Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-26

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NC ask as 10 The mandatory ard color Of The
cloth" or of what stripe ale these lndlvl1na's
we are informed by the gentleman from fnnce
William, that his man Is OF the right stripe.
Sir, | would like 10 know what IS The rignl SIT pc
Is there but one color 10 this garments 10 Vi one
smooth, even, uubroken, Democratic suiiace-
unmixei oil color, with no relief 10 The eye-unre-
deemed, in one single thread, from The UNIFORM,
steady and progressive ply OF Inc democrats
,hutte7 This will not do Tor me, Sir. would
rather there we're lille variety in The web OF The
oen;eman's garment. We must hope for some
thing beuer.
Mr. Speaker-I believe in what Gen. jackson
said-"lhe re,ribusive judgments OF Heaven !
and if mistake not The signs Of me tunes, II j.
tas. fastening 10 correct, il should not say pun
ish. The evils and denominations oil this admins
traton. But, sir, We have erected among Us To-
day A new standard vi merit, new claim 10 con-
straightforward that, sir, is the claim oil iocdhft;
the qualification OF POSITION OF latitude; and The
gentle man from Prince William, whilst ne de-
prccaes sectional feeling, and dividing The House
into Eastern and Western sections and interests,
saws that there is proprety in politics. and mat
these considerations must be consuned. pro-
test against such doctrine. protest against
this system OF dividing, of destroying The inleSr-
~ The unity, The sovereignty Of Virginia in the
Senate Of The United States. | protest against
any other propriely upon this occasion than The
prop,iety OF character, of qualification, OF talents
and patriotism. lever was, never viii De IN
fuenced hy such considerations as OF locality
and Tor this position il would matter MOI with me
whether the individuals came from The same
counly-nay, sir If lheyIwere twin bfo'hers-pro-
yi,ed they were gifted with The qualities OF head
and heart which should distinguish The incum-
bent of that f:.l. and responsible position. The
gentleman SAID. Wonder were The mountains, and
here were the psins." What OF that ! know
i'll am glad Of it, am proud OF II; would
not have il otherwise Than II IS. virginia, WIN
s sea coast plains lis hills and vallies, IFS eer-
nal mountains Of bl.e-i is all, all one Virgint0;
and no man ccn b. Virginia Senator whose in
tellec and heart do 70, equally represent the ligh'
and beau.y OF her sunny plains, and whose unoend-
ing frmness purpose and character do mol reflect
The still and granite hfmness other eternal noun.
,ains. canno, al once fall Into The expediency
which has recently been preached TO US; no, sir,
cannot subscribe 10 il 81 readily. do not aspire,
sir. Ia the unenviabe character OF leader; Out
must be excused il demur 10 pclng made
servIIe follower; and beg in his reference To
say word or Two about last Fridays work-lhat
other election OF Senator. Sir, on that day, mere
was prominently, and, as the result evinced, sue
cessiuy, brought 10 our consideration, eentle-
man who, in The memorable canvass Of lo4o-
when hi, portion Of the entire continent when
every man, woman and child was interested ano
excited by an enthusiasm. and interest anu DEER
mina,iou never before Witnessed or heard of-at
that tiu> when all men were aroused from lie
lhargy and slumber-when all believed thdt great
primo pies and dearest Interests We're involved
there was found one man-one solitary gentle
man-who could mol participate in This general,
this universal feeling Of his iellow-couDlrymen
who was So elevated, 50 snb!imaed, so eth-ri-
allied in his sense OF proPriely and patriotism,
that he could not fnd il in his heart 10 vote for
either Mr.. Van Buren, or Gen. Harrison who
could TOUCH neither The then President OF The
United States, nor The hero of an hundred bat
iles-who could touch neither his country's
highest civil officer, nor its then greatest living de-
fender Sir, that was enough for mel confess
nv vision is too short for that! This is an ab.
