Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-15
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shd off from The Republican position which he once
occpn,sd. intoa Wing politician and follower OF Mr..
f,Ly There il no tim, of maIgnity about him-and
no suspicion that lie IS an Executive oliice-huhtsr-
or that he has any other ambition, than that che as
pres 10 serve the people lie started INTO Poi't'-
-. If, Republican and is one OF the very few (the
go, who survive Of all Delegates Of the session
oC 99-lS0O that adopted the Shoholeth OF our faith,
the celebrated Report of James Madison. Tins gen
eman continued in the Republican ranks, until the
Sub Treasury scheme came up "heh ne went on INTO
tho WING camp and with the wandering ghs OF the
..wander1ou willie" Even in The last Presidential
c,mn,iun. he concnded That he was sl,l! Republi-
can in his faith He declared IN February, 1910, IN
,nbl;c address, that lie dd not believe Mr. Rves has
changed one of his opinions as to the leading princ
l.s er the old Republican party; that he IS still anti
R,,l, oni;rarih anti.lmprovemen', anti Abolition,
and mil, Sub Treasury Yet now IL is apprehended,
b., he will still, follow Mr.. Rlyes IN his Pickering
course into the support o PRESIDENTIAL Candidate
who has no one great Republican principle IN common
With h;,nvcs Of Mir Clay, who IS lal,ludnons IN his
o,.,ruc,,nn o( the Constitution; ani-Republcan III
al his Creed; ard pro- Bank prn-Tarii, pro- Improve
ment If tins venerable gentleman can donbt upon
those ouesous--if lie can doubt what Mr. Clay ioH
o # ne sbould become The President OF the IT, States,
10, him ;udne from what MIR. Clay has done done, a,
,ha Fx,Jo Session. which vas called in hot haste, TO
carry out all his schemes-hs Bank schemes, his Ia
riff Schemes lbs Bankrupt schemes, his Distribution
srhcmcs his anti-ve,o schemes Let Inn Judge VIVA,
confidence we may now repnsc IN the soft sauder ot
Nr Clnv about the Tariff when find HIM IN ISL
rnshinr nladv u-paying the lordy Dictator, as Mr.
II ycs CHARGED hun the floor OF The Senate, aud car
rrn, ont the very measures, which his party had ds
claimed in 1910 fasily,ng the pledges, winch his party
had made in sio far ns they dared 10 make any nr
the public -tramp!ing under his feet, all that the
yhig Convention of this State had promised the PEG
pic IN relation 10 National Bank, whlcn they con
tended Gen. Harrison never would sanction--and III
relation 70 Tariff, which settled forsocth by
the Compromise Act-And let HIM also look at thepre
sent Tariff bill. winch mir. Cl1y uphods IN its main
lea lures, and he will find the minimum principle run
ninr up the duties from 30 to 100 per cent, and upon
variety of articles that are nPcessay To the poorer
classes Of the communlty-,hus, not only living bur
ihfus nDcu Me South for the benefit Of the Northern
manufacturers with the aaaua profits Of mary OF them
at % or 50 per cent but laying heavier bnrhen upon
the grca, body If the people than upon the richer
class OF the community Is u possible, thattnis wor-
Inv gentleman can still follow on in the wake OF any
man however much he may regard hun, AMI support
one of the mos, decided Federalss the country, the
very s.embodiment OF the Hamlllonlan school OF Fe
deru principles, in the person Of Mr. Clay II he
does il will be only melancholy Illustration OF the
proclyity which men, who will have confidence in
their own Judgment, who consult their feelings
more than their own judgment, will gradually slide
from one change to another, until nearly the whole oil
their original principles are entirely changed We
have nj the slightest unknd feelings towards the
gentleman in question. We would save him, VI we
could And i, he has not the moral courage to restore
himself 10 the great party 10 which he originally he
onred we would only point 10 his as warning 10
others, how they initiate his unfortunate example.
The wonder is, how any man, who prof sses to be
Republican, cam '',ci the least consistency ~ Pftnet.
pie" (as Mr. Rves said support Mr.. Clay St; Take
Ila political creed IN your hand, and ask such non
descript politician what he expect 10 gain by his
election "You are opposed TO National Bank, are
you no'" "jes, certainiy" 'Well, how can you cZ-
pee, to keep down lis establishment, by cect'ng It's
most devoted champion = "You are opposed 10 Pre-
ectiye Tariff, are you not : 'ffs. "ihen, why
do YOU employ lis hoasted author to srangle his own
oiIsprinr ," "Yuu opposed to n lattnd'nous cor
stfuction and to splendid, oserw''slmng Govern
me a II, Washington spreading ita 'niiuence IN n DIT
rection and claiming jurisdiction by roads and canals
over the very soil of your States, are You not -
3ns1rcr al am "Then, how IS II possible tor you
to employ man 10 keep down these encroachmenls,
wlo is himself their most interruptions advocate
az on love Virginia ," .4aSoer II do. "lou are at
,achcd 10 her grca, principles - .7aS'rer al am
"rhen we AK how you think for i moment Of trust
ing any man, who declares ''M"t arc ''H no ionge
be emLar,assfd By hr pecuiar opinions. Tell NE not
or rle measure that you did not approve IN Mr. Van
Buren, Administration. Whimper not 50 excessively
about the Su-Treasury Surely, in choosing between
Bank and Sub1rensury, you will not 60 for The one
which is unconstitutional "a Bank,) rather than take
Sab Treasury even THAT were the necessary al1erna
iive) which Mr.. Rvcs has never proclaimed 10 be con
trary 10 the Consttuon-and with which 1t was
reserved for some unfortunate har-spltier like the
sophst Of the Clab House to the critic IN these
latter days and to asi0ash liz present generation
Never did any cudgel his brains to so niue
purpose. All tho great al Washington had passed
this profound discovery, but 1t vas leit Tor Tue
delegate Of Pttsvlvanla ~ make the profound dls-
covery We shall next hear perhaps OF his squaring
the circle or of his discovering the longitude, or pro-
baby proving with Iord Monboddo, that was first
ma de ycit n tntl NOihIn0 could
days Certainly, no such proposition, which could
ernana,e from such mind.
THE DlsoRGANiZlNG PROPOSITIONS