Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-06
IC,om,ke Boston Post. J
From he BOSIUH 7 U'E'I
TIE CONTEST or lsii-MARliN VAN bohhH'

,.pr covrrsr OF ls,,-MARTIN VAN buren,.
We have supported this distinguished inaiV'oue',
whom so large portion oil our Po,'"e"' ',e"o ,rlu
as candidate for the Presidency long ana zeatouy
We have drit nded ha, peFsnhahy' ',o'h ns mu - h
attacks Of an unscruptaus Toe; We nave deiehueu -"
administration from the bold misrepresentation anu
unblushine ialsehoods by winch Il was so hT''''y
assaulted We have dnne thus because vi van pu'e'
was before the country as Tue representative u =,
crscv and because his administration was worthy ~
,cc.sd I'm, of his usrions predecessor Inc eVen's
of his life and the points OF his character, are
edlv as familiar as household words to our readeIs
Instead therefore, of detailing Them anew, ana 'u'
dwenn upon the past-of lauding where praise IS uh'
no.,7y and NJ stating services that are we'll under
,o, we come directly the subject OF his re-nom'
nation by the Baltimore Conventional the reason" ~,
,h,, arc ,o,,monnt with 80 respectable part OF tie
Democratic party why Martin Van Buren, should again
be their standard bearer for the contest OF 1914.
II il ursed in favor Of the nomination OF MI "a"
p,,on that his reflect on would be the most effective
way in which e-es,ablish the principles WIN wi'en
le was identified IN 1870, and thus I, carry out t'e
great financial reforms begun ny Jackson nu VIZ.
were arrested BY the overthrow oil the last ad'n'sn
ton No Democrat will hesitate II admit That the great
measure proposed by Mr. Van Buren,, IN ms hrst mes
sage al the Extra Session ot Congress-the inuepehu,
euI Treasury Ilwas based The soundcst political
and economical principles. In fact, time IS rapidly
conj;,,uipp the soundness of the views taken by inc
Demncrncy in lSl0 of the currency and IS rapidly de-
monst,a,inr the iailacy Of the views taken by the
! WINGS On tins point III. Democratic Party now oc-
cnnv III same ground they did in $780, they still hold
nt th, public MONIES should be sacrFdy kip! Tor the
puhIc purposes, and not mad bass tor private his
| counts that the concerns OF Government should he
sst l,s,ict iram the concerns OF corrupt Blinking
Sysiem They slll desire t, make them The corner
stones Of the financial policy of The General Govern
men and are still opposed 10 eli paper schemes what
ever How, IL is askedD better accomplish this WORK,
than by restoring the man who so firmly proposed II
eve" says address 10 the Democracy advoca-
ting MIR. Van Buren's nomination., 'consider II the
mos. effective way TO vindcate and relnstata The pr'n
cipes which were struck down with the man. III we
abandon the man. though we adhere to the principles,
the Wings will feel but half vanqushed and we shall
| feel but hall victorious"
But it is further urged, the moral bearings of this
argument less weghty, than It's political bear-
ings; the reelection of Mr.. Van Buren, would be as
eec,ual in rrbuking corruption MS il would be IN car
rying out political measures How was the last De-
mncratc administration put DOWN by the most de-
lcslable means. The campaign OF ls4O stands out
alone in our annals, in bad eminence Then all
America made, far as Wing clap-t'ap could
make 1t, Ike British hustrngs, with the difference
that English Wings beer, while their American
brethren usa: cider In this base business decent men
sunk their dec.ncy, and men OF intellect pros'itneu
thei. lai.nts il series OF vile, at cdptdndum
appeals 81 ,l- one hand, against the soundes poll-
teal economy the Other. In political measures,
it studied durciiy or co1cealment on The one
hand, against frank avowa!s on the ether Demo
Gratis may well hc proud OF the argument OF their
great lead prs WIG: ought to be ashamed at the atgu.
