Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-01

elect d ard the county enjoyed comparative Poi'cs
reposs nu near the termination OF Mr. III moe az
mns,rolon. The Federal party resist d 81, a,'.n,p
at relal,,t on or defence, and fna II resisted Inc
win I'm land They were over" he!med by puoi'c
inI;rn,,9n. and n, tie close Of Mr. Monroe admins
trat'no no such thing n Fed raj party under VI =.
name existed in the county. TIE principles OF IN
plriy remained, but they nave ever ''".
I'm der some other name =.
| Mr. Adams Jr (who had been among the iirst 10
abandon he Federal party, co nom"c atief the
of Mr. fsrson, under the prelext that the parry W.
his father meditaed dissolution OF The un'on anu
IN ,,e ,;,as has prt snted Congress Peuon LOT
no dc Into, of the same Union.l General Jackson
Mr. Crawford aIf Cslnoun, and hr Gay were cauu'
dates far the Presidency Ia Succeed hr. aohIoe' -"
Fedora! party now assumed Tue name 0. N'.o,.'
Republicans aad Mr.. Adams received thei, ee"sia'
sumner, There uas election by the peo! ana nc
or i. n nv The hncus poccs OF the House OF ne
| nrasen,.i;yss Mr. Clar, through whose agency Mr
Adams had been elected in the House. was 'nstie' -
his Secretary of State, IN Office which, alter the :"
ample OF Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe was
10 be in the slime Of safe precedents Mr. Gay, ot
tween whom and Mr.. Adams no very cordial reiat'cns
had hitherto existed, became thoroughly den'leu
with tho National Republican party. lie ana niS
friends sustained the election Of Mr.. Adams IN lcIo,
while General Jackson elected by those VINO hau
| nreea,red him. TO Mr. Crawford, or Mr.. Calhoun III
1884 The Republican party assumed the name OF De-
mocratic Republican party by way OF contrast, sup
pose. TO National Republicans The Democratic ne
pub lean and National Republican parties were array,
distinctly agains! each other IN the contest VI
between Jackson and Adams. Mr.. Adams was ae-
feated a. the National Republican CANDIDATE mr.. eay
became The candidate Of tina, party IN 1867, ano was
most sicnally defeated by the reelection oil uehe'ai
| Jackson
soon ofer The reelection, in 1882, Of Gen. Jackson
his proc nation was issued containing doctrines winch
we're unsatisfactory TO most of his friends, as well
those who dscpprove those who approved the course
of South Carolina with regard to the farm act-ooc-
trines which applauded by the National hepnoi-
cans and after ards planned by the authority oil Gen
Jackson himself In 1888, the deposi'cs were removed
from the United Sites Bank, where they had been
placed by the act chartering the Bank IN $50 ms
was done by the Executive, under circumstances whci
induced large number of those who had supported
General jackson in ISIS and IN lc32 TO condemn 'he
act. was one of that number, and, as member Of
the Virginia Legislature offered resolution declaI-
ING that no direct or implied sanction was intended Ia
vorabe 10 q United States Bank by the condemnation
of the order removing the depasies Inc Na'iohai
Republicans condemned it also because II was olow
| aimed at the Bank They knew then as they know
now, that, in their advocacy of tic Bank or BANK,
there was TO concurrence whatever between them
selves and that portion of The Jackson party whicn
united with them in condemning the powers ciaifheu
BY the Executive in the removal OF the depos,es.-
Their object was then is now 10 obtain Nation
al Bank Ninety nine hundredths Of the Jackson par
ty who condemned The removal Of the deposlteS, were
then opposed to the constulonay and expectancy
of National Bank. There was, II possible, stun less
concurrence between the Jackson men who condemned
the removal of the deposltes and the National hePuoi-
cans in regard to the Tariff That portion OF TIE Jack
son party who condemned this Executive act were &C.
