Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-07

TLo ;non,cnse cnncouTse reETTFU TT ~ tHC UT
!, The mos, pc rfect order, gratifed and delighted with
tbs proceedings, and warmed and cfceEed IN their ae-
voti5n TO their Republican principles.
The number present has been varionsiy rsi'ma,ea ~
from 800 to 10000. The rcrttabtes Of In, iePnnfcan'
mi down the number in procession at ] ,5Oo, although
some of their purty confessed n wish that they bad sad
} nG0 ms he liked 10 see people come at something
lilo III. ,ru,h." We are told that the delegation iroln
the Tenth Legion alone, amounted To ,ooO or l,oou,
We were also told by several gentlemen, that they nau
counted the number in the procession, and, estimating
them with the great number rres'n,at the grove, WIZ
ycre moi in the procession, they fixed the number from .
to 6. OUO-whrch is probably nearest The truih.
= 49,. &c . Patriot of ths american Rsrolu-
,;on Tic f,llowin1 letter, from the venerable Maj.
INN Roberts. of Rappahannock, was received, among
many others, hy the committee oil invitation 10 Tue i"'e
Rennblican dinner in Winchester. MAJOR h"oeits was
= brace and gallant officer IN the war oil inoepehaehc''
10 ..n,ssrd through the Reign of Terror lie fought
~ ,hp Cold nv the side of Wasnington-and IN the ca
Inns, bv the side of Jefferson, and he says that We, me
Democratic Republicans, have the 'samc rnemy 10
contend with now, that threatened our Liberties tleh
But hear the venerable patriot himself:
D"' 'e1' LAUREL HlLI, July %, $40.
c..Jmcn. have received yonr invitation 10 the
nss"s.a,,c fcst wal. in or near Winchester, Frederick
ronn,v and would be with you If my advanced ag'
rorIj ,unw. am now cighty.th three years old, ane
,hnnrh nv health 5 good for my years, cannot risk $
long a journey.
a.. I4s Spn u .tlA stih ~ 'i''f'i N'S f
If ;,s bardships IN the field; Independence was ncniev
I'd I'm. liberty was still in peril Saw the Fedora
ro,s,,,ur n ro into action, and witnessed MS WORK
ras vas elected to tie Legislature by my native
comfy in 1856, and served 1t III that body fourteen
ve.r. In IN. memorable struggle between liberty ald
,ou.r fr,m % to ls0l, | WAS an actor ~ ne l"gis!a
iure mad an observer of men, of pr'nc! pies, ana events
Nv votes are on the Journals, and my principles may %
secp in nv votes. passed through the reign OF terr"'
and witnessed the era Of the black cocknar, wheh ~
'' a - n-..h ,rrp,
shade fell on the young eagle Of liberty. lsa" 'Irs'h''
standing almost alone in that memorable ana ptrshah
crisis. Kentucky, the firs,-horn OF her womb, siionia-ret
her arms 10 fall with us, and TO fall with The public liher
~. # we were defeated. We saw what The bullet hat
, done for us against lis foreign foe, and our trust was u
The ballot against its intestine adversary. 1T saved u:
THEN; in all those conflicts, we had The same enemy I
contend with. We are engaged in the same struggle
now, and against the same adversary; and the Dallot o"'
| will arain save Us if the people have fair play. There u
all nv fear. Reason is not left free To combat error; the
cat is so covered in meal that It is hard to see. we have
the lor cabin candidate, whose drink is hard ciuer, ant
we fud that candidate in the person OF a member 0
an ancient family whose patrimony IS the influence 0
r ches. Others had TO work for influence ana favor
This parsonage found il in bis cradle: his competitor u
held IN as the candidate Of the palace, arrayed IN IL
gorgeous ornaments, though every mam who so repre-
SCENTS HIN knows that he was a poor and poTt'cnirss boy
rising, and now has risen, from indulgence aud penury
by force of his own merit, aided only by that genus
VIII ch is his fortune, and BY those virtues that are M
acts.
The scenes through which | have passed IN public
life, suggest the following toast, which you may drinS
# Won choose: The bullet and the ballot, the true dc
fence Of Liberty. The first achieved sur 'ndepcnd
encc, the latter will preserve to US Constitutional Tree
dom.
am, gentlemen, with good wishes for the cause YOU
are engaged in, and nv respects 10 you Individuality,
JOHN ROBERTS.