Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-10-03
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3.
THE VIRGINIA REpUBILcAN-AND THE CHARLESTON


RICHMOND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3.
THE VIRGINIA REpuBLIcAN-AND THE CHARLESTON
PRESSES
e have regretted several distinguished presses "i our
Marty the Wings their dscuscn about the merits
,nd claims gentlemen spoken OF Tor Inc fresir
deeply with them they ,gine from The heat WIN
which they their newspaper war Ihey haa hss eu
h. The South Carolina appears tn be the mott Dosleou
and the Richmond Enquirer his engaged itself in contest WIN
papers which viii be Esnt months nave
r and il these paper. continue TO bore their readers with ms
controversy Sir Van Buren, and Mr. Calhoun ana matters
have mercy Keep COOL gentlemen, or tue people VIII
dapront all OF YOU by elees s1s @F sansen" s,
rre method by which apay can be SO soon dsorgan
iz.d and destroyed as by ts memhoa
,u which Mr. Grernhow Mr. Rchr and all
with Democratic press would d" well 10 bear i" mind
last LgnehbTg Republican.
"The Richmond Enquirer says, is almost saatcd with
Presidential candidates When that discus
likely endanger the harmony OF the democratic party
country should be oi more Importance than
promotion Of any 10 the Presidency We are sure ta
The breast Eior OF The Enquirer CLOVIS with
aud patriotic zeal for his couniry GOOD rs ever ala IN
his yohful days and he WI be the a,t man VINO @oa
drtrimen al his hands. The Democracy have sure
sa NJ Whit nbe opinion is nths state from the perusa
will be taken by of the friends Of
others they are willing strongest
on whether of their choice NOT and they are not wiling 10
quarrel with any his choice be theirs
they good faith 10 the cause OF the Democratic party
and with united energetic struggle endearo 10 overthrow
Charlottesville Jtgcrsoaian, Sept. ..
Such the views and admonltions ct three oiou
respected brethren Of the Virginia press. Our own
opinions coincide with them to great extent, as we
have recently expressed. But what says the Charles
ton Mercury? Ii charges us with backing out from
fear; with being "whipped" out-with being thrashed
with "slippng off thus early IN The tight with
being ga little battered, yes, deadly battered that
"here uast deal of good fight in (us) yet, and we
Qhe Mercury & Co want 10 bring i, out" 1t says
that they (of the Calhoun PRESS, are "only wakened
the fight that they mean 10 pour hroadsldes into
the Van Buren, ranks &c, Nc with much more OF
such gallmanfry and gasconade. We hear these con
unued threats with the most profound indifference
and more! The Charleston Mercury is welcome to
play the wag, the butoon either, If Il pleases
NAV please 10 call US the 'old gentleman hundred
times and TO say, if it suits its humour, it's taste,
hat we have bern terrbly raped, but "iarly rip
ped and our "bowels shed out, with similar e1
pressons showing his courtesy of manners, purity OF
for the decency OF the PRESS and ms regard
for the harmony of the party lie may award Inc pain
to the youthful Editor of the Petersburg Republican,
with his "short tough crab, jumping right into his ao-
versary," &c, &c. He may re-publsh dialogue
from the Richmond Wing which equally destitute oil
truth taste, wit The Mercury may even hold us up
as 'sof all the United States, The most Directly
responsible for he present dlscords OF the Republican
party"-as being the man, TO whom "more than any
vinu person il 10 be ascrbed that rooted dIsrust OF
each other which has filled the different portions oil
our party ever the proceedings at Richmond last
Wlnter"-ile may charge "those proceedings as beng
intended TO commit tIhe State 10 Mr.. ' an buren, by
d,sipoenuousness cement, and trick, before Tie
peope had any chance 10 understand The merits oil Inc
Presidential question and he may gratulousy assert
that it was our magicans wand that raised the storm,
and he (we may take his (our leisure to lay high
certainly to the C0nrenton as well as TO the
Peopte of Virginia! These assertions. which are only
,nar ufafID NIL
in The Mercury, Immediately after The adjournment oil
the Convention, are grauous as they are unbound
ed But pass them by as the IDLE WIND That we re-
gard not We have been too much accustomed 10 such
pop guns and paper bullets for nearly ~ years. 10
them now even when they emana.e from the oracle OF
But we ask our Republican brethren OF
Virginia, how we or they can pass over The course
hfch the Charleston Mercury " Co are pursuing ID
relation 10 the General Convention they thhS
of the grounds which are taken IN Inc n'io"'ns ni'
Gle, from the Mercury OF "Wednesday ias'-aho ~h'e"
The r. Wing gladly clutches as one OF the most slfik
ing signs Of the discussions OF our party;
tFrom the Charleston Mercuryl
- THE PETERSBURG REPUgLIcAS AND THE SYRACUSE
CONVENTION.
