Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-17
7TFI; RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

of The destruction of all banks, Stale and Federal.
Now, this | undertake, most em?hatlcally 10
deny. Nineiy-nine hundrcdihs Of The Democrat
ic party are in favor OF limited number oil
Banks, properly res ricted. The beau ideal OF
Democratic Bank, is bank chartered BY state
authority, III paper OF which, under all circuin-
stances, IS equivalent 10 specie. This much by
way of episode.) The many have 10 make their
dollars by The sweat OF the bow. Here IS an
assrieging scheme 10 chatter mammoth bank
to make The rch man sill richer, aud he poor
pourtr-iu give 10 the rich the privilege, instead
OF earning his dollar by The sweat Of his brow,
OF lhtowirg one real dollar into This bank and
making about three paper dollars OF 1t. Thls
we repeat is an agsrie2ng scheme, Tor The rich
By means Of a mandatory OF paper dollars 10
1--we in pamperei magnihcence, whilst The poor
must be content 10 delve on aud make their dol
lar by The sweat OF The brow. And be il remem-
bered, that this scheme OF a National Bank is in
direct violation OF The written charter OF our Ii
berlies the Constitution OF the U. Stales accord
ing 10 The authority OF Messrs Jefferson, Madi-
son and all The fathers OF The Republican Church.
This scheme 10 give 10 lew capitalists The
privilege OF circulating the vile rags oil an ire
spunsible and unconstitutional mandatory OF
paper dollars in place oil the real dollar, dug
from the mine and coined al the Mint is a iii
counierpalt!o the tariff scheme. The one would
Cypress twenty or thirty millions OF people, 10
pamprr few lords Of the spinning jenny, &c,
and about FIVE hundred nabobs engaged in the
culture Of the sugar cane. The ether would
impose ON US of money, The spurious Trash OF
an irresponsible Bank, which, a, any mo-
ment. may become worthless in our hands;
AMI builds up ia he name OF the peoples govern
meni privileged order Of bankers 10 lord itoyer
that very people, through the agency OF an insti-
hIpbt tn,, fhr main at
his been, and never can be subjected 10 those sale
aud whole-o me restrictions which a people
watchlul of their Liberties, would always throw
around every institution, whether large or small,
endowed with that great, that s!upendous p'ivi-
leee at making money, Inc representative oil the
value OF every mans property and Of every mans
labor, from paper
The next asgrievng scheme OF the Wing party
Is their gigantic system OF Internal Improve
ment, b. The General Government. BY this
scheme they purpose, il they eau get The power,
10 lake The hard earned substance of he mass OF
The pc pie 10 make roads aud canals, 10 clear out
sWamps creeks, and 10 do vast number OF
small jobs too tedious 10 mention, for favored To-
calities. Those mostly to be benefited by this
scheme are those, probably, who are most ella
moInusy 10 favor of IL 10 vii: the capita lists, IN
whose powe! il may be 10 take the lat contracts
Tor the construction OF those works. The next
in order 10 receive the benefl of those unjust eI
pcndi;ures are The Inhabitants Of those localities
putposed 10 be beneflled-6rst, by The disburs :
inenl OF the funds in their neishGorhood and next
by The use OF The work themselves. All these in
eresls combined constitute bur mite when
compared 10 the population Of inc Union. They
are the few, The people al large The many. These
are The few who had naturci their plans on one
occasion 10 draw from the treasury two hundred
millions oil dollars, had no! President Jackson in
lerposed his veto (lhat aborninable veto as our
Wing friends call it) on lbe Maysvi!le road
question These are The few, who like horse
eeches, were abou, 10 tasen themselves on the
treasury when President Polk interposed his veto
OF The River and Harbor bill. II The poet was
JUSTIFIED in the use oil the indignant language
quoted above. how much more are The Republi-
cans Of he United States justified in heir COM
plants OF the measures just referred to! In Eng
land lher, is no written constitution 10 prohibit
The exercise OF the power OF which he complain
&c. Here he advocates of the abuses OF which
We have been speaking are utterly al war with
The spirit and letter nt the Constitution
A CONSTITUTIONAL LIST.