Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-30
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Shenandoah. Rockingham and Pagr, on t vi w
rhusiasm hy which they are now Gis'ii NJ;
II is an auspiciols harbnscr OF tiis sioi.o ., M
tory, which awaits Us in November =, I'll, a,,
yer did more important occasion can W., -
cxertions-ani never were they more ~''itr"o y,
ensure success. We are struggling iof aii , oui
great Virginia principles. we are c'im,m !;
with reckless and desperate y,
cd by the most daring and dangerous i'l'ni
America II is true lhat Their lire mas so'i'eM I'D,
.Isrkened-,heir energy is somewhat Subdued
bit 80 long Is they command The none. pow
or of the country, and tie influence ol me .o"is
they will continue formidable TO me ias'-ii''
nen their tricks are so unscrupilloils lheir mum
mcries are so ''impudcnl" that we ought hc'e
10 sleep upon our arms, nor >heathe %l'' sToi"''
until lie las, Tap OF the drum has been hedfu,
These Coon Wings, cllow-ci!iZ5hs, nav
brought temporary eclipse upon 'e ~ i'' ,''.I
ofold Virginia herself They ar, practising al's
mon her people, which. il their own sell-respeci
doe; not forbid the good sense OF Democrats ii's
rehukc al the noll> We must pu' me ec'o upon ,,
these repeated and diseracetrl munmefies. Ec
voice OF Virginia must now brand them WIN her
decided reprubalion-oR, we shall nave 'hc s"ime
scenes repeated in lSlS-and The same liis,i''s
thrown every four years 10 come upon the ull''c'-
standings of the people.
We look 10 you soldiers OF The lehin Legion
10 lead the way in this actlon-to inSpifi' US ny
your cXample-and 10 strike the neaVie> Dio"
with your tremendous haitle-aye III November;
We pray You 10 keep all your arms polished
your ranks well discipiined-and 10 roliSe every
man to take the field. When Cesar had The
hardest battle 10 fight. and wanted his most sal,
liant troops 10 do the most daring deeds, ne caiicd
upon The 10Th Legion 10 put forth all us ioiee'-
| Virginia now calls upon her 10Th Legion 10 eX-
ert all lis strength and 10 save the Repunilc.-
Men OF Shenandoah Men of Rockingham
Men of Page artea cid you ever fail us? fa''
US noir, The very suppoStion is idle and insult
ing. No-xo. When Virginia expects every
Democrat 10 10 his du;r, The Chivalry oil The lo'h
Legion wN do il. ar asy riN dc.
Thanking you. SirS mos; sincerely, for the We
~ kind terms in which YOU have couchcd your
invitation 10 myself, and begging You 10 otter IN
nv name 10 our friends at NEWMARKET, the
following sentiment, for which | am indebted
to Inc last letter of the Hero of the Hermitage,
subscribe myself,
Your friend and fsllow-ctizen,
THOMAS RICHIE.
"OrR CAusE-Lel Polk, Dallas and Texas be
the watchword and countcrSigr-ani victory Is
certain"
| To Mcssrs John r. Straycr, John :. Calvert,
J. d. Williamson, Jr., 5. G.. llenkel. Joseph
aeibcrl, JOS Salyarls, Committee OF Invitation.
CATALPA, July H. 1911.
/ Gentlemen: Nothing less than the physical
| disability oil i'll health, under which | have Ian
guiShed for the last week, would prevent my be-
inc with the Tenth Legion in its meeting o-mor-
! row.
That people and their cause engage my uucst
sympalhies and anxieties. Their cause is The
c;usc of constitutional limitation. in the whole
extent Of this coneicracy OF States
The party denominating themselves Wings,
! have now openly avowcd their principles which
ar, any other than the true principles OF The Con,
s,;uion as Virginia in all past time. received
anu incu.cated them. The present is an epoch
from which a new start will be dated in The hlsto-
~ Of the Republic Ii the Wing party prevail,
the question will be seed-in the language OF
Gouverneur Monis Of December lSl1-"thlt
the Legislative Lion will not be entangIed in the
meshes OF logical net" The practical Govern
mcnl viii! become stronger than the Constitution
creating it-and the leader G; that parry VIII have
! shown thai nc has strength enough 10 carry his
cause whilst the cause itself would be Too feeble 10
carr him. He will have shown, that the power To
distribute Production is greater than the power 10
create IL and that labor will take the bread from lt>
own mount increase the masniilcence oilt> rival
/ The struggle between Toll and Nit-beWeen
Industry. that finds its daily bread in the sweat o
| lis brow; and Canning h0t WILL enter tnto IN
! fruits nj others M5orS-:s now depending between
! the CAPITALIST and the agriculture.
