Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-15

money, the fiscal agent Of the Government, ce,,ac,,
its dues by Treasury order IN paper Currency t,a,sh
creating an alliance and mutual d. pent4ocr ,C nj
| and State-the dispenser Of wealth To Treasure ,Ik
rents, and the centre and citcdel of that mon i 49,.
| cracy, which had despolled the people Of thor I'D,
pend"nce, and plundered them 10 The full value If
twenty shillings IN The pound for the le ar,h,ngs
en- to the soldier BY the barpcs v h., had specuI5tat
their claims Time would fail Us 10 enufne r,,, tho -
rinus arts, by which he sought to gam an undu. 1n
emce over the mind Of the unsuspycting mob.
washington, to drive from his councils the neioLhc
and best friends OF the President, ard TO throw h,
The hands OF those cold aud willy politicians ~
sought under cover of his great name 10 consnn,e,,
their schemes OF plumber and oppression ". b.,a
not space to dilae on the Excise Law. and the mn
recuons they oceasIonet-t treaties Ey which a.
were thrown into commercial dependence on the ia :,
ioos rival 81 our prosperity and close nliance with
monarch, whom our Declaration of Independence pfe
nounced 10 be tyrant, and unworthy IA. co,fJ ,c.
oi Tree people Nor shall stop 10 ceuinotora ,ts
harsh measures adopted 10 drive the Rernh = NJ r,ec
our friend and ally, into hos,fs or recall The d.Ar,
cations OF Republican principles Jscotnical Il <
organizing and revolutionary; and tie iniscen, ,.t
with which standing arinas were created, nnd ra
vies equipped, TO war against them undo. III. M,
tsnce Of n fear of foreign INVASION
The saul of the patriot would burn with md GA, an
At recital OF the numerous eases, under these oa,s
and lnqnlsitorls statutes, the Alien and Sed,,or,..
by which the poor s1e, escaping from The oppre,s,p
OF his own country, was driven from hospi,.l
shores and the citizen, who, by his own iiresd. ,e,.
breathe suspicion of the rapid aud alarming usu,,.
TONS of Government, was denounced as Sc ou.
ged before distant md unknown Tribunals fined ala
Imprisoned. Thus was infant Republic und.r ,l,
conduct of daring leader, hurried into ali the cat,
tons, vices and poded ans OF the old uona,ct
Of Europe, and II the forms also were not ADDICTED j.,
was no fault OF his, who avoweG himself monsfcL.,
and declared lie imposSb lty ri governing tn. co,
tive. HIS pern'cions principles ard DARING measures
pressed too rapidly Tor endurance their run,ps COR
sequences, and caused rcvuson III pullc sent tnen,
| Even John Adams he wiling INSTRUMENT of IN. d.
signs when too la,e held back an,a1-m.n NJ .is;nss.
the friends OF Hamilton from the public setve. 81
claed that he 'devod Of al moral pf,nc Ole us
ut the had OF British party, designed subj rate tie
Country; and that "f the twelve regiments had been
full, and Hamilton al their head two wears the n,,,i
States would haze been forced r. .. another army IA
dlstand the Standing army Although the pine
plea Of Ham lton exposed overthrovn and ten.
dered odious, they not dr>troye 81 deeply root
ed they the depraved nature ,rn p, they con
never he destroyed. Urged II excrss hy TIE uIsaae
thirst of wealth. they may shrink from public odium
but will soon rc-appear under some new cnise and
with less torbdding aspect. Repnboanism demands
such sacrhce OF the passlona such d. voon 10 tie
public good, such underwriting regard 10 Justice and
peace, that the people, from whom ii sptin,s
and for whose benefit exists canno, long preserve
Il ~
18Th century with popular reprotstiou, re-asoeets IN
one generation with renewed streng,h-t The mo!e ns,
dious and dangerous, in the moirrd f,rm ha3 been
made TO assume The well.known declarations ara
exploded measures Of Hamilton, could ind no tayc n
our TINES; but the doctrines of the modern Elsha on
whose shoulder has fallen the mantle Of tie grcn, ro
phet, less subverslyc Of the Constitutions end
destructive 10 Liberty. AZ Alexander Hamilton 10 i.
