Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-03-31

Inv or baby If YOU please of several yeess e.a
,nee had not then reported for The 6Tta OF hts
Iocuss they say, only appear to eat out OUT
and nuke noise once in i7years3 so. 'ese or two
have happy knack of being born once in year OF
What good, my feow.ci,izens, has ne oohe tSSr,b
What great has been proeetsd oroasa c, in
and Carried Msoegas None. You caucaseu us noucb |
1S34 and what have you gained! or rather now nu
have Won moi been wors,ed with the other gen1eSs
YOU caucussd in, year or Two anet: ne ~ I,n,s
the vessel of State the bankrupt saoaS o. ne ia
R;rcr Caea and there he has iei' us ,ui,h MORO |
,bose who would have steered the vessel WIN more
rood to the Commonwealth, with less expense, lnt'
1he karea of saGty say he has LETT US cneei- |
loss crew, unable 10 one inch, without lae
INNS, fearful taxation any free people, with the same
,'os ever had 20 encounter Yes my fellow
czens left US on the shoals and qutcksands m,red over
head and ears ready to PERISH If stand STILL ana Inc
sane if we proceed This the effect OF your caucus
sr.tem-dire tremendous and a,cfuL.
And no, only has he done that; but anxious was ne
TO strand the vessel Of State and lodge where no nu
man power can we'll remove it, but in doing this, he Sio
lated one of the first and dearest principles OF Tree 70
vernmen-Fellow. citizens he violated The siefea, nse
solemn of petition So high regard does even the
ssnseless Agi,aor John O. Adams, have tor the gn' o
petition and the sacredness Of the oath he took 10 sup
port the Constitution of the u S. that recently ne pre-
scented petition 10 eject himself from the noof o. .e
H. Of R. Nav morcooer he uiotated has oath' ne GO
lated the highest and no5est feeling Of
free people-When that gentleman took his seat on
the floor Of the House of Delegates, ne took an oqh 70
support the Constitution Of this stne ana OF me %
The Bill Of Rights is part, and declared 10 ne part
of the Constitution Of Virginia In that, The right,
tho great right Of etttion is secured memorial was
cent the gentleman, written with all the ability tnat
ain master Of against the project Of tins canal IN which,
one Of the other babies with this baby and Others
have stranded the vessel Of State on the very rock
pointed out This gentleman requested TO present
it the House, and ask it's printing; and It the House
would not have printed and laid before the Legs
hAn h1o MI m
keted it. If he treated thus, fellow.c,zens, how
much regard think YOU would he have to the poor and
The ignorant, who could not defend themseves' :,
soy and repeat, my citizens, you cannot make
materials to represent free people They lack at feel
ing that soa that ability, that is able to sustain them
selves before the people, and on great occasions why
caucus, if they able: Why give them hctilous ana
by will unroGe them of The gentleman in his Speech,
talked of the taxing pouer in regard 10 the late course
of Mr. Rves in the Senate on the currency-ihis was
nd captandum Mr. Rives' course more involves Inc
faanr power than the Su5Treasury system that he and
ppssF apprope.-I do not approve OF Mr. Rlves course
but give all men their due, is perfectly righliul,
The gentleman expected 10 gain some "fsh, by Tins
ad eaptandum argument Let him LOOK 10 tue slsuaon
of Virginia now the subject of the James river canal
and then talk and Mnk too, of the safu Pooe. faT
alton, which he has ascrbed to Mr.. Rves, efutonsly
Fellow citizens, The subject of the currency 10 Gay
have not had time to speak. II is 'gory enough to
kill one lion in day-prowng, gnawing and gnnsh'
ing his teeth on your liberty, if possible.
Mr. Richie Inns kindly opened his press, when was
no less his duty 10 free people, and you VIII nave e
on tina, subject as snon may be. In the mean time
if they do not keep fighting the lion by constantly
and eiernny bringing forth its babies shnll have The
satisfaction, and feel impelled by du,yto examine that
subject also the blocks In the mean time, see Inc
Enquirer and Wing presses for publications am, iel'
low citizens grateful for your kind attention, and hope
you face to face many time before me next rec,
ton. u H. FUN hlffI.
p S-Shopld any one think that have been the least
too severe on Capt Booker, they will Eecollect, ior
would not be understood treating any one rudely)
that the and deeds referred to public acts md
committed by him, ineruoUen in fact with him us pub
lie man; and public men and matters, say with Shak-
sPeare,
And sec who frs, balloos enough
Besides, | have only treated him us he did MT Hives,
and has denied him the right Mr. Rlves, ! pre-
sume would be the last to complain. now in my turn
have right 10 attack Capt, Booker and The caucus (and
TO exercise IL tool-he rue if he can
shall not take it for granted that The caucus baby IS
dead-as caucus baby-unil he announces it in the
public press, for know the genleman's political mo.
desty and variations we'll, that am hard Of Jeii.f
should not be surprised if some such answer is re-
turned as this to his mamma-Gentlemen, had no
wish 10 become your candidate for the county eecon
but from the high confidence you have been pleased TO
in ISL h e. i It s Ills Choice i, certainly
is mine. We shall each other again on the stump in
that case. c. K. FONTAlN r
DIP. S.--Fellow-c citizens, / thought had finished.
The following declaration has been just reported to me,
and as shall detsrminedly and fearessy handle The
caucus candidates, past present and future in the
sent system in your county, and break the nest and
de am bound to repeat it, it precisely the effect
des cribed in my preceding remarks
Major Ysncey declared at Mr. Scruggs tavern, in the
sprng Of 1887 n substance follows: he was, reco
ect, the caucus baby of that yeur"ls that eaueusing
oasng, he termed primary assembly Of the peoples
he was getting DID, md it loo much trouble 10 be
going about making stump speeches 10 the people"
Yes my fellow citizens it is too much trouble or these
caucus baangs to you face to face and the stump
give their creed II is ',oo much troubIe"-they rely
on the "Holy lnquisition" before named, to support
the'n bring them out, md mako them, what they are
before sad the materials being bad they rely upon The
onpoten pooer not of the people, but the caucus e,o
Help such politicians Strange times indeed! Have
elective monarchy at once, and crocn the old "wheel
horse who hos been Juggling and dragging ond drag
gng the vessel Of State into the nry and n,dd, ant
stranding shore of the james River Canal, with hi.
worthy coadjutor. What is this but bold and harefaced
attempt 10 oist and anoint themselves before the holy
oil Of the Caucus tnqaisioz is put on then'
shall feel myself obliged provo ta words at the
end Of the No. on the Currency.
Major Yaucey will named him the "whccl horsc-
be told the people in the Court House, he had
good wheeboe and this acknowledge dragging ,hussin
tho mua-hs Ia. Ra: his shoulder 10 the wheel 10 that!
Twenty-fffth Consress.--Sd sess.
.Mondoy, March 26, 1888
IN SENATE.
CHEROKEE TREATY.
Mr. Southland presented memorial, addressed to Con-