Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-19
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, NAY 10.
mo- rnr nrMocRAcY or rnE U. STATES.

/ TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE U. STATES.
/ Friends and Eeiio,o .Citi-.rs-We have just passed
hroug Tremendous conflict with our ancient enemy;
and We have come through the fiery furnace, almost
unsca.hed. We have carried DECIDED ma otiiy oil
10 or IL in the House CT Ds!egaies-we retain our
majority of 3 IL the Ssaa!a-and We have lc! The
~ hiys bu: one filth o. our Representatives, 10 Con.
rfess when IN the las; session they had one third -
You have seen with wha. dlicu.'ies We have had
to encoun:er-no. turning upon the old landmarks OF
political parles-but upon new issues, afituiiy con-
jured up 10 n,slead the peopie-upon lax law,
which passed to preserve The h3nor o. our State
upon the failure to pass fictitious Relief iaw-upon
the ption of the DstrbuIabie fund-upon the
alleged long sesson-and have only had tour weeks
10 meet these issues TO expose lie representations
and plcde the huinbugs OF our WHY and desperate
enemy. But We have defe ated hem IN the very midst
Of their exrltaion-snd their pompous hopes have
dwiDaIed into dus, and ashes. We present The Old
Dominion still buoyant IN spirit brilliant IN victory,
and still prepared carry ont The great principles
which she has always protested
Blu. We are not permitted TO hang up our victorious
arms IN the ten,ole Of Concord We have scarcely Is.
capped from one battle field, before the Wings
tempting 10 thrus. into another And this time they
are animated with higher hopes, because they are CAL
culsting upon our own DIVISIONS lhey are ooastag,
that when next they marshal their own troops, we
shall not be able to bring all forces INTO the Held
.hs, Rome fall, because her own citzsns are
torn TO pieces Can thus BE- so: Are we prepared 10
fulfil the omens Of enemies, and 10 feii Inc victims
orour own fury and fov No patriot can believe the
,,,nd vet no man OF sagac,ty but believes that it
reoni,es ali our discretion and concauon 10 avoid
dssension-ihat mus, unite our votes upon one
didae-thai n Convention IS necessary 10 nominate 3
candidate-thai We must conce nitrate votes upon
the nom,uee-ani that must display the proper
o:heaTance end concession, IN the adoption OF the pre-
nimarr arrangements necessary 10 be made fer hold
rr the Convention.
II - the object OF this address smooth the way FOR
lis meeting by removing the stumbling block which,
stands in our path w III not the for
this appeal: We stand IN some measure midway be-
tween the North and the South Al The of not
short lfe-associa:ed We have BEEN Tor so many
wears, with the principles and fortunes OF the Re
publican Party-no idle observer Of the many con.
tests in which they hare been engaged-no indif-
feieat spectator of the issues of the present
psign devoted 10 the great principles Of Virginia
and scorning to participate OF the sPoils OF the
victory, al the hands oi ans OF the canddates-beiGI
too more or less, connected with The position which
Virginia has la,ec assumed IN relation to The point now
al ssue-pre.errin- cary day for the meeting OF the
great Convention, but determined not 10 'nsrst IN.
comp-omislnriy upon Our own wishes, or the declared
preferences n! our own Staie-~e hope We nay be
cuseG making THIS ingenious and direct ppes 10
Republican brethren. In all ;rrnkness spirit, IN all
respect with he most concllntory feelings, wish to
commune with you FOR monent-to express our Wish.
rs, and 20 ask your own.
The question nou before US is, When the General
proposed the fourth Monday of November next South
CaroIins believe suggested later day. May, Is44
The Legislative Convention OF Missouri seconded the
proposition OF Tennessee The Convention Of Yrs
MA adopted the same day-and y York sanctions the
same period The later DAY has bees. advocated By
more States than the other. Bot, although The senne
The Republican Party far strtngIy ic;ine=
to May next, ye. the majority OF the Republican Party
does not appea. have decided the question
We can venture 20 declare IN the OF Inc Con
cf hat GEAR Of .!
