Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-11-28

accept the office with which had been
IGNORED, but the shortness OF the then
existing session of Congress, which must
have constiiutionally terminated OH the 4th
March, and the probability OF tire adjourn
entofthe councilbeiorem my answer could
bereturned, appeared 10 otferno alternative
II therefore lett my occupations at Phila-
delphia, as soon as the papers connected
with the claim, (nearly the whole of which
had never before seem were received,
and proceeded to Washington, where the
Commissioners devoted the residue of the
session to the performance OF the du,les
that had been assigned them.
The issue of their efforts was cor,mu-
nicaird - N,e government and the pubic,
and met The BEST reward they could ask
Tor tEeir services, in the appreciation OF
the state legislature umdcrwhose author
~ they had acied.
The agency WAS considered as limited
in lis duration to lie single application TO
the General Government Was so stat
ed al the conclusion OF the correspon-
dence hy the commissioners and acJui-
csced IN bv the state government. On
its Termination, therefore, all autaority III
tiicm ceased, ani they retained onis ihcii
indiyi,luai. but warm wishes, .or the sue
cess OF the cl,in, and an interest III
common with the rest OF tieir fellow citi
zens in t.. aiiovancc.
Stbse lucnilv to Ibis, the Legislature
instructed the Senators, and requested the
Ne ..rrspniatives THE State III Congress
u u9piS 10 the General Government tor
The aiinstmpnt oitle clam, and directed
Tie papers connected with II To be deliver
cd 10 The Representative from this district
fer The use q. the delegation. Under
their dir; ction, therefore, the claim al pre-
sent rests aud when II Is recoilectcd
that tins claim Is for services and supplies,
which were equally necessary and una
voidabe Tor ihr defence OF the country
which were furnished in periods of emer-
sency, and which at the moment in most
cases, could not be obtained from any
other source; when also, the results ofthe
Investigations that have been made, have
becn promulgated, aHd are as much at
the c0mn,anc Of ANY other public egrRts,
as Of those " no were employed IN making
them: when ii is likewise remembered,
that some OF the present members, were
membcrs ofthe last House of Represen-
taiives-tlIat both The Senators from the
State, were at Washington when the ap-
plcation was made to the General Gov
eminent, AMI we're fully acquainted with
If, and HAT one of them, vino was also
one ct the commissioners OF sea coast de-
fence under the State authority during
the late war, Was present in the House
ol Representatives, when the short dis
cussion on the subject took place, there
can he no doubt, but the claim will be
we'll understood, and ably, and ii is hop
e, effcCi sally sustained.
Ills plain aud brief statement, have
thought due TO my friends, and TO myself.
No one can lament more sincerely than |
do, the dissPnsIou that has unexpectedly
occurred in the District; bat as ii APP
pears TO have arisen more from personal
prepossesSious, or from some supposed,
or real inlormality, in the primary mea-
surrs adopted TO fill the vacancy, rather
than from any radical difference in
principle, cannot but trust, that the ha-
bitual good sense, and public spirit of ilie
Electors, viii AT the polls still show, that
there is 40 material diversity of feeling or
sentiment among those, Who can have
only common and general object 10 OBJ
tam and whose best interests viii be pro-
motAd, by the cultivation of mutual har-
mony, and good will, among themselves,
and with their fellow Citizens throughout
abe Nation
With sentiments of much respect,
lam, sir,
Your obd't and humble serY't,
JAMES LLOYD.
BEEJAMIN RUSSELL, Esq.
(Ia,Isngl d, The Central O1nD,iffee