Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-03
FROM RAppAHANNoCK COUNTY, VA

To The Editors Of Tie EH9a'rcr'
Gen,lemen:-Permit ME again TO tender you ny
acknowledgement for the distinguished un'rI " rr
which YOU have battled for our party. And ala eSet
n STATE occupy T. prouder position than the none Nv Da
Dominion Mt the present time! Like titz'anL's, '"I ~
Inn, sniL in thunder tones to The combined cohet'S VI
Come one, come all, this rock shall ny,
From its firm base Nc soon NJ l. ~
Tho met scheme connected by Butine O. Cor
from its contemplate beginning had so ineIenseu y
recruits from the corrupt elements at Nor,netn ~ !,
~ that its waves of fanaticism threatened 10 eh'Ei"P
IN destruction every thing that was patriotic; bul'
tbanl, God, the Potomac has proved q per'ec' Dio'A
wafer. " Jr,;,, owos II
heavy debt of gratitude +" Mr. WISE lot ~ : rnor-
.j. would cost him his life. Every where Throughout
I'm, limits of the nld Commonwealth, ms clarion Voco
was heard, calling on the good true anu colisetvn;ire
of all pariies to rally around the standard OF reilSr"us
liberty; and nobly did they respond, by ~lnfictlhE u
preat q defeat upon the cohorts OF ialalicism uiu Vi,
rntrv, MS Napoleon received at Waterloo.
But. while thus extending Just praise t" Mr. rs
we should not forget what IS due To the ola otatc "
.rIf. | firmly believe we should have conquered uh-
der ann respectable leader. How can We think other
wisri From the time she took her noble stand PRIOR
to the Revolution, under the leadership OF Henry
Lee, jefferson, &c, shc has been truer TO Tie primer
ples Of civil umd religious liberty, than tine needle |"
the mole: for she has known no yariablcncHS nor slla'
dow OF turning. In 1898, rs in 1850, those prinriiI,
pies were in j~copnrdy-State after State ranged Itsrli
Under the black flag Of prescription; but ,hcl' a.
now, Virginia said-"Tlius lw thou shalt CONS ana
40 farther" Then she served rs a nucleus nronId
which rallied the patriotic of every sect and party, III
such numbers IA To completely bury their opponents
for more than half II century. So may il be this time
Parodyimg the words of another, | may say, Virginia
has built to herself amoral pyramid i'll the solitude OF
time, beneath whose base things must moulIcr, ana
around whose summit eternity must play. AS n proc!
Of her proud position, her laln contest WIZ considered
Il national one, and was regarded with rs deep an III
trrrst thousands of miles otlus within her own borders
sincerely believe our party has emerged from the
bn:tIc healthier and stronger than ever. In the phE-
steal world, when the stnrm-king riots in destructive.
ness, when the winds howl, the lightning blnsis and
the annd dcluges, the minds If men ac sortly DIS
turbed and they closely calculate their losses; but the
philosopher calmly looks on, feeling assured TINT when
the storm shall have spent lis fury, the gains VIII lii
ovcrLalance tho losses. So, W" may have lost q icw
tine-serviug, tickle, so-cnllcd Democrats, but Their
noblest spirits of the old Wing purity.
But | i;ust not tax your patience longer ! have
written much more already than ! hnd intended. In
h..,. ,.r, v;n..rulv ynur yrsll .Wlslrr.