Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-01
AMHERST COENTY

All meeting of a portion of the Republican Cores.
bonding Committee for the county Of Amherst, held at
the Courthouse of said county on the 18th Of Septem.
Der, 1886, at which Chiswell Dabney, the chairman of
said committee, presided, and Joseph P%rttyjoin (having
been appointed for the ~purpnsc) acted as Secretary, the
following preamble and resolutions were UNANIMOUSLY
adopted, and BY the committee respectfully submitted TO
the impartial consideration Of their Republican brethren,
and especially 10 the liberal and candid Of all parties gen
craNy:-
This committee. bearing in mind that great canon Of
political ethics, .'that public liberty can no where be SO
safely trusted as in the hands of the people themselves"
and that its price is ~'PerYetuak vigilance cannot regard
that man who has L vote 10 hestow, and who does not
bestow it upon the individual, or individuals, whom, ae.
cording 10 the dictates Of bis own unbiased Judgment,
he shall consider mos. worAiy, as having discharged bis
duty to his country or TO his own eonsclence-but would
look upon him as better qualified 10 sustain the corrup-
tions Of an imperial Court, than to be the citizen Of a
free Government.
The committee, well aware of the dericcs which de-
signing dcnagogmcs practice, 10 mislead ant, deceive the
less informed and more unsuspicious portions Of the
community. and TO cause them TO compromit their own
best inlerests-woud say to all such, :" hear bath sides"
and then pursue the course, which, with a view single
to your cuuntry's good, you as honest men, not acting
for yourselves alone, but for posterity, shall conceive
most conducive to the lasting prosperity of the free in
situations under which you DEMONSTRATIONS which have
heretofore secured to you, blessings, civil and political,
" without a parallel in the annals OF the world, and which
! should moi be h~cedlessly thrown away, or put in jeo.
pardy to humour the caprice or initiate the ambition of
any political aspirunt, his aiders OF. abcttorS.
The Committee are also aware that the question natu.
, rally arises, how are the people 10 distinguish between
the good and the bad, the right and The rTong9 and here
the answer again recurs, shear both sides" and then
choose for yourselves that oohieh you think best, without
fear, favor or affection. (s is the bounden duty OF every
: freeman having a common intercs! in The desiinles OF our
beloved country) IN whatever we do: circumsianced
as we now are, there is but one safe ruIe-and that Is,
NEVER TO DISCARD TRIED AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS,
as a mere matter Of political speculation, without calcu-
lating The cost before hand, and arriving at something
; like a moral certainty that, by 50 doing, our condition
will not be made worse, but probably better.
The committee would address their fellow-citizens Of
the county Of Amherst in the spirit Of candor and frank
ness. Feeling 4 lively and, as they trust. a patriotic IN
tcrest that the od county Of 3mhcrs!, their abiding place.,
so lately disenlliralled from The bonds OF ANCIENT FED.
ERALlsa, may not again fall under its dominion, but NM,
maintain the ground she has so nobly taken by the side Of
her Republican sisters oflhe State The committee would
conjure you, by all The ties Of political affinity and love of
country, that you examine well the ground upon which
you stand, and be sure that you are not on the brink OF a
prccipice, where, aliured by the syren songs OF " higgery,
the next step may p~recipitale you into al abyss 'rom
whence you cannot escape. Remember that "all IS not
gold that glitters'-thaty ou are now in The 9Th year OF the
Administration ofthat war worn veteran, whose councils,
as iorelold, /" though pure as angels OF light, mos' De
!, opposed, and over whose whole course broodIDg mrs
chief has been made to spread her bodIng wlngs---yet
he is The same .Andrssc Jatkson still, %unscalhed and IN
subdued-and that the country, in despite OF political
soothsayers, and those who ~prophesy what they resolve
shall come TO pass, has rlPened into a full harvest OF po'
liical blessings, prosperity and happiness: beyond all Tor
mer example. In a few short weeks, fellow clllzens, Inc
.'manlle Of Elijah" must be cast on some successor-out
whether for good or for evil, depends on the choice the
people shall make for themselves. On the part OF the
Repubicans-the Republicans OF The Jefferson, Madison,
and Jackson school we offer you an Electoral Ticket,
lat once SIMPLE, SINGLE and USD,sGuIsED, carrying on
its face but ONE MEANISG0 for the Hon. MARTIN VAN
buren,. of New York, as President, and for the Hon.
WILLIAM SMITH, Of Alabama, as Vice President oil
the United S~ta,es-who stand bound, by every pledge
which can bind the conscirnces Of men, that, in the
event of their election, the Government in theiI hands
shall continue 10 be administered upon the principles oil
their Republican predecessors, and that the principal
measures which have distinguished the prc.ent, shall be
carried GU, in the succeeding Administration. On the
other hand, our adversaries promise nothing but uHdy,ng
onpoSitiUn 10 the Government as now administered, ana
hostility 10 Martin Van Buren,. But 10 whose hands
this work of desolation is TO be %confded, they do not,
because they cannot, tell you. 1t may be Gen. Harrison,
a genuine Old Federnlist of the "Boston stamp, whose
contemporary Of the same stamp, in the person OF Henry
Clay, Ia better patriot, and more talented man. you
have thrice rejected; or it may be Judge White, the
price of whose political virtue, as has been web tested.
is the office Of Chief Magistrate, or the mere chance OF
it. This will be determined as you may dispose OF the
"Siamese Ticket"-th the Witc, Harrison, or Union lteh-
ct, as it may be found most convenient 10 oehohit"a'e
it-a beautiful article in the hands OF experience par
tizans 10 be passed off upon the un"ary ahu u""u
pecting as q White OF Harrison iseHa-as le W
casion NAV reouire,-Whilst it is, IN reality, 4 iuii,
blooded Eiiq Ticket, designed for effect, and fabricated
for the purpose, by the late HARRISON Confen"o"'
held al Staunton, which oissoives Inc Ue"in pSusI o..
nosed m The " Wing Electors" by the Legislative Cau-
rns or the last winter, as We are bound 10 suppose; BE-
cause M TO this time no one Of the Electors has oeen
heard TO saw, 81 haze neither part nor tot IN hlS maHs..
Verify, fellow citizens, if you can DO induced 70 ohahef'