Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-11-12
Aitbmono Enquirer.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IL.
MR. 1ErcHER VS.. EVERY OTHER DEMOCRAT
ny RIrclIlE. DUNNAvANr, TYLER 4 wIsI

MR.. LETcHER VS.. EVERY OTHER DEMOCRAT.
The Staunton va "Vindicator' thinks that
what il is pleased to term assaults made upon
him (Mr. Lctcher) strengthens him with the
people, until at this day hc is infinitely the
strongest man in Virginia for the Office his
friends seek for him." Now. we can tell the
'Nindicator that, so far aS "ur knowledge en-
tends, it is men of tie l""piC who have made
what the "Nindicator" calls ".Smfn('s. Men
Of tie people have exercised the right er pro-
test against the attempt of the politicians and
press to forcStal public sentiment against
ersry other Dtm"riut, and in favor solely of
Mr.. Lctchcr. Men of the Peopte are anxious
to know what Mr. Lctchcr has ever done Tor
Virginia or slavery, that ne should be advanced
by acclamation over the head of Henry Ed
mondSon: Men of tie people desire To know
whether Judge Brockcnbrough is 10 be set
aside 6y accttmation because in lSi1. he dc
! Tended the institution of slavery from Mr.
Letcher'S ASSAULTS; for not believing and de-
claring slavery TO br Il moral and social evil.
as Mr.. Letchcr did? Men Of tie leopie wish
to know ii Randolph Tucker is To he oStraciSed
! by acctamotiom for defending and sustaining
by voice and vote. the nominees OF the Staun-
! ton Convention in lS55, when John Letchcr
} ignored their claims, and afterwards bmlStcd nc
never mentioned the name OF the chosen leader
Of the Virginia Democracy in that life and death
contest with sam: Men cr'Mr people would
! like TO know for what Floyd, and Hopkins, and
| Faulkner are to be set aside by acriamatioA,
and Mr. l.ctchcr nominated: What has Mr.
Lctchcr done that his claims for the nomina-
ton should alone be considered hy the Peters.
burg Convention When did he do that sig
nal service that should silence the friends of
every other Democrat. and signali>c Mr.. Let
cher as the most reliable Of all Nirgina'S >onS
for the Guhcrnatorial nomination:
Will some of Mr.. Ietcher'S noisy advocates
inform the people at what time in our history
he served the State or people more faithfully
than EdmondSon, or rlsrockenhrousll, or Tucker.
or Hopkins. or Floyd or Faulkner. When did
he evincc the talents and information greater
than any of those we have just mcn,oned: =
Why should the people prefer Mr.. l.ctcher to
any other man in the State: Why should the
people of the Roanoke district prefer Mr.. Let
cher to Mr.. Edmond>"n: Why should the
masses in the Valley, so unanimously, Is
ctaimtd. ~ prefer Mr. Lctchcr to Rrockcn.
brough or Tucker: Why should Hopkins bc
less loved among his OWN people than Mr.. Let
cher: Why should the people Of the lower
Valley hate Faulkner, and love Letcher: How,
we ask, is the singular phenomenon to bc ac-
counted for, that the people Of different dis
tricts and sections in the State should prefer
one man. whose life has been devoted to serving
one particular people. over the men in their own
midst. whom they have known from childhood
and honorcd through life? If this most sin
gular and unaccountahlc phenomenon is not
the work and result Of fraud and trickcrv, it
is one of the most remarkable evidences of
popular freaks. that has ever been witnessed.
That one man who has never done any sig
nal service. who has never made State con-
test. whose life has been devote! 10 the work
Of single district, should excel i'll popular al
fiction, Mr.. Edlnondson, in the Montgomery
District; Mr.. Hopkins, in the Abingdon; Fauk-
ncr in his own home; Brockcnbrcugh among
the people he has served for wears and Tucker
among his own friends and admirers. This very
statement is enough to show that Mr. Lctchcr
6. & Il 4
"Po"g his o'cn rtopi,, has been razcttcl and
puilcd into the prctence Ola popularity he has
not, and does not deserve. over other Demo
Gratis in this State
In view therefore, Of this remarkable phe-
nonenon, this singular popular freak. we unite
with the "rindicator, "and "hope every county
in the State will be fully represented by its
orn Dtlegdfcs-let none trust to proxies or
alternatcS But let every county see toit, that its
vote shall be cast 10y its own citizens and in ac-
ancc with its own preferences. That is cX-
actly what we desire. We desire the citizens
OF every county to cast the vote of the county.
and speak its preferences. We want to hear
the voc, of citizens speaking in manly tones
their own preferences. and not instructed dele
gates, or committed alternateS, rchcarSing the
song prepared for them by Il meeting composed
OF three or four Il road politicians such as
those at Williamsburg and Marshall county
To hear the voice Of the psoDle is all the "t:tt-
qurcr'' has asked. and all its editors desire
We want to know, and he reliably advised
whether ii is a fact or merely trickSter's phe-
nomenon that the peopir of Allrghany !,.efcr
Letcher to their own representative Edmund
from Allcghany, at the Convention, What it is
that Lctcher has done or Ehnw,ehon left
undonc that they should prefer Il stranger to
their own representative who has won the re-
Spcct. confidence, and admiration Of the whole
State. We want TO know whether the Allc-
ghany meeting was trickstcrs phenomenon.
or the honest voice Of the people Of .lleghany:
Will not some citizen of Allcghany speak out
and show the grounds of this singular circum
stance; Edmondson. your own representative.
has been ruthlessly shotciaS aside. Was ii done
with Your appreciation and consent:
Stafford has lir.tr,,rtcd for Mr.. Lctchrr.---
Was Mr.. Lctcher preferred in Stafford he
cause he denounced, in the Virginia Reform
Convention. the Shareholders Of the Fast As
"Ncgr"-ocracy:
Will not some of the shareholders in Sta!-
ford, tell us whether the preference was given
Mr.. Lctchcr. because he denounced the in>ttr-
ton Of slavery in these words:
"Thr .klc; is, Mat gentlemen from lie last.
IN reeifrimg fac~ matters, hare int ONE rnrA
IN THAR he"ds. anal that /. nrgr"-oI"gY. riley
nerer ~e btgond Il: "nto THEIR PECULIAR nofions