Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-27


Trust 10 taste of truest Thlsbe's sight,"
Alack-a-day Tor our political PyTamns! GO.
alniun" hath been formed between the lion and
The lamb" according TO him, and between Them
and The Wings according 10 Daylight" The
Lion" hath put his bloody paw on finishes
Mantle" and poor Pyramus, in despair, hath al
ready cried out
80, wherefore, Nature, didst thou lion5 frame
Since lion vile hath here dcfour'd my dear,
Which is-no, no-which was The fairesi came
That liy'd that lovd, that kd that lcosd win cheer
Come, tears, cOnound
Out, sword, and wound
The pop of Pyramus:
Ay, thai left pop,
Where heart doth hep;
Thus die |, thus, thus, thus.
Now am dead,
Now am fled;
My soul IL in the sky:
Tongue. lose thy light!
Moon, take thy flight!
Now die, die, die, die, die"
'Twere cruel 10 exull over dead Pyramus, who
hath committed political suicide. Requieceat in
pace!
But now for daylight" alias lincolnshire"
and as, for want of education, The moon has been
thought By The ignorant 10 be made oil green
cheese, shall call him Green Moo nshne. Nor
can he, with reason, object 10 my calling him BY
a name easily comprehended By those he would
keep in ignorance, o. refusing 10 give them, so
iar as his vote will go, the means OF instruction.
"Daylehi," alias Green Moonshine, charges
Twilight with knowingly giving ulerance, in
two instances 80 what was not So" In the
first place, he (Twilighl) heads his article with
'Anti-Education Senatorial Candidate" and al
temps, by so doing, 10 brand Col. Dabney with
being opposed 10 education. How does Day
light" know that Col. D. was referred to? Might
not "Twilighl" have referred to the "Anti-Educa-
ton Senatorial Candidate" in future, 10 be nomi-
raled BY The King < Queen conventions But,
admitting that this is not So is "DaylIght' too
green not 10 perceive that Twilight" used the
term in It's popular acceptaion2 And so does
daylight" speak of the education MN, without
any marks OF quotation. Or course, The oppo-
size would be authorization, without any inlen-
ton Of affirming that those designated by
The term were entirely opposed 10 all education.
BIT from Col. Dabney's attacking The University,
and opposing The establishment OF district schools,
except upon the voluntary system, (Which has
been tried and found impracticable) was not
Twilight justified in calling him, had he though;
proper 10 do So, an authorization candidate 2
IL striking, both AT the top AMI bottom Of learn
lug, does not constitute an anti.education man,
what does?
In the second place, daylight" charges "Twi:
light with falsely stating that the resolutions Of
The meeiing were carried by the Education men
lively assert that Major Foniane, their oracle,
voted, as iOud as he coab', and so did several
oihers." If the vo'ing had been 50 loud as "Day-
light" asserts, should have heard MAJOR fon-
laine vole, for was nearer 10 him than ID. was.
! head, IL seems 10 me, as many voes III lhe
negative as the afirmatve-nor did think there
were more than half dozen on either slde-yel
| did no, hear single education man vote,
known TO me as such, yet there may nave been
one or two who voted.
But sure am |, that the great body OF them did
not vote al al-disgusled. as believe, at the IN
heard-ot unfairncss OF that memorable meeting
of the 23l OF February. The less Daylight"
says abou, that meenS the better; stir II not, Tor
il already sinks in the noslris Of This people
Who is he. 10 be calling the most respectable CT
,izens in this county ''sateliesT Is the moon
no, a satellite Is he not moonshine and about
wha; sor, OF a sun does this satellite" revolve
For him 10 have the impotence 10 stand up, in
The broad light of day, as he would have us be
lieye and 10 say that the design of THAT MEETING
twas for the express purpose OF appointing dele
gates TO the proposed convention, ana no olNer-
but gentleman came in, and made The issue OF
Dis,,ict Schools, as proposed"-arsues degree
Of obquiy which am unwilling 10 attribute TO
his hearr-and therefore, am compelled 10 lay II
10 SETTER organ higher up in his anatomical
structure. Who was The gentleman that made
such an ssue7 Name him! Point him out
No one else spoke but Mr.. Gregory and Major
Fontaine in opposition 10 the resolutions
Il was neither of these gentlemen Or does
our Green moonshne think that MIR. Gregory
made such an issuel Because, having more sa-
eacily than moonshine, he penetrated the real OBJ
ects oil The meeting, through the fimsy veil
thrown over IT, in order 10 hide as much as posi-
hlc us deiormy, too hideous 10 be exposed naked
10 public view and, so soon as he saw it, he de-
nounced and exposed H. Such a conclusion could
lie drawn only b. "Dayisht' whose darkness
i, visible AS we'll NIGH: a misunderstanding
the assassin, with stierlo in hand ready 10 pierce
| his victim 10 The beart-be charged with being an
! accompIice in he murder, because he raised his
voice 10 give The alarm lllhat meeting did not
/ intend making The Education movement ques-
ticn in the canvass, when MIR. Gregory charged
them with such an intention, why was il not disa-
vowed /? But not was admitted, both by word,
and that which speaks louder slll-by deed. Eve
~ Democrat suspected OF beng favorable TO the
education cause, wasexcludcd from The delegation.
Many old long-,ried, trusty men, who for years
/ were toilipg TO keep the county from being drag
eed from The Democratic old by Colonel Dabney,
and who for Ten or fifteen years have generally
been honored by such appointments, were thrust
aside, aud room made for batch Of new men,
some OF them Just having, like locuss, sloughed
the dead skin OF Whiggrry. To those abroad,
ignorant Of the change, 'Old Democratic King
William must, indeed, have appeared 10 be no
more" Was not daylight al the King and
Queen Convention, TO relieve himself from the
cnnEi of confinement Was he not there as a
packed satellite Z" Did he not there see the is
sue consumma,edf Did he mol witness the dis
graceful scenes made by those who zen. there, 70,
The purpose of preventing the nomination of an
education candidate? Was mol that a sine qua
ron with the delegation OF the 23d OF February
meeting? If what | learn be true, The whole
district can bear witness TO The acts, and
1oings and SAYINGS Of The anti-Educa,on
: delegates OF the 23d of FEBRUARY. All going
Ito prove. that the sole object OF The meeting Of
The 23d Of February. was not what "Day-
light" states, but exactly that which Mr.. Gre
cory denounced. Famous, (as one Io,a tells US J
as we are, for approaching the 22d, am afraid
that meeting will render the Odd Of February as
de,eslable 10 King William and as infamous in
our memories as Washington has rendered the
other glorious.
daylight" states that, during the day, Major
F. might be seen going about crying, "A horse
a horse kingdom for horse The nex,
day, Isupposc, Major D. stepped up 10 him." &c
His aghis and suggestions, and quotation from
Shakespeare, are all incorrect Blu, that is ma.
: turally TO be expected. Or that dialogue | shall
say nothing, except thai i, is either his own crea
lion, or, if j, really took place. he has distorted il
SO much in the narration that if il ever had any
point, he has rendered il potnflew.
No one but Green Moonshne would ever have
thought OF making an attack on the motives Of
so many gentlemen, both Wings and Democrats.
in consequence OF the passing remark of one
Wing. Wha, molive-monger is he7 ANY
one Of the least penetration might have seen, a
glance Of an eye, the motives OF the 23i meet
,t.,bt1 - b,,t
abou, lis designs. If any one will think 10 mi
| nntss seriously IN tho evils OF Ignorance apr