Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-23
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Extract of letter to The Editors dated Harrison.
| burg buckingham County, Nov. 10, 1927
| "Ihe friends of the administration have had ,
meeting here to day, which, after several weeks
| previous notice and unparalleled exer-ions was
too Thin to be either flattering themselves or i'm
posing as to Others. II is believed the numbers
E" hich composed their meeting did not exceed fbir
ty; and either through crafty policy, or want of
other hands. they have placed on their committee
| OF correspondence, one man at least known TO be
the last friend OF General Jacbson, and three Ger
man Preachers of the Tunl<er Society lad captain
ium) who are believed to have declared no prefer
ence as yet, betw cen the candidates: and what
Is I'M more extraordinary, and calculated TO show
the desperation of their cause, and the miserable
shifts TO which they are driven, they have nut on
even the name of tol. John Koon,z as a commit
tee man, although both his mind and his body " ere
completely wrecked several years ago by a
violent stroke OF palsy since when he has
never walked one step, and of which
time his enuncation has been so ndistinct as
TO be unintelligible, nearly So And be.
sldes, II ID doubtful whether he is IN their sjle
These things will MT be known abroad and il adds
another Colonel 10 the four others which " i'll be
| named on heir journal of proceedings From
| these imposing names, it might be supposed that
all the respectable men in Rockingham county were
Ior The administration; but nothing could be more
iallacious than an inference of this kind The
bone and sinew, the great of the frseholders
| OF TINS county, are for Jackson, as we hope 10
| show at our December count, when we are 10 have
jackson meeting; but more fully at the election
year hence.
!" An Ebony meeting wac got up at Woodstock
(She"dndOoh county, few days ago, and To-
and behold! in county containing population of
MOI less than twenty thousand, and at least t,peipe
hundred UoteTs, the number of eieht attended
mInht he 1on ef Il. ID.
phet by whom shall Jacob arise, for he is small
PowKArAN, Nov. 20, 1927.
TO tho Editors Of the Enquirer
GENTLEMEN -Agreeably 20 notice which
has been inserted for some time past in the Whis
signed sc portion Of the freeholder.," the citizens
| OF Pnwhatsn opposed TO the election Of General
Andrew Jackson President we're requested to
convene at their court house on that day 1.-THE 18th
OF November) being court day. II is ther efore
TAR TO suppose, that such notice was generally
circulated, and il is the nature of eyery party 10
make up in zeal what they want in numbers, such
/ meeting would be nearly true estimate of the
| Adams party in this county. A few DAYS howe
yer, previous 30 the orcasion, it was proposed that
Jackson meeting should be held on the same day.
IN order that the true of the county should be
determined. and so short a notice had been OIL
! ven (tor only heard OF it -four days previous TO
! the meeting, and 10 my certain KNOWLEDGE seve.
raj gentlemen on hat day expressed an entire ig-
norance OF such an intention } IL Is likewise pre-
sumaoie that such meeting would not ba per
iecuJ lar estimate OF the numbers of that party
Accordingly on the day appointed the parties met
and taking no part In the proceedings of the occa
sion, believing that iE general such meetings are
Intended 10 exert an undue influence over other
parts OF the country, will attempt to describe to
you the relative situation OF the parties leaving out
oil vie" all those particulars, with which, doubt
less, In due time, you will be officially furnished
1 Alter the jackson had hall Iair
and the preamble and resolutions had been read and
adopted, 1t was proposed by DR. Branch L Archer
IN short. but very happy address, that the friends
/ OF Gen. Jackson should form them civ es in line
IN order that their number should be accurately es-
tlmaied. You know very well gentlemen that
our county is small, and that it scarcely ever poIIs
over two bundled votes What then do you think
was the number present upon this occasion? A
| hundred and seveniy-ssven were counted in the
line, besides great many others who would not
TALL in from business or from other considerations
Lei US now see what the Adams meeting had
been doing all this time. And wha sirs, do you
| think was The number # representatives. which
they chose to represent them At The Convention 10
be held in Richmond on the 8th of lnuary next
-Four. And how many officers think you did they
! choose upon this occasioui Seventeen. No.
gentlemen, know you will be inclined to be some
what frightened and to imagine that there we're 40
| or so, or perhaps 20 OF 60 who were present Al
1 the meeting. Oh no! calm your fears--there were
| only 10 IL officers and prYates in the ranks.
Wen Differed truly
/ II really does appear 10 me that the adminis,ra.
ton party is al las almost driven to despair. Tbev
have tried every means which ingenuity could sug
i Gest to support sinking cause, and in every a.
tempt they have entirely failed. They have at,
tempted TO tdTnish The well-earned laures of Gen
Jackson with the blood of six militiamen. which
they say was inhumany shed; they have attemp.
ed TO represent him man who has irampIeJ the
constitution under his feet, aud who Is governed
! by no law, either human divine; and the fury
OF their zeal they have underworld to denounce
him as what they themselves do not believe. a
corrupt man. Even female innocence has not been
spared. The besr'h- the domestic be,,tb-tb,,
hearth which has been .acred even in he eyes of
he heather, has been profaned, and modest fe
male, IN all the iimdity of her sex HIS been
draggei before the world, aud exposed 10 all the
scurility OF vile calImniatOrs and slanderous edi
tors. But they have failed. And after the law
tulness OF the execution f the six miIitiarueu has
been proved by documents drawn from the public
departments, and the necessity Of the measuie adj
| yocated by Mr. Adams himself and after every a..
j tempt o defame Gen Jackson and soil the delicate
| fabric OF female reputation has rec lied with re
| doubled violence upon themselves, they are now
I almost reduced TO utter despair. Else WHY this
change oi tone which has lately taken place
| Why this bsseechiog-- this bswaiIinE- this sup-
! plcating attempt Of A Farmer" n draw into the
political squabbles Of the day, ''fo save ths Com.
mODwesltb" as he calls 1t, J. Madison and J Nom.
e,unless tits fromth full conviction that without
| the supendous exeriion OF such men, hi. cause IL
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