Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-10
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA:
wednesday Morning, July o !
nApIEE BILL.

THE TARIFF BILL
AS we expected, the Wing press un "',, - IL.
cr;h;,. The snccess of the new Tarin Dill 10 .ne
assurances made TO the refractory Democrats '"a'
,bey asball be we'll paid for taking Inc oaeA-
,r.cl, and 10 the 'cohesive power Of puoiic pun
der" and 10 the corruption, deep anu 'aaa' VIZ. ,s.ss
ing in our political system" we CONSUL. s.no
specu,alions as utterly refu.ed BY Inc c,eal
sition of the Union. as 10 The many "o"o ~. ,hs
and bi.bIv laudable doctrine laid down Dy '"'
Presidep, for his guidance in bes'ow'ng 0nie, e.,
Rsf.rr;no - The unsuccessful application OF MI
pr;nLorhog for The office of Paymasler, the union
says: .,.,., ;,formed
as ne nos , ea re il-Mat the President could
ma S,nt ~ Sonfrring such Offices upon mem
h ~. ~ cnressa Was he not distinctly IN
G,rmed ,ba, 1be Executive could not CONFER any
hn, Inc h;nhss' offices upon them, where inc le Gu
orss,sc,;nn shnnd be kept as wide as possible loi
,hs saLe of he oyerruling benefits which II Wou.,
nrodncsNsncb as a member OF the caoihet, a
Judge of the Supreme Court ioreisn l'l'n,s;e
or general 10 command our armies !" q 0''0'
ofwar2"
This exrlic;, avowa was made before Inc hndl
vote Doss Il look like an attempt 10 buy up
The votes Of any members OF Congress WIN TO-
yernment pa,ronage7 Does it not, on the con-
,rary, plainly shut the door upon all aspirations
Of members OF Congress AFTER all Offices save Inc
tew b.bes, offices speciied2 The noble prlnci-
pie laid down by the President will increase Inc
confidence OF The people in him. They Will see
,ba, his design is TO keep The Executive aud Con-
aress in their respective spheres-Io prevent all
tampering by The former with the h'gn respons'o''
,ies OF the latter 10 their immediate constituents
I, will be 10 cut off all sources OF corruption from
this dangerous point. We applaud the manly WISE
and patriotic ground taken by the PRESIDENT = -
wha, every good citizen, who is anxious 10 see 'he
Government properly and honorably conouc'eu'
will approve Of. MIR. Polk has taken his posi-
ton, and, we doubt not, will stand firmly by IL
How, then, can any one Justly suspect, tha' Inc
changed attitude OF some members Of Congress
nm The Tariff bill is in the least attributable 10 Inc
Overwhelming influence with which 1t Qhe
SpoiIs syslem) arms the Executive in bending
the Representatives Of the people TO his VIII y
The very reverse may be naturally inferred The
President has as far as the Representatives OF the
people are concerned, thrown away The Spots; ne
has diyes,ed himself Of all means OF "rewarding
them for their votes on any peculiar policy, ana
tells them plainly that he cannot "think oil con-
ferring officers Except the very hiShesD upon
members OF Congress"
is no province Of ours to scrutinize the mo-
lives which influenced those members ofCongress
in changing their ground on The Tariff bill. But,
we presume, the most natural presumption is,
that they were governed BY fear of their constlIu-
enls. They must have known, that the people
they represented we're in favor OF reduction oil
the Tariff, and it would, indeed, have been most
'perilous leap" TO go counter 10 the popular SEN
timent. MIR. Brinkerhoff represents The Rlchland
District the "Berks" or "Tenih Legion" oil ono
Is il not likely that this consideration moved INN
10 repent Of his movement at'he last houf' and cas'
his vote in accordance with The known sentiments
Of his constituents