Ye can assure him. the Enquirer that Tie state hsnts
Party remote intention OF submitting 10 the ne
crces ri the Syracuse CoDycntion'-Rtpl 6hean
mo ndeed-nor to the DEGREES OF nifty OF Them
Does any one suppose they ever expected US To lake
the word of command from them? body, constituted
in palpabe defiance of fundamental principles OF
the party and Of suppose that by big talk
and formidable parade, they can thrust their hsh De
hes,s upon the eemen of tins country, as their rule OF
political action! Did they imagine, that the piece
If bold humbuogery they given TO the world, as
the unaninous voice OF the great State OF New YORK,
would ever pass for than II was The savIsh echo
of some cumming, party Jupiter, laundering from
behind cloud' If they did, then one OF two thngs
will prove uue-e,her that applicable 10 Inc gTea
Democratic party which Boileau says OF the world
C,,It ~ E,o1u no nj wa
would avoid seeking one, to shu. himself up alone
and break his looking glass-or the Regency VIII hno
that in firing this dangerous battery INTO the ranks OF
their friends, they have not only forfeited all cials 70
amcabe alliance, but gnited magazine, that u IL
does not blow UP the party, will pretty surely blow
them TO distance too nigh heaven TO leave hope OF
their getting foothold this earth again vi course
they will COLL this threatening, ana cry out on Us ~
sfactionsts and 'disorganlzers and INSIST we shou'o
be turned of the church tor recusancy ana hefesy
and If only OF stuff 10 be hiiieo or search
with sounds we should certainly be overwhelmed. But
no fear gentlemen; our eye teeth are CUT we know
ne roar of the lion from the roar OF any other anmai
and we are accustomed, when we see the Royal moe,
10 examine we'll if it beoag 10 the animal u covers
especially if there appear the prorrdng evoences OF
more ambitious pair of aurcular sppeadsGes than Is
supposed 10 distinguish the Lord of the forest "aen
Won tell you speak the voice OF the people, you lei
us what we know and The people know, apd you know,
is no such thing. .
"And hen you threaten us with party osiaciSh, i"
we reject your authority, Tell you that we prize the
prncip pies of the party than the party. and 'ha'
if forced to choose between the two little ,ime nGeed
will be wanted to decide You call yourselves Demo
crats-and every step you take shows you dread ana
despise Democracy You alone the people are 70 trust
yet, you alone trust The people You Profess IN
your conventions to come from the people and 10 re-
present them, yet than hall your honorable oooy
were without popular constituency The pemocfa,'c
party, by an overwhelming majority, decided that The
ntiu question should be kept open 10 the people
till May, 1884, and, though reluctantly, you acquesceo;
yet your assent hardly recorded, when you sum-
mon State Convention of self elected Delegates
Qhe greater par)-and proceed to do the very 'h'ng
you pledged yourselves against, fores,a The public
judgment of New York by pronouncing for her, nine
months in advance, her preference on the Presidency
(2) And you expect this sort of thing TO stand you
really imagine you have set precedent OF Democ,a-
tic usage from which there shall be no appeal,
Democracy of New York have spoken Let oil
the world be SILENT If, indeed it be the Democratic
usage of the great State of New York, thaa few cum
ming Punches shall make everlasting puppetsho~
of her politics. and be The arbitrary OF her
people we ,us, such usage will be- every where else,
as ste rnly regulated and as heartily desp'sed as we