Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-17
T1Hr RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
mr. nuTy oF DEMOCRATS.

THE DuTY OF DEMOCRATS.
We cordially concur 10 the following appear
from ore Of The ,rucst and wisesl Democrats IN
III. sta,c 10 COR friends in Goochland IL "ou'u
indeed be Notifying TO lose that good o'o De",0
cratic comfy. and we invoke the Democracy one
and all 10 sink personal feelings and s'ihe ~,
the cause. But il is not alone 10 6oocn'A". " :.
We commend this sound advice. Lei oui i''AI0
N every District and county in the Stale DC aH,-
n,,sd bv The same devotion 10 principles duu,
on Thursday week, prove themselves worthy u
Virginia: >, -. L,no,,;ysr.
To THE DEMOCRATS OF GooCHLAaD.
Won wilI probably be surprized 10 learn,
,ha, donb,s have been expressed, Wnethef
nonr Good old county" Democratic COCOA
}onp-will send Wing or Democratic
,enTssen,aliye 10 The next Legislature. Many
~ Won will no doubt be mortified 10 be inform
sd JJhat your opponents are sanguine 10 the
so,, tbat Gcochland will be revolutionIZed al
he anproacning election. These hopes ale ba'
sod utop the dissatisfaction when, lhey oeiieVei
nrryails IN your ranks IN relation 10 Tue nom !
nation Of your candidate Mr.. Marin, auu u, Tue
suonosed popularity OF the Whls nominee. ! ney
calculate not only upon your apalhy ous NAV
many of you will cast your votes upon their cam
didaIe. /, il possible that here can be any just
grounds Tor these calculations? Mr.. Martin was
du,v nominated, as The Democratic candidate,
according 10 Inc usases OF our party, and II not
altogether as acceptable 10 many who composed
The meeting as another gentleman whose claims
were under consideration, il surely affords no
sufficient reason for not giving unanimous sup
porl 10 Mr.. Martin. With equa pmpriety might
his supporters, il disappointed in their preference,
have refused their support 10 any oihe: nominee.
The very object Tor which nominating meetings
are convened must be defeated, II there be no
concession 10 The opinions OF The majority, hoT-
ever small that majority may be.
What have we 10 gain by Withholding our
support from Mr.. Martini 1t can confer no be-
neft whatever upon the gentleman who was
more acceptable 10 a portion of The meeting.
on the contrary, The defeat Of MIR. Martin by
The apathy or opposition Of those who sup.
ported the nomination OF his competitor, would
excite against the latter the certain future OPP
position Of many OF The friends OF the former
But this is not all. II would give your oppo-
nents triumph, which you may long have cause
to regret II would break the charm Of Demo-
cratic inynclbiity in Goocbland. In a closely
divided legislature il might give The Preponde-
rance Of one vote to your opponents. and thus
transfer 10 them the appointing power, and you
we'll know the proscriptre Split in which they
would exercise it. Not only member OF the
Council OF State, and Public Printer, must be
elected next Winter, but contingencies may
arise which may require the Legislature 10 make
other appointments of much higher Importance.
viii you allow any temporary disappointment
resulting from the nomination of your candl.
date. TO enurc TO the benefit of those who dltsr
from you so widely on the great questions which
agitate the naton' The triumph Of Whggery
10 Goochland will not be confined to the limits
of your county. 1t will be regarded and hail
ed by your opponents elsewhere as great
Wing victory And will you permit such
triumph to opponents, who, not content with
having deceived many Of you in the recent Pre-
sidental election, as we'll as in that OF lS40, BY
their professed horror Of prescription, have
already commenced the work Of dctapilatton
Will you be so 'sf,a as either directly or midi
recily II contribu TO the election OF their can
didate. when the Cabinet at Washington, whose
chief has mo friends 10 reward, no enemies to
punish" have, in the short period of about one
month, prescribed, it is said, upwards Of four
hundred Of our political friends, holding Offices
merely ministerial While our friends are
thus suffering under the political guillo.ne Of
our opponents, will you meanly cater to their
appetite for prescription, by strengthening their
hands, and discarding men Of your cwn political
faith, especially, too, when we have reason TO
believe that the party in power are only await
ing the termination Of the NrgniG elections, TO
put their guillotine 10 full operationf No Ion
ger then, Democrats Of Goochand allow your
selves TO DO deceived BY false professions or
delusive appearances. In the approaching
election of your delegate, prove, by your votes,
that you have no friends to reward, no enemies
10 punish, but that you have principles 10 adj
vance, and that, regardless Of all personal pre-
objections or prejudices, you will advance those
principles by voting for the candidate who is
pledged TO sustain them. Vote then, fellow
ilzens for Mr.. MARTIN. lie is believed 10
be politically souRd-ln private lie amiable and
respectable, and man oil plain, practical sense
who, if elected will represent the interests OF
the county, and the view, and feelings Of the
Democracy.
Unacouainled with Mr. Martin, having no
personal feeling 10 crafty in his election, regard
ing only The triumph OF the great principles OF The
Democratic party, an humble voter respectfully
makes this appeal 10 the sterling Democrats OF
Goochand. He earnestly invokes the Guerranis,
the Leakes, the Watkins, the Trevilians, the
Parishes, the Simpsons, and many others who
might Be named OF equal influence and patriot
ism, 10 unite their efforts in restoring harmony 10
the party Let every Democrat do his duy, and
Goochand will continue 10 hold the proud posi-
ton she has heretofore occupied. VOTER.
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