Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-11-24

- far Is - understands It, he approves in lie nam.
Lai his cloak al ignorance be torn Of aud let the
Wicked -lmc "hc. h. IS > yj75, ~ erno 4, naked,
b. The gee o. BIS ceae4 !C!Eers He ignorant
Of the fact that the Tariff Of S violated his compra-
mise-y.9l4ied It VIGOROUSLY and Intentionally His
yauBted scheme ci distributing d.. proceeds of the
public lands was passed with prorSo, that the dsr.
button should the event or the passage of a,y
Tariff exceeding the rates of the compromise The
Tariff Of lSi2 repeat, did impose dG.ies higher than
those established b. the compromise and his Gistrbu
ton scheme ceased accordingly And here by The way,
was developed the cheating propensity, Characteristic
Of Whiggery. The Distribution Bi!l could pass
without the Proriso, which gave pledge, that IA
riff higher than the compromise should tic enacted
Bat, as the passage OF the Distribution BIZ
secured almost every Clay Wing in Congress, If
not every one, sought 10 scratch cut tie PyOriS0.
How The passage of the Distribution Bill! secu.
red BY "intrjgue, bargain, and management, char
acterstic Of Clay-by cheating and oa play, such
characterizes Niggery. and smells strongly Of cor5up
ton. The passage Of the Distribution Bin scared
by striking foul bargain with o lis opponents,
securing the passage OF hc foul Bankrupt Law law,
the Like OF which never before was enacted by any
civilized lazy makers law, immoral and demoral.
izing, that the great body Of the Wings dared
counenance And yet they c0untenance and ldoizc
the man who brought !; INTO existence Henry Clay
may, III truth, be looked upon :he ,,lcr ot the
Bankrupt Law for he The great leader and dictator
al the Wing party ~ Congress. he voted for tie law
but for his vote upon one occasion, 10 would have
been dv'satrH aud nut tor his OtstrttdOn scheme,
winch he takes pride 10 inEertnr tle Bankrup. Law
you'd iaay have failed Upon IT. passage
And here, agaia, let me point at another develop
ment OF the false and foul machnni,1as Of WhIgseryi
The leading wings, rather The s1b-leadeys nor
daring to defend the Bankrupt law, and hAowing that
it ought 10 doom their great leader to dsgraceu
feat, seeking 10 him BY sudiously endea-
vorng 10 convince the voters OF the country the
leaders Of the Democratlc party may as Justly be
blamed for the Bankrupt law as Henry Clay and those
who voted with him They dare not assert, directly,
ihat Marn Van BGren, any prominent candidate
of the Democratic party, supported ths Bankrupt
law-ior, | repeat that such Bankrupt law was
yer before cnacted--nnd ye they ann TO produce an
impression equally false. they may ease their
sciences by quib6ling themselves INTO the conclusion,
that they commit offence by intentionally producing
false impression upon their followers provided thev
can do so by quIbbng other inGiycci means. Hlll
not mora!ize upon the difference between making
straight forward, rght false assertion and weav-
ing cunning words Tor the express purpose oil pro.
ducing n false iEnpg sson. leave ali such jistnc-
tons and all such morality TO the tender conscences OF
the leading Wings; AID when political victories
| achieved by such means, every honest man ought TO
glory IN beng affiliated with the vanqnished, rather
than with the The poirca! developments
since $40 give assurance, that victories achieved
can neither be permanent profitable, and that truth
w.ll ultimately and Gor!ons,y triumph.
+ DEMOCRAT OF ROANOKE
October u. l-i3.