Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-14
VOLUME XxxVE.---No. y.

nnst-Let US sink or swim with our principles,
ard nt course with that candidate Tor
the Presidency, whn will be likely sustain
them II we may Judge Of the future BY the past, where
~ the man IN whom greater reliance may be placed
Tor Sterling kfpuoicaasm, aud all the qualifications Of
an 'n'%hrn'd statesman. end of pure md vriuou,
citizen, :han MARTIN VAS BuRYS: Where is the pub.
c man, who Notwithstanding the charge of non. COM
ntasm against HIM has expressed his opinions more
'rHnk'y and more fully than he has done e,ery I'M
for;ant political question which has agaied the country,
Where is the P sitert, who has guided the vessel of
State with more prudence and hrmnfss, than no
has recently dsplayed in guarding against the bill.
ows which recently threatened ii Calm aud self
poised though firm and tradfast in his purposes h.. has
conducted our Foreign Affairs with 4 wisdom, mudcra-
ton, sud Emnrss worthy Of ali praise ie has pursued
the HAHN Il" his liluSirloUs predecessor, asking
thing hui what IS right. ana submitting nothing which
is wtnng.-ile has exhibited the g,i.de and ,ci-
SION, which equal 10 every emer gency. lie has
never Hhge'ed-nevet Kept our ministers waiting for
nsTucll"ns--as was the case with MIR Clay when Sc
cff'a'y Of State, who omitted TO send The irslruc-
tons 10 Mr.. King, that necessary TO secure
The West lrd'a Trade. Bot Mr. Van Barren has acted
PROMPTLY lnder his auspices, the troubled elements
IN Canada and The disputed jurisdiction about Maine,
have ceased to threaten our tranquility. The very
| last a!vices, which we have just received by the
steamer Liverpool spr5k Of the Boundary Question hav-
M lost excitement The whole matter is merely in us
az atnicahe negotiation between the two Governments.
American Securities are rising The President has tor
borne To extend his patronage, by exercising III" large
discretionary powers, which entrusted to him by
The closing Act 0: the last Congress Re has despatched
10 Special Minister 10 London; but frank consulta-
ton with that Government he has determined 10 send
none. The last Correspondence between Nj Stevenson
aud Lord PaimPrsiOn winch come ont in the Liver
pool has just been published Washingon and every
thing appears to promise prompt and an amcabe
gotIatIOr. Commissioners are to be- Immediately dps.
patched To the disputed lerrI!Ory-aad we have right
to conclude that Peace will continue to dwell within
our burcers-a danger Of hos,Irs has vanished;
and an active Impulse is already communicated 20 COM
merCe-and Prosperity sEes upon Much credit is
due To the wisdom o. the Administration; EIrh has
tributrd to secure us ace, wh all ily blessings.
But there one other consideration. wi'.) houi make
Mr.. Van Buren, rs dear to US even as hi" STATE Rights
docrnes-hIs strict construction Of The trnstituon--
his uncompromie!ng husllyt National Oakland his
wisdom" III the management o! our foreign aiIEs. There
is circumstance winch recommends him the moss
emphatic manner 10 the hearts Of the People of The
Suulhl is his peculiar devotion their rights and IN
,rrrs,s lie has been called "ihe Northern President
wil Southern feelings" What meant by Mr..
Adams bitter rcproach, has become Of the strong
passports at,con lIs IS indeed the friend Of
III" Soulh-or rather, iend 10 th0.r great cardinal pin
cIpeS. which the stability OF the Union itself depends
| " hen Tie fell spirit .: Fanalcism began 10 assume
threatening aspsc, The North. where DID find Mar
TN Van Buren,: When The Sunih was about to be IN
undated with incendiary publications, and Mr. Clay voted
aGnns; the bill for supPressuG them through the Post
Offices MIR V. b. gave the casting vo" a" 80 ayor 40
ne yer hated hesi,nCd IN his rr"reo lie ga not oe
cam. IN, Inest co"LatauI The field against Abolition
i.n,-bu, he threw himself into the breach in our be-
Init and there find ma sill, exercising that soft OF
| influence Northern man, IN Tie North, where our
dancer lies which no Southern President could exc.
