Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-31


driven from it by in;imidatng threats OF reclamation"
We were not prepared for such sn out VI 'e'Npo'
leader rs that of Saturday; for when our oou'e.rc
rary returned from the White Sulphur "'''' ''O'
liant prcguoslic of Mr.. Le,cbsrs oerai" Su'oe''
expression in the columns OF Tine o"u'" ' W.
fashionable watering places 'ieadihs inen
pats of ths State assured our contemporary o' "'
I,e.chsr's success We thought, then, an exagael"
| tiv. fancy had made 'moautahs out Vi ii'o'0'"e'
,ba, ,oo fertile imagination had very far amp!neu
be /bov,ht To mhich tie p,sh tcas futh"r We then
,honybt ",h. thousand foxes our contemporary hhd
s-en at the White Sulphur would gro" s'n"" ~ "'
sress and beautifully less. until ''t'e s''aA'oe VI a
bush would be what our neishoo: "au eee" A''
W. now infer that Mr. Lechers prospectus "'e "o' c"
CERTAIN else surely neebbor would not r'sS re-
,aslion," the ICONS, quences' Of which, We ale IN
formed, will be- dlsastroys" Our ne's"oor ouhu' ~
he satisfied with the assurances he mas receiVe" u
Mr.. Letoher's triumph" and not threaten re-
,siat;on" ON his compstitors who have not pre-
tended to sBy very sanguine hopes OF success
If "tbs elevation on which he Mr. Letcherl
stands is quite beyond the reach OF the venom
Gus shaft aimed for bis destruction why threaten
retaliation" on his pgmy competitors VINO 10 Va,nS
gaze at the elevated idol Of zine SCUM WY
rink ian irreparabe schism in the party by re
aliation with consequences 80 "disaetrous' ""en
THE South assures its readers that mo eAcees VI
unjust ssperson can npsir bis Mr' Lsleher u no'u
on the q nfdence of the people y We Tear The puo'
lie will believe our neighbor affected confidence TO
conceal the fears of impending dlsaster.
We find in two lines of our neighbours leader the
very ph and substance OF our opposition 10 the nom
nation of Mr.. Letcher. We oppose the nomination
of Mr.. Letcher because one Of those WEAPONS
WHICH HAvH HITHERTO BEEN RESERVED FOR THE
RkPuLsE OF THE ADVERSARY" will be lost TO the De-
mocracy from his connection with the Ruffner pamph'
let The charge of abolitionsm against Mr.. Sum
mers was one of those WEAPONS with which the editor
of the "South" demolished Mr. Summers in lS3s.-
That WEAPON will be lost TO us with Mr. Letoher Is
our candidate Here then is concentrated the whole
of our opposition TO the nomination OF Mr. Letcher'
Tor by it THE DEMOCRACY WILL LOSE THE "wEAPoNs
WHICH HAVE HITHERTO BEEN REsERvED FOR THE
REPuLsE OF THE ADVERSARY and We wish TO see
our party enter contest in perfect armor.
Read the remarkably editorial of our contemporary.
We have talicised its beauties, some Of which are
rare and srikipg-"lf John Leloher be the man they
rspresent" What has he been represented to be !
Not an Additional, not Wbg, not Know.Notb'
ing, not Black Republican, but simply Democrat,
who, in lSl7, was found endorsing an abominable
heresy" Such is what 1.-The SOUTH" in June, re.