old Federallsis, stands Henry Clay to the modem
who, under various names and DISCUSSES, stl the
Henry Clay is the exponent Of their cpniore
the prophet whose oraces they obey; ard, next IL tie
unmeaninc symbols Of the log cabin, rs The IDOL whom
they worship. We unhesi,atingy declare u eur
lrmn conpction that his elevation 10 the Presidency
will restore, in their pristine force and yru'eucr the
rulnous doctrines OF The renowned chIrli3n al frdc
raisn. After forty years Of punishment, they W!!r
turn, sweeping away the restrictions, thrown around
the exercise OF power by n long line 81 Republican,
Administrations flor Adams, though tr abandoned the
friends OF his father, and proessed 10 wear the garb Ct
Republcansn stole into the Presidency by COAL
ton with the leader Of Federal san. and under his
flucIces well as his Inclinaons, conducted tic
Government on the old Ham.on'an prime p!rs a la
nshmen, OF nearly halt century, with tl,s cycep-
ton alone, leaves them unehas,ened by eNperleuce,
and enbcrcdby delay, and they will come INTO poHs
eager To oyerurn The and reverse thu prac
tees of the long supremacy Of Republicans rule GGd
most truly shall we experience. TINT the worst o all
revolutions is restoration What then The Doe
trnes and measures the restoration Of which under tie
auspices Of Henry Clay, we so much dep'ccats Wah
the boldes pertinacity he insists substituting.
place of IN Independent Treasury under the Constant
supervision OF Congress- UNCONSTITUTIONAL ana if'r
sponsibs Bank, with enormous capital and ovef>he
dowing priyeges-an institution, for The cstabl ST.
rnenl of which all pretence has been renewed by HE
growing prosperity of the country, the increaslns
soundncss OF It's currency ard the equality OF ~
changes-an institution, which the people have
aud over again repudated, and its best friends pro-
nounced an oJs0i,te ,d'a. lie claims 10 be- the "a
thcr Of the Protective Policy, which, ten years aeo.
he pronounced cherished system NJ poitry eestnta
TO the successful prosecution Of The taiastry II
countrymen, and which he maintained aud defend
ed-unlIl, under III. threats Of resistance aud -.
volution, he was constrained, at the point oi ME
bayonet, Ia modify and ahundon it--unul, uuerf
more favorable auspices Gas The Extra Sesson OF the
Twenty Seventh Congress- IL could be restored ,4
original, unjust, unequal, aud oppressive form !lrS
the advocate of deeply cherished scheme, OF dyt'rc
the proceeds Of the sale Of the public lands among ID.
States, which We hold 10 he unconstitutional dyer
sInn "l common fund-partay and unequ3l!g div
ded among the recpcnts-a fragrant withdrawal from
the Treasury oil IT'S resources Ia furnish TO
rupt the people, and to take from the States their
dependence and sovereignty. And as enother meat.
OF hnmbng and snhlectIrg iham 10 Federal usnfpl-
ton, be in favor o! the celebrated alandamus Act
which lmpoteny attempts 10 compel the States (wtl
out showing that they had failed 10 comply with tie
requsltions of the Constitution IN m instance
OF members Of Congress ahlch IN ttuih wiliou,
any jus, cause whatsoever, designed t. Gompt.
them u surrender long cherished privilege of tc'-
ing their members IN their way. lie voted ior
UNCONSTITUTIONAL retrospective Bankrupt Law, which
destroyed the obligation Of contracts and rtcc-sti
every principle OF Justice, by rendering the cred t'
on the moral honesty of his debtor lhceo
terng bounty 10 unbounded fraud md mora boz.
ness For this, worse Than agyaran law, he votel
open disregard and violation Of he expressed stes
oil The House OF Representatives of Kentucky. Wbh'
his colleague, Mr. Morehead, following the settled and
well asceroined sentiments OF the Kentucky peops.
voted against this odions measure, he excused thtof
poste course Of Mr. Clay, his coll agur - the s.
nate, for The assigned reason that h. was the Repr
sentative Of the People OF the United Stats, ane 10.
Of Kentucky.
Since his abandonment Of Republican pine pl'', 90
ably and beautifully set forth his spetcr. I-!l,
he has held 10 light estimation, the venerable ctafrrd
our Liberties, the Constitution Of the Encd State, aud
has often !abored, by attudInons and forced
t'on TO make IT embrace principles, favorable to ~
policy contrary u i's true neht and meaning, ai4
IS, al ills moment, arraysd nPeu hostility aclfi
one OF lis most valuable TEXTURES the Veto Poser
The great conservative princi L. IN the hands oi as