Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-05
From the W'aecliag Algus.l
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The result of the election il nuw known, md the
Democratic candidates have carried the state by
sweeping nnjori,ies. The integrity OF Virginia re-
mains unshaken. She s It'll to her ancient fith
First among the States ns she has always been. ahe
walks only in tbs paths Of pnlitical wisdom, nnd
shows her sister States the way greatness and
glory Once more her noble example beams with
accustomed radiance upon the thousands who every
where look to her for poicni instruction. In the lnte
contest the whole Union watched her course with
intense anxiety. Efforts without parallel were made
to scducc her into the idoatry Of the day Mo-
n.v flowed in without stint. Whecdinc, bullying
nattery calumny, every usual AMI unusual art OF
political warfare wns piled, aud to these added
the nonstruus device of order and The open
partnership Of portion Of the priesthood The trial
was severe-the triumph Is glorious
How grandy does our old Commonwealth main
taiu her proud eminence among the States FROM
the beginning she has been the chief prop OF Inc
l. piou and the sure bulwark of the rights ot the
States She knew as well how 10 calm the rage Of Il
rpbeIlious sister she has known how 10 resist the
,ncroachments of the Federal authority. Wise and
t.nperate in all things, aud bot temperate than
firm and courageous, she has summed all extremes
uud r. buked the first approaches Of error from what
ever side il clmr. Her principles aud her example
are the richest inheritance Of political instruction ever
possessed by any people. Thank Cod they are still
ours. -,
Virginia il remained to be whether she would
b.. proof against the new c"ntrivance OF the Yankee
Jesuits-thls sneaking, stcuthy, cowardy device oi
secret OQth1 unu HliuuSEt pOtes II TtulUiiet hioo
TO be seen whether she could resist the influence Of
nrscraft when it chose 10 take tho field in her poll
tics In this trial she has justified the confidence
of her sons and put 10 shame the sinister hopes OF
her enemies. Blessings aud honor her torev-
er,
Tho wise and liberal policy towards foreigners
which was first established under the lead of Virginia
statesman and in opposition to Yankee Federalism,
ia s,ill approved by the State after half cenurys
.yooreuce She sti adh-res o her principlenf rell-
,i1ns freedom and abhors prrstcratt, whether it
yroucs in darkness under the auspices of tho lnnrnn
iutdety of Boston vaunts itself in the scrptrcd
suendors of the Vatican. To her the blind hgot who
dulps out Nothing tickets ut the polls with
nrest ridden horror of popery, Ii as despcabe not
ees wicke as the Catholic tyrant who revoked the
adict of Nantes. She knows that political priest
or.tt ia the worst foe liberty whether It be fapst,
prntestant. Unitarian or Know Nothing. She has
hau;sbsd the Clergy from her halls of slsatlon by
mst;tutional iuterdct, because preacher with po-
iIcnl ambition has religion, and preacher WIN
nnt religion is hypocrte and tyrnut. she mas long
aoo pronounced tue absolute divorce between enuScu
S S,ots and she reccts the prestcratt OF othnow-No-
t; now; AZ she avoided that OF popery at the be-
GINNING nnd threw of that OF Episcopacy al the teyo
luton. She understands the true Prhe'Pie' VI
and she means to preserve them forever. o,,,,.
One of the most gratifying circumstance ~ aoVu,
this election is the determination which II SHOWS oii
the part of Virginia MOTTO receive her politics rom
such sink of puin.ed intideity, shallow icarnlh'
lechery, corruption and hypocrisy as that once giof
ous but now fallen State of Massachusetts, and ner
mates of Ysnkeedon. In Virginia, men are manly
tbey are not snc,lis. They virtuous they ere
NOT phar;sees, They are Intelligent they are not