The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-10

NY lingering difeafc. have felt n, no or.linar,
degree my incompetency TO addrefs this hon
orabIe hou!e /; hut painful as the exertiou ma
heen, my confidence would not have acouittec
me, had failed to exprefs my mot i;,lemr
conviction, That by comforting the Office of chic
naS'frate or the commonwealth on Alexander
~ 'Rae, we hali promote the happinels of the
people whom we have the honour to reprefent
Mr.. MERcER--It is with comfortable
diihcence, that fcan prevail upon myfelf ia
deliver my opinion upon any quellon which
Us the ubJect Of the deliberations of this houCc.
hat upon one 70 important and momentous
as mat which at preien. engages its attention,
ihonld not obey the impuife of nv feelings
were to content nyfelf with fieut vote.
Mr.. William II. Cabeil, was on yeoerday.
~ is reco'letted, brought to the view of the
Touie, "a a gen,lemsn worthy aud well Quail
hedto be the fuccefIor of the venerable patri.
OF Mr.. Page. Permit me fir, tn exnreis my
appreciation of character, whole pre,eni;ons
are founded upon reputation the MOT uriuI-
He'd sand untarniibed, and Whole republican
principles, have been tried within thef. walls.
ana IN thofe times, the mott eventful which
o'ir republic hath ever witnelle-l. Mr.. CsbeII
was bred in the fchools of William and M,rv.
where thofe talents were nurtured aud 'matur
ed which amply At him for the dignified ftati,,
nope, lar, that gentleman will upon this
occaiion have majority of votes, and the houfe
thereby beitow upon rnodef merit, the reward
to which it is 70 july entitled.
GEN. MINoR--It was no. nv intention 70
nave fpoken on this fuhieet, but as many gem
tiemen have exprefied their leu.ments relative
~ to the two very Respectable characters who
nave been named as Candidates for the govern
or char, j will folicit the attention of the
hon'e tor few inmates, whiln l exprefs nv
prediction for the gentleman who was, yef.
terday, 70 handsomely prefe1lted TO the view of
the Houie by the gentleman from Wytle.
IL has been my fortune, Mr.. Speaker, and
con'ider It as Ill fortune, to have been acquaiut-
ed with this gentleman but for few years.
1t requires. however, no long time to become
with him; atittie conversation will
iatisiy any one that he is the gentleman, the
fcholar, and the man OF virtue and talents
can go further, MIR. Speaker, aud fay with
TRUTH that he carries the evidenceof his worth
con'tantly about him Ia his manly front, YOU
may always fee it; his foul looks through every
feature of his face, with all the confidence. Of
confcious virtue.
If further evidence be required, lfen to the
voice OF fame, wlo, though not ALWAYS jult
70 merit, makes an exc option in this innance,
TO nsr general cofduc, and joins in praire OF
William II. Cabe!l. When patriotifin is talked
of who ffauds higher than William Fl. CabeIl
when virtue and talents are the theme, who is
preferred to him
If this will not fatisfy gentlemen, and further
proof is fill required 20 to the neiphbour-
hood III which he vas born and has bcen bred.
where If ne has Tauits they are fure to be
known, why're envy looks with microscopic
eyes for the fnallef foecks on the character.
ana II discovered, ex'rhits them to public view
nagnIEied & diicoloured. There, / am informed
Mr.. SIP sker, from good authority, this gen.
tlemdn is made the fandard of moral excel
.ence, and that men, when they would fpeak
highly OF an individual, after exauitng all the
terms OF praiie which the Eng!hh inngu1ge will
atiord' caps the climaxoy laying, " he is almoR
as good as William II. Cabeli.''
Mr.. HILL (of Greenfvhe MIR. Speaker,
As gentlemen are indulging themfelvesi in the
d;2hts OF fancy, and decorating worthy charac-
tiers with parnai'ian flowers, truH, that in of.
:erng atew ohtervafions tothis honorable houfe,
] iball not he d emed off ous. have known
Mr.. M'Rae for twenty wears during which
lime there has been no act &C his life, which has
made me recoil from a deGre to be more init
mateiy acquainted with him. To native
itrength of mind Mr.. M'Rae has added fine
clathca education, an exteniivc knowledge OF
h'fory, geography, polite literature and the
bellies ettres. For many years he has fat at the
counill-hoard of fate there his attention
has been prompt, active, and unwearied-the
energy of his mind animated his feryices and
enabled bun TO render many valuable bleiiings
20 the republic. To the honor of Mr.. M'Rae,
and OF human nature be itfpoken, that he has
not out-grown the condition in which the legif-
lature has placed him. He has not become
proud, and iuperciious hecaufe he has been e.
ievated and honored--but at all times, and in
al! places, his deportment has been open, free,
and accelhbIe, without partially or undue ref
peel to perions. in his more public view Mr..
M Rae has exhibited the politician, the ftatef-
man, the lawyer, the orator and the polite gen.
tieman. when the fpirit of Ariftocratic faGti-
OH iniolently erected ITS brazcn front, the exer-
tons and :ardor of Mr.. M'Rae's republican
principles, re!ified its advanced column, and
defeated the dabolical hydra. This vas a time
when the FOULS of men were tried. In this fe-
we're conflict Mr. M'Rae was conGueror; but
ne never mingled either Greatly or perfecution
with his noble trnTps. When the emGIdries
Of monarebie principle were working with dark
intrigue aglinf the welfare of the Fate, Mr..
Nj Rae was always at his poit ; firm as the rock
of ages {; .unihaken az the pillar of truth. In re-
gard to individual opinions, j fuppofc that Mr..
M Rae has his enemies his exalted fatio g,
his qualifications and his perfeSous, are fu3Iici-
ent to create hoRiIity FROM the OBVIOUS, the ma.
ievolent, aud the guilty. We're this a trbuna!
1T legal inquiry, Mr.. mRae would invite every