Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-28
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 81, 1851
"The No-Party swindie," Revised nnd Corrected
by Geo. w. Summers.

.The No-Party Sxinde," Revised "nd Corrected
! by Geo. w. Summers.
The attempt of Mr. Summers ~ llose upon inc h'e-
gent people Of Virginia. his transparent sophSy und no-
about federal politics having nothing TO do with the
gubernatoral election in December furnishes conclusive
proof federal party whilst boaslng oil recently ac-
oaired strength in this State actually trembling with ter
ro and anxious by MEANS honest we'll as dishon'
est to procure support of the Democratic party for their
gubernatora candidate party conscious Of superiority in
strength numbers and resources attempts 10 deceive
the public by dsowning its principles and practising every
species of political duplcity Hence the Democratic party
of Virginia. conscious of recttude of purpose PROUD oil lis
principles and firmly built up in the affections OF the people,
urges the election of its candidates upon party grounds as
well upon grounds of their high merits and virtues
We proud Of the principles inscribed upon our banner
";a hoe sgno pccs They have been tried, and their ad-
vantage TO our country illustrated in her prosperity glory
and success in and in peace. The Wings Know ana
feel they have advocated measures at once
unconstitutional and injurious the people Hence lhcy
have become ashamed of them. They have buried her
principles cunfessing humang fact, that they were
utterly worthless They feel that they do not merit the
confidence of the eopethat they have conferred no osne
fiji upon the countryha their policy has served 10 make
the rich richer and the poorer yet They anX'os desire
get the spoils every office within the eil OF the people,
Hence they do hesitate systematic dupc lricRe
ry political fraud and dishonesty TO accomplish hcr pur
poses Some adyenturer regarded the world OYSTER
aud his mission in open and devour its contents Inc
Wings regard the people verdnt pigeons TO be pucked
by cunning demagoeues and unprncipcd Office seekers
They are species of game and all sratagcms are egll-
mate n en,rappns them This view of the i. is
obvious Mr. Summers enertanS. He wishes 10 be the st
Governor of Vrgina under the new Constitution Inc
honors and emoumens of the Office tempting, but the
party which he belongs give him the spois which
he eagerly cove,shence his convictions upon the SUBJ
ecl OF federal politics having nothing 10 do with tho guber
material eecon-hence his vuous Indignation at the idea
of mixing federal politics with questions Of State policy
We can well appreciate the embarrassments which
pass MIR. Summers He is ordinary man, his friends say
He was, at the Charlottesville Convention after solemn
forms and ceremonies pronounced by competent Judges
perfectly nvncbe and confident predictions were made OF
the way in which he would smash the Democratic party
He was brevet,ed Giant and Colossus for the express pur
pose swallowing Joseph Johnson without ssbectng that
gentleman the annoyance of pnning his ears back and
greasing himself The newspapers pulled him up to the d.
mensions of Solomon Lord Edou and Patrick Henry, and
then started him forth all the Democratic strong
holds in Virginia But Mr. Summers, after few weeks
cruising has found that Federal Giants make in this
State very little Roadway than Phsne Giants did OF
old. The Democratic strongholds cannot be sormed by
Wing Colossus although huge that of Rhodes Sturdy
old Democrats pop him through every hole and crevce in
their venerable Notifications No Democratic procession
greets him with trailing banners and downcast eyes, No
egions from the ranks of the States Rights
~ hail him their leader Wherever he has travelled his
predicted victims have shouted defiance in his ears and The
progress of the Federal Giant through Virginia has been like
that unpopular owl through pine forest infested by
crowshe has been assaed point In some places
Democratic audiences have listened to him in grim and
suspicious ence; in Others Democratic orators have most
pounced upon him. and made The feathers
ay In manner mela nehoy behold. Mr. Summers, find
ing the difficulties attending the progress of Federal Giant
rather greater than Bunyans Pilgrim has determined 10 g
ure as Giant in domino-a disguised NoParty Anti Fed
era politics Giant-for tho OF his pilgrimage He is no
longer Federal G!ant-he is Giant after the syle OF the
who figured the of l6iS with more faces
than old Janus possesscd-iaces smiling bengnany
yet dece,fuy, North, South, East and West. Has Mr.
Summers read high authority in the No-Pdrty
school Of politicians favortc author of the late anenled
General Taylor-we Esops Fabes2 OF course he
has, for Mr. Summers is literary man. and has read the
Waveey Novels Children Of the Abbey and quotes poetry
with sublime effect. In the contingency that he has
not peruscd very useful political work. would in this
stage Of his transformation into NoParty Giant recommend
the attentive study OF the moral Of The fable in which certain
excessively cunning wolf clothed himself in full suit Of
wooens md crcpt into sheep tod al! the verdan unso
ohisiicated lambs taking him for veIitabe sheep; but
certain sagacous old shepherd with inconsderabe expe
ence in wolves knocked him The head in very ungen-
cous and unceremonous manner and stripped him OF his
skin well that Of the sheep which he had worn as an
oyercoat The Mr. SUMMERS would be an impressive
and instructive one The invasion of the Democratic fold
BY suspicious looking ANIMAL like Mr.. SUMMERS. will be
attended with very unpleasant consequences Dir. Sum-
ners will uso recoec the fate Of another ambitions ANIMAL
who pu, on the skin of on but whose ears and nndena
Bile BRAY exposed the fraud and led to the administration OF
cudge Out of the present canvass, II MT summers
persists his SLY game he will 90 the worst whipped u"h
ha, The world has known kanawha VIII be inc asy
um Of dapdated bruised battered and used up fedeai
st who tried mud into the eyes OF the Democratic
party-but did not exactly do IT,
Mr. Summers and the Wing party have developed their
system OF tactics for the campaign We hold in our hands
the means for their defeat They rely upon false issues ana
| no -patyism.
IT INDISPENSABLE SUCCESS THAT WE PRESERVE
ouR PATTY IN ALL ITs STRENGTH AND lSTEe
RrY If our opponents basey shk legitimate purity ques-
tops and cowardly avoid open advocacy OF their OLD
principles shew to the people that there s nothing
in The Democratic creed of which feel ashamed 1t is
true that bank tariff and distribution arc no longer living Is
sues The Wings guomniousy ogsed after years
Of conflict from the support Of those odous measures This
very abandonment of old heesies OF which the Hhgs
ATTEMPT 10 make capital affords the strongest possible EVIL
dence of The wisdom OF the leading measures OIL e "S
Democratic national administration
Although the Cassandras Of federalism predicted national
ruin from the Of Mr. Polks administration, yet
,ey have possessed the TO Interfere win cl
the tariff of 1876 or independent treasury, both fruits Oh
Democratic wisdom In the abandonment OF their former
hostility they have compelled TO pay an unwilling COM
pimen 10 tho good and udcous policy OF the Demo-
cratic party.
All the umphs of party for tho last nifty years nave
been the results Of the organization of our party win e
ence to broad national principles We have lnVafao os
earded local questions as OF weakness-aen 70
the great purpose for which party was originally organ
lied We do great injustice TO ourselves when we permit
temporary matters of State federal policy to distract our
attention from the eternal principles of justice and pouca
truth upon which party was originally but-~ha'
ever objection the Whg party have to party organza
on, we have none We find the origin Of our party organ
cation in the best days Of the Republic We ind II wncn
Thomas Jefferson ut the head of the Democratic party
and James Hamilton the head Of the Federal purity ar
rayed their opposing principles and tho people gathered
,ro,nd tho hammer of The marty which they