Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-04-15
To he Editors o. me Enquirer:


To he Editors Of lie Enquirer:
MEcKLsSsuRG Co.. Va, April g. 1915
Ii is with regret, assure you, MessrS. Editors,
that lind myself obliged 10 notice piece over
LOCKER on, = in a late Wing; bu, as an old friend
truly hnI coarsely remarked ''hc who lies down
wihdues NAV expect 10 rise with .leas, I" must cen
pay III. price oil my temerily. LOCKER on is
again welcome 10 his witlicisms and hacksuard-
isms. They might perhaps, have caused me
momenlary pain had not the unieigned disgust,
with which even his friends (l) turned from ii,
excited my sympathy and comlniSseIation. Adj
herring still 10 my original object, cannot per-
mi LOCKER on 10 conceal The true questions in
issue under the vulgar habiincni in which hi
last piece is clothed. A very lev words v i'll
answer my purposes.
lie has entirely deserted the groInj taken in
his first communication and the only ground
which gave it anything Of dccency. For, though
too we'll known in this community, eyer, under
any circumstances 10 be suspected Of jsinterest-
cdncss and cttrarM still readers abroad EiSht
have supposed il the offspring of an ingenious
mind, anXiouS 10 expose The Vaccinations OF
dicia'orial clique, attempting 10 palm unwelcome
candidates upon the volers OF the county What
are We 10 think OF his voluntary Abandonment
oil grounds voluntarily assumed-ot his sur
reE'ier of issues voluntarily preSented-if not
ne - HltIlScIl cow inceil OIL I3lSly
And after this irresistible conviction from him
self, with what face can he expect credit 10 be
gwen 10 his other statements? ] have no dis
position 10 cxnit over truth crushed 10 earth"
but Wunh rather assist it TO ''ri>e again and
VIII pass 10 his celebrated post Office movement,
an account of which is given with his usual
accuracy. would not charge this veritable
scribber with wdfn misrepresentation God
forbid but would rather hope The Washington
copyist was mistaken, or did not 90 his duty
faithfully But there is certainly a strange dis
crrpancy between II .uokcron>" enumeration Of
The charges alleged against The incumbent, and
those preferred in The petition. 1t is true
as IS said, that he was charged with being
an Incorporate parizan against Mr.. Polk
This is notorious fact, and can he proved by the
lirst men in The vicinity II is not true, that his
son was charged with distributing Clay tickets
with The Incumbent knowledge and approbation;'
but i; is charged, and has never been denied that
his son was distributing tickets; leaving The ie-
neral Postmaster 10 Judge, whether fact noo-
nous here, and spoken OF hy every body, should
have escaped the knowIc, ~ OF the Postmaster
who IS one Of the most ScrR;iHjsine men in the
county. II Is not true, as stated, that he was
charged with getting men in his Office, and with
closed doors, attempting 10 affect their political
senimen'-bul il was alleged against him, that
he attempted 10 influence the political opinions Of
others in his office; and The truth Of this too can
he proved by persons having every opportunity Of
Judging. The memorial, containing these charges
was signed by iwenty-seven persons OF The vii
lagc No attempt was made 10 enlarge the list,
because The charges were considered sufficiently
grave 10 induce his removal, when sustained By
So many respectable men, the chief supporters OF
The office, and whose means Of knowing are I'M
doubted. There were no "boys nor men in buck.
ram The move was too popular 10 require such
j resort ouker-on's' assertion, 10 the contra
r. Notwithstanding. Nor was il signed by any
Of the College Students, whose names swellcd
the Other memorial-young men ii the highest
character but who cannot possibly feel that in
teresi in The local affairs Of the county which The
residents do their Sojourn being lransieni--thcir
means OF Information impcrlect-lheir citizenship
incomplete-and their sympahies at their gene
rons age, easily enlisted in behalf Of 4 pe,setnted
rictim NJ Democr0tic praSr,Ipii0a.
Such, Acssrs. Editors, is The plain. unvaiished
Cd P b e d Yf pafs G q &h EaSsA sqP II
as high and pure as LOCKER On'>" conceptions
and vii are low aud foul. He is more nearly in
ierested than am. in knowing the opinions oi
majority OF the Democrats 81 The county" and,
even ilrue, that they are opposed 10 j" il hard
10 discover any kcaim2fc coBRoci,dn between The
opinions OF the Democrats Mecklcnhurg' anc
The Pos, Master al Boyilon- though We mic ca
sv imagine, that Wing LOCKER On" a"r .,
more interested in the election Of one Democrat
over another than if one oi his own comreers were
in The fleld;-in such case, he would, Of course,
riscoyercoanryioas and resort 10 appliances com
m"nsnra;e with The interest felt Bat the patrons,
The supporters of The Post Office, ale The persons
whose wishes should weigh in this mauer--no
only hccause they ai0ns can be accurately inform
4 ~ oil s,.,ar .sI.I
That majority Of these are opposed iothe change
is utterly denied.
Are not these eternal Wing pra!ers OF 'incon
siSlency" and deviation" ('two devatng para-
lei lines ha ha the most coolly impudent
things on earth? Taunls oil inconsistency from
a party who, in 1874, advocated doctrines and
made them The "grcat issues" which, in 1870 on
IL four years ago, they alleged were buried eter-
nally in The dark profound OF Federalism and mo.
narchisn in which they were beSoten' And
now men, high i'll society, high in public esiiina-
lion aud public gratitude, are denounced as apps
tales" and "prostneS," because they had the
political sagacily 10 penetrate the thin sossameI
web rnyeoping them, and STE the deiormity be-
nealh--and who had The frmncss 10 abandon
party rccreanl 10 every holy principle--aSe 10
every fair promise upon which they had been ele-
waited
Which two, soever, Of the three candidates be-
elected, let The Democrats Of M1cklenturs see 10
il. that they % unembarrassed By Wing commit
mcnt-unlrammelled by Wing support. "Vir-
ginia expects that every man will DO his duty.
The eyes OF the Union are upon Us. sreaicri-
sis has arrived in our national affairs replee viii!
vital Importance. Upon The action OF our next
Legislature, mole than upon any one thing else,
depends The solution OF the question: whether lhe
great principles OF civil liberty a embodied N The
American Declaration OF Independence shall be
compressed and confined within our present il.
mit.-or, whether The common birh.lsht OF man,
they shall lie disseminated among every people
willing 10 be blessed with their influence
In taking leave of this amia6f LOCKER On,
lei us recommend him mol 10 be used as the hand
10 perform the dirty party Offices from which de-
cent people shrink with disgust leave him
more in sorrow imam in anger, Messrs. Editors
for, he has excited a mcienetoly interest IN me,
and, splenclic though he be- lei him exercise more
good temper and good breeding than he has shown
in replying 10 my last communication.
lam sill. Messrs. Editors, MAT"