Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-29

the clown in The circus 10 The principal figure on
his Pegasus. This weil-suiled THO of sineranis
made the whole progress of the Southern States,
addressing themselves, in different modes To the
we!FknoWn Southern opinion and feeling on all
the public topics OF the day-each laboring 10
accommodate The Wing creed 10 The iEclinations
OF the several classes ol the people 10 whom they
appealed. / he great actor and his clowns played
me same system OF deception throughout their
who)c fouIe-Alr. Clay more inseniOusly, and
with great candor and holiness, cheating the poo
pie about his Tariff and slave creed; Mosely and
Bear sticking al nothing, 10 cary with them the
honest impulses Of The less informed, whose in
teliigence they were sent TO abuse BIZ every spe-
cles OF misrepresentation. In the North, Cas-
sius NJ. Clay with The help OF Mr.. Webster, per-
forms the part upon the Abolilonists and Tariff
lies that the Ashander himself undertook for the
Shareholders and free trade men of the South
Bear and Mosely the piIot-tish OF the great shark,
have lnnufnerable nitaors in every section OF
the country
The time was when The people of the different
States would have secuted such inlruders az
these from among them. They would have pelt-
ed such fellow as Bear with rotten eegs-a per-
feet stranger and ignoramus, coming with tho
pretenslon OF teaching them their duty and interest
III regard 10 the disposal OF their sufirages. No
American citizen OF the least character would lis
ten 10 such an illilcrale vagrant, retailing his
shameless SANDERS as guide 10 their conscicnces,
and creator Of public sentiment. But the fever
OF 1910, and the lead OF such men as Clay and
Webster, sci the fashion 10 their silly idolalors;
and nothing was more common than 10 see lovely,
well-dres>ed ladies assembled 10 waive their white
hancke!chie.>, and clap their iair hands in Costa
cy IL The lowest blacssuaI attempts OF the Wing
Bear al humor
II was 10 encourage the brutal;zng Of the coun-
Try, ina; all this mummery was stopped To- IL
WIS stopping 10 conquer the wives and daughters
OF arrosatlns Federalism were told; and their
vanity was lickIcd al the conGescension which
promised sucf glorious results The people were
10 be yaGgni>hed by cOonS and bears and so the
great master spirits Of our scrub and scrip up
starts were 10 be revenged on those who had So
frequently put afironts upon them, by rejecting
their rendered services.
This fashionable electioneerng is the source OF
much Of the degenerdcy which everybody OBJ
serves has crep into the once respectable and
elevated competitions for The honors of the Repub-
lie which once distinguished our country. Coone-
~ has debased them into frauds, iorgeries, and
talsehoods of all sorts. There is nothing disrepu
table in the jockeyngs of the iuri--ihe tricks and
shifts OF the gaming lahe-the corruption Of the
s,ews-which vile politicians have not made COM
mon in our electoneeriEg campa gns. They
have a man for everything. II the honest Ger
mans are 10 be deceived. they hunt out one OF their
dcprared countrymen 10 go among the yituous
and supplemented, and spread iabricaions, like
coniagion, from man 10 man. and 80 all other
races and classes and professions, are provided
with characters TO suit Some enc claiming bio
therhood is sent among them TO make converts
no matter how To deludc the honest and indus
trious Dutch, (whom our Wing dandies underrate
as very ignorant and Stupid) d very silly knave,
it is supposed, will serve, il he is sufficiently UNI
scrupulous. Mr. Jcfier>on'> tenth legion in Nir-
gnia is mostly composed Of pains-taking, we'll
doing Duchmen. We have in the Rockingham
Register an account OF the mission sent Ia van
qui>h tina, legion:
we arc happy 10 learn (sayS the Register
| that the political missionary, RHdnc, who has
come In Rockingham 10 enlishen the Dutch was
! property appreciated by our good friends in She
nandoah. He insullcd them highly, and he must
and will insult respectable and intelligent Ger
! mans wherever he goes. We understand he
charges James X. Polk with being druGkard-
says he is fond OF ''prandywine, and is tram
/ trinkcr!' nice man that ior The Wings 10 hire
10 come TO instruct, culighlen and ediiy our icl-
! low-citzens, all of whom know such tales 10 be
unmiligaied lies
II. by such instruments, and under such aus
pices as now prevail, att PRINCE. HAL should
! ever be our prince, il is TO be feared il shall
! prove the truth OF Buttons lore in his "ASATo-
Ny OF MrraNenoLY" "As princes are so are
the people. > saith Bunor-Gnaijs res, qachs grt11
! and what An,isonu, right we'll said of old, "he
| that eacheih the King OF Maccdon ieachcth all
his subjects, is true saying still:
"For princes are the glass, the school, the book,
Where subjects eyes do learn, do read, do look"
"Their examples are soonest followed. their vices
entertained fthev be rrofam, .r'chgious lasciri-
oWs, 'icto"S cpicrcS, t0ct'ons coreoHs, ambitious,
Wtcrotc. 50 will the commons be, idle antbrlhs,
prone 10 iia drEHkardS," &c, &c.