Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-29
E,1r The ENQUIRER.
For NE FHTHHU'
TIE LYNCHBURG vIRGINIAN.

llE IL INCIlIDhN1'
Messrs. Editors: | iinI in The above paper OF
the 10th instant, under The quaint head oil d
Spartan in want of his broth" 4 seemingly Sc
we're structure upon my article in your paper,
upon the subject Of prescription. As u comes
from a Uhig paper it needs but a short answer,
because we might expect that when the 'br0M IS
far removed from their lips, il would become
"souI." Prescription and removal sound now
harsh 10 lheiI ears, when they have not Inc p0%s'
10 acquire The gull of either. In times pasl,
though, they have gluited themselves Win inc
"sno,l,' without mercy, and ii is in vain now for
,lurrm 10 raise their voices against that in which
lhey have SO ltecly and boastingly INDUCED. we
could not have expected Otherwise than some al
Tempt at screriiH from The above paper, when We
rccollect that one of lis Editors is now smailInS
under The lashes of a well rncriicd defeat. ne
writer of This, though a Spartan OF thls Ciy,
seeks not, and has not sought any "brolh' al inc
public expense-would he could say the same
ior the Senior Editor Of the Lynchburg Virgin
ian. who. in the winter, delights to revel on The
"aoodus" of The Metropolis, and who, 10 reach
those 'gooG.cS' at the public expense, plays the
"b>awIing partizan," both through his paper ana
on the stump But when did The "LynChhuls
Virginian" become 81 nightly opposed To pro
s~criprion and removal" for opinions sake! Was
IL between the lOln anu -itH U ICfii "hei
Gyig-nine Of The highest officers OF the Govern.
,nent were removed a few days before G -nera
uarrison's death Was il during the one hnA.
d,cd and i'm daus that Harrison's Cabinet re.
NAMED in power, when the number Of victims
for opinions sake, amounted 10 about three fh0a.
sand? Where then was The HHc thunder OF The
LynchbuTs Virginian1 Unlike the Sheriff )
horn Ina, blows from its own hills, the trumpet OF
the Virrinian could no, he heard as lar as "Fite
B,,dre," or The rivers side. That cancer Of Re-
publicanisn, Mo EN- Whiggery, had gained one
victory, which so cnshroIded The Lynchbure
Virsinian, thae like a true Papist about his
Church, its Editors threw themselves upon their
couchcs 10 dream Of Wing intallibilily.
But, friend Toler, will awaken you a little.
Where were you on The goth day Of January,
1915? "Now, take Time and consider, for | do
not wish 10 hurry you" as The lawyers say 10 a
~loI.riii!l witr.ss. Do you know joins RuTHER-
fooRp ?-eiglt years a member OF The Executive
Council, copjtant at his post, Industrious in dis
charging his duties, efficient in his services, tole-
rant in politics, amiable in all the relations OF
life, IA consiSicn, Democrat, and, as Mr.. Taylor
OF Norfolk, a red hot Wing, acknowledged, "onc
of The pure>l men in Virginia Z" Do you, MI.
Toler, know this man2 will answer for YOU,
MIR. Editor Of the Lynchburg Viiginian: you dc
and did Know him, and you voted against ms
re.elec;inn: NM pyoseriIcd John Rutherford: you
cannot DENY il; il is matter of record, and Jud9-
ment has been passed upon yon-and every good
man, when Judgment was entered against yoll,
cried, the "I.ord have mercy upon you" And
now, forsoolh, The editor OF The Lynchbur2 Ff-
sinian talks Of prescription! Oh. shame, where
is Inv blush2 Blu, Mr.. Virginian, you have
condemned yourself, and here is your Judgment.
Read il. Yousay in your article
"Bnt as long as the practice prevails Of rcmor-
ing an homes, and capable officer, because he is
mt a h~rawling and vocilerous partizan on the
successful side, we may expect 10 see public STA
tons filed with incompetent, if not dishonest
men, y &c.
Was not John Rutherford honest and capa-
bel You dare not say Otherwise. Was he a
brawling and yocilcrous partizan? You dare
MOI say he ever was. Then, why did you vote
swer, Richard IL. I'oler, you, editor OF The Lynch
burg Virginian. ! call upon The public 10 make
yuu answer
Enough has been said Of The "Lynchbarg Vir-
einian"-and now for The Collector OF our port.
contend, thai hiSlemoval would be no proscrip.
lion. ask that lie be removed, not Tor opinicn's
sake; for. not having voted, he has no opinions
that we know Of. Judging from those who adj
voca.e his cause, | should think that he was ra-
,bcr "Whiggish" than otherwise. But contend,
lha, M one has any absolute right to public Office;
and that, as there are honest and capable men in
both political parties, office is merely conferred
through taror; and as there are good men and
true" among the Spartan Band of the city Of
Richmond, they Justly deserve the confidence
Of their political friends; and ii is nothing
but RICH, and fair that they should have The Of
fees. The Collector OF This rUrl, ! say, has had
The Office long enough; having no claims upon
The aror Of the Democratic party, and as there
are numbers who are equally As competent TO
discharge the dulles of The Collectorship, 10
wrong can be done 10 the present Collector by
filling his place with a sterling Democrat.
A DEMOCRAT
August 25. OF he Ciiy Of RiehmoaJ.