Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-01-03
InLic EdiLcrS III lie En0nircr:


Your paper has teemed with admonions 10 the
party, Of late, 10 bear the glorious triumph which
Democratic principles have achieved with peace
and quiet; 10 give vent 10 none OF the wild and
reckless exuitalion which their opponents had
nursed and pen, up in their hosoms, 10 pour forth
in a torrent of cy,ravagent delight, should their
idol be The idolizad of a man-worshipping Ameri-
can people; 10 look, if not with sympalhising eyes,
al least with those OF pity upon their detected ad-
versares: 10 check the rising Indignation al their
unwarrantahl" abuse, and hope that few days OF
family quiet ard the joys OF hone, would bring
back the wontct smile and the conenled coune-
nance.
Such advice has been universally followed
Ours was not an Indian warfare, wased for the
spoils alone; ani we could experience no pleasure
in the wrea;hings anu contortions OF q tortured
captive; our vengeance fed not on agony and dcs-
pair. Ii was I humane war, and there was
holy happiness and soothing and quoting JOY in
victory, that prompted lis 10 extend TO fallen
foe ali the honors Of civilized warfare: 10 soolhe
his mortified spirit, and with courtesy and deica-
cy 10 suggest, that il was The uncertain fate OF
war All this have We done; cxulla;ion our po-
likeness has forbidden ard We have yielded up
all angry feelings and made concession after con-
cession.
Blu, there is point, beyond which patience
ceases to be virtue; and thai point OF endurance,
To those who have noticed the insulting and sour
rous pieces that have filled the abandoned organs
of the Wing party, it will be evident, has long
ago been attained and though their rawlings and
their reckless denunciations are as impoicnt as
the cravings Of the viper in the fable, who sought
10 iced upon The file ii is time 10 expose their vices
and their absurdilies, and TO call upon the moral
and religious people of the counlryto censure and
rebuke them.
Have they not seen, that the people have already
been disguised BY the arts they have rcsorted 10
during the campaign that by change in popular
sentiment, unexampled in history, they have
shown that they mean not TO be deceived and
hoodwinked by their contemplate humbugs q
Have they not scen by the recent election that
though many had been duped BY their JackO,-
Lantern lights, Till they had fallen and f1oundered
in the ozy mire and sousho OF Federal fanaticism,
they have al length found firm foothold on the
stable principles of Republicanism Have they
not seen enough 10 bring 10 their checks the ho-
nest blush of shame and repentance that the wild
ness and rage OF party excitement had swept Them
into the commission of acts which their cool and
sober reason would condemn and deplorel
Have they not cause TO blush for their acts,
even in the narrow limits Of this district ?-that
they have insulted the good sense and indepen-
dence OF the people, by supposing, that like
themselves, they could be tleo DOWN 10 tlie OPT
Mons of one man-ihat as they, from the cla-
morous friends Of annexation became the sill
more slamorous opponents, at the @presto change
of the "sreat embodiment" the freernen of The
Old Dominion were 10 abandon their principles
and vote against the nominee of their party,
simply because Henry A. Wise had, in the in
tensity of passion, that deprived him OF cool ard
sober judgment, called him the tool of ~
ant; when they knew at the same time that
The serc issuing these insulting documents, that
80 Inn and Henry A. Wise had declared, after
,oo ~ soher :, rehection-afler days and nights
;oJ VI ,So. tno-sh free from passion and pre-
Iudlee. mat Henry cty had sunk so immeasura-
oy low IN ms estimation, he would not vote for
Dim lor c9hs'aue or groom
Should they not .lush still deeper crimson
at the base attempt to e.,pe The unwilling and ig-
noranl, BY an infamous a,d absurd libel upon The
high-minded E!ector Of the District, in The das-
tardIy assertion, that he had received forty thou
sand dollars of The British goldi Should no,
their cheeks tngie, too, with shame, tha.,hey had
in their excitement. applauded the "headeI Of The
President Of the United States" when, in the
midst Of slayehoIding community, he lifted up
his voice to sing the praises Of the hoary-headed