Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-17
SIGNS IN ALABAMA.
To the Editors of tic Enquirer:
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Tuscaloosa, Oct. 81, I54S.
Messrs. Edilors--l said on previous cocoa
sion. that the signs Of the times ioreshadow-
ed the approach Of an important epoch in
the political history OF our country. My
predictions have been more than realized
II has come with vengeance in The shape
Of no-pauyism The Storm RACED furious.
ly for time destruction marked its rack,
and death-like calm, like funeral pail is suS
pended over the ruins oil Whasery. Nn-pany-
ism has effeclualy killed off Whggery in these
regions and truly it may be said, that as Mac
beth had his Banquo, 50 ho-parysm has is
Whisscry, and il pales as il encounter, The visaee
u Clay CT Bous.
"Thou canst not say did it. Never shake
Thy CORY locks al me-"
Developments from time TO time have laid
bare the secret doings Of that Convention Of
Conventions, The Philadelphia Wing Nalicna!
Convention al The impulses that governed
mems bosoms in that extraordinary crisis in HE
history OF WhsgeW can never b. known. That
The pressure oil circumstances, The exposure b.
time OF the ,diousness Of their principles, forced
them 10 an abandonment OF them, is known 10 ALL
But that hey shonld in their last death throes,
attempt spring iro lie by sacrificing the righi
OF their great man al tn shrine Of the oaud and tiE
sci, the empty show Of the mere military chieair,
Is irarinIly Astounding 10 every Considerable MAJ
IN the nallon, be he Wing or Democrat But in
the death of NhiggcIy did no-pariyi,m lTumph1
The asSassin's dagger was unsheathed, but Inc
hand oil the suicide impelled the steel which con-
signed no-parlylsm as well as Whi2gery and
Clay TO their political graves Did Ia Bru,us
stab there Z
"fhis the m si unkindesl cut OF ali:
For when the noble Clay saw the stsb,
do -
Quite ranqnlshrd him: then burst his mighty heart,
And IN his mantle Innftlmg up his face,
Great Clay fell
o, what fall wa there, ny countrymen!"
Could the perpetrators OF This infamous plot
have expected any Thing else al the hands Of inc
sovereign people OF these United States They
(rhe psope,) are lie rulers Of this country. and
they know full well the incalcuiablc responsible
lily Of The t;usl. Are hey 10 be in>rlsed then BY
the assumed importance OF a mere ere. ,urc.
seeking their employment, in replying to their
demands 10 b. informed Of his views in relation
10 the great national questions about which they
the peope) and their chidren's children 10 the
rcmUlest generation arc So deeply concerned, in
this dciatofial manner, thai he will admins:..
the government as he pieases} Verify verify,
would ask then, what becomes OF our boascc
qualification lnr self government, which is an
Inherent principle, IL say nothing more, IN our
immortal declaration Of independence Ii was
for This aud hing else ,ha, cur iorc-'a,hers
toiled and tough, Tor seven long years. Its this
thai the constitution CT oar country guarantees
TO every man ot US, and il is this TIA. mere
military chiei'ain requires Us 10 lay down Our
political tricHsierS have not found The veumanry
OF This land as The caprcious Romans, endea-
vor,ng 10 make Cesar OF his mirdeter one me-
ment and The next crying Observation-Disclosures
let not traitor live" The day has not yet
arrived when The people can be made tool. OF,
and God grant thai il may never comet
And Alabama, God bless her thrill of ad-
miration runs through every vein al the though.
notwithstanding The desperate effort lha, has
been made and temptations thrown about her 10
swerve her from her good faith, she stands boldly
up unmoved and immovsbe, AMI will bear up
her twelve thousand majority for Cass and But
Ter. The masses are moving -Cass and Butler
will be elected by q Jackson triumph.
J. T. ~ HIrJr,x