Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-30

have fallen ON evil times, on evil times IN
decd have we fallen, If the vindictiye passions oi 'nin.
rated man are to be let lnosc IN the administration OF
Government, in substitution Of tie cultivation oil frank,
nrnerors, manly, and christian feelings. Nrstaieu ne
.n-o. that Col. Lucas was honest, capable, and faithful
and ;udcpenden, and valiant ,oo-in public and in Pi'
gate life but that The oflice.seeking yuitures that ARE
a.. np,nercu. in orr land Of liberty, as The sconrging
locus;s were in Egypt, lowered Ger itarpers Ferry, o.
soon as indications pointed fair tor The success OF Inc
Great Vtslera, and "scented out the unoiisnding gu
ne rintendent OF the Armory as delicious p:ey for ihei
'ns,,;,bIe and yolup,unus crops IL was as base ane
,cronpical an act as We can readily depIc, to our fancy
Ye Gallant and patriotic disciples of Thomas 'ii-rsnn
and native and adopted citizens of the pride OF VIZ
uinin, on account Of i,s beauty, fertility, and InauSo
lrum name 1--WE mean Jefferson county, can you tame
L. submit II the contunely and tyranny winch was 81
in rlorionslv displayed in lAe removal Of your honor
able fellow citizen, Gel. Edward Lncas, solely on nc
count of his politics : The leagues would say lie ma
taken an nct,vc and partizan part in the late canraszins
for the Presidency; and If he did, his right was as 81
cred and unimpeachabie, as the right oil sell'oeiehce j
held By every manly bosom. -.nrs
The canyass,np candidate himself had, all n'manlnd
and things taken into view, labored in body aiilSillc or
| harder than any other canvasser, whether tsates-for
private, within the limits of the twenty-sI,ached as he
he traversed whole States DER, and gIbis life away
journeyed, till he travelled and reasengers that some
And mindful Of the Intervention Of or what Isppen
times come in at the eleventh !. : made declaration that
between the cup and the LIP an active part aeains, his
office holders who had tatt chose who had mixed and re-
election: mind YOU nf9s,hes, and pompous, %prodigal and
yelled III log caoinss Of party badges, and blackguard
dlshnnorahie d'sr Of filth, venom, and degradation,
stump spoutiioved. Why, srs, it's enough to cause
should oe 5nc's head 10 stand erect with horror atlue
the hair:d contemplation of such partially and tyranny
rec.taa5,w citizens of this Congressional district, you
e a sacred charge to keep, aud that is to avenge 'he
Lyrennic removal Of yonr faithful Congressional ser
want, Col. +. Lucas. lie is q persscattd man, ana We
repeat that the declaration that has been made by tue
powers that be. in n most Wanting and disgusting man
ner. that all office holders that dared 10 say their souls
were their own, should BE- removed, was as complete a
revival, virtually, Of the elder Adams Gag law (Sed'-
ton billy a. if Congress had revived It.
"some with a noisy and oily iirlii.
Ar. snaul. as men catch llrks By night
.Who steals my prise, steals trash; Us s"iirihlnt, n"'o'hs'
Twas mine, Us his. AMI nas hccn slave 70 thousands;
Rols me Of HAT whirh not cnrlches hin,
lui makes le poor lhIeed''
Those league Organs are trying hard BY q transpo-
s;,ion of names to persuade the Gnwary that they are
the real disc, pies Of Jefferson and Madison, and c"nsc-
nupntly the Democratic portion Of the American people;
and that eice rersa, The Republican party So called from
the era of Jays Treaty up To the present moment, and
have been transformed into Fcdera!s.
This low-mindrd irickery Of our leagues is below
The loves: degree OF degradcdness. II IS enough to.
us 10 say IN RECITATION of the f!lmay attempt to ea-
change party names, that The real Republican party hnYr
steadily and unciangeably chung 10 Their hrst lore,
faith aud name. They "cycr for a momen, protested /"
admire the elder Adams or any of his official acts
lhey never fur u moment said they were tainted with
Fedpral,sm-such AZ it was in the said Adams time,
in Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut. Rhode Is
land, nor in OF. o.ca loyal and royal Old Bsfkeley,
nor such az It hath been ever since IN those polluted
sinks OF j%nyidious determinations, Of corruption aud ty-
ranny. I'VE speak politically and mean politically and
feel IN duty bound TO es!enuatc nothing, or SET down
aught. in malice.
You see thai Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island,
and fitic Delaware that We omitted above, arc at tins
iunclurc as rankly Federal as they were in Mr.. Adams
tine; and r.en so is our own "Oid Berkeley" that the
reyeling, braegadccia .og.Caain Soys had inscribed IN
randy characters OH their barbariaa ediice, when they
went TO pay fealty and homage TO the apostaie Rlyss-
as beng 'a!'says right.
We'I tals some more oil M5torS deed,
lni .ir39sic's fam,
AsCi pImid Ia,ry's vanity,
Md nihrr scnrc, by niInr.