Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-27


pa''s'.". rs the Wing. Sincerely do we pity the OPP
Is saw n Virginia With such organ, so destitute
r,s", knowledge and scholarship; style beneath
Of " ,,, as feeble violent, rs creeping as cxaggc-
e"aa H. very sublime of the ridiculous, success is
ra"u M, even with superior numbers. Here is party
iMP'o,ates to itself all the talent and refinement
Nn'S" Stale and which must comprise goodly portion
OF NV ..nrrscnted and led y newspaper, which, ex
Of '" vulGarity aud coarseness, would scarcely do
ct9' % \ community of Hottentots. And what is
he.Oa Moro singular, the communications almost rival
SUI 1,nrislS IN Meanness of style, and absurdlty OF
Ns We assure our good friends, the Wings of
a|. that this opinion is very generally entertained
VIZ messed by intelligent gentlemen of all parties.
anu ny that the Wings will excuse us for speaking
We Ind thus plainly, when we assure them, that we
OF" -, reprang the sentiments expressed 10 us by
s's s,,uisi,ed gentleman OF their own party, who IS
e>'F I'm, what he thinks g good and growing cause,
gA'"t,Il ba compromised by such perilous support.
so"." 90 are tired Of grave discussion, and feel the
p1' 40 nreccpt "deaycre IN loco" 'tThe most po
" n,n Ii. Virginia, under the snrn"s.t"n that
Paa i i ssoe and soc, to employ the phrase OF Ma
'i"I Ssnsra HAYNES of the Cromwell militia, who
br,h p:ecsan IN morals ana manners, was not al
NJ "a remarkable precision of language, accuses us
e"' ..palacc dandy" Can we possibly survive
O I,r charge: What fine thing it is to be gifted
,;r,cal talent especially when one Yields "the
VIZ, nnnular pen in Nirg WE'LL then, we must
"iOs' fot;ss, and make clean breast of it. We are
hat addicted To the company OF 2Srceaple Wo-
SUM- and wrll-bred nen; most henous offence, OF
E" - nudge from their style and tone, assaants
N" VIM, no accused We even ret altogether averse
s""" lass of generous wine, Madeira, Burgundy, or
p,s5sb, nor do we despise the Apcian banquet, 81
s'nsh not "Epicuri Ge srcss porous the latest
in- Of Ep,curas sly; nor me-" !Asa ordinarily wee
ny ~ what quaint Charles Lamb calls ''the delicious
80 &c meats and fishes" The mysteries OF CASTRO
~. have not been entirely unknown to US IN our
.'a and we have not unfrequently par:aken OF
.Fcwls la Condo, slices exc of salmon,
Wines too which might again have slan young Ammon,
man, like whom, hope we shant see many soon"
u.n vouId suppose from Adams simple ration,
Thai cookery could have called forth such resources,
As I,:m a science and nomenclature
From cut the conmonest demands Of nature:
A., these things are very good in their way, and not
10 despised Beyond this, our dandyism does not
.b e,;rud The waltz is too vertiginous for
~ h.ad-the quadrille too tough for our tender toes
W. cannot forego loose pantaloons and easy shoes,
rr for lie sake OF fashion Corsets are our abhor-
-, NOR can we even submit TO the duress of wear
mo our hair la Sphynr
Rm while mnring in the giddy throng, the "home-
,.ss .ound Of mrth does not altogether shut
..Thc sill sad music Of humanity
Nor harsh grasins-,housh OF ample power
To chasitn anu subtitle
" do not forget, that above all we are men, and
t.,,ren Of the human We do not confnc
r;brb from position and circumstances, we habtuelly
mayo We remember, that, although we may have
iu nurscd in the lap of luxury, there those who
lar. never known parent care: who have been from
,heir BIRTH the victims Of penury and ignorance We
do not forget that while we, perhaps are clothed IN
the finest teeces of the flock partake of all the
bssIres oc life, there those, who shver with cold,
yae with hunger, and even perish from want. The
rbLl,en of fashion, offortune, who have never toed
,bycad fare delicously, while those who labor from
slry morn 10 late evening, to produce the luxurles in
gch others riot, often without the necessares of
lie As We tread the busy thoroughtares harrow
.ewars OF the popnlnns city and mark the pale faces.
ts trembling limbs and bent forms of the children Of
h5er and MISFORTUNE our hearts melt with human SYM
,.,ay; and We ask whether in our humble sphere
cannot DO something to lessen the appalling sum of
MORAL misery often the cause the result Of crime
and degradation. TnrpiS eg'stas, matesuada flames!
