Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-09
TO TIE EDITOR or TIE EMO uJRER.

wOuTu greatly interfere VIII my pRFCuar pfIVute lust
Of the present year. And DESTROYS that The
people of Isle of Wight county might have full notice
Of my intention before their March Court the usual pc
Rod which candidates for the General Assembly ale
declared Having since been presented with coPy Of
the proceedings OF meeting of the people on that occa
sion in which am requested again 10 serve, should
consider myself wanting in proper of gratitude
for the support which have often received from the
people Of my county, did at the present crisis, and
der such circumstances, regard myself liberty TO
Withdraw from their service Their wishes and approv-
ing voice would induce me at the present time make
greater sacrifices than 10 which, by continuing Ion
ger in their service, should be subjected
Be pleased therefore, by The insertion Of this in your
paper TO make known that shall be Candidate re-
present them again Delegate in The General Assem-
bly, Of Virginia. al the next eecton and that, if elected,
trust shall continue to them with whatever of
fidelity, zeal, or ability, may have heretofore shown.
am, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
9Th March, 1889. ARTHUR SMITH.
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
In the newborn zeal which onnales The Enquirer in
the crusade it has commenced against the Conservatives
since lis reconciliation with It's quondam opponents OF
the SubTreasury party, seeks not only TO throw upon
the Conservatives the responsibility OF defeating the
election of u States Senator but il charges them with
"voting with The Wings, in calculated 10 convey
the Impression, that they had actually voted Tor The
Wing candidate. Now in regard to the attempt 10 mold
them responsible for the defeat OF the election, profess
myself wholly Indifferent whether shall succeed or fail,
though am utterly al loss 10 perceive how the Con
servnives Justly chargeabe with that result
than any equal number of the Sub.rreasury party, or
Of the lmpraccable Whgs-,he new Spartan band
whose leader openly proclaimed upon the floor OF Inc
House. that he and his friends held The issue in their
hands and could keep the two houses voting until
the close Of the Session without making an election
To have elected Judge Mason by The aid OF the Conser
yaives would have required The whole number 10 turn
their backs upon their principles, violate the wishes ana
some of hem the express and positive instructions OF
their whereas, it was in the power OF any
four either Of the Sub-rreasury party or OF The I'm
practicab!es. to have decided the election by unns
with the friends OF Mr. Rives Or if those gentlemen
who either elected Conservatives or under pedg-
es TO vote for Mr. Rves, had given him their support,
the election would have resulted his success ind The
will Of the people would have been fairly carried out
But is said that the Treasury party could not have
voted Tor MIR Rves without violation OF their princi'
pies Admitting this be ,rue for, know tina, the con-
sciences OF Of them exceedingly tender, hold
it to be bad rule that won't work both ways; and,
they could for Mr. Rives who is Conservative,
without doing violence 10 their principles, is 1t not Justas
clear that the Conservatives could not have voted Tor
judge Mason who is Sub Trensnrye, without DOING
equal violence theirs; But supposng both sides tohave
been equally nous, and equally goyerned0 ny pm
cpe in aderng 10 their respective candidates. oui mat
it the duty q" the other to have yeioed 10 or
der to make election, who should have gwen way:
answer that if it better that four should have made
the sacrifice than fourteen, II Is demonstrate, lnal ue
concession should have been made by the SUB ireaSu
~ party, inasnuch, as has been already shown, MI
Rves could have been elected with the aid Of four votes
from that party. while it required the whole of the four
teen Conservative votes 10 elect Judge Mason. From
this view of The facts and upon the principle that the les
ser evil is always TO be preferred 10 the greater II
ni!es that the SubTreasry party properly and just!
~ chargcable with The responsibility with which the En-
quer has debied The Conservatives, and that the &C
count should be rccommlcd 10 Master Commissioner
Richie with instructions 10 correct il according y-un-
lTss il be shewn 10 his satisfaction that four Loco
Fuc"s have principle than fourteen Conservatives
Speaking Of principles, must do the "Impracticabcs'
the justice TO say en- passan that it is conceded on all
HANDS that they have many of them any other par
ty in the country.
few words as to the charge against the Conserya.
tvcs that they "voted with the Wings From The
in which the Enquirer has stated it, ninety nine out
Of hundred Of lis readers, looking alone TO the Edo
rial in which il is contained for information as TO the
course of the Conservatives, would infer that they had
actually voted for The Whg candidate. And yet. iii
known 10 the Editor that of that party garc any
such rote at period Of The contest taken grant
ed that it intended to be understood but that
the Editor simply designed to make known 10 his read
ers, that the Conservatives who voted for MIR. Rves
throughout the contest did not any sufficient reason
for abandoning him. because the great body of the Wings
who were disposed 10 maintain the dignity and indie
pendence oil the Senate finding it impaccable to elect
member Of their own party, united with the Conseva-
tves in the support Of Mr. Rves-lust the maj part
Of them the session of 1886 81 operated with the
Democratic friends Of Mr.. Roane in clectng him 10 the
Senate in opposition to Judge Daniel. By the way, it
just occurs ask whether. that OCCASION the
the Office because it conferred by Wing votes l.
But TO return The recorded votes the Conservatives
will sfew, that all of the various trials that
made 10 elect Senator they uniformly and unanimous
~ voted for MIR Rives, with the exception OF single
occasion which three Of them cast their votes for
Judge Mason The history Of that election will exhibit
other facts connection with the course oi the Sub
Treasury party, that ought not 10 be lost sight Of IL will
shew that Of their accredited and most distinguished
leaders, Mr. Voolfolk, OF Orange and Greene, actually
renewed the nomination of Gov Tyler, after he had been
dropped under the rule of the House. which excludes
the lowest candda'e-mHde speech IN his favor, and
gave him his vote and all this too after the Governor
had refused TO accept nomination at the hands of one
Of his personal and political friends Of the "Fororn
Hope And the record will farther shew. that al
subsequent stage Of the contest, when the Wing
Gidate, MIR. Chapman Johnson, was in nomination. the
leader already referred and another not less dstin
guished, (Cu Walkins,) both voted for Mr. Johnson,
and others of the party avowed their readiness TO do the
same, notwithstanding the known and admitted fact, that
Mr. Johnson the fast and thorough friend of The
Bank of The u S, and as decided and uncompromising
Wing in al! his prIncp!r and opinions. as any other
gentleman in Virginia. And yet the Enquirer ul,ers
not word of against these true and trusty
friends for this high misdemeanor against the great De.
mocrac party, but all It's thunder for The Con-
servalives. FAIR PLAY.
We must le, "Fair Play pass this morning for what
it is worth-(very little, humbly think )Tlie MAS
ter Commissioner has neither time to put forth
his Report upon it-Besdes, there other motives
which he need not specify, that would peven. its pub
licalion 10 day.
But ne hopes that he violates no Injunction of de-
lcacy when he makes the following iatertocuoTy De-
eree-He thinks, that was time to take ground against
the Conservatives, caled-He scorned the very use
Of the term when it first assumed by the Madlso
nan-because it was synonymous with the Tories of
Engand-and he is scarcely reeoneited 10 it now,
since it has become almost synonymous with the
Wings. Since they have affiliated with the Wings, and
are contributing with The aid of such Coalition, 10
put down the present Administration and the Republican
party with it, it is high time 10 take open ground against
the expedents TO which they now resortng. The
Commissioner will no, quarrel or bubble about words
Whether the Conservatives vote totM The Hhgs or the
Wings vote ,0 the Conservatives the fact is, they voted