Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-07
RICHMOND, VA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER l. 184o.


| no doub: be subject oil rtgiel with mary SEN
sible and vir,u,us Wings that their leaders hal
so acted as TO have such men as own anu
Heath turned ~ but am S:eaily misaRen IN
/ he man il Mai. Christian w,uia b. wiling thai
his parry should make sacrifice 81 their plin.
! cipe.,a put him in Office; and am certain mat
the rejecting men OF all parties would feel lha'
not only The Democratic parry was hlnfed, but
! The glory OF Virginia had been afnisnrd oy me
| prescription Of such men. love the Democsd-
&c parry and | adore Virginia, and trust mat
neither The one nor the other may be polluted 10y
he drgr. ling and demoIa llzias vice OF pfoscr'p'
! lion. MADISON.
The above is from sterling Democrat and
excellent man, and we therefore give it place.
Ii is the first intimation ihot we have received
from any portion of Virginia in opposition TO an
act of justice which is universally regarded as
due TO The Democratic party of The State WIN
all cur respect for the writer, wo totally dissent
from his conclusions. Our friends arc aware
that until the recent treacherous prescription OF
valuable officers in Virginia, we had taken
stand against the movements made by consider
able portion Of our patty TO "equalize" the
Offices in the Capitol, witch are now almost
entirely 10 the possession of the Wings, aud 1t
was not until tie sacrifice Of homes, and faithful
officers by falsely prof. s>ing Regency. thai we
arrived al the conclusion hat the Democratic
party would be fai,h!css to lis sei--espect, 10 lis
honor. TO its high duty, were il still to continue
10 exclude lis own members aud to pile up Vi.
fees upon Wings al arm them with power aEd
patronage 10 defeat our cause and sacrifice our
glorious principles "Mndison" is not aware oil
what is passing here-ke IS not aware Of The
striking fact that Wing, who owe their election
10 Democratic votes, not only use their position
10 strike blow at the Democratic cause, but
go so far even as 10 enter into the newspapers,
TO assail and break down Democratic men and
measures Shall these things 50 unno,iced, and
shall we longer be guilty Of the folly Of discard
ing our own friends and clothing our opponents
v it'll power aud patronage 10 break down ou'
party Were we 10 refuse now u 20 JUS
iice TO ourselves, wo should indeed deserve
TO be laughed of BY the Wigs, who now
,aunt US with tho impossibility If finding
in our ranas good and competent men to
I'LL the offices ii government aud who inso
lenlly Gefy US to touch the Wing Office holders
in the ate. Upon every ground, therefore, wc
eel justified in i manding Of the next Legi'Ia-
turc justice for our party AMI a proper retrba
lion for the ruthless and trcacherous sacif.e
ofhonest and faithful Democrats in our own State.
As farther Justification OF such 4 course we
quote the following:
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Aug. %, ls49.
To The Edo SIT the Cn:m.
Alter GeCrial Taylor commenc' d removing
Democrats from office, in violation ol his prcu-
i,es the wings having al that time lille shame
lett, excused him by saying that ne would only
remove democrats enough 10 "tqud.ce" the offices
he wern the Two parlirs. Now. what has been
done in other Sales | dun't - Will know; but
assert, on knowledge OF III fac's, thai bat one
democrat i low le IN eli IN hi, Sac who's
Office Is worth having. IaiS Is Taylor 'cQ2ai
.apian'" Every collector, evs'y r ,.laasler, eve
nv land officer, ay every tide wailcf and lighl.
house keeper in Florida. has been removed lay
the "Eo-pa.ty" gentleman IN The cooked hat. L II
the west OF il is. that in many Instances good
ant compe!cn; filters have been removed H.
make way Tor those OF totally dlf rent char
Senate Shall AGAR IL II, and vii no doabl 10 then
,.uy IN the premises. Diseus., mingled wih
cunem2l ale the lettings .. all honorable men
Of an PARTIES towards tic "Secoad Washing.
ton NJ. L.
The Republic, Gen. Taylot's imported aud
most decen; T. organ, treats the removal Of 200
Democrats as mere rifle, 'inere matter oil
moonshine," over which 1.-THE Opposition journals
continue to howl a. scad:d DOS" The Republic
says:
''ln nine cases cut Of ten, probI'y The Offices
were given BY Locutocos 10 men who d'd not de-
serve lhem and il 3 probable that INT present
Administration will bes;ow many appointments
On the pushing and mponuna,c instead Of the
wel-dcservins But VIVA, does il all amour, lu2
Five Thousand John Sui,hs cut Of Office cannot
overthrow the Administration, any more than
five .hous4 nd John Does in Office can sustain i.
The oats can work harder and 10 more ehcien.
service than the tn,, because The latter sre not
expected 10 interfere in elections, ard they
are apt TO lose all intefes! in affairs lie NJ
menl they are comfortably bestowed themselves.
Blu, The American people lid no, accomplish the
political revolution Ct 1918 because Of Tie Offices;
and SO far from sympa,hizios with The dismal
ol!c'ie> OF the Opposition over he few removals
hat have taken place they would be better
Pleased, W. think. with IN u4irersa: sUssp Of
the oGcs and making i:csh s:at,, than by any
other course"
the same detachable organ Of man, uhose
election was 10 'proscribc prescription" says
iha, gives great dissatisfaction 10 many OF our
tiu.sl aud bes, friends" to see 'imany bitter and
odoys Loco;occs continue in { flee 10 This day.
bsseeches them To "havc patience" as il has faith
ihal ";he only men destined 10 be disappointed in
the Administration ATE The Loc1lvcos. Since The
Opposition have been crying for nothing, We
think they ought TO have something 10 CT. for
Much yet remains 10 be done before the cqua!;-
zalon ol Offices is accomplished, which will ,ur-
uish The starting point Tor removal Tor cause"
Here the organ insolenlly proclaims that The
removal OF 5000 Democrats, without "cau,e,'
as il admits is mere inolhiag," and ha; "much
is set to be done" Shall the Democratic party
then stand mute AID see their own friends
stricken down and shall they themselves elect lhsi
opponents, waen they should strike blow in
ssi.dcience, AMI in yindication of their owa
honor and selfrespec,2
Commonwealth vs.. Thomas w. Lotticr.
PROSECUTION For THE MURDER OF WILLIAM
r. COOK.
Ev.den:e Jefore the 1iey1 on Tuesday Sep.
timber Az, lS49.
COMMnNWEALTu'5 TESTIMONY.
Or. JAMES BElLr-Cooks death was caused
By the wounds re received
Cross Eramined The deceased received
three wounds Che DR.. here went into dc.
scriptoa OF the wourd') saw the deceased
lou, an hour after he received the injury. Tie
fatal wound appeared to have entered about The
9th rib The prisoner must have been upon
the right side Of the deceased when the first and
second wounds we're given, but IL is possible be
was on the left lie must have been on The left
of The dc asej when the third ard fatal wound