Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-09-28

the the other by becoming the dupes of fal
lovers or nsurgent captains
might. perhaps, onesof the voters of Iepric
hold myself under sc-ae obligations to these goc
iorers Of The people, for their unbiased advice if tn,
did moi labour hard tn 6ias my individual and M
biased views, and to cheat of that very rrh
I while they cautionpg me against men, who,
have every reason to believe, quite honest if
quite so cunning themselves. | judge them b
their friends.
Amonp the number of these our eood friends an
advisers, some modern witch of Endor Tor wizzar,
it may bel seeing that human efforts might fail, ha
kindly raised from the dead the ghost of Nathanit
Bacon. 10 tell us-''this the right way, walk We
IT." Bur that Hero of the seventeenth century Ina
been too long off the stage to know what suits u
living folks of Inc nlneteeDth and for one will no
believe, though one has risen from he dead He ma
go back if he list to his dark abode and ruInina
IN sullen loneliness the degeneracy of terrem
surface, finding that the people of this day tin
are too free, happy and intelligent be worked VI
into faction and fury BY troubled spirits, and rebe
ghosts.
Happily for this country. the press is free Hap
pity tor this Republic, through the abuses of the press
the vicious and the prugate have an opportunity
exposing their deformties of character, while in the
blindness of vengefui naievolence and envy, they
strike their lmpotent blows at exalted merit. The
effort brings rdIcue and contempt from an en!ighten
ed public; and places the deamer precisely where he
should stand In public estimation. So that even the
abuses nj the press nave their use; and may sa
OF them, what Shakespear said OF atverstv ..Swee
are the abuses OF the press which, like the toad tho
venomous and ugly, wears ye: precious jewel In his
head
My object, my fellow voters, is MOTTO bias You IN
any way. Let choose from the candidates before
us according to their merits anu their ability serve
us. Then shall be faithful ourselves, and dis
charge our duty to country and our families. -
Let treat with merled contempt, the officous in
termeddlcr IN our Concerns WHO is this Wanting
and redoubtable Hero of the first TO- who has beef
abourlng by collatIons and ucubrations persuade
us to allow him 20 dctate' Shall we follow his stand
ard march L the polls and vote for Mr. Mosby un-
der the ban of his urgcntshlps dispeasure. Th:
is what he means l suppose, when he says-''I, vii
be your bounden duly OF allegiance to The Common.
wealth. THAT is ''NathanIe Bacon the Hero of The
tlrst 76"] to make this selection according TO YOU
indlUld,aL and unbiased of his Qualfica ms
Faithfully to discharge that high and exalted trust al
your agent and mouth piece, speaking your sent
mentS and wishes and other If this be not the
meaning of bis text, ms context goad for nothing.
But who is this Hero of the first 76? Judging from
his work for know him not, he s some malignant
personal enemy of MIR. Leigh, prompted by persona
pque Can be that his labours are all for our ben
eht is he not some parasite, who thinks that NJ r
Leigh sinned the unto death when he wrote AL
gernon Sidney? Every line of which bazes with ,bt
true light of RepublIcanism. If he go all for us in
Decd and not all for himself in this BUSINESS, 1t
time to cast about and see whether had bette
put to rest the pretentions OF all others and cleo
our Hero: provided he is eligible
Wy fellow citizens we need such officous ad
Vsers, even when then motives above suspicion
property and our right suffrage 10 maintain and pro
tect. We ali know the candidates well, dar.
say, and deeply feel the importance OF able M
faithful representation in the neXt General Assem-
bly, this beler OF the patriots of the revolution
Yes, 1t Is lbel upon Their sacred memory AMI
them with Nathaniel Bacon: English adventurer
of equlvocal Character al best. If properly be-
longing To the Burr tribe nope and trust the Here
OF New Orleans claims affinity with this hero OF
TO- for | was and | hope snail be, what is called
In the cant of party, Jackson We have
been trentcd very badly 1t nv Mr.. Leigh and
his friends ''Feastng and drinking speaking
and cuaXng have been resnrted 10 by himself ard
MS friends, to persuade US that he ths Ajax Tel
anon of eastern rights"-But all This is nothing, we
have nought to ea from this patriot, shielded seven
fold in honesty There forty Hectors in the
camp bully, lie aud fight for US, if they wont feast
and drink and speak and t0rite and coax that in
spite of Lelgh's honesty and manly independence
and his transcendant ability to US, will zap
prove ourselves worthy of the principles of general
suffrage aud the faithful vndication of the memory
of Nathaniel Bacon, the Hero OF the FIRST 10, and old
Hector of Cd Troy, by voting for one who
does not ard drink and speak and orte and coax
provided the Hero of the first rs will come back
and tell us who 1t is.
My fellow voters, the fIecholders and non freehol
ders the very IN which this & garblins
compiler addresses U.s. eXcltes suspicion of his char
aeter lie, evidently. in the very outset, wishes to
create an ipvdIous distinction, and excite a NEAR
jealousy between the different classes of voters, w
are in fact, members of the family, having Ink
interests, and should have bfotherly feeling owar
each other Let us beware of him who would soy
dscord among bretheren Should we unluckiy bt
swallowed by the mighty Whalc,' the case of 10
nah would afford some hope, hat in three days ~
might be cast out dry land, safe and well; bu
woe betide the wight who receives the poison 9th
"CIrcular" viper A NEW VOTER"
Henrico Sept. 23d, 1880.
FoR THE WING.
The "Sjhade of Cioplop," has passed across tn
"memory of Nathaniel Bacon" but failed IN the in
tenIon to obscure it, or make diversion Of public
tention from M. Leigh. Thc unfairness compliance
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