Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-19

- ,aarIv tyo 10 one In the Housa OF hepresch'a.ise
Ont &c House of 1923, there are TAU pemocfa's ano
90 Wings giving them every 'aca'', ~ nH';donce
anil, wos accomplished in two years. unuer inc
~ ,ro,endols populary of Mr.. Clay the presi-
d, driven off by his inolcrablc dIclatlon-ue I
soral popular and leg islativc maJoii'c' y
Inlass ASSUMPTION and dangerous exercise Oh uhco''
,;,ol movers Ii is rot III The breasts oil ifeche" "
.'''o"'' g;r,bIc dcta,ion his INSCRIPTIONS ambi-
49,; III .r,lrpt desire for scli-aSgrandZcmchl. ino
Ir of our free institutions and our limited uo'et"
mont can never willingly surrender 10 .ohS'tss r.
vast and dangerous powers as "eie eae'e. " "a ha
ira Session. Those who appreciate ''' o"'oAa a'' -:
s or orr glorious Constitution, anu understand I's
-, 80 tos;oned nv It's immortal trainers, can never ic
ove rho safeguard of the Veto power. The proceed
;,cs or nm Extra Session are 100 recent III .neit
,ne ever Ia give up Would 10 Goa II hau oeeh NOR
co and frequently exercised and thol President yer
"a IA ,s conservative ne alive on the Distribution,
.r;a and BANKRUPT laws. An approving country wouu
i,.o ra;sed the voice Of gratitude ard erected monu-
mcnt 10 his irmncss o:.o
! at ,,s examine little more mibulciy Tue precise
STRENGTH Of the Wing and Democratic parties III the y
c,,s Tbe subject is susceptible oil exact compute,
ouie'' -r,re are o23 members of Congress- each OF
h;h ,resents 20 ESQ of federal numbers. Oh These
Soa members there are 40 Democrats and SO Wings
The 40 Democratic members represent ieue'a' ppa
lotion of o S95 400 and the So wing members, le0e
raj population of 5,S66,44o SO 'ha' The majority OF
nmorr,ts in Congress must represent Democratic le
- 80 ;or;tv of people OF 02S, l6O, unless ii can be
,b,i the maores of Wings were larger in Wing
districts than the maoritles oil Democrats IN Democratic
1str;c,s Two years ago, there was large wing ma,
| :;t now there is 81 Democratic majority, sustained
j. ~ OoS 200 of federal numbers. With these fixed
"a ;d;s,utable facts we hear from log cabin orators,
cia mins,re and political roubGdonrS, that Mr. Clay
;s swecpng every thing before him. IL he continues 10
sween in this way for two years morc lhere VIII not DC
VIII member of Congress clt-not even that pes'ile.
rous dIsorganlZcr Johh 3ui"'! -''' 40 0 pawn y
coalition memory c
from the Congressional majority There are ~ States
of this Unicn Of these, Is send majority oil repre-
scntatiyes 10 Congress Democratic; send Wing MAORI.
ties and one Stale delegation Is tied II IS wei KNOWN
, ,he electoral vote of State corresponds to the JOINT
number of its Senators and Representatives. By this
tes the Democrats have Is 10 I, and one State tied
This is strong corroborating testimony and the eXaml-
nation adds little uslrc 10 Mr. Clays rcspendent popu-
arity.
et MS take q further test-thc State Legislatures
OF the 2G State Legislatures, there are II which have
both branches Democratic which have both branches
Whig; three split having one house Wing The other
Democratic and Indiana has its Senate tied and the low
er house Democratic. Throwing aside the State Legs
atures which have majori,ics OF party in the House
and of the other in the Senate arrive at this grand
result: the Democratic majorities in the State Legisa-
lures arc II to s. in Congress- as lao 10 SO; in Con-
gressola delegations by States as Is TO L. The three
Territories all send Democrats 10 Congress. Count the
strength of parties by State Legislatures BY members oil
Congress- by State Congressional delegations by iede-
raj numbers and Mr.. Clay stands in ptifu minority of
disheartened and decreasing party. lie has had COM
mand absolute and unchecked control for two years,
and his large Whg majority of Congressional, legisa-
tive and popular voes has dwndcd down TO contempt
ibe minority in every depar!men-savc only OF the Sc
majors of the United States who hold their seats in de-
ance of popular instructions and the known will OF their
constituent Legislatures. The public men of The Wing
q canlOr and
rmness in avowing and maintaining (their) principles
in the last election and the folly to come out III favor OF
the old Hamitonian princp pies under the most unucky
candidate the country has ever Sc The coYen foot
Of Federalism is now pokcd fliry outthe cherished
PRINCIPLES of the Adams, Clay and Webster school are
now openly ayowed-and it will not require that the
earth shall quake 10 arouse the people TO sense Of
their danger In every election since the Extra Session,
tho inyarabe defeat OF the Wing party in old Rcpubli
can States has been met by the deusive and false ac-
count OF general apathy until the ignorant friends OF Mr.
Ciay begin 10 think that General Apathy Is another
mlary chieftan, recently sprung up to lead the Wing
party and the Republic 10 ruin and more 10 be dread
ed BY their favorc than war, pescnce and famine
But the misfortunes of Whggcry of easier solution
Never since tie days OF the elder Adams the Alien and
Sedition laws the black ccckadc FcGerasls, have The
principles of that party been in majority in the Union
The people have tecn twice dended by frauds practscd
and principles professed to be Republican; but SO soon
as the Federalsts have plainly developed their obnozi
Gus creed they arise in their majesty and power, and
sweep them from the councils of the nation This was
the fate of the younger Adams-and the doom of Mr.
CLAY is as plainly written that of Behazzar the
wall Not all the Clay mnstrels clubs, coon skins, ash
poles political oubadours or Adams coalitions of chris
tendon, can carry this unfortunate demagOguc into the
Presidential chair My great fear IS that his utter una
Variability will induce the party TO play US another llar-
rsburg Convention trick lay Mr. Clay on the SHELF and
select some Whs who at least has the credit and merit
Of not having been invariably beaten for twenty years
bv friend and foe whenever his name was brought for
ward for the Office Of President of the United States
The Democratic party will have great cause Tor reJoc-
ing, should the Wing Convention select Mr.. Clay He
has been the hnmost candidate in every election, and it
complimentary say he viii DC second best IN the next
| PLANTER.