Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-19

ing n game cock upon large stump Growing
'hurra for Tppccanoe" with goose below, called
! sym Jach, kissing at the cock-by which, sup.
'osc, they mean TO represent the Wings "gnmc
oeEs and the people as '.gccSc. And these base and
ise pictorial representations, founded in the idea of
total ignorance and restitution of all manly PRIDE
ire intended to be applied to you in lieu OF facts and
arguments Fellowcitizens of the land OF Washing.
ton Ye children and grandchildren OF Revoluti"na,
~ sires again and again, invoke you to arouse and
strike for victory They say you have been beaten
this Spring, and they vauntngly proc lam, that you
will be ,corsc bcatcn in the Fall, and therefore they
expect yon to abandon your principles, and surrender
TO nsoent Federal WhiggeIy-as If you only attached
value to your principles long you possessed Inc
power to protect and preserve them. Not So when
your innocent child sports with security IN your DON'T
Gle, you gaze upon with comparative indifference
when wanders from your door, you begin to feel con-
and anxety-but when you see 1t in the nanas OF
rutfan who will abuse and mareat it, then the cour-
age of your whole soul instantly kndled into tame
and, regardless of all hazard to life or limb, you rush
to the rescuethen, and no. till then, you become SEN
sble OF the high value you attach to your ofspfing
So it is, and so it will be Gn fgurative sense) win
your political principles. You value them, because
your fathers who moulder in the DUST purchased
them with great TOLL and lavish expenditure OF plood
and treasure, and bequeatbed them to you as sacred
cgacyhecause they constitute the very life and soul
of your freedom, and afford all the blessings, civil ana
religious, which you enjoy and because you feel de-
patriotism, to transmit them unImpared 10 your
postcrity. When you the hand of Federalism
them about to snatch these great principles OF Consti-
tuona Government from you only to abuse or deSToy
them will you basey surrender tfem and go over to
the enemy vii! you not rather struggle Tor the,
with holiness and zeal proportional to the value you
attach TO them, and the force of danger with when
they threatened No, fellow citizens, no. While
your principles in danger, in the daring spirit, and
the bold language of the eloquent Pitt, you will re-
spond to the imputation, "Hc ,c lay dozen our
arms! nercr, nerer, nercr!!' BY the foul arts OF
Sc0ntrmctio pcrrerston and dstortton they may Tor
while dccciv portion of the honest yeonanry OF
the country and allure them into the ranks of Wing
gerry and Federalism, and thus they may obtain tenn
porary ascendancy They may crush for time the sacred
principles and the vital spirit of Democracy, beneath
the ponderous weight of Alien and Sedtlon laws, Va
tonal Banks, Tariffs Internal improvements and other
kindred Federal measures-but the undaunted and va
liant soldiers Of Democracy will still march c0Rqusr
iug and 10 cOnquer "-Bu fellow citizens can you con-
de in the vain boastings of the Wings: Have they not
always claimed victory in advance of every election:
Are they more certain now oil carrying the state ior
General Harrison, against Mr. Van Buren,, than they
were of carrying it for Judge White in the Spring OF
ls35? Their organ the Richmond Wing, from whom
the whole party derive their facts, their arguments,
md orders has never claimed for General Harrison
more than majority of ten Mousand-whIle, in l533,
ii confidently claimed majority of mol less than
stcenfy thouSGad' for Judge White. Listen to what
il said of General Harrison, its now sweeping candi-
date, on the eth April 1885
" Has the Staunon Spectator espoused the cause of
General Harrison: To what use; Is the Spectator
not fa,pued with the advocacy Of hopeless canddates
!" Let u keep united, and 90 to put down regency,
:" corruption and Presidential dictaton. That claims
the first attention of every patriot. We can hardly
+" 90 wrong in taking any man by whom 1t can be
" done. 1t will see that we have already published
= General Harrisons letter
In reference to Judge Whites prospects for election
over Mr. Van Buren,, the Richmond Wing, on the goth
March, lS:!5, holds the following language:
The Wing candidates in Virginia, for the LegisIa-
tire and canvass, almost every where declaring
I" for Judge White. His prospects arc adrancing citt
"a mpdhy Of strife, sufficiently appalling, no doubt
TO the New York party, and surprising even to hin-
. self Between him and Mr.. Van Buren,, there IS not
sLnde Of dou6t that Virginia would declare for hun
s by rcry iarge majority and as pirgtna goes, so
!" will probably go the United South, from the Potomac
g and Ohio TO the Gulf Of Mexico This, 1t would
SEEM ourh 10 have satisfied all of the fact that, to
Judge Whites election, there was "n0t Shade Of
dOuJt," and that too "by pery large mGjorhy But
hear him again, the Sd April, 1885: Virginia is
I" running into the support of Judge White with al
uaanimity that argues the certainty Of his recete'ng
her rates and that proves her dcrp diStrus of the
I" Office holders candidates This being so apparent
/" the observing have been for some time keeping
/" starp look summcrse from Richie, knowing
s" his adherence of mnorltlcs.
