Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-09
To The Ediiors Of H. Enquur.

would have You heileVe, IS PeIiee.y r I.i;,a
tanl matter" they lose no opportunity - .n,s;,,n
h;ma blow: yea ''Mopps" even seeks ah oce"D'"''
Recommending on an article from The bustoh os,,
- NV, Mr. Cnstis with "inhereni weaHnesS,
- wap, of popularity Now, unless am
,...,v much mistaken, this "Mopps" mas ieh our
,;sod,s lash and exposure on past occasions, ana
| s,ilI smar,s under their sting. Il IS senefaiiy
| though, 10 these parts, that "Mopps, hl'nseli'
was lesirous OF being candidate, ana even Sa st
out that he intended 10 be al all hazdius, u "'
Gusts was; bul when Mr. Wise entered 'he i,S.''
Tor whom he has great respect anu 'ope, ~
without murmnr, suffered his more dlhV..ious
rivals 10 shove him aside, and acco'u,nSy rs
hear no more of"Mopps" till The day OF Election
when he voted for the Wings rather loosely, and
had "notdlng al all 10 do trith ne Sshoot-0M.
hope, indeed know, that our lflehds equa-
nimity is not in The leas, disturbed 10y me fhe'o'
ca pasquinades Of "MoPPs," OF "furso'easue.
Popularity is a very desirable tnihs, MeSSis ;
Editors; but The want OF II Is no aisSidee.
know any thing Of The character oi WI. Gus''s
whom have known long and intimately mere Is
put one ktad OF popularity mai ne couiu esel
coye or desire, and that Is The popularity sn'cn
io.Lows an upright and an nones' COURSE " 'is
all lis relations, not that when o so"s" "is''
The arts and appliances Of Inc D9n'asGe, 10
noble and ingenious nalute wouia dPp'e:: "e ~
other In the Spring Q! AZ, Ml: ou..'s =. ,Ie
hen inst eligible. presented himself 10 lhe PeoP'e
| or Accomack for seat in the Legislature he
| was elected in this banner county Of "higSc!,
| beatino his competitors, TWO worthy memueis oi
onr honorable Court, something ike l3U woes,
and Iead;no his friend and colleague, MI AN.
,ror,b 0b.n whom a more high-uilnied, Pupuial
All h.lnve1 man is not 10 be found among Us
lurtcrr lie voted for that 'tafamohS ta1 o"''
which saved The honor and credit OF me o'd'e'
And in HE fils! speech ne ever made 10 inc pco
ME he had the independence 10 oieah SlouiN
aeainst the borrowing system, which ne sald
mus, end in reputation; and boldly adVo'
cared The necessity OF providing by taxation
the WAYS and means 10 pay The interest on OUT
State deb, certainly and punctuallyi 10 ais
charge me floating debt, and 10 provide SINK
inc fund for The gradual redemption OF The prlh
c,.al These sentiments he proclaimed al every
onhlic gathering 10 The county, and the Spring
ollowine was returned without opposition. In
"a ne was not candidate, but, with he Tue De-
mocra,ic spirit al the call 0: his friends, consent
81 tire dags before The election to MI vacancy
,hai had been uccasiOned IN The canvass oY lhe
sppoi,inenl OF Jui2e ScafDur2n TO me pshth--
Hal that event occurred Ten days sooner, ne w"u'"
have secured MS election be-. nd doubt. lnihe
Snr,no Of IS. he had clear field and TAR
chance. and as the returns Will show, received
The Target vote ever given TO candidate Tor The
House OF Delegates beating the Presidential
vote o, the Fall previous some serenity odd and
his connection, The Wing assistant Eiector, aihe.
md thru The canses winch led 10 his defeat
this Spring have been correctly slated By writer
in your paper signed "Gull;ord; nor have they
been controvefed by either "Pungoieasue" OF
"Moppsn Take the Democratic votes from MI
James Custis's roil, and put them TO The pol OF
Mr.. Wise, and ne is certainly elected by hanc-
some majority. Give my TREND the absent DE.
mo rats numbering Al least one hundred and nj
Is. who. had thcy believed II necessary, would
have come 10 the polls and voted Tor him, am
you have What ought tC have been the result OF
Tins election. Depend upon il, The parry will ne
vet be luitd into iancied Seca'iiy again. II
me- DanGoSis wise in politics, and The weakness
OF an adversary will not hereafter he despis cd
Time will show whether il is as difficult 10 re-
animate III. names OF VIM. II. b. Gusts as
"Puneo,easue" would ieign hope. The whole,
entire Democratic party have but 0ne sentiment on
tha, subject.
have already lrespassed too long on your pa
thence, McssTs. Editors, but really cannot close
my communication without paying passins
notice 10 '.Aopps" and "Pungotea9ue, ior they
are one and the same The internal evidence OF
each piece is sirong as proof oil Holy WIN OF
authorship. "Moprs" is we'll known as one OF
in our community; onc Upon rtose fdH ja,ae ne
brsatt II suspicion ncrer rcs'ed. II Mr. Payne
Of Alabama. in the late debate on The retroceS-
sion bill had known how "Mopps" Hect"rcd i,
over Bayly in 1910, am confident he would no,
49, - al "a -;ii..-'-- -; >
Messrs. Editors, IS generally nissardiy IN Inc
distribution Of her favors. To some she gives
one talent, 10 others Ten; but 10 "Alopps she mas
dealt them out with prodisaily truly asionish-
ing To a form whose manly beauty and ele
CANT proportions Apollo himself might envy, or
Phdias gaze on with rapture she has United an
eve The mos. keen and penetrating, and head The
most Intellectual and classical Strangers, who for
The fist time visit our itlIe peninsula, trace re-
marsab,e resemblance 10 The awful brow OF he
God like Daniel IN LEGAL 0cuHacn be is fully The
equal of The Iu>lriuus Senator OF Massachu
setls. Through The influence and urgent solicit
a,ions Of his numerous and admirlng friends,
sAlopps" lately consented 10 submit his percra-
MUM 10 the maniPula,ions OF a worthy disciple
OF Spurzheim and Gall. The remarkable fact
(bejore nercr drcamt OFFS was elected, ,ha, he
stool nineteen in aeqmsitipeness, and in eonscien-
tiousnes,, one-twenty being the full development
of an organ. and the standard OF comparison
Since then the most sceptical have given in, and
10 any who still have The hardwood 10 doubt,
3Mopps" proudly and uinmpan,ly exhibits his
own chart as conclusive evidence Of the truth OF
Phrenolosy, which is fully believed by
JOHNNY FALSTAFF, in.