Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-05

and Lis then friend, I'm account Of which appeared in
,he Enquirer last Spring. when The fcrmer gentlemen
took 10 inquire whether YOU. Sir, had &chH'f
Goar position !; ard upon beng told IN reply Ihal
,"u had snd you "mennt Ia carry y0uJ V'inripieS
Mr. Funtane then observed, .ls that all! Did he not
say any thing about The Administration aboB1'Mr Van
Buren,? II WILL NOT Do FOR MR. RlVES 10
SPEAK ALONE OF HIS PRINCIPLES; Sir, That
,eW not do" or words 10 TINT effect How ill and i'm
peItery then, must this disciple have understood his
Oracle behesls and posi0n, 10 be thus satisfied with
information om yourself, which falls SO far short OF
what he wished To obtain through your communication
with another person But his IS not all; and MIR Fon
tsine IL moi who icH let his opponents suier Tor
want Of pT0o(S, whenever these necessary con-
vict him of Inconsistency For, although he did pn.
silirey declare, las late November 3O,) that "it
won!d not do Tor MIR Rvrs TO speak alone Of his prn
cples, yet The pr0ctS 10 his utter ignorance ot his
sdoiS plum and position d0 not stop here. how, IN
word did II happen if Mr. Fonlane did understand you
that he in Of doubt and raclaion previous 10
the Senatorial Election? HOlc if he had understood you
could he have been guilty OF The unparalleled absurdy
OF irrlng TO you for information for others Dr. 1t he
understood you how, in the name of common sense and
truth, dd II happen that upon the receipt OF your an
swer he finally made himself the laughing stock OF al
parties by assembling council IF nine to tzptam ana
interpret IT for him. because, and simply BECAUSE he
HIMSELF did not and could not interpret Alright
aye and for the best of reasons because e like SO many
others did mol understand your mysterious, and deceltfu
positions Was there ever more perfect farce attempted
prinCp calls upon his subordinate to testify TO what
his real position before the meeting of the Legsa
tnre that unfortunate parsonage has himself shown ny
his acts that three months after his principal
had vouchsafrd TO explain and define his position 10 him
he was still unable To understand hIm.i
Thus much for This ridiculous sceue, in which you and
your friend Sir made TO enact cOngrnons and ere
dnade part! ! must now take leave OF SD omInons
conlunctioni and is with pleasure that leave yon and
Mr. Fonaine TO enjoy yourselves, and The public also TO
enjoy innocent smile al the expense of bon while
proceed TO the final Act of this eveniful Drama; but,
in the meanwhile, | cannot refrain reminding
you, that your pTotege has in some instances SIM
ned against your latest enets, and has, therefore
subjected himself 10 reprimand. For, while
you decaim so loudly against the fatal tendencies
OF this system OF pledged craftsmanship in elaon 10 can
ddalrs Tor the Presidency y"u doubtless know by this
time, that C.cn FOntane has himself been rather prodi
gal Of such pedgeS, Especially when he found hem con-
his election in The Spring ol 1898, chtn
he pdged himself not 10 desert President Fan Buren,
account efMc Subtrensuy0 but more subsequently,, IT,
on the 3llh NV 1885 he had the AUDAClTY to lriSh
that gnu YOURSELF. Sir, should make some pledge or
profession about Mr. Van Buren! Oh nionstrous mon.
s,rous. Who would have believed that Citizen Fonaine
has, in these trO instances at least betrayed the sublime
independent, prudent system of his superior; that system
whose chief beauty and peculiar advantage IS That II
allows lis followers TO use honey e5presson) The H.
berty of holding with the fox, and running with The
hounds
But let US come 10 the Finar:
THE TOAST.
lnvidious comparisons shew want Of judgment. But
when such comparisons made on grounds that are
not true they become the more contemplate.
