Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-22
JEFFERSON
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FoR THE ENQUIRER.
The P~biic Hbrriy inraded-Mc rates cf tie C0pfol
Squire Of Tie Oh Dominion SIN; Ggaini HE athens
81 ne pr"Hd old Commonwealth Of Virginia!
What think yor, fellow ccuntrymrn, when | tell
you, that the 9TH day Of October $40 the Wings
who had assembled in The city Of Richmond to hold
Convention, entered into ordinance that
To enter the gates OF tic capitol un!i the Wing process
sion had passed through othc gates although there
were four or five passages that either barred up or
guard placed 10 prevent persons from passing vino had
no badge What citizens Of the State, prevented from
going INTO the public square, bccausc they had taken
the bHd@G OF allegiance 10 Gen. Harrison, alias moor
poracd wealth What not to have the grounds
and buildings that ourselves and fathers tocd for
and paid for with the sweat Of their brow and their
money. But this is not ALL ask the Wings them
selves, if il was not proclaimed from the steps of
the capitol that if the "Rogucs and Spos-ncn, "
tneaniny the Republican pariy,) not put down ri
the Lai'ot tar, the speaker ready 10 take up ARMS,
MARCH 10 the City Of Washington, and drive them
from power AT the point Of the bayonct Frccmcn Of
Virginia, do they scr, for blood Every device oil dis
gushing, pictorial representation has been rcsorled to-
silly exhibition Of log cabin drawn by six mules
forming part of The procession into the Public
Square -dccoratcd with brooms and the skins Of wild
beasts. insulting 10 The very class it intended 10
deceive. How long has il been that the Bank party
had such peculiar sympathy for the poor and such a
great relish for drinking hard cider from gourds: They
rave generally opposed the extension Of the Right
Of Suffrage. Here, in this land Of the immortal
Patrick Henry, it has been avowed By Harrison men,
that mans p0iiticaL yO,cr at the baiiOt bor should be-
measured by his wealth. and that no man should vote
unless he paid tax o! twenty dollars. This fellow
citizens is at least pretty good commentary their
sympathy for the inmates of the lar cdLins.
Cruel mouiCd d'spoiism. consider for moment what
vas, spcnd" the Iaborng and farming classes are sup
porting in this country! Likely 10 become odous
unless a!Tc4.,d, Than the Gcspcslns the old world;
living in Spcndor BY their wits. A who has
learned something oil engineering can writ" IN
bank, to be 4 cashier, or president, clerk, will get
his fifteen hundred, five thousand dollars per annum,
and spend t.c most of his t!mc in his ri0Srt working
head work, Ggiag 'rcrsC, whilst the poor mechanic
can only make scany sGppor., without one moment
TO retire 10 his closet, or for amusement. You must
4 en- have badge 70 shew your allegiance 10 this over
whuimlag ar!s"crgcy, or You cannUi be admitted INTO
the favor Of Bank sycorhancy.
One a: the Orators al this great Wing tra,iva! de-
cl,rcG that lie would stake his head the result of the
Presidential Election in New York. Frccmen Of this
undated BY such mumncry-arin ourselves then to
from Your lcthar.y But The Lion of Democracy IS
roustrlm shaking the dew drops from his manc and vii!
not retire TO his lar until victory is ours LIE, your
bearing at the polls be signalzcd BY moderation and
r,rbcarancc but By determined spirit, and the battle
cry should be, 'No privileged orders, layors none,
Justice to all
Fellow. citizens, for thus having exhibited the truth
10 YOU my name Will be rung with opprobous cpiihct
from Maine 20 Georgia, BY every demag"gue Of Bank
and incorporated hirclinr but that postrrty and my
children !aay and know the par; acted III tins IN
tcrcsrg and cycm.ul crisis,
subscribe lnvseil your fellow citizen,