Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-26
E1r he Eaani..r,

"THE WANDERING WILLIE"
"By VIM Scabrishl VIM. e. Rivc,' confer
sion 10 Whigaer,':
'Tis hard io tel and worse 10 trace
''f;ach step from >riendor IL disgrace;
'':Shrne OF the mighty, can il be
| ''Thatihi is all that's left OF thcc'
| DfaHk on ne III a! I!Iaetcsier.
/ Mcssrs Editors notice the following r,marl,
from Mr. VIVA c. Rivcs (trom the Richmond
( Wing, rcpubliShed from the Charlottesville Aiyo-
cate,) viz That there were over one hundred
men in the county of Albemarle or in the Demo-
cratic party. superior To Gov. Polk-nOraly. 20
litically ard intellectually"
Without stopping 10 comment on the above ri
dcuous assertion. | put il 10 the public to say,
whether Mr. Rives' opinions are entitled TO any
SOFT OF respect whatever, after his dsgracclul
abandonment of oil his pofcS~d principles. IN
der the influence Of his passions agains: MIR. Van
! Burcn-aiier his declared determination To sup
port Fl. Clay, upon whose altar, too he second
time sacrifices all his former principles-allcr the
vile mcaMS - which he descended in 1910 10
cover his aposiacy. and To indulge his passon,-
after the humbug which he was the first To propa-
gate, of the 100000 Standing Amy-afcr that
lowest of all possible clcc,onecring tricks. the
gold spoon story, knowing, as hc did that they
were not gold-lhat they had not been purchased
by Mr. Van Buren,, hut hy Col. Monroc-and
knowing, that he himself had better spoons Of The
same description purchased by himself ut the
same place, Paris Who, after these tricks
after these open and shameless dcrclicions of
truth and Misunderstanding all his talents in The
sophislical prosecution OF the ignoblc purposes
which he had laid down 10 himself. can re-
pose the least confidence in the clcarness of
his views aui the honesty of his declarations
Who can rcposc the slightest confidence in
a., 81, t,p
about the most prominent men in The T. States of
the Republican paltyl | am the last man 10 dis
turb The ashes of the dead But what dill NJ.
Rivc& say on the sieps of the Virginia Stalc-hou>c
under al October sun" in 1910 in the presence
OF thousand, Of Virginian>? That "Felix Grun-
dy WAS lI;gg.er, lot only Il repeated juso!cr but
that he was the PRIME OF JHgs!crS' Now, here
was a citizen. beloved as man. respected as a
statesman and sincere Christian who ROW re-
poses in the bosom OF his Go,l: 4 man, whom all
admire Tor ialcn.s of the ft- order. az well as his
morality and goodness, denouncct IS the prince
of Jugglcrs." And although MIR Rves brother
in-l;lw was authorized 10 say IN the Virginia
Democratic Convention. that Mr.. Lives would
vote for MIR. Calhoun, &c. Vel, sirS has il come
To this. that in October H. under IN October
san Ia Mr.. Rivcs. did d.nounce Mr. Calhoun
in no measured language, calling him ov,r and
ovcr agai:l that arch, arch nulliiier;" not coni.nl
with The .tron5 phrase oi nullleI, but repeating
in the i.arshcst terms "arr'i, arch, nul!iler"-
Farther, after Mr.. Adams had been elected hy
Mr.. Clay, The said Vim. c. RiyeS did write = lei
ter 10 Nj. John Undertake. Commonwealth al
torney Of Albemarle county, that he (Mr RivcS)
congratulated The country on the election oi the
miserable 'Jackas>." lokr Quincy Adams, 10 the
Presidency 81 the United States when the hero
patrio; anii statesman Adrew Jackson had obtain
cd double The vote OF the ycomanry OF the L. $
And afterwards this same consistent and '-hone>'
statesman, (Mr Rirc>.) DID dcnouncc Nj. CLAY
in the Senate for his coalition with Mr. Adams
and yet he is row about 10 supper: the aforesaid
II. Clay fol the Presidency. Ecwarc OF this yer
SAITH oraioi-ihs subtle Sophsi, He is now on
a vi>itto Richmond. al Tho bidding Of the Coons-
10 propiiale their feens>-io win back their
confidence, If he can--to secure their votes for
reelection 10 the Senate atthe next scS>ion-and
in order 10 accomplish this object, he will exert
all his sophisiry I'll his inventive faculty. to puta
fresh brood Of humbu"s on tie wing, and 10 fur
nish new sophislns ant new weapons 10 the hands
of his Wing confcdera!es. What would the
shade Of Thomas Jefferson say 10 this Gissracc.ul
apos;acy of his ancient pro,ese?
People Virginia, what say you 10 this manl'
"Whai will he notncxt >ayl" '"What will he not
next dog What bloody scene has ko.cus mex;
10 ac.,' LOUISA.