Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-22
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| About The year l-36, the Hon. w. {. RIves thcI
4 Senator in Congress from the State of Virginia
was suspected Of being tainted with Nh@gery. Ii
the years -31 and y, he was called yelled Prophet
Though his head was covered, his position was plainly
discovered both by friend and foe.
On the It'll of March, 1872 his term of service in the
Senate Of the {. 8 expired. In the Legislature o
Virginia, during It's session of I---tg attempt
made to elect Senator. During about weeks bal
loting Mr. RveS did not receive one Democratic vote
/ Although he acknowledged TO be the Wing side
and the Wings and Conservatives had majority the
! which time there at least ten Wings in the lcTs
a,urc who did not vote for him. The Wings were Ger
;ainlv d,spleascd al being disappointed the small
QUESTION TO their strength which he had brought owe
to their side determined to send him out c!ccuaccrlus
the next year. and faithfully and diligently did lie exc
cute their mandates until the session of -39-i0, whcr
lie vas again brought to trial On examining the bal
lothox it was discovered that he lacked vote t,
be elected, and that there only three Wings who
had not voted for him, that his Wing and Conscrva
tive five in number, less than that al the for
lcr session They determined nevertheless 10 try hII
AGAIN upon another recruiting expedition, and faithfully
has he devoted himself to their lie has ira
vprsed the whole State OF Virginia. Tie has gone down
Fast and visited the North lie las padded through
every puddle "t Whggcry, retailing their calumnr
and when ii has failed, he has manufactured for himself
Mr.. Rives is not however the only Wing agent IN
this crusade against the Constitution and consttu.
tonal law, against the rights aud liberties Of the
people Every part OF the Union is infested with them
By they going TO and fro with drclanations
and false representations log cabins cider barrels
picorais and badges Among these numerous political
Itincrants il Daniel Webster He and Rlycs are hched
10 the car Of their Chief William Henry Harrison.
They pull together Ike Duke and Darling. The cyi-
dent object Of these crusaders is To raise prejudice and
excitement among the people and If successful reason
Will be laid dormant, tanataCsin Will follow, which may
end in nania thereby converting nation Of rremru
into an assemblaga of bcdamtes. Not contcnct with
their former humbugs, they have introduced the star
and ribbons and understand part!Lan flag has been
brought into the COUNT bearing the inscription Of 'Tp,
r., Ter and Tobacco. Surely Louisa-surcly Virginia
will rally under any otc! banner than the banner
of tie nation, do battle under any other flag than
the flag OF the Union.
In these times of general disorder, when confusion
pcrvudes the whole land, the only abiding confidence
Of the patriot under Providence the GOOD sense, the
INTEGRITY and the patriotism Of the great of the
people. These will be called into action IN the month
Of November next, when the people will rise III the
majesty OF their strength, and speak language which
will be heard from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean,
and beyond them both.
Then will the {. Lor Cabin Chief, who is now in
his otagv-ucycr having had al any period OF his life
mind capable Of dischrgng the duties oil President
of these United Statcs-and whose political principles
urc more exec ponable than his lack of mind Will be
LETT in peace in his own log cabin the North Bend
with his three committee 10 supply him and friends
with hard cider and the empty collin containing his
military exploits, which has been raised from tho
gave, after having been buried Tor ,!an twenty
seven years will be filed with certificates written by
subal,erns--hographic written by partial friendship
rccanoc Text Books, Log Cabin and Hard Cider AL
manacs be again committed TO the earth, and the tune-
raj Will be preached by Daniel Webster on the 18th day
of March! I'll.
Then will the Hon. William c. Rvcs retire from
the irlcs of his arduous struggles 10 the bosom of
ms wi- and children. and to the improvement of his
farm and pecunIary a!airs-a wanting his attention
and cares
Then will the Log Cabins of the cities be given 10
the poor to be burned sacrifice and respass offer
nr Tor the sins OF those who built them, and the empty
cider barrels will be sent through the country filled with
lime plaster.
The mechanic will return to his workshop the far
mer to his plough and the daily aborer TO his accus-
toned employment. Commerce will be regulated by
the uniform laws of trade. All unsound Banks will be
compelled to wind up and divide their capital, if they
have anv: and those which sound, If any such
there be- will redeem their notes with specie and not
have ii again in their power frequently 10 derange
the currency b. repeated expansions and conrac,ions,
while Martin Van Buren, VIII continue 10 administer
the Government on the most strict construction of
the Constitution, and manage the finances Of the ma
ton with the most Republican economy.