Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-22
TOT tHo EH4NfTcr
TO THE HENRIco DEMOCRACY.

The time is at hand when you should be- de.
tcrmining upon your standard bearer in the ap'
proaching campaign The candidates for Co.
vernon. &c. have been fixed upon long since.
and since that time nothing has been done in
your county, scarcely word spoken to secure
their election or the success Of your time-honor-
ed principles why stand We all the day
ille:" Is it that the Petersburg nominations
are so good in your opinion that no effort is
necessary to elect them. or is it that they are
so bad that they cause THY right hand to for
get her cunning and thy tongue to ceavc to
the roof of thy MOUTH" Electors NAV be ap.
pointed for each county and precinct in the
State. but this would avail but little or nothing
u.,:ess the party in each county and precinc;
sec 70 it that order and organization is preserved
in their respective ranks The best and most
effective e.ectorS that can possibly be put forth
in guberrst2rial canvass are the candidates
Tor the Senate and Lower House regularly
nominated and cordially backed by their party:
for while they doubtless would have at heart
that qrsat object. the SUCCESS of the State ticket
. and the honor and glory OF the eapse, there
would I've at the same tiR,eithe Ginor considcra
tIor of an immediate and direct advantage 10
self a, stake, which would tel powerfully upon
their energy and efficiency. Come together
then at nm carly day. and select from you. nilSt
suitable man 10 represent you IN the Dc%t
House of Delegates il being generally ur'itr.
stood that our present worthy Senator wil! br
o,ir candidate again for that office and let them
20 forth Ct once to the field. for Democracy can
lose nothing Uy free. full and able discussion;
md II they fnd no ioe 20 contend with, they
can nc very proftably engaged III The mean
time in boxing up the p'mo3tr IN pronteb"
shape Ior he baggage wagons on the 4th
Thursday in May next. And in GakinG thai
selection, fellow Democrats. have not, warn
s,u, tao much regard for the ordinary .'t
mat of araila5ilhy-you should OF course
,eiec. a gentleman who By his honest and
courteous department has wor for himself
>omcwha. OF that great dcsderatum Of this day.
soDui.r1v: but do not forget that the greatest
qualifications to be sought in your candidate
and particularly at this time are good, sound,
practical SENSE and some ability IN public
debate. JIe should have g6od sense 10 in:'n
opinions Of his own. instead OF ha1in. them
furnished him from other establishments, anda
turr for speaking in o. der to Set frrts u.5sc
c3inions in AN intelligent and sensible form. ~
Sleai of so smotherlng them i'll the irnpeG"fra-
Die Zines Ol II Soht"''"-' @ - 'N>
them :lapcrccptble to the quiekesr understand
iny. r-s need such candidate at 'hlo 1me,
particularly because OF the unen'iablc conii-
sion and contradiction which all must admit
now exists allong our qnm'i party leaders: -
We need o. cani:c lte who is not 50 gooi De
nocrat as eagerly and iguorsn,ly to shoulder
AS his own. any and cTery doSma that may be
promulgated as Democrats doctrine from the
Executive mansion AMI caucus chambers at
Washington, but who is s" 'i'erly and firmly
grounded in those old and wei; understood doc
trucs Of the Democratic church, which, BY
their rectitrd: aud purity. recoruIaand thcui-
selves to every mans approval, sd have
crowned our banner with success in b2ndred
hard fought BATHS We need candidate who.
when called on for the reason Of the faith chat
is in him. will I've able 10 give an independent,
and intellgcn. answer. And when the cara-
paen commenc IS and the approach oi the enc
my is announced. as it surely will be. fellow
Democrats with q power unhcard OF IN JouT
county for these many long years, We need
candidate who vii! lie not only willing, but
ready and able 10 pl.ont your tannt- at the
outer gate and with his own stalwartarm 70 ne
rnd, protect and prescrv. it to the last, asa "s'
al odds and all isms. Such 4 man you haze
.noas Ven. Come together then and nominate
him. EXCELSIOR