Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-04-23

But never dreamed that, in the goo, a.,
Dominion generally, bloody and terrific
fare existed ga war between Father antfo,
Brother and Brother And hardly belR.,i
my own senses when 1 saw Flag of r..
waving, IN your paper, under the Amerit,
Eagle that |, living amid the din and \
multi of Battle, should not have heard Ill
Clarion's martial note nor the cannon's appalA
ing thunder, filed me with Arrangement bur
then, recOllected, " that there were moro
things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt
of in my PHILOSOPHY then thought, per.
hnps II might have been a war Of the magina
ton, phantom of the brain, coniured up To
terrify and d.lud- but this could not be. for
still the Flag Of Truce was visible, and upon
il, was picture, filed with Cony eutionists and
ConstltutioDalisis, in martial array against
each other II looked for the usual embems
of peace ; but, instead of the olive branch,
beheld, PIG wallowing in the mre And
the motto was this, smart Pig, but not n
learned one" This really astonished me be
yond measure /; that the Constitutionalists
should have taken foolish Pig waowing in
filth, as enIblematic of themselves IL flor onel
am ardently in favor of Convention but /
never should have thought of stigmatizipp
those who were opposed TO me, by comparing
them to animals so uncleanly.
But really, my respect for the inventor is so
great that begin 10 think his emblem not
bad one, and himself worthy to be considered
the first genius of the age. Veal know, tina,
a hog prefers the stagnant and rniry pool TO
the crystal fount; that mud and filth and
putrld efilusia are more agreeable to him than
the wholesome and delightful breath of the
most fragrant aromatc-that subsistence.
nauseous, and even poisonous to other ami
mails, are often devoured by him with an
higher relish than the most delicious yiands
30, the constItutlOnalists choose to live con.
tentedly forever, among the evils of their pre-
sent condition; nay, would rather entail them
upon their posterity, undiminished or increas.
ed, than seek the limpid brook OF ExPIRIENcE.
TO wash out the foul stains of uristocrdcy, still
poiluiing our republican system they pre-
Ter the mischievous eXcrescences and poison
Gus fungi, unhappily existing i'm the body no.
lite, TO the finest and most precious delcacies
which genius and wisdom could provide; and
this, merely because they have been a Ccustom-
ed I 9runt and root among those excres cences
and fungi, more than forty years-But hone.
for the honor of The constitutionalists. thar
the pig they have selected as emblematic of
themselves, IS not one Of those into whom the
evil spirits were driven, by him !" who COM
manded and it was done - for if so, all the
assistance in the world will not prevent them
from running headiong to destruction.-But
enough with this Pig we will suffer hun 10
| root, nose ,fTee.-and can assure him that The
Conventionists have no design to fasten him
by ring to the post he so mwch dreads.-
II is their intention to give him freedom: but,
tstrange to tell!) his motions are so truly
swinlsh, that he squeaks most lamentabIy
dreadiHg confinement and nose-boring, with
out any cause, for no such outrages are at
tempted, or even imagined, against him.
But, considering that he is not a learned pig,
he seems TO have held very wise and saga
cious argument with his adversary the Sow
gelder, which argument have read TO my
infinite satisfaction and improrement.-It IS
indeed an argument far more edifying
than all the doctrines Of " philosophers and
youths, (which " two descriptions of per
sons will he generally found in this country,
associated in the same sports and enierpr-
yes. 1t wasintended, no doubt, like an ex-
ploson of gun powder, to blow the poor Con
ventionlsts all to atoms and tho some may sneer
at If, am candid enough TO acknowledge the
prodigous wit of its facetious reporter, and to
declare that
Such dialogues with earnest face
Held never Baaam with bis ass"