Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-23
COMMUNICATED.

Tn The p0;ers CT .7cc0LRde
hs besn rumored, falsely trust, thai your a"s'
nas VA VA ,.,en,ed representative Gen. Thomas H.
pr intended retire, at least, Tor snort ''me io'
iIc ~ Whatever may be the reasons ana inouee !
Yi"sns ,h,, have urged hun to this COURSE l thnh
r hmm sufficiently we'll tosay IN advance, 'ha' nc WIN
10 ag,rdess of the voice of those who have honor
Cd and adhered 10 him, when ne stood IN neeo Oh 'ue
Generous support and confidence. My ooect IN au
,n, Won at this ,ime is TO urge all, OF al parties,
10 throw aside those petty party prelnoces Prooueeu
b.a,ed Presidential contest uubecomlng an ehi'S"'
md mind and once more call him to your ad, anu 10
ne defence ard protection of those Virginia principles
In, none know how to appreciate better than you 10
ii !, be true and who doubts it, that the oaoihet Oh
Gen Harrison is to be formed by such men as "enste,
Granger, ct ia cane genus, can any man whose hhu =
no, biased by party preJudces, ASK can any
man doubt that the administration OF Gen HARRISON WIZ
be conducted upon the ultra Federal principles
So do YOU not need man of Gen. Bayly stamp; VINO
has contended with more zeal and ability than YOU
preventative for the Republican doctsinesoi - VIZ
has adhered with uniformity to the strict ieVe1 u
The Constitution. Who so firm in the support OF 'ne
rights of the States, None no. will deny that ne
has not adhered to these with uninchns hf'nness.
Has Cen Bayly done nothing 10 merit eon''n"ancs
os your suppor;. Has be done the county no hohor
H,s he done the State no service? Ignorant and pre-
indeed indeed must be Le, who would answer tiesG
Questions in the negative In proof ct these, need
remind YOU in the outset Of his political lie oil ms aoe
aud mastery defence ofhe right ofins,ruction' Need
p,rcplcs and men; in this, he IS bright exsmpa,
81 all who nav come after him, the late Senatorial
election which has added much TO the excitement IN
The State for the last two years. You all Emo" 'ne
stand General Bayly took on that OCCASION ana 70
o,oreci,te it. you should recollect with what almost
incredible irnlness he witbstood the earnest soci-
,.,ons Of lis friends, the fiery and wrathui denun-
cations Of his opponents, and the malicious CUT,
mourning of q cebased and prostued press. All
these he was mniovabe, further than TO say, an'
of
higher standard by which TO govern my course, tnah
noIcy and expedency No, never yield my pr'ncipies
10 men, and eas, of all, to one whose 'nany mas heen
pronounced "unversal and eternal Need rcm'na
you further of the zeal and ability with when he oe
Tended your interest and the welfare OF the otae' IN
a time when few raised their voice, except TO Iaingie
in the loud praises of system efnernal Improvement
That time has revealed would have plunged US IN deo'
winch am cxtrayagsnt in saying would have brought
certain ruin, if not dishoRor upon the State "here
was YOUR representative, hat doing, when this wiz,
visionary spirit, sweeping over the land; was
he standing silently and lstlessly at his post care
less Of your interest and the interest of the State:
or did YOU find him giving away 10 the appeals
Of those who loved him and whom he loved? No, no;
you found him as you will ever find him, IN the midst
!. the conflict batting with ell his ability to defeat
lie wild project Of visionary gentlemen, VINO wouio
have imposed upon you an onerous tax, ana over
whemed the State with debt, from which II II
Ind erer recovered it would only have been after
long, lingering, and lcthargc decline. Yes, say
empharcally. that the State owes General Thomas
n Bayly deep and lasting debt of gratitude Tor
the naay and mastery manner ne defended your
interest this occasion and here too, ne has gwen
another signal proof how little he is influenced by the
excitement CO the occasion, and how firm he IS IN sus
tanning the dictates of reason and OF justice Neea
remind you still further of the able State-paper-his
report upon the refusal of the Governor OF New
York deliver up three ugitives from justice who hao
stolen save, the property of citizen OF tins state
Tins is acknowledged by all 10 be mastery produc
ton, end is even admitted by the Governor OF Ne"
Iors 10 be able report. If General Bayy had done
nothing else THIS would have ranked him high among
the .sinc politicians of the State. Whilst he has been
defending wth so much ability the Constitution and the
rights Of The States let it not be forgotten how deeply
interested in this matter, and how watchiu as
your immediate representative, he has been OF your IN
terest Living as you do, upon the seaboard, exten'
sively engaged in trade with New York, you are
daily lab. 10 have your slave property stolen from
YOU and unless the principles ably sustained IN 'e
report Of your representative be admitted by the State
of New York, then will that State become what 1t
already for your saves-u place of refuge Tor the
thieves of your property This matter is yet undecided
and your representative is about to make another re-
port in which, doubt not, your interest, and the IN
teres aud honor of the State will be ably sustained
have thus in hasty aud imperfect noticed
some OF The most prominent acts of General Bayys
political LIE, not as incentives to urge you TO call upon
him again for these, sure, are not wanting; but
that you may, with one rapid glance, review his pohs.
cal course which none will deny has been firm, consist
ent-n word, that of able Statesman. Taking
then his past life guarantee for the future, again
call upon all of all parties to throw aside their petty
party preudices, and once more call to your aid one
who with consummate skill and ability, will guide and
direct the ship Of State in the approaching political
storm. HEYNE.