Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-11-12

SAVE ME- FROM MY FRIENDS"


No man had ever Than Gen, Scott - PM up
such prayer. We have been utterly asonshc al tie Hr
guage in regard Gen. Scott employed hy Whg EDITORS
snce The election. Among The remarkable specimens OF
This fire in the rear may place ndcscrr friend
Of the Fredericksburg News. We give very cnpo"a tx
tract from his last edtiial, in which the Editor himself
concrsivciy shows that Virginia s"nd be commented AZ"
not dcnouncet by The editor she hhs bee !1 COST
ing an overwhelming against such candidate In"
following i1m the Fredericksburg News, late support
er of General Scats election:
We have no doubt tl.ai Gen Scott sound n7on lhr
Comp amse and would dnne all that Mr. Piece VIII
do But his eoiyuculiuns and his associations chGsed i
trust aud dis saleclon We have The iost unqars4haer
authority ! ing for bad cOu!s.!s GancfIi scott
would long before the nomination have uiiy COMMITTEE
himself in the acceptable 10 the South 'nt i"
error n Mr. Clay IN "a in writing 50 many and suct ap-
renlly contradictory teIs thereby be- ond all question 10
sing his ELECTION had ala med the Wing leaders HAT tty
wen, tie opposite in advising explanations ui".'
this any other subject Write no Hers muse c'nm".
tale from thousand sources, whiL heApcfircea a.
Gen was in political party matters caused hnl 10 en-!
upon his vital question.
Ne think il doubtful whether under any circumstances
General Sc"tt been elected He IL Unpopular
and officer He IS great nlHaty chiei-
tuiu infinitely greater Than any had in li!s
country. He mas mind anI more Information. ihhi
Jackson, Harrison, Taylor. Hu world make 'nu'h
be rt,, President either Iiul lie tic bunncs~,
and The puness and the suavity which essential Ii pop
uarity He concerted csu'is, inIe: with his own
consequence and dlsyusn. ra'cr OF hs own achieve
mens He has done rEan any other man, ana ior
fear the should knuw IL he takes especial pains "
tell il himself This VANITY generally The attendant ri
weak minds Hence the impression iaI G. scot Is IL.
,,ernov defc;cn, ,an which there is greater mis- axe.
Bu his uosuu Il ivrry which WAS leading cause pi
his defeat n;cicrslb ard sufficient TedsSn 40
stracty considered ty he ssOula &c dad Let ns eA-
anime IT, Long since The agitation OF lh- subject s"m'ei
c.d and when Tic puhc mind he South cns!iiv.i
alive any discussion adverse 10 the institution Gen scott
wrote ietlcs which offensive both III sfli, aud n -cEii
men 1t thcsc letters had betn written years Ctie
the South was sury excited ard might hvc been c1pi'-
ed az other ultra Southern have satisfactorily ex"-
=, similar otirctins tut there etIcrs and cT
wns Gc; Scott refusing 70 explain or modify iEcH' hr'
oui.rd 10 Go cnd the public 10 st vita The ne
lci that lhcse letters the exponrn's OF hiH ' W.
Nor were the ojel unnos itai were inc cir
cumstanCes attending l-ir hlicution One y! these is'.
lers written 10 free.sn convention and cumlrg rem
vginian, who Tds or had been sAve.hoidrr coit,
with il IN influence !und its Intrinsic merits. To explain
them The Sonth ud right 10 eApec and "hss
juerce To himself and truth demanded But BY The c'n'
np OF advisers General Scr.l Ia this hour r'
naincd silent and his letters unex Plalncd.
This the prominent cause "i S"uher, dsan@c!oh II
this the hgs here-"bons eter refused to f'e OF
iur Piece. i,
Bu, hero were other objections TO Ike Candidate .: he
Wing party. He Military Chr;a'n, anG The pr'Pl,
are li,ed of Military Presidents: AIicr sosc', second
thought, they havo maGe usb'c of Inc inques o
Jucksun and Tie hunouggefy OF Taylor The var lever
had suedra and disgust had superseded Military fcIor
Besides This the impression tha, 90 acceptable Pteriden
"a E,nne had been surrfced Military availability, lend
ed sill excite popular preJua!ce
All will ugee that lhe campsgn was dull ard heavy, ana
lhat any e cun could have excited Hills ue!ss From
indifference in both parties 10 Their candidates, ls Ii!'
mind was never quiet The H. sh pots called ny ..h
feeling among The democracy But Dead Sen calm s''i
In thu Nhig pa,ty which editor nSs"'c ~
*endurance We ieorae satisfaction G lis GIuuh.a
Do our Whr friends remember that mere s sdcha county
In VIRGINIA as KAsAwHA? We beg 10 remind them lha
there Is such county aud that In that county the Dsmoc
racy gains us 75f votes This certainly is not portion
of he entertainment which the Whss promised to invite us
to Is Kanawha one OF The hundred cnnntc7 tom
which the inorma tion received that made them So
confident that vigorous determined and united effort on
the part Of The Wings OF the State will redeem our good
old common wealth from Locofoco thraldom Who dill no.
hear before the election their Wanted predictions and ha'
Summers and other true blues had assured them az E
enthusiastically Can our ncghbors OF the wing ten us
where the sgners off in kanawha tho day OF eec
lion
frar1} Tho