Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-09-25

quite so cul'n"is as themselves. judi Sc them by
their friends. y
Aino tho number OF these. our guua friends and
advisers, some modern witch Of Endor Tor wizard,
It may bel seeing that human effort might fall, has
kindly raised from tho dead the ghost Of Nathaniel
Bacon, 10 tell us-"this Is the right way walk We 10
1T Dur that Hero of the seventeenth century has
boon too long of the stage 70. know what suits us
living FOLKS of the nineteenth; and for one Will not
believe, though one has risen from the dead lie may
90 back, II ne list, to his dark abode end ruminaio
suilen oacncsS the degeneracy OF this terreno
surface, Fading that the people of thus day and limo
are too free, happy ami tute;scnt To bs worked up
into faction ana fury BY troubled spirits and rebel
ghosts
Happily for this country, the press free. Hap
ply Tor tins RcpuOc, through the abuses OF the press
the vicious ana the prudgatC have opportunity OF
exposing their determines of character while i'm tho
blindness OF vcngcful malevolence and envy, they
strike thor lmpotent blows ut exalted merit. The
effort brings rdcuie aud CONTEMPT from an e,uIten
ed publIc aud plocus the deiamer precisely where nc
should stand IN public estimation. 80 that even the
abuses of the press have their use and wo NAV saw
Of them, what Shakespear said OF adversely sweet
the abuses Of The press, which, like The toad they
ycnomous and ugly, wears yet precious jewel his
head"
My object, my fellow voters is not to bias YOU IN
any way. Lei us choose from the candidates before
us according 10 thor merits ana their ability To- servo
us. Then SHALL we be faithful ourselves aud dis.
charge our duty to our country aud our fsmies
Let us treat with mertcd contempt, the oselous in
ICrnedgr IA our concerns Who is his yauntip,
ana rcdoubtabe Hero of the first TO-" who has heed
iahOurng by COlatIons aud ucubratiOns TO persuade
us 20 allow him 20 dictate Shall we follow his stand
ard march 1" the poles and vote tor Mr Mosby, IN
der the base of his nsuJgcntshpS displeasurcs This
Is what hs means. suppose when he says" at will
b. your bounden duty of allegiance 10 the Common
wealth That Is TO "Nathaniri Bacon tho Hero of the
hrsi 70 to make this selection according to your
in1tudu0I aud T1blISSeR view of his qualifications
JntgRiy TO discharge that high aud esaed trust as
your agent and mouth piece, speaking your senh-
meni aud wishes and other" II TINS bo not tho
meaning IT ms text, ms context gord for not hnr
But who is this Hero of the first 7Si Judging from
his work, for know hun not, he some malignant
personal enemy uf Mr.. Leigh, prompted by personal
PGu" Can It be tiat his labours are all for our ben
chE / he not some parasite, who thinks that Mr..
Leigh siuned the sin unto death when he wrote All.
Eernon SIduCy. Every line Of which blazes with tho
true hGh' OF Republ ranIsm. Ii he 20 all Tor Us in
deed, and not all for himself IN this business, II is
tune TO Gust about and whether we had not better
put to rest tho Pretenuous of all others. and elect
our Hero: provided he eligible.
Wy fellow citizens we need no such uficISus ad-
we $, even when their mo7cs are above suspicious.
We have most Of us our wives, children. our
property and right gfSuGrdge MAINTAIN and pro-
tact. We all know the candidates as well, dare
say, and deeply feel the importance Of an ubc and
faithful representation in the next General Assem-
by as this hbecr OF the patriots of the revolution.
Yes u Is a ubal upon theIr sacred memory TO rank
them with Nathaniel Bacon: English adventurer
OF equIvocal character Al best. If properly be
longing 10 the Bur- Tribe / hope and trust the Hero
70: for | was and hope shall be, what IS called
III the cant Of party, a Jackson man We have
been treated very badly 1t IS true by MIR. Lsesgh and
his friends. "Feastng and drinking, Speaking
and cuaNng have been resortcd by himself and
ms friends, to persuade that he 10 tn: Ajax Tel
emon Of eastern rights But all this IS not hing we
aavo nGught to en' from Tins patriot, shalded seven
fold IN honesty There forty uector's in tho
camp to bully lie aud fight for Us, If they wont feast
and drink and speak and tCrife and coax so that 10
spue Of LcIgh's honesty and manly independence
and his transcendant ability to US, we will ZAP
prove ourselves worthy Of the principles of general
suffrage and the faithful vndicauon Of The memsry
of Nathaniel Bacon, the Hero OF tho first u.s. and old
Hector OF . at Troy, by voting for some ono who
docs not eat and drink and speak and torI,e and cosy
provided the Hero of the first 70 wall come back
and tell us who II Is.
My fellow gn'crs, the iresho.ders and non freehol
ders; the very manner IN which this wrIor & Garblinr
compiler addresses us, cXcItcs suspicion of his char
ac,er lie. evidently, in the very outset wishes TO
create invIliOus distinction, and excite q mean
jealousy between The different classes of voters who
in fact, members Of the same family, having HE
interests and should have brothcrly feeling toward
each other. Let rs beware Of him who would sew
discorl among brc;herGn Should we unluckIly bo
swallowed by the mighty Whale" the case Of 10
nah would afford sons gopc, hat in three days we
might be cas-; ont on dry land, safe and well; but
woe botrdn the wight who receives the poison ufths
"CrCular' viper a NEW VOTER"
HcnTico. Sept. 22d, 1880.