Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-09-18

THAT is say, the old doctrine of the acrHrte ea,
ddnn!-Well, who Is he 10 he? H,ar him Gikird tm,u
"l.rt us spea- paIny-f'r the tIie has come; and We
should fail tiuiy In tn" "a big party If We reyecr
eli To improve il MIR Clay, we have ever regarded a,
| an allie honorsa!", upright and patriotic statesman
| warm hearted and high .nIf drd man. We supported
h:,D once for The Ir ncy and would Do ain wcr
we not in so DOING. almost certain OF drf'al Blu, Mr.
Clay is DEFICIENT ir popularity. He has hren upon the
public Stage soDe Eve and twenty years and his candid
and sometimes irconsdergle cuufsc has pn LAID h,,o
bare the atarss o. his rrcnrs. fHjudces against
HIM. of different SORTS most uninst and En'oundtd a.,
We believe have ben, by the Gfgeut Efforts OF hs ad
versarrs: ingraiHed int" Ie popular mnd, IN
part Of the country that nothing can eradicate them
The ardor with I" hch he snst1ns those opinions an.
measures which HI lea, ad"p'edi Il it has made warm
friends has made hot enemies; ana every body kHows
how quickly friendship cold and benefits fox.
gotten while rnissy heats by drlay, and Enquiries
imagined njuTirs ran&c DEEPER ond dcceer IN he!ra
Mr. Claws nftu, iasled To sustain :. q Adams IA
the Presidential chair. With all the efforts ;nltc Il,
cleo, Mr. Clay him. Elf in IS;S2 lie saccerdrd uban.
mo only fDrty nine electoral votes and the election
of 1886 himself end his friends well satisfied -!
his deficiency popular arr that siey did not at,ear.
to run him at ali Is not THIS decisive evidence as 70
Mr.. Cays popularity
GWhai, diop Mr. Clay: Well, who ncx,:l
with rcspec, TO Mr. Wsh,:er it is necessary f;r
US to dwea moment upon admiration Of his loIrus
and confidence in his wisdom and vir!ne In lhs
respect DO but sympathlsc with the great OF
fellow citze Of Massachusetts,, and WITH large
bcrs Of the best informed aud enlightened tho
people all over The Union. But Mr. Webstrr is cqqa,
iy deficient with Mr. Clay in the essential .r7nsc Of
popularity; aud like hr Clay he obnoxious 10 large
number of nveerSie PR iudices which have been for
years zeaousiy nursed and iustccd By the dpnt envy
and hatred Of those 40 did not dare a-s.:! hn IN
any other way The result OF tie late Prs!Jsua! lie
,ion iined Eacent indcatiOns furnish ccncu.
evidence to minds, :'rat Mr.. Webster is
araiaJle cnndidaie
GMh hat! Mr.. Webster too pitched newfoundland by
his own avorite htss2 He frsuolh rhr ava lut-
NA.l l,,,y I,rrttf a.
the mystic name, wEca 10 baalr and beat The Grear
Magician Out with the name OF the mighty pave
What Monsieur Ionson come again-Oh, here sic
There remains lhrn only General HARRISON - mar,
who if his has no, beea brilliant thdt Of s
two Statesmen above named has yet given sdence
the head of armies, the Representative o! the l.
S in foreign country the Governor Tor GaHy
of the North western Territory, which now IugiIdrs
within its limits tce great States, as u. 3 Senator iur
Ohio and in other hnHbr., but not less responsible of.
ces-of capacity, integrity, s'nnd senss and grnune
patriotism ard who possesses, above all that osscn'i
requisite, Of which "e are III sesch I" VT, lie iavo7
and good will O The mass 81 lie Propr,-In olc words
popuinray" &c, &c NC.
I'VE therefore decidedly ayow ourselves IN favor of
Gen Harrison the Wing candidate Dr President OF
the precise ground that while he possesses every quality
requisite TO an able and patrioc administration TIE
Government, he far surpasses his 0;i'r. two comprlUs
in tn, all esieitrll ql.i.:l!lpns pI popularity lir.
the yeoDLes candidate We know well that their
are many arden. and deyoled friends Of Mr. Clay a"d"
Mr. Webster both in this Commons wealth ndes-wl!rrc,
who will read this article with ,eTy plcasuraOic feel.
ngs. To them say, that equally with them III
dividua choice would have been different. We have
studicd the Indications Of the political sky with unSra
ryng attention, since tie assembly %! Congress al
the Extra Session, in hopes 10 6nd some signal OF sue
cess for the other Of our iaynri;o candidates.