slraction, which runs into the seventh Heaven,
and | cannot reach il. And now, Sir, tell II
not in Gath" publish il not in Richmond, this Is
lie gentlemen OF all The world who is 10 represent
Virginia in the Senate. King Caucus is dead,
We hear, and this gen.leman's especial friends,
they say, have killed him; and yet, Sir, read
speech delivered in another body in which one OF
The especial friends tells US that he was uniortu-
natey sick al that last occasion, upon which The
King summoned his liege subjects around him
bul that il he'd been well, he should have obeyed
The srmmons-he should have placed Mr.. Hun
Ter before il, and if not successful in the
councils of The King, he should have ahan-
doned him, mir. Hunler,) and abided by The
decree OF the Autocrat. So that II is like
" il every body had been well, when eau
Gus fell ant expired, he would have carried some
lucky people TO the grave With him. think our
frs. great and paramount duty is 10 vote for Mr..
SummeIs-il may BY possibility happen thai ne
may lie elected, but il not, II in the last resort
must choose, shall vote for Mr. Mcdowell.
know him WE'LL know him 10 be gentle
man whou,reproach-a man of talents, Of high
character. and worthy 10 fill the place. | am
equally OF opinion, from all that have seen
nd heard, that MIR. Mason is gentleman OF high
ouaifcatons-able and ndependen-but, per-
mil me 10 say, Sir, Gard give il only as my
humble opinion, for which, il erroneous, one
is responsible bu, mysef) that we in Virginia ca
make very great men out OF scanller and smaller
materials than any people on earth. Yankee
Doodle is a great man al invention and machine
making, but in this business ofthe grea,-man ma
nnfac;ory We beat him all hollow. Why, SIR,
when listen 10 nomination speeches here, nard-
~ know where | am-and Told friend the
other day, that did not know whether vas in
Virginia or Motive had such shower OF INTEL
lcc,ual giants rained down upon ms, whenever we
had Judge Senator, or o,her ohcer 10 elect, thai
scarcely knew whether was here, al home, IN
good, plain, ld-lashionpd Virginia. or not.
cannot doubt that gentlemen here are entirely
sincere in what they say Of their ffienGs-my
courtesy will not permit me 10 doub! them. They
are all, no doubt-as Anthony said oil The muir
derers Of Cesar-"They are all-all-honorable
men," Perhaps they may be Qhongh that !
woudn't undertake 10 say like the old lady who
went to console one OF her neighbors upon The
loss OF her child. "Poor lille thing" said she,
II reckon IL. gone 10 Beizabub's BOSOM" "Oh,
nu-you don't mean Bclzabub," said one, ''you
mean Abraham" "Ahl never mind" she replied,
"lh.y are both mighty good men" can't say then,
whether this isIa case o. Bezabub and Abraham or
not. Mr. T. said he felt that he had been lille
dscursive-he felt disposition 10 be so. have
that 10 perform, or 10 have performed for me,
which i rather unpleasant and dlsasrceabe. and
| wish 10 pu, il of as long as possible. paricu-
larly if we can keep in good humor while doing
so. Il was objected 10 MIR. Mcdowell tia, he
gave the vote for Lieut.. General. Well, sir, ha
was bad enous. Eui between these parties The
question is. how would Mr.. Mason or MIR. Jones
have voted, had they been here2 And as We
have been told BY their respective friends that
we must Judge of what they will do By ~ha they
have DONE" must conclude they would have 50
yofed | cannot at le 81 give them credit or no.
doing what they had NJ opportunity to DO. pre-
Ter man, sir, among my opponents, Of onen, de
cided and avowed principles-not like some that
We wet Of,
"Who wire in and wire out,
Aud leave the matter still IN doubt,
Whether the snake that made the track
Was coming IN or gong back "
would say 70 some ol my ycnns triendS-am-
bilious and able young iiieEds-ii they wish 10
mount The ladder II place is dearcr 10 them Than
their country and quiel consclehce-il ohscnl-
~ aid privacy are unsupporlate 10 them, and
they must find the aiddy hcght-wry, | would
say 10 them, watch The motions OIL The wheel, and
when they find it descending on The left, rake
step 10 the right and rice rcrsa-wait for the
breeze, stand on The pivot, il possible, and hold