Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-09-08
.,,rops or THE ENQUIRER.

.;u now present q recommendation OF
tnn i, hitherto gone intn-h's military
Cas- oosen of him in civil life, where his
haf.r principles, his PATRIOTISM, and Tue
rs SOU no has rendered his country IN some
IL ssFSN, have been fully seen. HIS purity
,csss'p been alike conspicuous. No man
,.cisr 'a sn that ground. His moral escuicheon
beSs' no charge, no suspicion rests upon II.
,sa; sph,rs. IS a commanding front for a fres'-
ai1'Uti..,s 10 present 10 The naiion-and u you
t,a'"name IN arms, such a man, 1t taken up,
tHH's It's like any other first truth.
~ sr"s.s military career was not a long one
ri l%S : oonor,uni,y was afforded him, 1t was
Il iss''''.. courage, and admirable service Ia
r. ~ y No he was a,no"y The foremost TO oraw
k,ra ,I'H usl remembered address -as Colonel
80 dement's Of Ohio Volunteers, when tue
q tue formed at Dayton-was truly clio
sqh'e 1t ran through the Democratic
,Gd h,P-,he more quickly from being brief
tue and stimulating patriotic iervor IN oil.
10! ns,,o,,. no man did more to prevent HuiIs
: %" NJ all the officers, he was hfst IN oattie.
: .ouraqe made hun me h's' !eap ITO" nS
pr. canadian shore--and the ana'r u aux "a
.. az allowed, and where 'he n'sI oiood was
Wv. .sd his triumph. Inc Grave ooionei WI
.i,b INN. bu, Cass was superior y conn'ahuI
-, was. a, that bridge, though ne 30 mooes.iy
'ie u ,h,, the British troops, IN conjunction
me s"a", alles. were first driven before the
ser i"ua' Glorous priority to stand at the
ftih ~" Gs,~., have heralded in, with the tap
sue" drum from Ohio, the train of splen-
''' n,b,ch our gallant countrymen won upon
i"'" . owe, a foe so renowned, and in a war
. Ths frs, victory was has, and glory to il
- So, laurel was his, and be it ever verdant
/" 10 afterwards strive to prevent Hulls sur.
SES, "a stated in a former lie ter, did more than
IN the nation to uphold the administra.
~ Madison, of which he was a constant sup
Inst the i~ncessant battering rams with which
lists sought 10 PROSTATE 1t under that dis
h,,,Ia of the Thames, 30 decisive in annihi
=. snemy in that quarter, expelling him from
.,,orv. and giving security TO a vast frontier
,s !, was also that the brave johnson acted sc
c,ss had no command: but, always devoted to
.,,,v. ever burning TO serve her in all ways
..sd . place as volunteer aid 10 the command
Ics,,,al. HIS eager request was granted. Com
:, Perry acted in the same capacity on that me
f.s t,y. He was thus associated IN station and
e. with that renowned naval officer, who, moi
n, sl,h putting Lake Erie in a blaze of glory, By
,,,,,y over the British feet, desired 10 strike al
|ss: Of his country on both elements. And need
,,,., proof that Cass vas to be found where the
i.s ,nickest; So, literally, it was. He galloped
|, Tine TO be in that impetuous charge, led by Col
!, Jshnson, which 50 completely routed Proctor
he British Regulars, whilst Col. r. M. Johnson
\: and slaughtered the Indians. General Harri.
! .spo,, of the victory, puts Cass and Perry in
a7s clas, Of merit; and none, surely, could ever
,,e-. Other military services he rendered Wills,
,,Gly IN command on the Northwestern from
.k; this great victory, and also whilst ne was
.,,,,r of M,chigan-services, which | pass over
':,ls Of, though they were sometimes OF critical
,,snce and always of value.
l,9d all this 90 for nothing in the campaign Of AZ
,,old. our own experience and that Of the human
., for nothing. But the point 10 not TO be rea.
II i, is settled. Ii would be waste Of words to
u. If we assume to be pure philosophers on
subject, re must keep to our closets. The mo-
We step into the world, its universal voice j.
