Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-11

r7scd 10 exhaust every effort 10 elect Wing proper,
while am OF opinion that We should support M r.,
not only on the first ballot, but FIRST CHOICE.
lgain he said" | am what the Hhg party pro-
ssed be at The close Of the extra session OF Congress-
in the fell Of 1887 They then c'amcEous in pTalse
OF the MOTIVES and CONDUCT OF the CoDrrva.
OBTAINED IF, AND BY IT, and / ONLY hare
cnrried the eicctions that have resulted in OUR FA-
FOR. | am Of til 'se Wings whose hrst
nse or abuse Of power is to be the Pr2scrp'Ion OF
THAT VERY PARTY TO WHOM WE ARE IN.
DEBTED FOR ALL OUR REAL OR APPARENT
SUCCESS!!! | have expressed the OPT.
Mon tina. large majority Of the WIG PARTY in this
Commonwealth expect 10 eject Mr.. RtreS Sir, this
il Indeed pretty strung language TO ccDe rom an enemy
To Lc spoken by Cny maL for man ich' .s-no J0r'
got for who pr0cSSed himself opposed to Cays
election /" the Presidency! And this, ten is the way
that Mr. Clay and s friends intend 10 secure the Pre-.
sdsncy III 1910, By filling the U. S. Senate with Neu-
traS who, after ALL iot nd 10 he among the warmest
OF lis patzans Ihiah yu Sir, that the People of Viz
gina be gulIed by all this Machiaveap mamGuvrng
by your insincere professions Of Republlcansn when
they "see with their eyes and hear with their own
ears, the whole clan of Federalism with the corrupt
Clay al their head coming forward 10 your support and
moving Heaven and Earth, and He'll 10 have you re.
turned 10 the Senate passing over the claims OF their
best and abes men? Think y0m that cannot percctre
in this transaction 'proois strong Holy Writ, OF
coalition between yourself and HE 'hnary inquiry from
kenucky? Think you that We have lost al memory OF
the t0hej OrgOttcn coalition between The "PuEan
and the Blackirg'; Sir, prcp1rtd fer you; The De.
mOcrary IF lIrginio, ~iH meet you at PhLHTP IN May
inert.
9th Because you approved Of and by argument did
aIJet and maintain, ClitIendrns INFAMOUS BIli-tle
banng and the Srdrii"n law of the Black Cockate
FcderrlIss Of day! Although he Constitution
expressly declares, THAT Congress shall pass no law
abTIdgrg the freedom Of speech and Of The press get
yeu tie disGRt disciple Of the Sage OF Monice 10
Tou Il Senator from venerable Dem"crrtc Virginia.
rou who pr0cSS 10 be Republican of the school OF &c,
l. - I'D .,lsfar
and Clay and oil the Federal honarchcaI party TO CT
feet The passage ri this damning Turkish gag law IN
tended TO make Eastern eumucls and trembling mui's
free. bold and intelligent population =! Spirits
of the noble Gend Names of jefferson, and Madison,
and Taylor, where are you Lock down upon US, and
see your "dear Virginia with her tscEichsnn blot
Ted by of her OWE degenerate srns Sir, tel yoH
no, TOR all that the conspicuous part sou acted ~
this black and odious transaction r sk 10 y"n Tie The
shirt c ssus! II will lend nHdyng rrproach 10 your
name. so long that itself shall br remembered
9Th Because, while you YTctcsS 10 he anti Bank and
anti Internal improvement, and anti Abolition, &c.,
&c, you willing To Democratic Porter detrh!-
ed and the odOus F.deralis Joseph ner elected -!
Porter is against all these keycsicS Rrrr tor them;
vet yOr. representing Southern Republican State, would
fam have The latter triumph! il was generally
derstood and conceded by The leading Of both par
ties prcrions the tIccon that if the .4briiti0nist E
was Reelected PrnnsgirGn m0uid. in all human
pr0babiiity be thereby inevitably chained 10 the Of
Federalism and her THIRTY ODD VOTES mtay Sc
cured tor CLAY, and 4 NATIONAL BANK in lci0
Yet you. Sir chO would make IL crime for poor,
Woodworking Postmaster, (wbose salary, perhaps, does
not sometimes amount 10 thirty dollars freely TO
terrain express his opinions, to take any active part
interest in Tie political affairs Of his country, winch
it bebooves srcry Jretman To dU-YOU YOURSELF
me If he hyhest GlTcsIS IF The L. GOrcrnmtnl are
FOUND unrighteousIy medd'ing intuts,ing wi!Is and
influencing THE ELECTIONS in sister Sehe -!
