Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-04

el3G persons.
Sales of Tickets were stopped at half past
o'clock, an event never before known and
from the curren; which was flowing towards
the Theatre until o'clock, and could not OBJ
tain admission, il is reasonable to infer that
upwards of IHrec THousand DoIiars would
have been received, the audience could have
been accommodates Nat. .qdr.
On shat night play twas for. the first time
represented. written by Mr.. Noah and styled {" Ma
rion. or The Hero o.! Lake George
Congress meets on Monday next and from
the movements of members, we expect that
II Quorum will he present the first day. Tho
subject OF speaker will, Of course, occupy i'm.
mediate attention. My. Taylor, of this state,
will, no doubt he candidate, again. but W..
have every reason to believe that Il different
feeling will prevail this year than was apparent
the last, and which led to the election of Mr..
Taylor. New York is not DESTROYS of having
the speaker: aud, il we may Judge from the
present delegation, the best we have had for
several years, they will not be disposed To vote
Tor Mr.. Taylor neither will there be any hest
tation IN voting frankly and openly for the hest
man offered. Several candidates are sposen
OF, and we should not be surprised il tue
choicc fall ON Mr.. NELSON, of Virginia, an old
member, and respectable republican. Ii will
he graliyinS 10 learn, ihat our finances are bv
Eo means III gloomy condition: chat the ma
tonal income viii cover the naiional expcn
di,ufe and that our foreign and domestic re-
lalons wear favourable aspect. There are
subjects OF great interest Ia discuss,' and we
are pleased with the prospect of an actiy,.
business session, with little talking; and we
sincerely hope that the first subject discus
scd VIII he naiionGi bankrupt m,c II is
time HAT tins las, so inperiorsiy demanded
ny every consideration of public and private
ni!!l'y, should hn passed. Hy taking up The
sit',lTci early. il viii soon be terrn,naietI fH.
Governor Coppinger, of ST. Augustine, and
Secretary, have arrived in the ctv He has
lately Published an expose of circumstances
connected with The suppression ofpubiic docu-
inents relating 10 the transfer O; Florida. The
administration Of GOV. Coppinger has been
spoken. of rs mild and equitable. He has been,
1t is said, very generally favourable TO the Gill
zens of The United States and we regret
that any events should have occurred in the
transfer OF that territory, TO mar toe good
feelings that should exist among friendly pow
erS. m
A very just and Indignant censure has bee,
bestowed by the Richmond Enquirer. on a
late article in the North American Review.
The sentiments expressed by the Virginia pm
per are such as we felt on the perusal of The
Review, and intended on some ft occasion.
10 publish. We are glad the subject has fall
len into able hands. There is nothing more
false than that the governments ofthese state,
are OF recent dates. The essential character
of our forms Of government has been the same
ever since the Settlement of the country.-it
has always been government of the pea
pie. Under its benign influence we have adj
vanced from chaos 10 order-grown from in
fancy 20 manhOod-encountered unbrokan
wars and revolutions. The English cnnstitu-
ton Is OF about the same dite-and conn
menccs from the English revolution. What
Kind OF a constitution had England under her
Fendal system? The prevalent admiration
of kings, lords and commons, and n nationaI
church, is contemplate enough, and Disgrace
| tul to such IA Journal as the North American
Re'lew.-Such sentiments will not answer in
this Countrywide good sense of the commu-
| nifty reject such noctious and AUTHORIZATIONS
dly doctrines. \ lame attempt. in defence
| OF the Review, has been made in The Cent?
mel. As friend 10 that literary publication.
we would advise its editors TO examine With
a little more care the soundness of the po!itj-
cal doctrines il disscminates
Boston Statesman
We have read tie Reply IN the Boston CcnfireL
under The signature Of shit IN Uao--We scenothn,p
III H. which clears the American Review of The criti-
csms we made upon it, or which deserves more
particular answer from us-Erq,fire'l
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