Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-18
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70 JnE EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER.

JACKSON, LOUISA Co, Va April 6, 1894.
Louisa it seems, is sga'n to become, as u Vas w
1910, the Flanders Of Virginia. me oig gun o. VIC
viii, the Yankee of the marvellous precocious me
morv in 1910. (Mr. Gfiswold, pretty cons'deraoie
%,.., LAWYER Of the City Of Rchmond-a native OF
down East, or thereabouts-pretiy considerably known
ioo on the banks of the Rappahannock-halt morse,
half all gator-or rather ihlrd reoagogue' '"u
p,rs,n and the other third lawyer made his de-
H., :, Inc nInce to-day He had fine day-and, 10
nse = Yanke,,sm, considerable auditory whom DC
nhvsicked for two hours and halt with such neasy
doses Of exploded Wing medicines, as quite turned 'e
slomacbs of his hearers with very great gravity =.
undertook TO persuade men, who are older than ou'
Coveromen, and have remained unchanged Dsmo-
c,a,s from their youth upwards, that they are ftae
otsts and not Republicans, as they have caimeo ~
be for fifty years past-that ne ana ms coa0lu'ols' w.
soidisant Wings OF our tunes, are Inc real e.non
Pures OF Republcansm he reao from tne "i r"s
of Jefferson various excerpts to prove him. like @ioy
L. II g Rank man But he remembered To forget !"
80 al those nor,ions Of Mr. Je-rsons letters, and
csneciav the letter to his son.in-iaU, Eppes da'ed
NV 6 1873 in which he denounces United ola'eS
R.,k in stronper terms than any other writer IN Anne
10 ,bess mems he made Mr.. Jefferson Bank
man,,nd bv similar process he might have made the
phlo nreocb Atheism-"1'he fool hath said in his
49,, ,he,e ia mn Cod Tear the last four words from
their context, and you may make the Bible aifm
sphere is no God -, ~
rn,da M conyerts The people OF Louisa are not SOIL
enonoh to believe that the higher the price nerchan,
avs or his goods the cheaper he can afford to SILL
Them. They know that all permanent trade betwee"
nations must to very great extent, De iounoeo uP'"
hoar of the products of nation Tor those oil ano
Tho, They desire commerce with those nations Wh
will receive their tobacco and flour, IN exchange LOT
sucb articles Of trade as Louisa does MT produce
Nj, Grswold was particularly venomous IN his LACKS
uoon Mr. Van Buren-gong over oil the ola cha,peS
~ ba Wb;p, Of 4O-especalIy the clause OF the Mt
Gt,. Law recurring every Mta.mau to arm himself
Instead of calculating, MIR Joynes of Accomac oia,
tho cost which each Miita-man would incur, should
such law be enacted, he might have turned 10 tne
acts of Congress, passed during the ffes'oehcy o'
General Washington, and seen that the most od'ous
PROVISIONS of Won Burens proposition are now IN force
Hs urued the people not to vote Tor Van buren, lest NJ
nav orocure the passage ofa law the most OBNOXIOUS
secIiou of which has been the law OF this land Tor more
than fifty years. He read the preamble OF Gen wash
nq,on Q Tariff, laying duty offye per cent upon I'M
orted goods to prove him the advocate oil protective
Tariff But he took especial 10 read nothing ont
lbe preamble to that law: had he let the neope known
the rate of duty give per cent they "oiia nave oee
better able TO Judge between the proho'tory ouufs "
CIoy. and the protective duties Of Washington u was
,greed that he should speak Two hours, and J. H. Cor
don two When he had consumed his allotted time,
some Young Democrats proposed to stop hm; out sa
pacous friend who had carefully watched the coune
nances of his auditors, whispered IN their ears,
HIM GO on; he is doing Us signal service; oon 'nef
runt him, II he speaks all Gay Anu he P'oseesu
without interruption
MIR. Gordon had been laborng under severe Ind,s-
position for two weeks previously, and was scarcely
able to stand upon his feet long enough 10 deliver
speech nevertheless, he made most eloquent ana Ell
fec,ive reply He informed Mr. G IL was useless Tor
him to boast 10 the people of Louisa, he was not
.sNorlhern man with Southern principles, like Van
Buren, No: i, was manifest from his speech he was
Northern ma n with Northern feelings. Northern prn.
cples. Northern sympathIes, Northern interests, ana
Northern preutlces His object was to PamPer Northern
and Northern laborers at the OF
Southern asricuursts, and Southern laoorers ne tod
m that we needed no such teachers os he that we knew
orr own interests and would take care OF them without
his intervention to save from worst enemies, our
seyes; that 1t was height of IN him. 10
charge the headed Democrats OF Louisa win oeng
Feds and utterly ignorant Of the principles they
protest. that mos, Of them are as we-norneo as MIN
self and some CT them have forgotten more man he
ever knew In short, Gordon met and repelled all ms
attacks upon our party and lis principles, with great
X II and ability Mr. G. felt sensbly the force OF Cor
don reply, and gave strong evidence OF his feelings
BY his restless, fdgcy department while GORDON was
Speaking.
Before heard Mr. Grswold (no; knowing That Cor
don would be wcl-enough TO meet HIM. ieared ne
might give Us some trouble, but when the sun went
down thanked him for his visit: and prayed he might
re peat IL. In haste yours, i r.