Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-01
Richmond, Va, Friday, May l..


Richmond, Va, Friday, May 4.
JUDGE WHITE.
We cannot dismiss the following article, which, ii.
self, p0~cJu1y tells, without a few words TO 30 with il.
One OF the first things we mean to do, now that the hur.
iy.buriy OF our Electisns is over, now that the battle is
gained, and the smoke is dispensing, is to lay the views
which the whole subject presents TO us, frankly, but re-
specially, before Judge White and his friends i'm Ten
ncssec. The Republicans have gained the victory tri.
unphantly in Nirginia-and scarcely have we ever seen
4 more complete Waterloo defeat. They bay, oniped;, nm
derevery disadvantage which they have had L cncounte,
and more especially against the weapons which Judge w.
or rms Tennessee friends have put into the hands ofour al.
yersir e.. The Wing party in Va; the bittcrcst enemies
vi Gen. Jackson and his Administration-woul have
been utterly discomfttcd. and driven FROM the field two
months ago, but for the Intervention of Judge Whites
nainc.-Duringt the late severe battle. we have had to
tight not only the Wings in a mask, but we have had
10 contend with many AN honest and decided friend of
the Administration, who was carried oil by this device
OF the ~Whigs-Scveral of the Wing Delegates have
been actually saved by their inlcrposing the shield of
Judge White, between themselves and the People, Just
as We are told in Homer of some of the Trojan heroes.
who were rescued from The adversary > wrath by the in.
tcsvcntion OF some superior power. But, Homer also
tells us OF the wounds which one of these Deitics sus-
iainrd, III rcscuing Paris from the combat. Just so, il
has been with Judge White. But, notwithstanding his as
sistlncc, the Wings have been tremendously beaten in
Nirginia-and 1t ~ now evident, that the Judye can
neither save the Wings, nor can the Whins elect the
Judge to the Presidency.
Under their auspices, the Judge can never oct IN,
vote of Virginia That question is settled II y,s
forced upon us by the Wings; and they must now abide
the hazard of the die. And now it we'll becomes Judge
Nhitc, to consider the duty which it belongs to him To
discharge! We shall prove by irresistible facts. that
Judge White has been principally taken up by the Wings.
~ 5 tncir presses, their party, their candidates, in
Inc nam, winch have stood by him.-Wil he then
throw himself into their arms? Win he any longer
stand mutc-sudtr his friends to seek the Wing support
and tear himselfaway, for ever, from his former friends:
WIZ he permit the Charleston Mercury and its Nullify-
ing allies 10 proclaim, that they support him. b,caus.
the friends of the Administrators are against him. and
III Is nUulnS fIsnIg Inn .e 500 - S,nsh. IL.
hold the following language, in the Mercury, and remain
silent and neuter any longer; "And who are the party
that support Judge White :-Thcy were formerly. but
are now no longer, a portion of the Jackson party-for
IT'S ridiculous to suppose that they will adhere to Jack
son alter he has denounced them, or that they can still be-
long TO a party with which they are contcnding. MOI
They are no longer Jackson men, but White men. as
contra distinguished from Jackson and Van Buren,
Will Judge White suffer such men as the AIercury and
ITS nuilItying allies, to ruin him! But we shall respect
FULLY address him in the course of the next weck-and
in the mean time lcthim read the following Communica-
ton and ponder upon its contents
FOR TIE EMO UIRER.
" EFFECTED, II ELECTED At ALL, by THE VOTES or
THE WINGS, NE WILL EArURALLY AxD NECESSARILY
SELECT MS CoUScILLoRs FROM THEIR RANKS. AND MO-
DIZZY ms MEASURES AccoRDIsG TO THEIR VIEWS"
TRich1n0nd Hhig.
The sagacity of this talented Editor has thus. in a sim.
gle sentence, presented the true and proper motive 10 the
members of the Hhig Pary, for their support of Judge
White. But it is not less true, that the very same sen
tence presents To the friends of the administration the
most OBVIOUS motives for voting against him. lie has
thus furnished, Mt a single stroke, a political cateclism
both for friends and foes!
