Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-07-20
For tie Enquirer
LANES BARBOUR, OF CULPEPER.

Humble as may be the writer Of this article, yet /
offer no apology in presumirg to add TO the list OF
Guberustorial candidates; for | conceive, with all re.
spect for other nominees, that Virginia can afford no
ADLER, truer pou, nor the Democratic party u more
Efficient, faithful member than my csndidale-Jsmes
Barbour, of Culpeper. This gentleman has q State
reputation equaNed by no other man Of has age in
Virginia, and epceHed by NONE. He has been tried in
the Convention, and doubly tried III the General
Assembly, and upon hs first effort stepped at once
into the front ranks Of our beat men, and now, upon
repeated trials, stands as one of the acknowledged
leaders of the Virginia Democracy. He has the vigor
of youth with the prudence OF age-a rara intellect,
highly cultivated-8 nervous, yet cool and deliberate
orstory-s well balanced and judicious mind. he lie
q close debater, an unsurpassed %tactic,an; slow to
move, and "a unHinching as the rocks OF our native
hills.
| There are very few men to whom the party owes
more than to james Barbour-there ia no one to
whom Virginia owes more; and all who have
had the opportunity of knowing him, that has been
erioyed by me, will readily accord with me that
among the vast number of gentlemen in the State 20
well suited for The cfiCc (tor which we owe a debt OF
gratitude to the Supreme Ruler Of the UniverseJ nc
man Of them can claim superiority over James Bar
bour in any particular.
Mr.. Barbour has been singularly fortunate in escsp
ing the snsres into which 20 many OF our distinguished
men have fallen-he does not represent nor has ever
represented any ciiQue-but has ever maintained the
integrity of the whole party regardless of the parti
culsr interests of particular men. PrtRclptes-h mot
men, has not only been Ma MOTTO, out his RULE o.
| action. And l defy any man 10 point 10 a single act
Of his life in which he has deviated gu iOta from this
rule.
Piedmont has some claims to this ofHcs -she lie un.
! represented in the State government, while The Val
ley, E4st and West have their full, if not more than
their share. The East has a Governor-Tide Water
HI Auditor aud Register-the Valley, the Attorney
General and Treasurer-ths West, the Lieutenant
Governor and First Auditor Piedmont, nothing. If
| have not been misinformed, in the very first caucus
held by the party, after the adoption of the Constitu-
ton. it was agreed that the grand offices of the State
should be- divided. 40 near a. may he, between the
four grand divisions-and now | claim that Piedmont
bs respected, the more especially when she presents
you such a man "a James Barbour.
In conclusion, allow me to shy, that | am under no
obligations of any sort TO MIR. Barbour, unless my
defeat through his fundamentally, for an honorable
aud lucrative position shall have created a dcM. |
have never had any intimacies with him, though du-
ring his services in the Legislature l was thrown with
him nearly every day. My award TO him is neither
prompted by p%r-tium stfectiouis or causa lucri. lle
has earned it-fully deserves it and will dignity the
station. Elect him, and our strifes will all be healed,
and Virginia will have a Governor TO whom she with
pride may point as "duice neum decuS."
A SOUTH SipE DEMOCRAT.
,JrMay a South Side Democrat ask the favor OF
tho Democratic papers in Virginia TO give the above
q place in their columusi