Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-17

Oh cOGlunacy aud cunempl for the queries ol con
sutuenis. Also on The EXP, dIency Of not BEING
PALSlED BY THEIR WILL" Mess.s J. @. Adams
and James Garland.
On Wing deeeney and The science of lying and SLAM
deng our fellow men, all the Wing presses and their
correspondents lhroug bout the U. S.
On Wing 8"nk.Lought Editors, Jazz. Watson Webb,
&c, nc
On the cor'up"g tendencies Of $40 Geo of Executive
patronage WIN T. R.Srs
ON the svTLd and ;crcenary motives Of those tirO
gDte ho!de's- .Nj1r ioncey and Mr. Richie those
W ss who Mold hnre h,id cbicc at any timc II
one Lint or oth'r under the Federal Government.
| On the UNrRlNtlPLED MANGUVRING' Of
! The Wings and iEer lraders Mr. " m G. Rives ard the
uthor Of the ''hsre's Nest"
On Consistency oil those hermarhTodilicul b,lngs
yclep "Conservalive higs, whu could laud Rves 10
The sky, when he advocated, in 1881 currency vr
The people, and better and drrcn fur lie govern
| ment but who can applaud hin now, equally Us we'll
when he is the standadbcuter Of ''irredcemable shin
plasers for The Government and shnpIusters Tor the
! People!'
On the advantages Of political double deulng, all the
"dggrcssing armed ncuiyais."
And thus endch, MIR. Editor, this chapter Of Wing
Committees Of Vigilance do vouch of course for
The correctness ui this document; but you, md and
the People OF Virginia may form estimate Of It's
truth or Ja'Stty by recurring TO The operations OF
poucal parties among US. Al all events, think that
lis publication Just before the election may contribute to
"give to virtue its reward" Let every man and
every party enjoy The joint and legitimate fruits Of their
labor and actions and lntrigues You will also remark
the phenomenon Of Committee being occasionally COM
pnsed o one single individually but suppose that, in all
such cases, this sngulary is attributable 10 The we'll
known deIlery and talents and competency Of such in
dlvidual 10 The subject in hand
You, Sir, are in the downhill, and | am Just in the
dawn OF lle but both OF um sure, do feel and apple
ciae the Beauties and the virtues, and the patrioic
hHatiOns Of these Miscellaneous Committees OF Federal
| Whiggery. You, Sit, are now verging on and enjoy.
ing green and vrluuus old sgs;yUur print is the lead
ing press of the South; from your youth you have been
faithful and available sentinel of The rights of the
States, and Of Southern interests and institutions; you
have fought with Federalism in every shape; ard n0r,
my dear sir do you feel lively pleasure an costa
tic sensation al beholdng the doctrines OF Jefferson OF
Taylor and of hadson-at beholdug the peculiar int.
and institutions Of your native Virginia and
the prosperity and safety Of all this vast and glorious
and chiyalrous Southern country delivered TO the
safe keeping the honest rgdance the State Rights purity
The unssifsh patriotism Of Committee Of Federal Wings
with J. q ADAMS and w. SLADE al the head, and
the rrtuous HENRY CLAY al the tail; Sir, disguise
not your gIse; disguise the peasuabe emotions you
, doubtless experience al this very moment. Virginia,
and both the Curolnas, and high minded Georgia al
ready rejoice al this Umous cOuuncon and shall you,
Sir rjoice also?-YOU whose head has grown gray
in their servce-y0u, all the pulsatons Of whose heart
beat for Virginia aud the Suutiand had almost said.
for these alone-but hnoO you steadt-s friend Of
ALL the Union hesldes--do you not, repeat II, Sir,
! But, poor Whggery thou art destined 10 be defeated
in few days, "horsc Too, and dragons Sir The
scepc among will have their little superstIlIous and
pTtSeDtnthlS II, ftusTaI hlGgtfy ShdH
be defeated in Virginia This Spring 1t is The Gshh
, Of May: this is glorious month. Beautiful und all.
