Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-12-06
The E,e.Irer and m, Denotr.tIe Nou,u..,.

ieauer Vi our neighoor IN yesterdays Enquirer. IL
occupied nearly column and half-and was the
appeal Of the campaign to the faithful" 1t was re-
plete with poetic efusons-bold metephors-Biblical
illustrations and ardent philipics. The Song Of Solo
mon-the Psalms Of Davd-the Prophesies Of Isaiah
and the Lamentations of jeremiah were infused
into the pith and substance" of neighbours vati
cinations The Ship Of Statc-in the vision of our
n.ighbor-was Embellishments by dangers
= fog is around and upon her." The Slough Of Des-
pond, opened up its gloomy shades and the Demo-
cratic party was trembling on its brink. Tho
Lightning and the gale"
enveloped the gallant few"-and thrcateneda speedy
resort to the "Lifo Boats" Surge on surge-in r.-
pid succession rose-n the fury Of the storm-and
the bold hemsman was at his post-in the person Of
Capt Luce-crying OUTLET US 60 down and trust
to Providence" But VIC will give a short extract
from our neighbours appeal. Here it is:
ITO the Democratic Know Nothings We appeal in all
kindness and friendship. We aud our nominees agree
with you upon all the cardinal principles of party faith
We aud nominees have stood heretofore side by side
with you, voting the tickets, worshpping at the
affairs glorying the riumphs aud mourn
ing common defeats. We differ upon topic;
Why should that drive you from uss Our nominees
neither alien born foreigners, Catholics. They
not likely TO undertake place the Pope at the head Of
this government Why then turn from them?
"The Democratic shp-the flag ship of the whole 6eet
old Virgnia-od Ironsides is surrounded by Dangers
fog Is around and upon her. Will you stay, aud,
be the fate Of the ship what il may let that fate be yoursy
Stay with US, help to work at the pumps. Will you
desert the Life Boat and leave us? No-you will rather
cry, With Lawrence, "Don't give up the sEp!" You will
rather 60 down with Luce, and to Providence
save. Stand by thenand will the old ship from
the dangers which threaten her. To the entire Democ
racy was, come veal or woe,
':We nail to the mast ier holy Aig,
Set every thteadbare sail
And give her to the God OF storms,
The lightning aud tue gale"
We hero have the results OF ''sober, second
thought" on the part of our neighbor But recently
the Enquirer exhausted its mine of invec,ives and
indignant explosives against the "know Nohings.''
1t was as bold in its proud denuncations as it was
lofty in its repulsive epthcts 1t pledged tic Demo-
cratic party against this faction, using, in the mean
time, the very strongest epthets Of dcnuncation
against the Order. Well, We thought, at the time,
our neghbor might have to lower his tone and
humble his crest Be it so. He will however, excuse
us. if we occasionally repubsh his former articles
also the bold and undisguised satire Of Mr. Wise.
We advised our neighbour at the time, to be little
more temperate; but he too jealous in his oppos
stion, and the consequence is, we find him
the stool Of repentance. How painful it must be
thus to have to "stoop to conquer"
We beg leave to call the particular attention Of
our neighbor to the following lines, taken from
the above piece: "We and our NOMINEES hare stood
heretofore, side by side loiM you, roting the @">
tickets roorshppiny To uttdrs gLorying crer
the same triumphs, and mourning orer common des
feat." Now, we very respectfully ask, where was
Mr.. Wise when Van Buren, the chief priest Off
ciating in the Democratic Sanhedrim? What were
the offers, and what the incense which HE threw on
tho altar Of the party" when Gen. jackson was the
iron-wiled exponent Of its creed We ask, where
was Henry A. Wise when the Enquirer and its party
were "glorying the triumph Of Van Buren," and
mourning over the defeat of the same "Northern
man, with Southern principles ?" We ask our neigh.
Dor to reconcile these little differences, merely as
matter Of historical relation We he did not
tend to violate historic truth We request our neigh
Dor to let the country know, in all caDdor whether
te and "thc Democratic nominees" are in 'durance
vile" and really aid the "Know Nothi'g Democrats
TO save them, and rcinstate the party at the helm
of the state ship-and the.
"Giye her TO III, uod OF storm
The lieh..ng and the gale"
We .. really concerned, and can but condole with
our neghbor at the disturbed state of his party.-
Perhaps We may be able to helpshe frightened crew
in the "ife boat" and put them adrn before the
ship goes down, and thus save few from watery
invite them to leave "Captain Luce" and take pas.
sage on the ship "Whig," which is in fine sailing
order, and in no danger Of oreck or explosion.
seidon, withers Co.
The following advertisement appears in the Nation
al lntelligencer Of Saturday:
CRY OF WASHINGTON Dec. l. 1854
The property, estate rights, credits and claims Of the
late copartnership of Seldom Witbers Co. have been
conveyed and assigned to the undersigned Trustee 70
render tue same available by sale and collection spe
oily as possible and apply the proceeds tho liquidation
OF the liabilities Of said firm in conformity with the pro-
visions OF the deed Of assignment to us.
we pledge ourselves to best efforts to bring the
business entrusted 10 us to close speedily a. possible
and to the faithful application Of the proceeds Of the as
SETS
Our progress In the matter will be all times OPEN n,
the late Banking house Of the firm Of this citv
The circulation Of said frm, being preferred will he
speedily redeemed. We take occasion to say that since
the commencement OF the embarrassnents Of said firm
which have pl,ced them into liquid about SIC 900 OF
ner circulation aud about Of other liabilities have
been redeemed aud lquidated. The circulation now out,
standing In amount about $4,000 and the depo.,e.
100000. O
Acting as Trustees only, shall be governed s,ric,
by the provisions made in the deed take no
oher han mat invested 10 US by the assgnors We beg
that the public will not deem unreasonable or ungenere
ou' JNO. ENGLISH,
WIN. BAYNE
Trustees
We nave waited lot some time in the hone that An
exposition Of the affairs Of the state of Virginia b
the concern Of Seldom, Wthcrs Co. would be made
either by those having control of the business trans
actions Of the State with that Banking house, or by
those having access to the information necessary 10
make that exposition. None has been made and
in connection with the publication of the above od-
vertisement VIC beg leave to make the following en-
quires What is the amount OF debt due from Sell
don, Withcrs Co. to the State Of Virginia. VIVA,
class Of creditors is the State Of Virginia placed in
What are the assets to pay her? And at wha, time
may payment DO expectcdi These are question in
which the people ofthe State feel deeply interested and
which their agents ought to be prepared and willing
answer We await their response.
The fact that the banks have curtailcd their opera.
tons in this city to very considerable extent, is
we'll known, aud the pressure in money matters il
alarming. We have heard no satisfactory explains
ion Of this curiament from bank sources, but we
II said that the banks reseryng funds to aid
a. ..s Of l.oI..I.