Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-23
no THE EDITORS OF THE ENeUIRER.

HraTmsyILLE, Northumberland Coz April IL.
Seeing, from almost every paper that valuable mat
ter is crowded out OF your columns lerl some deli
cacy in troubling you with our county ahairs; but
when the Wings v liz persist in sending abroad such
accounts of US as you will find from piece signed
.,Watchman in the Richmond Wing OF the 18th nitl-
mo- deem II duty we owe 10 ourselves, and to Col.
p A. Branharn, who addressed our Association ut The
time of which he speaks 10 let II be known, that the
representations made by "Walchman OF Col. Bran
without foundation. What "Watchman calls "the
assembling of The Loco Focos of this county, was no.
thing more than meeting OF the Committee OF Vlgl-
lance TO Charge the county committees, and 10 orga'
nize Democratic Association. Was there any thing
then either Of interest OF importance, which required
MIGHTY torren, rush into the presence oil the Com
mit,ee: conceive not. Yet, because The Democratic
,,v did not rise up en- and crowd every col
Innr onr old Cont House. "WatchmRp, judging from
The shirt of his piece takes to be great victory oil
at asst The signs Of one. Now, admire that IN Mon
seur Watchman il shows L contsnted dlsPositIon.-
If he cannot get real victories, lie is satisfied with INA
oinary ones and can assure HIM those are the only
ctories he can ever exult over in this county.
The committee having finished their business, and
the Association organized, Colonel Branham was called
on TO address the Association, not "the people,, u:
Waterman would have it, Just then, famous Coon
mae,tcally rearing himself on his hind legs anc
stretching out one of his paws, nsked, IN PLAN Eng
lsb if Wing might be permitted to reply TO the Colo
mel 10 which the Association asserted without heslta
tation This Wachmsn calls "invlting MI Mayo u
reply" Colonel b. then proceeded to show, that The
present Wing party wns III principle the old tedera
party In proof of this, he went back 10 The ConVen
lion in which the Constitution was framed, and showe'
that then the orary OF the two great pares-and, SAT-
he there have been but two-was first discovered
One on the side THE Government they were framing
The other on the side Of the States He then Showed
that when Mr. Jefferson was in The State Depart
ment and Alex Hamilton in the Treasury Department
The two parties first oppeaed-Mr Hamilton and the Re
ernl Dary tending that the Constitution vested sove
reienty in The Federal Government, making glganl
consolidated government superior TO those OF the States
MIR Jefferson and the Democratic party conend'ng ths
all sovereignty was vested in the people OF the sevtra
States; that they created the government at Washing
ton, and by the Constitution, made II merely COME
,a,ve government The bank was the first thing whic
made the two parties show their hands The Demo
cratic party that the Constitution vested
mower in the Federal Government to charter BANK
The Federal party contended, that Congress had u
oower ptr Sc" Thus, The fundamental dItierenc
between them WAS in the construction OF the Const
antion lie brought this difference down TO the pre-
sent d,v and showed that the bone OF contention no'
between The Wings and Loco Focos was the constrnc
ton OF the Constitution TIE Wings, Federasts like
contending tina, sovereignty is vested IN the federa
Government, making it mighty consolidated govern
ment having the power TO incorporate Bank, TO pre-
iect one interest 10 the oppression OF another ano IN
word, to do whatever Congress deems eIped'ens-