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RlCHMOND, VA.
RICHMOND, VA.
Friday Morning, october 3, lsi6.
Tie Correspondent efiAs Charleston Mercury

;. t,,s supposi,ions and crude tances, ana IS
hn;i,.;ce mon such foundations, grave charges
.oa;ns, the Administration and its ifienas NC
suic,e we published on yesterday from No
Clinton" fully unmasks this writer, ana ueino"-
e,ra,.s how lit,le credit is TO be attached 10 any
ot his speculalions. A charge was mace W ''''
,rr;,.r ,ha,tbe Administration had formed Goa
li,on with Senator Benton, 10 secure ioi 'iie e''o
&c The Union, the office q PRIMER ~
House of Representatives upon consluei "''''
~, Senator Benton's blolher-in-law, Governor
Mnnnwel,. should be made Senator OF inc
limited States; and upon failure 10 ms eisc''o"'
ina, Gen. Dromsoole was 10 be the ahefhd-
iva Senator We con,radicted this charge
and ridiculed the supposed coalition IN a''
i,s ohase. as bald humbus, deserving nv
other appelation than ridiculous tfnmpery. :
We attempted 10 show, from The impossioi!i-
~ Of executing il BY any means 10 Inc power
AZ The supposed contracting parties, us supreh'~
tolv. We justified and defended the hish cha-
rae,er OF those said to be implicated. we Vi"ui-
ca,ed the Virginia Legislature from sucn ioui a'-
versions. We knew they were not plant looS'
n execute a coalition, lei II be formed "here oi
how i, might; and that no man at tins DAY couio
spswer for them, or could predict, who would re-
c.;ye their votes. We expected some PROOF
ron,a he adduced 10 sustain The charge, but IN
stead Of proof this sage correspondent contents
himself with asserting, that snppositlons mus
Yecsless,y venlured upon are "facts, which leave
70 NV letter and time 10 developc" II both cleo
lions were to take place, as he supposes, II wouo
be no proof of The coalition. Both oil them miSh'
have happened, or may now happen, without The
intervention of either the President or Senator
Benton, and both Of them may never happen Al
all.
We are induced to notice the subsequent iet'
ters of This writer, not because ne IS PLEASED 10
style us She Satellites OF The Union" or chips OF
the old block" for we pass these appella'iohS as
,he idle wind, but because he still presses upon
The administration an abandonment OF principle
npcn The question Of the reduction OF The harm
The correspondent Of the Mercury will be sa-
,ished with nothing less than an inspection oil Inc
Presidents Message 10 The next Congress before
i, is written. Neither the Union nor the Enoui-
rer, nor any other press, can undertake TO state
wha, language the President will use in his Mes
sage before that Message is written II they
knex vha, i, would be, il would he improper and
indicate 10 publish ii to the world before II had
been sent to the two Houses of Congress All
tbey can do has been DONE They have exhibited
the principles laid down as the landmarks OF Inc
Democratic Party. They have shown that Mr.
od nv
They have set forward the action and the Ian
guage of the Secretary OF The Treasury as corro-
bora,ive of the disposition OF the Administration
10 abide BY those principles. And they have ex-
hibi,ed from time TO time Mr.. Folks whole public
career, as indicative of his policy in future. We
have mol forgotten his Inaugural as Governor OF
Tennessee, nor his votes upon the Compromise
Act in Congress- We are willing to trust to time
viii be approved BY the Democratic Parry.
Mr. Polk in his Inaugural alluded to, affirms,
explicitly, tha, awhep, from The unforeseen opera
ton OF the revenue laws OF The United States, a
surplus at any time exists, or is likely TO exist in
the Federal Treasury, The true remedy is 10 re-
dacs o, 10 repeal The tG1ss, 50 as 10 collect no more
rsosev than shall ts otsain'tlv necessary far NE
seon.nsical 1eanfs Of that Government, and thus
leave VIA, would otherwise be surplus uncollect-
ed in the pockets of the people"
This, and his repeated assertions, that he is Top
posed 10 Tariff for protection merely, and not
Tor revenue" taken in connection with his nu-
merous votes in Co, sre.s, ought TO be sufficient
70 induce US TO wait until his course is more full
y developed.
The correspondent, Of the Mercury stated, that
the impression prevailed, that the administration
was seeking 10 Obtain support sufficient TO cna-
BILE ii to succeed in opposition 10 principles. To
this The Enquirer replied:
"What principles docs this wiseacre meant
Has no, the CaiOn declared, pucr and orer again,
that the Administration would be guided by he
resolutions promulgated by the Baltimore Con-
vention, as its polar start Do not these resolu-
tons clearly express The principles that, fir time
tamemoriai, have been proclaimed TO be The car
dinal points Of the Democratic creed2 Has mol
the Secretary Of The Treasury proclaimed open
IL. tha, The Tariff must be reducedto the revenue
stand ard2' Are not the whole Wing press, Tray
Blanche and Sweetheart, in full cry alter Mr.
Walker, because he is endeavoring 10 collect the
information necessary 10 enable him 10 recon-.
meul such reduction2 Has not the Union, over
and over again, stated cmphatically that il goes
for dseiacd reduction ~ The Tariff, and that The
Administration goes ior il tool What principle,
then is 10 b. vioate,2 No Bark no Distribution,
reduction Of tic Ta,iF, ub.Trcasnry, Texas and
Oregon, were inscrIocd on The Democratic BAN
ners before the election Of President; they are
sill announced az the measures OF the Admins
tra,ion BY the Democratic press. Where, Then,
Is the evidence that they are 10 be abandoned1
The correspondent, Of The Mercury, comment
ing upon this paragraph, repeats The question,
"Whcfe is The evidence ;" and then answers.
"Why, in this very article, full from top TO bot
tom of the same equvocations and evasons that
the Union now habiiualy employs. The princi-
p!e' ia tariff laid for revenue ony-and the aban-
donnebl Of the principle is found in a tariff so
adjusted as 10 afford incidental protection Did
the Enquirer ever hear that phTaseology before :
Forne ly hat Paper was Ineligible and mol afraid
10 be explicit, on this subject. When the present
tariff was enacted, lis word was, repeal! repealp
Again and again il has avowed, that the South
would never rest until al least The Compromise
Act, perfdously oveIthrown by The aid OF both
parties, was restored.
why arc all such plain and specific declara-
lions husbed1 Why do plain and direct ques-
lions meet only with vague and equvocal an
c~SISt Ruu euS ONCt TIC suSSSSSifS putdsCs
used by the Enquirer, as so many shapes in which
it puts the proof OF the fidelity of the Adminislra-
tion 10 the Free Trade party Of The Union. First
is the everlasting humbug OF the Baltimore Re-
solutions
Have We no, said, in the paragraph quoted
above, that the Secretary OF the Treasury openly
proclaimed, that "ktc Tariff must De reduced 10
the ,srcnue staadard2' Why do We allude to The
Baltimore Resolulions2" Because those resoln-
lions proclaim the Democratic creed. Because
The fourth resolution declares, that "juslice and
sound policy forbid The Federal Government 10
foster one branch Of Industry to The deriment an
ott or to cherish The interests OF one portion 10
The injury Of another portion of our common
country; that every citizen and every section
OF the country has a right to demand and
insist upon an equality OF rights and privi-
leges, and TO complete and ample protection Of