and planning interest, Of orr country. A@!lcu!-
ture has obtained for manufactures, The world Is a
! markei:-and il has lost the world as market
for itself When the grant OF the commercial
power was under debate in the Convention oi -,
lis abuse 10 this end was :oresccn and exposed
A correatve check was moved BY Edmund Ran
dolph. and maintained with great ability by Geo
! Mason. II was foretoh by Col. Mason that II
would be abused BIZ the dominant party, whose
| interests led them along the paths oil abuse. The
cI.ec. of rwo-lhirds vote vas demanded Tor he
exercise of that power and when this was lost
il fierce and sagaciouS antagonist, (Co!. Mason
! remarked that We Of the Sou,h were bound hand
and loot 10 the Eastern States, who might say TO
he South. in the language OF Cromwel on aho-
Their occasion. the Lord hath delivered them
into our hands" Mr. Madisons unsuspecting
purity carried him away from this dislru>t IN his
avowed conviction that the growth Of the West
EN- States would raise ur allies 10 our rights,
and that the Presidents Veto would always stand
us instead if injustice initiated wrong. ltisnow
hccdiessly proposed as ore OF TIE Go@mas OF lhc
VIII. parry, deriving lis existence from their
leader 10 strike ont the veto power from our
constitutional securities The principles by which
Virainia has away, been governed have not Ill
row been questioned OF cavilled lhey arc Tor
the first time brought down into Inc cockpi, oi
pauv and her citizens are challenged 10 tneir
rescue. We can nolongcr sit with The serenity
of lriumph upon our brow We ovcrhIcw the
spoiler in hi. conflicts that have hitherto marked
the puresi pages of our history. 1t Is boldly as
serted however, that We have fcaiized Tie lahiir"
mythology Of an ancient baIbarlsn, ana mat
the soul of the slain hath passed into the body oil
the SLAYER"
In the depending conflict none will doubt the
'Tenth Legion" lts name and ITS services are
sacred 10 renown in lis unfnching idcIity-
When the crown was struck OF as the type OF
sovereignty in The autumn OF 115-and when IL
berry ceased 10 be LOYALTY, the first emblem OF po-
puiar sovereignty was bestowed on The Tenth
! Legion. when YOUR county name o. DunmoIc was
eypunccl ard Shenandoah appeared in lis stead.
! And when ri the same autumn oil 10 the Ger
man Regiment was raised The county of Cul-
pepcr was the only county East oi the Blue
| Ridge of Mountains, associated with You by Jaw,
/ (liom its identity Of population IN ,he guy oi
/ furnishing the German regiment ms OBJ
viously related to tha, part oil Cn,peper which
! is now The county of Madson-still the patriotic
and fearless ally OF the Tenth Legion, in faith
ful devotion to constitutional freedom and III that
| saqaci,y which disccrns lis duty and that spirit
which will execute ii.
| In Inc coming contest ours Is me conservative
position. Our battle is 10 maintain and defend
our institutions as they were created and deliver
eli into our care And in such conflict The shades
Of our ancestors rise up around us and tell rs that
il is good for lis 10 be here. All that can nerve
! the arm and stir the heart with enthusiasm. will
he our motives in resisting those innovations
which must inaict a mortal blow upon Virginia
and her principles.
IL am, with all respect, your telow,cilizen,
j. 6. BARBOUR.
ATessrs. Calvert, Williamson, Sibert and others,
committee.
There is no doubt now of the change ofCaptain
Abney of Augusta. The editor of the Staunlan
Spectator saw him recently. and had il from his
own lips, that he vert for Gen. Harrison in 1910.
and now goes against Clay. As good change
as we want, friend Harper.
Nottingham Register.
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