Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-09-16
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Ought not the fraud Which is about 10 be practiSfd
By the White and Harrison parties. It. he hrough!
before the l'iinsdaie consideration OF the people -
Your correspondent, Fur Play: III Fridays paper,
gave them home .h!uSls He recommends an I'M
mediate amendment Of The electoral law, PROVIDE
In future some means TO prevent such t'@ducni c"''
nations &" heterogeneous parties. lue time never De
lore existed IN Virginia. when electoral ticket could
be raised upon the avUwcd principle U Misunderstanding,
TO accumulate votes and therefore, GuaiIhcaon WIS
ever supposed necessary Tor Eecio but that he was
an honorable man! and pledged as TO his vote ThY mol
require, that every person who shall become candoar
for the office Of Ecctnr, shall nuke affidavit, AT least to
days before The c!ccIi"n whom he will vote t": (and pub
l!sh the slmr:} and that shl BE- permitted 10
vote for an: candidate who shall no! havr made such
affidavit. nor ioT tw" or more candidates proposing 10
v"e fer different persons tnT Tie PrSarncT Az:
Ike mannrr, OF t:c Vice Presidency: THIS wnu,l So.
the OF the STATE i!rlE respective rights
Unless amendment be made 10 effect this object,
all idea of pnlilcn! principles must IN few years, BE- last
forever, IL IL" 81 n,rg que and corruption The most
popular in the Stale: from knowledge Of that fact,
will be rendered the weakest unless per chance DrIty
Of the who'll State shall sustain HIM Ali oer part!esand
fractions OF parties will combine and confederate togc-
thrr, uuder the example set upon what they call 4
"tEi0a Ticket, lprcr!y speaking Fraud Tckri and
by lhis fictitious strength gain po"cT and beng al
ready ripe Tor any thing, and rccn TO Tie c2Ec, WI. com
init oppression upon popular gifts! Is il no, "bri.
GUS that by this Plaza the most contemplate patty, or fac
tor that De pulled up is At once naTn!"d into
selueucr-may contract aud Dc contracted "t and o."
dangerous IL The public safely Is IL not known.
that by tS plan 'etrz o Congress vas elected
in OF the large ~ lh: Union. aynwrd adro-
cate o all TIE corrupt and iccmnHs principles OF an.
nv Wright; and @hu could Fever have procured SEA.
in any other way And shall the principles Of Virginia
be barrrcd oil this way and txtinLusher placed
upon her virtue io ever: The Tariff, the Bank Nau"a!
Internal improvements, and Abolition; aad all The wils
and fantasies 81 ilr restless Im1g n.lnn may b.
uiilrd under ticket and carried against the
ancient weknown, and Said political principles ~ Tins
Commonwealth. Be- tie next four years, may have
irregular Abolition candidate joined L. Two or three
otIr7 alit;idGafiaIs with OF securing II possible
the Sucieiy Of Friends. aud such other persons
ligiuuSy aiYocatr The extngu;sh'neut OF Slavery
Anl mark you After all the vlnence o. the
Wins last winter against Mr.. Van Buren, ani! abo-
llIion tie Wing leaders in the Legislature, many
OF Them could not he got vote iu the S:rong FrnYl-
snns of MIR Garlands bill against The a;oion;slS
Mr. Leigh be prevailed upon vote FOR MIR. Calhoun !
and Mr.. GrGdy bill To prohibit the transmission of in
ccnliary documents through c mail although MIR Van
Hucn lid !rMiS fraud itck"t Strikes n the honor, the
integrity aI:d the power Of III" STATE Yet we shall have
The Srrens strains poured ont upon the Legislature, III
ravo7 OF putting many OF these Wigs III the
hiri o!ic,s aud places the Common eah possible.
No objection must 5e made to any Of them. prcscflp
ton Tor sake, will! be- nowl"d from every mouth.
And have they any opinions: None They do not pre-.
tend base ih'ir Upon any political PRINCIPLES acid
dear 70 EruGia No. They siGkr bargain, not 10 ad.
vance any principle common TO any one party but
TO gain power and subnerge The whole State under a
,ud 81 contradictory principles, and give rule 10 par
Gel Of political crusaders, who seek 10 prescribe ali OH
GERS gl and low in the Government Ut the United
Sales and the respc Give States, who refuse t" bend he
knee 10 their shrine, and thus ptuianc : temple them
selves which they require others To hcp sacred ohcii
i. indeed the course Of Wing domination cTrryw!e!c.
AN OEStnF Err.