Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-01
To The Editors 81 Tie Enquirer

lUskALnnsA, aLhBAMA, lNOV. W lNfO.
Gentlemen; Nothing Of much moment has oc-
cure, " iihn lie borders ot our Slae sirce my
last. The election in The hind Congressional
District, la fill he vacancy caused BY the resisna-
ton Of William l.. Yancey, resulted, as you are
already aware in the triumph Of Colonel Cot
trell, a sterling D, mocrar also, Mr.. Rowden, a
Young man ui promise, has been elected in Nc
Councils di>,ricl.
We leeIc; The loss oi Yancev; in'eed, The loss
ol one ii >uch robe and cfccnl qualities cal
cualeG not only 10 give character 10 his Stale
but 10 guard Tie institutions OF our common
country inusl be felt by ALL Ii is 10 be hoped al
this critical junclure of our affairs, that his pa
,riotism and talents may not be suffered 10 SUM
Der in obscurily, but be brought speedily into re-
QUESTION again. But however much we may re-
gre, his disrobing himself Of Congressional
honors, we console ourselves with the proud re-
Election, that on his earliest entering upon The
great arena OF public life, he was 10 be found
only where danger threatened; that il was mol
until The passage Of the Oregon and Tariff bills
minor only in importance 10 the glorious achieve
men OF our independence, that he retired reuc
lanly from the service OF his country. The
6rs againstthe diplomatic manGuverins OF Eng
land and subtle lrickery at home; and The Sc.
cond, against the entire moneyed and manufactur-
ing interest, which, under The guise oil patriotic
competition, saps the hard-earnings Of him who
tolls in The scorching rays OF the noon-iay sum-
and fills to overlooking the pandora Golfers OF The
mammon Corruption
The huge monster in disguise has lost his dissi-
mutation In his naked defocmily, England found
him feeding upon her very vilals, and sapping
every healthful vein that animated her system
Then, il England found reasons sufficient TO revo-
lu.ionize a system which, from time immemorial,
had been part OF her policy if England,
whose institutions are based on the prostralon Of
human rights, found inducements sufficient 10
change a system which ground 10 The very dust
The poor, and augmented The Strength of those
who hold the rens Of Governmental system,
which parayzes the arm oil The poor, and
strengthens, doubly strengthens, the arm OF high
handed oppression. Is il not strange them for
US who are 50 far in advance Of The world, in The
freedom OF orr institutions, 10 hang on So lena
ciously2 The United States, in whose wake
other nations must wake up aud follow, amid The
erumbling fabrics and huge supelslitions OF other
times; yes, the Uni,ed States, whose institutions
rest on the implicitly OF Nature, are called upon
by the slaves Of Mammon 10 clog and restrict
commerce, while the world is bursting The felleIs
OF restriction. The freedom from which, aided b.
comparatively recen, improvements in naviga.
lion renders our antipodes, as it were, our next
door neighbors, and brings nations 10 know the
benef, Of interchange between nation and nation,
as we'll as man and man, and opens new chan
mel Tor the dissemination u religion, liberty and
happiness, amongthe barbarous and the oppressed
OF other portions OF the world. Is il possible
that lucle can steel The souls o. men agains:
truths so self-evident and sublimel Such is la
inevitable fact. Il might be asked, who are the
men whose misanthropc sous are capable ot
The deed. Why, standing in The front ranks are
no less personases than John @ Adams ind Da-
MEL Webster. The former will leave Standing
on the threshold of eternity under hi. load of sins.
The latter, had he stopped when he commued SUI
icide, Il mean poiically) some time since in an
old castle in Hartford, with cl, sed windows be-
lieve, should likewise pass him over. But we
now find him inAclng rancorous wounds on The
very bosom Of his country. Is Massachusetts,
whose granite hills first echoed the terrific roar Of
the British lion, 10 be made ranking thorn in
the side Of our country7 Is she upon whose bo-
som The infant Liberty first rested in security from
The Jaws of The British lion, 10 be the first 10 s,ran-
gle that Libery2 The picture is not magnifed;
would 10 God it were! Grim-visaged Abolition
stalks forth from her border aud spreads fearful
infection in the peaceful wales of the sunny South
Every wind that sweeps across the land brings in
il the fearful sound OF abolition and projections;
and they are not satisfied with pauperizng the
South by unequal taxation out they aim blow
al our mos, delicate domestic relations Have
The spirits OF her sons, who inundated their lives
upon the altar Of their country, ceased 10 keep
their vigis7 Have they left the threshold in des-
par2 No they
"Wben party rage Is hushed, at midnight still
Watch on the holy tower Of Bunker Hill"
Yes, the spirits of Warren and his compatriols,
whose ashes sumber beneath its base, warn them,
from It's walls in halowed association OF other
times. My she heed while il is yet time! Nor
is Massachusetts alone. There are others, am
fearful, who are willing 10 sacrifice all upon the
dark altar OF fanalicism; who, incied i, may bs
by he enemies of our Institutions, or by missuid
ed enthusiasm, are threatening 10 whelm in cha.
otic destruction all Tor which our fathers loiled
bled and died. Could the patriotism which nerv.
ed The arm that cleaved the yoke OF British IT,
ranny have unfolded The mysteries Of seven y
years, am apprehensive The steel might have
been returned TO the seabbard, deeming The objecl
unworthy the accomplishment.
| Agreeably 10 the biennial system adopted BY
our last Legislature, our elections for the various
offices OF the State will come off next August
We have something TO fear from discussions in
our ranks bu, It is 10 be hoped tina, We will pro.