Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-05
For the Enquirer.
IN TaE PEOPLE OF PowHAgAN.

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you have often honored ne with your conn
damon an. hope have fulfilled your Just eSPec,
,a,;ons While profess no; 10 have represented
o., ah,y sc, | clsin 10 have done so, al an
inns f,tajuip .nd - 'he best Of my ss'H ana
,',san,utm Yielding 10 no cliques ant !nrisues
,ssnecrtul OF the rights bul alike unawea oy
~ nt,yer and unseiucei By the iavors oil cnaf-
,arct cornora,ions unbiased b. personal a'ach-
,nents or local preuiices and looking 10 Inc III
,erest and happiness OF our noose oiu Coihuhon-
wealth. as the only proper oblecl .. sene,ous
.mhi,iou-I have endeavo'ed 10 represent y"u ~
The true spirit OF responsible, out N@eps"IsaA,
nuplic servant Acting, al all tlmes' upon ia.
perception oil principles and datp, NV .s, ard
r r,y nnhlic service 10 change or TO regret ana
nothing so lar as know, when you e''.as S'.,,
!, i ,rne nv course upon the Tax Bill aliu "'ay
law Of lSd3 was severely consuren oy many -
vnu and caused my election from Your setVlce
Ia several year.-bul | am happy 10 Know, NAV
-, vo,es npon these measures have, since, oeea
amnly yiniica,ed by experience, and approved oy
The public judgment CT the country
Win un,sisned emotions Of gratitude Tor yoaT
o,nf ,cnce and kin,ncss, now ask Tor an nonol-
able discharge from your service ieS,ec"ui
10 decline 10 be candidate Tor re- iec'ioh-anu
nv sincere and arden, desire is, that my success,
sor, whoever he may be, or OF "hdte'ei IN, 49,
Ieay, YOU. so far as your State government IS
concerned, free, prosperous and Happy; bat wneh
! rurn 10 The Federal Government, benom no.
,b;no 10 encourage he hopes Of The patriot and
nhilanthropis All, all, in that quarter, are gloom
and desp0ndcaey, For the first tim, IN my ne,
I have been brought TO serious and painiul ap'
prehension, tina, this glorious Union IS soon 10
! b. dissolved Fana;icIsm reigns in Inc Hans Of
| Coneress. and nothing but the speedy annihia-
zion of The institution OF slavery III Inc Sounefh
states will satisfy lis high behesls We nave
| horne their rude assaults with CHRISTIAN meek
ness and submission; We have impoled mem 10
| LOT ms alons;" we have demonstrated ana reason
Oh with the,n;-but all our efforts 10 entrcat ahd
n concilate have met win noinins ou' iepedtei
| insuI, and outrage. IlSsnS6tc 10 me pliue VI d
common ancestry, and their glorious achieve
r,sn,s in The revolution 81 l716; dcaf the fervenI
and nariotic warning OF the Father OF his coun'ry
~ hi, farewell address-blin1 10 the sublime and
Vailed destiny that seems to be;oken US onDard
| and ur,oqrd-and reckless OF the 'earat9S ahd
-o,npromlses OF The Constitution, they rush madly
IN 10 he demolition OF the iairesi ANA oest poiii-
cal fabric ever devised, in The providence OF God
| far The freedom and happiness OF man. bu' II u
| nug then be II so-lhe fault is no. WIN US. Inc
GARDEN OF Eden once ,oas, but no man can row
noin, 10 the 500. where it existed. The once cao-
zen neope Of God are now scattered over Inc ma
ions so Of he earn, and The "Holy Land" is in pos
session OF the inftel. The glo'ies Of Greece and
Of Rome live only in history, and il may Be, thai
the proud and happy American Union Qa i
mishlier Than any or all OF these) shall Ioppie anf
fall, as the next Notwithstanding event in Inc
progressive destruction Of mans greatest FORKS
Tba, an all-wise Providence may avert the dfeat
calamity, shall be my hope 10 the Ia;t; o,,,ns