Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-14
COMMUNICATED.
To UU Al pEYTOS Esq., Of ROaaOkc

10 Du II fEl IU-f. ESq, ~ hOdHOhc.
Allow genuine friend of the Administration TO call
your attention 10 The following extract from the Lynch
burg Flrgnan. They pufport 10 be arguments from
your Caucus Speech which your friends ut least consi
dered a very iorcible and eloquent effort
"To the appropriate and striking figure Of one Of
the mss firm and teRttd memberS Of that hated but,
ecOn approaches, courtpd party, they invite Them
to the Feast Reconciliation and after the ceremony Of
the first fralrrna hug they demand that their
gallant leader shall be made propa,ory sacrifce-thal
rictin shall be slain, and that victim their chef
the bonds Of this unoly alliance! And il be,
that the Conservatives will be party to this compact,
the Isl condition OF which is the ruin oil Mr.. Rves
We will not believe il for, if the Sub-Treasury be
a vitality important question, then MIR. Rves stands
justified, not only in his own conscience, but before
his country in The noble altitude which he has
y assumed-an altitude worthy OF the highest ndnira-
ton, because II exaIts the Partlzln into the Patriot
But il il he not important question, then they should
MT sacrifice M Rires, because he opposes firmly adop-
ton Entertaining that opinion, he an honest man
can do no less than oppose lis adoption They on the
other hand affecting not so 10 regard IT, should not pun
ish him for acting upon his own honest convictions
Blu, they know that mporant-a vitality import
ant gueslion-and hence their hatred OF the by
whose strenuous opposition they have been Defeated
And they display raneor to other less conspicuous
members OF the party, II is because They have not
yet lost oil hope OF efirclIng al least until the Spring
elections are over, "cOmpr6n<G-that is the word,
a compromise, by which one party maintains It's orr
gnal ground, and the other surrenders every thing !
compromise, indeed On tins question there can he
no compomiseior it involves principle OF transcend
ant importance in the language Of the same gen
tenan above referred TO, there be compromise Of
principle among honest men! They who believe that
the SubTreasury question Is measure OF a mschle-
and dangerous character bound TO oppose the
who manifest an uniiinching determination to force
their Experiment upon reluctant, nay, hostile
people. And, on The other hand, ihry who agree to
sink or swim with the men by whom this perni-
ciUus and insulting course Is pursued, cannot be
al
they false alike to their principles and 10 their
country. There Is escape from OF the horns Uf
this dilemma. II in vain for them TO say that they
fear something from The success n the opposing
partyfor nothing be worse, GCcGTdng IL their ULca
shoriDg .han this scheme, hch, under The Iase pre-.
lence of dvorcng Bank and State, transfers the Purse
the same hands which Yields the Sword and aggran
dies the Executive already the posscssor Of dangerous
share of Power and Patronage, the expense of The
Representatives of the People, the only safe, they
the only constitutional repositories OF that Power and
Patronage
Now this endorsement Of your remarks by MIR. Toler
(nf the House of Delegates, and Editor Of the Lynch
burg ViIginian) The delight with which lie dwes upon
them and The lnrrences which he draws from them, II
seems 10 ought 10 arouse your suspicious md make
you doubt The correctness OF your present P"sillnn-
Every body believes you honest IN your opposition to the
SubTreasury, and in your support of Mr.. Rivcs. But
large portion of your Republican friends think you
in error and maintain it too obsnaiey. We salts
fed Mr. lives sopposed both 10 The Sub Treasury and
to the Administration, and we cannot cOuntenaHce him
without abandoning both. ! would recommend the wise
aud honorable course Of the Enquirer this subject
worthy of the respect and imitation OF ali who, like lis
Editor differ with Mr.. Van Buren, upon this finance
question The Administration party have lo"ked to you
Sir, with PRIDE and hope you sill pause before you
take step which cannot be relraccd
A REPUBLICAN,
II IF we had not fallen upon these extraordinary
times we should either have withheld the above ailoge.
er or taken the liberty Of striking out pas.
suges. Bpt II must now 60 for what 1t is worth
[Editor.
n; We regret to from the last Petersburg Intel
Egencer that Judge May will not be candidate 10
present the Town Of Petersburg in the next General
Assembly
We regret it, not from any political considerations,
because differ with the Judge politics: though no
Wing could be well tolerant, aud liberal; but te
cause we lose in him Of the cearesl heads and
" WV To he Editor
n, You are requested 10 announce WV G.. D"UG
LAS as Candidate represent the counties Of New
Ken, and Charles City in the ensuing Legislature
MANY FEEEHoLpERs
n-j' We are requested TO announce, that JosErH w
DAVIS the present Delegate from Smyth county, de-
clnes poll at The next Spring Election.
NJ We are authorized and requested to state that
WILLIAM McCoY will not he a candidate at the ensuing
election TO represent the county Of Pendleon in The
next House Of Delegates.
To The Edtor-A CARD.
observe that you are frequently called on to state 4,
that certain members Of the present House OF Dele
gates will mol be candidates for election al the
Ing Spring Election. You authorized to say, that |
shall be a candidate again have been prevented from
occasionally attending the House for he last several
days by ndsposon, and aal still quite feeble and deb'
la,ed FAUL TAYLOR
M The Speeches Of Messrs. Venabe and Tyler on
the Public Lands appear the First Page Of this days
paper.