Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-27

van IN Il participation Oh lOUOIS tHu Office OBtair,I,~ ~
: surrender Of conscience and opinion, at Inc shr,.
mammon and of stock %jobhing monopoly.
Nv ]. Al.s!lire. The Banking Institutions or 4
State: Not regulated by law, but giving law to;be ~ {
pie. w
,ri.colorad black cockadc Federal and Abolition ~ /
J;6,te Of the nun-slav c holding Northern, Eas,e,,
Western States: his friends out-generalcd Har,y :; !
tine West, and left poor Clay like a dead cock M. /
nil, that got killed a wheeling.
By DR.. Richie. Our guest, John Letcher, F.,
Nav his star continue 10 shed its brilliant !lph, = !
the Valley of Virginia. II
By Philip Mayo. The great "TabIc Orator =, I
Commander-i in Chief Of the knife and fork force. /
should he fall in his debaucllingc campaign IN WON, |
his learned friends ofthe Wing vii! exclaim. .DoG+s |
decorum est Pr0 patrid NOR.
By n. G. Heath. Francis +. Rives Those -. !
know him best appreciate him most.
Bv A. Stockton. The Mountains of West yr,r, |
will respond TO the patriotic sentiment OF the East. |
nv G. Hall. Here is 10 the old Major Of Buck.
ham, alias the Wheel Horse: He truly deserves = |
name: he can pull at the wheel, IN the centre, or le,f
God grant we NAV have many such in November n.r
By r.. Grat,an, ir. The People: 1t will be pros.,
bv the November elections that they follow PRINCE.
and not a Military Chief,
Bv W. Tod. James Mcdowell, of Rockbridsc. H.
fayori.e son of The West False ISSUES and false clams,
will 10, cause him to be rejected by The East.
AlIt lllS lJh7is s'if '.'N''f- -
dressed the company IN substance as follows
TIL. kind sentiment just announced, and the cord,
retention, which il has Inrt with from this large, a.
intelligent assemblage of Democratic Republics
calls for a response. ! regret, gentlemen, tina, ".
Mcdowell is not present to participate IN the tcstyt.,
of this occasion, and 10 return has acknowledges
in his own proper person, for the high and deserve
compliment Just paid BY my Eastern friend 10 his SET
vices in the cause of Democratic liberty. There i n
man who is truer TO the principles OF the Democrat
Party-none who has eXerted himself more, toca',
out successfully their measures. Virginia can boast
no son more devoted to her interests, none who has
bored more zcalously to promote her prosperity.
1t is gratifying to me, gentlemen, (and will | am SUI
prove equally gratifying 10 him. to find that the m
dious efforts which have been reSorted to by the WI:
Press. and leading members ofthc Wing Party, 10 tt
cite your prejudiccs against hun, have proved utter,
unavaiinr. The vile Misrepresentation OF his os
Mons, and his public acts-the slandcrous, and bite
persecution which has pursued him si@ce HIS namr a,
been before the people for a high office, have not effect
ed tho end designed. The result has shown that st
means. arc wholly inadequate To effect the pros'tatGa
Of a man of his commanding ,alcnts-his great mo..
worth-iis noble patrIotrsm-and his eminent Puaae
services.
Various charges have been preferred against HIM bg
the leading Wing Press !,tle STATE, the most pronlntt;
of which is the charge that he was an advocate OF Ia
Bank Of the United States. Has that charge been -"
tanned; Have the various articles al the Rtchmol,
Wing satisfied the people of Virginia that he : a iFer4
ola great national interpretations, who's" capital at
power is 10 be- sufficiently large 10 control III" banSlr,
institutions DISK and twenty Statrs-to RESTRAIN tir:
cxccsscs-and to keep their business within sound 10.
iui:cious limits: Has ii been shown to you that b
believes. now, or ever did believe, that a Nation
Bank, invested with Corporate powers, was ether '"s
Sttut;0ngi or e~rycdisH? No, gentlemen, t has not bee,
s~hown-it cannot BE- shown. am, presume, asian.
liar with The opinions of Mr.. Mcdowell, upon a.
80. 90 ,-.a - 49,. ntlar N "a IN vi
State. have converScd with him unreservchIy abou
meu-measurcs and primer pies: and know, that he
nor-,ha he ever has bcen-and Judging. the iu,urebl
the past, ever Will BE-, uncompromisingly hostile :
any such institution as the late National Bank.
