Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-03-31
MARCN So, 1888.

Tie admiration o! aN, all, instead OF Re1c b0by II was
f The old bsbes!-the other old JaLy receiving the
cradle mud sondding cloths last Spring But, presume
the swaddling cloths &c Ting and hPnvy ere this
and although he has beeu crowned with baby garands
ny This very said committee composed mostly Of u Cen
tral Junta igraeiousiy whispered 10 his mamma, am
tired tbs year Of the s'ondday cloths they have become
very hcOy acet and disGgreeQHe and "gracinnsly
have gollen out of them, doub, you nammu, will era
cously- can't refuse" (namma lke,) put them
on your old banins again This has been the scene en-.
ocled already for the last four yeaTs-a Gyaasy upoE
u.s. Yes, DYrasfy
AT this point, the people became very serious for
moment, at the astounding announcement Of the
birth of The old baby aforenamed Sumo asked them.
seiyes Is this old 6aby and the oer old baby both
Tn De burn again. and again, and ayai9 Will they
yer 'quit being born, and be accouched eteiualy?-
why, they are the most curious old buJi<s young
ones, either, that have ever known.-l DugastE q
/ Dynasty rangmust have tung-lhrough the ininds6f
the crowd Every thing here paused moment Here
The First speaker again and gaVs the sin" Ok is
"Old dead Lion few kicks, to lhe no great joy Of the
people -assembled-And such scene Of ninth oyer his
ezp,ring groans never witnessed nor do believe any
one else. Gracious Heavens! and freemen Of Repub-
lican Buckingham! lasit in reality reached Dynas.
| ly? Yes, true true, -ioo true.
Fellow citizens revert to No l, addressed TO you in
the Enqupr Of The 18th; aud you will find, tina! there
stuffed H. llhe sys,em about to be brought
into 'jnfa dcady p'cesdent" Little did :hen think,
tiata 'sea Of prophecy" 10 follow this AL.
nunciatiOn Segd irrerGcQdy sealed Providence must
~ N'N "S"a-1
thai all men might see.
The anti caucus candidate of las, Spring, made the
bold and irefragabe declaration The blocks Gas Ibe
iere) that caucussng-proba last Spring-could be
traced, susceptible of being traced TO the cham
6crS of your then representatives in Richmond There
other reports of The and like character which
may lie examined into hereafter
The baby will excuse me, doubt, for | would in
wise rea; the gentleman rudely for mentioning his
us heretofore The proceedings of the caucus will be
published, nnd his will be biazoncd as the caucus
candidate ] presume he will not dis0rn his Of
couse-he is The baby, although he might be broken in
fragments in the haJd and auful ACCOMPLISHMENT. he went
hrong the hnrdest birth known 10 any politician of the
present another Century, perhaps There are other
things in this matter that place him or any other man
with me- StrGlo before the tempest. II Is my cuun
try and its welfare The right OF suhiage, The dearest
right Of freemen, that lies bleeding a! the feet vi
the caucus mandate.
For three successive Springs warned and fUrewarn
ed party against lis abuse, that The time would come
and indeed last Spring. when submission its chains
could be longer endured erd!ess ard stless Of The
destruction Of our party, they have progressed, as if
blinded by in!aiuaon and farcsS Spirit of dictaon
each expecting in turn. partakr Of the ''luly
teri; ard whether he had poiical principle I'll or
utility enough 10 render his country good, power TO
send before the people and clear himself Of political
ansg rcsSiOn though weghty the Allegheny; whether
he had foresight enough guard his rights that
Of The people, he 10 be held up fit Idol for popu
lnr worship God grant That these things in this c"un
| ty may be no more.
FUN, sketch of the speech delivered in the House, al
though it must fall very short Of what that speech truly
was-some omissions for the want Of memory, aud sone
few additions are made The county being 80 miles in
Pt%e'"y me s HHs"Rs
and seeing, he will vote against The caucus cnndiln!es.