Us. Above all, we must keep way from the
+. w;hout recalling the thousand and one in
- from history in which military fame has il
,ad countries been chiefly locked up to, let nj
noer, that the only contested elections for our Pre-
rv which ever resulted in bearing the successful
;,c.,es into office as on the top Oft rolling, roaring
.. we're in The cases Of the t,ro GencrGiS-Jacksor
HARRISON. The one attested how Democrats love
kind Of glory. The other, that Wings love i
> IS they were equally moved by u less portion
!. The two instances taken together attest, as by
l,,ion itself, the aggregate feeling ofthe whole coun'
ahen reused BY the excitements Of u military name
h oil the transce ndent merit, all the towering
snanship, all the acknowledged supremacy oil
jefferson in merely political life, and Immortal
10. Of The Declaration Of Independence as he was
ttlion 10 ii oil, his majority over the elder Adams
"a noihlng TO General Jackson's over the younger,
General Harrison's over Mr.. Van Buren,. These
:cl,, incon,estible and unalterable. What are we
,.se OF them all Turn away from them, shu'
,yes upon them, say they are nothing, that human
Re 5 going to change IN "A for MIR. Van Buren,
he IS strong enough TO reverse all history, all on
experience, even human nature itself, and run bet
han General Cass would. We should have little
10 be So sanguine, even if Mr.. Van Buren, were
.qal Of Mr.. Jefferson himself, instead OF belonging
class Of men go obviously inferior to the one in
III thai, llus,,ious statesman and sage ever stood, and
4 at The top OF it.
Though General Cass's career in arms does mol
IN the extraordinary s~plendor Of Jackson's, and wa,
extended Than General Harrison's, there is full
Ugh Of merit and victory in it 10 lay a just basis o.
popularity. There are beautiful and brillian,
sis IN ii, end / was 10 this part of his life, amongsl
; inlnss, that had allusion in expressing the be
n ny third letter, that we could beat the Wings
hiA, better than with any other candidate. Lee
enember, tha. the occasion is no ordinary one, bul
eeelg ps.u!ia, and critical. Against the formida
'nOaey power which The Wings will ssuredly bring
Ihs field IN lS44, furnished without stint by foreign
and given out from their own pockets, we
surely find useful, when the tug comes, the
force of this strong military feeling
1t would operate as an additional stay TO our
e h,s, N itself, a power. When resting on patriotic
pafe ioondstion,, as in General Cass's case, and |
Dot 'npeaching the purity, but only asserting the
, CT lis foundations in the other two cases stated, il
aulable power. At all events, it is a power
'an bat The money power, when nothing else
iisroo, IS not soIdid, at least; nor is it found
e, or chic hy, in uneducated or unenl,ghte ned ma
Why, Messrs. Editors, in England, with
prod'gIous amount Of civilization, and know.
2 and rehnem-nt, how many monuments, of the nu.
'as ones voted by the House of Commons in honor
uoDc services, do you suppose are for ciril ser
oslr TWO, IN the long track of time" whilst
cannot stroll into ST. Paui's or Westminster Abbey
ginger OF running against the marble statues
10 those who have fought battles for England on
% sea- so thick do they every where stand.
= US mol slight this universal feeling. Change il,
''0not II is Irreversible. Let us, by taking up
'N'i LASS, give our cause the benefit of it. Let US
Au's' We have this resource, rest content on the
i nefIl OF The Democratic principle, saying we car
a'nort any other resource, on this peculiar and
a'as occasion, after all that has happened in lS4O
" aihed al showing the too probable error of such
gus Many a cause, let the sentiment be repeated
. wal Importance to US, has fallen a sacrifice to
STEERING whispers Of an unwise confidence, ever
''py % m's!ead, and but the more ready when the
. good. Let US not endanger ours in the least
n'' throw It into any risk. Let US omit nothing
"ty heip II; and if General Cass will run best on
'p4ofs ground of civil AND military merit, let us
"'o% away that double chance in our favor. He
y "kels to run the better also by relative exemp-
l'oln something of par,izan violence operating
81 nun, The accidental and fortunate effect Of his
absence; still more fortunate, in that he was
20 during that absence, to be the instrument oil
'''Sie good TO his country.
: m arrest'ng the ratification of the Quintuple
= ne rescued his country from search-snd all lis
HanGed evils, appprent and htddan-thns render.