Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-28
RIG HMOND, VA.
Thursday Morning, September 81. 1910.

We lay before our readers Today, The able re.
marks Of Jas. Il. Ferguson, Esq, 10 reply 10 Mr..
r. Z ScotI's Trade upon The ZONE MAN Power.
delivered in The House of Delegates during The
I Extra Session. They will be read with in:eres
and pref by men ofal parties, and will win foI
| their talented author the high commeniation
which he merits.
Recommending them 70 the careful peIrsa Of
our leaders, We shall embrace The opportunity
furnished by their publication, 10 notice series
Of lengthy and labored articles wbich the Rich
mo!d Wing, following in lbe wake Of iis Eau.
quiss leader, has recently devoted 10 This subject
II is far iforn on: purpose to reply s''Gim and
grarcly 10 all that therein slalei. Thcy 60 100
far back in partisan h,sory and discuss 100 ma
NJ ions-ioTsot CT sutlecss 10 admit OF such
reply. We desire only 10 select fem The mass
OF recondilc aud Obsolete lore which laey furnish,
! such bits vi material Tor comment as may suit
he spirit OF he present times We do this, more
cut II sympathy lor Iaeii author, Tor whom they
have no! set elicici single VOID irom coneni>
pCIary e!i;9Is, ether q; admiration Or cersaIe,
they may have made 10 the injury OF the
Democratic cause. Tie pains he has te-
slowed in their preparation, the fatigue he
has undergone III searching aher and copying
from dusty volumes in The State Library, these
passages 0! political history which he has qao,ed,
the care b. his taken 10 draw out his flowing
periods ard 70 polish his oily diction enIiiie him
10 a batter fate Than he has me-ceilain!y be-.
Ter tate than iha, most abhorred by aulhols, OF
seeing his labor fail s,ill>bofn from The pres
Strange 10 say, the One Man Pvper IS the sub
jet OF discussion. We canno! but admire The
oica consistency "; h which MIR. ST OF; and his
disciple in Richmond, continue their warfare
upon &c Pr si!en.ial Office ai,cr ii has passed
ito thei: eva rauy's hands. Though Senate
and Hos. are both ! 81 10 lhem-lhoush stripped,
by their own voluntary sct, OF the Ve;o, and de-
prived # every means Of probing by their iae
victory but tiat which Ibis t flee affords them
still Ii Iail n, the "onc man power" Though
witnessing every day IN lhcii own Presidents con-
duci, the most wanton and unb!ushins abuse of
the Ugh func icrs OF his office, ii! they cry gu,
against kinsy pceloealive ard executive usu:pa-
ton. Neither policy nor guilt delers them Itom
these seusclcss assaults. IL is not tor Us 10 defend
the flee which their Presiden; occupies, or The
abuses which lie commi,s. Ii usurPaiions OF
kinglf prercga,ivss are now piac,lced, the gull
is en- der heads. Ii executive entertainments
upon popular privilege are now made, he sin Is
al their doors. We witness their assaults upon
the "onc man power" with the same compacen>
cy with which lads who have pinned snake 10
the ground witness The desperation with which il
strikes lis poisonous ianss INFO lis own body. So
fer as these attacks Of Mr. Scot, and his l,rnten-
All oil ne Wing are co.fiaed 10 The Presidential
Office, We have 10 concern with them. Ii is
matter !cr their friends in Washington, with y h mi
they mast accoaal FOR all The damages they may
do
But they direct their assaults also at The De.
moe attic party, and charge upon it settled
policy 70 increase Executive powers at the ex-
pen.o Of the popular branches Of government.
A hasty rcview Of the principal measures re
sp,ctively advocated and opposed by the two
parties. will eaaily pu. this charge 10 nigh,-
The Wing party claim for lie Federal Govern
me;, power 10 engage 10 works OF Internal I'm
proyement. The engineers ar;hcers, laborers
and employees of every sort, that would be re-
CURED in the construction Of the stupendous
scilemes proposd d, would quadruple in number
the officers now appointed By The Executive,
and ,heir appointment would bring 10 his Of
fee patronage which would Justly excite the
nations seriou, alarm. Yet the Wing party
has steadily advocated and the Democratic
party as steadily opposed this measure for hal!
4 century
The Protective system proposes tc prohibi The
introduction ieio The Union u various articles OF
foreign produce. In proportion 10 the number o.!
.hcse restrictions would be the number CT men
necessary 10 enforce them and in proportion 10
The Increase which i, wcuid require in the marine
and custom house forces, would lie Ihe enlarge
ment it would bring 10 III, Presidents patronage
This, also, is 4 measure Of The opponents oil The
'one man power" Another favoTtc Wing
scheme is that of National Bank. Such an
institution, having It's branches disseminated in
ever quarter o the Union, would furnish places
for d Ju5le as many oil, ers as ale nov employed
by the Federal Government. Theirs woai be
moaeu power-s power more readily converted
than any Other 10 purposes ot tyranny and oPpres
SIGN. MANY OF them would be appointed by The
P.esdsb!; all OF them woad be more or less
s1l ice: 10 his Influence. Yet This stapendous
scheme OF aggrandiz,men;,o the "Oac Man Pow
er" is a scheme OF h, Wing party.
|, these iayori,e meas Tres Of The Wings were
all in operation together, VITA! power or comb.
nation of powers could b. devised capable OF
wilhslardirs The Execu!iycs Lei i, be said 10
the eternal honor Of De@91ratic Pfcsitcnt-of
that great pa riot whose name mas been so u:Jas;-
ly viiGed win every epiihet capable oil convey
ing The idea Of nsurpaion that these schemes
70, swelling the patronage of his office were c!o-
ven down by his own hand.
In sho;, III. Wing parry are friends OF all meas
ures tending IL strengthen The national government
they are advocates OF a liberal construction OF
| OF the CONSTITUTION from which lis powers are Ge-
rived, and range themselves on is side in all
controversies with The Sales. They deny The doc.
,rine oil Safe sovereignty, ridicule the ica Of
S,ares rish,s. and arc eager advocates OF every
scheme for restraining The powers and breaking
down the Influence CT The States. BIZ; every
loss 10 these is gain 10 the Federal government
and an Increase oil thai "oae man power" which
according 10 the Wig dependencies in thal
government.
One OF the reasons Urged b. The Wing agains
an increase 81 Executive patronage, is thus
stated:
oPoxe, owe: mans support, has always been
held and admitted 10 BE- p'w:r over his 'oW
The President has power over the 'suP2o:,' 81
all these officers; and they again have power
over The support Of cs5icr merchants 10 the
amount Of ten miilicns .! dollars PER annum
and over The daily support Of an Immense NUN
Der Of individuals, Professional, mechanical and
day laboIibg, 10 whom hey can and 'oiA extend
or deoy A valuable private as well as public