presented Mr. Lstcher to be. And il it not true
Because he has been a "Presdential Elector" and
Representative in Congress" hence 1.-THE South
urges he is proper person to be candidate agains
Mr.. Sammers for Governor. But "The south Will
desire to know upon what evidence we assert that
Mr.. Summers will be the opposition candidate. We
will reply that MIR. Summers has resigned his Judge
ship in time to comply with the following require
ment of the Constitution:
mo Judge, during his term Of service, shall bold
any other office, appointment or public trust and the
acceptance thereof shall vacate his Judicial office !;
nor shall he during such term. or ,cth'n one year
thereafter be eligible to any political office"
Now, he may have resigned for some other purpose,
but it significant of purpose ince took place with
in the constitutional period. But not left to it,
ference only; We will vouch an authority which has
already received the sanction of The South
From the Warrenton VAL Wing, we copy the
following
"JUpsr GEORGE w. SUMAERs--We hear, from
source entitled to credit, that George W. Sum
mers of kanawha, Intends with the permission
of the Wings and Americans. TO announce him
self q candidate, in due time for the office OF
Goverpoe of Virginia. He ~W take M's step IN
order that he may oindicote h'mseg 6cjore ne
people from HE CT argos Of 0bon'oni,n, so rnthesHy
bui siW So H;ciu0Hy urged against him IN 1851 by nc
Locofoco party. If this gentleman will take the
stump, in the next csnvass, as the American candidate
for Governor, many portions OF Old Virginia, now
dark and drsary in their political degradation, will be
lighted up by the fires of truth and e'oquence, rs they
tall from the lips of the gifted Summers. BESIDES
ral'yng to his support the sixty thousand Fillmore
men, of 1856, he will recall thu wavering and liant
hearted Wings who left us, and by the power al his
eoq uence and great personal popularity, will, III
addition To all this, bring 10 the support "i the
ticket ten Geer thousand Western Democrats
who rallied beneath the Wing flag OF 1851. We hops
and believe, that Judge SUMMERS Will, IN que INNS
announce himself.
The South" quoted the Warrentru Wing when
favorable to Mr.. Lecher, and cannot dscrsdit or
doubt witness introduced by itself in the earlier
stages of this trial. We can cay from personal know
ledge that the Wsrrenton "Whig" would make no
statement not sustained by "source entitled to cred
It,"
We submit, therefore, would it not be suicidal
policy to throw away, by the nomination OF MIR.
Letcher. tried meap9n against Summers How
much additional efficiency would he given to this
weapon in the hands of Edmundson, Hopkins or
Tucker by the fact TINT Mr.. Letcher, great favorte
with the Democracy had beon superseded because his
record was TO better than that of Mr.. Summors.-
Would not the euperseding Of Mr. Letcher, because
of THE Rufner pamphlet, prove 10 the world that
Virginia 10 earnest in oppostion to every phase
of emancipation Would it not convince the world
that the charge against Summers was not for empty
emancipation feeling was smothsred In Virginia be
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like Mr. Le,oher, the beloved representative Of the
efficient Tenth Legion Democracy. was superseded
because he had been unfortunate in bis previous OPP
position to slavery
We close our argument" with the following "au
thortes" from the Ksnawha Valley STAR"
"LExINoToN VALLEY STAR."--Tne Lexington.
"Valley STAR complains of The Richmond Enquirer"
for not copying into its columns, Communications OF
Mr. Letcher, from other papers. We advise the
Star" TO cast the beam out of its eye before
attempts 10 pluck the mote from the eye of tina En-
anir.t." Various articles complimentary of MIR.
Letcher have been copied from other papers into thu
"Epouiter" but il that ihe Star" is peculiarly
the orgsn of Mr.. Letcher, and treaIs the encomiuma
of the public press upon ts distinguished fellow towns
man, Judge Brockenbrongh, Henry A. Edmundaon,
and other gentlemen WIN silence ana indifference
We suggest that as the "Valey Star" is the home
gan of Mr.. Letcher, that policy requires that it should
be generous to other geneuien before uttering
plants against other papers,
GovEsNoksHIr.-Ths Richmond Enquirer pays
a lust compliment to Judgs Brockenbrough, and
speaks in A4tterng terms of his popularity in many
PORTIONS OF the State. 1t also passes msri,ed euogy
on Hon. Henry A. Edmundson, aud states that his
friends are making strong demonstrators In bis favor
Both of ihose gentlemen entitled to the confidence
of tho Democracy, and either of them would ill the
otioe of Governor with ability and credit.
JupGg BnoCX RoUoH.-We learn from reliable
sources that Judge BrookenbrouRh is the favore oil
aage majority of his party, for Governor, 10 many
portions OF the State and that the public sentiment
in his favor is daily incroasing.