Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-22
WASHINGTON City.
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We are Informed b. public advertisement, that TX
Governor Barbour and the Hon. VIM {. Rives 10
address the people Central Point Caroline county,
on the .nh INST Now. when tn arrival of strangers
IS riupo-1n.y aEnoauccd ruroI.ty i naturally cut
ed, 10 kn"w something ot Kei! celebrity and rCputa
ts"n r0d the general enquiry i, what peculiar au'ho
rity have they 20 BECOME political advisers and
teachers. ine author OF ths navnr some information
on the subject, Will readily give il publicity 4 few
wears ago, the honorable VIM. Rlya. occupied an
elevated stand in the Democratic ranks was considered
by the Party sterling Democrat ana m abe cxpound
of c.crsomjan doctrines. He also nsidcrcd
warm admrrr oil Gen Jackson. ana sincere dcr-ndrr
ot his personal fame and public administration. -
great the Partially 81 the Democratic party tor tins
persona 80, that, token Of their friendship and con-
ldence, they honoIed HIM with in the L. 5 Sc
nate Having acquitted himself well in this department
Of public Guty, he is further honorcd by ls party, who
sccc, and distinguish HIN rs minister 10 transact I'M
porant duties atthc Court OF France here too, he ac-
quits himself well, and his return TO our shores
with hearty welcome from has party, and every
where rrrt ted b, G. with he encouraging and graft
flying words We'll done, thou good and faithful ser
want They elect him Senator o. the Gnitcd States.
In short time, however, his old and too coEiGcnI
friends h"rn TO discover that he inflated and noNt
Gated with pridc, that odious quality casily cngcn-
dcred in Foreign Court The marked distinction with
which he had been honorcG and the courcseS extend
ed to him by foreign nobility, principally because
he the Representative of great nation, and
the supposed TltNu ana ldEpFttt Oh nero VI VIZ
leans he f,oshlv mistakes for alteration his
personal erits-and returning 10 ms country full
ri tbs concgi', he sooner again entrusted
with participation in the Councils %! the Nation, than
he appears to dsdain the tgs. Of acting auxiliary,
and arrugaInr himself the paramount a5'Ily OF re-
Icfning the Currency, ana directing the Hsca! opera
tons OF tie Governmental duty better understood by
many Of his cGttmporarcs and colleagues lie becomes
impatient Of control, ad !uanicstS total disregard In
tina. cardinal Republican maxim! that the majority sl!
Lac lt hi
and remarkable change Of conduct, from Republican,
simplicity TO arisocrac airs at dct0tIon, chnrg" h'i
with desire to create iaa! Schsm IN ~" Democratic
ranks This he rcpudiacS and feels nsucd, that con
lectures and suspicious so very unloundcd, should be
cherished to his prejudice and deprecates coalition
with his present companions, the wings, as being &C.
rogaory his political fame and reputation But not
wtstandng his repeated disclaimers, ms renegade ana
reasonable spirit frequently and alamIngly mancss
itself untl the Democratic party becoming indignant
his base peyI!dy and odGus hypocrisy lead nm very
unrcscrvcdlv and with but little cvtlty TO the portals
Of the Democratic camp, and giving hna wciinerItcd
kick on his hateful -, he IS driven WIN an
impulse not easily resisted and he who had become
too disrrpulablc follow in the wake OF s old
companions now figures at the head Of all the decen'
- 2&Ity. ......;., r.. c.,.
ernor Barbour hc has .ensr.lly been considered
surc!ous than solid: and, when acting rs lie colleague
OF t. W Ta2ewell, in the u. 5. Senate, was easily
thrown far in The shade by that champion and unri-
vailed advocate IN the cause Of State Rights doctrines
When previously elevated to the Gubcrnater'a! Char
Of the Old DOMINION we were frequently surprised by
his .rothy illusions or purrile Proclamatons, a few
dozen lines IN length, inviting all the militia o The
Commonwealth to repair 10 Richmond to defend Their
wives their children and their irrsides, when
yers, the pauxen, the Potomac and the iiappahan-
mock were white with the sails OF the invading enemy,
mistakng Richmond for Virginia, rs his compcers d"at
the present day Now, ifhrsc silly illusions proceed
Ing will not say from fear than patriotism, had
been rcgarded what dcsoatc spectacle our unprotcct-
ed coasts would have exhibited! He has been called
the Earl Of empty barrels do not exactly understand
the aluson, but always associate the idea OF poren-
tous bag OF wind, all sound and fury, sgn'iylng no
thing. i.oIof OSo.