Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-16
TO THE EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER.
THE LaR.SED BLACKSMITH

BUCKINGHAM CouRT House, April 4, 1874.
MI adnirari-wonder at nothing on earth beneath
nor The heavens above-in these days of miracles,
signs and wonders.
Is i, 10, Messrs Editors THAT the party, with all
the "decency and ell the sense, should start such
animal the Northwes Bear, to lecture the people
of Virginia politics7 We would say, may Heaven
Forbid bot is 80. You think Sirs he did have the
consumma,e impudence 10 talk Of carrying Virginia.
yes, Sir, he ID carry Virginia
Why, Sirs, the Temperance Society cent fellow by
the name of - among us, lew years ago, and ne
got kicked behind at Buckingham G. Fl, and 1t is said
he got sashed in Powhatan.
Srs this the "arant Of The great Dictator?
Well, Srs, of all the foolish things the great Dictator
ever did, or his friends for him. surely s IS the most
foolish expect be called al Ashland; he said he had
been 10 Orleans Why, Sire, they had better sent a
spkite bear from the Rocky Mounains-lhhaitely bet
ter, for argument sake.
/ was not, Sirs, at the commencement Of the argu-
mens of this Bear. When came up, he was talking
Of the exchange OF Chickens eggs, pork corn, wheat
and beef, among the people Then, he got up cotton
and wool-lhe port Of the material, and import
OF the ready made fabric And such jumble rumble,
and tumble, of agricultural, manufacturing, and me-
chanical operations, losses and profits never heard
before. Why, Sirs, Adam Smith aud Say If they Ind
heard him. no doubt would have bushed for their own
ignorance, and that of all the world beside (le look
ed very keenly the crowd, about this time for the
county candidates He SAID he wanted them, or any
Of their friends, TO answer him. He dared Them, any
cody else, 10 take up the cuogea-ano promised them
certain demolition, and annhation, it they did, with
his political sledge hammer)
Why Srs, the man did not time state the case
fairly 1t appeared that his mind was in complete
chaos-if it were capable Of that
He next got on Taas $3.50 qualification vote for free
negroes said either Van, or some one, had moved
10 strike out the word "whts"-indlcating, as | I'M
ders,ood, that Van not willing that the white
man should ever vote without the qualification of $780,
and to be held to the vote of the free negro
Oh Shame where is thy blush when MIR. Van Blu.
had voted the extension of the right OF suffrage
the bearing OF and the payment of taxes, By the
sshits man, in the New York Convention.
He then charged Mr.. Van Buren,, as beng
against the last war, and supporter Of De VIII
Clinton-in aid of the Federal,sts of New York Is
the man no better informed. OF IS he downright
fool ? Mr.. Van Buren, supported De Witt Clinton
because he thought Mr. Madison no, energetic enough
TO carry the So thought The writer Of this,
and so thought many Of us-afer the burning Of
Washington particularly ard bis keeping the cumbrOus
Harrison, as commander Of The North West Army.
He very much grieved for the hard fate Of the
pooY man Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Woodbury. had
said high wages injured the poor man and quoted
from their speeches to prove it-not time looking
into the ph Of the argument that it the false and
foolish bubble of paper money, and its worthlessness
and depreciation: that they complained of that it