Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-09-22
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ~.
"ro THE COURTEOUS READER"


We throw ourselves this day upon your liberal
feelings The food of Advertisements, which has so
kindly poured upon US, leaves us much less room than
usual for reading matier-and the larger proportion oil
that space is devoted one subject, and that, too,
piece of polemcs. We shall promise you not to repeat
the trunsgresson. We almost satiaed with the dis
cusson of the Presidential ques,ion-at least, as be
tween the candidates of own party. But now
could we deoently refuse the republication oil "hip
Rsps ?'-or, how could re-publIsh 1t, without ma
king such comments, its statements are calculated
to call forth We shall you from any further Ella
oorae exposition Of opinions and positions on
the Presidential Ecction-at least, for some tme-in
deed, would hope for the last time. You have
now both sides Of the question before you we hao
TO express own views in full, and we tins day
come out in full. We willing 10 hight the nuttie
the very ground selected by the crack champion OF
Mr. Calhoun's friends-the "unsurpassaole NIP
RaPs," "No A." We meet all his positions, face to
face and hilt to hilt Let the public judge between
us We meet doughty knight on the tented field
one who is cried up the Oracle of his party-and
who whatever be the strength Of his arguments, or
the Justice of his cause certainly possessed r no
common portion of force and ingenuity. We join is.
sue at once with hm-and console ntously believe
we have overthrow all his important positions. In
one point, upon which "Trip Raps lays great emphasis,
not only in his fourth but in his previous numbers, he
10 eminenily mistaken. He counts upon the enlhu.
siasm, which Mr.. Calhoun's personal qualities will
excits-and, upon that feeling, enabling his friends 10
| make converts 10 his cause. He claims superior
", in that respect, over Mr.. Van Buren, He says,
boldly, "that Mr.. Van Buren, is unpopular,
"And none did love him."
But Grip Raps" is yet to discover, how far superior
in its origin and effects is that species of enthusiasm,
which arises from the devotion of great people the
cause which they love, and the which has been
grossly outraged, TO mere personal devotion and
lore for aman, though that man were the A,he-
! MAN Alcibiades himself
Here, then, we leave the discussion. We are willing
10 wash hands of it for weeks to come We
wish to mpart variety to our columns, and to
devote less space, for the present at least to this
seemingly interminable and exciting discussion. But
have right 10 close the press others-and there
fore, shall continue TO publish the remarks of cur
correspondents begging them, in the time pre-
serve much temper, and to study much condensa.
ton possible. We have various MSS. already on
hand-and among these, various answers 10 Circu
lar-to which we will pay an immediate attention.
As this i, the last time desire TO address read
ers at any length on this subject it asking too much
Of the courteous reader only for devo
ting much space in this days per TO the Pesdeu
tia question: but to read The whole article "Trip Raps
comments and all
Read also "The Chickenman,' our last page, by
way Of relief and reward for the labor he dedIcates
serious Polemcs-He will pass "From grace to gay"
And it vii, gd the pill, which compelled to ad-
minister.