II is idle 10 comment such MONSi ROUS fonduct
1t is but another proof Of your newtorn zsatpGd attach
ment The Of Federal hggerv, whose corner.
sone u.s. an Odous distinction and division Of society
into QriStocrQc and prregfd classes and an innate
contempt for the GREAT BODY Of the PEOPLE.
Here thcn, gy charges; here upon these SIR DIS.
tinct have based nv indictment Of your 'rehce-
~ Republican, your adherence IN Federal principles
Htrs am ready 10 JUN issue with you before the PEG
PIE OF VIRGINIA. Although am plain man,
unit no larger into Tie Largnin) 90 foreby challenge
you, sir and all The hair spining fUi65ng and sophs-
try spinning clam reue lese charges; in word 10
make BLACK appear w Hl1E. and VIII BLACh!
But hare not yst dime 'cith yon
Your sublime idea, sir. Of third periy-an "Ar"ed
Neulra1y"-in The field of politics, is certainly an
anomaly either hoy new, or at least SO Tar as The his
tory of our America extends As well might man !
boast and say that he is neutral morals, that he is
neutral politics! This epIthet which, like many
other and phrases, is generally sought alter by The
rankest rariizans who because they have Il IA ED
are impelled to DECEIVE! Indeed from the reyy
turc of the case such party is moral mPoSSbutfy-
and, although il may for time lay clam, TO such neu
trail character, yet VIRTUALLY, and IN the sequel l.
will be found cOalesCing with either OF the other two
con;eniinr parties surely and inevitably As the sha
dow follows the substance II is a"Monster. Such IS |
the constitution Of the human mInd-such the vivid |
ness and acueness with which II IS but loo apt TO re-
ceiye and retain impressons-such Is lis sensbl!iiy
to the stirring that are being enacted before 1t
in a uord liable to form en- opinion iavo. |
rabe or upon subjects that dear and inter-
esiing 10 u.s. and that home TO our hearts that no
rational man can or 1cW believe in the existence OF
mn It
intellect, an indifference 10 the cause Of self govern.
ment. martin. deafness To pubic affairs. want 81
patriotism. and such utter absence 10 The best and
most redeemng and ennoblng attributes q, our nature,
as verify believe morla was ever cursed with: But
in the present high wrought state OF party feeling IN
this country the thing appears peculiarly unnatural and
absurd In the presence OF such exciting themes-w'ih
objects of such anscendency at stake involving highly
important FUNDAMENTAL principles Of Government
when we witness VENERABLE A IL itself putting
forth all the energies and enthusiasm Of youth in the
defence of free dom the nftrtnce IS unnroiddLs that
the man who can now claim to be neutral or indftr
ent. must IF necessity be either nsnccre, or utterly I'M
beetle
You behold, sir this whole continent conrulsed and
apilaed from end the other gen hear the "tug Of
war on every side; you behold graf contest Tor pria
eiplc going on; you behold Mora.h!cal Federalism
the one hand conendng now, it did OF ynre (whsn
sought 10 make the Senate and President elective tDr
Hf) for loose construction Of the Constitution as tas
TIC and uncopfncd the vital breathe, and the
other hand, the spirit Of Democracy bearing noby alott
III. sacred standard which JEFFERSON HIMSELF
FIRST UNFURLED; you behold the former invoking
its aid all the merercious influence Of local and Pr
veged INTERESTS you h. hold II Grsady in absolute pos
of all the corpurnlc aud m"neyfd power
of the country you behold (aye you hearv HENRY
CLAY, that egregious representative Of corruptinn IN
crcry shnpe, rise in his seat in the Senate, and openly
and violently proclaim that We are again to be held
in vassaage by MIR Bidde and hI Bank; you behold
him propose The recharler Of Bank with cupitul
of FIFTY MILLIONS; you heholG the Wing candi-
dates for Congress declaring that 'we must not only
have n National Bank, but A BANK UNhWED BY
STATE AUTHORITY" You thus witness The most
SOLID PROOFS that that enormous engine Of oppres
sion and lis sycophants are not yet subdued bat only
scotchcd, not dead; you thus behold State Rights" as
sauIled with renewed energies, by their old enemies
you behold every principle dear 10 Virginia and 10 the
slannch Democratic Administration perseculed. calum