But none could We nor can we bind On The contrary,
ea saw prnois and from ti:ae To time, they nave
been growing stronger and stronger that the only chance
tor The Wing party was, 10 unite heart and ha"d upon
General Harrison.
And then the Atlas invoices M Webster and M.
Clay give their support the election Oi Gen Ba,
rson, and TOY obtain for themselves far higher as.
tincon than iha! Of being President With Harrison
for candidate, wc are certain n' success with any BODY
else the at best is douLru Certain Of success
Indeed What Gen. Harrison, WHO is The Bank AID
Abolition and Internal Improvement canddue-who
was beaten at the las, elrctIonHe, TO he brought for
ward in Virginia, and the South and New York ard
Pennsylvania the Wing available candidctc-Ag'crd
gentlemen, If ii please you. We have already en-
countered this genius once; and we are wiling aga'n To
meet him al Phpp II will save world of trouble,
in the canvass. We have every thing cut aud dryOoc
weapons already FURNISHED and pared. The De-
inocvats have beat him once aud !hey Will lind M din!
Guilty in meeting him again.
But this whole movement OF the Boston Atlas shows
rs the immense lrspidatinn into which The Wings
thrown. They changing front already in face OF
their enemy We hail the sign with pleasure But We tell
them, that 1t is in vain. The revolution has commenced
with Maine. The ball will not stop rolling, unuI Nhg.
very and the Wing candidate aud the National BnE
and the Federal principles, overwhelmed and pros
trated under the feet of the people.
ILLIsnls.-1he Doubtful District ~ still doubtful.
VERMoYr-The 4th District not positively decide,
but the Election very close-Yie following is the last
account:
Correspondence. IF The albany .Argns, dattd IOnreT,
I'm SEPTEMBER, LBS
"Gcn Fletcher is reelected IN this (5'h) dsrIclby
at least $50 majority, every county in the district giving
him majority, except that part Of Orleans belonging
to the third district
In the 4lh district it is impossible to tell the r'sn:
S,Ntfli
majority ALL he does not lack thnn 10 or
~ votes Of it, and will doubt he elected al the next
trial"
New York Both parties aiming 10 the teeth.
The Democratic Stale Convention met at lI'fNl
mer, Wednesday last and unanimously nom mated
WIN. L. Marcy and John Tracy, as candidates tor "''
and Lieutenant Governor at tie ensuing Election
in November.-Tie number of delegates present Was
2i5.
The Wing Convention have ronincted WIN. H. Sc.
ward for Governor. after four baotIEgs-ard Luhet
B'adish, late Speaker Of the Assembly for Litm 90
rsrnor, by vote of III ont Of 24-Tac So-
calls upon The Wings 10 "Uniurl the Banner On 10
the Rescue. New York must Save the Goun'ry.'-E
will not do-The election will not save Whiggery oni
the National Bank But Marcy will be elected, and
thus the omens If the Star viii prove ominnus p!'
If Whiggery Dope nd, upon H. York for IFS sal
walton, it must be overwhelmed
PESSsrLrsNIA The signs ave gathering ogains, Ei
ner, as Governor. The canvass is warm and bne.
Aidavs got up against The moral character OF Fo''
trr-and they rrtaIiated by nfday:s against Nr"'
Names published of men, who once voted oga'"
Rtner, and ATE now going TO vote for him The SAM
weapon IS turned against iaem-nnd IN more h1
manner; because il brspQahs change by coNe-inr "
stance the .3nt -HGSO1S and even the Germans lhs
Pennsy lvanian PUBLISHERS staemsTt, signed by ~ M
turazed Germans Of the town OF Lancaster who aba5'
don Rner and sign themselves the friends OF ro'
ter. So with of The Anti. Mnsons-Ab"U!
90 Of the most active Anti Masons of Pennsy yafI'.
have out with strong and elaborate address
against the present Governor. "Among the sIgnef'
the address, VIZ notice The Of George w kIn'
ESQ, Of Lebanon, active and Influential! pn'rt''
of that county. One who, heretofore by his r!ogurns