Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-12-22
coMnGUM1cAr1ors

! Andrew Jackson to the Presidency of n. -,
s'es' ned at The courthouse of said COUNTY ~,
.iohday 'he io'h OF Dec, 1897; the object Of the
meeting being briefly ststed by Georse Bs,ss
Esq, Major William II. Fitzhusb wa, c.l,sI -
'ne Char, and John q. Hsdgmsn ap,,oin,sI G..
Rotary. 'ffoii''ea oec-
Ga motion Of Wal,er r. Daniel, il was
'es"'ved' That the Chairman appoint = com.
N.eee 10 prepare preamble and resolutions ex.
pre- sslFe OF the sense of the rnse:ipe-,vLe, a..
ioiowins persons ware appointed 70, ~, e
pose, VIZ; Walter r. Daniel. G,o,,. r..
yohn " Hedgnan, John M. Daniel. Robe, n
SSi'yson, John Moncure, Rouzee Peyton. L..
Dnsss' Alexander Filzhugh and Thos. @. NJ.
The committee having retired for sbor, Tim.
returned and reported the following, which W..
unanimously adopted: "s-e
4 he cit zsns OF. Stafford, who have assen,rs,
10 express their disapprobation of IN. ,-..la.,;s
:. 'oNh quincy Adams, and 10 devise means 10
- ''e e'ecuoh OF Andrew jacobsen 10 the
eh,ei maslsrscy OF the United States feel !, ,h.,
ou'y 10 OTTER TO their fellow citizens a br;sf.s,
rostion OF the motives which have defer, ,,ns,,
'hsr political course. They deem hi, tho 80
necessary, when they consider that meeting. os
oNeieht character .toD this now asssmblea
,hs unss 'eu me srsat national question, whrch
Tue people are Called in the approacbin. 60,
20 decide. They impeIred TO thj. dn,r -.
ny iehect mat political meetings. held confe,.
eHiy WIN The view of nfuepciny othsr sec,to
o' tue eiaie, by sort OF metropolitan ex.muIs.
I, o'oau'y denounced the friends of Andiey,
jackson as The yindctre and ,,issppoin,ed s.r;.
rants 10 Office sE'-
we nope we shall rot be suspected OF ga ss,-
sioiliy which we DO not FEEL" when We ,,enfo..
me Ac', that this illibersl denunciat:on emsn.,s.
IRON the metropolis of our State AS Yirs;n;-
.s' we nave long been accustomed to lcok 10
me teat OF our State Government as 70 Ton,
Political mother, whence her sons migh, ;,,hI
,he Hue principles OF republican freedom. We
nave oeea accustomed TO consider her puhlir or
ihces as consecIaied by the talents of tbe ar
'fious dead, and by the annual expression NJ rLs
W. va " tee people We have supposed the pub
NC istilns OF her citizens was temrrereJ bv r,nnh
ilcan l'oerslny, while their minds were e,I;aI,
eheu ana enlarged on all great national question.
cy Tie lucid discussions con.titui,onai Ia, a.,
ga 'ne general principles of government. which
osHS hesfd within her walls. But wbenan
90 'esn''iy OF her citizens dsnounces the votes OF
thousands cf heemen, as the result os aisannofr,
ca ambition, are not the liberal and enliahtanad
conPsiied to think that this denunciation 90 g.
RON showing those who promulgate it TO he ttes
rom mat VindIctiye and personal hostilirv-;.st
party iseiing, which they studiously djsclsirn
evlDces TO the world, that they are ar,,.t.a :.
an oYerwethias spirit Of dictstion, which par,>t
feeling and selfish purposes alone conla a,,,.
ueI' we ark our fellow citizens to cons,ds-
"Ho are 'he opposition 10 the existing admInistrs
ZION and tie friends tf Andrew Jackson9 A..
