Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-30

take ncf 10 our selves, Wl!tll SIG - oiitlcu 10 W.
and when no other nation has any thing 10 do
with her.
Bu, [ have already extended this letter 10 Il
/ length, which did not design. ard Which | beg
/ NAV hc excused.
With many thanks for The complimentary man
ner in which Your invitation was conveyed.
TIL H. BAYLY.
7. Richie. r. b. Bigger, James Bo,her,
! Daniel 1'ruehcar John Lynch I. II. Elli, ;.
d, Denoon, EsqrS., Committee
THE GLORIOUS SOUTH or Dan"
/ III L9c EGiiofS nj he Esqniycr
HALIFAX, Va, July Il, 1911.
Our afiairs seem destined 10 occupy much OF
your columns, but Halifax being the 'Empii,.'
county, is entitled TO much consideration al this
moment. 1t is universally adin..cd that there
never mas prevailed 80 me ard glorious a feel
ns as that which whiIls Us OH al this time
Every man has his shit scvcs rolled up, and well
armed with hickory stick. The Wings on the
con;rary, are icy spritles>. chilly and iorlorn.
] mis- extensive tobacco growing comfy deeply
suffers irom the exaclions Of the w hi. Tariff of
1912 for we find that since that time every thnsis
going down and tending To Iuin. We are unable 10
make both ends meel; and. in fact, so poor Is the
country becoming III consequence, that we had
better run away from our property, than undergo
we look back al our prosperity under TIE Compro-
mise and low Tariff, deeply 10 we feel the dilie-
renee, and sigh for the good Old Jackson times,
with all the panics OF the banks, and Wing ru.-
fans. will venture Ia assert. that there are not
going up. at this time, in The three respectable
counties of Halifax, Nccllcnburg and Charlotte,
three respectable dwelling houses; whereas in the
State OF Rhode Island. with about half the terri
ritory and about the same population there are
three hundred. So We are robbed To pamper the
Providence manufacturer. Mr.. Clay is for this
Tariff; and we'll he may be, when these manuiac-
tuiers have given him in coaches carriages
splendid sets Of glassware, and hundreds ot pre-
scnts in gold an silver ware, amounting 10 perhaps
thousands oidollar$. Hi>scai at Ashland is per-
feet magazine OF these kinds oliTihe> Richmond
too has Issued her manifesto in favor othis Tariff
bu. from whom does il come. NU from The good
old school oi her merchants; hat from The mere
pedlar> and agents 81 Northern boot, shoe and
trunk establishments, Sc. 1t is true, that the
dull and mad-cap set, vino rendezvous at your
Log Cabin, also affixed their names-butlher are
cScusaLle from sliee. ignorance. The cock-rcd-
lars have made them believe that The higher an
article is taxed the cheaper il can be purchased
Hunlrcds seeing the dcsoialian of the times, had
turned their attention Ia emigration, knowing that
lands would bc cheap il. Texas; and taking it al
most for granted that i, would he annexed 10 the
L. states. a. it was offered 10 us freely. But
Wing Senate, ana what is worse, .SbRthcfn Sena-
tors, in tie mos, shameful and treachcrouS man
ncr intcrpose their vcto-hccau>e Henry Clay
tells them you must do H." The rejection al Ibis
treaty has produced ,ic inos; intense pain ard anI
icy here. 1t is the topic Of a!lcirclcs, from morn.
ing until noon, and from noon until night. Tine
yer sleeps
The annexation question has ever been a
popular thing with the people Letters begin 10
pour in from Texas 10 their friends here, urging
lhcm To 90 for immediate annexation; and II Is
this kind of appeal that is doing and producing
It's Effects So ia. as M Observable: extends, in
nolicin. 81 changes from the WhS rams it
amounts to this: > were from an adherence cfAr
CLAWS character. , from the Tariff and - iiom
the Texas question. So no matter whose 'thun-
der it i, it proves very fatal.
Mr.. FiouInoy, gentleman here. anl Wing,
j. lie only individual who dares to defend Wing
gerry among Is. In good cause. he has suii
Client talents. appears well, and does well bu' At
orr last court. be appeared completely unnamed,
in consequence OF The burdens his parts has tram
melled him wl.h. lie looked as il the weight were
too heavy. BL wha, added Ia h> dis,cSses he
had 10 contend with the gifted and inmiiahe Ed
mund>.
But what was going 10 tell YOU about, is Ibis:
On the lSt Saturday in August The srca, Demo
come OIL All the world has heard vi the "Soulh
of Dan" from the Balize 10 "lown East" lis
geography embraces strip of country contain
ing abonl 10000 inhabitants, and lis people re-
sc!nbe very much, in iirmnesS of character, Cob
bets celebrated "Men OF Kent" The sun changes,
the moon nav, but no earthly crrors turn them To
the right or the lett. They all shoe, through the
same gun, but that one is Gibraltar AZ This
time il is supposed, that there are but Two living
Coons in their whole dominion, and they. falling
in with Clcve SymeS theory oil the earth. have
taken siil,icrrane0us slope. Excavations are
making for the animals, but they seem 10 have
terror ior the light OF day.
II is supposed that the concoursc OF people VIII
bc the largest ever assembled in Southern Nllgl-
MIA since the passage of Cornwais's army by
The same spot during the Revolution. Heavy
preparations are making for the occasion, in a
plain bul substantial way. Already ;hc grounds
exhibit extensive clearing. The saw mills are
busy in aiordng plank. boards and scdntlin@: and
the very elements are becoming a.itatcd Tor The
occasion You arc all invited 10 come and do
assure you, You will find Us very different set
of people from those around YOU with Bots al
The head AMI Bots at the tail for when We are
5e.,t n, we never twist orlnn. posiof 10 Wash
ingion 10 sciape 4 FER diem allowance why,
Bots must be crazy Oh the subec! OF contested
elections
Very well. We intend to mall Halifax an
an;ilolc or rather gi"e SO large Democratic
majority as will make her an Offset 10 Richmond,
Petersburg end Lynchburg or, you may give Us
II or Is small Wig counties 10 overcome. !
candiiy helic"e if we make a real push, (and
we intend 10 DO so.) We can stretch 10 300
Yours truly, A StB5CKlBER.
Democratic Meeting 10-morro'r NsM
"Behold Behold the m0mi' breaking,
Bright with Freedoms blessed ray;
Millions from their trance awakins,
Soon shall stand in stern array
The Shockoc Hill Democratic Association OF
the CITY of Richmond will hold Il meeting on
"Wednesday evening next the 3lst instant, at
O'Clock, at Democratic Hall, over the Marshall
Hotel, on H. Street, Shockoc Hill. The Com