Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-01-24

desire for the Governors nomination, but tha.
that must be defeated, if possible. and the vote
OF the State given for Senator Hunter in the
! Charleston Convention. There arc other in.!a.
entail gentlemen also here, at this time iro.!
Virginia, who are in Mr. Hunters Interests.
and who are sounding members Of the Sera;,.
and House OH this subject; but have it in lHy
power to inform you, that their labors are !os;,
and that some Of the gentlemen whom the?
have approached have refused 10 give 4 wiling
ear to their arguments, in consequence CT their
being too ntolerant towards their late CO.
vernon.
Tho public departments, too, wherever their
influence can be brought t. bear f0. the same
end, are made to contribute their respective
quotas of influence towards its attainment. 4
single case will suffice to explain what mean.
4 gentleman connected with the Navy De,.art.
ment, and Of the same name as that Of one oi
your Senators has had leave of absence gram
/ ed him for month or more 10 visit his liiends
in Fredericksburg Having this spare time or
his hands at home he will necessarily lock nj.
| ter Mr.. Hunters interests there, as no doubt hc
has perfect right 10 do, ard for which ,in.i
no fault with him; but it shows the cx;cn:
to which Mr. Hunters friends are car,Sr:
vigilance they exert to alter the will Of the pee.
pie which is centred, even by their own atin:s.
sion, upon Governor Wise, for the next prcs
dency.
In order 10 show more clearly the ramilica
tons of this scheme to change the public will,
and divert it by fictitious means into ano;h.r
channel, the proceedings Of the meeting he'll,
at Charlestown, Jefferson county, on Monday.
fba ot !
say on this subject Like the result cf that
meeting all such attempts TO misslate or mis-
represent Gov Wise's position OH the llarreI's
Ferry foray, or any other measure Of his, during
his four years administration in the Executive
intended effect They are calculated only TO
ought to remember the old adage, ''ror p5i UIi
cor Dei."
The Northern press. especially the New
York Herald and Tribune Of the Eth and 18th
inst, have made most unmerited onS!aush,
upon the Hon. Charles j. Faulkner, our newly
appointed Minister Plenipotehliary TO the TUi.-
leries, on the alleged charge OF his holding d!S-
union sentiments. The bitterness and gail IL
which the writer's Of those articles have dipped
their pens, show the animus by which they are
influenced, and the unqualified hostility with
which they pursue every Southern gen'len:an
who has the manlincsS to avow his sentiments,
in the event Of a certain contingency occurrn",
and from which there is hut one mode OF cSc"l.;
without dishonor, that Northern aboliiioni>:"
and Black Rcpublicanism are firing upon the
South
There is not more conservative or Union.
loving man in tbc land than Mr.. Faulkner, E":'
one who would make more sacrifices 10 pre-
serve inviolate forever the union o: these
States, but when the alternative Of uEiun wi;h
dishonor, or disunon with honor. is p:eSea'c!
by the North, the South, with one voice. "i
exclaim, in the words OF Patrick Henry, Give
me liberty or give Inc DEATH The struggle
during the time his name was before the &c.
nate for confirmation, was one Of the Heroes;
ever witnessed in that body. 1t was al issue
between the North ard the South, cry>ta!izr1,
US it were, within the smallest possible ccn.
pass Every Democrat North and South, and
every Southern opposition Senator, stood ma1.
fully by Mr. Faulkner, while every Black Re-
publican voted against his confirmation. IL
confirmation was, therefore, not only a SINAI
triumph for the South, but 1t WAS one as, Tor
the Administration, which had made it AZ; !s-uc
of principle between the friends AMI foes q:
| that section OF the country. ARIEL.