'hey NOT The sound and healthy yeomanty of tba
countiy--a class of men, yylo.e noliticsl 80
has never been impeached before a class az mo-
10 whose defence jealous republics ttust th,;, ~,
erties Ia war. and wbose voses have eyer 80.
ga 10 me peThdy OF public servants its iust -,
ir! When we look at this asseInbl v when -
LOOK soroad through the eraie, we zee III. or,o
sltion TO Tie existing administration am, ,ba,f
.tion OF Andrew Jackson. equally sns.a;rST !.
that respectable class OF men, The Farrars -
ousisd IN the cultivation of their pater,,M sc,ss
have never heen degraded by such fe.Ii,,'g
seIvl!e craving for 0!iice. We see this inibs,.S
1ehuhciauon ievelled at that class of men a,co;,e
whom W asbington left his lsel footsteps ON $50,
: against that class OF men, whose cha,acisr TO-
Gisinisres'sdDess and patriotism is 20 fa;rIv go,
iished' that every hired scribbler, every decjaf,
ING Sophist IN the public prints, borrow their ~,
peiiaiion as passport TO attenliun, and gain.
shor"ed fame by signing himself Farmer
- an" Oy "hoin Is TINS sentence pronounced on u
by nen, who, In making this charge are knoct
,ng loudly al the door of patronage. Bat -.
isoe 81 freedom IS not vet left, like the Temni.
Oh alexander, 10 The birds Of The air and the ssr
penie OF the earth. WE feel assured. tb,, ~
'smpsraie and iFuiy enlightened among the cifi
|ehs oil NIehmond, would not put forth charr-,
"h'eh suPposss that half, If not msiority of H.,
unloh' can be ret on or whisiied back a, pleastl,
oy me HuH'eFs OF office. We feel assured thar
Tue iostIs OF republican Institutions are not prs-
pared 10 fsacton in the eyes of posterjty. hear.
IFeeeaenis Ct Clay; the msIule Of Adams: ros
Unconstitutional depredations on The freSsuty 81
the name OF any man
We have been told bv the frierds ~ n. 49,.
traitor That the people OF Virginia are clained.t
party IN herce cSstest for power ssoea h.
Two conspicuous indiyi&lals For the un'i,S -,
one OF these, they profess themselves readv H..
Youch; but the other, they denC,,Ece an The ase,,
| OF HIrS7i eroTin'ies, without symIai far HI.
country or her laws. We, on the contrar, -
sIdsr the question W bich the people are raIJ.d -
decide, not qu,s ion Of fagouTitism bptyvee,
lSo individuals; bu. a qsestion, in which evfR
more than the freedom Of elections j. involved.
rs q Tree people, we are called 20 decide, Wheeler
we viii choose onT own servants, or whether we
VIII suifsr those vino have thrust themselves ,,pc,
u, To continue 10 waste our money 10 ruin On,
cetnA,eice-tO make assumptions, which ynti.pv
annhiid'ed our sisis government II and eventually
20 establish cab ne succession TO the Chief Ma.
gistfscy OF oaFs republic.
The presses OF Tie administration denouncs a.,
those smOrg our citizens "a fscfious and I'm
prncip.ed rsbbir,' who dare 10 exptes. ifSir
disaTpFobaiion OF tbs manner ia IS hieb The exit
ing administration obtained their power Bur
should we pass By the fact, that in eiecng Johp
quincy Adams, CoDgress neglected the elsins Oh
that candidate, who was most strongly recon-
msndrd to their notice by electoral votes, yet We
cannot suppose, that The people OF the Unit
States, II their voice hid been consuAed wonio
have been willing 10 besfow the most hoGsra.i-e
Office IA their gin. upon John Quincy Adam.:
once The ardent admiSer OF the sien aud seti,ion
laws; and The scofsr st the rights of man? IIoy
could republicans ursi he ynao, who had advo.
Gated tic suspension Of the viii Of Habeaa t,e-
to make u constitutional or heces.srys Hos
could hey be blind 10 the sycophanrv of him ch,
rroie.sed himself ready 20 take lhs enbatgo u
Jeiisfs1n on Executive recommt ndation, without