Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-24
Tie iMdomi.abLe spirit-tAat aaaileA rot

! There is not Republican around us; not one, with
whom we have correspondent, since the lne defeat
whose heart faers whose hand trcmbes, whose spirit
is not fully determined to rally around the banner of9S
and re-ussert his State Rights principles As evil
dence Of the noble and buoyant spirit of the Democracy
where continue TO lay further extracts from the
Republican Journals before readers. The following
extract from Northern paper is in one word speci.
men of the whole:
-, "Snrreader NJ! Neee- The Battle has Just begun
When the intrepid Paul Jones in the midst ola hard fought
naval engagement, ball encmys ship
booming into his vessel and threatened destruction aud disaster
vantage, insolenty demanded surseer @
fasd Re faaei 4, XEEEETE
after road.de into the rncmy,s ship, feess
as The wreck that i"aed aaon HE ocean, 81,
nsoien, Anniversaries, "nE BATTLE HAS JUST BEGtN!'
destruction into their camp. lis success win be YOURS
To show what is thought Of the late conduct of Vr
gina, and what is expected from her "unerrIled"
energies, also lay various before her proud
and patriotic sons.We hazard nothing in saying, tba,
she will prove herself equal to the responsibility which
she is willing 10 assumethat her spirit will rise to The
level of the occason-and that she will strike
her flag, until she again plants it on the batcnents OF
the Constitution.
Could the Wings expect different tone from US -
Could they expect, that will beneath them'-
that We would lay down our arms at their feet-and
submit even after such defeat TO the large majority
which they have obtained in many of The States'-
We tell them frankly that if they had beaten fairly,
we would have yielded more quietly. But beaten
have been, BY such candidate, i'll such cause, by
such heterogeneous combination, by such
and devices, in contest where they have been afraid
to their opinions, and with the prospect Of such
misches they about TO bring upon country,
only the determined to adhere TO prin-
cpes and to arrest every assault which have 10 APP
prehend.
Had Cen Harrison come forward, like man and like
responsible candidate, and avowcd his principles bold
Iy MIR. Van Buren, has done had he not either
cealed his opinions, or given counter indications to diff
ercnt quarters for the purpose of soliciting voes-Iiad
his frien IS announced their common principles if they
had any, and thrown themselves upon the suirogcs Of
free people Had they appealed To the understandings
Of our fellow citizens by fair and manly arguments, in
stead os:utfyng them by ns;dous appeals the state
ofhe times which Justly be attributed 10 the
Administration Had they not sought 10 humbug the
country by all sorts of ilummery and mummery by
!" songs and cider skins and gourds, log cabins
in cities, and dry land, barrels poles,
big balls on wheels and professions with banners :
Was any great benefit to be expected from molly
Of such dscordant materials, acuated
by such various and contradictory principles; ANNA
ted hy such motives with leaders so various WITH
Webster, Clay, Adams, sade, TaIlmadge and Rivcs,
leading their several squadrons 10 the field finstead
Of public benefits we had not 10 apprehcnd from such
President and such party the most serious assault
upon the great principles Of Jerrson-and especially
the establishment oil Mammoth National Bank III
this chaos of parties had not enlisted in the promotion
of their purposes the fell Abol;ioniss, who will now be
only the en5odened to enlarge the sphere Of their
operations and make further assaults upon lnsti;a
tons If addition TO their other OF attack, they
had not had large expenditures of money and
10 the most corrupt abuses Of The Elective franchise
might have laid aside our arms, and let our banners
be iurcd-But we have not been fairly vanquished
and as we have been defeated By opposition, which
threatens PROSTATE the great principles of Democra
cv for one wc not wiling "to disband, to dsam,
to relax 4 muscle We call upon Democratic
friends every where to do the samebut to rally around
their own banner to assert their principles, and TO
keep watch and ward
The debascd and dcbasing Whig Organ Of this City,