Iten,s used by theirs. the hisI-.oned eloquent and
unaus:crnhl speeches oil sGch defenders OF Denccfa-
cy as Calhoun the Senate, Will stand out m-mora-
bic in kist,rv. and Will forever honor them; Dui who
does not admit that Webster sunk himself TO the level
of 4 dcnaaorue in his Patchogne aud Richmond ha-
ranrues Aud then the black catalogue OF false
hood end fraud used by the combination ot leaders 10
win the victory. There is the story The forty million
debt of the Standing army-that omnibus OF lies,
I,N alan,, Inrnt nj
better times and Tie hypocrtsa cry OF prescribing
prescription There the degrading veatIon OF ls
= N..uy Yr-i- ---i OHIO.
The language IN which the Democratic Review OF
1910 alluded TO all this Wing machinery we
would apply 10 the pnltca managers, and not TO the
thousands who were deceived by them-s not loo Sc
"Thc present electioneering campaign of the Wing
party" The Review said as nothing short of high
treason To The whole spirit oil The institutions OF their
and cur country. Had It been projected with an ex-
press view 10 the object dear 10 the opponents Of
human liberty every where, OF bringing into con-
tenpt all IDEAS OF popular government aud Democratic
equality, cond not have been more eftsctualy adapt
ed 10 tina; end.
Tins degrading campaign, ii may be said, has area
DIV been branded with inamy This is true, and most
honorable to the American character IT ~ so. Honor
able is i, for The people, Tia. as fast as they sew the
game t;ia had been played by political dece'vers, they
tumbied them from lhci. sa,s ot power and That hence
arises the difference political complexion between
tii;s, the 2Sth Congress-, aGd the Last, the 9th Con
rrcas. No! IS ,hs all Divine Providence prepared ont
o the victorious a:ly .contgc as severe as II was
righteous, taa makes the chri actors in the
| 1910 campaign wrhe asony. We again quote from
! the address
1.-The partial success Of their foul means will b.
inducemen to try aga,n, and the same fact will dim-
nish the zeal and confidence with which Democrats
| will resist them. Ii would place the stamp oil nde-
libe reproba,on and eternal nfamy on the alsehoods,
| uerl 0T
fects and not leave trace germ, to encourage such
out,ages hereafter How do tins but by raising
up The man, well the principles, whom those out
RACES struck DOWN The man becomes mensurably
identified with the principles and cannot complete
" heal the wounds of the without redressing the
wrongs of the other.
| Another argument urged it, that II behcoyes Demo
Gratis to be Just their we'll as their principles
and 10 il, that who was struck down ior o
firm adherence thei. cause, receives m delrinch
Mr. Van Buren, defeated by combination OF c'!-
cnmsances unconnecicd with himself personally but
which cannot occur asa; The ruin occasioned by The
explosion Of boated paper SYSTEM which was sure TO
follow rs The legitimate result OF vicious financial po
! lev laid to the dnor OF his administration. mat
evils enormous evils connected with Inc currency, ex
ised all could Bat all could not clearly their
cause The latter in realty, iy lG the roenness OF our
bunkinG system; the Whss charged it upon the Demo-
cratic financa! policy. The story OF the latter was
PLAUSIBLE and thousands Of homes; voters were made
to believe that burden rested upon the BUSINESS OF the
I
business sound and evcry way prof all. Thus II was
that lha nanc1l state OF the n"s came IL t. the ad
of the most degrading party machinery Aud this vas
The combination of which Mr. Van Buren, became lie
victim. The frmness with which lie held to his pTn-
cpes brought Ia breast Storm raised by The mohied
interest and reckless politicians, such as no other IRE
sdent not Jackson. ever encountered. The al
dress have before Quoted, asks
"Does he deserve to stand in history with the Fede-
raj leaders, the elder aad the younger Adams who were
I y ~, I... III hnst al ~ IN
Democratic principles SHALL Mr. Van Bnren's primer.
pies, which the principles Of the Democracy, stand
forever condemned in his person as Federal principles
do in their persons? Aud what true man will boldly
and faithfully marshal our sqnadrons hereafter, IL with
out the slightest imputaon OF 'nfdelity or incaPacy'
we leave our wounded chef 10 perish the field, and,
,aunng his misfortunes, run after new leaders,
Such are same of the reasons alleged fer the renomI-
ma on of Mr. Van Buren,. If he receives the vote OF
the Baltimore Convention, an overwhelming minority
OF the Democratic paity-wouid we conld write NE
,rhoc party-wll rally zeal,nsly 20 his support Ills
private character all that should attach TO one who
hiuI,nst office the world His political