Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-04

a,te for the Presidency. She holds up on high the
of liberty, with this inscription: , ! ns ~
nendence of the States and the union OF 'he @ta'es
And what shall we say for ''the Ientn Lrai'n, -"
..,be r;yh, wing of the glorious Tenth. why "eE"t
,t;s lin, while we concede most cheerimlly TO me DC
mocracv throughout the State the praise oi naSi's .""e
nohly. and that they are entitled 10 lHe a'''" ~ ~.
rood did mother, we claim Ia have contributed 'a'ee!
towards the rescue Of the STATE from feasta' s.~'r
Shall Rockingham hereafter be not'crd IN Inc map "
viro;nia, Until the present contest, " was haro'y
known there was such u county never spoHI" -"
as having any political consequence hoch'ns"an'
with among the largest white Popuiauohs " NV
S,,,e win probably the greatest proportion oil goou
ell according 10 her territory TILED by a yeoInanry
tho mos, thrifty and independent, perhnps, OF any IN
The Commonwealth, and possessing, as J am 'n'hnst
ID think. as much aggregate wealth. Ana why ms
her Democracy stood fast, in these times' "heh 's"u.
ID or our citizens elsewhere have been misled ny
WIKI buu,bups, and Wing boastings, end wing dein-
s;opss Clearly because we are without Inc vortex Vi
Rank influence, and Bank Pressures, ana money
n.n;cs Our trading is done on home capital, ana not
nm funds derived from Banks.-for inns reason we
sc,rcelv know when a panic c"ines nor what 1t means.
Tho n,essures so much talked OF lsewhere, and prooa-
bly seriously fell, reach rs only MS tie gentle ripplings
which beat against the shore, when a vioieht stofm hds
ar;,,,ed ,po,ber part of 4 iake.-Jmst enough to an
no,nca 10 us that distresses have been felt III the com.
49, circles, when faitblrss corporations ''create and
das,-ov !" ..iuakp and break at pleasure. we want no
Rail. in Rockingham. We are better without them.
Have more real wealth more independence l,gh'er
n,essures fewer bankruptcies. Nearly all the bank
run,cies, of any magnitude, which have occurred IN
nj, county, happened TO individuals who dealt TOO
de.,lv in Banks. We are not enemies of Banks, u
we'll reeulated but we do protest against the manner
in which our Banks are managed. They violate law
whenever they please, and with impunity. 1hcy
ouuh: to he made TO redeem their promises and then
their notes would be cqmal 10 specie ; and then We
| should hear no more the cuckoo cry OF zone currency
for the officers of Government and another Tor the peo-
pie"
enviable position Rockingham has taken among the
Democratic counties of The State. She has gwen the
highest Democratic majority. And having so hrmiy
withstood The efforts Of the Wings to mislead them,
speaks f~avorably for their good sense. We do notteelthat
our opinion in regard To the good sense ofthe people oi
Rockingham, is shaken at all by the statement OF the De-
pu,y Marshal, that there are thirteen hundred and up
wards of persons in this county, above twenty years
of age, who can neither read nor write. The Dcpu-
ty must have got into some dark corners under the
fririd zone, that have never been visited by the faint
est, most oblique rays of the sun OF science This
tells but badly for the eighteen or nineteen hundred
dollars expended in this county annually Tor the edu-
cation of the poor. How will the School CommIs'
sioners of this county answer 10 the public tor this
delinquency of theirs, if there is not some mistake in
this statement? If this statement be trne, | arraign the
School Commissioners at the bar OF public opinion, Tor
having thrown away the public money. The primary
school system has been in operation Tor nearly or per.
haps quite 90 years. Their attachment In principle,
their exemption from bank influence and from the con-
troll of the money power, tells loudly i"r the wisdom OF
the vast mass Of our population. 1t says empha'icaliy,
that our people are satisfied with the prosperity they
have,-do not wish to change the positive good they
enjoy for uncertain promises of amendment. They
have wisely gone ON the maxim Of "letting peH alone"
IF The extravaganza and overdealing Of others have
driven them to seek for "change," this is no reason why
we should complain ofevils We do not feel, aud seek TO
change that which needs no change.
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