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

Judging from the small vote you gave your
Presidential nominee last November, IN which
there was falling of OF about 100 votes IRON
thevpoll OF l644,I we would conclude that you
have slunl5cring majority, and that al least
one-;hird OF your majority which made up your
vote OF 40S for Polk IN 1874 has fallen asleep
Now, il you lake such long maps as these,
the Wings will rot only elect Presden! ior
you, as hey have SO lately done while you were
asleep, bu! you need not be surprised, when you
Shall awake up from your slumbeIs, toJIHd some
little Wing nicely cnsconced in office as your &C.
legate elect So m0e il not be. But II IS hish
time, fellow citizens, Tor every Democrat every
true patriot, every Sou;bcrner and every lover oi
good order and good government, 10 wake up
from their ielhargy and pul on the whole armoG OF
Democracy and battle for the rights Of The Sou'n
against the constantly increasing aggressions'
OF the North Our own Legislature has already
taken bod stand land one iIom which we lIusI
in Cod there will be no retreat] against th's dc
laling spirit OF The non-slavehol1ins S'a'es.-
This spirit o. aggression which has even now eu
them % the banks of lie Rubicon, and II only re-
mains Tor her sister S!aics OF the SCUM 10 Use
up On mase aud proclaim 10 infatuated New Eng
land "bilher and no farther shalt thou come. =
In this movement the sentiments oil biuhs"ich
were truly represented b. her faithful pubIic ser
vans, Ma lin and Harrison who sustained 'he
sV,rsiGia resolutions and whose vote on lhose
resolutions cnlile them 10 full need OF praise
from every man, woman and child whom they
now represent in the good old Democratic couh-
~ Of Brunswick. In this movement IN support
OF The "Virsinia resolutions" we Ielolce 10 near
il announced that The Voice OF old brunswick
went up and was mingled with that oil her sis!ef
counties 10 swell the noes of "hunderlns lndiS
nation" which will, in coming day OF relriou-
ton, Of indeed aggression they Will nave lail
like an avalanche upon the ph'ensted distnros'S
OF the compact and quiet Of this Union, The mock.
ers OF our constitutional rights and Liberties anu
the robbers Of our domestic peace and happiness.
Yes. fellow citizens we would have II distinctly
understood by the fanatics" aud pharlsaIcal
philanthfopsls OF The North, that not enc ol Inc
thirteen Wings who had the hardwood 10 vose
asains the "Virginia resolutions, (and hesi-
tate no. 10 say. against he known VIII ana
wishes Of their constituents and thereby De-
oucatncd 10 themselves an unenvied mmoflal-
ly-lhat mol one OF this pilable little band has
home or a resting place Tor his "Feieral incar-
nation" 10 oil Democratic Brunswick. Hear II,
yc bisols OF the North, and remember, when
You soinurn South and strike The soil Of Bruins
wick (Vnginia's tue ia uaher) as The 'dlsuio-
ers" Of The constitutional rights and The domestic
| institutions Of her peceable CITIZENS, that you
will find no resting place Tor the soles OF your
| leel and no hiding place inr your heads, unless y
| be within the iocs OF That instrument oil PUNISH
nenl 1--WE mean halter) which God has gwen
man 10 punish those who delight 10 revel IN acts
OF wanton defiance Of The rights of others and 10
Undue their hands ia the blood OF their fellow
creatures. ZONE OF THE PEOPLE"