Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-08
E,puLiirans ot IireioiN :

RspuLiirons cf Iugioia'
Come to the rescue. Your principles are attacked.
Tho e>ult,np infatuated, reckless OpP"sf ton threatens,
to PROSTATE you and them t"gethc: Aisstatlng the
causes of the meagre majority (It It be majority
alb which they may have attained IN The next Legs
laure they claim II as the voice oil Tie people lhcy
deceive their allies elsewhere; and they would Gcceiv.
Won They have carried the majority If at all b. tie
votes of the owns--by the controlling influence OF
this CITY over five surrounding coGnies-5v the AID Of
double and treble foreign votes anG 10y sinking our III.
mensc strength IN the large Democratic counties which
are not called forth al the Spring Elections. They
I'm GO carried il by tricks and cXpcdIems, which would
DISGRACE anv State in The Jnlonand much more tn.
anrient unirrrifed, and proud Commonwealth They
have imposed upon the People by the grossest mIs.'.
presentations, and by the rt!rst ln"ngs he day Of
reaction however is at hand. These expetents w,ll
cease 10 operate at the great Fall Election. This 20.
lypus voting Of the Wings w cease. This apathy OF
our large Democratic counties Will cease These mIse.
presentations will be- exposed; these decisions VII
be dissipated The Fail Elections Of the Pres,ien.
tal Campaign have always surpassed those Of the
Spring In 1882, votes in the Spring fell very tar
short of the 25 thousands, by which we carried An.
drew Jackson in the Fall In 1850, We carried the
State hy double the minority IN the Fall which
obtained in the Spring Elections. The result w,l!
he sill, more memorable tins Fall, than II has been
at the Election of 1886. The temporary humbugs
Which have cast shade over the public mind VII
before that time BE- dispersed The Republican party wI!
be awakened 10 the greatest cXertinn7 by he geneTou,
indgnation which every honest Virginia bosom must
feel for the discracetu tricks which have been prac.
Used upon them hy the Federal party The humbug
of a standing army; that cant and cIamor about low
prices; all the OF the enemy will be sunk IN the
great and only issues, which can operate upon The
s.sound sober thought OF free and intelligent PEG.
pie The great issues are the prnr'pifs on winch Tins
Government is be administered, and The character 81
NE randidnifS who are 10 carry them out
VIII you, ca" yoa, Nirgnians, support Federa!'t
whose principles are al war wlth al lhr great sia'e
Rirhs doctrines of Virginia; who is weak as TO place
himself IN the custody of confidential committee;
and whose whole administration will be controlled By
men more ar,iul and more able than hInseI!-such
men, a. those who are figuring nj III" Young Hrhs
Baltimore Conycntion-CIay, Webster sergeant,
Southland and Co; These men are STRIVING 10 change
the whole tone Of the Government as well az the dy-
nasty Daniel Webster told the mnmmers on Canton
race course that Every breeze says change Aye,
every Federal politician cries ''change, change Eui
We saw and vou viii say, NlrginIans, IN The words OF
Peruvian Rolla =" We k, not such change as they
would BRING MS What ehapsc the political admins,
tration of the country Change lis measures INTO be-
dera! than"c back the days Of Jefferson 10 those G"
John Adams! Chnnes the whole Republican sy''
TEN for a Federal course. th"agc the great Wy
oinia doctrine Of strict construction OF The '"H-
s,,uon for the most latitmGnons system, GIVE
MS again Tariff, until the streets 81 Charleston ana
Of Norfolk shall Dc green with grass, GIVE Us back
the whole system Of Internal Improvements, at The "t
pr nsc of the Constitution Give us back National
Bank with all its usurpations, and with all It's trench
dous power. Already the Baltimore American says
must have a National Bank Ed. H. LIVING, the liar
rson Ecc,o made speech at Nashville the day
in favor ct National Bank Webster, Clay, the
whole coterr Of Federal politicians, will demand such
an Institution ut tie hands Of an lmhccilc President;
and in less than two years, you will have Bank o ~
millions or MORE fastened upon you for - years
This is no idle phantom Of the BRAIN II IS the result Z"
all the signs Of the times OF all the OPINIONS "i Tie
daring men who will control the cabinet and the coun
sells of w H. Harrison This is not nil. Nothing
will be- safe from the determined spirit Of such rabld
Federalists All the principles which Virginia esah
lishcd in 9c'!9, the landmarks OF the Constitution
will be swept away No restrictions will be respected
which the latituGnous views and the daring spnt OF
such men will desire TO overthrow. Every thing VII!
