Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-29

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tiona honor With daring inl,ctuosity he pursued and
overlook The enemy threw himself, like thund,rbo
oil warlno The thckest OF the igh-ought hand to hand
and eye TO eye ~ith the Drton and his sayapc uyrnid
ons--poucd out his blood like water-trumuhcd aud re-
turned loaded with the richest rophcs of the
Sir ms deeds rely for recollection or bzonry
'nus'y records, nor yet upon Convention adj
dressesthey have been spoken in the thundcrs of vic
ior,ous boe-they have been written upon the hacked
and broken arnor of his country Is invaders Ills life
has been of unfalterng answering devotion 10 free
dom anu 10 the People The People love him bccause
ne hrst loved then His popularity rests upon cal
culauon OF political chances Ii is not seated ic The
arithmetic, but in tho deep and ardent affections of his
country.
1t is not intrguers, President makers nor ,ho
starched sruttng, branless arisocrats of your VILLAGE.
that rally around him. No: 1t the enlightened lbesn
aoourins people whom he has served. 1t is the me-
chanics-tic bold and hardy yeomanry, who are their
country pride in peace its buwark i'm warNIen of thc
pioughsharc and the pruning knife who amid the late
pahic, which spread dsmay and CONSERVATION from,
one end of the Union the other stood firm as lie
seated hlls-sti planting their crops and hail;ny ,ls
storm ana me calm as equally commissioned to bless
,h'mn;-hen, sir, who were dependent for no banking
facilities, who drew upon hcatcss corporation bui
upon the God that made tem and they were answered
IN The sunshine and the shower Their fiocks spoed in
beauty and in gladness through their snilinv 6eLls
.her harvests We're rpcned, their granarics filed To
tese uey looked Tor nururc,-ior protection to the
broodng wings of the Almighty; and under their shadow
and amid the household idols that blessed their domestic
heariiis, IN the pride and unsucd nobility of their ma
ture, they vowed cternal hostility to every Kind of w.
tanny 'hat can Cypress the mind of man" Under the
influence of this high and holy resolve the Bank with
al ITS tram OF ,ntrigues and proigaccs has gone 10 h,
WALL ana peal oil popular triumph has been shouted al
The polls, which will ring trust with sickenin agonv
IN the ears OF purse proud usurpaton for an are 10 come
These the men, MIR President TINT ma ", l,n,nad
ana VIII sustain the nomination of the DISTINGUISHED ner
sonage to whose character and patriotic daring have
Just referred HIS fame. like that ofour venerable Chief
magistrate spreads cvcrywhcre-a in the wilderness
and IN the city full penetrating into the far yaevs
climbing TO the hills tops, and reaching in its kindn,r
alnaung influences every iog-cabn beyond the noun.
rams iis brilliant and successful struggles agans the
iou aduicrous union of church and STATE have cons
Grated ms name to immortality The enlancpatcd debtor
as ne leaps from his prison and pallet straw shouts
iorih ms praises and the soldier oil the Revolution n m
,o''ers nto as grave teaches his children love and We
neratc his There is voice from, tbe grao Ill,
OF 'hc Ncs-irom all her cities and her cottages: There
Is voice from the East from the North and The Sou,b
iherc is voice from The fields of the usbandman from,
tue workshops OF the mechanic from the primary MS.
seinbiies oil The people, from the Conventions of neighhor
hoods and OF States, calling aloud for the elevation of
inns soldier tins tried and ncoruptbe patriot
this advocate of the destitute and the owtroddcn Ills
friend to freedom and TO man. Such Sir is Richard Nj
Johnson, of Kentucky Republican in WORKS If moi in
iath as strangely understood by the Virginia delegation
rejoice that this Convention, in making this nSmpo
tion have secuted all the subtle diplomacy of the politi
can, and have freely responded TO the warm, gushing
affections of the millions they represent They have nn
thing TO fear for the fate OF their nominee He is for.
tressed behind principles and popular attachments i'm
preghable as Gibraltar The people have twined th.
wreath of glory around his bovy-the harnv hand ne f
ton cannot tear OIL nor the sirocco breath OF
myriad OF examinations, wcr the eternal freshness of
| It's emerald.
