Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-22
To The Editors of The Enquire

To The Editors ~ The Enquirer.
The death OF The lamened Pennybacker brings
the opportunity, Unprecedented in Virginia, ot
elecling al The same session Two Senators in Con-
eress from he Stale. ] rejoice in the fact which
hear stated, that, in The spiri, OF generous
compromise, honorable to the justice and mag
napimity Of The East no claim 10 the vacancy
now 10 be filled will be presented in opposition 10
what have long thought was becoming, and has
now become, The right Of the West.
I, would be graluirons work 10 recapiIulste he
conclusive reasons which have been recently pre-
senlrj, through your columns, 10 The "mora!
sense" ut The Denocia'ic parry, in such view Of
The subject. will therefore, bat rcinarK that, IL
that section, in all our hardest and ia"s. terrible
conflicts wlih lie Wings, lh- eyes Df lhe State
have ever been earnestly and confidently turned
and not i'll vain. Bul this question: take i, is
mol an open one, and, therefore, not 10 be dwell
upon.
The S. nalorro be chosen, il is conceded, should
COM from he West. The report j., that there
are Numerous aspranls-all OF them, doubtless,
deserving well oil the Democratic party. have
heard them enumerated, and have imrar,ially,
and without any ihcufe ol personal ieelns-oi
which | can cherish none-scanned IN my own
mid their respective merits and pre;ensions.
know The majority Of the gentlemen personally
very weil-and all Of them much b,tier through
he public reputation with which they are seve-
rally invested Now, the enquiry is, which one
Of The many best deserves tue splendid distinction
in The bes,owal OF The General Assembly An
Eastern man myself but iGbued with HE liveli-
est symyathy Tor tn future renown Of The West,
| nroclam ALBERT G PEsDLEToN Of Giles 10 be
that man. | have had opportunities of hearing
| his commanding elrqnence al the huslings. Who,
in his quarter of the Stale, in times OF vehement
political agitation, has mol sought similar oppor
tuailesl Under his rare powers have sen The
wearied mass meeting Struggling away again
compact and speli-bound. | have Witnessed
who, in The Il lps Of The Southwest has not?-his
ready discrimination at the bar. In my opinion,
his powers rs a debaler, if fully deyeloped-as
developed they must he, upon SO elevated and fl
theatre IS Inc Senate OF the United States
would, al the end OF his term SHE'D Tenown even
upon Inc annals oi The good Old Commonwealth
Of Virginia. will moi assert that such repn-
laiian awaits him al the outset. will mol DO so
rluch injustice 10 himself and TO my own sineeIi-
". | viii not hazard such exaggerated praise
Tor any man Of his years But that surh will be
his brilliant destiny, his proper ambition and tlne
eIdowments warrant me in declaring as my
1 honest conviction
Mr. Pendelon is a self made man, circum-
stance no, disagreeable 10 the popular sympathy,
and iscl il is, working in harmony with The be-
nignant theory Of our Government But though
! have asserted him to be the architect OF what he
| il. and ul what more distinguished he may be-
come, there is consideration derived from his
ancestry, which Virginia will. am sure, enter
tain with patience nay, with delight. The
blood OF Edmund Pendielon, whose claim 10 re-
evolutionary and historical immortality none will
sainsay, flows in The veins of this gifted gentle.
man. "Names are things saws the aphorism.-
The glory formerly attendant upon the great
name OF Pendelon would, hope, help 10 carry
The public imagination OF this day back 10 bet
Ter and brighter era OF the Republic.
A DEMOCRAT.