Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-27
Tor Mf En9ui'cr.
TO TIE MEMBERS or TIL: NEXT GENERAL AS
srNiG,Y OF VIRGINIA:

SEMDLY OF VIRGINIA:
The time i. near at hand, w!ren You ure 70 assemble
in the Capi,o! OF the STATE IN your legislative cnpuc
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Your duties ia Won. constituents vi! be most i'm
purtaEt more 60 perhaps than NJ any former period
Within ;hu luz. ten years. The eyes 81 tto whole
country will nc directed towards you, aud II VIII de-
pend upon your wisdom, frnacss an patriotism
whether your deliberations and Gcte VIII advance tie
happiness aud prosperity OF your State, and the pro-
bablb pcace Of this great and growing RcpuhH"; or
whether, by any dissensirnn which ray ffohaoy
arise You will afford TO the "h;gher law men, pre-
tat for further aggressions upon tho SOu!E auQ me
compromises Of the Constitution.
Virginia las eve! Stood foremost ans ERNEST n TIC
rsuks OF cinroOniun Democracy aud III Tie dHrhcs;
huurs of h. Republic, ha- shed lgh which d!>prii-
I'd the gloom Far above hex sister States, her iltu-
rncr has been acknowledged aud lei. IN ,he Councils
Of the Na,ioa, WHEN CAT un'y DC Eaa.a!ued by Tie
wisculr good faith aud the :'cady adherence OF her
Doodle 10 ali the great cnrdiuai principles which sh'.
In. herGtotur, 2raiDusy advocated rom .5y next
House ui Representative. but little Il anything II 10
be expected, toward. alayinS sectional feeling and
.ayrry agitation. war upyu the South and her
domestic institutions may b. coud !entiy expected,
mud il will require than ordinary turoearance 20
listen oven the ;irndes Of nbuso and vtupera,ion
with which she will be assaulted. Zoe Nebraska BIZ!
md the Fugitive Slave Law sill b. attacked With e.!
the maineys and viouuce Of abolition anaticisn.
The Constitution viii u!iu!d ITO barrier or impede
men; IN the say o! tie "h;.er law neu,' even a the
hazard ci dissolution and civil war.
The only safety Tor the South ind thOle who may
nc, with her IL il tho VETO rowe: u! the President,
I'm! the patriotism ard conservatism oi tie SrEarc;
gu. Il lew President i eo3n 10 be elected md the
character and complexion o.: III" Senate may undergo
I:di!.e aud VIM th"n can iorcaee the result! Let
Nir.ain aud he SGut.! vel! their part aud DC
rraCr 10 Wee. MI Let their best and rurst
men be kept in thu Felra Legislature. Suffer
sectional or personal prejudice" opportunities 10 divert
gon a, i"ilst, from thar mos: i;rgnrtamt purpose.
One Of your dut:c. laui il :, one Of great Moment,
nj YOUR next session. Ill be {" elect United States
Senator 10 I'll The place ~ tic Hon Jamr@ u. Nu:0n,
whose le,n VII enthusiastically expire iiie illI
March--and who well qualified nnd suited b. long
c1prricucr,s ound Judgment discriminating mind ard
uGwavrrn, attachment 10 State rights repubiicarisIn,
~ the lTtsolI Incumbent.
james VI Mason is well trcd pauic servant and
be has never been oGnd dcre!ic il his duty untrue
Ia Ills trust lie i. sn.2s:,.Nr -; the hGhc.i order
o Intellect, ri commanding influence, and Justly ranks
Among the first and ub!c-t members O! that august
body. To say more of hm j. wholly Unnecessarily
Hi. character Il !!t;i and n'.uicIar is too well
known throughout SirsIi.la. hul .EG.rt ne nIoic
country, ~ GtrTii Gi n Gnub: If hi Eein. eg;!n
tUr:.ed t. the United States .;"rals b. IL triumphant
majority. tN EASTERN NiRGlNlAN.
Sow, Fist, 1853.