Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-24
TaE STRUGGLE AT HAND.

TaE STRUGGLE AT HAM.
TIE tive for areumen, has passed, and action
il all that is necessary 10 secure eio'iou' -
umuh in the Old Dominion Inouen 'ie p'e.
sent number OF our paper Will reach OUT a sin"''
norton Of the State before The election, ye' we
esnno, permit il 10 60 forth without INVOKING
those friends, into whose hands ii may fall, 10 re-
Ia, m effort 10 secure their districts and coun-
res and crown with success our glorious canci-
d,,es flung embodimens OF the eternal princi-
oles Of truth and justice. With the exception Of |
a few counties, (and even 10 them We trust 10 see !,
the devotion to the cause override personal prelu.
dces and dissensions,) we have most cheering ac-
counts from The Sa,e. Our mos; enliehied lnen's
In the Albemare District are conn lent oil Cog
gins defeat That District is no, Tree from wing
disaffe,,ions. we learn. From the Campbell and
HALIFAX Districts we receive an'msnns news u
the success OF the able and gallant candidates VI
the Democracy. King William promises 70 90
her duly and secure the election OF me eilIed ahu
powerful Holiday. Our friends IN me o'he'
counties are working zealousy, and none more
calamity and effectively than Oscar M. Cruch-
these Districts, as from them We have recent an
reliable Intelligence. In the Other Dis'fic's ~
the State we are led 10 expect most nauetins re-
sulls. Even The "Lone Star" IN The Louaeu
District begins TO "pa It's Intellectual fires" be-
fore the brighter Southern Iuminary, MI. Nor
ton. The friends OF Mr.. Peudleton are no Little
alarmed for his iate-and we confidently trus'
that The Democracy o! the District, combined
with the sounder portion u The Wing parry will
be enabled 10 punish, as he deserves, the scoHer
the Virginia resolutions, and one oil the egnt
murderers OF the Senale's "Compromise," which
would have guarded The rights and honor OF the
South, and lulled the angry pillows OF discord
and disunion.
Let our friends from this moment until the
close OF the polls on Thursday, give themselves
10 their principles and their country and all will
be we'll. Need they further inducements for la
Dor and energy2 Defeated BY cunning ant!
deceptive concealment OF opinions on The part OF
their adversaries, they now daily see reaiza.
ton Of their worst fears. The shining yet dim
sy pillars of The temple OF mo parIysm" are in
fragments, ana grim monumen. TO the Genius
of ultra Whiggery is rapidly being made up on
OF broken promises and violated pledges. The
best and puresl and mos, venerable men nav,
been rulhlessly sacrificed by mo parry" admins
tra,ion, not because they were no, honest capa
bic and faithful, but simply because they consci
eniiously believe in the truth OF Democratic policy
Men, appointed by our own Jeferson-wbo hav'
wea,hered the s,orms of John O. Adams ant
Harrisons adminisrations-who, by Eeir owl
honest services and by The blood Of their deares
kindred, have provcd their palrio,ism-such mel
are turned adriit and sacrificed their character
blasted by the hand oil power, 10 make room q
bitter parizans. who had slandered their counlT
in time Of war and taken the side OF the publ
enemy.
A correspondent writes: "The Secretary OF ID
Treasury has caused 10 be struck of Ieam 1
blank dis,rissals from Office, which respectful
informs the subjecl Of the operation that he is
discharged man. II was said in Edward Third'
tiue, that each OF his archers carried The lives {
twelve Scots in his qniver. Each Of these liul
missives may be sail 10 be death 10 a Dsmocra
and the hnnde viii i,v - - -. --.-'>. a.
Democratic name and faith, which is lust ba
talon, under The late reduction of the strength ,
the companies"
Further, the curtain is being gradually remoy
cd, and here again is exhibited The cloyen ion,
federalism, peeping through The Thin eloze :
"no party" professions Gen. TAYLOR repuda
ted all parry schemes" ye, we have now ind
cations OF his avowed preference for prolec,iv
tariff. repeal OF the sub.treasury, and an uplim
tied system OF internal Improvements, with all i,
ruinous and cofruping consequences. Will no
all these considerations arouse the Democracy n
Virginia to their utmost tension in behalf ot ,bei
glorious cause7 Lei them do their duty and
they may wrest The House OF Representatives
from the hands OF The Philisnes and nar,Iv..
the bolts Of he "Thunderer Of Buena V,s,a,
himself. Virginia, as she has often done NAV
turn The tile IN iavor Of Democracy and ,ba
South; and we cannot believe that she wi, i :.
20 spenoid an opportunity OF winning another
crown oil uudying honor. The eyes OF The I;n,on
are upon hef; and our friends ev.ry where no
beckoning her on 10 the goal, generously conG5.
Ing in her Spartan frmness and devotion IA nh,
cipe. Lei the following rom tha, eIcel,en, "a.
per, the Boston Post, find cheering resoopse >,
Thursday mex:
From lie R1,;o, D,sy