Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-26


declarations; nor is he under any pledge 10 ''abandon
his inclination.
The Eirksbnrg Sentinel.
This journal conducted by De. Hagan, with much
talent than discTetion really appears To be-
monouau,ac upon the question of Repadiaton II was
he who first recommended II TO Mississippi ard now
jns,ss il, not only in relation to her, bn TO the other
States. We have no desire TO crtclse her course -
but 1t would if The Vcksburg Sentinel would
wish all the other Foxes tails be cut off, because she
has been compelled TO cut oft her own. So mad ana
reckless has become upon tins question: that IT is re-
commencing the same nosrum TO Virginia. and IS most
egregiously msrepresentng her courae during her ate
eieciun and pervetng the principles OF Jefferson and
Taylor. How, then, could WE expect to escape Tue
wandering bolt oil its IDLE criticism; In liz No. OF aay
70 it SAYS at will be seen that the Wings have
gained largely in the House Of Delegates, and there are
/ fears that ihey may get maJbIi'y, ih""9"
we had majority Of from thrty-two 10 io!y III
the last Legislature. We will still head them III HE
Senate and secure majority on JOINT haEot. ms
immense Wing gam is not indicative OF any increase
of MIR. Clay popularity, the popularity o! ms pf
cip'es on the contrary, IT is known, that many o the
best Democrats in the Stale voted against their own
party for the very best Of reasons Under the o'cta
ton of Richie and a few Democrats, heavily m
teresed in the stocks Of The banks and other corPo
raons, the last Legislature abandoned the
the old anted leaders of the party, JEFFERSON ana uy
lor, and conspred with the funding ana moneyeu IN
!eres,s Of Europe to rob the people OF Virginia by
most unjust and niqutous tax. The pure ana hohest
Democrats rebeed, and very justly against inns uhhoy
abandon men Of principle, and The wings, who al heat
great knaves as the tnieEi"s De",ocFa'S 'ooh
oav,p,9 or This state OF affairs, and declared against
the odous tax We glad they have taught the cor
rupt CLIQUE Who control the corporations and the De-
nocratc party Of Virginia, that they cannot abandon
their prime plies with IMMUNITY; aud 1t would be most
gratifying see them sgnally defeated. When demo
cracy goes for temporizng abandoning any Of the
great broad principle OF equal rights, wish 10 see
| firmly rebuked and defeated
| What farrago Of nonsense, gross msrepresenta-
ton aud open proligacy, is here Because the Demo-
Gratis passed to- law TO the honor of the State
| from Reputation, he represents The Democrats as
Mepes and conrraiulaes the Wings upon their oppos
ton 10 the law What false oracle is this, 10 ad
wise the people of Mississippi of The Union 1t is
utterly false that the best Democrats The State voted
against their party No honest Democrat in Virginia
with her debts and her means, but say nothing of
Missssipp has ever raised his veTs in favor Of repu
dialion Heaven save this glorious Republic, if such
nsoent sang"hangers are permitted 10 rule her des
TIMES This arrogant Reputation talks of Mr.. Jei.
fersons prnc,pes--and who best understands them,
this man. or the grandson of Tncmas Jefferson himself
the author Of the BILL the who has supported the
faith of Virginia, and to whom the gratitude Of every
| Democrat is due? We humbly stood by his side-We
stood up too for the honor o. the State but dictated TO
no 'nan-Upnn the very principle, indeed, misqnoted
from MIR. Jeiierson-we the living generation who
contracted this debt, and ought TO pay it, We
should not now be aston,shed, if the Vick3bu-g editor
were 10 plead immunity from The debts which he
himself contracted some SIX eight years ago
Again-We have sort Of interest in the stocks
uf the Dan&s-a and 1t is gTauous msre presentation
escr,be the manly Of the last Legislature to
the influence OF ia few Democrats, heavily interested
in the stocks Of the Banks, &c. But enough We
apology 10 our readers for noticing such non
sense Those who wish TO see what honorable
Vrgnian thinks of the Of the Legislature, and
what is thought of it abroad, will read the letter Of
our correspondent, from Bremen, in this days pap'r
Read too, the following article brought to us by last
evenings Charlottesville mail. 1t is from The "Jef
iersonan, printed at almost the very base Of Mont
cello Who, after reading it, does not scon the mise.
rsbe ethics Of the "Vicksburg Sentinel"
Extract trom a Letter from Firgintan in London
Gendeman in this Place.
