Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-10
OLD KING WILLIAM.

A htlle more Of tic Sane Old Tune, Sc, 81.
But cd hath chosen the foolish thing. of The world,
10 confomnd The wise and God hath the weak
things his world 10 cnnfUund The THINGS which Are
mighty Corinthians, Chapter ~, '"se@.
L., no man deceive himself. lfany man among you
s.rm,b 10 be wise IN this word. let him became ico,
that he may be wise II Chapter 81, Verse lsfh.
In the ENQUIRER OF the 9Th Of March are two
choice specimens OF vii and literature. Gas lie vii
tcrs evidently would have Us believe) inrepy o"a
dull and stupid statement of facts" made by me
in the same journal OF the 10Th. The frs, signed
"IlOral Light" being as respectful, as under exist
inc circumstances, ! could have expected, shall
content myself with saying, 10 him, when
men descend from the high ground they &C
cnpy as administers Of he Gospel" 10 electienecring
infrigues for the benefit Of any man, they must
no, be surprised il they are handled ritfont ee.e-
mony TO the second gentleman, who signed
himself " Beta /" will more particularly turn my
attention; before however do SO, beg leave 10
state. that am as much in favor ofedacat,ng The
poor as he or any other man; but where is The ne.
cessi,y OF asi!a,ns that question now? Has not
pill already passed giving The right TO
then o? ASK 10 as DE- as hey Please lea sar why
poses In reply 10 Beta's alias Sol6mo;Hr-r r.. II
TEMPT at rdcule, | will only say 'wisc men pin
ignorance" but upstairs de,pise ii. From The
tenor of his communication, one would naturally
suppose that he thought my remarks worth no.
thing, and yet, 10 The inquirng mind il would
seem strange that be should labor so hard 10 do
away with the effect Of those very remarks; such
course would then be hard 10 account Tor, did
we not know, that truth, like beauty, "when una
dorned is adorned the most" He goes on 10 say,
'noT can he with reason, object TO my calling
him By a name easily comprehended By those he
would keep in ignorance by refusing 10 give
them, SO far as his vote will 60 the means OF in
struciion." Is Major Dabney kdnmicdge2 Ifso,
| am perfectly willing to give him my vote; or, il
by his election The poor are 10 be instructed, he
shall have it. We know. however, that by his
election such event wiN noi BE- eon5pd.macd, con.
seaueny we are opposed TO being termed AMT
Education" simply because We withhold our
vote from him. In fact | do moi know how we
can be termed opponents 10 education, because
oppo-ed 10 him; for, il have been correctly in
formed, he was as much opposed 10 the plan Of
education as proposed, as any OF us, until The a.
inring bal Of office was presented. do not pre-
tend 10 say The gilded offer entced him; oh no!
because Major Dabney is an honorable man;
but men, we all know, are sometimes very fcktJ
and it is more than probable he had lost Tor
time his accustomed frmness.
Again, Solomon says: 1.-THE education men did
not vote, because disguised al The unheard Of I'M
fairness OF that memorable meeting Of the 23d OF
February. Stir ii 81" &C.. &c. II The "cdu-
Gallon men" were strong enough, why did they
no; come forward and vote down The proceedings
OF that memorable meeting?" Did mol their
failure 10 raise meeting bolhat he Court. house
aud Ayletl's, prove il was not from disgust they
refused TO vote, but from knowledge Of their
want Of strength? never have supposed that
that meeting would have proved a very fragrant
,J,r IN GIL q.
already seen, from the lowering and contracted
brows OF many OF The self-svled education men,"
that they would literally obierale The fatal spot;
but, rub as they ma, like The spot upon the hand
Of Lady Macbeth, il will adhere, and the efu-
vium will remain perennial nauSea-"a corpus
cular halo around their seccompiacent selves"
Again, he says, that my "sights, suppositions
and quotations are all incorrect" For the cor
reciness Of my sa2positions do not contend; and
in regard 10 my quotations, they were made from
Major Fonlaine, as reported to me BY gentle
man in whom have entire confidence. They
were nor, therefore, my Quotations" from Shaks-
peare; but, if he intended 10 intimate that, in re-
porting what saw, did 81 with knowledge Of
lis incoTreciness, he has enumerated palpable
untruih.
do again assert, that there was not man in
that meeting, so far as my information extends,
opposed 10 education. How, then, could We be a
SCI Of "packed satellites, because we were known
10 be opposed TO popular educaion!" In making
that assertion, our Solomon shows very plainly
where the shoe pinches, when he >ays, "ha most
OF the old and well-tried Democrats were excluded
to give room for new ones" He also though, Fl,
TO attribute TO my ignorance the want Of discern.
rnent 10 penetrate the design Of that meeting. Be
tina, as j, may, will only say to the gentleman,
that before presume TO instruc, The intelligent
citizens of,his county, in relation 10 their domes-
tic duly, will qualify myself by drinking deeply
Of The Pierian spring, OF touch mol al all. In ma
king my communication, did so as sentinel,
not as "av very learned man." and shall continue 10
do so whenever an occasion presents; because,
in Republic. every man is, in fact, sentinel
who by his vigilance shall watch over and pro
tectthe interests of our common country. as def
ned and guaranteed to Us BY The Constitution Of
these States.
"Poor Daylight" he condoline'y exclaius-
Well, am always thankful for The sympathy Of
my fe!low-men. / am poor it is true; but with
the apothegm that 'honesty Is the best policy" be-
fore me, can never consen, to live on The homes,
labor OF virluous men, bu; am content TO live by
the sweat Of my face, until, having paid The Pc