Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-10
RICHMOND, Va, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1910.
Address
OF le Central Committee, appointed by The Republican
Courentiom Of the 10Th February, to TIC eat-eHs 81

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Cr,,ow C,r,zrSs:-The perod is near at hand,
when YOU again to exercise the great right OF Tree
men-the right of selecting your OWN public servants
the organs Of your supreme will This proud right,
practically and fully possessed BY the American people
only, never amongst US, perhaps, invested WIN
ntenser interest nor cnyironed with greater hazards
than will attend its exercise the present OCCASION
We would commune with you, fellow citizens,
| on the part, which, brethren, sustaining greu.
common the crisis requires US 10 perform ah"
particularly rs sentnels duty, stationed BY COM
mand of the Democracy of Virginia. to watch for dan
ger and give warning OF It's approach, we soemhly
summon you to the coming conflict, by your devotion
to our liberties, and by those warmer and holer m
stincts which bind to the protection OF our families
and fire. sides For, most truly are all, all teowcitl-
zens the Constitution the Union the Liberties of our
common country, the quiet OF our beloved Virginia, the
safety the very existence OF our domestic CIRCLES ana
of the endeared objects that cluster there assalled
by a reckless and desperate caba and must depend for
rescue and protection upon the patriotsm the splrl'
the activity Of the Democratic ireemen of the land
Let it be an1iously borne in mind, that IN the ap-
preaching elections involved not only the redemp
ton of Virginia from the prostration and hraldom 10
which violence and perfdy have reduced her, and er
restoration 10 the proud emlnencc from Which she was
wont to be the beacon ghtto her sister Sates
but likewise the influence which her voice ana exam
pie will exert upon the great issues soon also to DC ue
termned viz whether the peace, the prosperity inc
union Of coniaderacy shall be preserved ana pro-
NOTED in conformity with those equitable compromises
which gave that confederacy existence or wheteI Inc
blessings lust enumerated, shall, with every olef we
enov be swallowed up in usurpaon, corruption, Ia
naticism anarchy and civil war. Coeval almost with
the foundation Of our government there were 'orne"
two political divisions IN the country the one ihcca-
ting a perfect equality OF rights IN all who were
acknowledred TO be legitimate parties 10 fo!ich!
cOndition-;he other, the friends OF distinction ana
privilege, cndcavorng By the influence OF "chli, Oh
Office and of monopoly, to assume over the multitude
superiority which the genius and the forms OF our m
IL h,u lat IL m.
Fedcraists former days, whilst vergng to ar'siocra
lev contained, nevertheless, many OF the better ee-
nens Of social life There were 10 be found III II some
Thing resembling the integrity OF pr,nciple-soe priac
OF consistency and Of claractersoncwhai n1 tr ce-
va,inn and i!e decorums OF s"ircspcct, hnd "''i-
al sanctimonious reverence for the Union wascN-
empt from manv uf the chaotic and nrendlarv 'ngredi.
ents that enter into the composition "i the modern
Wing party; more recent modification oil Federalism,
g and political phenomenon, which - the unenvabe
distinction of day To have produced In ms eN.
: lraordinary combination of indictments, are found
men whose adherence and abuse OF each other anu OF
their respective opinions, il is impossible III The COM
f Pass of language 10 excecd:-who have rrcanicd no
imputed error acknowledged atoned for no past de-
! lingn new vet whose angry personal anupathcs and
rreconcilablc contraretes OF opinion, are wholly sup
pressed for the time by their stronger hatred oil Dc
V mocracy and by their naddcnlng hunger Tor power
: and place We see these rush suddenly and
scandalously into combination, in an effort against
the Constitution; against the liberties and llappi
: ness Of their country and the means !" winch ll'y
have resort, strictly IN character with their nnha
lowed ends. These means are, !aschood, corruption
o scurriItv hccornr and than all, the dark ant
Il rrmorseless shirt of Aboiton--a Demon, which, un
less il shall be speedily laid, Is 10 battle our country II
:, blood
/. By indelatgablc and INSCRIPTIONS applications o
such means they seek TO deceive The People, ana
l. array Them against their friends and brneiactors
They denouncc and Willy every patriot who has as
sisted in cxposinr and frustrating their schemes Il"
l. power and camor pcrpcnaly about reforms 10 be &c
:. co,nplshrd, whilst they stud,ousy conceal from tn
l. people. whose confidence they demand Any stp9' II
SFC iCIdCniay disclosed, they prove 10 be tn
very contamination of abuses the most hidcous. Fn
e examples of Federal Wing principles and measures
;, need not 20 back 10 the Alien and Sedon laws
the direct and the standing army Of the first Jno
II Adams; can there he need of rxrmpIifyng the
barter othc elective franchise and sacred prm
cplc Of representative responsibility, by which the Sc
cond Federal Administration brought into Office
nor the claim to unlimited power Of promoting ht
n general mrLtarc: Of protecting manufactures Mt the
, ruin Of commerce and agriculture; of maintaining
within the limits of the States III defiance of their au.
