Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-22
TENNESSEE
Extract Of a lelier llom .NaMrtA

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II reached this place Two weeks ago and
found our whole population. (women and children
included immersed in politics. As 20 myself, |
have been perfectly cool, and have prosecuted my
enquiries into the condition OF orr public s"n,i-
merit in this spirit Last year, We were beaten
$500 on the aggregate vote al IL, 3d0 In No.
vcmhcr. We shall have 000 votes The simple
question 10 be resolved i, can We overcome Inc
majority Of last year, of $500 against us be-
licvc that we shall effect this or" present GT"ai
object To resolve this question >cn>ibly, We
must decide upon inlubiiable facts. My acqaaiG-
lance in this county j. nearly universal; and
have asceuancd. beyond dorht, that We have
gained one hundred votes 10 ouf SIDE, even here.
where party lines are drawn tighter than III
any other district OF country throughout ouI
whole Union. Elsewhere, the change, have been
/ much more numerous than here: ard Inc evidence
Of Inc fact admits OF no question. In The "c>i-
err part oi oar Stale which is favorable Ia the
culture of cotton, we have aided largely To orr
strength. upon the Texas anj Tariff questions
The Wings iii that quarter, alarmed at orr III
umphant progress, have written Ia Foster, .iarna-
ain' rum mniiis Mrs. To 20 there, ana lry io
stem Ibis tide: and they have all gone Ia threaten
and coax back their dcScrterS. But they have
cone in vain The ruth is, tha; clar's PRINCIPLES
are unpopular here and the laan himself is I'M
popular In this respect the difference betwceh
I Clay and General Harrison is immense, Ia the
/ disadvantage of The former
"Aiicr coila;ing all The facts which ! have
gathered together since my return give II as my
opinion, that we shall carry Tennessee for Polk
and Dallas and that The DYNASTY oi Jones, Eos
Ter. Jarnagin {; Co, is already no!iiing 10 lis
ia!l, for which the Democracy ought 10 return
their heartfelt thanks. After desperate struggle
of nine years, Tennessee ,rW rEcci 0s"'n 1nh'
! tic Dcm9eJafic lnnts. Ii wonld do your heart good
Ia see the gallant stvic in which orr friends come
up To their work in every county OF the STATE,
and the emphatic tone IN which they denounce The
present infamous swndlin. 'rarh. and the craven
I desertion of the cause of Texas by the Wings.
! Governor Polk, who;n saw a icw days since,
* well, and is awaiting The judgment OF the
nation with pcritc. can,ncs>; believing, ;sS he
| does that the people will at last decide rightly
UPON the great issues in question, IN The pending
! contest.
! "'rhc sage Of the Hermitage lakes the deepest
interest in the passing political crcnls lie Is
| the most wonderful man 0i the age. Il Woni *
cite your asonishmcn 10 heholi him ! lis ply
steal strength is nearly all gone-hs boy seems
| 10 lc ii mass of bones muscles, veins. anu ar
ierics--hiS intellectual strength that of giant.
| When he diScour>cS of Texas. he is eloquent 10
The last degree and his auditors listen Ia him with
alcd pale iorui-his fiery cyc-a his animated
gcsl;culalion--a; his deep ever abiding love o!
! his country AMI what hc deems her vital interests
Ages will roll Nv before his Nation will look
upon his like again. We haze every reason 10
anticipate The election OF our Democratic candi-
| dates"
g. The above letter is from cool, calculating
observer, who studies the facts before he pro-
nounccs Judgment We feel confident therefore,
from his assurances, as well a. the other inioI-
nation we have received, that Tennessee will bc
redeemed, regcncracd and di>eathralic1.'
What noble portrait docs he draw OF the old
man of The Hermitage So far as We have
had the opportunities OF hearing his condition,
and sccieg his arm letters, we are satisfied it is
faithful 10 the original Some weeks since We
saw Il long letter from Gen. Jackson, written by
his own hand-nol a tremor about the muscles ol
his hand. bn tie writing is rs ffm as crcr--the
language iorcble and sometimes eloquen--ana
the sentiments elevated and patriotic. II treated
OF Tie prisoners whom Santa Anna, acting con-
trary TO the spirit OF the age had detained in close
prison-and it treated OF Texas, and oi The graft
iude due 10 John Tyler for his devotion 10 that
great cause. The whole letter impressed us with
Il reverence 10, tina, old man, which weoan scarce
" express-and vet it is written ~ one, who is
more than - years old, and whose frame is 50
much dcbii;atcd BIZ sickness. That Gen. J. may
sometimes employ an amaEucnsiS 10 assist him
in writing his numerous letters, may he true-but
that he ADVISES directs, Superin'cnds, and dictates
mos, q. them We haze 10 doubt Yet tbs i the
extraordinary man whom llia, rahid print, the \.
Y. Courier. pronounced the other day to be do
lari-and ridiculed his opinions and his advice
10 his coun,rymen, as unworthy ofihe slightest
respeci.-f Eliicrs.