Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-05

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pesience, and famine deprecated the eas, evils
of his administration. Such were the va,icna' ons OF
General Jacksons aiminslraon-and the people were
openly treated fools, for having elected such moa
for their President But the day of trial was al h1nG
aud lis result was auspcious The first four years de-
cded the question, and approved the wisdom OF TIE
choice which the people had made Peace abroad, pros
pc:Y At home the public debt paying oil, taxes hight
ened the universal respect of all natons aesed the
capacity of President Jackson I, administer the &c
vernment, and vindcaed the people from The imputa
ton OF folly 10 the election of their Chel Magistrate
Thus this frs, trial CT the people for se!s-GeveEnmen
resulted in their favor.
But another, aad harder trial, was still TO be en-
countercd. General Jackson re-eleoted-and
combination Of politicians, aided by The Bank OF The
United States, ond by nearly thousand subordinate
Banks and b. vast body OF merchants, for whom h.
procured rich indemntes confederaed II make good
their prophecies scourge the country, ard TO charge
the distress, which themselves created, upon tie tge
sden., whom the people preierred-and thus accom-
plish, in the second OF his administration, what
had failed in the frat, The panic of 1883 81, and the
execrabie sentence Of condemnation, which the Bank
DEMANDED which the Senate pronounced, and which
the people eypunged, the fruit Of that Conf racy
Then, indeed, we had war; in which many 81 ut hearts
qaa'lsd, in which many t,md friends fell eh and III
which many weak couGs' Is were offered The whole
earth seemed 10 be IN commo'ion Against one man.
Re- evolution proclaimed. The Senate Chamber
sounded with denuncia;ion-the Bank columns march
cd IN succession upon the capitol distress meetings
were universally held distress !aemc!as poured in
day--the public press grosned-a!l business was
broken up-terror and calamity spread in ever
qnarer-and all was charged upon the V ckedDess ot
the man. whom The folly Of the people had elected Pre-
sden.. He, (Mr b. had and dear view of
all that tremendous sccne and witnessed the calm
courage, The composed reliance, the perfect confidence
of the patriot chief-,h, hero PresdeEt-in all that
dreadful commotion. Oltan, late hour OF the
night when the katls OF the day over, (only to
be renewed with more fury the next morning) he had
visited Pres dental mansion, and found us former
thronged halls silent and deserted, the Fahle Pfes
dent a'one in bis chamber and never beheld more
impressive or ms ructve spectacle. While TRENDS
and foes believed all lost, and that his adninstra
ton completely overthfown, he himself had no
such fear. He trusted in God ard his Country He
relied upon Providence and tic People liz coEfded
in the power above which protects and the lntelI-
gcnce which sustans lie never fnuered for IN n-
stantneye. pied counsel rou The tmld or reach
erous-never dreamed of captivating to the Bank
i,s confcderaies. Ills confidence compete-per-
feet -unwsgering-tHat the American people could,
and would sust,n him, and sustain him they did
TIL. cxpungny resolution, and the elect on ct sue
t. carry out his policy wss TIC response OF tie
pee Pc t. TIE confidence ne had rcposed in them.
1hus, The SECOND great t-al over, and the pee
pie we're se2o"d found equal - their high voca
ton ma capable Of sustaining The to:m OF Government
winch their ancestors bad toundrt. the termnaiion
Of the second term ri GrneIG Jackson administration,
vas still more rous tln the first, and still higher
proof of the cap'cty of the people 10 govern them
selves /: terminated peace and prosperity, with the
respect OF all nations, with universally mpr9gsd
cona,,on 81 Tree from taxes, the currency OF
mo Constitution restored, ard lndemniies IN goii
..,.sn. hame % the merchants from France, SPAN,
Portugal, Denmark, Naples, for spoliatons committed
on their forty years before, and in the time
Of his early predecessor. The hero President retired
from his sa,,on great in peace as in war, and JUST
flying by the Of his administration tie choice oil
the people.