How would wretchedness feast upon the superfuity
Q; ooulence. If we unhappy, we have the sympa.
a troops Of friends; if we are sick, the hand OF at
-ction smoothes pillow the appliances of art re-
a3ye o. pa!late our sufierings. Not with many
haps better than ourselves the father sheds bitter
ra:. over the children who IN vain implore him for
tread. the desoate mother her little pine for
he want ofnourshInent medicine; the feverish brow
.as upon the hard EARTH the lonely sufferer is not
s,ohcd by the voice touch of sympathy; Despair
tends his couch, while Death delays his stroke
Though Oft invoked
With Vows a his ciiet good and final hope.
These reflections, and the contemplation of the many
sys upon the body polite, of the evils which corrode
The very heart of society, ignorance poverty, vice, oft
withdraw thought, from the giddy mazes of IA
s0n and 10 for the ameoration OF our
el,cw.beings. These things make US Democrat for
Democracy nothing less than political phls
anhVopy, religion aFrl:ed to institutions and laws.
NJ, We not ashamed of the name nor do we deem
that detr4cts from the character of gentleman, to
ympaihze with the vast majority of his feowcrea-
,l.,n S., ole
society, political and civil, should be instituted,
and lis laws gently and equally administered. We
would lei all ENJOY their possessions, select their COM
paa9n crafty their tastes, adopt their pursuits, with
full liberty but insist that laws should be just, mild
and equal 10 all; that they should not aggravate the
evils OF society, increase those inequalities of con-
80" 81! happiness, which, to certain degree, are
unavoidable under every system.
No. 50 VITA the pampercd partizans of Whiggcry,
which bastard Federalism, without the talent, re-
! anemsAt al dignity which adorned it's legitimate
pogenitor These turn up their at the bare
h-ntion OF the people from whom they have freshly
psung, and then astonshed, because they are in
bad door with those whom they despse yet whom they
az az. and anon constrained to Aat:er. They
e;es2!ous politicians, who herd together in towns IN
t-' the lead of chatierng shopkeepers and the noisy
'oo!s OF ch.caae, creatures of whom FULLY long ago
-, Tia! they could not thrive nSi cade nenta;;tar in
:a!a English 'unless they lie like the ID" These
Nags because j, is geasst Nay more, because the
atmosphere is filed with the echo of their hoarse bab
'.nss, they deem themselves the nation, and arc IN
e;nan, ihcy not permitted to rule the country
"one sEasshopper in field observes Burke, snakes
-''e morse than hundred which quietly gra
ing HEY put ON airs Of aristocracy, and yet are en-
sae4 IN 'as conspiracy to cheat the people, chiefly
y paimng upon them spurious money, for the manu-
azure OF which they have exclusive patents, in viola
eN Of the first principles Of RepublcaDsm, under the
ae Charters "whitengered discounters, the line
descendants Of those whom Saviour drove out of
" Ne temple which they polluted, with whip Of cords
'Hese people do not understand the character
Nneh they undertake to perform. They mistake q
'e 'nsolence for pride; vulgar arrogance for ele-
'aon Now, your true arisocrat of the old and genu
4s scaoo! Is above such clumsy meanness, and prdes
s4'stH upon nothing more than upon a refined cour-
~, an almost submissive Difference to all mankind,
asPt perhaps TO his usurer and attorney. We do not
~, -" 10 justify this contempt merely state fact
- IN continuation cannot refrain from relating
a''e, which we had from the lips of distinguished
T.''of, himself an eminent lawyer, who for
,'' ume Minister at the Court Of ST. Petersburg
~ % illustration Of tln rapard in which the nro-