Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-30

w. hANliSAL LAM EN-.
F0R TTX INQUIRER.
Il Strt'S 81 Letters, addresscd TO WV. 7. TAYLOR, Esp,
Of Lar0LRC.-.No. /
Sir:-Iou must pardon this intrusion on n private in.
%dIvIduai, since 1t is meant 10 commemorate viriuous
action and 10 point the public attention 10 an example
worthy OF imitation. 1T is IN the situation of retired
lite, that the trur patriot more clearly drsccrns the path
oi duty and homer; and ii would be fortunate for our
country, 1.-THE necessary moral courage or magnanimi.
~ was always N readiness 10 crown the act Of dcvo.
ton. That IS, u%nliapptly tor the public veal, Il thing
oil rare occurrences rare, that when the case presents
itself, II ~ viewed with ind! tirrc by a portion of the
community, and scohrd and Sncrrcd at by that portion,
who feel that their owm blind and INSCRIPTIONS poliii-
cal conduct has been incidentally rchukcd bv an act of
pur" and unnIxcd public spirit. Its far from my design
10 Halter you: but nee those who do not ScrupIr 10 buy
up the hdH0r, IN oPen n1rEct, have pretended TO feel L
holy horror nj the aununc!aton Of your intention 10 vote
Tor Alr. Van Buren,, | have thought 1t due to the singu-
lar devotion Of yOEr conduct, and the hIGh and Gle waited
ground you have chosen 10 occupy, 10 offer to you,
IN the face Of my country, the humble tribute Of a
States Right Whig-onc who is a States Right Wing,
without tie ""ctt0R OF P"rty. SIR, there ~ a moral
beauty IN your present political attitude, on which the
patriot heart may rcpose amid the storms of party. II
*, TO the vtrtu0us mind, what a beautiful Landscape is 10
the eye, spreading out III extent and Soilcning IN beauty
with the freshness Of green yerdure and pure streams
of water.
The example you have set Tor the States Right
Wings III ' ir.imla, carries along with it the strongest
appeal 10 their good sense and Intcgrity-Nor ought
your course 10 be viewed aS a dissolution of any party
alliance founded On principles. 4 recurrence TO the
political action OF The States Right Wings of Virginia
IN the last Presidential election. proves their political
organization to have been made on assumed grounds OF
principle, separate from The majority Of the party which
took the name of Whlg-clsr, why did then form a Sc.
paratc ticket and vote Tor Judge " huc, and wholly re-
jcct General Harrison. The answer can only be, be-
cause Harrison was a Federal Bank, Tariff, Internal
Improvement, Proclamation and Force Bill maitland
Judge White was a States Right politician. The
pointed and legitimate conclusion 10 be drawn from this
portion Of our HISTORY, is, that the States Right Wings
of Virginia r~cpudiatrd General Harrison as a danger.
ans poLtciaa-as .agt"thtai 10 the Constitution -
And If So, how Is it, that he has become '.hoiy harm-
hsS anil mnd,tisds' Have the States Right Wings
yelled the "iorjcS Of their ''m0rc bcGicc tnb,rHade,' in
contrasting II with the grc"ter gIOucS Of a '.HLidry
Chh,ttain \ dream has certainly come over the Vi
slons Of the future. THIS unhappy change is shewn
By their new themes of political defamation and the
altered tone of all their public addresses. They no
longer PROFOUND the beautiful category of States
Rights and State remedies. They have lost their elc-
waited, sublime and native charms of States Right prin-
ciples. Their political IDEAS are now pcrsonacd by pai-
gar im0gSs Of rcreiry and rjbaidry-hard cutter and log
cGbinS, The mummCriGS, bnJoOHcrieS and tO0Ieries Of po-
lI,ical ch,cancry and cnarlatanism. They are worship
ping an idol made with their own hands, in the spirit of
political pervcrsity. They are towing down before the
turgid im.5rcilIty-thc stuffed and Painted decrepltude
Ola superannuatrd old man, whom they would now
palm on then coumtrymcn as "A great Military Chicitain,
and whose fame, but for the Wing trumpcts, had come
upon Us like the noisclcss foot Of time. But, sir,
the State Rights Wings, BY voting Tor Gen. Harrison,
to be President, do, III reality, surrender Their cherished
principles: and il will be Il mere farce to talk Of their
distinct organizations, as Il party, when they have
abandoned their faith and their doctrines. They can
not vote for such a latitudinarian politician -Saird Tide
e SairG occtSid-Whcn they shall have consumInated
this great aud glaring Inconsistency, they Will cease,
as Il party, 10 merit the rank they have heretofore
claimed and enjoyed. And, in this point of view, your
determination To vote for Sir. Van Buren,, in preference
to Gen. Harrison, is an earnest Of your devotion 10 the
great cardinal principles Of the States Rights School Of
- and '9-and meets The cordial appreciation of your
friend and admirer,
4 STATES, RIGHT WHO