Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-20
TO TIE EDIroR or 7IE SQUIRER
From Tic .Nnrkh.rfSl, Oct. BOZ.


fear we have fallen on gloomy and evil mcs. The
present attempt To degrade the moral sense of the com
Inunity, and by universal dissoueness of public
faith TO subvcrt the purity OF the elective franchise IS
more dangerous to the welfare of than the stable
tyranny Of Kings The sweeping stream Of dem,ra-
lzaton has gone the land, and no warning v,ce
from the sacred desk-no solemn appeal from those
Who by profession arc and who, in spirit should be the
guardians of the moral faith Of the land, has een
heard Where are they Have the sentincls zen
asleep No-they have come down from the witch-
towers and assisted TO beray the affairs they had sworn
10 defend. Where are those moral institutions witch,
short time since, sparkled over the land as so Many
centres of radiang light Now they are cofred
over with the thick darkness which political fc1 and
crime have spread the land. Where is 10 e the
end of all this Ohio has been carried by fraud The
same has been attempted in Pennsylvania Is Virginia
safe IL think moi They know the actual strength of
parties and each Wing makes his voter, and bats
are thrown out TO the hircline renaiity of all VIII, can
be bought b-ibed purchased, the cattle Of the mar
ket. You will see that the Democratic poll will Show
steady increase, while the Federal vote will slow a
sudden and rapid enlargement not 10 be accounted for
upon any principle of population or change-ft, our
own general vote will show an increase. The recent
startling developments in Baltimore and New York,
duplicating in unequivocal manner, chief men OF
the Wing party, leaves no room to doubt the means
which are to be resorted TO elsewhere The PrPcrfy-
making po,rer gives TO the Wings The means Of con-
trolling the election without the aeonecnicn Of
sort perjury. And think you these means will not
be resortcd to- Think you, that party, Whose sue
cess is openly based upon generalization, will lie like
the murderer the tyran, and the usupcr Maebe, who
"Woud'si play false and yet wouI'Si wrongly rim !"
No-no-they aoiH play false, and mag wrongly win.
The first step TAKEN and the dissent easy to e ire
yocable fall and the ofrepeated montions OF the past
docs moi warn them that
The instruments Of darkness tell them truths:
Wins them with honest iriles, 10 bctray them
In deepest consequence.
tat,
deep tragedy, which foreshadows 20 nations well as to
men. the fate of those who follow dark suggestions.
Having seen the mode Of success, and having "iilled
their minds to succeed, iii spite Of call that mpcdes
them from the golden round, the result, fear, will
show as Macbeth himself has said
q am settled, and bind up
Each corporal agent o fi,s terrible feat.
Away and mock the time with alftst show;
False face must hide what the false heart doth know
The game O.: deepest crime is commenced. Wick
life in his Kentucky speech some years since, openly
avowcd the transfer Of the friends of Clay TO Adams
because Gen. Jackson would not place Henry Clay in
the line Of safe presidents, and Adams wou!e. The
loodgatc Of corruption was here opened Ut vas hui
an individual transaction, but the example was impos
ing from the character Of the parties and the temptation
of the prize. Twelve years, and the rebuke OF an IN
dignant people is not orgotten hut is dIsregared by
the men, who in the accumulation OF sucecedihg
events have learned that corruptIon on an Unlimited
scale, constitutes their only means OF SUGGEST ne
love of dominion the burning thirst of wealth, ~ what
racteristic feature of the consprator, Catnc against
the liberty and glory of Rome aica aPpctcns SUI Pro-
fusus, all those unhoy and nordinatc passions winch
for years have been growing up and gaining Strength
are let loose like the dogs of hell TO do their wok fh
ladelphia has been made the market-place q human
aesl-of worse, of the corruption which degrades the
morality of the country, and prostitutes those poca
institutions which guard and preserve the intelligence
the civilization, and the onward progress OF man
Destroy the spirit Of our Representative Govern
mcnt-thc moral and The political responsibility OF Inc
Governors (offcia) agents 10 the People, or suosli
uc by fraud force, agents not elected by the eco
pie; and what security have mankind for their rights
what guarantee have for liberties: he al
tempt 10 do all this has been made, and fear VIII "
consummated. Ii So what is the remedy: what IS INC
final issue The American soil is already deep!
stained with blood, because representation did not &c
company taxation. And now what shall be done wher
is probably destroyed BY fraud an'
by direct corruption, and The OF the People art
taxed by the omnipotent money Power of England :
when the products of every year, and the prohts o
our farmers and producers waited to London u
sustain the harory of her Arisocracy, or concentrated
in our own cities, that they may become the CONNER
cial mars where are bought at thirty pieces q Sh
rer head to do the work of deepest perjury VIVA
is the remedy: Violence against fraud-the s'roh!
arm against corruption and perjury: No! we nave
nanted ourselves upon the moral instincts and the mo
raj rights of our People, and should have slron
confidence in right and juslce-that they Will DTin