Improper influences IN the selection of The ee.lle day
. She has citizen To present 10 the nation for the
Presidential Chair Sine has no interests to swerre
her Judgment She has man to promote, the 4.
psnse CT principles. Of justice, or OF fair dealing. We
know, it has been said, that the earlier day has been
lected, TO promote the views of Mr Van Buren,, and
the iealouss O; Of The friends Of the other cand
dates have been reused BY this supposi;ion. 30, va
y calculated TO bear upon his prospects, The Wash
n-,on Globe had at first decllred itself o: tie
latest day. The Albany Argus inclined to the same
proposition. We have rcasons 10 teieve, tla. Sir
V Buren, himself favor OF an earlier day. One shis
most able and ,nmat friends declared several weeks
ago, that If there a3y time before the earlier 0: The
later meeting OF Convention when majority OF Inc
Republican party should be opposed TO Mr.. Van Buren,
he hoped and he trusted that his nomn would nc
yer be effected
The Convention of Virginia guided in their
lection by much higher considerations, than the pro-
motion ofsny one individual, tine defeat Of any others
They Of opinion, that all Of the candidates
we'll known to the counry-their services their opn-
ions, their qualifications, we'll understood, to
require very long, and proTac.ed discussion-or il
any doubt was entertained apon some -w points, ;ha,
II might easily be removed by appeal the r.nd
. dates themselves. They really apprehensye
that p:"iractet discussion might run into dis
sen:ion. They wished disconuect The nomina
tons OF q President from the excitement ard move
men5 Of the mex. Congress, for whose proceedings
the Republican Party would b. held directly :.
-. tiz u. "a
upon the next Spring lest lis agta,ion ming
ling with our Spring elections, might endanrer the
loss oil the Siate-and that loss might shed lis dsas.
rous twilight upon the Fall Election They were Ike
wise under The impression, that if the nomination
postponed TIL May, 1c4i should no, have the ne
cessary time TO cool down aud reconcile the csapooln
ed members and to prepare ard organize our party IN
tme 10 encounter formidable and disciplined foe
These were some Of the principal reasons which ope
0 rated upon the Conveb;iou-and VIZ appealed 10 the
pubic tribunal 10 )ndge oil their force We recon-
mended the early cay 10 ss,c. Sts,es: and vi
calmly waited for their decision We felt no other
interest In the question, than the neres. we took IL
the saccess OF To great cause. which we are ceyo
ted Virginia m yer intended 10 dictate TO others Il
rs her character 10 speak frankly TO her sistprs-bu
she disposed unless when her rres, pruciple
are involved 10 consult their wishes and 10 study the
great maxim OF VI mon, harmony, and concession. -
. Every thing for The cause, nothing for men" sc
one is more disposed to conciate, than hersrlf-nc
tons, than herself-and the Only limit which she woulc
prescribe 10 herself, that Others would ucl b. her
she does by them-upon the fur and wise principle
!, liberal reciprocity.
a Subsequent signs appear 10 incne 10 the disan
; Ga; Ba; all the States have spoken out 4 ia
jpr'ty Of the Republican party have declared lhe
preference We tse the liberty then of appealing it
them IN the most respectful terms, II NEE, toee hcr
and express their wishes Virginia desires full de vel
oPment oil The public sentiment upon the time of The
meeting the Convention. Connecticut will. we hope
speak cut, before her present Legislature adjourns
New Hampshire will, we hope, speak in the month o
0 June. Where is Ohio: Where are the other States
of the North and the West;
With ali due Difference, we ask CT some of the De
mocratic presses in all the States, 10 notice this ap
peal, as they may think proper inform US whethe
their State has acted, and TO send us on an account
her proceedings and where she has mel acted 10 rouse
The people, ard assist in The development, of the public
sentiment Let US understand the whole position O
The Republican party Let Virginia Understand il, al
soon as possible, tha, she may act with the decision
which becomes he- and with The cancellation whci
she desires TO exhibit. The sooner this question i
settled, the better it will beto satisfy our own party