Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-03
y,uaT = 1o RE THE CHARACTER or THE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST:


If we udre o. the future by the past, the above in
ouiry is worth considering. Were the whole people
thoroughly mbued with the spirit OF Democracy, we
know what would be the character OF the next contest
We know that principles alone would form the motive
of action. But knowing and remembering we do,
Tint there is now as there has been, great and
powerful party aliens in feeling and interest," IN the
country, expect the means and appliances charac-
testc of that party in the next contest False ISSUES
will AGAIN be created fraud, fasehood, and rum will
AMIN be invoked and parade and show take the place
Of sober earnest discussion The question is, can the
people be again deluded by such means? This IS 10
be proved. That the same game will be attempted,
no gent observer OF the movements OF Federalism
can doubt Mr. Clay himself has commenced the
scheme of writing letters, contradictory in themselves,
to suit the sectional prejudces and local interests oil
the extremes OF the Union In the South, he is at
tempting to palm himself OFF as free trade man, op'
posed to a high tariff, and tariff for protection! In
the North he is the very Jupiter Ionans Of protection
and every other measure Of AngloFederolism This is
but copy of The resored to so successfully IN
1910. AT the North Gen. Harrison was represented as
friendly high protecting duties and National Bnna
at the South, Mr.. Badger sworc, as none but wing
could swear that the old General was deadly hostile TO
a National Bank and TO Tariff for protection The
game was then successful; and Henry Ciay-the chi
gslric ingenious Henry Clay-s attempting the same
hypocritca scheme. WILL 1t be equally Succession
Can majority Of the people again be made drunk WI"
hard cider and III! -founded enthusiasm? VIII The WEB
s,ets, the Gentwor,hs the Badgers and the Dav,ses
again b. believed Not if there DO any truth IN hu-
man nature. Il would lie a libel on humanity 10 sup
nose that the same base could be twice SUCCESS
full in The same generation. The same mass may De
| once cheated, once humbugged, once mised oul ~ho-
ever aemtts 10 gull the people twice by the same or
similar means will find himself a the Wings will lind
Themselves in the fail of lSi4 Nevertheless, II will
be attempted Clay has written his letters and cut MS
flag staff and English capitalists have put their ennis
saries Davis (honest John Davis and others, IN mo-
- F,,a ami bnr nj
tempt at moral and political corruption Manulaclu-
rers who are declaring 10 and 20 per cent dividends,
will pour gu, their gains like water but not tor water
An attempt will agan be made 10 make drunk the mass
-carousals will be held at clubrooms, and honest men
will be v,led, and poor men oppressed. This is de-
creed. The songs are in preparation. The coons-
live collecting and The old party hacks have
commenced their cid system OF secret operations They
have commenced with iaseiood, and, all former
occasions. viii end with fraud
| How shall The Democrats meet this approaching
WING pes,ilence' Nettlt we must, and meet it We
can tfumph,nily. Wing promises will not pass cur
lsi0. rher principles are as odious as ever
| and their measures better understood. The Democra
cy have only TO charge home upon them their ln'qu
| ties and The pcop'e will come forth by hundreds oil
thousands TO swell the glorious Jubilee of Demo
cratic triumph We no longer on ttia-no Longer
on the defensive Our principles are everywhere un
derstood and every day becoming more popu!ar-
We haze become the assailonts They promised every
| thing, but have accomplished nothing. Il plain tale
is all that is requisite. Let every Democrat be
ready in season, and of season. to meet our old
enemies not with shoScs badyts bannerS and drunken
shouts, bu; with our principles and measures calmly
stated and boldly defended, whenever and wherever
necessary.
In the approaching contest, the character OF the 1--we
parties will be better marked than during the last
Each will be homogeneous, aud the distinctive
principles Of the two clearly seen and strongly
felt. In the last contest. many Democrats were ms
led, and ultimately voted with The Wings. This CLAIM
set up by them, then, that they were the real Demo
cracy, absurd as it was, not without injury TO gu
efforts In the approaching struggle should SUCH
claim be set up, Will be harmless Us it was absurd
and will be ridiculous The Federalism OF Whigger!
no art can conceal. Even the stalwart arm of DAME
Webster will be powerless, whether raised on Long
Island, or under an October the Republican sol
of the Old Dominion The mantle OF honesty and pat
riosm assumed BY the Wings during The last Presiden
tial contest fell off the moment they attained power
No deception, hypocrisy they can practise, will re
clo,he them in il Tor the next campaign. They vii
be taken and set down for what they really aretht
old unchanged, ii not Interchangeable, enemies OF lie
publican institutions. The Democracy have, therefore
every reason to anticipate a glorious triumph. Ou
enemy is the field undsguised with his old SINS un
aioned for, and his TOO glarng and fresh te
be drunk shouted out of sight To the Democracy
then, say, go boldly into the struggle. You have
now nothing 10 fear Whigsm has lost lis power Il
deceive and with this loss of course, lis OF r
umph.-T Boston Post.