Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-11-05

:, ,orv oround bs head not Daniel Webster the Sea'
,,esmap orator and constitutional expounde but Dah''
Webster The pArnloT. He lived 10 see the day "eh W
side by side with Pierce and most meet ana proper =
that tho eloquent voice Of New Hampshlfes s'e"'''
hud bo the first TO bu heard the grave oil her Sea ~
married. With niournful and heartfelt approval Iii
yocc heard by Tirginia's Democracy. IN sH' wv -"
a fov heir vren, leader and will weep Tor HEpsTkA
With h N.y E,o,nd aIsters Should mol aoh hsakoisSA
FOREVER his dying lessons OF pa'''o'i'n,
NJ ,ho, hsse Two great lights Of Whggery are extln-
..n,,, ,viu they benceforth follow2 Not military
I e.v for the days of eunpowder popularity are pass
a. ,yI they follow that Jack OLantern and VIII O'Ihe
Wien that iasa that foul and pesti!enlial eShaatlon,
U,m H. Seuari who was called, short lime since, oy
London paper ts present Parliamentary Leader Oh The
whgsT Leader! and whittier will he lead hem3 If We
may borrow quotation, used in somewhat similar con-
rcxon by the grea, Northern stateaman whose loss we
mourn upon our Virginia SOIL he will lead them Into
Tanssd juniper, beds OF weeds,
And many ! fen wherci lac setIen ieeu''
And tod before
wc sail t!la! Inc great lights OF Wh'ggefy haa sell
Men die but principles Clay s cead and Webster ~
dead and their Banks dead ard their Tariffs are dead
Blu, The uuhs asserted In the Declaration of independence
and the Resolutions oil 49, like Inc rock OF ages, will endure
forever If So we are told the spirits of "just men made
men perfect Of departed sages and patriots look down upon
IA from their abodes Of felicity and take an interest IN inc
alrs d men, then JEFFERSON and MADISON have felt
new Joy al hehoIng the present grand triumph OF hose
PRINCIPLES for which they baed long as they moved up
on this earthly sphere The sun OF Democracy arose win
them: never I'D il shiac with brighter eulgence light
Ing IN as il does this Western world and shedding
its mild and enilicsnt beams upon Jew and Gentle and
Heahen alike the starving China fromthe land OF Con-
ucus across the great Pacific the sober German and the
gay Frcncman The oppressed OF Erns green ISLE the
dsnatioaaxed Pole and the bleeding Magyar Here they oil
have met in this Land Of Refugee here they worship that
sciences and here broad shield of the Constitution inter
pIsed protect them in their taltencHe rights iPE Lib
rRry aud THE Pursuit HAPPINESS.
The struggle is The great battle has been fought
and won While il lasted, have endeuVored TO do our
whole day For fifty years this Richmond Enquirer
abocd for the great doctrines Of s5 They now seem
In The ascendant; may their ascendancy Do perpetual SO
lDar 10 we conduct Democratic press wo hope TO stick
10 our rre md defend faith Would that wor,her
hands were tho helm! In days gone by Sin the oldon
time" The Enquirer has donu good service but we can neVel
nope 10 equal the ability with which conducted when
Roane and Giles contributed to its columns Yet what
blows We cam we will sike if not with strength yet with
right hearty good will When we hear the roar OF ou
enemies guns vii! not cowaid.lko desert the held but
On the day of conflict we will always grid our amor
And will battle die right,
With Democracy might,
While Its glorious lIsh
Burns and bright,
lntii N!icsery's rGe l5ht
shall SINK INTO ENDLESS MONT.