aulrnaiing his friends by mss example as well as by
his prccrpts dciyirg the hbo;l.cE:Ss-most Of his
friends our friends and all his great interests
are affiliated with VIII you I"putla,e him.
in order To elect the who has Jcccmc the latest
crmJa.ant in the field ngnns, AbnItlonism' For
Martin Van Burens bold aud decided stand against
The AEoilioniss Of tie North, he j. ed entitled TO
the gratitude of every Southern aud"i every friend
Of The unionor, short would be It's DURATION II those
vile incr ndiarcs could succeed in their dabolca de-
! signs LIT US then stand by him. who at such a crisis
has had the moral courage 10 stand by rs, and whose
weight OF character, infuercc aud public station may
ruab" hm 10 do more than any man living 10 tranquil
LIE The storm, which threatens Ia agitae our Union 10 It's
Liss"lu lion and 10 dcuge this far land with blood
Fellow citizens then appeal TO you by every
sderator-by your prncpirs your rights, your dearest
Interests 90 forth 10 The polls The eyes Of the whole
Union upon you. The Republicans Of the North
ard the Northwest again rising in the ma esty Of
their strength, and by their recent tTumrhs have
! exhibited encouraging example Of what may
be effected by energy and perseverance IN good
cause. Let not disappont their wel!.tounded
peCiaons Of the result OF our approaching contest.
The hole South and Southwest rising up in be-
half vf The hg Presidential candidate can.
not carry single State in that gion confident
y believe, except Kentucky arc shall frgnln be cut
of from all her legitimate nfnities, cf'rGnged from
her great principles: and after having, for more
than forty years, canonIzed those principles, which
! her distinguished sons established, now leave
|
lone stood up for them almost alone in The South shall she
no be found almost alone in utter opposition 10 them'
We call upon every State Rights man in Virginia to save
US from such humiliation.
! But We call upon you, not merely 10 give US your
wishes but your Ga to the polls, and act. Give
one day your country and carry your negh6ors with
you. Nc call upon the Committees of Vigilance in
every county to turn ont 10 send the flaming torch
through mountain and through dale and call upon every
man repair 10 the polls.
! To he Potts. then, FeIlow.Citizens TO THE
/ POLLS
lie, every man he at his post and prove by his zeal,
the jus, estimation in which he holds the great prnci-
pies which issue. The prospect before in
the Old Dominion is indeed most cheerIng-but let US
not be ulied by too much confidence, into fatal sPcu-
ry; and hear in mind, that our free institutions can
oniy be preserved by eternal vigilance. A few men
NAV be found fighting against u.s. who are misled by
some extraordinary haucIna,iOn and have forgotten The
banner which they properly belong; some lew who
mr. hurried by passion and ready 10 cast them
col or int the Of The enemy. But know that
this dsatpcrion has not spread far into We
nra satisfied from all the accounts which have reached
us from the country that the yeomanry Of this gallant
land sound Tint they repudn,a mon-,rous abor
ton idea Of third party that they dsciam the dog
ma of an EARNED neutrality utterly alien TO the manly
character of the Vrgnans who have been neutral
in politics. eguiyOcal hesiiarr halt
ing; bu, whose march is always Onnards, and who are
always in The Of the Republicans OF cur sister
States.
In word Fellow Citizens, we invoke you 10 turn out
on the 9TH Thursday in this monh-and repair with
al,cttv to the polls Stand by ycur sand let ii be
said tia, the fires which you lighted upon your own al
rnrs in !s lou were the first noursh in 80, and The
| last to ex,!nguish.
| JOHN RUTHERFOORD,
THOMAS RICHIE,
WILLIAM SELDEN.
NATHANIEL DENNY,
CHARLES ELLIS,
THOMAS X BIGGER,
JAMES BOSilER,
Central Committee.
Rrcmmosp, May n, 1889.
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