! thorty, vast Federal corpoIaon, invested with the
national revenues of dchauching and buying
up the national Inoraltyoi sezing upon The soil and
territory Of the States, for purposes of Federal obbng
and patronage, under the name Of Internal Improve
mens. We need not rccur to these leading and van-
ted measures of this second Federal Administration or
its arch Henry Clay, the master workman
busily employed 10 abricalc another precious specimen
of Why Mosaic. We may find nearer own time,
nearer loo (ant blush to acknowledge it, 10 our
own home, striking instances OF contrast between the
planncss the drectncss the stern adherence 10 truth
and to principle that mark the genuine disc pie of De-
mocracy, and that supplencss crooked nsincerty and
revolving inscnsbilIty TO shame, which distinguish the
converts votaries 10 WhgISn. Let us illustrate our
position hy recent and prominent example, that OF
the late Senator Rvcs, through It's gradatos from the
point of medtatcd trcachery TO his party down to Inc
humble most humble, most fallen situations, of vru-
lent and false accusation against his beneacors, and OF
aicctonate alliance with those who had exhausted up
on linn every and measure Of insult and derision
to the position Of and public inGormcr against
his own former life and actions. In the outset of this
mans of shallow deception, there is scarcely
any person who does not recolect his orepcaed pro-
testatons Of arnty with the President and of concur
renee in his opinions and principles, with the solitary
exception of what Mr. R. thought lit in order TO awaken
prejudice to mIscal the Sub Treasury scheme and there
are few perhaps who do not equally remember that
the petulant arrogance, and unkind and uncandd I'M
putations that marked his harangues against const.
,utona Treasury and in communication of his pre-
posterous scheme Of unlimited license 10 the Banks 10
gamble 'cM the public money, betrayed any DISPOSE.
ton rather than friendship the semblance Of
fairness, towards the Federal Executive
The misgivings of honest minds produced by the
traits just mentioned were turned into disgusting Ger
ainty by the eagerness with which this individual
Though yet in The chrysas state of Conservatsm,)
snached into the raptnrous embraces uilhe Wings
TO the rejection of Of their most prominent and
long tried chiefs. Yet against these dcmonsrn.
tons, has this during the past year. permitted him.
self be urged upon the country, and upon the friends
Of the Administration Wing and throughout the
late contested election of Senator, he not claimed
or admitted TO belong TO the Wing party, whilst his
ariu epstlcs privately used By his followers in
der to continue the delusion, long deluson might
possibly avail But the din othe strife has hardly subsd.
edthe combaants have hardly dispersed from the bat
tie ground, when what spectacle do we behold: Will
liam c. Rives, who had heen the unhesitang advocate
of the extreme and doubtful acts of Andrew Juck
son-Willam c. Rives the avowcd friend Of Martin
Van Buren,, in whose course he had been previously
enabled TO discover only single errorWilliam {.
Rives The pHre Conservative: the high missionary sent
10 arbate between parties for the good Of his country
William &. Riyes late full of dignifcd reaerve
and independence that he could condescend 10 give no
partizan pledges: suddenly converted into the partzan
of tho Federal nominee of the Harrisburg Convention;