Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-21
E0p TVC RICUV0.IU EMO UTRER
To e II RnLIn. c. CrnH0rd and I. Smiht, ISIS.

TOT. H. Ruyiy, e. Craford, and r. Smith, ESqs
As a devoted member of the State Rights PARTY; per-
nit me 10 express my high admiration OF the course
YOU pursued in the late ballotings for Senator That
course seems to me 10 have been founded on hIgh
and honorable regard for principle; and merits the APP
urova and applause Of every who has any respect
for integrity, moral or political Had you adopted
different line Of conduct, you might indeed, nave
pleased larger number; but II would have been 1T Tue
eypencc Of that reputation which honorable men value
above all price see that you bitterly assailcd by
the WhiG-But what Of that: Did any man ever
escape lis ccnsrc who refused TO bow the knee TO Mr.
CLAW or fail TO secure It's praise who did: And what
respect therefore, ought to he paid either TO the one or
the other The slave of the Syrian Satrap cries, at
the rising and the setting sun, "c"mc, s'rre my mus
ter but the sounds only echoed by slaves II you
were at the late Factory FESTIVAL, am sure you
will not need my pencil TO sketch picture true TO the
oriental original
But pass by this Wing reyilcr, and his Factory
vcllers-I contemplate them in their true characters
and feel too indifferent either for pity or for contempt
say that admire your course-and 1t Is Tor these
reasons You are members of that party whose highest
honor it has been, to have contended against federa
usurpations, whether Congressional or EfccWtfe-
Had YOU voted for Mr.. Rvcs, you must have branded
Yourselves with the marks Of dishonesty or gross de-
fiction. Mr. Rives, for the last ten years has been
the Jealous, unbushng advocate of every party 'nca
sure which you have denounced as amongst tIcr"Htc
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. they were such, or not, VIII
not discuss here: but YOU denounced thcm-and ne
so sustained them. Tie Wings, too-(why not give
them their old namc the FedraiStS denounced them,
saving the Proclamation and Force Bill, even with
more bitterness than yourselves: and well remem-
Der they denounced Mr.. Rvcs too not a little. But
strange to (no-nothing is strange, but truth d
honcsty)-they tout an CONFERENCE.-The Hives comes
before them, like the "ROydi Dane
acknowledgements mnancaled,
With all his impereciions On his head
And they take him up,-nu reckoning mddc,-and
place him at their head, and the heads of much
better men, and call upon you 10 sanction this act OF
shameless dehasement! have words TO express my
adherence of such extraordinary conduct. Had he
prefcsssd any repentance for the past,-had he made
any promises for the future; nay, not so much,-had
he come with cucle untouched, free from the thrfy
nine proofs Of maconcnt and drummed dcscrter,
could have had some drop Of patience. But he came
not thus-1ar otherwise. lie came disappointed IN
lriGuer,-in breath Boosting among the party he
had abandoned that he alone had been faithful TO Jack
son principles and measures (Which you and the mas
named Wings had dcnounccd) and in the other declar
inr war against the Administration because they had
moi been faithful thcm Did he speak the truth: IS
he the sole rcsiduary lcgatee of the principles CT Gen
Jackson's administrations Has the present Admins
traon forsaken these principles: Such the posi-
tive and unqualified avermcnts of Mr.. Rives And
was il for this that the Federal party took him up: Have
they become the supporters of the principles Of the
past Administration as embodied in the person of Mr..
Rives' And do they oppose the present AdmInlstra-