| ne rally the ultra anti-Tarif men
Under these circumstances in 1854, the Wing par
ty was formed. 1t could not have been organized Them
nor could it have acted tremendously on any one OF
the present political issues at any moment from 1884
to lSll. If the Bank, the Tariff, or MI Clay $
election had been urged as a party measure by The
Wings that portion Of them who had belonged to the
Jackson party would have co-opera,ed with the De-
mscralic party, with whom they agreed and with
whom they had acted these questions, and against
Mr. Clay The name of National Republican was
dropped and that Of Wing assumed, TO indicate
only the points of agreement, but also the points
of disa rreement among the elements of tho Wing
party. The removal Of the depostes was the first
point of agreement cooperation 1t was followed
by the protest which grew out OF 1t. The expunge
followed and Likewise connected with the reno.
val Of the deposi,es 1t urged that the power Of
appointing and removing public officers (a!so Exc
cutive power was abused. Executive abuses and Ex-
ecutve REFORM therefore, the only party issues
urged by the Wings before the people. II was denied
most emphatically and author,atvely that the Wing
party Bank, Tariff, or Clav party.
In 1896 Judge White was the Wing candidate for
President Gen. Harrson's name was associated with
his but that portion Of The Wing party who had been
Jackson meo, with very few exceptions, then refused
to vote for Harrison, from the apprehension that he
eas National Republican. The same objection would
then have applied with still greater force to Mr.. Clay
In 1887 there was general Suspension OF the banks
and the propos ton made under Mr. Van Burens
administration, 10 separht9 The Treasury entirely from
the banks, State and Federal. /! was opposed ~ all
the advocates Of National Bank, and at first by many
Of lis opponents, under the hope that some system
could be devised, with the cooperation of the State
banks, to avoid the chorler of United States Bank
and the adoption of the independent Treasury. IL
fenred, by some, that Government Bank would result
from the plan Of divorce proposed by others, and that
the influence of the Federal Government would be
brought to bear iniuriousy State ns.Itut The
National Bank had failed 10 oblin renewal Of Its
charter from Congress- and, TO cover lis unsound con-
dltion had procured from the Legislature Of Penn
sylvana. The suspension soon followed by ge
neral failure of the banking system and the most start
ling frauds were exposed, The banks, many of them
unable to meet their engagements, were all too
much embarrassed TO afford any relief TO the embar-
rassments of others, TO which they had contributed
much. Public confidence in the system extensive
ly impaired and few could be found willing to invest
money under National or State charters.
The Wing National Convention assembled at Harris-
burg in 1899. That Convention refused to nominate
Mr.. CIay-Genesal Harrison was nominated; he
proclaimed, canyassed and voted for in many States,
particularly Virginia, JeferSonian Republican, as
an anti Bank man, and scrupnlousy in favor Of the
Compromise Act. lie and hrs friends, were pledged
to investigate and reform the Executive abuses of the
Government, while it was denied that they or lie
sought to establish National Bank Protec-
tive Tariff The 9Th Congress was composed of
commanding majority of Wings in both Houses. II
met in Extra Session, under General flarrsons pro
camation and convened 10 supply ways and means
for the Government. The Executive functions had
devoved after General IIarrisons death, on Mr.. Ty
Ter, who had been nominated and elected Vice Presi-
dent under The pledges. If there was any differ
ence between his position and that Of General Harri
son, it that Mr. Tyler known to be more
steadaslly opposed to the leading measures which
were subsequently pressed by the Wing party, and
some of which met his decisive veto In reference 10
all Legislative questions Them the Wing party protested
Democratic principles before the election.
The country had right to expect after all this that
some would have been adopted to detect,
pose and correct the excessive abuses which had been
so loudly complained Of 1t is lrue that the Removal
of Depostes, the Expuuge, the Protest. &c, had long
since ceased to be PRACTICAL questions, and nothing
couii be done in reference to them in 1911. What did
the Wing party propose to do To charter National
Bank TO repeal the Compromise Act; to enact
high and unequal Protective Tariff TO distribute the
proceeds of the Public Lands, time when the
Treasury was empty, and when the Government