Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-17
The Arts of the Enemy!

The wings are descending 10 inc lowest uichS, I"
Gull the in'eecs, and gain the votes OF the People
Even the Grand Electors do not scorn to employ them
But they are deceived They VIII find how signally
they have mscalcuiatcd their saTacIty, ana under
rated the intelligence OF a free People.
Among the slang of these S!angwlangers, IS the
story of Mr.. Poinsetts Standing Army-tlc clamor
about the "bloodhound Administration which Henry
A. Wise first started in the Capi,ol-and the celcbra-
ted despicablc mummcry of the 0g-cabin, hardcdcr
candidate There will be ample time and verge enough
to disspa,e all these empty bubbles. In the mean
time, we give them passing notice.
The Standing .irmy !-Nindcx Will devote Number
10 this charge HIS Ithurcl spear will touch IT, and
show il up in lis proper dmcnsions-Another States
man too may it up. But Correspondent asks US,
what will Mr. Southa and the deserters, Fontanc and
w. Peyton say, when they come to know that their
presen; great Hero "has gone bow-shot beyond t:-
Vide State papers, military matters, for Gen Harrl-
SON Report on the militia
And then as 10 the .Bloodhound Administration =
why even the last Norfolk Herald "a fulhoodcd Whg)
has the manlness to conesss, (amld all the severe
structures il passes on the conduct Of the Florida war;
that the frequent surprise upon our troops rs the na-
tural consequence of with an enemy who knows
every inch of the ground and has all the advantages
his natural cunning could desire of attacking those who
are entire strangers To the country and unused to the
many difficulties it presents to fair and open warfare
And this must continue to be the forever, unless
the war shall be terminated by other means than those
in common use. Boodhounds to scent the savagcs in
their retreats and lead troops TO them 'S utter all
"a humane eIpcdiCnt: for, if it be rendered
ccssful it will the put end to the every day
occurrence OF the butchcres by the Sem!nocs OF help
less settlers and their families, the waylayng and muir
derinr of the arer, and the slaughter in their
sassinlkc manner of our troops, from their ambus-
cades."
But we require no other argument to silence the
sangwhanscrs Of that possibc) than the pathetic
and powerful Message of the Governor Robert
Raymond Reid 10 the Legislature Of Florida. ltrcac
cd BY Sundays mail, and we shall lay 1t before cur
readers in the course of the week. 1t is Of the
most eloquent documents have ever read. After
dilatng on the barbartcs of the trcachcrous foe, and
the blood which they have shed Of The women and chill
drcn Of suffering Florida, he asks, "Nho can witness
such atrocities, without admitting it to he lawful to use
bloodhounds against such hcllhounds:
From tragedy to farce, however. The Wings spare
no cxpcdic, and stocp every trick to make political
capital for their Hero Amongst the most cOntcRpt
BILE of these their cant about the hard cdcr ami Ing
cabin candidas.' They not only bring it INTO their
public harangues and newspaper slang but they exit
bit the representations of them in their public process
sions In the meeting which they held in the Portsmouth
Theatre, last Tuesday night, they guilty of the
vile taste of representing this mummcry on the stage
''Befoe the multitude stood the dwelling Of the West
hunter and farmer, with its simple aud characterIs
tic garniturc The wild wood was in the back ground
the hunters royal turs graced the front OF his ha
baiion and the brace of barrels duly labelled dcnot
ed that an ample Of his favore beverage at
hand. Loud, long and fcrvent the shout which
welcomed the Log Cabin of the West Yes; this RI
dculous Farce was acted by the Wings of Portsmouth,
This dcspicablc mummery like the Baboon Convention
of Coumbus,) exhibited in State which prdcs her
self upon the purity of hertas and the elevation Of her
character. In the vein, they have printed the
life of the Hero of North Bend, with coarse Vgnctte
for its trontispece, representing Gen H. and an old
soldier, and cabin, and barrel, with the words
'shard cider written upon it. Another pamphlet of
his biography is graccd with the figure of the Hero and
his horse, looking all the world like groom and his
stud But all these little tricks cast disgrace upon their
candidate and bring discredit upon their cause. Are
thev not tired of such bagatcc, Do they not know
from sad experience that II viii impose upon an
enlightened people, Did they not try every
of carcature upon the nation Did they not cmblaZon
forth the coffin hand-bills in every variety of orm:-
And instead of gaining strength to their cause, did
they not lose it. They tried caricatures against Gen
eral Jackson. They are trying mummery for Cen
Harrison They destined to fail now, they fail
ed in 1888. The fact is, the genius Of the two is
so different, that what magic with one, is mummcry
with the other. sobriquet may answer for the one,
while nickname Will only cast rldculc upon the other.
As one of our contemporaries says, "Gen. Harrison s
supporters seem to have taken hint from the nick.
name given to Gen. Jackson. He was old Hickory:
and from his frmness, forttnde, ncorruptibity, and
endurance of hardship, he well mcrIted the name. The
title of log cabin candidate has been applied to Gen.
Harrison, under the impression that that of old Wcko-
~ did much towards The election OF zen Jackson.-
utthcv seem to have forgotten that was the gene.
raj popularity of Andrew Jackson that made the hck
ory pole fayoTite Whereas the doubtful popularity OF
William Henry Harrison, TO be based that of the
log -cabin." THE Helo of Orleans wields a wand
which does not belong to the Hero of Tippecanoe.
Mr. Senator Tallmadge, in his Letter to the Commit
tee of the 'smonsrous' Clay dinner praises in the
highest terms, '',!.e distinguished citizen of Kentuc
ky, and the ''Hcro of Tippccanoe, and hopes thai
the People viii put an ''honest man in the place o
the present Chief Magistrate Does Mr. 7. expect b,
this unmanly slap distinguished citizen of his owl
State TO gain golden opinions, effective votes: Ne
vethe people at least calm, if he is the slave
his own passions-There is another remark in the no