II congratulate the position Your State las taken with
quite sought recently aud recommended
only safe but good investments and u be depended
course of .nversaon, odd bominon' mentioned
The Banker remarked thai he was glad 10 Vginan and
should be happy have opportunity sha% has FOX
that State or It's cizs,-bni he said a. for am SON,
| "At,er reading the above, Col. Rando phi and MIR.
Lease should feel proud that they contributed to raise
the credit Of Virginia he world, and Of placing her
a6ocs suspicion. although by doing they have both
been sacrificed defeat in such case is honor
that any maa would be proud to attain. A gentleman
OF the highest responsibility, who has not voted for
Democrat for many years, sa,d 10 the other day,
that the fay bill brought lurwafd by Col. Randolph
and carried through By the Democratic party,
act that Virginia and the whole world would louk
! npon all coming time epoch in her history
and that would confer honor alike upon the State
aud the statesman who had The honesty and indie
pendence TO originate such measure
The Rictaiond Wig.
The Richmond Wing Of Saturday last, in noticing
the charge of our Correspondent against the violence
Of the Wing Press, Indignantly esclaims-"lf there
IS such bitterness, which may may not be, ,ehose
feut IS 1t? the fault of this press az that Cores
pendent alleges in another place. We deny il abso.
lu;ely. In The very article which thus haughy de-
mes all responsibility for the violent workings of party
spirit he proceeds to account for them the following
chase, elegant, charitable and gentle language-"Can
any member OF the Wing party, contemplate with
composure) tie vile treason and the vile eisona end
mercenary motives which have led TO it, in MIR. Ty.
er and his yet foolish advisers and counselor-
he next au,s al the Democrats deadly blow in the
following rtfned and ibeyut words-"T!iry (he Loco
Focos) who despse h'm, whose contempt oil him words
express, counting and laerng the traitor and
the imbece, for here; for the crumbs il muy please
him who is a loaf and sponge in The Presidents
Chair, 10 dispense 10 the hungry dogs, who will eat
the drtiest pudding from the most filthy hands -
After this specimen, let not the Wing claim all the in
nocence from ''party Bitterness Out Of his own
mouth, he is convicted.
Tie Charleston .Mcrcury.
| Among the scraps before ns, which intended
to notice. article from this pa per, OF the Goth inst
under the head of "Hords in Season." But we have
no room for any expanded remarks at this time. The
Mercury has been dst as unfortunate in the tone which
it ascrbes us, in The which it has assumed
towards others. We deny all 'menace"-ail .'dicta
lion ANY thing ''peremptory and minalory
tt DC in the sentiment which we expressed in March
!a5:, VIZ: "ilenceforth, then, recommend 10 our
party irmness, equanimiy confidence in each other,
confidence in our cause, confidence in our success No
man can break us TO pieces and the deluded man who
should attempt il, will be shaken of, and, in the words
of the Resolution Of the Convention he "fofsi,s his
claims (forever) 10 the confidence Of the party" And
such repeat, wl be, ought be, his fate. As 10 the
declaration Of the Mercury, that they "couid not go
into Convention al the tme at which the Enquirer
and lis friends prescribing it insisted that should
And here we submit whether there was more dcta-
lion in the refusal OBEY, than ,he assuming TO com
mand'" We nor the Convention ever assumed 10
nand They selected the time which they thought BEST
and "reconmended il 10 the other States. This was
the "dic.a,orial" language which was employed And
had Virginia much right To recommend the 4lh
Monday in November next, South Carolina .'pre
scribe hcr own day in 1914 Had she right to do
tins, through her Legislative Convention, too, and
mnating her own son for President-and yet Virginia.
with no fayorte citizen TO promote, had no ruht TO