Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-18

Al. riylr ro, force snd influence 10
i,ua1 from ~ ,he STATE anal TO "FF.awJ ~ This
{ the ','s ~ c,r rlcbiau hands -" aa of Tho last
:, i'H'1 I ia,i hand'wfs', , N nv
,aveacn II SaI~ ,ha, arc psissnam &c
i said Of this eoos IN, m,u Of the convea,l'M ..
nj be compare j, that pas.'s s,' o,c. with such
500 IN, a;stion who Is / y" n The last conven.
wholesale ,S memory and labor nav are the dosen-
'nia''S, "~l pause Tor tel"s ,rmnar Of the late
:'A -, moui and 'no.....n,-,hs: -upl' tiatterers
'j b. ari,,ocracy "i Ioanx vi oi's'h"ldsrs, WIN"
and the old snperan,a from their long 'rs' alS tracing
haze Jus, o. ", naoplcs hand W. no eulogy from
- hrh"'l ~. This Conv'a'n ;. .ll, Of its labors
'a'' VI much less from me. For the present 1t
ny n'', ,,s criterion oil its 81 whom have sp"
wa ~ that others than 'ili;ie, and our efforts.
-, viii Judge Of rs :" u,.t look 'iSe" NV W.
rnis Convent f,~hc ccho', '' reo body of the
l!>;ics 'h'," ,cn,---oek 20 ,o Ia the snarling,
an '' s.n, them hi,h'f, .racy and doomed office,
ra,,l, Of the quasi ~; dnt,rers {" 'ith'r-.ae'e
,l.rs al Virginia ~ x.nticn lac itl You, W. IT,,
i1,s of the la Ton Of the last c"lSeil''o.,
have examined '"' .,,ne might. MINDS ar;,abv NOT
were mighty mighty fa"'ils' lash man can be
nance aiu .,n among them ,' moo, If them who
I'VE gT,.at ih'i - .,rb were they :" "'' , ;,u,;,,
.srly great; Anu - forming the present. aln.
were Instruments H., ,ha, action. tor F." Is - :ana
- IA, n indicate" owned the instrument NV. ~ 49,,
r,t,r nave ', Jon,ther credit to men "'.'i 49,
ud 70 nell s'','. "a years since they made H. ~"
hear. -, .r annihila,ion has sol' Iar . nor
''s ,.,,rt;on without prin',p' ~, not wholly arts
o~lfar IRON, hav Welded the masses lu' ~, hsSs
,cra,'c. in'y ,,,. democrats in head a"u .' -,
prove 'hs's'' ,,a, morethan enough-t' pro- Inv"
- = Tr.Iorrats at heart lh''' ,,ssbnes, and sec
oahE s.lfsedsucs-, classseinSi'a''>, , a."
,rai .sltishne's' ..,,on have lived under It's
.a.rhrodfs hay. s..n--and. above aii' : nv u,
o;.ra'.oi' a." owl have wtnSssed b't n'''e '''"'
i'-E- N. hittcrcst anaiheihas anu 7
~ 'e''' ,,, In the ~ years Oh ''s lnn,om,
reg ,"s.., nothing bu, nrq1as.s ;nh.cility in
GAv" w!'"'I law, inequality of classes "psS'n'i -,
inequality 81 ,s,oature decay, diminished power 'os.
.uNn'si'a.'" ;.h.d fame. State ui'uohe "'.,
rc-pSc,amsH! - sGndly sacrificed. These are IN"
s'''''a' r.. si.r:ivs spawn al the me" I'll '"'
Who formed the first constitution oi sn.
- -, hank. Of mankind are due o''" M w."
g'a'' =, ~ -, what thee refused 7" DO ha' s''oi
liz, III Ill" "''.' # !, mos, ruthless and unequal
-h"l'', ~ ,' 6n,b,ful hattie for existence nS'',
war VIII h,,., round their necks, have put ior'h
wa d.,lars;io: Of rights asser's' nv
'"'" w., sn3 c,nmes!ation oi mahSih"' p'' vi. ~,
~. sam. circun,s.ances-whch Tue 'n'.u 'a a,;y.
'''' Wv I.a,n.l bare above their heaos anu ""
i.s L
'seN ~ a destruction 10 our canse-"heh WIN
- 't,7 hSn.,.a the loss of Single man WAS
~. with ui,ch:ei-,hey refused !" 49,. ~,
- v;s,iu,, state II th!nGs-r''nseo " ,IaraL,
',,.l nojitical relations of the STAT ".ia
80, =. I'm. trivia, crisis, any por,!oh-psi
..''ia's ., r"r,;on ii the people Then they cna'-
N' ''I .ba b;.h., admiration. They surveyor NV
'''ee' Ill or scored every land marx "h Tue
cue a'n ,an r;rbt. They left it for those VINO
should come after them under ofisn.'. ,o s",
n,- skies to sct the car OF liberty III ,l -.
Those brighter auspices arrived In 1899 we wer.
a,:rf and independent and nj peace WIN 'n' WIZ
tsIj R.a.,n and liberty had triumphed Ri aro"''o
psn,bl;,,u;,m was III the complete as'en'''''
n. c.n,r;,y Of man to sovcra himself was no ''E'
,roI,,m n the wise Experience had spoAgn' ="
WI, 1r,ro na,ro;ic and ripe for power. me h''''
~ lau. II hy Jefferson still Creen-they e"ui.
