Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-07-07
TVI III FHVHfFtF'
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF VIRGINIA.


a.d energetic c"-Iahorcr i'll building up and strength
,ln the Democratic purity, has been gathered 10 hs
fathers. Tnua,> RIrcHl;:, the puro-n.ndcd gcutle-
ml;u the ardent patriot, the devoted friend, the ac-
conolishrd scholar The distinguished editor, un ri!.
I i: :h;cncd statesman IS no more. He has fallen
irll o y,ar- anl full nj! "nnr. and thousands ri ad-
mir,rs nu friends drpurr his loss, but li!r less than
those children and relatives who Iu"urm the los, OF
father a.il kiM,naI. whose private character was
beautiful lis public career and life were d!stln
..us!i,rl and honorable.
I!.r ask uf elaborate cul"gy "f the dead, | shall
leave u.urn"i inbred gciil-, and 10 his cont,lpura
ri.> an intimate friends. write, SIMPLY tc >uggcs: L"
vuu the l,ruprutv, Appropriateness. and what will
doubtless bc the melancholy pleasure. Ui LREccI>"
! TO rur MEMORY OF THOMAS kIr,HIE. sIMrLE BIT
! lrPEOrki,rE M,SCNE%I. All details nmi p!Uu> "r
a"n" tl;-. shall leave 20 mere competent a!. dis
iircusicd members ot our party.
There i. in the human heart, natural cray!u. 10
br remembered hv those who sucCr"i IT.. IL i mu:
the first passion which awGkcus in the suu. bat Il j.
the strongest which a!tlH!c> and the last which
leaves it. IL ut Instructive philosophy. which
;,lr w. that who live. and net, and rt"v" ahou
the earth, and claim il nr not ne h"H"H
y0rC, ha! but small part "f IL that those who
arr To follow when cone, and Hose at IL,
flumb"rrg hcmcAih feet. are. w!'i H.. hW;
cmpaly, Of wlrh We are tine smallest pnt. II tell
H. that III" true glory ot man Is nn that which blaze
ont i"r alnrm"namddaLI!'- the c"i'np"rarv spcc'a-
toy: hut tGt which rc- wh"ni" natural life is gou.
poSirrv wIu il .a!,s The narbI" record. erected
10 keen fresh and rCrm she oi H." virtues and
! achievements ui the dead. Ih" monument j. man =
| most d:enrrrc,t". delicate and apr"pria" memorial
With what H!lrcti"nac reverence, aud sincere adn-
! nun. would the Democracy al \IG"lnln -itHc upon
| n monument Ia Thumr- RlTchci How many m>tH!-
OF fidelity lu prmCip!" AMI -; diS!n:"r",tr. con
iiuuGu- labor Ia promote iI ~ his country,
would not u simple umprricnlng marble >latt r."al
How II" old H. III" vuing, Woui with aim"> brother
! mud Jl .Ill ll,r' 'l,I- n'
man who. for forty Years. with ability cl"uuruc".
versatility ii tr! energy and courage, uil"Nampi"d.
! defended. and Taught il:c .rrat principles wlch Il"
received from III" living mouths "t Jefferson and
| Madison. For Il .w years, w", who may perform
this duty o.! til!a observance shall hc lii" those VII"
are resting beneath I'll" sod hui, our children, aI
our chlldrcm'S children, IL the lairs; g.I.rail"n
would prize Il simple memorial first AN! chiefly Tor the
sal ui tn" h0nnrcd name of THoMi> l.irCHIF, FOK
rokrY YEARS rHE ErIroh or fHE HiCIi""Hn En-
! QUIEER.
! The Democrats Of Virginia will feel n mourmiu
prnsurc in rejecting ihat They have pad n affection
and respect portion - !hLt large debt ii @ratltud"
which W. all owe I" the lmrIuory Of IioNn?s E.rhi"
/ Nhu; admired and priced a.d N"nrr'licd III INN
tr, dying be forgotten. III the mighty
and brilliant triumph,, du" NOR" I" Inn than I" Hmv
other Nrgnitn, the fruits ni winch the "'ltrr IL nnw
enjoying. rhoma, l;tchici- but just hrgnmlng oliNr,
| ~ live that lit. ot uumpnrrl influence and OF uu-
! rloudrl ftmc with which the successful adv"c""y "i
| wise measures invariably cmbuimS fh"Ir author and
! prominent supporters.
Before the pnignuncy and kccnncss "f the grief nf
his old friends has been bluntrd by the lapse of time,
emil upon them in portion al the state indeed
! in every portion OF the Union I" contribute towards
| the erection Of n monument Ia lholnns RtchIr.
For forty yenrs, without cessation, he iaborcd 10 clr
vn,e and Strengthen the Democratic party "f Virgil
Iln. He neither sought would r"c"iv" the usual
wards ui slcccSSiIl useful and able labor. pri
cal party The highest offices III the g -! the Sin;c
and Federal government, offered, nld refused
bv .n:. II until after forty Years u! Intense
rXcriinn, until h" had rendered the strength AM
power 81 the Democratic party rrs-fl"rS IN Virginia.
at he removed from our midst 10 extend the sphere
! of his usefulness.
| Remembering AMI vcnrra:iug the sincere devotion
of Thomas Riichic the r Democracy, h.t
unite i'll rearing tn his m"lmory an approinInt" mnnu-
mcnt. 4.
Richmond, July 18th, 1851.
,,,n ... I-Tr-o-T.r ;:J-uIIn HrAiN.