CLOWN May!-ih season OF fOrTS, Of rOniancc and Of
the heart And this year. too every thing seems
forward and the lnm!,able green tapestry Of Nature has
al least month earlier than usual! Oh, these
glorious md eleveing! -Mr Editor, you your
SELF Sir, believe, keep snug little farm; and is not
the air you inhae there more pure, more lovely, aud
more freedom lie, Than thai which you breathe when
confined and beSel by Wing friends in their strong
fortress Of Rchmond: Sir freedom is indigenous in the
country; ii dwelIeh not in streets. So long our own
America Shall continue 10 be nation of agculursts,
she is Safe and her children will be free. What is the
primary interest Of the great body Of the people, Is
any object Is i, the benefit of tic9 Is
the appliance to local or selfish schemes? Is il partial
egslaon is il uni Just legislation Is il chartered prl
veges; Is making the rich richer and The poor poorer:
Is ii the division OF society into castles in hOary Eu
rope and in The sill hoary East; Is the prrver.
sion of their laws Is it The perverson Of their Consti
tuon' No, Sir no! What then, is the interest Of the
| mass-of nation: Behold il in Two words VIRTUE
EQUALITY" The People made The Government
the People made the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES II tliey live
under il they must die. Hence is, that although liable
to cir, S the great motive the active principle Of The
mass is patriotism. What is the reality: To The
in moderate circumstances freedom, and The prseiua-
ton Of eed.m, nearly all that he hath in the world
With him, it is, it must be, primary object But
verse The picture, if you please, and is not excessive
wealth but too liable TO take care OF itself first, aud Of
liberty afterwards; am no Leyeler-no Agrorian-
Let every enjoy The honest fruit OF his industry
ain fates the land to Fastening ills a prey,
| Where wcuth accumulate and decay;
Princes aud LORDS may flourish OF may Iadc
cath make them, breath has made;
But bold p%s.,n,ty, their hen eo0"ys L p'lIr
AS write this whppoorwilI has perched himself
upon tree fronting my window. But. Sir, you may
conceive my aslonIshment, when in listening 10 this
birds well known song, seemed to give strange and
almost Supernatural variation TO lis note and Instead OF
singing "whIP.poor will, whip poor'wiII me'hlnks-
lac oEp fnr
note emphacully was, ""hig poor Wing, Wing poor.
Whg!' Sir this is ominous indeed: Even the iea-
thery tribe TO have become inspired and even their
patriotism is alive the heresles and nameess proslItu
lions Of Federal Whggery Whittier, then, shall this
miserable faction flee for refuge: This political st
Nlagduen's Asylum, which imposes upon every new
conner the imperative obligation OF belrnyng o. the PtIn'
cipIes of his life before lie can become u Convert:
Democracy Of Virginia Compa;rios Of Jefferson
and of Patrick Henry more 10 The breach my
fellow citizens Permit not higgery 10 triumph, lot
under that odous name is Compehrnded almost all thai
is eUtl and nothing that is good What demoHac spirit
doth it not invoke its add What means too foul,
too proslituted revolving for il lis ample fold
covers every apos,acy every political SIM every political
corruption The Bdnkboughl Editor and the assassin.
like Abolonst equally among lis most prominent
tools Abulitonism has unquestiUnaby brought grIst
into tho Wing concern-lhe Northern Wing Abolition
isis triumph, and the Southern Wings rejoice lhereat!
II is peculiarly proper, that you, People OF Virginia,
should appreciate these things! "DOwn, down with
Whiggery!" be your motto, from Lee 10 AccGrnack -
REMEMBER, THATTHE EYES OFOUR SOUTH.
ERN BRETHREN ARE UPON IOU-BE TRUE
TO THEM AND TO YOURSELVES!
JEFFERSON.
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
To the Voters Of The Nbcmarlc Congressional District
FELLOW. CI1IzEHs "A time has arrived in our poll
ical history ut requires every man, who feels an in
,e,es in the deslues of his country TO stand forth and
shew his hand Are you for sustaining truly repre-
sentative Government: Or, will you sustain a nun,
who has thrown the weight Of your District into The
arms of Federal whiggery? These are questions OF no
ordinary Importance because they embrace fundamental
principles Let us, then, at the polls exhibit an undI
yided front, favor Of popular representation and
government, of the people The CRISIS IS big with the
late of our State Institutions. A consolidated moned
desposm is staring us in the face, in the form oil Ma.