Here again. fellow citizens, you these Wing sages
and prophets, early as the 81 ApTll,
this rood old Republican State for Judge White with
" unanimity and " certainty" But again, the same
Prophetic organ on the Tin April, ls5 holds the fol-
lowing language: ssThomas Jefferson and James Madi-
son cere not certain Of the U0e Of Irgnta than
" is Judpe White in opposition to MIR. Van Buren, In
: rarions counties, and some of them heretofore The
most riOleiy ackson the Jackson candidates, either
80 from an honest preference, as in the case OF MI
/" Voolfolk in Orange and MIR. Harley in smyth, or
from policy as in that of others, who shall be name
=" less are declaring for Judge White. We CANDID
!" I.Y BELIEVE that he will be supported by rery
iaree portion, if not Majority of those who in De-
ccmber constituted the Jackson party and that he cH
carry the State by not less than &c, 900 MAJORITY
refer you, fellow citizens, to this triumphant and ex
ravagant habit of false vacnaon in the organ of the
Wing party for the only purpose of showing YOU that
no reliance whatever be rcposed in ITS prophecies
about the Presidential Election. Indeed, the Rich
mond Wing has always deceived itself and its read
ers by adopting the bawlng reclamation OF fiery par
tzans as evidence of public sentiment, and predict
ing accordingly Compare its confident assertions in
S,5 with its bold predictions General Harrison
was 81 homeless canddatc. Judge White popularity
was rresislible 1t swept like tornado over the land
AS early as the Goth March, there ''not shade q
douJ tat Ergina could declare for him bya rery large
maoritV" Many Jackson candidates, and nhoie jack
son countless were turning 10 his support. The
= Napoieon Of tie Press, and the "Sdmpsoa q Demo-
cracu was expected to be swept from his firm founda
ton by the general and cmpcSuous revolution of the
public enthusiasm The popularity of Judge White
was even so overwhelming, eclipse that of the two
great and vencrated Philosophers and Statesmen Tho
mas Jefferson and James Madison in the brightest days
of their glory In fine Judge White was to carry the
State against Mr. Van Buren, "BY NOT LESS THAN
20 900 MAJORITY" But ali! now comes "the dash
ing arhe sergcant to announce the result miserable
tidinps! Gentle reader be not alarmed! It's not "Ga-
Jriels trumpet, procaiming the day of final reribu-
ton but it is the voice of victorious Democracy pro-
claiming the political fate of Judge White "BEAI- |
EN- BY 5000 MAJORITY" You, then, fellow
countrymen, who have studied arithmetic to the "sn'
gie rule Of three, may very well estimate the accuracy
Of the present prediction of the Wing to the cleo
ton of General Harrison by majority Of 10000
votes If Judge White was to carry the State 6y2OOoo
majority, and lost 1000, by what majority will Gen
Harrison be dtatcd when he is to carry the State by
only 100000 Answer, by 2,OOo-Feowc citizens, the
prospect before you, cheering and brig htenng The
recollection of your recent defeat and the expectation
of an approaching victory, should alike animate and
stimulate you on TO "dceds Of raior In Just and
righteous cause, you cannot be too vgilan, too ac-
tive, too bold Arouse, then arouse The free princ
Piles of the Government in danger Let the whole