From the London Times
MADRID, MAY 81, 1851.
| The somewhat alarming reports that have reached
this cupi;a within III" last day or two, through the
London papers. with respect 10 tn" affair of the Black
Warrior, have naturally attracted attention and en-
cited certain degree ut uir;sinc-s, although they
have not IL vet ar H. have been able 10 discover,
materially altered the opinion prevalent here that the
question will m" bc plsl" to"Ntr.mtcs by the nj
| ted States. \ number ui CUbalDs now III MadriI-
many ui whom own property in the ISant and al OF
whom from long residence there, may be considered
worth consulting the To adopt III the present
difficulty Of opinion that trnlncrs l. III" best pol
lev for the Spanish government, nTi that III" AmrrI-
cans will hcsItatc t" embark IN war that would en-
tail great injury Ia their commerce. liner" are some
grounds for believing that the Cabinet, m"witIisinnd-
| in: the srnlc timdty of W CadcrOn d" Ia Bnrcn, Is
disposed To act in the spirit Of this opinion II II be
true, n believe that all the demands ct the !ncd
States government have been rejected by thnt ot
Spain the question must fear. hc considered as far
| from settled ~ ever, for intelligence that has
reached me induces me 10 think TINT .lncicn Will de-
sist from those demands, although she might, pcrhap.
| be induced To modify them.
! II VI. Cuc,o's Instructions are to max" no conccs-
-Dn i; would no, surprise soon I" hear that the
blockade of the porte Of Cuba nn Porto Rico anci-
patcd by an American journal. had actually taken
mace 4 few dnvs will doubtless remove III" greater
bart Of the uncertainty in which We now ar" with r'-
snrct TO the course i! affair likely {" take, since II
will doubtless be brought before the Am'rcan hIii-
bcr s soon rs the debate the Nrhrnski question II
terminated. In the mctltIInc, ana ui''cSe Tue SPIN
s Ministry acting IN opposition TO professions II mas
made to prrso.rs in its confidence, has directed the
Minister in Washington To make cpns'drrn" c"nc's-
SONS, is prepared 10 send INN INSTRUCTIONS |" 'hitt
effect II pcrccIvcs that contrary course IL
maynjljur am at loss IL hOw the difficulty II 10
Terminate without hu-iilitics. America /. onr If the
last countries hnt be expected To drsst from dc
nuiIs Of 80 decided nature aS thosc which hav"
been made by ls minister III complete accordance
with hs Instructions. And her. must express my
belief founded OH information which | fully rely
t!ut the report mentioned bv the American CORES
poidcnt OF one Of Your cOntemp prarl"s, that Nj
Soul har cone beyond those instructions, Is totally
unioundci and that this will bc clearly shown when
ever the correspondence relating ~ the Black War
rior question is brought before the public.
II we admit, therefore, that TIC United States are no
likely wholly to abandon without other compensation
than the remission OF tr!In- fine, such demands IL
osc put forth i'll the present Ca" II - n!crnby Ci"
that Spain i,',S; yield "r prepare Tor war IL -r"m'
the general opinion that those demands are lhrg"I
than the circumstances wHrrnnt. end That refusal t'
modify ;hcm would IMPLY on ~" par ~ h'''FrH
other and more, ambOu, vic'S than ihht "i hlcFclY
oh.5iuijlr satisfaction for offence L. her !iaG II
such Vi, ~ be- not -nicrtancG AMI II the spanish %"
vrylmrn he disposed max" F!'rli" tor the SAKE
"t pcar", way might b" t'nnn 10 u" s.in,'o! ] 4"
the difficulty, perhaps, hv means "t the arbitration OF
| Some nation friendly 10 both of those thus un!nTn
na,rly nj variance" Perhaps the cdsnasal OF SOM ID,
Custom House authorities AT the Havana might 4ni,
OLE Of the cnmt"nd"g pnr"' without 700 scEctc a
wound to the scfovc oi the other. Spanish ohcia'
nrc luy removed from their posts, with little or ~
cause and certainly the shipment, 20 III" mother conn
trv ni some OF tho" NJ present III Cuba would hc !,
M way detrimental {" he! mt rcsi- or 10 h""" "t '
colony. General Pczucln not having been named II
the notes sent in 20 the Spanish government a. one
the persons whose disgrace whs required he although
in reality the principal mover III the affair. might re-
main II; his post. and Srb"rGnat" victims b" sacr.
feed in his .tcGi But IT, ~ i"- been suggested.
trust upnn insufficient grorr!.. the Black WarriD
. ! be merely prct"Nt for aggression, and America Do
ben: upon getting CUbH, thcu, "i course III! concc-
sjnn- on the part of Span will be- mere boOt!cs' hu
,niIutiOn -incc thew VIII CuiChy be- succeeded by eT
actions more cxoritant. And that that ID IN" case IL
have good grounds Tor stating, the general bc!i"'
=, among the SpGnlards here many of whom express
strong desire that matters should ~ one" be brongh
70 crisis and 10 the issue of arms, rather 'haI
that this country sh"ud br longer kept i'll n state o
painful uncertainty the fate ot her rio"; !mgor
, Ialt colony.
MONEY LOST N TIE MhILs-!iN INTER,
. Ili 4 h Arn
p,raaf for patent .I- with rawr ut hI- applicn
:pu instructed the Commissioner Of Patents 10 for
ware! ,n him by mail the sum of ;wci:v dollars iG
him from the Government: on sail withdrawal. Th'
| u,,rp,ulIv Ia his mud