Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-21
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To The Eduos OF The Enquirer.
1t is with no ordinary degree of pleasure that |
f~elicitale you and our common country upon the
browning success Of our now made glorious AID
minislration mol by windy wordiuess, but by
acts, that make their authors memorable for all
that's great and good in their couniry's blissfui
growth OF pride, and power, and peace. As the
acorn brings the monarch OAK, So brought The
Presidents recommendation Of The notice for dis.
solving The convention Of joint occupancy, Ore
gon 10 40, and all its prosperous. peaceful con-
comilants. Next, The repeal Of lhe black Tariff
oil 40, that bill OF denominations, that had its mis-.
chievous conception in 1916, and more odious
birth in 1872, 10 say nothing Of lis fathers and
god fathers from that time I'LL The present. Hap
Ply, thrice happy, may the people be now, that its
dissolution and decay is SO surely al hand-lhat
every ten of our population will now no longer
be so erievously taxed 10 enrich one in every
eleven Of The same-lhal the honest South will
no longer hold their estates, as o~ffealty, from The
The North, whereby their profits, ihoushsmail, pass
into The manufacturers pockets, 10 make them
millionaiies. This may truly be said 10 be- the
mighty deed OF the administration upon which
all Of The heads and hearts oi the srea; Republi.
can Parry rested: | mean not these violent De-
mocrats, whose principles (political) are held
beneath their purse strings, and whose patriotism
huONS III lilulio UIlOuG udSC bCll--SuCn IDcn
make the Judases of every calling: moi the Penn.
s~ylyania monopolist, whose country is circumscri.
bed by the smoke curling from his smelling shops
and his coal pits after having had 'black beard
Dan" preaching politics 10 them Tor days and
weeks, in order 10 satisfy and convince them
that Clay was the man in favor OF a revenue for
protection, and Polk Of a Tariff for revenue only,
as he then referred 10, and proved from that me-
mo.able Kane letter of our President; and fur
ther telling them, then and there, that The Con-
Stitution under which we all So happily exist,
promised them protection, and when The Go
vernment failed 10 fulfil its promise, they nigh,
Withdraw from, or resist lis continuance over
them. This was the idea, il not The express
language. They would not heed him then,
but now eXclaim against the men OF their choice,
Polk and Dallas, more especially the latter, whose
only sin with them is, that he is an honest and
faithful man 10 all his pledges. Out upon such
men aud politics! By the way, this same mighty
man, Dan, has had a short passage al arms in the
Senate with McDufie, whereby he quieted his
conscience for having been, as his resolutions in
1921 a, Faneuil Hall prove him, in favor OF a
Tariff Tor Revenue only, and now for one exclu.
sivelY for protection, by showing in others similar
political changes. How truly happy would these
and all like great men BE-, could they Gas they
should with the mighty Macon, say, Here am |,
plaHteu ~ iulH CtCIudii dHu uHCuEbSeaDly Tue
same. Would that all would learn the great
truth: Principles are eternal and Interchangeable.
Men only change! This brings me TO a third
great act OF our truly great President-his me
morable veto on the Harbor Bill, whereby the
food gales OF a licentions legislation were closed
and the sanctity OF the Constitution held iDvio.
late, which has heretofore, on that subject, been loo
often regarded as a dead Letter and even as a by-word
to too many ofthe pretending straight-laced Demo
cracy. On this We will rest our hopes of future
success, Where now is the man so hypocritical
as 10 ask, Who is little Jimmy Polk Z Echo an
swers, where2 My purpose in all / have said. is
not to laud MIR. Polk so much, as the principle.
BY which he has acled and been governed. As
sured am, that he, like every honest heart, will
say, milne is not the merit; | have only done
wha! it was my dusyiodo." His JOY and pleasure
is his counlfy's honor, his coun,ry's glory, his
counry's happiness and prosperity-an he, as
an integral part and conspicuous instrument and
agent therein, is a joint participant thereof
Enough, enough, is this for him and every man.
MACON.