Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-20
TfHE RICHMOND ENQUIRER
OnNING, MARCH, 30, 1855
STAND FIRM.

.-ourd each other, each cycling his antagonist with n
uuwinkins scrutiny ? If one should attempt 20 GRO"
AZ other hesitates not 10 pitch into him with danh'
hss courage, and then comes tho tug of war NO"
these are tine precise circumstances existing b"twcc
aDknow- Nothiugs alias Wings and the Democratic
party and the Richmond Wings, here. III ,hel
stronghold, venture, upon the more enuncin'i"i oil ["
nap6nstiou OF the Know othinss, to tap ii.e'F wing
and crow in tho face of the Democrats. thirEing ina
are to be intim;iated by such n sho" Z: hglt'-
ffyey shall feel our SPURS. and wings, and Geuk, beior'
this hsslc is euied.--It stirs tho blood and makes o.
-us6emocra,s stand firm. Because they assume thu
broad grin. and the Dragging, staggering air Of mocl
= confidence, do they imagine tha: we are disheartcne'
or feel tho less certain of victory? We have seer
these svm2toms put on before every election that ha'
TRANSFERRED in Virginia for a quarter Of Il century, anc
We have seen the wagsing heads, and winkins eyes
AZ! broad yrins, and heard the growing of these same
:mposcd-uron Wings, and we know precisely what Il
is all worth. IT will not keep one man from the polls
nor will one man shrink by such means from giving
the vote he intended.
What do thcse deluded people imsghe! DO they
think we are absolute dol,s and have no irmncss TO
votc our principles? We have proved tho contrary
in an hundred conflicts and are ready to prove
!. 6SH.n, Us tueY VIII GinSo'Ci !" 'HS'
Why should we be disheartened by any nomination
...ey couli make !! We expected, of course they
would nominate their best and mos: available men,
and would express satisfaction at the nomination.
We never doubted they would nominate a thorough
Whis Tor Governor and w are not disappoiItted; but
Tboms. S;anho2e Flournoy, ;heir present Il li;e
OF battle chip, is not a larger ship, with finer arma'
nan.. or equipment, than their great and glorious
49,. -, ,I. a,,.lnl 70 .s,hn E,tla sfnn m.
or 10. Johnson sen. that magnificent specimen Of
Naval Architecture TO Davy Jones locker. Is
Thomas Stsnhope Elournoy q better mana more learn
ell man. n more clliva!-ous high-minded gentleman a
bette: LAWYER, a sounder Wing, n uure eloquent advo-
cate. than George w. Summers Is he better known
than WIN. c. Rives' Has he the qualities We have
JUS; mentioned in q higher degree, according to their
notions, than VIM. c. Rives! Is he q more glorious
patriot, Of higher farue and reputation, moro be-
loved, gloriei IN, worshipped und idohzed than Henry
C!ay' And y: we whipped them single handed, and
wien Clay was their candidate, and all their big
guns, with Ihomas S~tanhope Flournoy in the bargain,
aiied and allotted by all the artillery that could be
brought from other States TO FIRE into tho Democracy
OF Virginia, uni:od agsinst US we put them to
rou:-horse. foot and dragons, and now forsooth.
We are 70 be daunted by the proclamation that Thorn.
As S~,anhepe Flournoy is the grea, gun that is to en-
sure them oil unprecedented victory!
We have been accustomed to look a little beyond
:ho City OF Richmond, for the strength Of tho Demo.
cratic party of Virginia. We can take a bird's-eye
view OF some Of the strongholls upon which we rely,
without being dazzled by the amazing light OF the
fusion between the Know-Nothings and the Wings.
W, IAN overlook Scroamersville, and Butchertown,
All Sheitown, and other suburbs Of this magnificent
Civ, and Sc. the great mass OF our party armins
:o- the conflict, and we ran see them thoroughly ana
earnestly adjusting ,heuselves for Il stern, determin-
ed, and successful fight. Wings and Know Nothings
.1ay raise their senseless shouts 1T E mere nomination
=: one Wing who never was heard OF by the mass OF
the people in thirty counties in the State, and OF two
~renccade Democrats, at whom the hnScr Oh
.e"ru will he pointed by the party for their deser'ion
t.: such q time as this-hut the Democratic party VIII
close their ranks the more compactly, and, with uni
ted Gucklers, move onward cool, md serene, to do
thei: work after the manner of veterans.
