Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-08-01
they seem to be- the general sentiment. The e1ecu.
tive keep their proceedings until action in.


their whining about 'aw and order" and "the con.
stuton," the Committee have gone on quietly and
lndustriously with their work OF purlhcation. Men
of business and families have left ALL and voluntarily
"shoudered arms" and night and day stood guard,
fortified tEir position and done such other duties rs
we're required Of them. When tile time comes when
their work is DONE they will lay down their arms and
resume their business. What they have done, they
have done well. Not an oct Of theirs but will re.
dound 10 the benefit Of the State Their work is be-
fore the public. The public and posterity can judge
them aud ii; an ~ that tes an humble member
Of the Coibmee, am willing to be tried and abide
the Judgment
At the latest moment write, the condition of
Hopkins is somewhat improved, and there is some
prospect OF his recovery God grant that it may take
place. Our cltyi quiet, and, unless the law and
order forces raise row, vii! remain so. No more
arrests will be made by the Vigilance Committee,
unless something unusual turns up. A. J.C.
For The Enquirer.
MEMORANDA.
Messrs. Editors :-W:Il you allow me to while
away half.hour in preparing small dish OF h0dye
oodge for the amusement Of your readers, and the
particular edhratDn of your contemporaries OF The
Richmond Wig and Lynchburg frgimi1a?
In the first place, the PUginan tauus you with de-
voting five and nslf columns OF the enquirer 10 an
argument against 1lr Fillmores fitness for the Pres.
idency at the time that you declare he is not IN
the ring Without stopping TO enquire why the
Vir9aian does not meet and refue those arguments,
will ask if both it and the Wig have net, often and
over, pronounced that Mr.. Buchanan was no where
iu the race They certainly have; and yet their CO
umns daily loaded with editorials and other srtl-
cles in which Mr. Buchanan ia denounced as totally
unworthy Of the confidence Of the South and of the
nation If they be sincere IN this 0eiie why waste
much time and space for naught' as they say you
dol
In the second place, the Wig complains Of the
Southern Democratic press for abusing the public
of the North who are true to the South and drl-
wing them from our support. In the same breath, the
Wig calls Mr.. Buchanan, who never gave vote
against the South on The slavery question, "plder,
"hypocri.e" "freesoer, and so torth, aud is ex'
travsgant in its laudatOrs of Mr.. Fillmore, whose
every vote on the s,me question has. believe been
with the North Would it not be ne well Tor the Vh'S
to practice what it 10 sensbly prearhes
In the third place. Mr.. Buchanan is pronounced un
40 nd on the slavery question, because Martin Van
Buren,, who Is denounced as free soler has declar
ed for him. Passing by the fact that Mr. ian Buren,
has changed his opinion in regard to the Kansas-Ne-
braska BILL and come out in favor OF it, we would
ask if the declaration Of free soi'er in favor ot
man. is evidence Of his uRs0nndesS on any question:
is not the declaration of free-solee against man
evidence of his soundncss on the same question =
Mr. Van Buren, is a free soiler, he has declared Tor
buchanan, therefore, Buchanan is free soiler.-
Thomas II. Benton, according to Wing papers, 10 q
free soiler, he bitterly 5aounces Gen. Fierce ana MS
whole Observation-Disclosures Gen. Pierce IS
| sound man, and his administration glorious one
Ia
ceasiug war upon Gen. Pierce, as an untrustworthy
msu hypocrite and an abotonist in dlsgulse.-
They make Van Buren, a witness against buchanan
because he is in tdvor OF him, and make Benton q
witness against Gen. Pierce because he dcnouRcts him.
aud yet Mr.. Buchanan supports Gen. Pierces admin
istration and Gen. Pierce supports NJ. Buchanans s
election 10 the Presidency, while Benton and Van
Buren,, they say. are both freesoiers. Out upon
such trickery They surely take the people to be
fools.
In the fourth place, the Whigs and Know Nothings
hereabouts, very fond Of paradng the fact that
Mr.. Charles Irving wrote long letter against M r.
Buchanan, t.. now supports him. we would IKE
to know il Mr.. Irving has not much right TO sup
port Mr.. Buchanan after having been opposed to nun,
as Andrew J. Doueson has to be on the same ticket
with Mr. Fillmore Vice President after having de-
nounced him as abolitlonist, and unworthy OF the
confidence of the South He has much better
right because he has msnfuly retracted his charger
against Mr. Buchanan founded in error aud mlsap.
prehension; whereas Mr.. Doneson, as Tar as am in
formed, has never recalled what he has said about
Mr. Fillmore, nor hos Mr.. Fillmore ever recantea
any Of the measures OF his administration which
Doneson 80 bitterly denounced. On the contrary,
| he stakes his election upon them. Ii Mr. Donelson
coad 30 awfuy abuse Mr.. Fillmore upon the slavery
issues then, how, in the name OF common honesty can
| lie consent TO OH the same ticket with MN nor,
when they are still more fearful and vtai Fillmore,
avowedly, has not changed-perhaps Doneson has.
