Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-01

AN ADDRESS
Of The Democratic Contention, 'chich met at salisbury
on Tie goth day Of Nay, lsl-to Tie Peopie IF North
Carolina:
Fellow Citizens: That country is at present IN
most deplorable condition, man of intelligence and
candor will DENY. The People every where, greatly
IN debt while the means of paying every day become
more difficult. The prices OF produce, within the last
fifteen months have rapidly declines, the wages OF Ia
Dor decreased aad the farmers, and iaoorng class
es generally experience IN an extraordinary de-
gree, the reality of "hard times.
Nor is it any better With the Government. The
greatest embellishments exist IN every branch OF IT.
The expenditures increasing, aud tie revenues
falling o':-the public Treasury rs bankrupt, and the
Government cannot even borrow money except on
surinus terms Never before since the adoption OF The
Constitution has the credit OF the Government been
lower or the people generally distressed Why
- this so5 Tins stale of things could not have come
upon us by Chance there must be adequate causes tor
IT, What are they. We cannot hlame Proridcnc,-
for we have been blessed with usual health, and more
than usual crops. We must therefore lock some where
else for the cause Of the wis That a!ict the coun
try Where are they TO be found: This IS most i'm
por,ant question, -a0d We propose now to answer H.
THE CAUSE OF the HARNESS or THE TINES.
We need only lock to weil.esiabllshed facts to he
convinced tina; all the cmbarrass men,s of the Govern
ment and distress of the country have arisen wholly
from a course of measures, IN the General and State
Governments always adyocatedby the Federal or Wing
party and uniformly opposed ~ The Democratic Re-
pu0iGdiSt-Gr
sent in the Councils OF the General and Tor sone time
past IN the State Governments OF Hh!g p0itcy, has
produced All the lis that tia country nov endGres We
say, Mir p0iicy,-for Wig, and Federal policy are
the same There have been, the tnrna,'o"
OF our Government but tea p"rtttS in the county
and these parties still exist. Occasionally, 1t is true
schsns haze taken place III lhese parties growing out
OF difference OF views temporary questions; but
whenever became necessary /" recnF To fundamental
prnciples all these differences would vanish and the
nj ca mart
respective banners.
These parties took their rise in tl!e Conrenton which
framed the Constitution; beng IN favor OF esla
hlshinp GoyeriaenlnDot very dssiinildr 10 that OF
ENGLAND and the other beng tor Il kepuoiican form,
such as vas finally adopted II was not, however, nn
Ii, during the administration OF the Elder Adams, that
they arrayed themselves under distinctive names Al
who advocated the administration Of Mr. Adams and
supported his measures, such a the Acn and Sed'lion
Law-the FUNDING System National Bank, &c,-
took the name of Fcderatst-whi all opposed TO MI
Adams and hS measures, were called ttepuhlicahs, or
Democrats Ii does not alter the that one OF these
parties has often since s origin changed It's name, and
rs often attempted give names to It's opponents
Whenever its leaders have been defeated under one
name, and that name became unpopular, they would
immediately throw 1t aside, and assume anotber.-
Thus the they designated themselves federat-
iSfs then during the last war when the name became
odious to the people consequence o! the conduct OF
the leaders many OF whom took sides against their ON
Government, they took the name OF federat RePnbi,-
ems afterwards when Adams and Clay were IN power
and they we're forcing on the country Protective Ia
riis and wild schemes Of uerna! Improvement, they
changed 10 .NGtiOaal RfPabcaaS Defeated again I'M
der this name they seized on, ana have appropriated
10 themselves the veneraed name OF Hhtg-a
name sacred in the glorious recoecons OF The Revo-
iutionary War, hut prosttuted TO party purposes
But though this party has often chsnged It's name, II
never has changed lis prtncIpes-the Federal'sts oil
l79S are the Wings of lei2. Neither mas the Repub
lcan party changed its rrncipes-ihe Republicans OF
IL 81 =,
two parties now as formerly, dIier widely in their
views of Government policy. We have already stated
that the present distress of The country owing main
" 10 the prcvaeuce OF Wing policy IN the councils of
the General and Stale Governments. live show thus
then il must necessarily follow that general prosperity
be restored 10 the country until change oi
measures shall take place, aad tins cannot he done
I'll the men IN power are changed-turneG out, and
others pat IN.
That the people may not be deceived in the great
contest before us and may fully understand the prin
cipes at stake, viii proceed to state the great
sues now pending between The two partes-thc Wings
and the Democrats and further, to show that Hhie
policy is the OF all the distress depressing
the country.
THE ISSUES, OR POINTS u nsrrTE BETWEEN Tue
TWO PARTIES
The Wings are in favor OF a National! Bank, and
Of the Banking sys.e.a 1t exists in the
try; while The Democrats are opposed alike to Nation
al Bank, and to the Banking system practised
in the L ).
The Wigs are in favor OLA Protective Tariff that is
they are favor of taxing all other classes OF the
people for the pnrpose of enabling the manufacturers 10
sell their fabrics greater profit The Democrats
opposed all such Tariffs, and contend that it is
Just the people for any other purpose than to
support the Government in frugal and economical
manner.
The Ukiys are in favor of increasing the expendi-
lures of the Governments 50 rs consume the reve.
nucs 10 be brought IN BY high Protective Tariff
while the Democrats for bringing down the cXpen
1. o,ia ~ Of fay
The Mugs are in favor Of creating a large .Hatoaei
Debit having been maxim OF Their predecessors oi
The old Fedora party that national deA sansuona
blessins;-the Democrats are now, and always have
been opposed to a national debt, except in times of
believe that national debt is national evil, always
leading to high taxes, and heavy butihens the peo-
pie.
The ghigs are in favor of the Bankrupt Law;-,he
Democrats are now, and always have been, utterly op
posed to IT.
The Uhias are in favor Of Mr.. Clay's proposition TO
change our Government, by abol,shing OF the
greatest safeguards it against Congressional usurpa
pations that is right of the President to arrest by
his veto an unconstitutional, unwise law. The
Democrats are for preserving the Constitution pure and
indebted, as it came from the hands of Washington,
and the other great men who framed it,
The Uhigs passed law at the Extra Session 10
distribute and give away The proceeds icf Tie Public
Lands. The Democrats opposed 10 this. because
tLey believe Congress has no constitutional right to do
H. and because If the proceeds OF the lands given
away, the vacancy mus, be supplied by taxes on The
people.