufacture
were raised in corresponding ratio. lie designated
it as Tariff TO afford wealth and favors to few at the
expense of the laborer and farmers We were told OF
rise in the price Of labor and produce but we have e1
perenced nothing but reduction and depression
or Tylers interference in the Rhode Island contro-
versy threatening 10 put down the Suffrage party by
military force, calling them 'inSurgenfS, and IN this
way defeating the adoption in that State of of the
fundamental principles Of American freedom, he spoke
{; indignant terms Of reprobation.
The British Treaty he denounced as d'sgraceiuly
s,rrenderng territory which had again and again been
slemny resolved by Congress to be clearly and nd's
ptably ours, and then paying Name and Massachu-
sets for it TO give away He said The treaty made us
pig these States large oil money Tor territory as
beng theirs, which in the instrument yielded
upto England being hers. The treaty was founded
upn The ubsurdty of the territory belonging to both
Eland and the States Of Maine and Massachusetts, at
thesame time
lie spoke ofmany other topics, TO which we have not
$ room 10 allude, and we will finish by noticing the pa
] ralll he drew of the Two parties in this country
Ne Alherton stated, that there always had been two
/, political parties, founded on fundamental principles,
en,ely different, in every country. Such was the
casein this country. We had the Democratic party,
who,dvocated and supported the doctrines OF equality,
and he Federal party, who contended for special pri-
vilees and mmuntss 10 the few. lie cited Hanil-
ton sdeclaraton, that every community was divided
into classes"the nell born and the rich, and the
masss-tkat Government ought TO be controlled BY
the fOmer because the people were "tuybatent' The
same rincipe expressed by Daniel Webster in
sronsr language, when he avowed that ''it 1caS the
part ef riSdom 10 found G0reYnnct on property
A. sadtat all the distinctive doctrines and measures
of our plitcal opponents, were grounded on the idea
Of the capacity Of the people for se-goyernment.
He sho'ed the nature of wealth and property, to
croach the rights and industry of the mass OF the
people He desired that virtue and intelligence should
rule. TIL Federal or Coon party, The party OF priv.
ege andirresponsible power-the party which would
erect orcy corporations and render the people submis-
sve unde oppression and deprivation Of their indyi.
dual right. We had been called agraTidn, but our
and passed all the ngrarian mea-
sures Lok at their agrarlan distribution OF the land
revenue We had been called iereiiers who respected
not the rigts of property Who passed the infamous
Bankrupt NV, which wiped out debts and promises
and violatd in the grosscst manner the obligations
Of contract The Democrats had been represented
,lar,, ,l,nla Tho OT Tho
rich and tcvioa,e the most sacred rights of person.
Mr. Athersn repeed the asperson, and pointed TO
facts TO prve the injustice and fasity of 1t. lie
said, that te doctrines of the Democrats denying
to corporntps the right to take land without the
consent of he owner, founded in desire 10
: protect the property and rights Of individuals He
illustrated hi position by pointing 10 the anxiety |
of the Democrats to establish the principle of holding
the private Foperty Of corporations for the debts of
the corpora,iu. These doctrines had for their object
the pro,ectioDof the rights and property Of the people,
They manfesed who truly and honestly represented
the rights OF foperiy Both meant to the land
of the farmer md the little store of the widow orphan
and ndutriou laborer from the encroachmens rapaci
ty, dshonesty,nd frauds of corporations and their
nagers. II stockholders were liable for the debts they
contract in thei corporate capacity, the people would
have greater CARDS for the safety of their property and
money when etrused 10 these soulless bodies.
His descrptio Of the inauguration Of Harrison, the
rush of Office seekers the Capitol, their scrambles
and conten,onsA though the barbarian hordes of
Alaric had madean Eruption upon Washington, and
the prominent cents OF tIarrisons SHIRT official life,
were described graphic language. Our opponents
had attributed t,r subsequent failures 10 his death
They wroY. The fate they had met was to be
ascrbed to The reans used TO get power-to rghte.
Gus rerbution ia the false accusations, the dpce pye
and eyrayagan promises, the crimes and outrages of
which they Iuty in desperate attempts to make
, The people "drun with calumny and defamation"
There never ws an instance Of party coming into
place with such arge and apparently overwhelming
Nu,aIn ham kloI
original sin of the; own heterogeneous elements. 1t
suspicious to hecause of free principles that il has
+ happened thus The honest among our opponents
ought TO rejoice at for the inhde had better put
nanacas the iu,s plunge dagger into the heart
Of the Christian, tim deprive him OF the consultations
of hz religious faits forever accursed would their
leaders have been, oud they have succeeded in des
troying as they perinps did, with some, succeed to