be changed. We shall indeed have change enough
Not only will Offices lee changrd-not only Will all e
spois be claimed by the eager otfce-huners, OUT Ne
whole tone OF the Administration will be Federa!srd
and Adamsised The revolution will even enable WI
liam Henry Harrison and his Abolition allies, aiders
and abettors, large surplus by an augment
ed Tariff in order to appropriate that surplus 10 me
purchase and emancipation of the slaves What w'Il
then become Of Your friends III the North! What be-
comes of that noble band Of Democrats, who have cN.
posed themselves 10 the wrath Of the Abolition SIS III
behalf of the Constitutional Rights OF the South? You
put down Martin Van Buren,, whose prime plea and ie,
ings pledged 10 their support-who was scoihngy
by J. @. Adams sthe Northern President
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who is the candidate of the Abotonists, who would
appropriate the surplus to their purposes, and
who has skuiked, from the high standing OF an inde
pendent statesman to throw himself INTO the arms oil
Confidential Committee, ot whom the very soul 10 te
notorious Abolitionst, John C.. Wright Are you mad
enough encourage Abolitionism by such sacr'hce
TO please and propitate the Abotionis. BY co.opers
ing with them in his election You men OF rense,
and must the danger which you incur. These nun
CRY wolves will only require further concessions; whist
"a, IN no Nnrth Tho uatp do
have co-opcra,ed with in the defence Ell our cons'
tutiona rights, driven forth, and sacrificed to the
wrath Of your deadcst enemy. Such an lntntuatra
course on your parts if only calculated shake P
lars OF the unon itself II would only inc,e iuhheE
agGrcssions upon the SoIth-until sooner than sn5mt
any longer to their nroads, you would consent 10 tear
asunder the bonds which have united no one tede'
raj family
yirginians 1t is idle 10 DISGUISE the grca. ISSUE
which are before yon. They have been artful!y ahi
assduously kept Of your view, by the most nsd7d'
humbugs and the most elaborate decisions. NhaH
surrender all your principles because you cannot com
mand the highest prices Tor your corn and Hour, be-
cause foreign markets will not justify higher per,
and because a gracious Providence has blessed you
with abundant crops Have not the prices oil your pro-
ducc been much lower past years, once or twcc "nra
event heir avorc Bank of The L. States was IA mi!
operation: What. abandon all your principles, b''
cause the Secretary Of War has thrown out scheme
Tor The organization Of tho militia, which the fcd"Fai'
lists have magnhcd into the hurlbug Of standing az
my. What. put yourselves into III" power OF Nch,,t
and Clay and Sergeant, herausc The yrCtH o! Oh!
has been Submitted by the Secretary, thu details 81
which the President has never endorsed. ANA Mhir!i he
probably never saw Is this act the part OF wise
men, or OF sogacions Statesmen: VIII you lie Gii'rn
from all your moorings By such a ind OF pane aS ms
Will you in the fear Of bill, which never can pass
into law, suffer yourselves to be Hoodwinked ana
Transferred 10 Federal party who will give yona man,
moth Bank, Tariff, grand system Of !"''rha'
improvements, higher taxes, and more eNi!a"'gan''N
penditures: These Aachiavean politicians ra'l
the Executive power, and wonld rally yon to tAe'
ranks BY the cry Of opposition 10 Executive a@er'h
dizcment. But you blind not 10 SEE iha' '.
very system tends directly to increase the au'h'F! VI
the General Government, and OF c"ursc Directly
augment the Executive functions: Every powrf WIN"
the ati;udnons construction Of this Federal party A.
sumes reqnir. MONEY 10 BE- paid and agents 70 Nc
employed. And mho is WELD the most Of tins treasure
and patronage, but the Executive Department -e.'.
These the great issues before yen. Not 10" Pf'
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