ID l. .,r p,ae, 1arls N
rise him, the present occasion DID not require an Gu
logy upon tlllt great man HIS object to do JUS
lice to the people, who had shown themselves capable
OF self governnent-who had JUSTIFIED the wisdom OF
their fathers in founding III elective Government, ana
trusting the elections the wh l. body of the people
THIS was his object and 1t high and holy one,
rising above all personal considerations. and above al!
Temporary events. Great was the merit Of Jackson
great the services winch he rendered in the high St.
ton of President, but if the people had not placed
him there and sustained there he could not have
dered these services he con!d moi even have saved
them as he dd them, (by the removal OF the Dc
posites) from. the lss OF the hundred millions o dol
,Ts which tie Bank Of the United States has plum
dered fon the stockholders and othefs and which
would have been plnacercd from tie Treasury OF tho
United Safes, il his courage AID wisdom hid net Ia
ken the d,poses from the custody OF the corrupt e"d
rotten idol OF Federal worship.
The second trial was over, mud the wisdom o! your
fathers in having established eieccc Government,
was agajn yndicated Bet another trial was al hand.
The combined politicians, and the Bank, sl renaned
in arms and nalteed themselves, that bird adherence
to military chettan had been the secret OF JACKSON
support by The people. They believed that The people
merely followed the blaze Of military glory, and shouted
for successful General, without any views OF Nc
tlona policy, any capacity 10 pursue rational aud
consistent system of measures. They believed TINS,
and that they wculd fail nj the election, or support OF
Jackson's successor. The election Of 1885, decided
this third trial. and again the honor Of the wisdom
which had founded and the lrt !'gence and virtue
which had preserved our elective form OF Government
successor was elected not for the sake of military
pory but for the sake of rrincirle successor was
elected 10 carry out the policy OF President Jackson
10 preserve VIA, he had established, ard TO complete
what he had left unfnished-a and IN TINS election the
people proved that they DID have views OF naton" po
Icy, and could preserve consistent system VI dUohat
measures.
The election Of 1910, The ioGrth TRIAL, TO which
the capac!ty OF the people f,r sclf-g0vernmen was
put u trial and here the issue Of The contest has IN
Spired some with msgvin.s, but without aoe9ut'e
reason Til. fooie,ies of The Coon Campaign we're an
insp 10 The people an outage upon the form of Go
vernment aad reflection upon oGr fathers, VINO iad
established it Padding canoes on the dry ground
hosting CIDER barrels on pcIss-sIncag tlccbansl6h
songs-ce lebraing midnight orgcs-raisng cabins IN
the midst Of ctes-banging gourds and coonsk'ns At
tie dnors-marching IN process on With TIE pee
pe-all these mumtneres, ard iou.e'i9e more worthy
OF baboons aud monkeys, than oil rational beings, were
many open declarations tn the people, mat hey were
incapable Ut reonhl exercise oil Tie cieEH'e a'
chiss-that FOLLY and nonsense must govern them, and
that their ancestors fools for giving them the PR
vilsre Of voting This was the plain import OF these
de grading exhlb,ons-and that an election should
have been carried by those who used such means seer
ed to give some countenance 10 their low estimate OF
tie popua, understanding. Blu; i was seeming only.
There was no foundation for the snppostion
The election was carried by far different means; by
bribed votes paid for with suspended bank notes-ny
false votes gwen by people who did not exiSt--oy I'M
ported votes carried from State 10 Stately simria-
ted votes, chungng their dress and names twenty
;imts, and voting often-and 81 changing ucke',
after the vote VAS in the ballot box. BY these, and
such like means the election was carried; and Judc'a!
proof has since established The degrading facts. The
body OF In. Democracy stord trn unmoved except by
feelings Of CONTEMPT by all these miserable exhibitions.
Far from falling off, they increased in their numbers
The vote -:sca III i-t3 Unprecedented increase
on al: former Democratic votes-lt was near 4OOoOo
more than Mr. Van Buren, received when he was elect
ed IN 1886, aad upwards of 10000 more Than General
Jackson had ever received 1t certainly The iHii
vale Of he Democratic patty, and no donot an aetla'
majority OF all the legal votes given 1he election
then had been carried by fooeries bot by ersefIe'
not ty silly voting but by false, forged, enoef nc
and was Impeachment o! tlie uE-