Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-17
To Tie Editors d, the Enquirer:

MiDpLEsEx Co., Va, June 4, 1855.
Gentlemen SEES by reports from diilerent ssS. .
of Virginia that ''Sam" received severe aruno,hS
almost everywhere in the State, at the polls on the An
Thursday in Nav last, and which, am glad To hni,
is considered good omen OF what Inc result WIN oe
i'm November next. AIN. however, exceedingly noi'
tifi.d TO have to say to you TINT the shd oa6 fpc'
c.4ed in CARRYING the sheriff by the large majority
~ S3 vntes in the good old Democratic county of
M;Idl.srx and the more is my m"rtihcation %ien
reflect that il was through the Smart"e%S OF JAIN
that this result was Effected.
The great cry, before the election was mo parry IN
coun,v clectiurs," "lhG E.an is what we want NC.
To this end, as nay have been supposed, Democrats
were nut upon their tickets aud the WRrrwho"p went
forth "G-ntelnen, to prove 10 You ti't We axe h"t
,nukn, il q party issue, We have Drm0crdts on Or
ticket" In this way the Democrats were nrnIra'.zsa
-w,r. made to believe that everything was righl
that the sword of party was LETT ia tS scnohard anu
TINT SAN" was takns sides with tie crest VI man
kind" in selecting peoples man.
WE'LL the election day came anu 10 a'1 1 It
m. Democrats IN their tickets were dropped ike hot
n,ta,oe, and like leec!es did they stick to their much
hrluycd And now, to cup the climax ot wonders, u
i. claimed rs a Know. Nothing rTt0ry and a grand
dthgCr is 20 be the result
Wh-tb.r this dinner will come off is exceedingly
Aoubiful, masmuch ,s il might compromise that nou.
trail position which "Sam' aoSu!ned before the eiec-
ton.
Well. "Sa,n" is a smart fellow; he Geeeryes as
much credit for his cunning, rs Captain lteynsSu
cane from his "iuuts' Of that scent which lehu the
great pack to accomplish his destruction But SaIn
must k,,,u all eye to the wIudYard. We have gotten
INFO many of his lodges, aud it canuo track him.
brcausc he Hicks his iuuis, we mean to take stands
and watch when he grasses the open places and me II
RIM HIM By sight, There can be no duuot men
about the race, he has remarkable short WIND
and ;th NO ability maintain the rae. in open heId.
Known, this, with becoming shrewduess, lie aims
far III. cvcr where, OF all thu winding ani dodging
Tim, mortal ever beheId he caps the climax. WE'LL
VINO can blame him for thisi There Is the broau-~a'
ter of l,rh. surrounding him entirely, and upon every
tack bs il met smack Ia the face, by the npeners.
ble yuif of reas0n and being lead on by the lnVul.
ncrnbls passion of self preservation. be cuts and
,unps from one bunch OF grass 10 another as the only
r.surt 10 save that existence so dtdr 10 nm.
But there is one thing that ''San" does not know,
to wit: that the laws OF war have been changed lie
knows OF course, that We are al peace WIKI all Nh
,ius but the impression to weigh heavily upon
him that every body oes not know III and, therefore,
he il making the most desperate etlurts even IN the
lss, agunes of DEATH and Tor fear that he might hurt
somebody, whilst kicking aud scuitiInS IN dyiug,
We inst wish 10 inform hun, that though he ID chased
hard that nobody wishes 10 hurt him.. All that Is
necessary "Sam is 10 dcqHisSrc our whole ground
thuuvb covered with under growth, Is wholly uteil-
,b You cauuot hold Oh 10 it-your fertilization :s
crumblup over your head. Your beet remedy ls 10
cour from undcT: come over INTO the Denoct attic
f,ld we will take You IN, and consider you Us u oro
th.r in IN. war against the common, anu y0hf Mucii
yr.a,,r enemy. Reflect, "Sam, and lei The sober
second thought place yoG all RICH, oy NHysinoer
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