Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-28

RICHMOND NOVEMBER %. Ia5O.


- 'ff<hs ~. io-V.
Extract Of a tettar from a fiiend at
- NssiE.nigtcn, November rs.
The aafcipa;i9ms contained in YOU,
pap.r o' ,hs els, insi. ar. abouf 10 be
realized. No doubt exists but that we
shai! have another .atd sirugck. ON the
MiSs"uriQ ues,ion--W heilcI sc shall add
another star to our Tag or not. the final
result slcmr viii drcide-at present all Is
unceria!nty and doubt. The question,
however, which we shall have to- iecide il
essentially different from that discussed
NJ Tie last sersion.--l' il TO longer a
question whtther Territory shall be re
lievcd from lis state Of colonial t.epen
dencr, bni whether we shall permit a
State made sovereign aud Independent by
our own act, and already enjoying the
privileges nj self government, 10 come
into lhe Uri1n, or remain alien aud TO
reign 10 us whether in short wr shall
have one or t'co Republics within the
limits ot Cur ievsi;ary? Would u be
!ieve, that on Il Qvestion OF t!i. character
ditfrreuce 81 uptnion could possibly
exist For nysei | an. lost IN utter as
PUNISHMENT at the desperate, and, as i,
appears 10 me, tlioughilcss career which
tho many politicians are proposing 10 run.
No matter what may be the object in
view, whether The attainment IF personal
ambition or political powcr-i is TO my
mind indicative of fully ana madncss.--
The transition from a division of feel.
my ana sentiment, 10 a division OF more
serious aud lamen,abl. character, is more
closely allied than men seeni 10 be aware
oi-and IT a division Of a mere st,ious
character should be the result, which hea-
ven ior!end these desperate men will
have" paid most dearly Tor their whistle"
But ii nothing more should arise than
pvrpetuaiion at the feelings Which now
exist between the North auu tie South,
what great gain Is there 10 the majority ?
The loss more easily estima ed. They
Will have lost our aifeltiuns-a most Sc
riDus discOrd will prevail measures will
not be directed To the attainment Of naii
onai eislatlUn will be crippled
ami wransiiEg iiluSurp, as II ( as alrea
d. dane, the place oi harmony aud peace.
these losses, one would ,maglnP, would
be great enOugh To arrest 'lie ,n"si de
pcraie III their course but these are uol
all our losses. We shall lose Missouri
State pos essiug Ia. riches, soil Of
any III The Union, and promising ere
long t" dcvelope resou ces 81 no ordinary
character. Whether Arkansas may noi
also be taken into the estimate, ! will
not TAX upnn me 10 q, tcrmine..
| have iu my infancy pored over with dc :
light the pages OF Grecian aud Roman
history, aud had ioudLy flatiered my
sell with The idea that every section OF
Ibis country would, when uccasInn called
II forth, exhibit as strong evidences al
PATRIOTISM an. dIslnieTesiedBess, as had
found III hem. br occasion now eX.
lists, and h who shall no, com fo,th
,t,I Il.
deserve ihe gratitude Of mauk nd The
| road Ia honor aud the road 10 srltisii
| ambition are alike open L. Our n r,hern
brethren, and it is Tor them To maxi iht
| choice. What II a man shouts lose Tor a
day the support of his constituents p
| The r;h Iliou TIA, he has rescued hi,
nutry from tn, hands II faction and
from impending danger. would he so
face llch no lime coul,i deprive him OF
-lnrsiimabie III It character and inmor
ia'iz,ng IN is effects. Ii personal amhi
lion Is 10 Ia g:at fled, here is theatre on
"hlrh !; may gather the brightest re-
wards Bat II III sc considerations vii
no' have til, e I of avcrting threatened
calamity, there are others which Nigh,
be addr, ssed 10 many VINO art IN the ma.
Joniy. Let each man estimate his own
gain IN Ibis drama all annoi expec, "a
rise-sonic one or two will af,,r all. be
come the Idois-aud. niserabl,. 10 think
ot IT, 'lie many will have braved danger
aud The curses OF mankind for the degra
ding privilege of being worshppers ant
Idolatcrs.-i do hope HAT there is re
deeming spirit among us, which will sill
enable us 10 overcome our present en-
barrassmeHts and dangers
KENTUCKY.-'The mode Of relief hrl,
Out t. the people Ia new Bank Sirang.
IN tell, il has passed the House If Repre-
sentafivts. SO 10 36-aud Is ~xpPcicd ais,
to pass HE Senate. The mother bank /
10 be fixed al neutrality-suspicious.
million dollars-to be raised partly Il,
the sale % state lands west of The Ten
Dessee, and partly out 81 the umapDrnprl
ated revenue aud of The states stock in h
present Bank OF Kentucky, after The affair
OF this last institution are settled. Branch
&c are to be located IN each judicial dis
trlrt II bsgins without one cent Of Sp-ci
20 meet is notes The notes Of the X II
lucky Bank are receivable for all debi
due 90 ~. us to make Inaus ou persona
security, and on mortgages of real stat,
al one half nj IT'S appTaIsemeni. No Dor
rover 10 he entitled 10 more than $1,000
and the most singular part of the Who'll
Is, applicants Tor loans are to make oail
that they mean 10 appropriate the loan i
'he pay mepi OI their just debts, or TO pui
chasing tle live stock or produce OF II,
county for exppriatiOu.-Such is III
climPrical and destructive relief held uj
10 people that ia already overruu with
deprecated AMI dspre ciating medium
Shade of GulxOtie IoW uuu,.it WIN N, a.;