Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-06
Jan. 30h, 1911.
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
n The Voters of Me 1911 Congressional Diarid.


tn Voters of Mc 18Th Congressional District.
Fellow cizcns-l notice in The papers that there are
two Democratic candidates before you, who solicit your
suffrarps for the next Congress. There are
several points to be well considered before hasty action
as we'll as before hasty conclusions, or a premature
commitul in favor, OF against either Of the cand
dates.
In the first place We should consider the without
any regard to the Office they hold As other ndl-
yduas look at each other, should see the not as we
some timesheur il said by the cold selfish and ignorant,
That tLcu are about to take away my office But mark
you, this is the office Of the people Pretty language
for free people To be gulled with that after man has
attened on the public crib for years without number;
take anay my office, as if we lived in a monarchy-as
if il was an Inherent right in thcm-too selfish TO
consider ours a government OF the people, and TO
whom all the offices belong. Don't understand me
as charging such selGslncss either Of the can
dida,es; but | sometimes have heard, TO my NORTH
cation the friends of candidates expressions Ike
these-"They want to take away his oftce--te has
been in the Office long time, and never did any
hurm;" when we should recnllect 1t IS the Once oil
The people, and that they have been heavily paid, whe
Their they did any material service or noL-When, IN
reality and in truth, the genius of our Government
is based in great measure rotation IN ONCE, the
present incumbent should well consider how ne came
by the Office he fs-he should we'll consider how
many nvnrs and high honors the district has conferred
on him. when there hundreds, with equal capacity,
with equal claims who have received none OF them wal
he then not we'll consider bow he pushes himself on ther
confidence in great crisis like The present, on liberal
and coniding constituency The District heretofore,
has been represented by of our abest and most
men, of whom have gone TO their
long homes and could they now rise up, offer Their
services 10 the country-coud the present incumbent
still hold on and attempt to secure an Office that
generous constituency bestowed on him, under cIrcum
Stances of a peculiar and delicate nature
1t may be asked, what should gain by thrrst!na
aside one Democrat and taking another Who, for
would hesitate for reply Sirs-Cast your
eyes over this proud and unterrihed Old Common
wealth, and think, for moment, of the tremendous
conflict through which have just passed Where did
you look for the champion in the great cause OF popular
Government, Not only you, fellow.citizens of the
district but the whole State from the Ohio TO the
board, pointed TO William Smith of CulPeper-he
went forth in the panopy of truth and justice fortified
at all points, and scattered TO the four winds the false
hoods and the humbugs of reckless Opposition
Here is then gentleman presented TO your notice,
that any district in the State would be proud 10 have it
in their power thus to honor. There Thousands in
the State who had opportunity of seeing and hear
ing Mr. Smith during the exciting canvass above refer
red to-that if they asked who contributed mere
largely than another in securing the present elevated
position of the State, they would point you to Smith
of Culpeper.