Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-02


Of our Senator and Delegates for Vim. &. Rivrs and
"rgJsung the votes Of our Delegates for the 9TH and
OH land resolutions, which embodied Clay Odous dis
r'bulion principle and another resolution requesting The
people 10 hold meetings in all parts of the county 10
appoint Delegates 10 a county Convention, 10 be held
oil our March Court for the purpose oil selecting can
diaae 10 eprcsrn, the county in the next House Of De
irgaies OF Virginia This meeting gave great offence,
ana was simultaneously represented IN the 'FiGcHse
democrat and" Richmond Enquirer, ty both h'gand
t"nseIvalive WRITER'S ss great huTbny, gurn up BY
mere fragment Of party composed :" .dera candl.
dates and disappointed uhce seekers, who per-
fonay hustle 10 Col Shanks and had dune him great in
justice ny their notice ut his public acts. The people
Immediately npprult To through The public by Col
Sanks and his Wing friends, and earnestly solicited 10
suspend their "pnus nni The Colonel would gel home,
aud meet his face 10 face when he would give
such an account Of his stewardship world make his
CAUCUS Prosecutors hide their diminished heads; and
one oil his g dele ndtrs broadly hiutrt that would
not have dartd fass resolutions il The Colonel
had been present. sentiment that could have bren Ut
tered, 10 reference TO eemen by none but Federal
desPot, and which left alternative but 10 support
our rights, fall in defence Of them From that Time
perfect understanding existed between The RiVes Con
sefVa.Ves aud Mhgss Letters passed between several
Wings OF this county and Col Shanks; and il was finally
determined, that the Colonel although still pr.tessiDg
kePaOtcantsm, should run in opposition 10 the nominee
ol Inc Republican Convention, 10 defeat that nominee,
by uniting on himself The whole Wing vote Of the county
aud the Vules Of such simple, confJing Republicans
his former popularity with that purity would enable him
to rally 10 his standard
The Counels own defeat was never dreamed orby eli.
ter hmsefur his friends and the canvass was
menced by their combined forces in the toughest style
imaginable. Our Senator, John T. Anderson, Leading
the way IN speech at the prl Court in which he de
signated The Judges Convention and ell our county
mreIngsss .*DlRTY CAUCUSES," although i, was
extensively known that he had Ubjeoit public
meetings when he himself had been the nominee hu,
on the contrary, had promptly responded aiirmatlvey
10 call on him irom,he smallest meeting that was ever
held with open doors in the county 10 nominate
dldate Tor any Office, when he first elected The
SENATE Their orators and writer's msrepresened the
Sub Treasury scheme Without STINT kept up the cuckoo
song OF caucus! CAUCUS !! CAUCUS -! :" and
had riders out for weeks ia all parts vi The county dis
trbuung domestic handbs Rires spccehts RirtsS let
ter, the Conservative Gddyss and he indy Circular Of
that pompous, inflated, self important Demagogu. SsnG
tor Fonfaine. Every Thing that could be done TO drum
up voters, by making speeches distributing addresses
even 50 DO foreign Wing recruits from Roanoke and
Ruckbrdge, enlisted in the eause and carried
the polls defeat the Republican ,ddale but thanks
10 you, and active and vsilanl committees their
efforts unsuccessful BY the powerful aid that you
rendered through The columns Of the Enquirer and
the well directed Efforts, and spirited ADDRESSES Of
commI.iees The people were generally informed Of the
magnitude Of the principles involved in the contest, and
The result is triumph-a glorious triumph achieved by
the whole souled Democrats Of Bnetourt The election
OF Robert Craig 10 Congress and J0sfph iannoh TO The H.
