Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-10-06

in bs suppestons TO the National Congress- any thing
craGD m nus administration oi pubic affairs. Such
slsnders better become the hired unprnciped organs oil
Fed ralsm, than men protesting attachment to Inc
Democratic party. They such ISLANDERS Mr.
Calhoun and the rrea, body Of his friends Throughout
the natou should not be held responsible for, as It
is utterly impossible for them TO endorse them. Tine
Democratic party is no. be divided and defeated by
The hot headed z,al of u r. cf the freb's OF any
candidate The great body o! the party have but
object in view-thr overthrow of Federalism, and the
restoration of Republican National policy, such as
will preserve not only the honor and credit of the
Union but the Liberties Of its citizens With them II
matters but ;le who is The ocial head oil The nation,
if the incumbent has entitled himself TO The honor by
disn ruished and attachment 10 their cause
With them the fin. Of the National Convention will be
final, and they will recognize no man as Democrat,
will vote for no CANDIDATE, who refuses TO ABIDE de.
cison individual ambition and preferences for indi-
yduas should be weighed IN the scales with the
public oopd This is the only party possesses
of preserving it's union and integrity
| We deem it almost on act OF supererogaon TO de-
feod Mr. Van Buren, from The charge OF non commit
,asm upon the question Of the Tariff, urged against
| hin, in the Address The doctrine of MIR
Van Buren, as explained in his letter 10 the Indiana
Committee and in every other communication where
his views upon the Tariff have been expressed, is, that
the duties should be as low, would supply the ne
cessary revenue for economical administration ut
the General Government. wherein does he d'tfer
npon this subject from Mr.. Calhoun? Mr. Calhoun has
declared his noStlllty 10 rs one "
the greatest evils that could befull us
| ",Tis strange there should such difference be
,Twixt twecde DUN and tweedle dee /"
| This New York Committee, have Inexperienced
the feelings ind temper of the Democratic party of The
nation. The exctabiy they manifest, Is of iha, sckly
kind which almost necessarily grows out OF frequent
ward meetings in a large and crowded c'ty-an Excl
liability, in which our country Democracy never in
dulpe. They Judge men by more rational standard
-by their public services and public acts, and al
ways ready render to each, and ALL mat which they
claim for themselves, EQUAL Justice
GEoRelA ASD New YoRK Ii the principle Of dis.
trict elections be of such essential lmPortance-i no
nomination made by n convention constituted any
other manner, can he ust expression OF the opinion
Of the electors have binding force upon the party
but must be rejected and opoos'd-lnw 10 IT, that th
friends of Mr. Calhoun in Georgia did not takea l
pains parcel the State into districts? AS The Rich
mnnd Enquirer very Justly says, was not necessary
that they SHOULD have Congre Districts to do THE
| They might have called convention and divided the
State into convenient districts for the purpose, assign
ing to each district such number of counties as wour
make them nearly equal to each other IN population
This would have the people of Georg'n no more
trouble than il cost us 10 assemble the Syracuse Con
vention. How il, that principle istoerated IN Geor
ria which is declared atrncious in New York; How j.
H. that the very men who protest SO loudly arans
smo,hering the voice of the minority in New York
coov apply the sticking plaster 10 the mouth and
nosrils of the minority in Gcorgin?-N Y. Eoe Post
YAsKEE CLooKs.-A gentleman called yesterday
morning the counting house of one of the iron
chants this city, to purchase fifty tons of pig iron
10 the of the negotiation, the merchant was led
To enquire what purpose the vas to be applied
"To make weights for Yankee clocks"
"Why what you do with SO many clocks
"Thy are shipped to England
Think Of thau Fifty tons Of iron for clock weights,
each clock reqnring probably, less than five pounds
We saw il stated some time since in an English paper,
that these clocks being introduced into the manu-
featuring districts of Great Britain, and almost every
workman becoming the owner of one "t them
Phil Ga-.