Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-30
FoR THE ENQUIRER


bnr. particularly, anil incident0Ruto Hoscot HE
nci0ie Congressional DtNrid, 6omposM Of he
counties If amelia, Brmnsrick, DtnridAe,
G,eeasriUe, lTecklnIurs, .NotiO1ray, P,t'pc
Georcc and tie torn Of Petersburg.
Fellow Citizens: A plain and unprelendng
man, who processes 10 be one Of The least infuen-
,ial Of your party, begs leave TO address 10 you
few words ia relation 10 the ensuing Congress
sional election in our District, which he hopes
you will turn over in your minds, in the still
ness of night bv your firesides, and permit them
TO have that weight with you, and that only, 10
which reason and truth enlille them.
II is known 10 you all, lellow-cilizens, that
our political opponents, despairing OF gaining a
victory over US, and subIecting US to The humii-
alton OF passing under he yoke al our next cleo
ton in any other manner, have seized upon The
social imprudences oil our late distinguished Rep
resenlalive, General George G. Dromgoole, and
by di,sracing him in your estimation, hope TO
gain party advantage which il would be VAN
To expect from fair discussion ol The great po-
Utica questions upon a right decision Of which
so much ofthe happiness Or misery ot our peo-
ple will depend. And ~ are indirectly appealed
10. feIlow-cilizens, 10 iorsakc mr. noble heaTfsd
t,,e,d, and 10 assist in hunting him down like
wild beast, that Wig, forsooth, may represent
onr District in The next Congress!
The question, The solemn, earnest question, !
put TO each and all oil YOU is, "Will gOn
have any lol or part in so nngeneTous a proceed
ing7" And meIhinks ] hear lhr emphatic an
swer bursting from every true Democrats mouth,
holf aifed ac,h indignation, "Never!" Let me
moi I've understood as wishing 10 disparage the
Wing candidate. My personal acquaintance
with Col. Boiling, ! regret, is but limited. No
one can, | think however, spend even day in
his society, without being convinced that he IS, IN
The ,ruesl acceptation OF the word, gentleman;
one whose character, altogether, is entirely wor-
lhy Of the respect and esteem oil every good man
in The district. | will go farther, and al The ha-
card OF being thought little Too liberal by some
of my party will admit that Col. Boiling IS a
sincere friend To The great South, and, IL elected,
that The interests OF The district would Sustain no
detrimenl al his hands, But Col. Boiling is a
young man-his political claims upon or peo-
ple are comparatively few, and II not eieclei,
no friend OF his would have The least reason 10 bc
either mortified or dissapronled-wel knowing,
or having The hest reason 10 believe, That as
poluic,an. Gen. Dromaoole would be preferred by
large majority oil The district, when he was
brought forward As candidate.
With General Dromeoolc The case is entirely
different. | repeat, he cannot be turned on oil
Congress, under existing circumstances, without
inaicline The NEST mmcdicable wound on his
feelings and his friends (many Of whom have SO
long supported him, and towards whom he de-
clares his heart is now penetrated with sralitude)
turning their backs upon him, and, by their deser-
ton, procaimiDe TO The world that they regard him
as a degraded man. Disguise IT as you may, 10
This complexion, il must come al last. Ills enc
mics, felluw-ciIizens, can gam no triumph over
him, unless in The conflict ne IS so daunllessly
waging with them, for reputation he regards lar
dearer than lite, he receives The slabs which shall
give them the victory, al The HANDS oil ms o'rl
trends. The question again put 10 you is, will
you give them any aid in sneh contest? And,
again, mel,inks lhear your answer, OF still deepc,
INDIGNATION. Never ~ General Dromgooc is a
man verify. not without his faults; il ne were, he
would moi be a human being; and, in the divine
language Of our Saviour, "Let him who guilt
less cast the fist stone" Let hose OF his party,
who have never done any Thing wrong, raise 10 The
skies their standard OF morality and piciy, and
pronounce him politically accused, because ne
has not come up 10 that; but lei such oil you, my
fellow. citizens, who feel painful consciousness
Of your own lrail humanity, who are ready 10
acknowledge, in all humility, that yon, loo, have
your imperfeclions, upon which you would wish
10 invoke the mercy OF Heaven, and The Charity
OF your fellow-man, generously joTSire Whatever
dereliciion from The strict path OF prudence and
OF duty you may have observed IN The conduct Of
our friend during The last session OF Congress, and
by noby Stepping forward, not to PROSTATE and
slay, but 10 shield him from The envenomed shafts
of his enemies-convnce them that they have
"reckoned without their host" in expecting
you 10 assist in SO ignoble an immolation!-
Where was there ever trner Republican
in our District than General Dromsoole =
A man who showed greater respect pour people
in his associations with Them 7-Who cherished
warmer feelings OF regard Tor his friends and less