Mr. President-Thesc remarks have been made wholly
IN defence, and not BY way of rccrmination No
Ation is designed be thrown upon the dstingn;sbrJ
friend OF the gentleman from Virginia OF the talents
the patriotism, and the democracy of William G. Riycs
entertain the most exalted estimate. would not if
could pluck one sprig from the chaplet of renown
winch adorns his brow. He has worn his honors we'll
and may he wear them long" In bovine TO the Rgbi
OF Instruction, and retiring from the Senate of the IT,
olaes again To submit his fortunes the popular suf
rage he has made sacrifice republican principles
winch does credit to his party his State which sheds
iustre, not only upon his life but upon the noe in
S vet m fltp
manhood, with prospects that brg htcn every hour-Ths
Convention have not dsParaged or dscounenanced his
calms--thcy have only been postponed
Mr. President, would beg the Delegates who have
Vo.ed III the minority upon this OCCASION pause and
renee. upon inc necessity OF prompt and cordial
IN. WIZ ase mal9sltX ~ The n9ninaGQns
be found ia the present strength of the Republican mar
~ True that party has varied upon systems of slave
ny and upon the father of systems, and LEFT them pros
irate upon the field. 1t has grapped with the nam
moth Bank and the American aristocrats and British
torres that sustained ithas triumphed elcrouslv tri
umPhed over them all. The story Of that victory
mas gone abroad upon the wings of the wind-Stat,.
has spoken 1t to State city to city, and man to man
IN lhe tones OF gladness and congratulation The
hation mas awakened from its sonnambusn-and the
panic with all itsdeamy spccres OF ruin has passed off
And that colossal mOnied power which, in the arrogance
o. s strength and IN the guilt of its ambition, would
nave hung ietter upon every free spirit in the Repub
Tic, sihole by the arm of popular indignation is now
gaspng in the agones Of its dissolution This splendid
result thus sublime tribute 10 the incorrupbility and in
igshce OF inc people, has strengthened the of
liberal principles throughout the habiiable globe But
ocseech gentlemen IN tne minority here, to remember
tn"t Vsnahce aston, UNION, firm and mistaken can
alone guard The Republican party from the insidious
Proeches OF their discounted adYersaries
or tho these advcrSCr in the staeiie, ID and scat
teTed everyI active in assalng through Ider every
ma posed that they giving the assembly they are
sl friends of JuGc White and weakening defeat bv
conn ofmy friends whom spoke at the lmf them down
by ~Sninon ongng Tor Office and power, from which
they have been driven, and by common decsation of
the great principles Of the Republican party Impressed
with these truths the democrats OF the Union have sent ms
mere that we might meet band of brothers and sut
our eengs 10 mngle into one, that might plight anew
onr ia TO each other and to country prepare for
concert and union Of action, that we may 90 forth
shoulder 10 shoulder and heart to heart in the coming
conflict Mr.. President, shall do this or shall we
present to the highsoulcd rcemen we represent the hui
initiating spectacle of distraction in our own ranks
whose ear is prepared for that wild and almost demon
ac note OF cxultatOn, which wond cross the mountains
and ring from end of the nation TO the other trouo
ali tile factions OF the Opposition None trust We
have met upon the ground OF friendly consultation and
compromise as to
We have met to surrender all nersonaI prcd;cc,or
and preJudices upon the altar of the common good-
Let us then make the sacrifice chcerfuly; from our
hearts, gentlemen let make ii Lei us by This
DAY action, tell tie world, and especially the despc
rate yotares OF ambition who battling against s
that we strike for higher objects than The spos Of
victory that we are banded together by the ties of
patriotism aad of brotherhood that with 1.-THE desnir
OF the Incorporating democrats chosen y US we hae
pound up tie dcsnIcs OF the Republican party and ia
great animaiing principles that we will rallv aroupd
them now aud hereafter, hore and every where in one
nPenetrabc Phaanx, where jar of dscord shall be
heard, no chill Of disaeoon shall be felt and though
the furnace Of persecution saac heated for them, s
ven times hotter than it has been wont to be- vel they
shall not pass the fiery ordeal alone not aone.bu tc
great Republican Party, and iudigiSiJfe