An anecdotr-lst. | met with 3lr - Gibson,
resident near The CouI house, on Tuesday morning,
and be pleased 10 compliment my humble efforts IN
| this great Suys he, very familiarity D"cor,
believe you killed the CAUCUS yesterday. DO you think
30, MIR. Gibson Yes, d. indeed We'll, Heaven grant
it may be drad but fear it is only scoched, Mr. Glib
son Why sir, ii is dead Why do you think so, Mr..
Gibson; Why, sir, they went to make their report
but sir, never saw men so ashamed OF thing IN all
NY life II is the las. time says he. that one will ever
assemble this place. Mark srha tell you, says
he (poiniing to the g. star chamber, and It they DO,
tell me have told you what is not This gentleman
knew almost if not a the people in the county at the
Court house, and had mixed with them all day during
| the discussion, and probably knew public feeling and
sentiments better than any gentleman on the grlt many
others also told me Monday and Tuesday But,
fellow citizens shall not take il for granted that it is
dead until Ikao,o is dend l. Is worse than any mad
animal forth against your rights and Jour Liberties
II sap them al the oundatnn-n the root-at the polls
II is worse than the hydr"ph"ba canine spceies let loose
all ereation-and mean 10 give the dead lion kick
| as often as please.
But beg pardon, loo fast in promising the sketch
Of the spPech-let me revert 10 The conversion ol the
caucus Lunning or baby
| This gentleman had told prominent gentleman in
| the drama, that if he appointed or recommended
perhaps 8" that he could not rtnse Now the caucus
baby befe iiese shoes old, in one short hour
or two during the neeouckefRl, went through many
paugs and missvugs, that he declared on the hustngs
| Notwithstanding she could not refuse which was more
than M acceptdRce- rlncIng non acceptance out
Of the queslIun-tha lie would be - worse than an sn'
del" IL dcccpt-no; urgol--lo become caHdtdae lie
told the people in The curly part OF his sprech-he
told them SD in the latter part Il" his specch-nnd he said
as he was going home to Ietl!acy ms was oilei
| a. Larp tle tpl1 hnS h.
| from the Court house, that Re would be worse than
al inide "to accept ut the nomination, as ! under
stood But 'n0uS UcrTOnS '-'Prent- gardc, too, IN
this case- This is the frs! time the caucus baby has
said So then in few weeks miraculously "born
again.; but probably he may be in earnest this time
knowing the iae1presSi6ie pnnyS ~ ms last 6rth lie
once sald he would not he candidate in the newspa-
ners and afterwards assumed The s'caddiRy clohes and
was boru nguin, to the grcat dston'shmsu Of lie ma
,;rfs tIe uppears have the political lille OF tom ca
as Mr. Randolph once said i think he said nine. The
b,hy hus rcacsd four, and would have gone, no doub
| 10 the NINTH as he could noi refuse.
Speech in The court inuse, as well as Iecollected:-
| MIR Churman-I rise Sir, at this early monient
knowing how difficult II is to get hearing at this place.
on DnrnnUunt subjects the people, TO make motion
which no,c d. which will bring into discussion The
beauties of the system Mr. Chairman, this Is
done unftignedy, and with entire reluclance-hesoV
ed "hal It is not expeden this time, 10 enter into
the system of caucusng MIR Chairman, belong to
the party Of which you purport to be the organ Ihere
are none Of you, Mr.. Chairman, although may say IL
myself) thai have fought hard long and hope, so
ably and effec;uay, the humble individual who now
stands before you but at the same time that we were
conles,ng principle with our opponents were we not
also vUnr the SacrcdncsS OF The right
Of sufrngts This righ lays at the foundation of all
freemen right-none others profess it, What good Will
this struggle do US: If we lose this great Prsrogattre
of frccnncn now, it is all blown 10 the wind-Mr Chair
man YOU, and some few active ones IN inns assembly,
are assuming to yourselves prfrogare higher than the
pcope-yuu ale oreng the s0oeyeigmy from the nds
Of the people you assume TO represent IL Is ofeao
poin, TO which we have arrived, Mr.. Chairman when
the right of suffrage is to be 'rammelsd 40" engupheo'
n, The recommendation or the mandate Of q caucus,
Sir sit In thai Chair. The organ Of This