Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-10-21

therefore, to look we'll to the present contest, as a slrugi
gle Ter the supremacy Of the principles of '9S. over those
OF Nhlggery and Federalism. Be then al your posts,
and proudly and magnanimously exercise your pririlc-
geS. as voters.
In our county elections heretofore, against the can-
ming Inventions of Whiggery, the influence of pamPer"d
wenisa aud inflated aris,ocracy, the weight of prejudice
ana misguided talents, you have lriumphanily sustained
the principles Of your Revolutionary Fathers. Argu-
mems addressed 10 your fears, false appeals made to your
personal interest, prophecies pregnant with the most a"-
full and disastrous inicbodinGs, have been brought irto re-
q~r:sii,n Ia deceive and 10 mislrad you. Bat. the intciIi-
genie uf II and -mirLcd aud virlunus people has lh"s
far t!irmp!"i. and their ctlnrls have been crowned with
ihc best OF Consequences. These victories Of principle,
j'ono7nbiy and g!"rlousiy achieved, as they have been,
are but skirnisi:es, when compared with the impending
struggle now at hand. On lr first MONDAY in A"v"m-
her The great battle is to be fought. On that day. every
stratager, which ingenuity can invcn,-cveiy VILE.
which management can sugGcst-ard every trick, which
Nhiggcry Can contrive, will be mustered into service, To
defeat your wishes, and 10 sliilc the voice OF a free peo-
pie but, a reliance upon the same Stern patrlollsm,
which has led to conquest. will again conduct you to
full and complete victory. Rally, then, tr!low-c!liZens,
to the polls, and show yourselves worthy of the name oil
irremen and patriots.
There are before you, at this time: nomirally four can,
didatcs for The Presidency, really but two, VIZ: Daniel
Webster. Of Massachusetts, Hugh l.. White, of Tcnncs-
see, William II. Harrison, ofOhio, and Martin Van Eu.
rem, Of New York. MIR. Webster, who is an avowed and
acknowledged Fcdcra!ist OF Hartford Convention me
mcry, an advocate for The Bank, for The Tariff, and In
tcrnul Improvement by the General Government. has
his prospects for an election 10 the Presidency almost
limited 10 the confines Of his own State. Judge White,
an aposlate and deser;er from the ranks ct the present
Administration, and now, for party purposes, The nurse
ling Of Whiggery, who was brguilcd from The true faith
by the Presidential lure, has been laid upon the shelf, there
10 oinc and perish. the dupc to his own foolish aud lnor-
dina ate ambition. Thus. the contest is narrowed down to
Martin Van Buren, aud William Henry Harrison.
And who is William Henry Harrison: lie Is a man
Just now ci"lh"d with a fictitious Importance, by certain
WAigs, making themselves beasts IF BURDEN, and dragging
him through the streets of Philadelphia, in order to swell
him into mOmcntary consequence. He is Il man whose
political space has heretofore been confined almost to his
owuFdomicilc-A Fcdcraiist OF the most latitudlnarlan
yrinci pies. an opposcr OF tue Administrations OF Jackson,
Madison and JeiirrSon.-a supporter Of the elder Adams;
and an adIicrenl Of the younger. lie IS al Abo!I'ionls!,
OF the II,os. dangerous and 1t Tie same time the most
foolish cast. This is the man. fellow citizens, you are
urged to support for the highest Office i'll the gift Ola
free people.
Judge White is still kept upon The .apis, not with the
wish, or even HE most remote prospect. OF his elevation
10 the Presidential Chair, but as ii decny duck, to split
and divide The support that would otherwise be given 10
the Peoples candidate. Whatever may be your objec-
tons 10 Harrison, your votes, if given 10 White, should
the former prove The stronger, (f which there is but little
doubt vii! be by the College OF Electors transferred to
strengthen tic hands Of that man, in whom the prophetic
vision Of thu Richmond Whig has discovered The next
President. Thus, if you vote Tor White, your vote, when
cried by the 90 Wl!g Electors, will be given 10 llarEi-
son. Are you prepared, fellow citizens, thus to have your
rights tiichrd away from Cd, and used to elevate an IN
dlyiiual who is objectionable 20 y0u: Are you wiling
to have your votes transferred to the wilms or designs nl
Is Electors, from tic man OF your choice. to one who Is
obnoxious to you' This must be the inevitable result Of
the doub!e.!accd. u~np!cdgrd, uneommittcd ticket, which
is now presented by the Wings for support. No! You
will uot-you cannot be Guped. The device is loo shall
low.
Who, then, is Martin Van Buren,? lie is a citizen Of
New York, OF poor bat respectable parrntage. Bred to
the profession of Law, with strength OF intellect which
ovcIcame all difficulties, he souu attained the most OK
allied c.ninence in his profession. b. his native Stale,
his high order of talents was not permitted To !ingcr
around the d~ludgery Of the Bar, but was early called to
:, exert them upon 4 more c~ypandcd political Theatre
Here, new honors and lew distinctions awaited hlm.--
The most elevated and responsible trusts were, III rapid
succession, conferred upon him In all the various de-
payllncnts in which he acted, such was The purity OF his
Republicanisun, and the wisdom Of his policy. that he
soon gave tone and direction TO the political sentiments
Of his State. In him, during The darkest and most peril
Gus period Of our last war with England, the Admins
lration of Mr.. Madison found the most ardent. active,
and efficient supporter. The principles OF 10 have al.
ways regulated and governed his political course. lie
is The uncnmp!nmlslng opponent "l the l;!lru Slalcs
Bank. Of the Tariff, OF the system oi Internal Improve
meats by the General Government. And II he goes
into The Presidential Chair, he will 90 there the lnneXihie
and u~ncompromiSing opponent Of any interference on
the part of Congress with the subject of slavery in the
Distric, Of Columbia, or in the States. This Is the man
whom we commend to your confidence aud support
When he was driven from The Court OF ST. James, by
q reckless and faclous Senate, who dreaded his we'll
meri,cd and growing popularity, and who were anS'ons
to nat him out Of the way, III order to make room LOT
tlcmsclves-you fellow citizens, took him up, anu ny
the spontaneous suffrage of i free people, conferred upon
him the second office within your gilt: You were then
told, that, by his elevation, you would bring rum and de-
vastat!on upon the Southern community. Contrary 10
the most alarming forebodings, he has shown himself en-.
,irely worthy of the high trust you rcpossd in him: Dur
inc Inc most boistcrous and tunlultuous periods, he has
discharged the duties Of his station with Il aIsm,I'y ana
self command which knows no parallel. nc has Gone
nothing and said nothing to forfeit your c%oniidcnce or to
be,ray the trust which you coniidcd 10 him. Without
cause, .hen, you will not desert him. Rally, then, to me
.,ll.. cloiEo v,ir rlrcS in tIr lrIuOT Dt IDtI sire nElD,
and leach the Wings 4 lesson that will not be easily tor
rotten. Stir up your ~ncighbors and urge them 10 The
polls. Go in solid column, and the victory IS yours;
p 4 VOTER.
(From the Lerisburg RcpubFcan)
Goon.-Wc invite the attention OF our readers 10 Inc