Ask a Wing why he will vote FOR Judge White; he
answers,
Because " Hcted. if eccted at all, 6y lie rates Of ME
UhtgS,h he trH natnr1Hy and necessarily select Ills comncu-
to his EiclrS."
Ask a friend of the Administration why he is to be
found IN the ranks OF opposition to Judge White, and
his proper reply will be, because, % Elected, If elected at
"H, . Me rotcs Of he HhigS. he aciu naturqdy md ncccs,
%~~Ry ~este his co~nedddrS Jfon raoi, ,orOs, and n,o1lA
~ ms measures according TO Their rif1rS.' And is not
the conclusion Legitimate /? If we stand las, against the
revolutionary doctrines Of Notification, and manfully
uphold the true principles of the Constitution AGAINST
the secret attacks, or the open assaults of a party infuni.
aied by then hatred for one man. how can we vote even
Tor an ancient comrade in oGr cause, if he has either
abandoned ms principles, or has placed himself i'll a situ-
aion in which he must NATURALLY and necessarily" seek
counsel from their adversaries, or ''modify his measures
in correspondence with Mtir views?
Has lie done so' Let the sentence at the head of this
article give the emphatic reply. Let the votes of The
s~eif'styled Wings for this quondam champion Of all the
hated measures of Gen. jackson. speak for me. Ave
and let them speak far him,-and 10 him, in a language
which will reach his heart, if that heart be as pure and
patriotic, as it has always been represented. Let hin
ask that heart, :" 'htther hchas changed, or is IN jcopardg
of changer! Does it deny the charge? Let him dis.
trust It's suggestions as deceitiul and falacious. Let his
reason address 1T in the simple language OF truth:
ALI THE WORLD is AGAINST YOU; The Wings give
Judgment against you by voting far me, and my old
trends and coniederates by voting 0gainst me-
Yes, 1t Is true. There is an universal Judgment from
Name to Georgia, that Judge White has gone over to his
advcrsarics, and that
Because +" Eiocted, il cheated at all Jy ic rotcs of the
- 80 NF"F'N tNL ttf0SUI sfflff us N
c"foIS from M"T ra"hS, and modify lbs measures accord
ing TO their ricWs."
And what man but must distrust his own Judgment
when he finds both lri nds and foes uniting in a different
estimate ofhis conduct? What candidate on the Illus.
tngs can suppress his painful emotions, when lac sees the
enemies who had prosecuted him with rancorous hate
crowdng to the polls to support him as a convert, and hi.
friends whom he had bucklcd to him with hooks of steel
desertlng him as an apostate !? Depend upon il, when
there IS so universal a judgment of all mankind, that we
have abandoned our principles, we have reason to dis.
trust the dcceitful suggestions of our own bosoms to the
contrary.
do not say that the thing may not honestly be. But
l do say, that no man should place himsclfbcforc the peo-
pie under circumstances so embarrassing. lie who in
conscience abandons one party, and gives in his adhe
SION to another Of adversary principles, should in pru.
dence and III dccency retire ircm the arena. There is
prostitution IN submitting to be taken mp by any party
however revolving their principles, that is disgusting tc
the moral sense and there is a folly in holding up oul
apostacy, or our versatility to the glare Of public observa
ton, which il is hard 10 say, whether we ought most t
pity or condemn. l.
THE FICTORY.
The Elections which have poured in upon us since our
last paper, have surprised both Parties, and astounded tn,
Wings. The day has gone against thein-Every man o
sense admits it. When was there such a day Of disasters
10 the Wings as "Wednesday last? The returns which
came in were really overwhelming.
We have carried Dr. Taylor ofAfiddlesex, as we had cx.
pectcd. This was no news to us. We have not only carried
S1r. Spratley Of Surry, and thus disenthralled a coun.
~, whose late delegate voted for MIR. Leigh againstherl I'm.
structiOns; but we have carried him by more than 2 To /