Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-22


trinmpbed over the m2nstcr with heads and horns
than the Dragon Revelation But whe re the ears are
career Of bacd ambition tc voice of truth fails dead To-
the ground, and the weight both prccept and example
Is but a leather IN the scale.
Whoever viii read with attention the spccches of MIR
hves on the great questions of policy which have of
ac years agitatcd the country will find them always
and every where strictly consistent moi only ~ nh c,cb
o'"cr but with those doctrines which have ever been
considered as fundamental 10 the great principle of EQUAL
ights We mean the doctrines of Jefferson as cxcin-
ped not only IN his writings but in his adninistra-
~. 'nese are ana we trustevcr will be the doctrines
al the Democracy of the United States and If tbosc
VINO cherish them do not cherish and reward their ablest
supporters they VIII merit the fate of the woshppers
oil the Golden Calf and in desert of their own
creation. This distinguished, and without doubt ia
vourc son of old Virginia. not only yndicated The So
vcreigniy of the People in his speeches bu has demon
suaied ms sincerity bya noble act Of sedenia lie
could not sacrifice his integrity, but he sacrificed him.
nonourable trust which they had committed 10 his keep
ing and retired to private life, rather than make traffic
oil ms public duties or private conscience
he example is that should be rewarded not only
ior us magnanimity, but it's scarcity 1t is landmark
III Tue great waste of political dcpravity. II stands alone
ana the greater for standing alone Tbouoh il has
yet found no mitators in that body of which he
oil the great ornaments still it cannot bat operate on flu
tuie tme more especially when ii shall be seem as we
trust IL WIZ be, that this sacrifice to integrity and the
great principles of the Constitution was rewarded by
h'gh manifestations of the confidence and gratitude of
All enlightened andiIe People. t.E Y Ec. Post
VICE PRrsiDEST-We la We been AMONG tho e,rl;es,
ana warmes advocates of the claim of Pennsylvania TO
the Vice Presidency but have arose which
have changed previous Impressions and lead us ~
inns une 10 prefer that the selection shall be made from
sister State. Virginia, patriotic Virginia has n SON
whose Respondent talents and magnanimty shed lus,re
upon our country. friend TO the Democratic prnci
PIE OF instruction. he has proved himself to be, by sur
rendering his scat in the United States Senate when
CURED to do so by the body which elected him. although
mn 0ody ,cdS opposed to has party Need say that
aude TO WM. 9. RIvEs, the statesman the gentleman
and scholar We believe that the Democratic parry of
this State, would be unanimous in its support s
Orl h,
the ice Presidency filed by Pennsyvanian Yet At
iS nne ana Tor sach man, she will checrully yield
al UukeSearre PENN Farmer.
From he Maine August
such papers as the United States TELEGRAPH and
Richmond Wing holding out to their paTiizans bc
prospect of an amalgamation at the North of the
friends of Mr.. Webster with those of Mr. Van Rn -"
ms Petence is set up for the purpose of rcviynp
fona eaoTsles ana arraying the parties the coming
fresldentla contest not on moral political but oc5
graphical basis We have too much resnect for tn,
gence OF those editors 60 suppose they can believe
soc union possible 1t is encouraged By no act or dis
position hitherto manifested by the Democratic Marty
The gulf between Democracy and the Federal ari,,oc
~ at 'ne N1r'h, Is impossible We're The proposition of
union made or the accession of MIR. Webster ON onx
terms, or IN any capacity would be rejected y nccaa
uop Every thing odous in the high-oncd aristocrac
opinions and bearing of the Federal party ia ion,;6ed
with Daniel Webster. He has opposed he RenuhI;n
party at the North with bitterness than any of his
less talented aud distinguished parlizans Alta TIME when
PATRIOTISM demanded UnOH without distinction ofn,r,y
In defence OF our violated soil Daniel Webster stood upon
The oor the House ofReprcsentavcs in Congress-
I"C~ted ourSuerlng army, and voted AGAINST
.e' WIN even me hecessares of life Such acts are
not forgotten or forgvcnby the Democracy They wonJ
shudder even at the thought of any umaramation with
such man. They need such ad-lron ne,0ra
minority at the NOIi and from cruelty oppressed m Il
insultcd minority they have risen to trumnhon nj ,,
Iy III two-thirds OF New England. They have fought
their way upwards by steady adherence TO their
cpes, and IN spite of every effort of the Federal nd
rents oil Daniel Webscr TO crush them They will no,
pass an act OF amnesty towards their ancient and in We
teIac ioeS; however gratifying it might be To such
men as Daniel Webster and Harrison G. or ~
hepuDncan Party in New England will never draw
tle yea OF oblivion over the past. The willy move
menls of wcdrilled and weil-dsciplined c1rns al
ways hanging on the rear Ola triumphant democratic
majority familiar enough TO tho 81 ,
I"Pubileah party. They will not steal n march upnn
ucin. They have seen Federalism in all its phases and
are quite familiar with its ordinary tactics They have
seen IN ITS humlllaton-they have t its ascendancv.
