Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-24
RICH OND, VA.
Monday Morning, April %, 1919.
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF VIRGINIA

whom you wish to represent you in the Sta
and National Councils. Many Of you will ha
done SO before what we now write will me
your eye. You hold the political power Of Il
State in your own hands; you have a majority
nearly all Of the Congressional Districts. Wi
you not exercise that poweri Will you not ca
out that majority Or will you rather stuff
that vigilance, SO necessary to guard your RICH
and liberties, 10 sleepl Will you supinely fo
your arms when those rights and those libersl'
are so seriously threatened Will you sutt
yourselves to be lulled into false security b
being told that you have Southern Presiden
who will protect Southern rigb,sf
What have you to hope from General Taylor
Has he not already proved chat those OF 20
who were induced to vote for him, by the falls
representations of his friends, have been de
ceived and betrayed 1t was promised you tina
General Taylor would be no parizan-he ha
been found acting entirely with your politica
opponents. II was promised you that he woul'
be the President of the whole country and not o
a party, and that Democrats would have weigh
in his Administration as well as Whigs-he ha
composed his Cabinet exclusively of the bitter
est Wings. 1t was promised you that he would
not be proscriplive-we have not seen more
ruthless prescription Of public officers, to make
way for his party friends, even under Genera
Harrison's Administration. It was promised
you that he would not disturb our present
just and constitutional Tarif-he has already
avowed himself in favor of change. II was
promised you that he would be true to the South
on the great Slavery question; in his lnaugu
raj, he has preserved on that subject an omi,
nous silence When it was said that he endea
vored to procure an adjustment of the question
satisfactory TO the South, during the last days Of
Congress, bis friends Indignantly denied it-he
mas called 10 his councils Free Soiler and an
Abolitionist.
Wha, have you to expect from General Tay
lors party. A repeal of those wise and salu.
tary laws which you have enacted for the I'D
ministration Of the revenues and finances Of the
Government, which have been tried By the ties,
of experience, and been found TO succeed, be-
yoDd your most sanguine hopes, in their practi.
cal operations rs.enactmeDt of all those odious
measures which you have so often and so en-
pbatically condemned-a concession of the
power to exclude you from those territories
which are your property, which you have pur-
chased With your treasure and your blood-a
shameful sacrifice and surrender of rights
guaranteed to you by the Constitution.
Your destinies are in your own hands; by
strenuous exertions you may secureia Demo-
cratic House Of Represcntatives-y already
have Democratic Senate. And thus your
time -honored principles may be saved-lhe
South may be saved-the storm which now
threatens disunion and civil strife may pass
harmless by. You may thus pour oil on the
troubled wosors, and Fender nernetual tho
blessings of our glorious Union.
Let every man, then. who calls himself De-
moorat do his ,oh0ls duty on Thursday Soma
Of the districts are very closely conte'ted--one
vote may turn the scale. Wake up then, fel-
low citizens! Arouse yourselves! Remember
The importance of the occasion. You have
pledged yourselves to stand BY the South at oil
hazard, and II the last extremity. Send men TO
our public councils who will redeem mat
pledge if necessary. Bring out our t7hois
strength, and all will be WELL Victory will
asain perch upon our bannerI
AT last the administration organs, or rather
one of them, has come reluctantly the mark,
and no, only avows, but 6ercely defends the pro.
scriplive policy Of General Taylor's adm'nis'ra'
ton. The much abused, eve!lastingly stigma
,ized principle, tina, 80 The vic'ors belong The
spoils +" is in truth, iully;and zealously adopted
by the disinteres,ed, singe-hearied pure-spirited
all decency party. The stiff and silled aiecta
,ion Of The National Inlellisencer, with lis slate
y nolhings, and inflated sel.conceil, is forced lt
the necessity of avowiDg that, the pledges giver
by Gen. Taylor, pending the canvass, are wholly
unlenable, since that is over; always supposins
tina, The Wing party interests are 10 be taken in
to account. To be sure, there is most diiti"ga'
and aris,ocratic curl OF the upper lip at the bar'
mention. or inlimation of The Whie administra
lion, following the practices which their trothl
rhetoric has been employed for years in abusing
in The Democrats. The idea of The "ereal conser
valve party" condescending 10 adopt, as leading
rule OF their policy, course which they
themselves, have grown hoarse in swearing
had forever disgraced the nation. and even TN
"Locofocos," is thing so mons.rous, that ever
its undeniable truth affords no sort OF lustilca
ton to any luckless wight who may dare pro
claim it. The National Intelligencer has con
descended to notice the contumacy, and the.
shave not yet dans with the subject "Let NJ
dog bark How is the sturdy phalanx Of De
mocracy TO survive the next givings.out Of thi
great wind.lns,rument through which some O
the noises of this administration break upon III
ear Of the public! How scathing the satire
how whitening the scorn. how majestic the in
dipna,iop, how moving and subduing The elc
ouence. how like the immortal Burke!! Tor
Thumb. in the uniform of the Emperor, is nc
a whit more like Napoleon! This courteous
polite and polished print. is most merrlIy indig
nan, at the thought that, 1.-THE furies OF The gun
lo,inen ".hould discourse against all capita
| punishment as soon as their own power OF de
capi.a,ing men is stoppedi" and with sci
complacenoy which must put to rout an
shame the self: righteousness of the stric
est Phatisee they stroke down their venerao
beard, put on the E1ecutioners apron, assum
the handle of tho bloody axe, and, viii
a devout expression Of counlenance which nor
but one OF their own sect can ever know, asse'
arae in the name Of all The decency, and before Il
face of heaven thai, there never was any lhir
so proper, pious, becoming and commendabe,
their new calling and position. That which
the Democracy "would The mul'iudiuous sea j
carnadine.n in The Wings, under the lead
noId zack," cleanses from all pollution, al
commends them 10 the especial favor and COZ
dence of the American people, But the Intel
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