Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-18

Mr.. Clay, though you have hitherto differed
from him in politics-oid politics mean. And
know who j. h Polk is now with vengeance.
He is The same James X Polk WHO BEAT
YOUR HONORED FATHER IN THEBAL.
TlMORE CoNVENTIONl-Iy(bv Stare pa,o
or III Bear that in mind, my dear Van Blu.
rem. That was enough 10 fill your noble soul
with burning Indignation; but The injury 10 your
veherated sire did not stop here. The Polkiies
must force him, against his mil, 10 acquiesce in
IBIS Illumination, and PLEDGE HIMSELF To SUPPORT
1T! For tour years has The county in grueral,
and your Jami IN particular, been afflicted with
lnls FOLK, fellow NOT more wicked than lucky.
We thought We had him on The Texas question,
and The very humps we gave him were like blows
uoon descending Trap ball--Ihey only made
him bounce the higher. We thought we had
him on the Oregon question, and every squeeze
we gave him, was like squeezing quicksilver
lie went sparkling off through our fingers and
leii nothing IN hand. Then we made sure Of him
on The Mexican war-and was there ever such a
wal since the crea,on7 Not one mishap That
We could make capital ont oil Nothing bu, elo-
rIhcation from The beginning 10 The end OF i'll =
Three 10 one, FIVE 10 one, six 10 one, no matter
here they went, up mountains, over rocks, INTO
canals, climbing forts, peckDg through towns,
culting, slashins, Chasing, until our natural
allies" were whipped, and then treating them
with all The courtesy and Kindness OF invited
suesisio lea pary Surprising ii surely would
oe like all other wars, with lis ups and downs,
we popt the responsibility OF il on Polk; and We
mad Thousand times better have popt the iespon.
sibilies Of Trenton and Yorktown upon him
VIC said The Moorish blood" would never yielf;
and This seemed only 10 awake a rivaship te-
,ueen los HAiesanOs and los Demoerntanos 10 take
squlnt a. this new fashioned blood. We said
Mexico could not, il she would, give US terro'yi
aho yet she has done it. And now, after lodging
us, ana slipping Us, and ormeniing US, and chuck.
ling al US, and sticking more slave territory 10 u
than all The Shareholders in the world want, and
swapping al Yucalan 10 boot-(and il the MOOR
ish blood" had no, yielded Just when il did, he
would have Topped off that TOO, 10 dead certan
ty)-aiter all this The mos, removed Mr.. Polk
politely invites Mr. Cass 10 his seat makes his
bow 10 MS, and walks back into the ral.hoe from
which otd pirgin,a dragged him ou', vi hout 4
single sc'a ch from Wing claws, or blister rom
Barnburne's' toIches | love old Virginia, 81!
it stands TO reason thai must love her i, is BE-
cause love her 'hal would wean her from her
political hsreses. But ! am not blind 10 her
faults. Finding We could do nothing with Polk
we determined 10 make the South snar; Tor her
sins; and Mr.. WilmoI most orpcruncly op.nea
any Thing in my life, ,han was that we now had
The slave power on the hir. Yon, my tear Van
Buren,, were equally confident Who believed
that any Northern man wond dare 10 oppose t'''
ProvIso; or, opposing il, would not die the trail
tors deah2 But behold, lhc mass of Inc Demo
cracy are suddenly seiZ'd with wonderful lnve
OF he Constitution and equal rights. They can.