they know that its odious features are relied in nd
but resume their horrid deormity when secure in ~
possession OF power Frustrated by defeat it exhibits
a 'osS e"Jy'hg eTanPte OF hu'ndity-when triumphant
sacred constitn,is;n, J sSorPlG'ns IT, ' r,
rghis are snapped asunder like the burning flax The
rights OF The alien candidate for citizenship are violated
Ae ven OF nPencrable and sacred obscurity is drawn
over the acts of men office Its notion poer s sno
me tangere, IN disgrace '.non mi ricorLo HAVING con
sened To go INTO our present form of Government 81
pertinent only it bent on brinOnG il IN d;sas,r
termination 1t allies itself in feeling and sylnuathv
with Tic naughty and overshadowng nionarcbies of he
old world and would present the sacrifice of our repre-
sentative system, as propatory offering to its Offend
"a masters Tor having encouraged, under temporary
duIess-iie heresy OF popular freedom.
=, At INC mead o such corps, and prc-cmncnt above
them all, Is Daniel Webster. He has at every doubt f
CRISIS thrown the weight of his acknowledged talents
IKE the sword of Brennus into the scale of the enemies
OF popular rights. He has advocated al all tines de
doctrine that property is the basis of power Not sos
sG "'th giving 1t direct representation in the frame
OF our government lie has sought TO build il mn no a
substantive power ia the community Gamble off over
awning the popular WILL and laying the ioundaAns at
NO distant day, for Ar:stocracy, that might be graft
ca INTO our institutions. HIS words have scarcely vet
dicd away ON our earstlat announced the bold procc
10 an American Senate, of officers far hfc Grinding
iSriHs-splendid moned institutons-the locking n IF
the public domain from tho necessities of the eSioTant
and the growing population Of the West-a ricl and
powerful noblhty-a depressed and submissive woman
ry--are the blessings that would follow the rise ~ Dan
lei webster to powerf indeed the patriotisn or ,he
people could be so far subdued ''
we cannot blame brethren at The Soutb for die
uusing any alliance 20 which Mr. Webster is \ nortv
however sensitive may be the South the Democracy Of
inc worm mold the doctrines Of this Federal leader in
equal abhorrencc We cannot suffer for moment tho
hnPulaon That such can ever be found in onr
ranks We reject, with ndignalion the least advance
to anal ganation Such movement is not only met Inv
rcPugnancc, but sickcnng revuson that admits Of
no desciiption. There no candidate vet before tb
people for the Presidency, that can survive AT tho
N"rth the blghting faint of such an alliance The
SOuh may rest assured, that oil insinuators of unior
between The friends Of Martin Van Buren, and Daniel
WEBSTER are idle as the wind They are the ma
ngnuht inventions Of the obsequious tools of Mr. Cal
houn,to break asundcr the ties that unite the demo-
cfacy oil the t"o sections That arch.cader Of tbc
chitects Of ruin would open again a yayujpo chesrn
between the generous South and the hardy of
He Worth lie will never his maiGnapt work of
Undermining that noble concord and generous svmn,-
my uai bound us together in Revolutionary strng-