Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-04-08
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"TUE. HARDY VOTERS"

Far the Enquirer.
"THE HARDY VOTERS"
lfyou can ever tell mans character from MS
writing-if ink and individuality ever now To-
oelher following sometimes both to be black, il
is certainly so in the Distressing case OF the ca
oocih,s scyiLcndt of which am about TO otter The
diagnosis: and, being tyro, shall not presume
10 offer mine when there are so many ADLER phy
s;cians al hard 10 administers holus or bttrs; bu
that il is of litile importance whether tins ratien
/ be killed or cured. First, ranify acs on us mrs
| impnlse-that of decryinS acknowledged emf
nence, and thereby making itself not more great
/ but less puny-on the principle that he more th'
bow is elevated, the higher The arrow fles-ior
getting that, when pointed vertically, II VIII new
iably return on the head of the archer. This ar
Iogance is qualified by compliment attempt
humor which makes The whole as ridiculous 4:
i, was meant TO be ofcnare. This hnmor con
sists. of course, in slang. But as we shall me.
with plenty of that further on, cannot waste time
on it now.
The ncrt LAYER Of bark on The twig we haze T.
pee-remembering that self-sutficency and Ger
lain bastard pride is the cortex which wraps and
covers all-is bigoted dogmatism, and impa-
Hence Of argument This last is The great feature
of the whole effusion, and nothing but total alb
sence Of logic or reason was wan'ng'o make II
harmless. even il The less amabe traits foIemen-
Toned failed 10 make il ridicu Gus. So utterly
averse 10 any thing like common sense does he
seem in the discussion of Il question where no.
| thing is more demanded, that he IS forever dart
| ing like a haii.hroken puppy, from The track of
the game, 10 play with chip or run after his
own tail; and in the middle OF quite a pretty
burst OF special pleading, meant 10 prove The va
! idv Of the Mcdonald votes, lie suddenly brings
up with, "we've learnt 10 fight the d. with his
own weapons aud have beat him throwing Goals
In quoting this, we must not be thought TO deny
ITS" competency 10 use the DIS weapons
So far from it, we think Democracy would have
more TO fear from him, il he could WELD The
weapons of logic and candour as well.
To proceed-,he heading Of his communication
is wrong-it is not about "The Hardy votes"
bu, "T" and ITS wit, or Log Cabin and Glee
Club slang, versus King Tan and the SuaLians.
Ii is truly amusing To see the hale earncstness
ard heaven-bon contempt Of yaroir fare with
which this ladpoe Moseley-'his precious carica.
tuIe of"Pere Duchesnc" and Timothy Dexter sim
mercd togeih.r-dashes, head on with eyes shul,
like bull, al "Falher Richie that miserable,
,ime.serving slave Of party" &c, sc; and all
because he ("Father R.") presumed 10 malign
300 honest ireemen CT our free mountains" and
10 Try 10 brighten from the polls two hundred and
ninety seven legal voters and Federal voters"
would no, have kept his poison 50 long; it would
not have lasted through Noremder Melhnks
hear him say, with Suffolk,
Now, BY the ground that am baniaicd f0m,
we'll could curse away Il winters night
Though standing naked on a mountain top,
Where biting cold would never lei grass grow.
And think il bu, minute spent in sport"
am afraid 10 quote for at" "hates misquola-
lions" and has searched through Ivanhoe to con-
vic, The Enquirer Of having changed one word
The nsinuaiion ;ha, The Enquirer, in lis >hor,
notice, designed 10 affect the reputation oil Mr.
Mcdonald" or that "if in the accomplishment of
great object it could blacken an honest name.
success would be doubIy grateful" is wholly mn.
warranted. No one has impusned Mir. McD.'s
personal motives. On the Democratic side the
only case sought 10 be made out is the invalidity
Of the votes and the way in which these deeds
''keep The word (oi the Consliluion) 10 the ear.
and break il 10 the sense" Nor has "T' advanced
one atom OF proofto show that it is kept even 10
The notwithstanding the constitutional argu-
ment (save the mark y on this point seems 10 have
been intended for The most impressive and iorcibe
part Of his effusion.
