Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-13

freely their opinions on the subjects over
which, aud about which they claimed Inc
right of esislalipg They did not hesitate 10
pass the Alien add Sedition laws, 10 t40p.
and try men as criminals Tor speahins VI
heir public Servants, ami foe and iinpiison =,
too unless they were able 10 prove Tue nut,' "
all they said and wrote. However many GU" Goo
,rayaganl the errors OF The teaeral parry " iooo'
they were honest men-mislahrn oa' uone sr ,na
Bel;eyips, as do. that the Wing parry Of the
nresent day are but the degenerate sons anu SUE.
sessors OF Inc old Federal party, ! would ike 70
examine into their claims TO the commences y, 'n
American people am told ana inc peop,s. "
This country are told, from highly lesp..'au
source. thai all the oil issues between ihe wv
great political parties are obsolete, ana Ina' W.
9,,at aimoodilnen" is a.o obsolete; tna' my
have all gone TO the "tomhs OF the Capults.
his il would seem that the great Wing parry nau
grounded their arms, and that all parry Waf'd.e,
chickering's, quarfels, and Strife had ceaseu' ore
lha, "peace on earth and coed WI 10 ma" -,
10 be preached from one end oil tnis ri
The o,heT Upon hearing these soor ~, a., r;ch.
great Joy" ran TO my coiieasue ~ be Good
mond district, knowing tnal NJ W." ,.ar;np thai
authority ON subject like lhis, khoW'"s , ,as,
hs wonId ha the last 10 disbaad-Ihe very las'
of The mMobecan.: :" and | soon learned nun
him sir that he did no. understand inc ind.e.
ill., many DISTINGUISHED members oil ms own
n,,,u NV sir VIVA, does all this mean Is !"
'rpe ,h,, The Wings are going 10 run no parry
man and abandon all their long Cherished .nea-
sures7 or is il Al attempt 10 re enac. wna' was
an falsely called the glorious scenes OF lofo, a"u
which were so beautifully alluded 10 lhe o,nei
day by The honorable gentleman from NORM I'd,
ruiina7 Doyou recol,ect, sir, when Inc ceieola'eu
HARRISBURG Convention nominated inc gtedt
hero OF "Tippecano and Tyler too" ana oaue ',le
nation "so i, b!ind"-ex'end generous conn
dence, and elect those srca, and sonu Iel' " VIC
TWO first offices in The Government nc peo-
pie took them at their bidding; ou' inc na',un
moutned four long years for their SINS ana ioiy'
God, in his kindness, took The Ola nero - M
self, and lef, Tyler, "the spared monument y. Nv.
amazing mercy" to buffet with me saoln., ~ =,
threatened with dccop tat'on ana impea'"u'e" ~
by those who had called him INFO power.
But Mr.. Chairman, have you iofsot'en naye
the pcople OF this country forgotten, me irau''s
and deceptions tina, were practlsed upon them oy
the auul leaders of The Wing party 10 secure
tbat Triumph Let me call the attention OF Tue
country 10 what was done in my own s'a'e ny d
Wing Stale Convention, intended to ra'ii' ana
,puroye The nominations made al Inc haIfisou's
Convention. Permit me 10 read lew e3li"c's
from the address 10 The people OF virginia, VIZ
"JJpsn he tariff and Internal improvement
Gen Harrison cannot be worse than Mr.. van
Buren,, as We have shown you; ana as 10 inc
bank, his unqualified declaration that J! was IN
constitutional is before you; ana theie y ~ iea
SIN 10 believe thai he is in favor OF a oahH III any
form, Tor he is assuredly opposed 10 Govern
menl bank. AS lar as we know or believe, re!
low ciazens, Gen. Harrison has out one opin'o"
about the bank, and that Is against H.
NJ hay
was not necess nv to say much as to him. John
J,I,r is kaoua 10 the ps. pie Of Pirginia as one
ofiheir best tried and mot faithful seSrants. II
The man who has always been The advocate OF
PepuLiican measures, and during nearly his
whole life the representative Of Republican
people. needs viudication from the charge OF
Federal sm, we feel satisfied that It VIII De
made triumphanlly b. the Republicans oil Vir'
ginia, whom he has so long and so faithfully
served; aud to their projection we commit him,
confident in their hands he will sustain no
wrong, and that they will say to him, 'Weil
lone. thou good and faithful servant >
"But we are grayely informed that MIR. Van
Buren, is opposed to National Bank, to Inter.