If so how can he, by his own showing, expect TO get
the support of Southern men in this contestf lie haa
gone over to the support OF man whom he dehounc
Ell as an enemy to the South, and who has never re.
cancd any thing, and now cooy sskl the South to
make that man President and himself Vice President
OF the United State Could impudence 70 farther
In the fifth place, while they claim that Mr. Van
Burens support Of Buchanan, makes the latter
free soiler also they are very jubant over the tact
that Judge Mclean and Hon Z. joy Morris. ad
mitted sntslevery men, and two or three aoo!ltion
papers in Ohio, hare decidrcd for Fillmore; Now,
If the support of Mr.. Van Buren,, who has declared
| l..
ireesoier what does the support Of Mclean ana
Eames, and Morris, and Dunn, and ScroSgs, VINO are
opposed to that great Of Southern deliver.
ance, make Sir. Filmorel What does the support OF
rank and unblushing abolition papers make hint
Let the Lynchburg V,rginiun speak. In its issue OF
the 25th Of July it says: the tide of returning sense
has set in, and the sober second thought OF the peo'
pie begins % array itself on the side OF the country
and tho constitution" And what does the reader
suppose is the evidence of ths' Judge Mclean and
L. Joy Morris, two decided aiti.savery and Mlssou
| ri Compromise men, have declared for Fillmore. lhe
"Boston Evening Ledger" an ant-fugitive slave law
paper-the "Poneer," and the "Banner, TWO Jns,on
or abolition papers Of Ohio, and the "Philadelpha
Times" which strongly urged the nomination ot
Judge Mclean by the Black Republicans, believing
that Fremont cannot be elected, have holsted the
! Fillmore flag as their Rr, choice. The Prg,n,an
proves too much, which, in law, is worse than not
| proving enough. In endeavorlng to prove that the
prospects Of Mr. Fillmore increasing, II proves
!
solers and that all Of them who desert Fremont IN
despair of his election make Fillmore their next
chOce. Will il, can it, show where single aooi'
oni, or abolition paper, has left Fremont ior buc'
hananl II such are the accessone which are 30 ra.
pidly forwarding the prospects OF MIR Fillmore: II
should cause every friend of the South 10 oes''f h'
self with double diligence.
| In the sixth place, wish to REMIND these sei.ie
| men that Andrew j. Donelson-the man "ho Po'e'
Mr. Fillmore to be inmical to Southerh lns',u..o
while he WAS acting President OF the oh.eu '.nte' W
-s the Vice Presidential candidate Oh the same tlcK
-, ,vii him. They neye. alIude 10 him III their Con-
vent;ons or in their editorials, or scarcely ID any
vsv and am afraid hs will be- lost ,ght ot. ihey
foryet that If Fillmore should DE eiecteo' ahc 'heh
dis This sliyhted gentleman will become the dispenser
Of The loaves and fishes Better make pre'en"' HS
,he children say, than let him die OF neglect.
In rbs seventh place, wish to know if it is fair TO
| make Mr. Filmore's administration test OF or.ho-
do1y iu the present contest, when It's cniel issues
have arisen since that time lwlsh 10 know ~heher
he is in favor of the Kansas. Nebraska Bill which
rhs South hos adopted d, inaliIy, Of closing the
| .Pandora's box" by restoration OF the Aissouri
Observation-Disclosures, if Congress should paes OH
repeating the Fugitive Slave Law, be would Veto or
approve it, il Presden: al the slne-tne same ID re-
gard to bill aboishug slavery in the District oi Co'
umbia and whether he is in favor OF Pro'cTtptaon
for opinions sake.
In conclusion, Messrs Editors, let me give the
public my first calculation as TO the result Of the
pending Presidential election. 1t shall bo short
Mr. Buchanan in addition TO the fifteen slave States,
will get Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Ne"
York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Michlsan'
Iowa, Wisconsin and California. This looks e1'1a'a
gaut, but wish you to bear it in mind.
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DlSIRlCl'
To The Ed,tors Of the Enquirer: .dr,,,, If
Gentlemen:-Allow me- through inc mea'ue' w ,ha Nv
n ;mr,I ,o suooest TO the Democracy OF the