oil Delegates and If promises worth any Thing,
Will also gain Senator in the place OF MIR Anderson,
who previous TO- and on The very Gay OF the election
pledgsd himself both publicly and privately 10 resign If
ma ority Of members should BE- elected his district,
who opposed TO the reelection of VIM. e. Rives,
as he said That he could in lend hand in the
''drty cork ~ pulling dUmn that Ereat mum II then
he values his word, he will resign forthwith as Bn,e
,"urt, Roanoke and Allegheny counties, which contain
than three ious Of The voters of his district,
have elect, AnII.Rves delegates, and indeed The
oriIies in these three counties for MIR. Craig rhot-
hog Sub Treasury man. is believed be greater than
the Whole votes poed in The remaining counties Of Bath
ard Pocahon,as. Nor can Mr. Anderson say as far as
The counties OF Allegheny and Bu,etour
ed that Their decision on his not fair test OF
public opinion, lie voluntarily siaked his Office the
issue, and addressed the people the subject once
Allegheny, and twice in BOtetouIt, and he rode
large portion Of the latter county, circulating hantbls
and Conservative documents and stianing every nerve
to bring the polls 10 Vne for his Cuns, vative
brolhei-n law, Col. Shanks He has given no public
nlimaon since The election OF his intention 10 resign,
nor do J care individually what course he pursues my
object being simply 10 record his pledges and furnish
the proof OF them II he disputes them But before ]
quit The subject, may be proper TO inform you Of
scheme row 10 agitation here, which may have i'm.
porlant beurlng on his decision The Wings Of Flncas.
Tie and Buchanan, and the few Conservative leaders
about ,ogive the LITTLE EXPUNG Err" great din.
ntr eater, and celebrated table orator WM C. RlYES,
public dinner in Fincase about The 25h OF July
next, where, il Isl prubnby hoped that his classic au
suns 70 your 8 pumps and six stockings may create
such revolution in public sentiment, will enable Mr..
Anderson 10 distance any competitor who may have the
hard hood 10 oppose him after his resignation.
The hope, however if seriously entertained, is vain
and deluslve. The Republican yeomanry Of Bnetourt
can never be converted by the speeches of political de-
serers at great Wing dinners They made of serEer
stuff than the Democracy Of Nelson and Amherst, and
never, like them, be swerved from their principles
by fowery dpcaimers or silk stocking orators They
have leaned from The course of the Conservative lead
at The late election, that they and their file leader
Mr. Rivcs, completely identified with the Federal
Wings in principle and in interest and nothing can in
duce lhsn hereafter 10 support either Wing or Rives
Conservative for any pubic 'ilice. Their eyes were
opened on the day of election by The numbers Of
simple Republican voters that dragged TO the polls
by men prOfiSSipg RepuLlic0nism who drilled To
give "sneis shots for Shanks and withhold their votes
from Cras The only Republican candidate for Congress
before them, in order that his Federal competitor migh
no, have their votes 10 rfsct Such pal pabe demon
s,ralion Of their principles has had such effect with
The people, that | am satisfied could beat
their sle candidate al least two hundred votes in old
Bo,etourt and Senator be beaten at least
one in his county, whenever he thinks proper 10
redeem his pledges and again b"cnme candidate.
Mr. Craig represented al Flncasle by Jno. 4echcr
Esq of Ruckbrdge who advocated his reelection in
one Of the most masierIy unanswerube, Thrilling and
et c9i speeches that We ever listened TO- His EXPOSE
ton of the previously misunderstood and much abused
Sub Treasury scheme, able clear md sasiacto
~ that huudrf ds Of his andiors heard exclam
shis is precisely such Tie interests Of The
peopls require. is not the rano he"dnnd Hoody tones
mai il has been representa- 10 us 10 be We ncrsr
drsood H-7ce kntto any hing about beorc-irC
musi 0,m acW support IL; and many who voted for Col.
Sharks declared that they did merely TO redeem their
pledges 10 him. being convinced by MIR Lelcher speech
tina, The Colonel did not deserve their support In short,
his speech was admitted BY every unpejudced man no
heatd IT, 10 be one OF the abest enrts that he had
listened To- and venture 10 preoic hut ere long he will
he eassed in The highest rank in Virginia. both law
yer and politician. The powers OF ms mind are too
ggantic 10 permit him 10 remain long 10 obscurily.
The course of The Rives Conservatives here has
WINGED u.s. that the Republican party have nothing 10
hope from ihem-ihey have determined TO sink Or
s,eim with their leader and The sooner thai both he and
they drop into The enemy ranks the better " The par
" that they have formerly belonged 10. Fortunately
for us u. have been enabled TO strip hem here Of The
rover do further mischief and we now call on you,
Sir rs our sentinel The watch tower, 10 keep eye
10 those in office, and apprze their constituents Of their
n,isdeeds, for firmly convinced that more "log