Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-02
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Mcssrs. Editors: In the Richmond Republican
Of this Saturday morning, observe he proceed
ines of what is termed "a meeting OF portion III
The people Of Rockbrdse" which meeting, il ap.
pears, was composed of handful Of Wing patr.
OTIS who had become indignant a, Inc vote cast Ly
ter Representative in Congress Tor "Leui.
General OF the u. 5. Army. Now, while Nj
Mcdowell stands too high IN the estimation Of MS
yeai constituents 10 need defence from any one L
may mol he entirely pIotless 10 taKe glance a.
This disnliled assembage, and % inquire into liz,
causes which have produced this expression OF
"indisnalicn' on The part Of the 'three wise men
Of" Brownsburg.
After Accepting several very long resolutions
cvlacing some lmponan, discoveries in moral
ethics, by way Of preamble, they pass one de.
claring that (havins been mlsrepIcsened, SUP.
pose) they viii 10 longer sustain the lion. James
Mcdowell Now, what could be more Absurd
than this declaraton2 Some hai.score, or per-
haps twenty, WINGS Of The 'town" Of Btowa>.
burg sravely declaring, in public meeting ASSEM-
bled, that Mey will mol support the DEMOCRAT.
candidate ior seat in the House OF Repre- srEla.
tyes, because his course has not pleased them :
All, Theodorcki though your name does notap-
pear as the ''saI" actor III this farce, yet ! muc.
tear that il was you who persuaded your unsu>.
pecting neiehbora into 'aain2 part when ,hey
had not we'll studied
Oh Immaculate sages, was James Mcdowell
elected as Wing You must know that he
was not; for his whole political lie iorbids he
icea Ina, any peIson-eyen q dcnizsn OF the
clown oil ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS take him ior a..
thing but whoe-souled Republican. lis tue
that he received number 81 Wing votes IL
RGckbrldgc county, but these were given 10 hin
on account ot his many social virtues, ard 10,
because his principles were IN any, even The t.
molest degree, akin 10 hose II the Wing rafl,
You know thai the Lexington Gazette" recon-
mended The nomination Of Wing canttaie 10
oppose Mr.. Mcdowell aud yei you expecet
him 10 cary oct boW views! II ne has acttl
with small minority even Of III, own paly7
in doing wrong, why 40 not the "Ien,h Logon
Democrats. who ale surely humorous enous. 70
do So hold meeting and express tier disappc.
baton OF his conduc Ii was they who elected
him, and upine that Ii he hal been 81 "iUHu.
nale" as 10 gain your approving Smiles, he you'd
have LOST their confidence, along with his sea-,
in Congress. But (aias, Tor bfo|nsbarc') il ;he
Republicans approve his course, they viii r ,lsc
him, by malurily Of thousands, tia the Wig.
in the district oppose or refuse - sustain" hiia
Bn', is there not meaning, e.. evident .
the casual observer in III, resolutions ct iais IL
render themselves ridiculous merely ppir tdser
|, tcm,s2 While they may have great anups.
Thy 10 Lieutenant Genera, do they not entertain
feelings still more hostile towards certain Gsn
eral 10 whose title The Lieutenant" i not ap
pended | DO mol intend 10 answer these qa,s.
lions in The affirmative; hui | will merely >ay
that some Of The names which appear in he ac
count given oil the Brownshnr2 meeting ere these
oi persons we'll known by The writer OF his aricie
rs bitter opponents al Gen. Dorman (Who woe.
ioI Gov Mcdowell as u. S. Senator) curing
the conies, between him and DR.. Gold last sprire
i nd may no, these Gold" men be ,hus seeking
10 put down The General1 This view ofihe me-.
ter places the meeting in more favor
able light; Tor nothing could be more rea-
sonabe than that the H,ngs OF Bowrsbu's
Zone Of the election precincts ~ cnGntY rcpfe.
sened hy UT,gs) should assemble ior .re.purpo
81 approving ol condrniEing the course ot then
Delegates in The Legislature. Again: they misn,
.!eciare that they would withhold their support
from Wing who had mi>represen.ec item, ani
everybody could see The proprely Of such %.
claralion. But Tor gathering Of Wties sravey
~ assert, in he form OF resolution, thai iaey
have not been faithfully represented b. Loco.
soco, is suprcmely ridiculous
40 laneii outright. might seem wen, of grace
Bur 10 be grave exceeds all power II 'acs."
In conclusion, | must confess, Of am right 10
my surmises. that | greatly commisefalc Doctor
Colds friends who could IND no better mode ~
venting their spleen against Gen. Dorman, anioi
Ievensing themselves Tor the cavalier manner y
which he "whisllcd" the Doctor "down lie WIND
ana placed himself in position where he couH
misrepresenl The patriotic Wings Of he "towno o.
Browns burr WALKERS CREEK