Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-07-18

an overflow of buoyant and spontaneous patriotism
The most sedate were infected by the a.mosp Of
Liberty so redolent of rejoicing and merry making
and innsd in the iocund laugh and nmble step OF The
! habually ovial large body Of Germans, and ma
tive American citizens, alec celebrate" the Gay IN 'e
excellent s,yle-ora,ions being delivered by E. W
Hu,er ESD in Englsh, and Mr. George Dsetz, avery
f talented German in his native tongue The celebTa
ton called withou, reference 10 party distinction
hut our patriotic Germans being 10 man Democrats
of tho right streak could not we'll resist such oppo
unity Of giving vent IN an e1noerance OF rePuo
cen feeling-at least in the volunteer oasts. large
number Of sentiments were drunk, speaking OF .ne
reachery of Governor Porter in decided manner bu'
vet to you but very inadequate idea oil Inc
INDIGNATION that here exists against hm-here where
he IS known ths best. When the toasts appeared IN
public they operated upon the nervousness OF his Elk
celency with the force Of an electric battery 1nsy
affected his system ia the same manner that saarnc!
Of ice.water would, coming without moments warn
inn. and bence great efforts have been made by his
10 gel rid Of their effect BY declaring that
thew were subsequently altered. This ridiculous as.
seriion is, however, fully met oy voluntary STATE
ment OF the committee previously selected prepare
the proceedings for publications. that such was not the
case and that every toast that had name to 1t was
published as delivered.
very large and enthusiastic anti Porter meeting
UNA held last evening at the Seven Star Hotel, that
veteran and sterling Democrat, Geo A. Schott, n the
chair A Committee Of Is reported Preamble and
Resolutions condemnng the reacne.y and avarice OF
the Executive in the strongest possible MANNER when
unanimously adopted gu may resi- assnred 'ha'
Porterism here-where its offensveness IS most aP-
PARENTS at its very last gasp. You have sometimes
threatened represent it under the hgure OF tree
That would present sorry sPec'aoie 'uoeeo, LOT te
RISING storm has scattered the rich foliage that it once
boasted to the four winds, presenting to eyes the
de solaed trunk naked and qulverlng 10 its roots.
There has been no appointment made yet Of De-
putty Secretary in place of Mr. Huter who, as true
and independent Democrat, some months since refused
ciatio vi
which he was evidently as much out OF place as any
high minded we'll could be, when placed aongsde
Of Porter The place has been oHerea 20 several
prominent Democrats but none mas yet oeen fo1nd
wiling to throw himself away by its acceptance. 1t
now currently asserted, that the Governor has
who will become of age next September, and that he
il exercising the mmendable forehough o. ressrvng
the situation for Another of the dts is, that
perhaps it is to be left vacant until his William
shall have served out his time your High Sheriff,
when he is to be appointed That will be capital
The Office is worth thousand year, which is some
thing, 10 the rich.
have yet seen ii stated in your paper. that
Colonel Charles Mcclure, whom the Governor some
time since appointed his Secretary, is the in lac
of John Bannister Gibscn the Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court OF course, no man that knows Go
vernon Pofer's integrity and delicacy, would for
moment suspect, that this very peculiar appointment
had aught to do with certain decisions that have been
given by the Supreme Court, any that yet want
/ ed Oh, no!
observed in your paper Of Saturday, column or
so Of appropriate comments upon toast given by one
of the Badger family, "a bad name to use among US
country Democrats) which sought to establish unity
OF feeling between Buchanan and Porter. Bah You
might as we'll preach about the assimilation of Oil and
Water-or Of Virtue and Nice-or Of Honesty and
Roguery-or of Porerism and Deuency! Here 1t g
well known, that the Executive at the very bottom
Of the fruess and ahortIve attempt to defeat Mr. Bu
chanan for the United States Senate, although all was
done in his characterize manner-by stealth and
intrigue. But we have had within the last week, a
better illustration than oil that Of his pretended friend
ship for MIR. Buchanan. hmeng those who attended
the German Celebration Of the Fourth, Mr.. Jas.