Among the curious developments which have been
called forth by the awdy pageantry at Louisa Court
hnuse the toast which drunk IN honor OF the guest
Of the Day, together with The palry vanity oil that guest
not the least remarkable the toast is as follows
"Our distinguished guest, W. & Rives Like FubrcIus
al the tent Of Pyrrhus-unScducsdb The aiutempnls Of
yesterday uIterhed by threats oil 10 day, ls dtrOft0n
TO his party has not been sufficient TO induce HIM to Tor
get his country In his opposition TO the VIII OF me
Executive he has exhibited nness and abilities which
should inspire his counlrymen with increased confidence
in the who has Too much virtue 10 SURRENDER us
principles for his party Most eloquent and adnrab'e
sentiment! mOrtay of the brainless conceptions oil O
Conservative skull! Can any thing tLccl can any
thing even equal the fasly and servlle extravaganza
of this most iusome toast? Are we deaf that We
have not heard, blind that We have not seen
long this the most positive proofs OF the vacatioh
inconsistency and timc. scrrmg policy OF THIS wrecked
poliiicIan Was he sincere when he declared last Fail,
that the Wing leaders had been guilty OF unPtlnc'pIed
manoeuvrug' and is he n0p equally sincere, when
(coninty with his sycophants) he besows the most we
and ectiOncering altery upon those leaders ana
their partg? Was it the fmness Of rca The weak.
ness of fancd patriotism, " hen in lc'b he could make
q most elaborate Speech in behalf Of and VOTE Tor, Inc
"Expunge, and get almost in the same breath, soi'ly
whisper 10 Mr. Wise, that he Leiiertd 10 DC "a D7uA.
ED DEED? Did '.devoon to his party, at that tlmc,
induce him to forget his country, or not? Where was
all his 'boased independence and rmness at inns iry
ing hour Where all his sublime public r'rtue when
he could thus easily be prevailed upon TO VOTE Tor
public measure which his conscience d.aPproved, and
ul this ioo nj the dctation oil that horoie parry uee
pnlism against which his modern patriotism now SO DIX
tery inveighs: Poor, DEAR fepen!ant SINNER Now now
ever, because he does not find 1t conveniently he has
thrown party overheard; he is longer phrtzan tnut
heD but he goes altogether for his county, y which ne
means hmseli) 10 make sDme alOnement, suppose Tor
having in 1886 preferred "hs party 10 his cnuhtry.
SUCH Conservative nslnceriy certainly draws too large
IL upon The credulIiy of the people.
When we see Roman Senator (who was always an
herediaru n0Genan, sent ambassador TO iortgn
KInu with whom the Romans were nj war; compared TO
Senator Of The u S. and tha, foreign King Compared
to an american President, our astnniehmebt must be
great indeed; but when we bear that The Roman eeha.
Tor is e. Fabricus Luscnus, whom The anciehi writer's
describe great soldier and very poor man. ana 'ha'
the u S Senator in question is Him Rires, whose
u;inry fra,s yet I've heard OF, but whom every
body knows TO be rich man; and TINT the foreign kg
is tie restless warke Pyrrhus and The President is te
nncfc nj Van Buren,, then the ccceRrlcHY Q! The
comparison The striking and cannot but see
"Divrrsum coIIusa genus panihcEa camelon
In the ancient case FabIicus sent to Pyrrhus TO
treat about rrdeemng the Roman prisoners: IN The re-
cent case ali TINT know is, that PyrrhaS Yam BnTtn
came over Summer before the last 10 pay visit to Fd
Brieus Rres and eha Presfns he could possibly have
brought to a rich man., nobody knows; but cerla 1t IS
HAT ers refused by rich man. do MT produce Me Same
admiration as those re jtctsd 6y po0r one .
b1r Hives himself Of this lmpropHeiy IN allud
ding 10 The toast, says with an equv"callng mode'ty
"Wlthoui oresumng 10 appropriate 10 myself the ~
Structure hiorca nIlusion in The toast, &C. &c, ana
in The same breath says. 81 thought il would lille
become Hirgnia Senator Roman Consul, TO permit
either the gold The elephants the brides or The threats
OF Pyrrhrs or the offer even of the first place IN the
Kings Court TO swrrve him from his duty to his coun
try o,c could Pirgina Senator hare been suerred Gy
ne L,ibss &c IF Py1hus, ,eho tred more than cs"ty
centuries 0gn? He 70 be careful in Distinguishing
a Tirginia Senator from Roman Consul, but Pyrrhus
and The President make one md The same person That
H. -naE,y pfuIg, IN N
We must remark also that The old Fabriclus had been
Consul Gefo,e, Consul otter-but was not Roman
Consul tohtn ambassador TO Pyrrhus; pardon
abb istoke lhs in any other persunage less diplomatic
than Mr.. RiueS.
AL the end Of his speech, abiding again 10 The ons.
and to Pyrrhus. he says: "When that bold and vIco