Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-20
A Delnagogue.riddsn Stnte.


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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 10, 1851.
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A Demagogue.riddsn Stnte.
The present position of Kentucky is viewed
with extreme humiliation and modification by
her true sons and daughters, who, thank Prov.
idence, are still numerous and influential in
the State. That they will be unresisting VIC
tins of Yankee despotism, let no one believe
for moment. That they will yet resist the
tyrant even to the death, let no one doubt
Kentucky must and shall be redeemed from
Lincolnism" is now the word, and their actions
will be in accordance Herewith
We find in the present political condition Of
kentucky striking illustration Of the truth Of
a remark once made by General Jackson in
relation to the influence Of demagogues in a
Republic. Mr.. Clay, in his famous letter to
Judge Brooke upon the Presidential election
by the House Representatives in 1924, stated as
his strongest objection to General Jackson,
that he was military Chieltain; character,
of all others, the most dangerous in Repub
lie, in the estimation Of Mr.. Clay. This
brought out strongly marked letter from
Gen. Jackson, in which he asserted, as his
opinion, that military chieftains were not the
characters from whom tho greatest dangers to
a republic were TO be apprehendcd. Accord.
ing to his reading of history, the influence of
another class of men had been far more inju-
r;ous to the cause Of civil liberty. ue alluded
to the class Of persons denominated political
dcmagogutS, a claS; prominently known, he
was sorry to say, in the republic OF the United
States. |, is from political dc:nagogues said
the CID hero, that the people Of this country
have most to fear all opinion, the correctness,
of which, must be admitted by every candid
man and woman IL America.
The Union, for the preservation Of which
in its constitutional purity, General Jackson
was most arden!ly soiicitous, has been de-
slroyed by the very class Of men against whom
he SO solemniy warned his fellow citizens -
Tennessee, tho land Of Jackson, has saved her
own honor by Withdrawing from the Union
after it became thoroughly abolitionized und
dsgraced by the demagogues, 'the baue of all
republics" Kentucky, the land Of the old
hero's rival, under the influence OF dema-
gogues, has disgraced herself by acknowledg-
ng allegiance 10 the Yankeezed Government
a Government directed by Abraham Lin
coin, William H. Se@ard and Company, for
the subjugatioa of the country of which Ken.
tucky forms part.
"Tis true, and pity It's tbs true, kentucky
proud, gallant Kentucky in the past, now
lies PROSTATE at the foot of the Northern des.
pot, the most scrvile of his mnions. This
humiliation, this degradation has been brought
upon her by the demagogues whom she has
warmed into lie. Crittendcn got the Fed.
era Presidency into his head more than q
quarter of century ugo and has never been
able to get it Ou; even u this day.
Though he has professcd through life the
warmest attachments to tho people and the in.
sttutons Of his native South, he has yet been
constantly shaping his course with view to
Northern support Guthrie got his head turn.
Cd Some few years ego by the batteries OF
certain supple tools in Washington City,
and in the State .! kentucky, and s;cce then
his thoughts have been divided between money
making and the attainment of the highest
national 1,ositi"a, the former object having en-
tirely engrcssed his mind previously Not
finding the support hc anticipated in the
Southern States he gave in his full adhes ion
to the views OF the Pennsy lvanla democracy
on The subject of protective tariff, and in re.
! ference to the powers Of the federal government
| generally. Joe Hot was told last fall that a
brilliant future was before him, if he would
but abandon his States rights views and take
the consolidation side. He took the hint, and
has since been as subScrricnt to the abo-
litionized government as any "down-e east
| Yankee could desire Besides the foregoing
characters, Garrett Davis, and scores of other
| prominent Kentuckians have all their lives been
looking out for national positions; that is, for
places under the federal government; und in
the present crisis have very naturally taken
position with their Yankee allies, and against
their Southern brethren. Through tic ad Of
the Yankee press, the Louisville Journal, the
Louisville Democrat, and the Frankfort Com.
nonweulth, the individuals above named and
referred to. have ,ilecin.lIy succeeded in de-
aiding Kentucky 10 the condition of the dem
agocue-ri dden State, as characterized at the
head of this ar,icir. But she must DC, shall
be free" The time of her deliverance dra9eth
nigh