Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-07-08
AUGUST ELECrIONS.

RICHMOND, (V.a.) Friday, JULYs.
AUGUST ELECTIONS
We should deserve the same Lesson at the hards of
the friends o. Jackson throughout, the state, we have
been giving to his freuds in this city, il we did not,
press upon them the duty Of rou'ng aud being
posts In the month Of Augu,t The polls fer members
Of Cong es' and Of the State Legislature, will then be
opened-l Ia time for the People Of Virginia to be up
and a-dons-Let rs look al things al in tn e r
faces.
We take II for granted, that d.dd,d siori,, Of IN.
People are the friends Of A. Jackson. Will they .lum
Der In overweeniDg con6dsnce-fo'dng their arms /;
trusting supinely TO their superiority-and permitting
an Opposition, ever active, ever sleepess, to take the
napPinee This is the question which we til, day bring
before he People OF Virginia.
VIVA, have they seen' An Opposition. devo'eI I, the
Interests OF Mr. Gay; man, who has principle
Uncommon with the Peop'e OF Virginia; who laughs al
all our Constitutional scuple; who has supported the
Bank OF the U. ates, after having vehemen,ly oppos
sed upon constitutional grounds who led he F.-
Their OF The American System who has ridicued The
restrictions OF The Veto Message upon Interpa, I'm
prov emett; who has been conitan w pursuing hi,
way to the Presidential chair, with eye that neve
the friends OF this man, devoted to his cause, daunt.
ed by 10 disappointmen' ntnidated by no d fieu-
y-and we are con peeled to say, their presses
arrested by no fa.iiious scIup!e, and re.ortine
to every imagin ,ble exp dent for the accomplish
ment OF their purposes,-We have seen them
never ured oil ntatons-magnifyn every
error, however small; deriving the most exayagan
statements from the hireng scribbers of Washington
caumniating all the acts of Andrew Jackson and
hunting down his character with the most RELENTLESS. il
lberay. We have seen them ascibe the tissolu ion
OF his Cabinet TO the alleged support which he has yiv
en- to the alleged intrigues of a woman-We have
seen them lay at his doors the undgnifed quarres
oil his quondam SecreaIies-We have heard the most
disrespectlu reproaches thrown upon his character
at one time, painted as tyrsnt and at another as
TOBIAS too weak 10 administer the functions of The
government and then passionate TO leave any au
thoriiy TO the discretion of oihers-We see them
abusing satirzing and denouncing beforehand new
CABINET which seems not TO yield in abilities to any
set OF Secretaries which have been in power since the
days OF Thomas Jefferson We have seen them do
more, and nothing but the monstrous coalition of
Messrs. Clay and Adams could have prepared us for
the phenomenon We have seen these yery men, who
lately denounced Mr.. Calhoun as the ar archs of The
South. as the advocate Of Notification as man utter
ly umh to be trusted with public affairs we have seen
these very men. woong the friends of MIR Calhoun :
ana indirectly proposing Coalition between the
friends OF the father OF The Tariff and the alleged ia
Their OF Notification, Tor the avowed purpose of ban
ishing a. jackson frim the public Administration.
Amid the movements of an Opposition thus active:
mus eniistng every means within their reach or within
their Imagination, for the contamination of their pur-
poses-amid the exaggerated fables about the dssolu-
ZION oil the Cabinet and the quarres of its members
we have seen the 4th of July come and marked with
the toass oil the Opposition and shall see the cleo
lions OF August pass away i'm a similar shirt unless
the People of Virginia will rouse themselves in time
for the rencontre. IL they wish A. jackson bansbed
to the Hermitage be il SOL We sure that no man
who has ever filled the chair would leave il with less
quang spirit than he will But if the People wish to
retain him at his post until he has paid off the Nation
al Debt, curailed the National Expenses reduced the
Tariff, ccumscribed the sphere of federal authority and
introduced as much simplicity and economy in the pub
lie administration within his command l. then we
say must the People rally &C lively around him-Why,
Is 1t that the people OF Virginia are so supne? The
citizens OF Kentucky are not They are animated
ny the prospect OF their elections in August Their whole
state is in motion. And is OF less consequence 10 us
TO send able and correct representatives. the Congress
oil the u States than il is for the Freemen of Ken
tucky is 1t olesS moment TO to exchange Taaferro
Tor Chnn, than il is for them TO get clear OF Clarke or
OF Buckner! Are firm and mistaken politicians of less
value 10 u.s. than to them?
But the Elections OF Congress are not the only sub
Jects worthy OF consideration. Can the people Of Viz
GINA forget, that the next Winter is the season for
forming the Electoral Ticket That the Members of
the Legislature have always, since the existence of the
dent! Are the people prepared to send those to
the Legislature who are not understood as willing 10
go into Caucus for the selection of Jackson Ticket!
How then will the People staDd' 1t has been very late
lately published boasDgly but falsely said that there
were very few Jackson in the last H. of Delega
1t was published last winter that the friends of Claw
were willing 10 unite with those of Calhoun for certain
Pocal purposes Suppose any such state OF things
happen during the next winter Suppose the Delegates
oil the People from the Jackson countless of being
willing 10 consult their wishes, should decline going into
Jackson Caucus-anl perhaps organize Clay Con.
venion, like the famous Adams Convention of the 9Th
OF January, how then will Virginia stand? We pu
the case hypothedcalIyWe cannot believe IL probabl.
but we are not now TO learn how often security
is the Parent Of danger-and that there is no surer
way 10 be defeated than TO despise your enemy
Rouse then in time!