Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-03
MANY REPUBLrcANs OF KING IL QUEEN
KING y Queen, Feb. 18Th, 1885
COlM.lfH.NIca1ED-

To.MoSSrS John ". Robinson. and Darid r. Uri0df
GENTLEnES-I have discovered land that too with re-
gre that you both candidates for the county of kim
" Queen, at the Spring election and both apparently
mmovabe You will also recoect there were two other
candidates in the field but from of duty TO them
selves and the Republican cause no doubt Influenced
by spark of that patriotic flame which burns SO bright
~ IN the bosom of every true Republican they thus have
Withdrawn themselves from the canvass-dctermincd
as they were never to be the of division i'm the
Republican party. Consequently, it is your boundcn
dutynot only duty you owe TO yourselves and your
counyen, but duty to the and glorious
cause OF Democracy-that of you follow the same
example Therefore, let me entreat you, in the
name OF Repubicanis, and in the of all that is sa-
cred to your dearest rights and privileges be cautious
how you act upon the present occasion for be well as
sued that as sure as you persist in your pre- COURSE
neither oil you can be elected Consequently you will
be the cause OF division in your party and the
old Republican county of King * Queen will be repre-
scented by of the Antics. Therefore let me a9ain
entreat you not to lose sight of safety i'm the blaze of
vctory-for "united stand, but divided we fall -
AS for example, only look to the county of Caroline at
the last Spring election. That county from that period
until the present has been decidedly in favor of the pre-
sent Administration There were three candidates in
the held-two out of the three, Administration and
Anti Administration Consequently, Mr. Hord the
Anti Administration candidate elected And not
only MIR Hord of Caroline but there others in the
same situation which terminated in the election of b
W. Leigh to the United States Senate Senator with
whom it has pleased Heaven to scourge us-a modern
prophet who seems TO look upon his constituents as in
state of Egyptian darkness, and who has undertaken
to lead them to the land of promise, provided they will
fall down and worship their leaders Clay Calhoun and
Webster. Oh, what a dilemma Now sirs may the
same God who guards protects and directs the destiny
of nations you from those perilous dangers and
evils to come and that you may compromise within
yourselves the present controversy that it will render
satisfaction not only to yourselves, but to the old Re-
publican county of King 81 Queen. You will also re-
collect that the candidates all present on February
Court day, and that there short consultation held
among them, publicly, on the Court Green, at which
time there were several Antics present, and how they
were delighted TO four Administration candidates in
the field! was frequently asked the queston-Who is
the Candidate, &C. DC. will return to the sub
Ject will endeavor to devise plan by which Justice
can be impaired not only to the Candidates but To the
Voters OF King ~ Queen county Now, my Friends
and Fellow Citizens Yon who have voice in the coun-
ellis of the natonyou who feel interested in that indie
pendence which was purchased for you by the blood
OF your forefaherslet call upon you for your
aid at this all-important crisis And Oh that each
of you may be thus fired with that patriotic zeal which
finds rest only in the bosom of every true Republican
Them my dear Republican friends let us with one ac
cord and rs band of brothers, ut King 81 Queen
Courthouse, the first day of March Court next If
ia If not, the next fair day. for the special purpose of
selecting suitable candidate represent us in the ne xt
General Assembly of Virginia. and that our efforts on
this occasion may be conducted dspassonately repub
canly and last of ALL crowned with success is the ardent
prayer of your humble servant
\ A NoTER IF KING