Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-11

Inc VETO power, Out Inc people tnouSnt we HauJ
and they began 10 look shyly al our principles. :
Still We did not take warning in time. What
did we do NEXT We kicked over The compro-
mise o! 1892 and revived TIE tariff in all lis yigor.
Every body knows that the pauper labor Of Eu.
rope should not be allowed 10 Gene 10 compe'i-
lion with The free labor of New England, il the
General Government can prevent IT, because the
soul Of New En2la is knit 10 The General Gov
eminent as Jonalhan's wa. 10 David, an because
no man should be allowed 10 buy an article with
out first enquiring what sor OF labor produced II,
and because trade should always depend upon a
comparison OF p0rertv and freedom. But, then,
this matter had been settled by covenant and
do rot believe in breaking covenants even ior The
best friends or the most independent kind OF ia.
Dor The people, in their honest simplicity, think
with me upon this head, consequently many o.
them deserted us, because, looking TO our cOccnanf
instead OF our polcsr, they thought that We were
iaihless TO our pled.es. WHAT ncxl dill we d. 7
Why, We released every man from his debts who
wished 10 be released This was noble, gener-
Gus act which quoted man. an anxious bosom.
Bni, then, every one Of thee men had CREDITOR
who isnoranly supposed tina! ne had right y De
heard in he matter. They could moi perceive Why
snch distinction was made between poor s7ooTers
and poor debtors, that The one class should be
denied The rights OF trade, while the other should
b. excused from paying their debts, and that 100
- The prejudice OF their creditors Here again
We los, trends People generally, and ours in
particular, have a great reluctance 10 !oIeIrins
debs; and sill greater 10 having them forgiven
ior hem, even by benevolent tender hearted
Government Thus, sir. b. e.ru. upon error.
We los, srouni-srGdi.oltp 10 he sure. TO- there
was ater all, soms!hins 50 ncvcl, noble anc
rrblc 10 on! rolicr, thai he peors coul' no!
readily give il NJ They cou!G bui see how
kiai II vas il The G jveru,n.ni 70 commit is
omn concerns 10 The hands cf 2 "fsca agent,
while i: took charge Of The fiscal concerns Of
ever maa, woman ant child in The nation
Tney could bu! admire The patriotism which
held foreign paupsrism in merciiess deeslation,
AMI domestic pauperism in most tender consi1e-
ration. They could out be charmed With the
magnanimiry OF our Southern allies, who gene.
rcusiy gave bounty 10 free labor. Bu, hen
there was n,asterly actiu'ty in these things
which uuI-!an The slow-iooted judgment oil our
people.
Now, sir, ii is The province Of wisdom 10 i'm.
prove by the lessons Of experience; and The time
mas come when We can turn them 10 our eveflasi-
ing advantage. Every Thing tavors a return 10
our principles Of 1910. Old Tip was here; 50
is CT Zlc. Old Tip was disciple Of Jsff.r-
son; 50 is cd FAC. OH TIP vas Wing; 50 is
old Zic. Our PRINCIPLES united Tip and lyle.
our principles uuie FAC and Fillmore. Then,
Maiii Van Buren, was seiiing unpopular; now,
John Van Buren, is getting unpopnlaF.' Then
We published no creed; now We publish no cieed;
in Short fortune offers US another victory, While
experience tells US how 10 improve il; but alas,
sir, how are we improving our golden oppoI,uni.
ties7 Our candidates have been pior month;
ratification meeting alter ratification has been
held; bnt ifthe very first auxiliary racoon has
been caught, not 10 say eIhi6ited-it one equal
izlng bottle Of hard cider has been uncorked mol TO
say oGe,sd 10 the generous yromanry OF the
county BY the digniaries Of the land-i one ira.
tefnzing log has been e,s not 10 SAL framed as a
concenlralor OIL our fellowship and love, have
get 10 learn when and where! Believe M, sir,
his unaccounlable apathy, this canselrss aHan
Comment OF well-tried eIpeticn's, will ruin any
party that ever exis'ed-if The interest of our
own country canno fire our love and yea Tor
our once cherished and once victorious ptinci-
pies. Look a, France, the land II Lafayette; look
al Germany, The land o; Dekalb; look a Pc
land, the land OF Pulaski; and lei gratitude dc
The work that belongs 10 Patriotism. Has a
coon been sent 10 France, cider barrel 10 Ger.
many, or cabin 10 Polandl D. We mean, not
only 10 ab ndon these omnipot.ni au1iliaiies in
our couniry, but To Withhold them from other na-
lions which need lhem-nations who be!rierded
Us in our struggle for freedom and who are pow
Struggling Tor freedom lhemselvesi Theirs is a
morai warfare, and they ask not raw, Of General
.or General, but they 20 require Of US The ais II
every moral agency which we have al our di,
posal. The Democracy has nothing 10 offer
them but empty congratulations, free trade, sim
uants 10 their pauper-labor, bread S,nfs, Chat
they cannot buy aud home o! freedom, II hey
cannGt find freedom al home. But the Wings
hold the grand moral levers which can raise men
from degradation 10 dignity, oversee long cherish
ed opinions, PROSTATE the seats oi Casisfacy 10
a twinkIing, and upturn the political wotli.-
These are the things they want, and by all that
is glorious in the American name, or sacred in
the American character lei US NOT deny them
these things. On! sir, love my counfry-ar-
DENLY, sincerely. devoutiy: ] recognize her rs
indeed ''the Queen OF The world and the child OF
The Skies" whatever, therefore, Is calculated 10
lower her dignity or suly her fame, goes like
daeeers 10 my heart Let us net then disgrace
her, disgrace ourselves, disgrace our parenage
and our lineage by The sin of ingra'itude, or any
other sin which will bring republicanism into
con,emp. Lei US return from our backsiidings
and re.embracc the principles Of 1910, and open
our purse, as freely az We did in "a, 10 spread
Them through all he lands Of the earth. Your pre-.
sent commanding position will enable you 70 dc
much, very much, in reyiviDg them and spread
ing them abroad. nave written 20 Gen. Taylcr
upon this subjecl, and though he has not answer.
ed my letters (havins gone hope by this time in.
10 the hands Of his commitee,) nave no doub
tina, he is perfectly sound upon every one Of our
principles. Isugses'ed 10 him (not wi,bou seri
Gus misgivings IN account Of its local and section
al bearing,) toe propreiy OF adding one more ar
licle 10 the creed ot 40, namely, '1ttisglin. The
more | think Of this, the more ! am disposed 10
adopt il, especially since the nomination. con-
TESS that am a Iiule afraid OF New England,
particularly Of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
They have written such buer things against old
FAC that hardly see how they can BE- brousn'
over 10 his support without come direct ana par
pable concession to them by The party. NOW 90
lar as am informed, metheglinism IS cohnnen
entirely 10 New England and prevails more 10
Massae huset,s and Connecticut than 10 any DINER
Two States in the Union. II cannot fail then, :!
seems 10 me, 10 concliate them. "But what will
The South say TO this, especially IN these hmes
of Temperance Reform1" | can only speak
for old Virginia; bur to speak for old Virginia is
10 speak for the whole South, (eIcept South va,
rolina, who preserves "maserly Inactivity,
and whose Wings are not worth fishing for, and
am perfectly satisfied That melheglinlstic arti'
Gle added TO our confession Of faith will cause no
schism here. II II should, cousin John would
soon "head" i,-indeed wish that It may create
little stir here, that the world may see that there
are some things which b. can head q" a''