A tract of "sleri!e and wild mountain land"
certainly does-no enc has denied it-conier the
right 10 vote. prorided lis iand, and land in free
hold. II the definition Of "land" implied in the
Mcdonald deeds hold good then dirt is land. and
pile OF builders rubbish spread over SO acres
extent gives 4 franchise 10 both the owner of The
dirt and Inc owner of the land under il A. Nc
Donald leaves nothing but the dirt, and takes
away if he pleases, the timber (tie grO,rih ofEic
soi0 the coal. iron, minerals Of all kind-cven
rock-in short, he owns and reserves every thing
above and beow,he ground-i. C.. every thing The
ground proiuces and, even supposing he removed
enough OF the timber TO allow his "frce tenant 10
Il. - A
of the right OF way 10 and Iro would give him The
unlimited power OF uampline itnto he (no, land,
bn) dirt II is not nnlreqnent, in conveyances OF
real estate 10 reserve certain RICH, OF way e.
passage in a certain line, and on fixed portion
Of the land: but here there is noihino Of that kind
The cranior has ri9ht 10 90 over any rart. with
ANYTHING wagons and horses or, il he like, drove
Of cattle; yc, this land is the bona EGe lqopcrtu Of
the grantee! But even were this consistent with
a sound conveyance, would not the clause return
ing the whole after sci period 10 The srantor Vi
,iate the deed This makes il no more than a
lease-and suppose no lfase, even for 80 acres
will give a RICH: of voting; the annual rent may
or NAV not be discaimed. Yet, these men
agents, oyerseers placed on The land Is the owner
al his own instance, and for his own purposes.
claim The right 10 vote on land where they have
not The right 10 plant lree-(al The timber is Mr..
McDsD Is this the spirits this the letter Of the
Virginia law?
Again: The constitutional provision is, that
"every male citizen, &C., being possessed or uhnse
tenant for years. al lriH or at sufrrane is possess
ed of % acres of land with house &C., or so
acres Of unimproved land, &c, having in such
land an estate Of 6cedold at The least"
Now mark First The voter must be possessed
or his tenant for years. al will or al sutierance
must be possessed, :" OF ii. e. hold subject only 10
,r,ll nd INTO nob
respecting tenants" &c, for years or al suffer
ance," clearly embraces the case of these men.
and only gives suffrage 10 him OF whom
they hold the land lfthey have possession, what
have they possession of? Not OF The SOIL for thai,
another man can dig frc5pdss on. or pass over in
any way, and al any time he pleases.
And secondly, he must have in such land an
estate OF frcehoid at The least" Can man be
said 10 have freehold in land, from which he can.
not remove trespasser or from which he can
not take or extract any mineral orproperly OF The
soil, without permission OF anothert The Wings
meet this objection by saving, that 'he clause re-
serving 10 himself and heirs The rightand priv-
ece OF entering upon the land, and removing
thercfrom al iron ore and minerals, as we'll as
any timber. does moi ahfogate The grantees right
| OF doing The same thing"-Q quote from the Rom
mn IaieJligcncer, which has just come under nv
| cyel-as if two men could have an independent
| night to the same thing or as il, even allowing
that would soften the matter, there were any pro-
viso in the deed excluding the right Of Mr.. Med.
10 take timber already ielled BY the grantee and
which could be proved to have been grown on
this land; thus going on man, own farm, and
removing, with or without his consent, the pro-
duce OF his own land, gathered by himself
ct" has Instituted parallel between this
batch and those created some years ago by R. NJ
Il II. IL L Il
paper, that there exists not the smallest anal
ogy between the two cases. The HetericL
voters acquired an absolute title and interes
in the land conveyed TO them, and own thei
tracts as undeniably and unreservedly as vii
A. w. McDonalds heirs and assigns, The pro
psriy OF his Hardy tenants after the expiration o
their leak. These who made The He,eriek trans