not see what right one par Of the county ma. 10
prescribe lerms 10 a1oher! They cannot see iha,
The Tree States have any higher privileges than
Inc slave States! They oannm find The clause
Of the Cons'RuiJn winch au'horiZ Congress II
l5eislas in these matters! OGtcumes Dallas, as
bod as Calhoun himself. ("You re dead said
/, las sure as there is Quaker in Penn.y.Ta-
MIA y Then Iu!iowed Buchanan, wna seemed
10 Try 10 jump W lille higher Than Dallas; hen
followed Cas-; ard then the whole pac;. Wi
no: ran nbGa', a0d tarkei here aud barked here,
acd hat no doubt mad lfcct 'h-;n all listen
ed tr- The Pennsy raE'a qua 10 f'e, expecting 70
zee two CID coons md several lie ones a iored n
Pop. Al las, oil il wen; and what wa- nv AS
tonIshment % see ;1r Old couns running up 10 the
very Zip Top OF III" dendror toeofocosta, and ~
Wil,no' ysping 4 bout. badly crippled! So mnch
tor Qnck1ism! wiiljust say d. that people Che
Qnakersl in passing, thal'hey arc your teal "mo-
raiagcnfy" folks have pamphlet upon pamrh
LEI from rheD, wrinen in gnod christian soi:i',
teaching ne my duty in hrnlheIly love; anc |
will b. bound that never fa.l our with thrn.-
Thy DO nut mean 10 leap over comp.cts and
constitutions, anG sir civil war, 10 Gel rid ii sla
ry-they DO not 90 10 Congress 10 ieach morals
Tor Them though there is more ,eqt anti slavery
in one Quaker, than there is in all New EneIan
This was The way, surss, that Mr. Wilmer goi
so andaciors!y tuck in" You, my dear Van
Buren,, resolved 10 hoa up he Wilmo, PfoTiso
in New York al last; and honorei he your name
Tor il. But j, is not 10 be disguised that lhe thing
does ioi take even in New Yor!; as We sG2ros.i
il would. The tinnkeis are cu; AMI oOGr a'iin
ihc Cunsiiiu ioaais's; and many Il tho 3arnbu.i.-
ers lock as if they thought, "hanc il, risi @c'5
have let the slaves alone and mina'd our "S'l
busness-what harm did slavery do NJ Here
are we, a little nest OF us, in such STAG Of b.
t,csenity hat we hardly know VIVA, We are our.
selves or what we waDi-bu: vefy certain !ha;
We will rant a gfea, while before We get any
thing"
assure you, ST., am very much alarmed al
the preseh. stare OF things There is soIn-lhin.
very imposing in lac present position Of III Con
stu'iunalists, q will rot call them he Dsuoc,a
cy, for you are the Democracy as was proved al
BalIimore) with their long catalogue OF pfinci-
plies; ard their claim Of equal rights No'h ant
Souih, &C., &c. These Things look RICH. 10 III,
common people; and | much fear lha. they viii
support them. |! they dot its proved in Cas-.
election, that man may safely stand up al The
North for The Constitution agaius! ami slavery !;
then The Constituencies will rule lhc nation pf
a hundred years j: not forever. Dallas or Bu b.
anan is jus, as sure 10 be the next Plesiden, -
The world sands; and thencelorwafd you will see
Norh, East, and West concerning for The homer
OF offering 10 The South The strongest assurances ui
protection. | very much iear-in lac, | SEE
plainly, that reaction is taking place in behalf
OF the South. Every body knows, Mr.. Wan Blu.
rem, that u0ar motives are as pure as The driven
snow; but some Ct cur friends are 50 imrruirn !,
that they led he pla honest country loving yeo-
many OF the North and East, 10 believe be-
nevoence has nothing 10 do with our aIti slave.
ny movements; ami that We are only endcavori1g
tn concentrate Northern power, in order 10 crush
Southern rights. Take our fr.Ir.s Hal" Gd 'ings,
Slade and Paltfey, Tor an example. Their ever
lasting pushing OF The subject locks like persecu.
lion; and our people have sToal adherence i;
persecution Nov there is but one way 10 avert
these evils; and hat is, Tor all he scattered Gle
mems OF Northern power 10 unite upon some
new principles, which they can adopt without
compromising iheir Old ones Shall We Join you
ifen MIR Van Buren, or will you join us2 Al
low me, with Great Difference 10 your better JUG
mell and with toll sense ol nv own bases, 10 la
before you the reasons which influence me 10 be-
lieve that You had better join Us. Yon have
anled yourself uro7 The Wimo Proviso and
here we meet you cordially. But this is confess.
edly MIR. Wets,ers "lhunder;" and can your
friends rally 10 lis rol2 Idoub ii very much
You have formed your party and nam,d your
President; bar there are TO barnbn'ners OF, OF
New York; and ! very much question whether
there are enough Of them IN tina! Stale 10 elect n
President. UPON this head you are of course
better informed than am; bu! think mat eau
hardly be mistaken in saying that you are loo
weak 10 make President. But Ihese are minor
difficulties compared with the next. Snpposing
you s,rrng enough TO make a President, i. your
father the man7 Pray do not in what follows,
consider me as using my ovn arguments, bur as
merely anticipating The iIliberal ard unchariia-
BILE views Of our enemies, which / fear will gain
plausibily iron train OF purely accidental cir.
cums,ances which surround you al this lime,
and which, b. ingenious twisting, MAJ result in
your fathers defea'.
First, tina, The world sees tis son, all cf SUD.
den. b. eak cfi from his old political sssacia;uus
uann ppre .,.,titira, ai,sl action and from being