Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-20
We cordially endorse the following sufgesitcns -
T0y ne EnYpj,er.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF TIE Sc
VENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

The object of this communication is TO suggest 70
the Democracy of the Seventh Congressional District
the ~propriety Of their meeting il Convention, at Fred
ericksburg, on the second Monday in April, for the
purpOse vi nominating d candidate 10 represent theu1
in the next Congress.
contend that no true Democrat can support oiT
late representative, Ex-GoveruUr Smith, at the com
ing election; lie has given in his adhesion 10 the
principles of the Know Nothing party, and has arow-
ed his determination not TO support the nominees ut the
Stnunton Convention. The success Of Democratic
principles hereafter depends, in m eminent degree
uuou the utter discontinue of the Is now Nothing par
~ in Virginia in May next. That discontinue can
only be effected by the election Of Henry a. WISE
Scarcely a Democratic meeting has been held III the
State which has not Internationally condemned the
whole Know-Nothing movement. The Democratic
party is warning to the knife upon the dissracctul or
ganization. Has Ex-Governor Smith grown so great
tha, no shall dictate terms 10 the Democratic party OF
Virpiuin. md bid them bury the tomahawk! After
their Gift, ur. the Democracy so much in Ex-tinvcr-
nor's Smiths debt, that while he is giving aid and
comfort 10 the enemy he is still 10 receive the re-
ward of IL luval soldier! Are the usagcs OF the De-
,nocratic party to be observed By Ex-Governor Smith
rs long US they conduco tn his personal promotion,
and 10 be disregardcd so soon lis they stand i'll the
way of that promotion! Can he consistently, in one
breath, declare that he would pass're!!y hare "cc2rcd
the nomination of a Democratic Convention, anu III
the very next dcitrciy oppose the nominee Of that
body! Nursing his wrath to keep it warm, can he
consistently for more than 10 years, have cherished feel
ings Of m~alignity against Il tried and tristy Democrat,
for having done the very thing which he himself l.
now doing! Can he remember the rcycred name OF
Linn Banks, and dare whisper Il word in dcroSation
of Mcssrs. Hunter and Bocockl
The writer OF this would have supported Ex-G0-
vernon Smiths reelection TO Congress with cheerful
ness and alacrity, had he not thought proper at this
the hour of lis trial, 10 desert his party, and, by con-
qucuce, 10 prove himself false to its principles. lie
has willed il otherwise. BE it so. In Fredericksburg
he lns already been met by that sterling Democrat
Eustace Conway. In Alexandria he encountered IN
David Funston q champion worthy Of the Democratic
cause. At every courthouse and cross-road he vii!
meet with some defender Of the faith ready 10 give:
him battle. Finding TO his cost that he cannot lend
the Democratic party of this Congressional District
bv the NOSE, into an advocacy Of know-Notllng
principles, he will learn, i'll the bitterness OF Il future
und. | trust, sincere repentance, the sa!iihry iesacn'
flat the Democratic party can us easily dispense with
his services, as he can do without h,'r support.
AN OLD LINE DEMOCRAT.