Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-17
For lie ENQUIRER.
WHO POLICY.
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Come, by whatever sacrl name disguised,
Oppression, come and thy works rejoice.
see Natures richest plai 10 putrd fens
Turned by Thy Jury. FIN their cheerful bounds
See RAID tn env'ning 'age, farm and seat.
First, rural toll, by thy lpacious hand
Robbd of his poor rewal, resi- gns the plough.
Oppression walked at arg and poured abroad
Her unrelentIng train:
Hateful protectors Of aggrvng schemes,
To sell the starving many 1.-THE few,
And drain thousand wayshe exhausted land,
Ev'n from that place whent healing peace should how
And gospel truth, inhuman gots she'd
Their poison round.
Gentlemen In the curse Of the following
preston. regret the ecessity for any such
expression, and if cou, in any other mode,
give utterance TO the hoest convictions Of my
own judgment on the imprtant subjects discuss
ed, it should certainly OF be used by me.
would rather pour oil on he troubled aud bitter
waters of party strife, TIN contribute aught TO
lash them into eIcitemnt. To ninety mine
huudredths Of tho WIFI party these remarks
cannot apply in an offens,e sense. OF the mass
OF the party We can DRY express our regret,
that, like Ephraim Of oil, they are welded TO
their idols; and, further, the spirit of charity
and kindness to them, wcwould say, in The Ian
guage of the good Boo, "lorgiye them, they
know not what they do" Iregret that General
Taylor has suffered himsei TO be seduced from
ms appropriate sphere, tie CAMP, TO mingle in
party strife, and that h who, in his proper
place, deserves SO well 0 his country, should
have placed himself in suation, which impC-
ses on US the imperative necessity Of cnquiring
into his political opinions closely, and with a
scrutin,zlng eye. "E,erna vigilance, (be il re-
mcmbered j is the price olliberIy."
'''his much by way { introduction. !
present state of partie, with the above
quotation from "Libcrty poem, by James
Thompson, the illuslrpus author OF the
Seasons. This little pom, redolent with the
Inspiration of the poet, as well as the ardor
OF The patriot, is wei worthy the perusal
OF every man in Amer:a. A portion of the
above remarks OF The poa we're elected by some
OF the expressions under Which the people OF EG-
gland suffered during the regn oil Charles |. An
English historian informs Is that "monopolies
were then revived, an oppreare method Of levy
ing money being Unlimited IS well as destructive
OF Industry. The mauuiaclue Of soap was given
10 company; lea her. salt md many other COM
modiIics, even down 10 linelrags, were likewise
put under restrictions was Ibis monopolz-
manly stamps as a hatiu and aggrieying
scheme TO sci. tic starving many 10 the fev-and
Il was this oppression, win Ghers, which brought
The head OF The unfortunate AMI misguided mon
area 10 The block. Now, in what respect does The
Tariff policy of The Whig party differ from lha,
OF Charies IL H. NO respect eIcep: that i, is
more al!-searching more all-pervading Not
only would they lax Us Gu our leather, our salt,
&C., but GU: sugar, our irol cur clothing, down
TO The very flannel which preserves the lie OF The
poor invalid and the helplesinfant. In shor! they
would lax US 10 any and every thing, il by so
doing they could minister 10 the avaTice Of the
lew, who desire 10 grow rich at The expense Of
the many.
But the people, no doubt, will be told that they
have done with that policy So they were told
IN lo40. But no sooner in power than the Com
promise act, which they were pledged 10 hold in
violate, was repealed and The black Tariff of '42
enacted. Gen. Taylor, say they, has never said
ne was 10 favor of The Tariff policy Very true
he mas not so said in so many words, but he
says he is Wing and The Wing party is in
favor Of that policy, and he saysthat he will veto
10 farm Dill, or any other, no mater how OPP.
pressIve. He is sugar planter, and they have
mace rs sugar interest one of the loe.rolled
and affiliated interest,", .,r The benefit OF
wnlch, The many are 10 be rieeced. Gene
raj I. is hut man, and we have no reason
10 suppose that he is So far elevated above
The ireilty Of human nature, as 10 oppose lnat
which would so materially minister TO his in.
'eres', as would TAX on sugar. He has alrea-
ny oeen benehIed by this sugar tax, and might
and probably would be again, if his party is sue
'ess'nl IL Gen. Taylor is 10 be made the in
'tfumenl Tor fastening his agersvipg scheme Of
speak it in sober sadness. ! would it be for his
'wn honest lame and for his country thai he had
never oeenboro. When Gen. Taylor declares
hat ne is Wing and quarter over, my infer
nee rs and think it perfectly fair one, that he
$ thoroughly and entirely in favor of the mea-
uEcs OF his party.
The next aggrieving scheme of the Wing
,ary to sell the Starving MANY to the few is the
cheme OF National Bank. (Here perhaps
ONE one may raise his hands in holy honor add
1claim, The vile radical Democrats are in favor