Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-12

loi one Oh whom appears the number 30, IN
favor of the other four the united number
13l, and however. descendant may be IN
component parts of this number 100, that
] it is eXpedient for them TO co,Iesce in or.
der to prevent the elevation Of the prepon-
derant8 so. 1t is unworthy plain man. Ia
deal IN holiday terms about ,cisisS, and erpe
diency and erpeetctions-to reach the subject
IN the shortest way, the very dissent establish
cs the fact that so members are ready to vote
| for Mr.. Crawford, and that the residue is To be
subdivided, in not very unequal portions, be-
tween Clay, Adams, Calhoun and Jackson
Ihusa manifest plurality is conceded to one
candidate, and the adherents of five others
unite TO suppress the evidence of such pura-
my, although there is no present possibility
tiat an equal support can be given to any one
oil them. L mean no ungenerous reflection.
Among the names of the dissentients are those
oil many high-minded and honorable men /;
nut have their best traits been exhibited in
TINS act I? In extraordinary emergencies, or
IN tie rare occurrence of n concentration of
all requisites in one person, thought grayitates
TO single point. Mutual confidence and
concession are not demanded, when all eyes
rest on one. But the very character of the
times which creates segregation of interests,
calls for the union of them. If an essential
part of political comfy be already accom-
plished IN the concentration of opinions from
remote parts, if those opinions mark any one
individual with manifest priority, be such pri-
ority great or little, it demands in the one case,
that lesser interests yield TO it {; i'm the other,
that it be at least fairly promulgated. Ifpo
litical comfy ever was required on such a
subject, and the conduct of some of the sign.
ers OF the dissent, has, on previous occasions.
evlnced the exercise of it, never was the call
more imperative than at present, when there
is enough TO manifest the general WILL vet
enough To engender Il powerful opposition
To it-enough TO demand a specific result and
yet ample means Of thwarting it. Instead,
therefore, of combination of small interests
TO Illustrate greater, have we not right TO
demand language such as this" an honest
:" and an honorable cause shall not perish Inv
" schisms of our creation-if we are not for
" tunate enough to arrive at majority, we
" call lii no foreign aid TO compass it-let the
people hear the voice that comes from its
-" greatest undivided number, we neither swell
= the cry uor attempt to stfe it,
Those who have made the call. | should
address I'm different manner For the sake
oil meeting the dissent on its own bare asser-
ton, took the numbers as thew were given
But instead ofthe so who vote for one and 1871
who vote for Others of the latter number which
IS mentioned to make the total of col, some
few are absent-that is a first item of dedtlc-
ton. vi the balance still reipaining, there are
certain individuals who from long habits of
opposition 10 republicansin form no parties TO
contest such as this. Further still. although
there IS internal evidence that the conceded 80
vote In the same way, it does not follow that
none are OF the same opinion among the 1871
ihree eminent Instances are this moment be-
tore me-Macon, Tay lor, Randolph, in them
selves host. Examine the difference re-
sniting from this change of calculation, and
the ascendancy Of the united numbers over
the former 80 will prove most incensderable.
De mat number stationary or increased let
those who constitute it go on So long as thew
keep in view the cause of their priority. they
are IN the right path, and their duty and the
people demand that they pursue it. We know
too well where the power rests to rea, dcta-
ton, and II is as organs of the people not as
tneir dictators that we commend them to their
duty. BE The result what it may-if the
scenes of March 1901 are to be restored again
ii IN the angry collision of party frs,
wound he inflicted on our institutions, come
the evil when 1t may, they are guiltless.
ONE FROM THE COUNTRY