Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-11-18
10 RIM E.nrrons op THE R,cuNo,p Wuc.


Gentlemen: was accosted u few evenings 100 b,-
! stranger whose appearance was of singular and
most interesting CHAR aotcr his beard was gray and
long, his form wasted to a shadow his cor,nlev
ion pale, his countcnnnce though grave, way svyee1
tempered with mark of pleasing and most interest
ing benovolence, improved by the flowing locks OF
snow, that hung upon his shonlders-1'I ain too Old
says he, sr. to take any part in the political quest io
ofthc present nge, but slew you if vow wouII
walk with me. what perhaps may be of some service 10
our country Upon say ing this he moved and follow
ed After going some distance in the woods he SION
ped under dark thick shade, and pointing said ain
that SPOT is buried what have promised TO re-
veal" Upon saying this, and before had time tn
commence my search, he vanished from INV view
THE GHosT or llISRY rushed upon nv fancy-I
started fom my srrEr-the- spot was too distinctly
marked upon my memory 30 be forgotten. The heXt
morning It was examined with eager haste, when In
my utter ustonishment discovered what You VIII find
enclosed IL appears be speccl intended for some
public meetings on the Presidential question As
have never or heard Of it before it is probable
think, that the authors object has been disappointed
either by some fortuitous event perhaps by some
of those legcrdcmnn tricks in Potics that can shut
he the down to the bottom of the pack and turn
Jack, and against which one can stand but n man
Of Brass Master of Arts. But for the Inomen-
tous circumstance that lcd to IFS discovery il would
in all probability have been lost to the world You arc
at liborty to dispose of it in any way you please.
"Mr. Chairman, and you my friends and countryncn
but fow years ago little did hns that crisis would
occur in our country that could brine me he
fore you in attitude like this. NV retirement nnJ
obscurty places for beyond the re1ch Of those or
binary questions ofIocal policy that sometimes divide
our people. But here - question that might stir nm
che very stocks and stones TO uttcrance-here ia y
question that might roise tho very dead In Judgment,
Sir we have arrived at awful md interesting point
IN political journcy-thc experience of many cen.
tlrics isbefore uste light of the example Of every
age and of every country is bcaning our path--tlc
hope of the patriot and the prayers of the righteous
throughout oil the world are with us and eff departed
ghosts permitted to revisit this world" oh! Wash.
ington, within the compass Of this hall tliou art and
with The feelings Of ON immortal spirit, art LOOKING
down those "dafk Idoatcrs Of alicnated Judca =
And what, sir is this point NJ which we have orfivcdo
w hat is the question before us' Ieuny one acnnains
cd with tho American character should uosy hoar +,
for the first tine, OH sir, how my vcracty would sui
fer in his iudgnCnt.On side VIC behold onr o1,
stitution pierced with soldiers sword while his fool
tramplcs into the dust the civil moral and rclioios
law and in this appalling altitude nc presents himself
not 10 receive the punishment due his manifold sins
aud niqultics, but candidate for Crown of Iai-
rcs 10 0dorn hIs barborOus brow of "bood and car
nngc as afrtbcr and still richer reward for the vo-
lated charter Of orr liberties Look on the other side
ord what, oh! whnt do we bclIolds-- the gallant and
eloquent spirit Of Our Fathers breathing in the ps and
glowing III tho heart Of native born son Of VirQinio
who, like the Babe Of Bethlehem, was Torn in a
mnngcr, crucihcd by a combination Of Jews; but now
thinks be to God, rising from the dead TO life ever
lasting Yes, my counrymcn, is in this Clay Of our
county that VIC lave striking illustration o Tint
most beautiful feature in Republican Constitution
that places the highest Office ia the gif Of the nation
in the reach Of the poorest peasant that ever lived
Tbs, OH this j. that rcdeems TIC broken spirif Of