Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-28

has .le second beet, completely aud uneuui,uc.l =.
No one has haen found hardy enough ,u deuy u AT
the number OF votes he actually received, ~xciusn =
uf those OF his friends who asenied h-useIves was
greater than that which could be claimed Tor an,
other OF the candidates.
On what ground, then, is the opprobrious language
oi be'"g & desperate and Needless faction applied
TO the meo,be's who did attend Was IL that they
were unwi'',ng To coaceai the irui, from the people
that Mr.. Cinwio had the greatest nm.ber of votes
:" ms FAVOR an'ong The members of Congress Or
Was that they yielded la the declared wishes nf
Nerai oil the mosi populous states in the U,,n wht,
approve Congressional nomination, partly bee ausr
" furnishes prua ac'e evidence OF the sense of ihr
pe"iic, aud partly because IL expresses th. seuti-
m-n's al men ia whose information aud int, ., iy hey
have peculiar confidence
BAT, II Is objected, that many Of the me nbc,s ure
sent did NOT iiiy represent their rrsp.c,ive states
Admitting this tn I've the case, the oi
n"sr states, Yet there we're many Others Who upp. So
MR. CIawiurJ against the wishes uf fheir cons,,,,,-
e"is. There must always he some ,,accn,acy IN the
'-si that Congressional Gaseous affords which The
peoiie eau appreciate, and make allowance for Aud
surely IL is better that this variance should rxis,
before the election, when iis mischief may be cur
'ec'ed 10y the people, Than he suffered to operate il,
an rect'os 10y Congress, where the error is IRENE
diahle.
But It is further said that the Caucus had invaded
The right of the People. they mean the peope of
Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, aud Mississippi, the
., some colour for The charge, (,ough should hope
ihai even these States would Ter their small share
ct i"c"i power, IN an election 10y the people, 10
their large share, v iheir Rep natives ia Con-
gressonal eec'ion) But, Il they the people OF
the U"lon IT Large, then IL ii clear that they who
make The objection are practising the common the
shallow arl'lice oI beng the first make the charge
To winch they themselves -xpos~d. :.
Aud who are tue m-n that this probatiune for d-
pioma'ic digniy discriminatory denounees as "A
" miserable aud Infatuated minority, &c desperate
and Needless faction ~ Many uf Them known as a.
n"ng the most high -niided aud honorable men of
vhom Tins nation can boast, whose individual fair
lame The tongue oil snnder, never before dai cd to
ass''i, aud srae Of whom are as super Tor To MIR
W or2e M Dallas IN talents, as he IL to the hun
hlesi ind,idu'l who heard the nippant denusc,a-
'ions u wer" easy To rserianaie the indecoro GUS
and III ns'.e language used towards this respectable
body-but ir Mr.. GEoRoE M. DALLAS can put him
sh, in race u' viiupetaiion, level with some
OF the ve"al supporters OF his cause, or what was
lately bs cause, Tie writer of these temarks canuot
ne equally condsscending To Mr.. GEORGE NJ Dali
Las Nor rs aoy thing but temperate discussions ne
ces>dry, or even acceptable 10 the great mass Of the
ame rican people. And indeed, the regard TO deco
rum winch Is manifested by The most distinguished
supporiers OF Mr. Craw ford's election their for
bearance ~ controversy, and their sober appeal to
The understanding of the nation, furnish evidence of
conscious recude, and of the superior goodness of
their cause which cannot be misun,le BOD by ,b.
least DISCERNING Such al least are the septmens of
JUSTICE.