Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-13
For THE WnN
TO TIE PEOPLE OF BUCKINGHAM.
..Na.ule ha,h framed strange fellows IN hs1 .im. -


Radical, Jackson Clay, Ilooter, Anli-Mc
son, or New Voter, or whatever you may be
for II Inat;erS not with mo, and throwing aside
all pccuaritics titles. &c. | will not pretend Ia
make convert of You, neither wall ask under
what colours YOU sail, whether Mahometan or
CnRisrIA>; but have d,scended to the unen-
V able grade of newspaper scrbSlrr, merely
To inform you. that unless you tack about and
haul III yorr u:aln-tor gallant, G1 q re apt TO run
a!"u # new little world that is, springing
up about you, ana you m.y in all probability.
lose some of your TAG RAGS and teckus, lex
cnse M readers, for am not well vrrscd in
nautical expressions The inhabitants Of wh;ra
have not AZ yet progressed far enough in their
dirty wo'k 10 slect n title. & it,perchancc IL y
i.ou!d succced-Succced III wbat:-lo Turning
new county, God bless You'll will b. civil
enoush to suggest on", should they be uaior-
tunate not 10 select one peculiarly adapted
10 It's dignity md station. Have you ever heard
the cd folks talk Of Fiuvanna, the land OF per-
sInauns, opassnmS. and pole cats? or have yon
ever heard of CaTntue County, the country of
cotton seed, aligatprs, and the f,cetiou; Jackson
hooters: Ii you hav', do you not think Chris
tiaqulXotc the land of coopers rati lesnakes, and
~h1r lcJcrr;es, mi ht vie in point of ms picnce
with thar Of the above named? Probably YOU
may ask why designate that namc-my reason
is pain thar the rcd bird of the sappcr.ne' las
il is e'nphatlcal!y icrmcd) resolved 10 set up
FOR himself, to use mechanical phrase, ard
, thereby to form a county out of parts of
the Counties Of Campbell, Prince Edward, ana
the fag end of poor old Buckingham, which
may, IN the of time, cut no i1consdcrabie
figure upon the page Of our history, & by way o:
immortal! Eng tho found r ofthis mighty Repuh-
lie, and bcstow.ng al due honor praise and merit
upon him, yen may see the derivation o. the for
mer rart.-Ah iliustruus and far. famed Der
gu To G! thou hast at list found thy compct
tor, if not in the number of thy adventures
certainly thou hast in their exravagance arc
flt.lity. Do We catch the idea. Knight oil
ChrstaqutXo:c' | fear the of thy glry
has reached his n'erediin AID Is fast lowering
towards the horizon Of oblivion. Sheakespeare
says "'Tis cruelty
To load falling man."
Depart whilst Tecur to circumstances equally
important. Some Of our Yankee brethren of
in I&3o.--Qncfc, Did the know'rr Yanks es
suspect any thing of this n Republic In all
prob, hiity, this flaming meteor designed as
part "t It's celestial machinery. Who can tell?
Will not at this time, pretend TO say any thing
OF the disadvantages, ard numerous iucouveni
cnccs attending division Of the county, for the
inexpediency of such course is very well
known To you all, the wiseacres Of the 'apDe-
rene excepted.
But dear rcndc-, the most amusing part of
the farce has no! been reci'cd. and YOU NAV Grin
when yon !rnrn. that out Cf one hundred and
Fifty persons who signed one of the memorials,
not one d'zcn can produce receipts from the
Sheriff of the c unity for their taxes during The
last year Rccnlicct the host of little urchns
and mill boys, whose names were written FOR
THEN, IS not included in the list of The dschar-
gsd. What think you of that? This circum-
srancc reminds me Of Crisis in the Roman his
tory, when The belli9j rents, on account Of the
scarcity of mrn, placed weapons in the hands OF
their slaves, for their nal defence, which
was far nure crcdi able and manly, than the TN
dcT-h1ndnd art'iicc alluded TO Blu in the whole
course of my ramhles and researches after
knowledge, 80 no! row rccollett of haying seen
more notice taken Of pure and unpreccdcn' e.
patriotism. than O!d - mcr cd on one oc
casl0n. VIII you believe me when tell you he
manifested 50 much warmth and zeal III ths
cause Of his county, that he was about hauling
down his mill dam, almost taking the bread nu
OF h!s own ciid-cn's mouths, as well as those
of his neg bours, to make way for the c0ur
house, winch he conf 'c;ured, would be abou
the centre IF his mill pond' Old Buckingham
oncs produced poet, but may ,e squeezed tr
dreth, # the want IF one is not considerably
Felt now, TO rear his monument 10 the skies.
CAPT. HOOTER.