Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-23


favor on every essential question, because num-
Der OF her people will moi concur IN tins aroilfay
rule OF caucus, recently adopted, douoIiui anu
unessential al most, il no, mschieVous ana wrong.
beg "a Republican," and all Repuolcans ~
weigh these suggestions, and III any eyen. NJ. ~
risk the success OF our Democratic Adminisua d.
iion and our Democratic measures, Tor Inc oeS'
caucus system under heaven. The only real Us.
the system can be OF, is 10 promote the success
cur principles and measures. - ueI.a. III
for The sake OF the system, would be Voiuh1ainI
10 drown Yourself, in attempting 10 9eI piaan
which YOU believed might save you-.o .U.n ~
suicide TO keep from dying-to act IKE tne a ,bs
in The fable, and let go The meat 70 SUI .ns
shadow--or 10 do any other act u Guns
folly. hv tho ssinde-
What exactly The writer means oy me luue
nendencc and honesty OF party" which are 70 20
pmay y too. along with "harmony," II TINS eau
ems system is not forced upon every man do d
,ssl Of party allegiance, confess 90 not uhoel-
s,and Independent OF what and OF whomi VOL
surely OF principles and people! II MS was
meant as / am satisfied il was not, could I'M
d.rsrand. as have attempted 10 explain, no" me
Representative is made BY II Irresponsible ~ MS
constituents and can see how ne may mus De-
come drrelict 10 his duty, and how, By these
means. the party leaders may act independent OF
ceiye how caucus diclalion is 10 achieve any
other independence" Honest in what ana hoWs
By meeting in secret conclave and binding your
selfto 60 for what you do not and cannot De maze,
by argument and persualion, 10 approve, because
majority of The meeting direct you TO go LOT ~
Heaven defend me from such honesty as ms
No; independence and honesty" have but lille
10 do with The matter The whole argument IN
its favor is summed up BY this writer IN me lew
words in which he assumes that II rs indispcn,
sable" Ii is the yrant's plea OF necessity ana
King Caucus, like the rest, bases his assumed
authority upon H. Let the people take care how
they are persuaded that il is necessary Tor them 10
surrender The control OF their Representatives 10
the uncontrolled will ola majority OF any portion
of those Representatives themselves, whether Q!
the party according 10 The neir rue referred 10 oy
the writer, (of which was not before apprlsed,)
or OF The meeting according 10 the Old one.
But Messrs Editors, did not mean 10 discuss
the caucus system. ! have said more than IN
tended or wished to say aboutiI. believe, how
ever that much error prevails in regard 10 II; and
hope what have said may not prove useless or un
seasonable. NV main object was, in justice 10
Them TO relieve hr. Harvie and MS friends, from
an impuiation made against them by "A Repuo
licann and which am sure is utterly nniouDded
This writer would produce The impression that they
Mr.. Harve had iaied.."n is presumed 10 make II
the insrumen, OF accomplishing his particular
views and wishes" This gross impulaIon,
then, rests confessedly on mere prcsnmpiiOn.-
What t'particuiar views and wishes" Mr.. Harye
may have entertained and expressed in one OF The
caucuses he is said 10 have attended, this writer,
no more than myself, can know, unless he was
himself member OF Ihem and then ne dare not
tell and so "itiS presumed there were some such
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accomplish. But Mr.. Halve, two sessions ago,
went into caucus and secured the nomination OF
Mr.. Hunter and also participated in the proceed
inss Of one last session, thai is the session OF 10
as; and hence we must conclude that ne mas been
Influenced BY particular views and wishes"
in opposing them now. Why il he had
never gone into one, there would he more
reason in supposing him 10 be 50 influenced
When first elected 10 the Legislature, he al.
tended The caucus meetings Of the party as
matter OF course. Ii was in consequence oil
what he saw there that ne became, from actual
experience, utterly opposed 10 them. II ms
writer was from the county oil Ameila, ne Wouiu
have known that al the last Spring election,
MIR. Haryic openly and boldly declared his OPP
nosition 10 the system his determination not 10
20 into another caucus and pledged himself 10
u.e his utmost efforts 10 break il down or be
broken down by il. He thus put his election
ON This question, and was sustained BY larger
yo!e, il is believed, than was ever obtained in The
county before. An overwhelming majority OF
tie people of Amelia have thus sanctioned this
opposition 10 the caucus sysiemi and il The wTi-
l,r knew those people, nc would know that they
a, leas, were above the influence OF such paliry
considerations, as he insinuates against Mr.
Ha!vie and his friends II am rightly
informed there are some persons IN Rich-
mond who have recently had their 'pecu.
liar views and wishes" very much disappointed
and who attribute their disappoinlments 10 Mr.
EIarvie hope IA Republican" is not one OF
these; for if he is, men will be apt TO think that
his unsolicited advice 10 The people OF Amelia
may have been dictated BY modification and
spleen. and was not as disinleTested as j, should
be. In conclusion, would respectfully inform
him. that the people OF Amelia understand how
TO deal with their Delegates without his interior
anee; that they know how 10 unite their party bet
Ter than lie can tell them, and that they are no,
likely 10 follow the example OF Buckingham,
which he suggests, where, as learn, Ghoush
hope sincerely it IS not SOL they have produced
such blessed union and harmony in our parry as
will probably ensure its defeat, a VOTER