Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-02-20

lee, is 10 manufacture li!lle capital for the
snrins campaign. We think il will prove an
abortion. We shall be surprised 10 ind that there
is apy member OF the Decorate parry within The
Limits Of This good old Stale who is dissatisfied
with his representative Tor selecting Tor vae6mt
odfce political friend, if you please, instead oi
political opponent.
In conclusion, we take great pleasure in cal
ling attention 10 The following articles from yes
tefday's Examiner They Shed much light on
the subject AMI present in their true aspect The
angry growing of the Wing press. We are
gratiied to slate that, to the disappointment OF
Whis hopes, The late scene has in no wise aztec.
ted the relation or kind feelings between The two
Democratic papers here. On the contrary, ii
has, we are satisfied, served 10 cement and unite
Tie Democratic parly-who are prepared TO 80 be-
so.e the people upCn The issues OF night and JUS
ice involved in ,hi. question. We again ask
attention 10 the articles from the Examiner:
From the Richmond Examiner.
ELECTION OF PUBLIC PRINTER.
On Tuesday last, The Legislature OF Virginia
was guilty OF an ACT OF monslrosity without par
ralle in the annals oil The Stale. The Democra-
tic majority that body actually elected mem
Der OF their own party 10 The office OF Public
PIn,er
s'Can such things be
And ov, rcoHe Us like L summers dream
Without our special wonders"
This GROWING ACT OF wickeGness on the part 9!
The dominant parry in the present General As
sembly, must receive chilling Iebuke from the
people, especially thai portion Of the people
known of late years as Wings. whose chief ex-
, 4 h,a al
port political friends frr any office. Il was stern
Iy and solemn!y sbuked in he House by The Free
Soil champion ifom Fauquirr, and the "rerpel-
nal molion". from Federal Augusta. These clio.
uuent and patriotic no.parly champions raised
rneir warning voices against The election OF The
Democratic canaidate-bul in vain. The De-
mccralic party in The General Assembly would
not need their impressive and pious admonions,
bnt Ieckle>sy and wilully disIegarted Ihem,
and voted for political friend TO the defeat oil
Mr. Sheffeys no-parly Wing nominee who was
backed by such no-party men as The aforesaid
delegate from Fauquier, and Messrs. Syme, Of
the Petersburg lnleliigencer, Mayo, OF this city,
and Kinney, Of Augusta, [Senaor.I all OF whom,
no doubt, Supported Mr.. Colin on account OF
their well known horror oil party spirit!
As matter of course, the Wing papers OF
this city echo the sentiments of the Federal
free-soiler. of Augusta and Fauquier The
Cooked Hat says '.the Democratic majority in
the Legislature did what, if we do not entirely
misunderstood the people of Virginia, they will,
sooner OF later, have cause 10 regret" Most
appropriately does the Hat qualify this sentence
with one little word IF we understand the
people of Virginia, says that print. There's
The rub We opine that the Hat knows just
about as much of the PEOPLE of Virginia as
they do of the Hat. II so, the knowledge on
either side must be very limited. In this IN
stance, il is certain that he will make very lit
tic Roadway in getting up popular clamor
against the Democratic party. There is
case on record of little boy who attempted to
make very large auger hcles with a very small
gil.blet, in which effort he was not very sue
cessful Nor do we believe that the Hat will
succeed any better in his effort to bore huge
auger holes into The fortress Of Democracy with
the smallest imaginable gimblet, with the
words "no party editor stamped on the handle.
The thing is impossible.
The Wing also comes out in very strong ar.
Iicle against The election OF a party editor 10 The
Office OF Printer Now il is notorious fact tha,
the proprietofS Of The Wing were again and
again in the field Tor that very office IN years
gone b.. Again aud again were their claims
urged BY their friends, doubtless with their own
became sour-it was no, uniiI Inc impression be-
came very ger eral that il was next 10 impossible
10 elect a Wing editor that The first VOID was
heard in favor OF practical printer" "di-
yorce OF the government from The press" or any
Thing else OF kindred character Finding all
other efforts 10 defeat Mr. Richie OF no avail,
they declared that no party editor ought to have
il; that they were opposed upon principe 10 be-
slowing such appointments on men connected
with the political press i They broush! on!
Mr. Shepherd, vino was first elected by s!rc'
party woe early in the session Of lS34-5. The
mex rsar M. RucLie was reinstatec by The De-
mocts i parry, and The year after that he was
reelected by The same parry. lie then declinet
being CO adidae Tor he office, and Mr.. Shepherd
has since been elected annually without oppo,i-
ion. So much for the history o. parties in this
State on he subject 81 The public printing With
the pasl course of The Wings before them, Inc
people know villa, estimate 70 place on their Fro
LESSONS against party editors, and in favor q
practical, business men, for the office Of STATE
Prime.
TIA ihe Democrats OF The Legislature should
ill offices ui "rus; and profit" in their gilt, with
political friends rather than opponents, seems 10
us both natural and proper. When they can d.
this without deirimen, 10 the public interest, IL Is
maniles.lg their duty 10 do So This is not only
sound Ioicy, bur i is right 10 Itself. The reasons
in favor Of this course are obvious 10 every body.
So long as The organization u the two parties re-
mains os Il nov is, these reasons must De deemec
conclusive. They are SO regarded and acted up
on by our opponents from one end OF The Union
10 the olhcr; aud in this way /, is moi 10 be de-
MED, lha they have been strengthened as party.
True. we hear much from them in denuncia,ioh
u the odious spoils doctrine, hul their acis as {
party aacst the hypocrisy OF their professions.
G,li IN hp II
election OF las; TUESDAY, is spoken OF as an excel
lent printer, and a. an eslimable man. He would
no doubt have discharged his duty, had he sue
cceded. So will The Primer clecI. The real
point against the Democratic majority then is
that they thought pioPe. 10 confer one office on
political !iend!
II is known 10 the public that the name OF Ben
ret, NJ. De Wit was presented 10 Inc Legislature
IS thai oil candidate icr The office Of Public
Ptntef; and was subsequently Withdrawn by the
gentleman who presented il.
We wish TO state in explanation, that Mr. De
VIII, placed himself in The hands Of his friends 10
lie nj ninaicd or MT al their discretion, when he
was unaware that there won!d BE more than one
other Candidate.
On being informed however, that a Wing had
been nominated i'll addition 10 himself and Mr..
William F. Richie and fearing that two Demo-
cratic candidates would only throw the office out
Of The party into tn hands oithe Wing, he imme-
diateiy despatched note 10 one of his friends on
the floor, requesting The withdrawal OF his name
zone Of the hard listed, who CHANGED TO visit the
House several days in succession, made his remark:
II have heard much about perpetual motion but didn't
know the meaning Of It afore. Mr.. SIS tongue is the
thing certain"
Giles Cooke, Esq, o. Warren and Col. James
P. Rely, Of Frederick, are nominated in the
Esprit of Jefferson" as candidates for Congress
from that District. In Yesterdays Examiner,
Col. James Casleman OF Clarke, is also nomina-
led.
The question Of Emancipation seems 10 e1-
eile much feeling in Kentucky, in connection
with The approaching Convention TO reform the
Stale Cons.iu,ion-but on The 81 instant! The