, ia TL .rac., WAS -.i;i there" ani distme'is N'S'
~, The ear Of human rights was ready great name,
,r,, clustered thick around the scene 81 t'i''' s
io,,es are cherished peoples destiny ~ Ill 'n..
lands nntioa atauds gaping I" pe''"o ''' ''''''
Behold it'll
The ,ar il on the track Doddrldge harne~sru d. on
.l,Le gentleman from Frederick at the o.ne, .n'
ny So ., tho s;des-thc noble man from norfolk TAI
;r, ~, tahind-the foe in front-aneht ei,ne' VIZ
IT Jr Wa,kins and he OF Roanoke, win pai , :" =.
leo in one ha;ld--a negro IN the o'nei +" :,
:, .s.x can behind them the lengtneo,a ,onoL.s W
-,
,, fa.ble scream To warn the enemy from 'ns !.
,,l.;ve half.reyolution, which 10 echoea III o,i'
W" 80 me bagnipes of tho Lord Randolph ana the
. ,,,naD from Frederick kicks Up. Is caught ~ ~,
ytsel and crushed The car Stops LEI u' iooN ~
,n.,n, n the scene There lies me i'S' iio' wv
,rtk the wheel direct across Ills lh'a - oil
"a -,nn,p. out-yery horrible and repugnan' 10 a!'
f;cs, and Christian eyes with no hope lei, III 'h:-
M .ni but little for the next. TN tie o'het s'u'
~. IN. Ajax Teemon-,he forlorn hoPe--ihe mighty
rlarliys in glorious iusensbl!!t., having i's'su ''
a.. rack. Tavior i'll tho distance !et""'S -
.,.noncc of sorrow rather than OF anger - rio''
,bo se,; him: low vail from the seilus % ii','
Mt from, the ar:s,ocracy Il sound "i disturbed 'uiN
,s,s. stirring OF dust and bones from tue S'A "
Non,accllo and all is over. Srch Is ifasN'en.a'
n,onramic view of the abors OF tho Ia. ,o'' .''u'
~D thou like the picturer 1t Is inaeeu eo -
sight, bu. most sadly true lhero 10 m.;nn
oolnes. These great men oil tue last "on,
80 ,,,nr,,ans in labor from the memory ana enec'
- -. .he;r lobors good Lord deliver US forever
~ o,lJ bs. heard the peans and halieulahs sung y
,b.;r ,rs-e. We are vet within the whrl ana s'iieS
81 ,he,r influence and ii may be that he II IL
zen ra-h-,ilan TIM; would now dr' I" 4u,e'i ,L.,
,i,l, - concentrations. But venture 10 Pfea'' 'n,''
,nry IN auditing .hcr accounts, will draw upon IN,
l Ta,tn,nc. worth of their former scrN'ee. nv"
loss. =, lave Leen yuluable) u balance against thci,
,,hrs !, IN, las, convention and that posteri'y WIN
,,ooo:nce the sentence they knew their duty o"' ''
di il not.
,y thus far con-idcrsith this subject IN reference 10
.. .n,r;ns;, merits without reference 10 authority.
i..,.v.r r,,or,cl authority q! small mon1'i. IL
s, IT, had for the seeking 70 sustain all Propositions
49,, ~ Enycrsf, Of ,aa,-. the First TO the red rePab
,;,tn a; le,:ru Roll:n--thc open dsrin, '.lic! oi
~, 80 ,ha perjury and intrigue o MachaS"ih-the
,o,;alis,n of Hrlne To IA. mystic splrit!asm OF fhe
,'"r,n,,-from the Catholic 10 the Cuaker-Ca!h"iii
>, t;IJinrs Almost every absnrditv That I'll" human
;na conl1 invent has N some period ~ other, becl
.rr,nr,.i bv great--nay, even good-nieh We asi
III o.;n,ate authority valuable IN proportion TO II
'orr..nnolence with our views SiSh has been m.
i,h;, If thinking, forming opinions of men ana thing
rom reasons alone unnfuenced by the great name
,nav h. arraved against or tor any gwen PROPOSE
, HIt if there be name that could influence III
,,a,. ono her-f there be name that, to Il democrat
Ia. alisnanic power. that name Is Thomas ''iersoh-
" ,,,,. vho., bare m.nt ion should warm the heart o
any .,;,ni Of mas--a name that has become. as y
.r. ,h~ embodiment Of the very idea OF man equal
m oni ,ghts aud the civic battle cry Of the friends o.
man whose world wide fame IL based on no brilliant
achievements IL cloouence arms. but ON the lofty
,L,lan,b,on;c syme:rca and eternal principles and
!rlhs h, taugh,-Irnciples which the strength OF hl7
ni,s had conceived NJ if by intuition in his youth
which had been declared and sustained in the face OF
,a,h ana in!any in manhood aud which he practced
and DEVELOPED with hopeful and unfaerng hand IN
ii, Id ase--,rncples aud truths which during long
iii, ane pouring upon the world in words which werr
lie deep utterancc of mighty soul-'words which