Snyder, of the clerks in the Secretarys Office He
toasted Mr.. Buchanan his choice for the next Pfes
dency. The sentiment drank on Tuesday and APP
peared in the Democratic Union of Wednesday. On
Saturday, he hird day thereafter he received polite
note from the sPowers that be- apprsing him tina. has
serrces ,cere no Longer needed Mr. Snyders from The
Governors town, Huntingdon, has been clerk
in the Office his first Inauguration, and
decid dig he most competent and efficient clerk in
the department No complaint existed against him in
the discharge of his official duties or, 10 the
in which he taught the Secretary HIS. But he toasted
Mr. Buchanan, and for ths-"the head and frort Of
his offending'-he suddenly and uncer.moniously
dismissed from place which his employer is not
half competent to hll
But it is old and trte saying, "gve the d his
due" Governor David R,tenhouse Porter with all
his faults has yet some excellent traits of character He
is certainly the most economical Chief Magistrate
Commonwea has ever been blessed with, for upon
salary Of four thousand year, am told he reres in
dependently rchi This at least eommendabe, or it
proves that he has wisely avoided the exuavag1nce
which has made nearly ell other men in distinguished
, public stations, paupers
The Democratic nominations for the Fall camp.ign,
are progressing handsomely. In Old Wesmoyeand,
the "Siar of the West the County Convention have
nominated Gen II ID Foster for Congress, and Joseph
Russell, Lebbcos l.. Bgeow and Ebenezer Moor for
Assembly. At the last session. Westmoreland he'd but
two members, but the new apporonment gives her
three. She then had Mr. Henry Mcbride 10 The
lower House, with Mr. Russell, of the present
! minses Although very genllemanly man, Mr. Nc
Bride friend of Porter, owing to the influence of
brothern.law employed upon the public works
OF course, be was promptly rejected by his constu
- enis The entire ticket is strongly anti Porter Gen.
Foster and DR.. Bigelow both delegates from old
Westmoreand in the last Fourth of March Convention
and nj that early day displayed their superior foresight
by refusing 10 vote Cor his nomnation-an exampie
: which ought TO have been more generally imi,.ied
although repentance s too late. They Doth voted
for Dr. Sturgeon and subsequently, DISTINGUISHED Them
selves at the polls, rather than sustain Porter The
rich fruits of this sterling independence are that the
goes 10 Congress and the other to the State
Legislature.
Crawford, Cambris and Armstrong have also nom
E mated antPorer Democrats for the Assembly 1t is
. doubtful whether Porter and Tyler will number even
: as many men at Harrisburg next winter, as Tyler will
at Washington-and he, | believe, has managed thus
: already publicly resolved not TO send any bot sunch
and avowed anti Porter 10 the Assembly and it is
. an example that deserves general imitation, the
v,!es Kind of corruption Will be resorted 10, order
to gavanse the deluncl corps OF Por,erism into
thing like a sense of returning animation. But 1t will
be labor lost There is no division in ranks worth
: caring for. The Democratic majority in both Houses
you may rely, will BE- large enough for all useful pur
poses-and the majority against the Porter and Tylr
compound will beno majority at all 1, will be the
WHOLE Legislature.
The contest for the next Governor, and who shall
be the Democratic candidate, is evidently very fast
narrowing itself down 10 Messrs. Muhlenberg and
Skunk. Either will do. They are both open and
above board in denouncng the rottenness of Porter
ISM and either would steer the "Ship Of State" clear
of the shoals and qucksands, upon which the present
unskalful pilot has stranded it, MIR. Skunk has many
excellent qualities, MS public man-snd an acqualn
lance with Mr. Muhenberg, of more than twenty
years duration, enables me 10 say, that honest,
high minded, and vrluous man. there GOES not breathe.