Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-03

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''log. cabins and drinking "hard cider, satisfied by
any other means they would fail to convince the "rag-
tag and bnb-tail, !" ssthe rabblc, hurrah boys and fools,
The Jewellers, agrarians, and Loco FocOs, that they
were in dCCd and in truth their own dear, disiniereSted
and devoted friends. Will the people be persuaded By
such false professions and such ridiculous means to de-
sert the faith Of their fathers, and hand over to the next
generation OF their enemies, their children handcuged
md spancclied' VIII they suffer the enthusiasm Of
solder and cabins, ;" in which the Wing leaders do not
partake, but which they countenance and encourage
only to keep up the deception and gHu the honest
hearted, unsuspecting friend of his country and her
institutions, TO get the better of their Judgments, and
thus hbd that great principle OF our revolution, that
OMAN is CAPABLE OF SELF-GOFERNMENI:
What more would be wanting, than n victory obtained
by such means, to satisfy the world that our experiment
had ended? That there was not sufficient intelligence
and virtue in the people to govern themselves: lhlsisa
grave and momentous subject, and one that requires and
should receive the attention of Virginia and the Union.
But, whence came this impulse: What is the date OF the
~log-cabin and hard-cider fever When was it, that the
Wings became the peculiar friends of the people, and
the tender guardians of their interests: When did
they resolve to "identify' themselves with the people,
Shy coG forrning itself uhe Wing partly TO their feel,
lngs, thor wishes, their principles, and we may ada
their prciudices, (these quotations are from the Dos
ton Atlas, n Harrison paper.) WHEN, we again ask:
Not until the meeting of the Harrisburg Convention,
an asscInblage which will receive, as It most Justly
will merit, the anatiemas of posterity, until liberty and
virtue shall cease to abide in the human breast
When did they resolve, we say, to identify themselves
with the people: Not until they found all other
means unavaIing-not until they found that Rltner $
rifles, and Pennington's fraud were impotent to strike
fear into the stout, bold hearts of our countrymen.
They scorned the society of the "flthv mechanics
and the clog cabin boys of the country, barely as
long as their own selfish, i~nordinate ambition and love
of power would tolerate respect for the laws and
avert a revolution "bloodlcss as yet and never al
last consented TO acknowledge their influence in society
and their equal Claim with them in the benefits Of Go
vernment, until the conviction fastened itself on the
Harrisburg Convention, that unless they concealed their
o1cn principles, and professed M0Se they did not enter
tain, 'the Wing party could not look for wen temporary
success. Do these facts need confirmation The expert
ence and the observation of every man in this country
mnst satisfy him of their truth, however much interest
or ambition may lead him TO disregard them. In the first
place, the nomination of General Harrison over MIR.
Clay was a surprize upon the nation. Mr.. Clay's prn.
ciples were well known-Gen. liarrison's less SO, and
more difficult TO reconcile with his acts as a politician,
and his known political associations-yet the Conven-
ton refused TO prepare an address setting forth the
principles of public policy that would direct his Ad.
ministration, if elected. They declared that his prin-
ciples were already sufficiently wcll-known, without
further lucidation-yct we have seen and still see, that
no two men of opposite political sentiments can agree as
TO what they are. We showed, in our last No, that he
held Al icdSt TWO sets of opinions-onc for the North,
and the other for the South. Suprraddcd to this DIFF
icGlty as regards the opinions of Gen. Harrison, who
has declared that he will make "no further declaration
of political principles for the public eye" is a studied
ambiguity and c~oncealment on the part of his leading
friends, as 10 the opinions and principles they them
selves entertain. In this state of things, and with a
full knowledge Of the consequences of an exposure I'M
der the scathIng operation of research and enquiry to
make "coniusion worse contounded, : tie ridiculous
mummerics we have mentioned have been gotten up
and upon all occasions are chiefly relied on to answer
the objections made TO Gen. Harrison. We assert,
that Gen. Harrison is opposed 10 every single one Of
Nirginias principles-lc agrees with her in nothing
has uniformly opposed her as 4 citizen and as a menu
Der of Congress, ard scarcely ever gave a Southern vote
in his litc-in turn, he has never been supported by
her, and scarcely received n vote from her at the
last election His main support was derived from
the Tariff men, the Bank men, and the Inter
nal Improvement men of the North, East and West;
and yet, not having changed a single principle,
Virginia is called upon TO surrender all hers, and give
him her support; and the means relied on TO wrcst this
snppor, from her, is BY idle %paradcs, clubs TO drink sci
der aud talk, log cabins, and 4 thousand other low
and disgusting tricks.-We do not blame, however
much we may pity, tlH dupes of the designing and
artful political dcmagogucs, who, under the gHisc of
patriotism, lnStigate these outrages on common sense
and reason; but we do hold the wire workers RESPONSE
bic, and regard them as enemies TO the spirit and gc-
MUS, If not the form of our nstitutions-and, as such,
they should he held up throughout the country, 10 the
scorn and indignation of the community. We hope
Nirginians will see that all this parade and humbug is
a direct attack on the principles of free Government
an insult TO the intelligence OF the people, and that
they would not be resorted to, if it was believed argu-
mcnt would prevail.