Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-12

Van Bdrsn for recommending 10 The conaideratioh OF
Congress- Mr. Poinsetts plan, recently submitted Tor
the better organization of the miia winch they taiSey
dub "a Standing army, which u TO cost the Govern
ssfre hundred thousand G0itars-but at the same time
thew are careful TO say nothing of Gen. Harrson's
plan: lst to establish Military schools throughout the
IT, s. for teachine ercry ndtrtdaot Of ne proper "gs
the gg1nnaste and elementary part o. edueato"' al the
public expense, without any estimate OF the cost; ana
2dly. his plan for another Militia establishment EN-
brociuo .he Junior and middle class OF 1OO,oOo young
men, to be trained for month per annum, al cost
not less than some million fre hundred ana seoen,y
eight thousand dollars, or MILLION more IMAM WI.
Poinsetts plan. In 1886, they apply the following
foul and venomous language to Mr.. Rives, then ds
tnguished and favorite member of the Republican par
ty-"Ifc has made his intamy unirersdl and eterna
Again: "The fddlDg Of Nero, the cruelty OF Cali
!" gula the cold-booded tyranny Of Tiberus may be
torgotcn the long catalogue Of crime, which stands
i" memento of human depravity, may fade from the
page of History and vanish from the memory OF man.
g but his bare support of the EAPUNGE, untouched
BY the finger of time, shall remain to shame our ma
tre to the latest aye The men who, IN the presence
of an assembled nation before their country and their
:. God, wfuy and deliberately perJured themselves,
and placed the perjury record, need never expect
" to be forgiven Charity may rainly essay 10 mtgats
" the namy of their deed but their names Will never
" cease to be execrated whilst virtue has rotary or
/" vice is to be deprecated" Again: We sincerely
" wish that it not counter to the order OF rrov-
dcnce, that all the perpetrators oil that DARK Tragedy
" upon country honor might be cursed WIN an
" immortality here that they ght live on while time
" holds its course, hear in their proper persons, the
unmeasured and bitter eXecratlons OF every honest
g man, and on each returning day, be lashed naked
" through the world with whip of scorpions, from the
rising to the setting sun. II Is proper TO say IN gooa
g time, and emphatically, that the Southern Wings
" CANNOT and WILL NOT SUPPORT an EN-
/" PUNGER for any office whaerer And yet IN le3?
40 they not only SUPPORT this "PERJURED EN-
PUNGER'' for the U. s. Senate, and seek to commit
to his trust the sovereignty of Virginia in that dstin
guished body, but they actually turn their ""hip q
Sermons upon their friends, and attempt to lash
them into his support without any expaton or recant-
alton on his part of the damnahe crime which he c-
fulu and deliberately committed IN the presence Of ms
God and his country" Now, tellow-ctzens TO you
who are plain, honest straight forward, independent
men, confidently appeal 10 set your faces against such
an Inconsistent and unprincpled party AS you love
your country and its iourishing insttutons-as you
respcc your own characters and desire 10 establish,
those of your chldren-as you venerate the memories
of the illustrous authors of your civil and religious
rius-us you appreciate the numerous blessings with
which you surrounded and desire to transmit ihem
down to your poserty-as you admire fairness and cam
dor. frankness and TRUTH political well social
life call upon you again and again to arouse Your
country needs your services The battle OF leQu must
be fought again and We have Jefferson TO lead Us
on to yictory-but the triumph will be none the less
brilliant and glorious on that account. we have m
bibed his spirit and adopted his principles and although
MANY of his Disciples since his death, have hartered
their political principles for Mc prospect and perhaps
promise of political promotion in the enemys canse,yet
arouse patriots arouse IT'S Rome demands your
aid. Let the county committees 30 to work Let us
DO our duty, and sal wiU be ,rcH in November
MADISON