Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-06
COMMUNICATIONS.
TO THE EDITOR Of yHE E.NQUi2FR.
"BALrlMoRE Co, Md, Oct. 81, $40

TO THE EDITOR or FHE ENQUi2fR.
"BALrlMoRE Co, Md, Oct. 81, lei0
al send YOU Montgomery Advertiser of the 23d
inst. containing letter rom Southern Gentleman
at the North This letter sent to Mr. Lewis hy
the writer at the tune bears date, but it is under
stood that Mr. Lewis absent at the time the letcr
reached his Post Office political VISIT through
his Congressional District, which IN topographic"
point OF view, very large one. This VIII account
for its late appearance in the Montgomery Advertiser
ARRANGEMENTS were made at the time this letter was
sent, To- have il and other matters, winch It was I'm
portant To bring before the South, published in all the
Southern papers. and it hoped It would have
been published in all of them-incuding your own
Sta,e-in time to have general circulation am"ng
the people before the elections came on. The letter
was considered of much value in ITSELF as thai
j, would afford n good which 10 make suitable
Editorial comments and it hoped those comments
would have been written in manner to excite the al
tennn of The misunderstanding honest and sound
thinking portion Of our political opPonents-ii such
things there be.
81 send you paper containing it, with the Editorial
comments II may be too late To do any good IN your
State now; but If you think 1t worthy OF place IN
your old Republican, paper II may be well to publish IT.
with view of getting II circulated through North Va
rolna; for such BE- the result at the elections, that
we may have In make vigorous effort TO secure That
State Although hrr Angu"telecti"n were very strong
yet hope Of her falling into her natural place, III
III. line with the Democracy of The Union, 'ugh not
to be ubandoned for, in the Aneu,t elections OF 1880,
she gave Dudley majority of 4,1jS and a, The Pr-s
dental election of that year, she gave to Mr. Van Blu
rem majority his present opponent ut 3,''c4-
There is such thing sometimes rs people coming 10
their Senses and hope she may have the sense TO d"
But it Prnnsy lvana yesterday did, and Virginia
but can she do otherwlse:-and New York on Mon
day will perform their duty faithfully, the Republic Will
be saved from The grasp of one of the most desperate
and unprincpl-d parties, which ever disgracrd any
country Accustomed to look with hope toevery event
which may be carried with proper exer,"n, will con-
tnue through my friends in N. Carolina, 10 rouse that
State 10 SENSE Of her danger. An attention to that
State is worthy of yosr pract.sed pen.
THAT your own State and mine may perform their
duty to their country Monday, by their decided
support of the Republican candidates Tor President and
Vice President, my sncere and ardent wish-to which
add the of the great personal respect with
which am. Sir, your obedcnt servant
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM a SOUTHERN GENTLE
MAN At THE NORTH.
New YORK, l4th Sept, 1910.
My Dear Sir: | sorry that III your letter you dad
not write something about ou- prospects IN the
approaching contest--in truth CRISIS in country.
Such letters, especially when they are encouraging,
have the finest effect these parts. The Democracy
Of the North making strenuous and noble exertions
against all odds too and they look with an ANXIOUS So
citude the Of the S"uth-iat portion OF our
Union which has hitherto firmly and so noby stood
by principle opposition TO the miserable doctrine Of
expectancy. They have here the great battle TO fight
in support of Southern rights, for it IS here they have
encounter the Abolition question: the Tariff question,
what pleased me most their political discussions,
was the open and undisgulsed manner in which they
discuss the Tariff, Internal improvement and Adolf
ton questons-of course attacking them as Ubiquitous
measures. Under such circumstances, they ought TO
hear some encouraging voice from the South.
18th September, 1910.
Since commenced this letter have been to the
great meeting Poughkcepsie-great Il may be truly
called for without exaggeratlon, might be SAID that
the Democracy of that meeting covered acres aud
could only be computed by acres The expression
of MIR. Bryce left New York in a boat containing
one thousand persons. We were accompanied by five
other boats, all deeply laden with noblehearted Re-
publicans AT Poughkeepsie met by the
boats from Troy and Albany with at least 5000 per-
sons, and told that at least 800 were left al
these two places, WIN could not get boats-Besdes all
these, the way boats with the farmers of the River
counties added their numbers and 10 these are 10 be
added those who came in wagons from the interior.
When all were collected IL formed one of the highest
moral spectaccs have ever witnessed-for what can
be higher moral spectacle than TO witness 10000
persons, assembled together to discuss the prn
cples which should guide their beloved Republic and
TO confer with each other to the best OF en-
surlng success TO them They for this noble OBJ
ject, and the whole proceedings of the day in
keeping with it for, instead OF loose and unneaning
decaation the people expected and obtained from the
Of the day, calm dspassionate and sound dis
cussIon of the principles of Government. What
struck every frcly was, the respectable appear
OF those composing this vast meeting, well in
ment throughout the day correspondent in all respects
to their appearance. The proceedings q" THIS day will
have its influence far and in this S'ate-lts effect
me is TO give yood grounds for believing that
the electoral vote "f this Suite will DC given 10 the Re-
publican candidate
In this hasty letter, | must omit many details which
should BE- glad if had time TO nurrae, for each one
indicative of the and determined manner ~
which tins election 5 be- carried out by the Demo-
crazy oi this State. One point, however, must moi
rl,,, hat aha hero IN lp
persons OF Col llalei, Mir Scott, and Mr.. Bragg, o.
Mobile. The latter gentleman addressed the meeting,
Pedgng Alabama TO the support of correct principles,
&c, &c, &c His speech was very happy, and lad a
hne effect Louisiana WAS also represented, and be-
l,eve there were some Georgians Sas Wright is to-
day TO address the merchants al the Exchange. As he
always makes good speech, | have doubt that his
effort to-day will confirm Of the wavering, aud Il
not much to expect that he Will gam
side Of the reasonable Wing merchants; for il is
well understoo here, that of the Wing merchants
lately our most decided opponents, have fuliwuvowed
their conviction that MIR Van Eurcns lection ne
cessary the true 6nSintSS interests of the country and
will therefore give him their votes
All this tends 10 confirm our hopes of this State, and
thus :hr South ought IN know; for nothing
tural than that those fighting in common cause are
encouraged by the weldirectrd exert'ons OF their com
panons the contest. Tell Alabama, therefore, that
she may still hope for The Union; for that the Demo-
cracy of the Empire State is roused and will make such
exerons think cannot but be crowned with vicio-
~, and may God grant it. will send you paper con-
tanning minute description of that day proceedings
Have it published in the Montgomery Advertiser
Mr. Jefferson once said, that the Democracy of the
North were the natural allies of the South. The oh
servaon Of that sagacious was never more fully
realized than this moment aud ii strikes more
forcbly his time, from the fact tina, all the leading
measures of the preset Administration precisely
those for which the South has always been contend'ng
The single hearted Democracy ofhe North have taken
I'm ,bese questions maniully, have before remark
ed and they have taken their stand in the face ofgrea
odds M for it is different thing TO fight the
battles of Southern principles here 10 what it is in the
South. Here they have arrayed against them CON-