Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-07
THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION

THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
ANDREW JAcssoN DoYELsox DENouScfs TIE ADMINS.
! TRATION AND TIE DEMOCRATIC PARrY-HE DECLARES
! HIMSELF IN FAVOR or Jouv BELL.
From the Memphis Enquirer Feb III
MEMPHIS, Thursday Feb l6 1850
Coz. JERE CLFNENs-Sr: | regre. exceedingly
that will not be in my power attend the Conyen-
ton to be held AZ Nashville the 22d inst As one of
the Delegates from the County of Shelby should have
taken great pleasure in consulting with friends in re.
gard to the steps NEST likely promote the objects Of
the pltriotc party which has sprung up spontaneously
throughout the Uuion-aimiug chiefly at the correction
Of errors and abuses Of the existing and the
Administrations of the Federal Government but ny
private business is such that | cannot leave it at Ibis
time, and mus; watt therefore for other opportunities
TO aid the great cause doubling that is friends in
tennessee aud elsewhere will continue they have be-
gun, the paths OF the Constitution AMI the Unon
| marked on, by the early fathers OF the Republic.
There could not be palmer demonstration of the
dangerous tendency of the doctrines of the modern sham
Democracy than that which afforded bv the recent out
break of John Brown, and the sectional controversy
which has kept Congress long Gisor lUjzed and the
whole country in state OF alarm Since the DAYS of
Jackson this tendency has gradually manifested itself
and has been oered by dcmagocues for the sake Of the
Offices gained 10y deceying the honest ycouaury Of the
land That the result .hould be corruption imh-ciy
and uniathiulness in the Executive departments was IL
eyiable.
When Jackson held the Office Of President he rallied
the friends of the Constitution to the support OF the laws
whenever their authority was mcutced or oJs.rlcel-
H. dii not hesitate to denoGace traitors those who
formed combinations and, under the pre;ence Of State
rights higherhwsm, aimed 90 sever the bonds Of tue
CuOn and weaken the guarantees upon which it lests.
There was nothing, in his judgment, Democratic that
outside of the Constitution for redre5, of greyau
ces real Or imaginary Before hi election in S3S pend
ng the discussions the Tariff lava Of that year. Le
wrote TO Of hs distinguished friends in South
Carolina who had turned Nullier that if elected 10 the
Chief MagStracy he would enforce those laws by al the
constitutional means within his power His voice aud
example were equally potent when the spirit OF Abolition
first exhibited signs of political life But instead of the
force BILL messages aad prociamaous, which witness
ed under his Administration what do We row see -
Alas nothing-absoutcy nothing that reaches the heart
OF the great American people, awakening the love OF
country or consolidating the bonds Of aieruaI nion-
nothing bW tie miserable juqgis Of fen cutting
Themselves Democrats for the tai ofces of Hs GooerH
lHfut.
In Mr. Pierce's time there was little dane but 10 Iii
vide out the patronage OF the Executive Department be-
tween the utaists OF the North and the South The re-
muva of Judge Bronson from the Customl 0use az New
ori signal instance OF the policy which control
led the patronage of the party It add TO this the
Osend Conference, or the manifesto which threatened
Spain il she did not cce Cuba the United States for
reasonable price, we have all that done by that Ad
mnisration to rebukc the spirit of fbustcrsu or check
the progress Of that spirit of disorder which threat
ems the dsmemberment Of the government
But bad a. this is, find rOllng better under the
present Administration Protesting respect The rights
Of the States, il has openly nterered with the freedom
of elections Accepting power upon a platform which
settled the question Cf slavery in the territories by eay
ing it TO the people who citizens OF the same it has
employed all is influence 70 defeat that principle
Pledged TO economy in the expenditures Of the
meut it has ieariuly increased them But still more
striking proof Of the character of the Administration ia
it. dupcy in regard TO the protection necessary 20 se
us revenue 20 meet the current the gov.
ernment and encourage the domestic products OF the
country. uu this subject what IS recommended by the
President is uuded by his Secretary of the Treasury
And the same remark be made not ouly m relation
to the conflicting views Of the Cabinet about the tariff
but of the opinions entertained by the leaders Of the par
~ on all the other great questions which are connected
with the growth aud prosperity Of the country Some
are for Internal Improvements, for a Pacific Rail
road some for Southern Convention. They agree to
disagree on G such iu4dng measures and ask only tObe
remembered as Democrats, when the spois of Office are
distributed. To cal party thus Inconsistent and con-
Trajectory In the elements Of It's organization DemOcr;-
tic Party is abuse of terms. Il is a faction and pro-
duces no fruits bu those which dangerous the per-
petuy Of the government.
once entertained the belief that hi party could be
purgcd of the sectional hceses which had cept into It's
creed, and accordingly ende1l ored TO reform it. ap
peaed to the Counse Of the men who had founded and
reformed the Government but In vain The authority
of WAsnNGruN IN his Farewell Address; OF Madison in
his numerous papers declaring that the Virginia rcsolu
tons OF rs did not countenance modern uullcatou or
abolition; Of Jefferson who declared that submission TO
the laws the vital principle Of the Republic Of Jack
son, who in all his messages and letters warned the peo
pie against resort to sccesson-al such authority
was dsregarded by the modern school OF Democracy,
and passport 70 the patronage Of the Federal Govern
has been successful during the last two Admin
stutOns a that of service in the ranks Of uIrrgss Of
both sections OF the Union.
TO countefa-t the evils brought upon the country by
this school Of Democmcy-to bring back the Gov
eminent 10 its ogna andmarksto reins.ate the doc
trines of Washington, jefferson, Madison anj Jackson
and heal the daeusons which have grown ont of the
influence Of sectional men and sectional measurcs-the,c
understand 70 be the leading ideas OF the party now in
state OF formation ayOwiug its hostility the pre- .ent
Administration, and determined to stand by the Cons
tuition and the Union, now and forever
It is not necessary for TO you that party
thus formed will have my support and most zeal
Gus sympathy aud should Mr.. Bell be selected by a ma
Ory of the people who have started this grra move
ment that | shall fe6i the cd,~e entirely SAFE a., his
hands, ka0,cing him, d. 10 be one Of the Gbiest
statesmen and DTest patriots that The c0,y has Uro-
Giced / was at school with him at the Cumberland
College in 1873 where he held Lgh position a schol
ar have lived in the same Congressional District with
him since that period In every position ha Eas been
distinguished but chiefly in his polilisal career His OPP
position 10 ". Van BgreE separated him from the Adj
minstraon Of General Jackson, and led him TO espou-e
the cause Of Hugh /. White. But he failed to
manifest continents Of respect and gratitude FOR Gen.
jackson and he has often expressed his regret that the
hero not with US, still guarding the country
from the pers brought upon it by modern Democracy.
Lam, very Truly, your Obedent servant
4. j. DOSELS0S