Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-02
For the Enquirer.
HANOVER COUNTY-FoREIGN VO-
TING

The defeat Of our worthy delegate, J. D. G.
Brown, Esq, atthe late election, has been source
Of unaffected chagrin and modification 10 his
Democratic frends-for The reason, thai they be-
,ieye an honest, faithful and true representative
NJ The interests OF the county OF Hanover has been
stricken down in the midst OF his usefulness by
a resort on the part OF his opponents TO e1pedl-
ents unwarranabls and unlawful.
Mr.. Brown was reared in the true faith, and
being strongly imbued with the principles Of his
narty he has from his early youth shown him
self 10 be an unialtering and ardent laborer Tor
their adyancemen and in the course OF career
MOI now short one thus honorably distinguish
"a he has. as might naturally have been expect
cd become, within The field Of his operation, the
chief obec, OF Wing Misrepresentation and buse.
PM these and The other thousand and one arrows
of Whig malevoence which were sped against
him with deadly intent, iell harmless al his feet;
far The people OF the county knew him we'll and
knowing him, believed that he would die at the
stake before he would iorsake them, or prove lra-
Tor 10 their interests. Under these circum-
stances. The Wing tacticians found it necessary
10 call 10 their assistance force extraordinary, or
The entire vote OF the pockel-deed gentry of
Richmond, who have generally within the last
few years regarded the Wing candidates OF Han
over as The 'amiable objects OF their fond solicit
tude and tender care" Accordingly we find for
a week or two before the election, that there was
scarcely number Of the Wing issued that was
mol embeIlished by patriotic effusion and pathetic
anneal addressed 10 The Richmond voters 10 come
out and save the "native county" These calls
did not pass unheeded-the choice oil Hanover
was oyerthrown-and this brings me 10 The chief
object Of my complaint Where is the justice
of such procedure? "A majority OF The people
L.. 81 rt,yila tho
OF which is essential 10 The very existence OF
free government-lhat OF electng their own re-
preventative deprived 100, by men living out OF
The county, and who have no real bona fde inte-
rest in lis soil, nor sympathy for its inhab ans.
There are a few Richmond voters owning es-
tales in Hanover, who shave permanent COM
mon interest with, and attachment 10, the CON-
munity." To all such, irrespective of party,
say, we will be glad 10 see you on the day OF the
election. Weare willing 10 acknowledge you as
our equals at the polls, and shall always treat
you with respect, and tender you our hospitality;
but when violent and blind partizans come among
US, with their pocket deeds 10 land they never
saw, and, in some instances, could not find with
the aid Of the grantor, each one neuiralIzlns The
vote OF an honest and industrious planter,
say il is soo ted, and ought not 10 be endured
We must find a remedy, or we will cease 10 be
free | could add much more, showing The man.
ner in which, by the operation OF this system, we
would become gradually and sleallhlly under
mined and enslayed, and that, too, in the mad
ness of party, with the connivance and assistance
OF the Wings of Hanover. Blu, must close
It may be proper TO state in conclusion, that we
appreciate the generous motive which prompted
the Spartan Band OF Richmond 10 attempt 10 par
ry The blow which their neighbors had determined
10 infic, upon us. Their hatred for oppression
caused their sympathy, but they were too weak
10 throttle the tyranl. METTERNlCH.