Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-24
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il produces an offspring, Inc IKE "
., ho mo, with. even in the singular ell I
frs;ops which occasionally figure in that journal
Wb,ls, the accustomed parade of Deep rare anu
hidden erudilion, as we'll as an unique po'''"'
met with no where else but IN those ciass'ca' W
cubratons, gree, the eye at every turn 10 every
sentence; whilst there is most aouhuan' u''
pay of deep-seated and unextingulshaoie 'ha''s
n;,v and hatred towards every thing connected
in any way with Democracy, there i w
shadow OF reason, no attempt al an argument
to Justify the pzoscriptive spirit OF the Presen'
Administration. 1t is all in vain that the Intel
,;gencer ipyades the sanctuary Of the tomb
where repose the ashes of the illus'rious JACK
son. The lion, to be sure, is dead, ana Il IS per-
haps the hereditary privilege Of this worthy now
10 kick; but his great prototype, BY similar
fea, did lust abou, as much damage to the mo,
march of The forest do the puny assaults oil Inc
present herd 10 the deathless fame OF the patriot
soldier and statesman whose glory viii iede
aw,y only when the history OF our nation snail
be forgotten.
by the In,elligencer, where the poor fellow
phsaris) was roasted 10 the brazen bull
which he had constructed for the punishment OF
others! The lesson is ins ruc,ve; aid II The De-
mocracy fail 10 roast the Wings 10 the macn'ne'
~ which they are now bus,ly engaged 10 con-
s,ruc,ing, the failure will certainly not result
| from such reasoning and advocacy as we nave
dsp,syed IN the lntelisencer s last ehuson oil
four columns.
There are many other similar lessons, which
we doubt not the lntellig,ncer is quite iami'
| liar with. We hope it viii not be taken amiss'
should we venture to suggest one or two 10 Tue
| reflections Of this diamond classic. There was
once upon time drunken tinker picked up,
washed, periumed and 6ue dressed He was
persuaded that he was, in truth, great noble
man. and married 10 a beautiful lady he
doubted at first, but finally believed-he lost his
own identity from his unaccustomed contact win
clean clothes. The freak, which csolhed MN LOT
an hour with power and authority, so completely
bewidered his reason that he not only forgot The
process which made him great, but ne mistooS
himself for gentleman, a boy Tor his wife, and
those who were trying The experiment upon hin
as really his servants and menas. The story
is somewhere in Shakespeare. The organ might
render service TO its party probably BY hunting !
up and printing II. The "incifect crooK't
, WAYS" which some men pursue 10 station anc
+, power, are very frequently forgotten by them, ant
%, oil
10 this country, however, the people will look int
the PLEDGES OF their servants, and mos narrowl
into their performance OF them, and no super
cillious haugh,iness can save any Chrislophe
Sly from an unceremonous expulsion Iron
power, however well satisfied he may be OF
fright dvine' 10 all abou, him.
: There are cant ideas as well as can, phrases
and the first are used with as little reflection a
the last when once they are seized upon by III
. public. OF this sort precisely is the clamor {
4 The Wing press against The Democrats abol
prescription when they we're in power. Th
;, is illustrated by the action, pas! and present.
the Wings They fabricated a Islander, they d,
;. liberaiely uttered a libel, upon the Democrat
parry, by charging them, from The commences
men OF General Jacksons administration TO Ii
> close OF Mr.. Pol9's, with ruthless prescription
: then upon this false charge. they arraign Ii
Democratic party before The American peop,
they ring the changes in every conceivable wa
upon the enormily OF prescription; they tell ho
y cruel, how unjust, how unchrstian, it is; the
!" plead with The people nightly 10 expel from 0
fee these cruel and unnatural proscriplionisr
y they hold this up as the especial abominalion
: the Democracy, and as the thing which the grei
- ''ronsprva'ive WHO narvn. Ro2 Gb.iir@, wei
no sooner are they Installed in the power and a,
lhori'y OF government, than they commence Ii
practice OF this very prescription. Thai wbic
, they condemned, they sedulously practice; tn;
:, which they denounced, with deep and bius
!, curses they now justify and uphold; they openl
justify prescription for opinions sake, BEGAN,
:; they say the Democrats did so. The talsehocd
. which they fabricated upon The Democratic psl
). ~ they actually make the reasons for adoplint
i and The grounds Tor juslilying, their own ollcr
;, repudialet and condemned course. II is moi lru
), that The Democrats have been proscrip,ive-it
false; and those Of the Whis parry who kno,
1 any thing know il 10 be So The Wings hav
been The prcscriptionisls, for they are essential
Venai. The Democrats have only proscrinet
, prescription, and The records OF the nation vii
show II. The first administration Of the eide
. Adams set The example. al the Offices OF lru,
. aud emolument were, by him, filled v in old Fee
derali,Is-Ihe predecessors Of The present Whjs
parry. Nh. J,fsTson cIcceG BY The Democracy
hosc''htc thiS prescription, aud equalized the
offices with The Democrats SO The thilo remain.
ed under the Two succeeding Democratic ADM.
nistra ions Of Madison and Monroe. Then Mr.
J q Adams, al the head If The second Whis at-
| ninisra'iop, changed the face and coodirion 81
things; and, when ae people expelled hin and
MS corrupionsls from power, We fl ID ihai q,
VIC hundred ana ninety-six ,fticc noldcrs in
Washington only f'iy-sx were Democrats
To" hundred aud 70 ~ Wings 10 fltv.sr D..
'hocfa's. Now, where was The prescription here I
Four ears OF q Wing administration hat ex.
pe"ed i''m office al but fity-six Democrats,
isaV'hs 81 me Wn's party, snugly fixed in office
he mode'aic number II Two hundred AMI tor,y
| zen Jackson came IN, and This was one ot Ibs
abuses winch his TRENDS proclaimed thew Womb
remedy; here was no totsine responsibility with
hini rotation IN cfhce was openly avowed and
o,idiv advoca ed. But what was his roprse
D'd ne drive from office, entirely aGd indiscrm,.
nately, these minions OF a repudiated and expel.
led cynasly' Nc; on the contrary, whilst he
eqnalized the Offices in some measure h. Iet
more Wings in otfice than Democrats. and Mr..
Van Buren, continued TINS line OF policy; 50 hat
when General Harrison was elected, and upon
the pea OF prescribing prescription, amongs, 9th.
er things, ne found The emoluments received BY
the Wings amounting to S446l3 more Than
those received by The Democrats: Thus showing
beyond all doubt, that the Whies held more Off.