Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01

So
toll Of the Wing" having endured the agony Of his
reat secret for eight days. Saturday morning last
put the following startling announcement at the head
f his columns:
In answer TO many enquiries made, as TO no 10 tiie
nuih'r Of the articles which have appeared III !ne GU
oria department, of the "Whiy. since The edi'"r e..
the city. and for The given III Tue ieauel "
morning, feel 10 hesitation i'll ANNOUNCING NY
thorsEl;', aid subscribing myself,
'''' JOHN II. GlLMER.
To copfoupd those who had been complaining OF
the announcement of RidGway' steam, diimer stooa
c,pf.ssed. For eight days we had all "enserta'neo
an srcs, unawares." For eight days the gifted Gil
msr had illumned the editorial world with the ehu
oepcs of Drummond light, aud then left US In dark
ness, gloom aud sorrow. The world now recsnts It's
basty and absurd judgment. 1t denies that 1t ever
said tho peacocks were mismaIagad aud the eagle
abused. The great and good Gmer DID edit the
"Whig" with signal ability, ard if the readers OIL Inc
WING" had just have known that this eminent pa
triot was in the sanctum at work, they would have
said 80 all the time. What & pity it is they did mt
The brilliant Gilmer followed up the above an
nouncement with valedictory of column
The following is the Introductory paragraph to the
Farewell Address to his countrymen:
"This article is the last which shall address to
our readers When we consented, at the request Of
the talented and able editor to conduct the editorial
department of the "Whg," we did 30, with the un-
derstandng that our ab0rs were to cease on this day.
as business would call from the city at this time,
and the further understanding that IN all we should
address to the public would be guided by our own
convictions. This We have done, we hope, IN true
spirit of courtesy, and yet with sufficient degree OF
dispctLcss ,i.id independence.
Like all great men, the writer is a punctual man
and statesman of his word. He felt that his Her
cuean labors would break him down in eight days,
and he named the hour and the day when he would
embrace the weeping "peacocks" and exchange
parting grip with that stern old Roman, "the eagle"
and quit. Like J. j. Rosssau and Lamartne, the
gifted Gilmer makes confidential disclosures to the
public, somewhat of the nature of confessions
The following exquisite gem is one Of them:
"ln the preparation of most Of the articles by the
midnight lamp, after our other engagements OF The
day were over we have often thought Of and craved
after the inspirations Of the Founder OF the Whg-
The high toned honor the noble impulses, the lofty
patriotism the chiv arous bearing the intrepid ZEAL
The genius end soul of JOHN HAMPDEN PLEA.
SAINTS have seemed to hover around US and nerve
our feeble pen; In the gloom which is gathering IN
the future, with the warning admouitions Of the past
connected with the present deporab!e condition OF
our Federal relations we have jeH the power OF has
pen, aud been animated by the spirit which, in tones
of manly eloquence he used to diffuse over the
readers of the "Whg" We recalled, in our memory,
the noble struggles which he so gallany sustained in
bis efforts shield the Constitution and maintain the
rights Of the States. Would that We possessed ms
genius and could WELD his pen that the trae position
of our Federal, State and Foreign affairs could be
traced with the pencil of light, and uniolded IN all
their dangers to an aroused people7
We rejoice that Gilmer confesses that whilst wri.
ting bis editorials he was "animated" by the spirit"
and telt" the power of the gifted Peasants pen, for
the readers Of the "Whig" had utterly failed to make
the discovery for themselves. "Mediuns not unire.
quently take the world by surprs.
Unlike the great Washington in one respect, Gil.
mer mars the splendor Of his valedictory by tero'
cious assault upon the Democratic party. He should
not have exhibited partisan feeling. The farewell ad.
dress of Washington after bis eight years presidency,
when party feeling ran high, is exempt from the
charge Of partisan feeling. Gilmers only excuse is
that Macaulay and Alison are partisan writer's but
he must recollect that those gentlemen have not yet
written their farewell addresses and that they will
have too much good taste to indulge in parHsan
abuse in their last interviews with their oounrymen
1t naughty in patriot like Gilmer to have writ
ten the following paragraphs
at is time to return to and re.study fundamental
principles. Let the money changers be hurled
from the Temple, and let the will Of the people, puri.
fed and dgnfed by the true spirit and genius of our
institutions prevail"
"Will no, the PEOPLE hearken to the voice of
reason7 Will they not be aroused by the admonitions
of the past, they echoed back from the gloomy
future Will they not learn from experience! Shall
the few override the Constitution that
they may "rue the people7'' Ia there not suthci.
degree of conservatism in the great body OF the
psople, North and South to throw of the weight OF
political sin, which has been 80 long accommodating,
and is now concentrating in the National Democratic
party, and lite ally in political iniquity-the Black Re.
publican party 2?
wv, We appeal to each and every member Of the old
Mr. Fillmore, or remained neutral, and urge him to
aid in this effort 70 rescue the country FROM he con
soliddiiOn tendencies Of the National Democratic
party, aud to preserve the rights Of the Southern
States. from the nefarous schemes Of the Black Re
publican party.
When the "dyiDg evan" was making the nights OF
March last hdeous with his clamorous and hungry
prayers for Office he did not regard the National De.
mocracy as the ally Of the Black Republicans.
From the tenor Of the above extract the National
Democratic party oil the United States will perceive
that it now has two dangerous enemies in the field,
viz Kett and Gilmer. The dangers which menace
US are thickening and We admonsh party to pre-.
pare for battle. keiit designs blowing up the Union
as the only certain means Of crushing the National
Democracy, whilst Glmsr, knowing the weight Of
bis influence with the American people, warns them
against the National Democracy in farewell ad-
dress, and then jumps down from the editorial tripod
and hures to the country to add to tho moral gran.
deur Of the scene.