Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-10-21
For The Enquire

Gentlemen The election is at hand. Have we done
that We ought to have d,ns secure the election Of oar ca
didate} Have we left solitary stone unturned A.
the uephes have been turned Ia my satisfaction tu ee
nnns,rous rock that fear has been rolled sufficient
in the passage OF Mr. Bolts on the hgh seas oil pubhc OPP
ION which property placed cannot tail 10 shp~reca
his hopes oi election and hereafter WI" Is There
VIRGINIA fhat ever ou,ved The odium and diStru.i Of liz
u.1;e when e disobeyed the clear, uninlstakaole ns
tons Of his constituents given HIM by dircct vote! "'.
amor Giles uncc Tried ana although he had been the stl
head and front Of the Democratic party In the hrs aians
tr.,ion Of tho government and perhaps did IN ne by HI.
trod elouuencr the first triumph of Mr. Jeirs:
than any other man, with perhaps the exception OF Colon
Barr what was the Consequence D: his presumption
Why that he the great orator and statesman the man i
had been the avor'e leader OF his party wheFed an s
as lily plucked from lis STEM AS statesman he was nj
thought Of aud for twenty years was mis- lUs,rous stale
man doomed by the people Ia the 10 hm) solitary connn
ent Of private life ~hcn by tar, the greater part 'h
who had instructed him had into their silent tomt,
never more their rcbukes Of his dsnbedrnce III
rising generation. When those that filed the Councils
by far his Juniors, when they knew hin" only 81
he figured the pages OF the history o years gone y
then and till them did they heal his broken spirit ant
store him power and 10 confidence So much ioT the D.
mocatic party the right OF instruction. And now ;
,ase glance the Wings For tie late Mr.. b. w Lr..a
there was more enthusiasm displayed for and asaH.
his election the United States Senate than for an" ma
when Mr.. Witchcr was brought from hs t.
utterly Frustrated with s.ncas. behrld in the House,
Delegates, and that too IN HE night, AMI never shao
that scenehe appeared 10 10 be upon The verge t
grave; and, although bitterly opposed TO him /:
politics, il could have got him. believe shond h.y,
thrown my around his neck ana Rugged him my b.
son. the gallant the heroic, the noble Vincent Wtchcr-
The friends OF Mr. Leigh succeeded; he mad: Sena'
and, in the of lime, he instructed; and he
unto the General Assembly Of Virginia Not thy will
mine be done" He d!subeycd instructions and returned
private life His colleague did resign his seat to give E,
that would obey the peoples sovereign voice. Ih'
mans term Orr kyes expired. Again the bolster
elements OF party strife put in COncon; the Lightning
flashed aud the thuniers rolled and the voice OF John Mao
Bolts was heard high amid the storm. He dominates
da;e for the Senate and whom does he namcl Is the
oi whom he told the people, in letter through the Rchm0n
Wing when he complained that they we're ABOUT nS,ruc
him unfairly that there God sitting
Jesty on his throne in Heaven he would vote for him, Nj
Leigh? Nu-Mr Leigh had dsobcycd Eginia'- sovereign
voice; he dead cock in The pit beyond gasp l,'er
but he did nominate the that returned his office IL tn
power that gave il; he nominated John Tyler and in l
speech did say, that he, John Tyler anti Bank AMI
Internal Improvement, AMI coHFs'
he was in favor Of what ho Mr. Bots his in III,
Richmond Whig called the Constitutional Treasury No
after thought 10 galvanze Mr. Leigh into public
life No did lie appear in public the great champion .:
his pa'ty but his voice was "hcard in whispers low asa
man IN conversations yes, he fcl; he knew that he was
stricken deer. Yet peace his ashes lie great
and good but lie made false step ard he sui!efe
nn.cr tic law That says: % He that knowch his master
will nd obcys it not, shall be beaten with many stripes
There were resolutions OF censue passed his conduct n
Mir. SianaTd who represented Richmond City, voted o
them; and although Mr. Leigh the idol Of the c!i io
whom her cannon roarcd al his election yet Mr. Stna'!
never os favor wiki Richmond for the act They knc" TIA
he did battle that for the body ADD the soul %
Rcruo!icansnthe right oil the majority TO rule; and 10
his proud and lofty bearing that o"caslon have away
though he indebted Tor being made Judge he ha!
proved himself, most trying OCCASION 10 be incupao'
Of parality-the iis'GreGn;s!te OF a Judge.
And no", will ihu proud band OF Wings VINO will not give
their vo.es 10 their old dlsobeden ser.int-Mr. BOs-5t
content to stop mere Bv withholding their from him
they give Mr. Caskie but vote, and make his election
dououI by voting for him, they give MIN ,wo and .l=c!
him, doubtless You beat the nsurper OF yonr rights ".
nAny stripes and if yu afraid that viii be thought
have com" over 10 party the thing is easily rrrnctr'
let the polhoDk have third column. III" head o w" It
shall read 1--WE vote against Mr. Bots, yindcyt" the
right OF the people 10 instruct their agcn .h:n ~ count
ing your vote with the Bolts vote you will kow ii the DE-.
rrict is VIII.