,al Improve mests by the General Government,
md to the Tariff, and that his hostility to these
measures gives him an irresistible claim to the
confidence and sutfraees Of the people oil fr.
,inia. These, fellow citizens, are tse stereofyea
phrases BY which cunning tacticlans nope 10 de,
:eive and mslead you. All candid men, OF all
parties, admit that they have ceased 10 be
PRACTICAL questions. al idea Of charteringa Va
ional Bank has been 'ejnguished 6y ns 'ormer
nosi saaguine aarocatcs as unnecessary and IN
.xpedient in the present and pronaoe future
u luet47y condition # tie Countrywide necessity
If internal improvement by the General 10
iernment has been entirely superseded by The
Energetic application Of the resources OF the
several States 10 that object-and the Tarlh Is
settle. BY tie terms Of Tie Compr mIse ACT Oh
1893, uahS il shall b, reopcne4 far political pur'
poses 6y those ,cto affect to Dir al the re- ado'isn,
aent of high prot, ctivc duties These duties IN
deed, are no long.r nscsssa'y the stabu'ty ~ our
establishments enabhGS mem 70
maintain comp tition ,c,th foreign fabrics 'o.h'
on. a resort 10 This ertraneoHs suppoft-a sup
port which, fiuctualing with the alternate rise
and fall of parties, is far from being desirable,
even were it any longer essential; Tor win that
branch of national industry, as with every other
stability Of legislation is far more important
than temporary advantages, of which they may,
when lcas, expected, and when their Withdrawal
might operate most di.astrous'y, De deprived oy
the result of an annual election"
Now. sir. who would nave ever dreamed lhal
Harrison or Tyler you'd have been called upon
To sion bank chaHer2 YeI, il my memory
serves me Alright, il was for refusing TO sign one
that honest John came we'll nigh losing ms heao'
again ask the leaders OF The wing parry, are
the great issues you heretofore presented W Wv,
people 'obsoe'e' in The Wing vocabulary VI io1oi
dave they "ceasea To be PRACTICAL questions y
semitic keep hem oul Of sight until you gel INTO
mower Then bctray conf ling nation, and idsteD
your olt-rcpudia,rd measures on an unwilling
and betrayed people2 IL, sir, this IS your dc
sign let me call upon you, by every consideration
OF patriot m, by everv motive that can influence
the action, OF honest men, to stop before you com.
nit yourself to a line OF conduct that would DIS.
grace perifugser, much more great political
parry. But, sir, il you are sincere IN The decla
ration that the great Wing issues are obsolete,
and Ina, The great statesman OF keItucky-ihe
embodiment, the head and g,eat representative Of
your pauy princip.es-is also obsoleiei that you AS
psrty have become sa'isfiri thai The principles o.
the tariff OF 1916 as well IS the independent trea-
sury embrace the true financial policy ot This Go
vernment that Inc war in which We are engaged
is a Just and necessary war brought aoou' oY lhe
nl,-Iepea,cd wrongs OF Mexicoi and that the wal
snail DC prosecuted uu'il vi ibiHn'eu " al Hobo
rabe peace, wi h ample indemnify Tor the pas
and security Tor The future; and il that indemnity
should be territory, that it shall be received and
,nrown open TO emigranls from all the States in
me Union, that they NAV freely enter and possess
the goodly land, win their families, their domes
,cs, herds, and property of every kind and de
scri p,on; sir, lei he fathers OF the Wing parry
step forward and take his ground. with Gen. Tay
Tor al their head and thy may elect him to-mar-
row, and will say, amen. Abandon your poli'i
cal rrors, and administer the Government on cor.
reel principles, aud you may have all The offices
hpnors. and emoiumenls, 81 lar rs | am concern
ed, and will caeeriuy retire 10 The more homo.
raee and happy station Of t,ler Of the soil, and
IN. OF the soveregns III the land.
But, Sir, if the Wnig party should be dis
posed not to disband, but to follow the lead Of
my worthy colleague from the Richmond dis
.rict, aid make another fight on their old is
sues, which, from the last bulletin from Ash
land, now seems likely to be the case, then
would say to the young Wings on the other
side of the House and in the country, who
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