But j. not the position which the Wing party occupl
in making this assault upon Mr.. Mcdowell, a most al
omalous one: DO they not profess To bc National Baa.
men, and to believe, that the Government never ca
be successfully administered, wItlou: III" AID of sue
an institution; Do they not tell you, that the Sta
Banks have run Wild, because the great r'gHhttF.
p0rsr was gone; Notwithstanding all tins, they charg
Mr.. Med. with being a Bank man. and then abuS" hr
for holding their own principles 1lis IS "r0hSiSltHt4
with a vengeance, truly! It is such consistency, no"
ever, as usually marks the conduct of that party.
Another charge preferred against him, and whc
has been pressed with the utmost zeal and pcTiinacti
with the hope that II would rmim him, IN EmStTR VI
gina, is the charge of AbolItionism-iha he IS q
league with that band Of Fanatics in the North who q
| lI NthIl l'.il va hlN N'6If ''W - -
tution.) interfering with the Southern rights, and Z
lcrrsts, who TO secure The Abolition Of slavery, Won
destroy The government itself, Is there a man IN "
pinia, ia<qn, enough 10 Weld crciemcc to such "a char
as this: DO the Wig party hrl'cv" II:
Whence proceeds this charge: Who gave it currecc,
This, like the other charges preferred, comes from Ii
Richmond Wing. And what position did the RtchmU
Ukig occupy at the time of this slave debate, which
now brought up in judgment against Mr.. Mcdowell
Did that print disapproye of the discussion OF the snt
ect at that day; Did it call upon the people 10 p
down all those gentlemen, who advocated ''em0nclp4
ten" at that session of the Legislature: Not a wmr
Of disapprobation, at that time, fell from the lips OF 4
Editor-not a paragraph disappearing of that dlscussn
came from his pen. He denounced slavery as an ey
he denounced slave property as unsafe, and desire
It's removal. No man at that day in Virginia ~oG!
have gone farther to effect that object, than John Ham
den peasants himself, Yet this paper IS now IN N
front rank Of Mr.. McDowells assai!an,s.
The 0sUhig' did not stand alone on that occasion
lis co-laborers in the great ca"se of what was al hl
day called National EcpuJii.aMism, no'c WHlGGERl
CALAMITY sustained it. The Lynchburg EirginIan, al
Stanton Spectator. and other leading Wing paper
were warm advocates of the opinions at that time et
pressed by Mr.. Mcdowell, and would have rcJolcct'
see Slavery removed from this State, and all proper.
in slaves, abrogatcd, They concurrcd IN the proPre'
of discussing the subject at that day, and 50 far as To
influence OF their papers could aid the cause OF caal
cipation, that influence was chccriully afforded.
Did not various members in the House of Delegate
and in the Senate, know that this charge which hqd bee
preferred against Mr.. Mcdowell, in the sense m w5G
they meant il TO le applied, was wholly unioGndei
Did they not know that lie was as warmly devoted
the interests of the Statc-that he respected as hlga.
the rights Of propcrty-and that he would have CON
as far 10 protect those rights, As any man within ~
limits Of this Commonwealth: Has he not Oh ra'l':
occasions given evidence of that devotion: Whea !"
charge was made against him, why did they notrs
in hS defence, Where was Faulkner Of the Sena'
Why did he not do him justice: Where was Sout.a.
Of .Aibemarle, who, if rumor speaks true, was at III.
time in a public meeting in Albemarle, the advocate .
Emancipation, And above all, where was 7hon'
HaikCr Gilmer.' He was at that time a more tNa
Emancipationist than MIR. Mcdowell himself. J.
will recol!ro;, gentlemen, that The scheme which ~
Mcdowell supported, was that proposed hy Mr. Ian
doiph. This scheme was objected - by Mr. Gtint
solely because it was too SLOW IN Its operations, ~
was so well satisfied Of the evils Of slavery, that ne "
sired the adoption of some measure which w"n"tN
move it more cxpeditiorsiy, than the measure" Pr"I"''
BIZ Mr.. Randolph. These facts understand %@.
pr0t." i'll Albcmar!c on 4 public occasron-anf II .
med. can BE- proven again. let, under all these c'fti'
stances, Mr. Giimer Is now held up rs the champion.
the rights and interests of E0stera Virginia. while y,