Are these people sane. or are they fit subjects for
the luuatic asylums, when, in their stupid brHgs, they
cls:!n to carry the State of Virginia by forty, and We
heard one man say, by sixty thousand majority! We
hesrl one Know.NothinS proclaim a few days ago
that The Know NothingS would curry one OF the
small! counties in lower Virginia, by n grenter MAORI
" than the county ever voted since the Revolution
He had been told SO, ana believed it firmly. Such
reckless c.1mor only raises the sneer OF contempt
lei! ia Won intend to give us 4 hard fight, aud that
Won will defeat Us il YOU can, and wo may have some
resprr, fox your calculations; but when you Nun
ci.au.yn ], over rs in Your Usual style, we can only
rcplv in the language Of one of our indomitable
.reais, The wind bloyeth whittier il l!steth, and
,"bs,le;h through the tops OF the trees, but such
Laldccdash as that is neither more nor less than the
-5piriug effort OF the collapsed fue o. the damned
III, Thomas S;anhopc Flournoy is, fnrsoo:h, the
creates, Of all the great men i'll this most great and
magnificent party-thc most i1ustrious Of al! the IL
~,u.:rious pcrsonage' that over shed lus.re upon the
:arna o! Virginia; al the mention of wfios" name
..own mer become SO overjoyous and feel arch &C,
,:atic delight, that language cannot expre-: their fv,
.ic.:v: and ye; i, must have utterancc i'll syinr .iE'ising
rims. Where ure tho evidences Of his rlasnifccn
crea,pess-ths monuments OF hs mighty seaius-th.
c.nrious benefits conferred upon the State By lii
H.rcu!ean laborsi Poiu, US, at least, to some memo
worthy OF q statesman AMI patriot. Show ~
acme Declaration Of Independence issuing from hi
pen some bill for the establishment OF ReliSiou'
Liberty. sprinviny from his liberalizcd nnd states
maalike mind the conception OF some enlarged
schex,. for educa;in. all classes in our Common
wealth. the erection Of some University to continue
OIL enduring benefit to generations unborn, and Il last
.ls monument; 10 HIS patriotism and tdrseeins wis
dom. Alas! they are not. And vet this * the man
OF all men, 1, disheartcn Democrat. aud cast dismay II
:hc;r ranks. The Democratic party seek for principles
:..ey know whit ''that same old coon was aud is, ant
tl.is il neither murc nor l--s than a ring .,uled coon u
che same old breed, crossed upon a full! -blooded, miscra
DE, sueakius Kaow.No;bing. Magnificent Huu,bug!-
o.:. Barnuuizins BarIum dressed in a full suit o
Northern RoOrbarhs.
And, then, the Democratic tail 10 this gluriou
domination. a~lordiug IN opportunity for Whi4s, one
IN Il century, to vote for Democrats. How exquisite
~ !e!.shtfult-how ~fsncifuily pleasant! What cuus
e merry laughter aud mighty sweNs! Indeed.
in tho fitness of joy and hope,
They seemed washing their hands i'll invisible soap,
IN !mYerccptible water
!;ah proud of ne opportunity to vote for men having
c,aer principles than their own; causing them 20 car
- their lreads 81 high, that one would suppose, i
,-":l,, "a bird Of paradise had uiditcated" upon them
And this tail, 100, is another cause, forsooth, for De
,noc.ats to be Gus, down and to be gloomy! Why
in the language onco more of our true, staunch AM
iadoli,ab!o Democratic friend, "tho wind blowet
whittier i; listc,l, and whistle;h through the tops o
the ;rass, bu; sIc!: l"nhas;oraiin. upon both sides o
,!.5 fence !, neither more nor l".. than the coucau,ra
ton OF al The SCOT from the same collapsed An, of III,
aamucd."
But, however confident we may be. We iu,eut
20. to relax our efforts. We call upon the Democratic
press throughout the Commonwealth to "let slip til
dogs OF War Rest no., slocp not. Sufra. not Dc
~1iocratic principles 10 be invaded without resi-tanc,