Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-17
For The Enquirer
TO TIE HON. C. f. MERCER

In s,umpng it through the Old Dominion in favor of Gen;
Scott why do you not make few specches In your ou
Congressional district you are known tofouShy,
and could mol be got M of until br5ed o by the Presidency
of Bank in Flcda2 Having, as was supposed, aiIosen
Of you etfecuay it is with e surprise The people hno
you urned up again., as fiuen ulsome ana 'u'e "s you
were in yUar younger days
It's however doubt, gratifying TO you IN your pilgrim
age through The old Dominion, To witness Inc htchal '
oTovemens and especially the magnificent stale 0! e ioh
bridge Potomac intended 10 be 0! stone oy oene
Jackson but prevented by you when In Congress- ms
bridge remains speaking monument OF your eSaiteI Wis
dom in internal improvements Instead Of oche an elegant
stone structure deying tides, tempests anu Hcshet a "
nament TO metropolis, and cnnnecng INK between e
North and South firm as nltl1na!, as eioHras anu c
rim ms the fame m Jackson wreck a5 unstable
and useless, and will be- unless repaci rs .oScu
s the political Of Mercer II would DC ciflcuIt 70
find uaon the American continent, better monument "'
nundering legislation, f,irer illustration o! your pou
raj career and saeacy and advocacy Of internal improve.
mans than is presented in the present wreck OF INC
brdse-a work intended by its great national and natural ad
yautages add thousands 10 the actles ana prosperity "
the citizens of Virginia and Washington; and II would no"
be had il been prevented ny your h'5eIahle manage
ment And this is only fair specimen of your public career
and political sngacy and after having retired Tor years
public life and at your supefanuaich aye YOU nave
come stumper in advocacy of candidate Tor ie Prcseh
cy whose political bundcs far surpass y"l' own ana ve
you expect The people TO take YOU as an oracle ami give ~
weight and ccdencc 10 your declarations now WHICH S
never enjoyed when you were in IN" prime ana vs'r o your
maturity.
AS an old Federais is well known that YOU advocated
tho election of the Adamses Harrison and Taylor; and oi
conrsc you are in favor Of Scott This not surprsing bu
il ia inconsistent and contradictory that you should declare
Al, the old Issues between the parties merged ana yet nS!
the Democrats in the sentence to come over tO ter
ponent History shows that The government has been 10
Democratic hands for half century, and in wing hands
only occasionally and BY accident aud even inns accch'a
has been visited by Providenal dpensaons
that have never occurred with the Democrats This wouo
certainly demonstrate beyond peradvcutnre that not only
he nor popu but ror Del against all opposition to
the rule and all those issues advocated and sus-
ained by the WING party and indeed in no single instance
does history show that single Wing issue has been sue
cessfuy sustained und ultimately adopted oy the Demo
Gratis whereas all history shows just the reverse.
And your advocacy OF men on the score OF availaoity
lust os unfortunate your advocacy OF measures
true the Wings have occasionally succeeded under peculiar
in elecng their man. but Ike the Bonrecns
they cannot retain power because they cannot learn WIS.,
dom and THE will be your last cort or long peroa
ouarer of century eas for the miserable failure OF inc
Taylor administration the whitening defeat OF Scott con
seaucnt upon the dsaecllon 10 his nomination, and t
death Of the 'grent embodiment OF The wing party, WI.
prusrac that party for So long time it. indeed II ever re
cuperaes again; but that il doomed 10 crushing delea
this limc the dcs Of November will show and no part
this great Republic will give decided majority thar
The "Od Dominion This State, and especially that part
in which yon holding fotlh and in defiance OF al
itinerant speakers from other States will give moor'ty
TEN tonsand! Mark that master Book! And viii in his
way show emphaticaly what her citizens think of the tut
of the charges brought BY you and Others against Genera
Piece-a whom every God has seemed TO set sea
TO give the world the o man." II the Demo
Gratis had been raising man from childhood for The Pfeei
dency and had had him all the lime with committee OF Int
wses of their party 10 instruct him In the ~ses
tica princips and schemes for personal advancement
they could not have presented record from boy
hood the present hour clearer more exemplary more
worthy of support or better calculated the whole
Democratic party defeat Scott and fill The Presidency viii
honor TO himself and entire satisfaction 10 The whole Anne
rcan people, Gen. Pierce. And yet these pay cnar
ges n The form of insnuaons, that he is drunkard
coward" "who tainted and fell from his horse" upon I'M
eve of great ba,Ie and others equally and conep
tibe made against him. No; that they are ue or De
lieved DO by hose who make hem but for effect
and have they been made instance but by bro
ken down political hacks-mrn who had not the ability 7,
speak, and independence speak the TRUTH and knen cel
,hen they made these nsinuations that they untrue ant
unworthy Of gentlemen.