Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-16


-. - ..- ntnnsT relation 10 The horur and interests
~ ,b d-;c, now propose myself the task OF show.
inc YOU in YOU, true coiors IL may tath our Una,
Layc hsaun loo late and that the long n.an1ton OF he
III; 80 NAV for yet longer time shield you from
f.;,od ,ahnke But, Sir, there is fedeemlnS power
- 10 fund in the virtue and intelligence OF the people,
hch once awakened, does its Office with BON pIompi
,rJe and effect The volume OF your political lie Fxh
Ills one Of our small politicians There nothing IN II
90 ,,,rac admiration 10 requ!te the toll OF invcsSa-
lion: nevertheless deem II matter OF some PuoHc IN
,eres TO dsveiope yorr secret mouVes OF acoh' anu 20
point the discerning eye OF patriotism 20 'e ho
of your exertions and snow 10 your 'e"o"'''N"' ''
homeless nature Of your professions ,. a.,
think Sir, it is very clear from your "'s''y, 'Ia'
vor have been traitor yogT own pfoesaons anu 1'so
iahless the People and the C"nS'.u.on3 Snu a"Y,
ncersv think the dignity OF the District will be cruelty
sacrificed by your re election. There is oeeP SENSE !"
mor,fca,ion which fills the bosoms oi many 'a'enru
and respectable {" your o"n party Ql II oG poSSoe
10 fx YOU any sde) when they '"nA sC'i.uo.: 'n
the public delinquency involved IN your support anu
nm, sensible tina, my Remarks will commend themselves
10 their calm and dignidcd retiec'ions WIS" 10
You of INV unpreudiced connection Will your Po''e'i
pre,ensions / am not your rival; my hopes are not
nlscet in aLryaacc by your success ieel no personal
nrendics TO grds No motive, less IMAM pure love
Of country ponp mebut do feel the force OF that
ser,iment m It's most convincing power looR on you
az poilican no began the friend OF the Constitution
and the atni;er Of popular rights. You are now The
proean coulipr ready 10 take and hold ohce al Inc
price Of the great rights and interests OF the people
You have shown on many OCCASIONS, mat you pcSes'
qualifications o! character, prEcpies or mhd oi Tue
credi,hbie discharge Of the duties u representative
You most openly beg for it-and your Constant haot
Of violating the dignity of your station has long oeeh
rejection those you orraher misePiesehl
Perhaps, Sir, you may think an too plain -and IL is
quite natural Tor TO conjecture the author VI ls
letter some person. who has before this occasion strong
ly opposed you-but in all this you will be mistaken
gonis Just entered the lists IN most re-
spects unknown TO you. Ii you knew the author you
would not hazard the nsnuaon of personal dislike to
YOURSELF of hidden ambition tor popularity or dsthc.
lion in your District. His very humble position would
dsprove the charge. The in the moon ls not more
passonless in relation 10 the given objects OF Potca!
connection with the people Of the district, than the au-
thor of this leter-And Sir may endeavor 10 ma
him ou-your search will be IN vain, except under one
particular aspect of our relalions} The space De-
tween is not very great but II E"ongs not TO your
sspacity 10 penetrate the mystery which covers me
The author is enough 10 you TO look behind the
screen, which your chafaian policy has in'efPosea
against the searching eye OF patriotism ne genius OF
truth shall answer for me The genius OF the Constu'
ton shall Illustrate the fidelity and patriotism OF my pur-
pose My hope u.s. to be able TO present The truth IN
way to elicit admiration; to rouse the sleeping
energies Of Democracy 10 contrast freedom IN her iarst
form and loyeest proportions, with those modern per-
soniications the mere images OF glorious original,
which have been auy set up for alteration IN our Le-
gsatlve halls, and all over the country. shall AIM
Sir convince all good of the necessity and the
value OF practical fidelity the CONSTITUTIONS that they
may be moved TO abandon the polluted shrine OF apps
tacy and return the faith of the Constitution
In the future Of my remaTks, shall treat prn-
cipes and maxms Of constitutional sberty as realities
as the stamina Of political SYSTEM unt show that
there alone The conservative powers against the
inroads of arsocracy With you, Sir, they have ever
been mere sounding brass and tinklng cymbal-wth
you as with men of greater cabre, they have been
adorned only for sacrifice You will doubt be struck
with many grave reflections These will alarm your
selfish fears do expect TO reach your conscience;
but Won will feel instructive persuasion, that the de
sign of the writer is different from any you pro-
posed to yourself-l mean love d! counry-ihe pie
political crisis is distinctly marked out by the
ray Of banners OF those great cycles which are
ever recurring in human affairs and in which, the moral
constitution u society powerfully excited It is thus,
Sir that the progress OF events is constantly leading
TO the highest point of progressive freedom and 'nel
gence when the heart OF man shall be gsddencd by
the voice Of harmony speaking through all The InSti,u
tons Of society.
|, is indeed Sir, wonderful circumstance, that man
Of your very limited talents should have go long repre-
sen,ed any portion of the people; and now you appear
on the stage like the picture of decrepitudp oycaden
with the burrhen of your toes and crimes and
call on the svmpaes Of those you have in ured The
people TO give away their money and their dignity,
to maintain you in respectable iceneSs-and tins The re-
ward of treachery. Why, Sir, Scotchman and Tory
could not oulGo YOU in the Dpudence OF your demand
You too small politician 10 claim frugal repas al
the pubic table much less the luxurious feast with which
i, seems YOU can never be saa,cd Now Sir ,hcr. are
men who often 10 enge admiration tor their
genius when The voice Of truth condemns them;
but cannot for my life the eas! apology for the sa
crifce of substantial interests and representative dignity
be made for you Principles Alone in our country,
are worthy of unqualified admiration and suppOrt-the
greatest should always weigh nothing, against
principles. And Sir, had you been capable Of under
standing the desnes Of your country-could You have
read her glorious history, by The symbolic representa-
Of her free and Democracy il mi ht
have saved yon from the folly and w!caedncss Of political
aposlacy and be eve your early devo,ons prom!s
ed TO liberty . that way rise the small and the great
But there those who aim 10 play the game Of high
ambition; who srurn the dull lnayims Of political truth,
and vaul,ng 'oer leap the bounds of and light
ways jsht aposate, whose brilliant parts shine
to his destruction and the ruin of Others who can
distinguish between what is solid and great and what
is guering and base: and Sir when speak Of the ruin
of such look the guidance of other men, TO the
compass by which they may steer their course am sure
but admonsh you Of your own dangerous adventures
on the troubled sea of politics You sluGied go
vernment as a science and for that reason, you have
ever been incapable Of rfvertng TO It's first principles,
and by other the politician ascertain how far
laws and institutions accord with those pure principles
which form The SubStratua Of all free government, wisely
administered In my subsequent letters, shall endsa-
remind you Of portion OF your past life. For
the present, Gdteu! CAlO.
TREPUBLIsIED ny REQUEST
(Fro,n the Charlottesville .7dcoeate
TO THE PEOPLE OF ALDEMARLE.
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