Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-10


The Coons are in tull cry at their Log CABIN Ora
tor after orator addresses The listening hrons, and
breaks upon the dull OF night But il is mposs'-
BILE not 10 be struck with the iiummery with which
they are attempting 10 impress the senses OF the Path
full On the outside OF the Clab House. they are fly
ing upon their Flag at, flag with the inscription of
Z" Clay and the Union " In the inside Of the House,
you have transparency of Henry Clay. Music is 10
be introduced-if The minstrel can be lnred into the
cold trap We suspect, that the next TO b.
brought IN and II is presumed that hard cider or the
mill bags and The mill boy OF the Sloshes will soon fol-
| low IN the procession.
The Loco Foeo spectators who witnesses to the
are not equally struck with the strength of the
gumeus The force of the eioquence, the Justice of
the statements which exhibited ia the Coon house
Their President pleased TO hint, that the Democrats
something of monarchs,s in their principles and
illustrates the remark by their anxiety restore Gen
Jacksons fine, &c He to forget that if there be
any faint o: monarchy in either Of the two parties, ii
j. properly to be found among the Wings; because
their atitudnous construction of the Constitution
arges the power Of the General Government, and with
ii necessarily the powers of the Erecutire Department.
and Mr.. Madison proves in his Report of 30, that
this latitude of construction calculated to "consulI
date the States by degrees, into one sovereignty, the
obvious tendency and inevitable result ofwhich would
be 20 transform the present Republican system Of the
States into absolute, at least mxsd .HOnar
chy" Among the instances quoted by Mr.. Madison's
Report, illustrate this tendency OF the Federal doc
trine is ",he Bank law which from the circumstances
Of iis passage well as the latitude Of construction
on which II liz founded strikes the attention with
rul, ce"-Anotber of these "ndica,ions (Mr Ma
olson says) is the official Report manufactures by
The late Secretary of the Treasury" (Mr Hamilton
These two measures, the Bank and The Tariff, are
still two OF The farore measures Of MIR Clay with
this remarkable difference, taat has Bank IS to he ex
tended from ten fifty millions and has Tariff is 70
he than one hundred per cent heavier than Mr.
Hamillon's The friends of NJ. Clay thus Fede
rasts, their doctrines, like The disciples Of Alex
ander Hamilton, whom MIR. Jefferson pronounced 10 he
not only monarc.ist, but for monarchy bo.tomsd
on corruption.
| There is nothing sfat, stale. and Improbable, :"
which their orators will MT resort To. All the hack
MED and hreadbare humbugs of 1910 are again to be
brushed up and employed in The present campaign,
We are to have the Dramuis Persona, and the parts
duly cast, according to the Programme Of the las,
election They have given US already the free negro
suffrage in New York, and It is supposed Mr.. Rives
will rub up his old gold spoons The first orator
who spoke on wednesday, gave them the old and silly
story Of the shepn-speech This shecpSh story is s,
popular among Wings that OF their crack speak
ers, who spoke Thursday morning an tl,boraie and
effective spaech-which failed to draw down thunders
of appliEse-succeedcd at last by declaring, that
whist Mr.. Van Buren, the master Of sheep Mr..
Clay was the master Of slaves The sheep, however,
are now sold off, and the gentleman must draw upon
his imagination for other embellishments.
Oae of the orators, (Mr. Toler) who was called up
on Thursday night, was guilty OF another blunder,
which il proper tn correct lie referred to some one
VINO had addressed the Democratic Convention, and
had ignoranly or falsely stated that Mr.. Clay was
attempting virtually to abolish the cefo pOor Not 50
said The Coon orator: for Mr.. Clay simply proposed
to submit the measure, after had been uttoed 10
another session Of Congressman then, it received
The sanction of The majority of the two Houses, il was
to become law. Not so, however for the following
is one Of the resolutions introduced by Mr. Clay, in
the Senat. of the United States, on The 2oth Of De-
cember, 1912, being proposed amendments TO the
Constitution:
Resolpd BY The Senate and Oa" q Representatives e United
States 9msrea Congress assembled, woihds "f both ou
scs concurrny) That bill which shall passed the
Senate aud Representatives Of the United States shall
be returned by the iden with his objections his appoba
on sgnature if its shall ogoiH
zach House bv ajyty eaR the members belonging such Has,
The Presidents objections, shall become law
and equson the existing Constitution {" two thirds OF
each House again 10 pass bill in such IL hereby anu
ed.'
In a word, they have speeches enough-some CT
them mediocre enough; and still they are compelled 10
draw double drafts upon the same speakers.
GRAVlORA MANENT.