Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-20


10 the FTssL0lsrf NJ IN, Senatorial commander
hs counties NJ Orange ami creme, CHLp,psr, Nai.
sgH ana RappahaHnOct.
Fellow citIzsns-You nre row called on, by nu.
ihouiy, to elect a State Senttor in September next
and let US calmly, and dispossion,.oy, canvass the
measure. The trust, equally honorable and respon.
siJc, should be conhded to one who Is ftlihfII 10
his icllow-cIzcns, his country, and the consttu.
ton whose private virtues, and public life, nre
worthy Oi the station. ln the ancient DAYS Of
Greece and Rome, none uspred 10 this eminent
trust, but through luudlJc ambition, and by
examples worthy o! imitation. call upon YOU iii
10 look bock % the Ills you have heretofore suffered
under the dcspotlc sway o. prty misru'e. Look at
a series oi events, united with the recent develop
mems Of the Congressional election result, aud say
whether, Tor some years pas, you have been repro
sCntcd by the independent voice Of free people ?
Candor bids me say u Is at ICus. pfOblemntiCul I;
and calm reflection icll7 ne, IN voice equally pD
tent, tho confirmation Of my position. Local causes
and local proiIdi'es had their U ICncc In bringing
this result nbos,; but there was b1u,fu innu-
cncc fsr more prcIudlcIoI-the nnIc0ce Of Federal
power upon msruicd servant and misru ed dis.
t-i-t that excluded a ioi'hiu, talented, and Oh.
minded representative. trust thit the abIo Scna
tor, who vas thus cKpunged, will be tnumphantly
restored IN the station 10 adorned Ivy his virtues
and unremitted devotion a. duty. challenge n com
parson IN private or public fidelity. Not one vote
was given during his Senatorial career, ircOmpati-
bic with tho honor of the Commonwealth, or the
peace and prosperity Of the Union. Even the ono
at which little minority MANIFESTED discomfort.
has been since RATIFIED by The people, and r,stora.
lion 10 tho United States Senate. Such being the
facts icow-ot,zrn7 the voice OF JUSTICE and u pu.
tro'ism cmph1tcoIly asks, who has higher claims
| % your valued suffrage, Tor tbs vacant trust
than him who your former representative
fltbful 10 tue district and his cOuntfy3 The an.
/ Gent Commonwealth had not, at the time alluded
| %, 70 more worthy S.n,tnr Your c1uniyman and
eli zen farmer merits os vel. as ever, The station o
Senatorial usefulness Had his friends been IittI,
more arrive, the Conservatives less tmd and tsrdy
and restless nspirnntg les ardent IN their own al
vancement, his election 10 Congress would have beer
| certain. But, my couptrymoo, lot us not rep oacf
the past but look 70 the iuturc good Oi our beloved
country. A. her shrine, he Is The true p1tiOt VIII
makes willing a'crhco. Il tho love Of viz
tue, tho love OF principle, and the love Of country
that gave Immortality TO the departed Patriots, who's
holy spirits now rest in peace. They arc the bea
con lights to direct footsteps ~ the path Of ma
tional honor and patriotic duty. Let us set asid
alt se'fshnoss, and take counsel from their h,Ilow
ed names, and suffer not shadow 70 dim IN
| brightness of their memory. Cherish, with pro
peT yoneraiion, the independence of America, an
tbe sacred fires Of Union, remain stondfsst perma
mem, and unextingulshed forever We have nos
an eauivocal representative in Congress from thi