Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-15

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vIRGINlA-ERECT!
Eltract If a letter from out Shenandoah, H., oct i
..WhiIc the magnificent Wing spoutcrs and Federal
Scrbes and Pharsccs are cutting fantastic capcrs be-
fore hiuh Heaven, and filling the country with tinsel
defamation and false documents Old Shenandoah, the
centre and strong hold of Democracy, remains n IN
her faith and immovable her own lofty mountains.
The people Of this county are acute, dexterous hte-
gent Being Of n mercurIal cast, they snuff The APP
proach of tyranny in every tainted breeze Truly, SIR,
she deserves the distinguishing appellaon Of ne
Tenth Legion of the Democracy Her lusly sons are
many and it requires only the moving OF the spirit Tor
them to rise in their majesty and make known their
mrht And do YOU believe they feel not the operation
of the spirit Of Democracy in these trying times OF
trcnchery and depravity-oi amentablc degradation:
Believe il not. The lioness of Democracy IS reused.
She has seen with Indignation an effort TO crush INC
cradle in which she was rocked-to anhul the prhci-
Piles she has ever oslercd-and with the fire OF resent
mcut has determined blast tho attempt, and hur with
one fell blow the plot Of low contrvanccs to IT'S proper
destiny Be assured then that the 'Ienth VIII mol be nap
ping on the second Let other counties be emulous OF
the like punctuay and perhaps all will be III siatu quo
rpht We can poll about ~ or 1900 votes, and you
may calculate on at least go majority Some say a
cool thousand which is not improbable In The con-
tcrmnous county of Page, of about 800, 400 majority
i In Rockingham of about 1000 1t IS thought that
there will be from ~ to 300 clear Tor Martin 30 tat
in three adjacent counties Democratic majority OF 20
TO , 900 NAV be deemed certain. This vote may safely
be reckoned-tor the people IN THIS Republican section
are determined to devote day 10 the cause OF JET
fcrsoRioa mot HsbStcri0n Democracy, and TO their
country GAS doth the little busy bee improve each
SHINING hour-so does the HARRISON alias Webster and
CLAY party appropriate and apply every opportunity
every material which their inventive mag sug
rest for the contamination of their rasl unhallowcd
schemes As soon iallacy IS exploded, they
shift TO another and on, till they arrive at their
derner resort wager-which being substituted for ar
rumcnt closes the controversy. Their notices ana
symbols are truly cmblematic of their heterogeneous
principles To these, however, we must not advert
doubling not that YOU have had the full bcneht OF INC
insane exhibitions Of the last week. Shade OF Jefer
son, what an infection on Republican minds 10 be thus
ANNOYED by The rublng of empty barrels the rafting
of pnrrds and skim, and the confusion of tongues
then their noticed banners waving er The land "i he
free and the heads Of the silly. For the love and res
meet we bear the Old Dominion must hazard the
assertion that the foy Of raising that sensrcss motto
ne stoop 10 conquer, not repeated Nc S'oGp l.
conGucr'-and after victory, what.
! 'sIowiinr-S i young ambitions ladder,
i Whcrro the CiinIrr-upwar turns his face
But when e al attalus the upmo round,
He then unto The ladder III ns ms hack,
| Looks III the clouds scnrning The base degrees
Nv which he did ascend
$50 NAV these worthless who Stoop 50 loW-Dul les
they nav should prevent It, In relation to the cleo
tiomcrInr career of the Federal candidate letter has
been recently received here from gentleman III Ohio
stating that this Baboon, as Col kcyscr calls bun, rose
to address auditory and tremuI"us was his frame
that he had to resume his scat. Whereupon one o
his confidential committee arose and offered some SORT
Of apology, perhaps that the General was not disposed
to make further declarations Tor the public car on ina
occasion We have marked the chicane and fncSSe o
this imbecilc cmpOr7er-tlS trimmer OF cITcnnstan
\ ccs The cyccrablc prcvarcaon, the low, dIsengenu
Gus articles Of his supportcrs-have not passed unob
served. And will the American people far reced'
from their high Republican stand as to extend thel
patronage to poor an apology for President: Gar
they in the face of nconicstable facts and authority
counten1ncc this thrcadbare candldates
i "When witness the fury of party zeal and the
Mobocratic assemblages doing homage to mortal man
the smilltude between such and those ponrtray
ed in Roman history to mind and points,
consequences too abhorrcnt to think upon.
"Feow citizens, iorfend the consequences of Fcde
raj victory. The motives by which many OF the leader
are actuatcd in their indscrminae hostility, are then
own power and the plumber of the people Their cuP
dy and ambition have no limits. Thousands who cS
pect ACKNOWLEDGEMENT will be sadly dsappointed-Wly
such a crowd of Delegates 10 the late Convention II
Richmond Could not three or four intelligent cltl
zens from each county have effected as much Al
the congregated thousands The object was cBtct
This imposing scene when told abroad might scduc'
some stragglcr
"Would that we had Jefferson, Henry ora Ran
dolpt 10 warn them aganst The fearful consequences
their emery But, perhaps, If one should arse Iron
the dead, they would not, in their mad career believe
him. So let us all-let those whose bosoms are warm
ed by the genial glow Of Amor PatrI1-concert ana
hoist and establish the banner of Democracy o er The
land Of the free and the home of the j"St.
From Goochiand, Oct 10.
at is with equal pride and pleasure that announce
to Won the fact that the vote of Goochand this yea
for Martin Van Buren, will greatly surpass her vote a
any previous Presidential elections We are deter
mincd 10 do duty. Like the Grenadlers at Water
loo, our people are impatient for the charge. lie
others do likewise and "all will be we'll We IN
tend to bring men TO the polls who have not voted 10
many years but whose spirit aroused by the pecu
liar character of the times. We feel that we have
great battle to fight; but thank Heaven we have the
means and resolution success, If we are only
true 10 ourselves We have an Insldous enemy Il
contend with, but faithful and enthusiastic friends ant
a glorious cause. Let motto then be, "Down
down with Whggcry: down, down with the Janus
faced Candidate who could write different letters L
Southern men and 10 Abo!Itionlsts-who could writ,
letter TO the Aboitonist, Geo. Evans, iraught with
such rank Abolition doctrines pledges, that ne ant
{ his friends DARE NOT PUBLISH IT, ALTHOUGH
REPEATEDLY CHALLENGED TO DO so
THI-S pREFERRlNG TO INCUR THE ODlUN
OF NOT PUBLISHING 1T RATHER THAN LET
THE PEOPLE SEE IT 1T htS DC he batae.er
Of erery Republican from Lee to .1ccomn..
Hail to he Southwest
The Lynchburg Republican of Monday last, gives thu
following cheering accounts of "Little Tennessee,
where the dexerous W. C. Rives has contrved by hi
one sided arithmetic, TO figure away any Republican
majority at all. He is either grossly deceived, or il
grossly decelyIng others sour accounts from South
western Virginia favorable to the cause of Demo
crazy. Our friends well satisfied that Mr. Van Blu
rem will receive decided majority in every county
IN Colonel Hopklnss district. well informed gen
teman from Wythe, expresses the opinion, that The
Republican majority in that county will be quite res
pectable Last spring the Democratic candidate fol