Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-29
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/, is related of a celebrated Mathematician,
that when an assertion made BY him. was by a
rude coxcomb pronounced 10 he hc; ne replied,
"nro,s H. or else stand convicted yourself of
lying"
This simple remark, contains lesson oil
which il would be well for many oil The Clay party,
al the present time. as well as the people gene
raly III make personal application. when
these new-lisht politicians, who have Just DISCO
vered that for more than fifty years the two great
parties who divided the nation, were utterly Sno-
rant of what il was they coa'cnded tof-lhal The
advocates of the Bank Tariff, and Internal I'M
proyemenis by the Federal Government were in
fact. Republicans. and they who opposed those
measures FcderaIisls; yea, though they Them
selves were under the same delusion, till within
The last six monlhS-let the people say 10 them,
PRovE TOR confess that ii is yOu who are de-
ceivers or deceived!
When these dcvoiccs to the manufacturing in
tcrestS who slubbornly persist in their unjust
policy at the expense Of the wealth and proSpe-
ritz of nne-tenthS Of The community, and al the
imminent hazard OF the peace and harmony of
the country, if not OF the integrity Of the Union,
tell the people, that those manufacturers want
them lo pay an average Of 60 per cent. more for
all they purchase from foreign countries merely
in order ha, Mcv NAV get still less for their
fabrcs-!et them Jryre. il they can, this lncrcdi-
bic paradox, or else cease To insult The popular
intelligence, with >uch idle ah>urditicS.
When these scli-slycd advocates Of n N0bic
currency and system OF exchanges, insist, that
magnificent monevcd corporation, corIuping and
controlling as it inevitably must, both the people
and their government, rendering the value of all
property ilucluatin. and uncertain by its cxpan-
sions and con,racons OF The currency, caprici-
Gus at all times in lis movements, or for the
! ,l,t,. ~, md ~
chances-ha il is necessary for the prosperity of
the country, the regulation o. exchanges, and the
custody and disbursement of the public treasury;
! though the Government was barely rescued from
being involed in the bankruptcy Of such an in>tl-
tuition in 1892: though lis revenues have been
since then kept and dishursed without Govern
| mcnt Bank-though the country not only enjoyed
| the greatest prosperity in peace, but when vet in
! its infancy, successfully contended in war with
the most powerful nation in the world. without
the rcachcrous aid Of Bank-hough business
! Of all kinds was never in 80 healihinl state the
pcoplc SO hHi> IN debt or exchanges 81 low or 80
Ncady nth Bank, as for several years past,
when we had nolc--whcn despite OF all these
facts staring them in the face, they still cry out
that Bank of The United States is ncceaary-
lie, them PROVE IT. and prove it 10 the sais.ac-
ton of the common sense OF the people.
When they protest, that the Clay party will
never adopt he scheme Of assumption OF the
debts of the States hv the Federal Government, ci-
Their directly or indirectly and thus add 10 the ne
cessites tor another great increase Of the Tariff.
let them PROVE III and b. some evidence more o
! bc relied on, than such p'cdcts a they gave in
! 1910, that they would not adopt the Bank, DiStri
button and Tariff as the policy OF their party
/ when in power
When they would persuade the people, that,
/ tl,a fab of
rf,cu nations with which alone those na,ionscan
purchase our productions, they enable us 10 get
| more forthose productions in the foreign market,
or in the glutied market at home, lei them PROVE
| 1T: though in doing so, they prove, that all the
profoundest writers on Political Economy as the
rest of mankind, have heretofore CROPPED in the
darkest ignorance and stupidity.
When they promise 10 US, in the consumption
Of the 100000 manufactures. which 30 wears le-
eslation ani enormous bounties have brought
10 that employment. an ample and high priced
market for those agricultural products, which
might, il unrestricted, furnish NATIONS: when
hey tell us Of the immense amount OF orr
breadsuiis, our cotton and tobacco. shipped to
| the Northern States leaving us 10 infer ii they
do not venture distinct; To affirm, that they are
all consumed there, and moi threc-fourihs re-cx-
ported abroad put them TO the PROOF, and let
| il not I've the estimates or toalectaTes OF heated
parfi-0nS-bu nothing less authentic. than the
official documents oil the country
When they present TO you piece OF their
Eopl smcliiao uir-|a,t br6aa. and tell von that 4
reduction of the Tariff would reduce The people
to the necessity of eating such food, or Of STAR
wing: whilst in the same breath, they tell You ii
would make us produce bread-Sluiis in too great
abundance; bid them PROVE 1T, il they can,
OF incur the perpetual sccrn and disrust OF an
insulicd people.
| When, venuring 10 try again the experiment
upon the confidence of the people, in their truth
| and honor which they made SO successfully in
1910. by The use Of the Standing Army g-bear,
the Hooe case, and Og!e'S infamous speech-the
shameless ialsehoois of which called forth the
prompt and indignant rebuke of one of his own
party on the floor OF Congress-lhey shall circu-
late, as they did in 1910, on The eve OF the cleo
lion when too late for correction, the grossesl ca
umnies against the untarni>hcd character of the
Democratic candidatc-ju>tice. truth, your own
interests demand that you should require of them
the PROOF of their charges proot not taken
from the illusions ri some irresponsible >cIibber
in Il newspaper whence We have 0!re0dB seen
! emanale the mendacioils Jrgeres Of the Ruor-
back Journal and of a paragraph from the London
Times accusing James Is. Polk of branding his
negroes and the Democratic party Of being bTib-
ed by British Gold: but al least such proof as
each of mn would he willing 10 he Judged bv. be-
fore jury of your counlrymen Beware, then
of giving heed to such dc,ractions ard timely
scandal The late period, for which their propa-
CATION has been reserved, should be an ali sulii-
cient reason for discrediting and rejecting them
Let them influence your vote or dampen yoar de-
termined zealand your future sulerings under
scfinnicicd evils may he still more embilrercd by
the reflection, that you had condemn d Your best
friends unheard, upon the loag-suppresSed calum-
MES Of your enemies and theirs.
A FRIEND OF TRUTH.
NTOTICE--Allp persons having claims against
~ The estate of James c. Dickinson, decd, ei-
Their As principal or security, are requested 10
como forward and nrescntthem or This notice will