Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-09


wee he The President, the nation migh'
count safely upon his wisdom, his virtue and
his irmurss. Bui with those who are friend
~ To him, the question continually recurs, car
he now be successful in the canvass has H.
enough at strength to take him vctoriously
through the Contest? Here lies the difficulty
Some strong Efforts have been made in
create the belief that the interest of Mr..
Crawford IN Tennessee is exceedingly weak.
do not think SD, and will state my reas0ns
somewhat al large. Mr.. Crawford has been
sixteen years in the pliblic service. He was
horn poOr-he taught in an academy IN ar
der To secure the means Of preparation for the
bar. He was President of the Senate of the
United States. He was appointed Minister
to France by MIR. Madisun-he WAS after.
wards Secretary at War, and has been for the
last seven years Secretary of the Treasury.
Many men here, say, if Mr.. Crawford is not
man of talents, aud virtue, then our Presi-
deuts have been blinded aud infatuated. The
humble professions of Mr.. Crawford, in his
earlier years, his subsequent elevation by the
force OF his own merits and exertions would
alone secure him friends in Tennessee.
This state adopted her constitution in 1896,
Her first representatives To Congress espous,d
the principles which were promulgatedb by MIR.
Jefferson, and acted with him and in his fa-
'Or. nihr bitter contest in the House of Re-
representatives. in 1901, Mr.. Claiborne who went
from this vicinity voted TOR Mr.. Jefferson, and
he held the whole state 10 his own hands.
For this act he was greatly applauded by his
constituents.
Tennessee has always boosted that her cha
racter has been uneQuipocdiiy repubiican-that
her public characters both at home and abroad,
have always been the warm supporters of the
-. r NJ
and MIR. Monroe. Before this state moves in
the coming election, il seems To me that she
will enquire, where are those with whom we
acted in 1900; where are the friends of Mr..
Jefferson Have they ceased to possess
distinctive character d. political party Are
Mr.. Jefferson and MIR Madison unfrirndly to
SIR. Crawford. or are they in good fellowship
with him Have they cOnfided and do they
still confide in him
From what can learn, I should suppose
that the decided preference of North Carolina
for Mr.. Crawford, will have some influence
upon many of the voters Of Tennessee. The
bones of many of the ancestors of those who
have emigrdted here lie buried in the soil of
North Carolina. From her justice and boup-
~ good many of our citizens have received
the lands on which they now reside, as rewards
for their gallantry in the war of the revolution.
gentleman who observed, if Gen. Jackson can
not be elected. shall vote for Mr.. Crawford.
! do not know him personally, but know old
Nathaniel Macon, and he is ia his favor. Mr..
Macon, said he, believe Ia be the most con-
sistent, the most tenacious and faithful repub-
lIcau that ever lived in North Carolina. His
opinion speaks 10 me volumes in behalf of
the merits of Mr.. Craw ford
A good deal Ofenquiry is made, to ascertain
whom Virginia will prefer TO be our next Presi
dent. Those here who call themselves
staunch repubilcans, remember that the reso-
iutIons of Mr.. Madison, presented Ia the Vir-
GINA Assembly ia 1899, were the political
creed of the people of that state, and of this,
during that era when there was such despe
iate struggle throughout the Union for the
political ascendancy This state contains a
grrat.many emisrants from ;he ancient do
mlDiOn," and IL is their boast never 10 forget
their principles or the soil from whence they
sprung and never 10 fail 10 give In the great
nen OF old Virginia, that honor, hichis their
due. Some uf the most enlightened of them
say, Ihatif Virginia supports Mr. Crawford,
the most uncandd will admit this fact 10 be
EVIDENCE of merit, in the object of her conf
dence, oil no mean degree: That il is imp0s-
sible That she, with all her pride, with two
iormer presidents still alive 10 aid her. il she
were about To go wrong with SO many acces-
sIbit sources Ot Information with SD many
opportunities TO know public men, and with
such strong poll ical ealausies of their pre-
tensions and views, could ever agree To sup
port MIR. Crawford, uoless he richly neritrc
her regard, AID WAS fully able To sustain him
sell with honor before the nation. or the fact
tnat FngiHa will give her vote 10 Mr.. Craw-
ford, no doubts entertained here.
IL A.
those distinguished men, Who live in the south
and lie west, nay, even where there exists an
equal degree of merit in these of the north,
with those oi the south, i is not unnatural
hat We should prefer the laucr. How other
wise Can we deirnd ourselves against the eff
fects Oft principle which il seems is To GO
vrrn ~ The northeast throughout the coming
contest for the Presidency? There air. adv
tnr lion has lain down with The lamb All
New England, II is said, is embodied in behalf
~ vi. dams. As the south on the seahOard,
will ~ all probability support Mr.. Crawford,
he sOuih west may End it To its interest To
follow its Irignbors. That this consideration
y al have It's influence, no man eau doubt
That AN array of the south against he north
IN anger, would BE- rs horrible fu he feelings
OF The people OF Tennessrc, as 10 those of
any DINER state in the Union. have not thu,
least Question. That a struggle TO elevate
particular candidate To- the presidency, twhere
all have merits which do honor TO the patton.
and when the union has so many principles Of
conference in identity of interests and piOfta-
BILE intcrcOurse,) can pro luce permanent strife
or sectional .jealousies, am by no means pre-
pared To admit.
That all attempts to interpose any other
man between Gen. Jackson, and the voters of
this state, SO long as he keeps the field, will
bc utterly vaiD;nO man who knows how mat
ieIs really stand here, can doubt. That Mr..
Crawford will receive the electoral vote of
Tennessee against Mr.. Adams, there is no
question. That attachment which is felt fur