Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-09-01


same firm uniform, consistent and devoed udvorate
OF the Virginia doctrines. We have only trace this
distinguished Republican from his humble birth The
high destiny which his moral worth has achieved for
him, and to notice how faithfully he has served hIs
country, and how ardenily he has loved the Demo-
cratic party and been loved by that party We have only
to notice how the everlasting hatred Of the Fede raj
party has followed him through every stage of his
istence, from his humble pnerna roof to the Senate
Chamber of the United States, and thence 10 foreign
lands and back again, to the chair of the Vice PresI
dent, and then to that of President of the u States
This brings me TO consider tie most interesting period
OF his lile and by far, the most glorious in the HIS
tory of America for that is surely The interesting
period in the life of man, when surrounded by thou
sands of inducements TO do wrong, he gazes with
unbenched eye on the polar principles that should GO
vern his course, and knows no departure from tand
that must ever be regarded the brightest page Of
American History which is recorded series Of
proofs, that the energies the Constitution must ouve
the force OF faction, and the recnperave powers Of!
Democracy will ever rise reugent from the strokes of
aristocracy
10 illustrate the principles of the Democratic Rfpub
can party el this country. He looked on the Constr
tuition his compass, and suffered the needle of
construction TO lose IT'S polarity by the attractions OF e1-
pedency HE determined TO remove no man from office
for differing from him or voting against him. Free and
independent himself, he wished to the Offices filled
with who had the souls and tho spirits of rsemen
and wonderful as it may seem, he removed from office
u
with the Treasury a. and from post Offices Is making
in all, AZ in four years while, under the succeeding
Wing administration, 150Owere removed from post
Offices alone
He determined as far rs his means ofjudgng would
enable him. 10 put in office those only who were cnpa
ble faithful and honest and how many of those ap-
pointed to office by Mr. Van Buren, proved deaulters:
Strange TO tell, not one.
He determined that the independence OF the press
would be best maintained by not giving Offices to the
editors OF political newspapers And how many OF them
do you suppose he appointed 10 office ? Not one
He determined that the integrity of the peoples re-
representatives. should not be invaded by the Executive
patronage while in his hands and how many nirmnefs
OF Congress did he appoint to office while he Pre-
sident? Not one Facts such these must sink deep
into the feelings Of those who really love their country
and are capable OF reasoning: For, the abuse OF Exc
cutive power and patronage, the subornation oil the
press and the seduction Of members Of Congress- from
their duty their constituents by the lures oil ONCE
are The great tenets by which alone the institutions
Of this country can be overlhrown; aud hazard no
I thing in saying for Mr. Van Buren,, that no man VIM
has ever filled The Office of President Of the IT, STATES
has carried out the great cardinal principles Oh 'ie
Democratic party with more scrupulous adherence,
than he has done. Like Washington, forgetting all
geographical hues-lke Jefferson, following the s,i,ct
letter and true meaning OF the Constitution; anu hhe
Jackson, stalking the success Of his Administrator OIL
those which he considered oil vial imPoi'
ance to his country-and confidng in the virtue aho
intelligence of the people as the panopy o. MS pro
lection, he fell victim 10 the base in'r'sues quo
sordld combinations of those who trumphed IN Inc
overthrow Of Democratic principles ] demahd 10
know then, if there breathes, or ever lISeo man
who had stronger claims the Democratic ne
publican party, than Mr.. Van Buren,? VI ono WHO
has displayed more practical wisdom, more no'hah
frmness American character, more V'tnous
dsn,eresledness, manly orbearance ana as'
nty IN the administration of the Government put
all this avalleth nothing and we are TO nave 'nsui'
added 10 injury by those very men, "ho were Iole
most in The Wing ranks in 1910, and wno now win
defiance shake the crimsoned lash OF persecution IN
our faces, and tell US MIR. Van Buren, Is not avala'
ble This is a base libel the virtue and inteili
gsnce Of The American People--unless, indeed, the
principles OF the Democratic Republican party ore not
available; and, if that be So the sooner we know H.
the better.
You, the political eaieuators must not lose sight OF
the important elements that enter into tie calculations
of araiabiity-l mean the intelligence Of the people
the firmness Of the Democratic party-the well known
duplcity of Wing partizlns-the small reliance 10
be placed Swiss solders-and above all, the innate
strength OF Democratic principles
Ii the majority of ascfu voters in The u ned states,
in 1540 opposed 10 the principles Of the Demo
cratic Republican party, then we ought not 10 nave
elected President from party. But, Vt majority
of the lawful voters did then approve of our principles
and vote for candidate-bu the frauds on the
elections gave false complexion to the resnit-then
was Mr.. Van Buren, not defeated-and there 10 no
argument Of his unavailability to be drawn from thai
election Acain-If that election lsa0, went of on
false issues, we then commended, and as The wing
party admit, end if ne have now the true issues
of Bank, or no Bank Tariff or no Tar'f, Distribution
| or NO Distribution, &c, &C. how can any rational
mind deduce from that election any argumen, of Mr.
Van Burens want Of availability Unless, indeed,
we adopt the idea that as the Wings fooled the peo
pie with skins and gourds they can do
IT again with meal bags, and the adoption of this, is the
necessary exclusion of the idea, that the people
capable of self government Bot II we admit, (whai
deny toto eGio) that ma orty Of good and fsactu
rocs cast against Mr.. Van Buren, in lsi0 where
is the evidence that any other man of the Democratic
party could have gotten the vote which The De-
mocra,ic ticket then got : Suppoe Mr. Calhoun had
been then the candidate, will any candid man pretend
say that he could have obtained sng gle vote which
DIR. Van Buren, did not receive | ask, with earnest
ness if you do know that there Thousands und
hundreds Of thousands of the soundes Democrats in
this country who will not counenance the doctrines Of
Modification, sustain their author : Suppose some
other than MIR. Calhoun had been the Democratic
ddate, what have TO suppose that should
have done better Monochrome whatever
We are now told however, that there are many of
the retreating Whigs, who will not vote for Mr. Van
Buren,, but who will vote with The Republican party,
q Tor other candidate. lake it, that these retreat
ing Wings either act principle and to be trusted
or they do not act principle, and not 10 be trust
ed II, as | believe, they do act principle, they
may have personal prejudices and personal predec-
tons; but they cannot and will not hesitate to vote
the Democratic ticket, may be the head OF
lit. If they really believe that right and the
Wings wrong, they cannot hesitate TO vote for MIR.
Van Buren,, if he shall be candidate But if, on
the other hand they are not acting principle; if they
slrong about 10 see where they get the best
price for their voes where they best exercise
, their spirit Of haired, of man worship; or, if
they manGuvering to sustain their character for
consistency aud 10 hide themselves from the popular
odum that awaits them, for one, hud rather treat
E them spies, and drive them from the camp.
We can not, will not, question the truth and sim
cery Of those thousands aud hundreds OF thousands
of relreatng Wings, who now acknowledge that they
were seduced and mised by the false issues of 1910,
and induced to cooperate with the Wings in the hope
that they would administer the Government Repub-
can principles but who now discover their error, and
taking their proper positions in the Democratic
ranks, determined TO do their duty manully. And
this fair and charitable view of the subject,
how does this question of availability stand DO you
not al glance perceive that if you subtract from the
Wing polls the votes of these thousands OF retreang
Wings, and place them The polls of the other party
you at once, in effect, duplicate their numerical
force TO say nothing OF the moral force OF their chang
, Of position' ! doubt not, that shall do violence
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