Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-11-10
For the Enquirer.
LORD "HALIFAX,"

Messr.. Editor,:-Iu your issue Of Tuesday ap.
pears an article over the signature Of "HslifaI;' aud
the purpose of this communication is to enquire If he
ia a descendant of the British "Lord Halifax" as be
bears the same pane, and, indeed. seems from his ar
ticle to bs a miniature likeness at least in the feature
of trimming to his ilustrious namesske; though in
nothing else, to Judge from his production, does he
even ape this great man.
But, Messrs. Editors, though he resembles the no.
BILE Lord in nothing else but In bis facility of trim
ming he seems very much disposed to lord it over
terposition between Mr.. Hunter and the Enquirer"
and its correspondents, he reminds US very much Of
some Of the feats of knight.errantry Of don Quix.
otte,' Mr.. Hunter being his "Dulcinia Del Taboso."
Particularly does his course remind Us OF Don
Ouixote's'' tilt against the "wind MILL" If the gen.
tIsmsn ia q bachelor, we would recommend him TO
the ladies on account of his chivalrous bearings:
"For he mo seems most fit the fair TO serve,
That can her best defend from villainy;'
and we think from tho utter aversion he shows to
"suspiciousness' from the "green eyed monster
wouid never find a resting place in his boson; and if
his welded one should even be guilty of a gross i'm.
nropriety-ibut which we know would not be the
ca,el-she would have only TO tell him OF her past
fidelity, her "record," and ask him to judge her by
that. and all would be we'll with the good copfiding
souI' Our only fears as to recommending hlu TO the
ladies' would be his age. as he says he has been a re,
cular reader of the Enquirer" for a "!ong tlme;'
from this, we should rather fear, that perhaps he
might be- somewhat ancient.
III M GBS[8s IulOlut ~ oA
gentleman think you design metamorphosing Mr..
Hunter into a huge bull dog, when he cautions you'
in the midst of the chsse after the factionlst' not TO
call out, 'Here, Hunter, here. There IS a tacuonist'
Seize him" and tells you, 1.-THE Democracy Q, Tirgi
mia expect their Senator to play no such part. ltso'
you and your correspondents can tell MIN 'tne De
mocracy of Virginia" have not called upon the lac,
t~ionists to set their little ones, 'Tray, Blanche and
Sweetheart upon them; but, nevertheless, little
Tray has began to whine, and as there may be dan,
ger that "Blanche and Sweetheart" may bark III and
Join in the cry, /, 10 my official capacity, as peace
maker, do ~interpose and command the peace. In the
msjesty of my power l tell you,
81 am Sir Oracle,
And when / ope my mouth, let no dog bark"
say unto the little ones, "begone;" except little
"Tray," whose olfactories have been the means OF
seeming out and finding the 'hidden treasure MIR.
Leake's letter unto him we say thigh FETCH BRING
up the letter and let the Democracy see it, and then,
perhaps, they may believe that Mr.. Hunters letter Is
a frank and manly letter in answer TO the interroga-
tories therein contained.
Messrs. Editors, you do not seem to have been ap.
prised, from the reading of "HalfaI," that he had
found the letter of Mr.. Leake; but, sirs, you must
know it is the fact, as if he had not seen III he could
not consistently, with the degree of candor he re-
ouires in others, have said "IIs (Mr. Hunter) has
written a frank and manly letter to MIR. Leske. in an
swer to interrogatories as TO bic position" OF course
he could not say the answers to interrogatories were
frank, unless he knew what the interrogatories were
we, therefore, in the name of the Democracy of Vir.
ginia, call upon him for the publication of the letter.
LUSENBURG.