Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-07

The waters OIL sk- Michigan with the Illinois
river, when he shltd deem il expedent.
On motion Of Mr.. M'Lane Of Del il was
Resoired, That the Committee On the Ju-
dietary b. Instructed Ia inquire into the exps-
diency of authorizing the public stock of the
United States to be purchased and sold by the
COURTS in the several states.
On motion "f Mr.. Hemphili, the House re-
soI' ri itself into COMMITTEES of the whole
Nr. Foot in the chair, on the bill making pro-
vision for procuring The necessary SURVEYS, es
Inmates, Sc. for roads and canals.
MIR. Trirnbe having ceded hi. right 10 the
nunr--
Mr.. j =. Barbour rose, aud, in speech
which Occur led the House till near Q O'Clock,
EXPRESSED his sentiments in favor of the bill.
FL was followed by Mr.. Tucker, who spoke
in "pposii'on 10 The hill till o'clock.
MIR. REEVES followed MIR Tucker on the
same side, and, having made some progress in
ms s,e, oh. gave way at d o'clock for motion
to rise. when the committee obtained leave
To sill again-And the House adjourned.
WAsnrNGroN, February 3-The right of
orinIon. we have had occasion Ia remark, and
the right tn compromise that opinion for the
general good, are among the principles which
l'- at the foundat'on of representative govern
,nent; which hrlong equally To the People at
large, and To their Representatives We might
have added. they are also duties of high obl-
CATION. These rights and duties the People
exercise at every election. when they, in the
General or IN the State governments, vote for
candidate whom they prefer above others Of
those who ofr for their suffrages, and not for
him whom, of all others, they would have
preferred for particular office. II is thus on
~ that they can i've eGecfire votes. These
"A al fttrhf ,.,t,
If Congress exercise, when, in their capacity
of citizens. possessed of the confidence of the
People, collected together from different sec
tons "i the country, they consult together for
Inc purpose of nominating for the principal
oihcrs IN the government. the persons who
are PREFER ed by the greater number of them.
IL is this snrl Of DEMONSTRATION, common to ey ery
state, to every district, to every county, and
even Ia every parish, in the Union, which has
been heretofore praciised ly Members of Con-
gress, and will be again, unless combination
ct several mnorites, uniting together, shall
think they hest consult the particular inter-
ests Of their respective favuiites by uniting
against the general call for Congressional
Nomination and shall succeed in the attempt
tc defeat that expression Of the will Of the
majority, which has heret ofoie been attended
| with such valuable results.
That the voice of the majority of the Pcn-
Pile invites a nomination of candidates for IN.
Presidency and Vice Presidency Of the Unit.
ed States, in the usual mode, we see no rea-
son TO doubt Tennessee, S7ut.i Carolina,
and Maryland, have ranged themselves in op-
position to 1T but the Legislators of two of
those States have themselves made Caucus
recommendations, and other States, among
which we find the respectable States of North
Carolina, Virginia, New York, Ohio, Indiana,
&c have declined any interference in the mat
ter, or have expressly invited and enc0urng ed
the nomination. OF several other of the
States, the Legislatures have given the strong
est possible sanction To- this mode of nomiHa-
ton, by resorting to il Themselves amongs;
which are, the States of Maine, Massachusetts.
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Alabama, Missouri,
&c.
We hope, therefore, that the Meeting,
which is about to b~ held. of the Members of
Congress thus sanctioned, will he general
one: that those, who have SO long acted to-
gether, who have side by side fought the good
fight, will not suffer themselves TO be- now
separated by mere difference about men !;
that they will interchange opinions with
view to giving effect, if possible, To the popu-
lar will, instead of defeating it by being each
man for himself instead of his country that.
above all, they will not avoid a Caucus, with
view to bring the final elrctian into the
House OF Representatives, and thHa tn take
II from the People, to whom it properly
he longs.
IL, however, the whole OF the Republican
party, as represented in Congress, will not go
into General Meeting. sufficient number will
yet attend to give effect To any nomination
which may be made. The Republican cand,-
date will receive greater number of votes
than was given in favor of the nomination of
our present venerable Chief Magistrate, when
he was nominated, and we shall fnd that that
nomination will he supported Ivy decided
majority Of the People, who are anxioasly
expectingh. That there will be no opposition
to IT, here and elsewhere, we do not pretend
to say. We never expect tn see another I'M
contested Presidential Election We do moi
know That we ought To- desire 10 see one
We hope there will be very general at
tendance at The expected Meeting; and that
the Members will vote for those whom they
respectively prefer, giving the nomination 10
him who shall be hnn0red by the SURFACES 81
the majority IN his favor. This is the RUE of
election in all the states south OfConneciicut.
and 1t IS the rule Of reason every where But,
as we have already said, If majority of The
Republicans assembled together pursuant 10
public notice, shall determine that i, is not err
pPdtentt To make any nomination., we shall bow
To the decision, however we may disapprove
II and, we repeat, the sooner the question is
tried, the better for the country aud for its
essential interests. tAm. Int.
C0mPufuiion.-W never were exnert N
counting nosrs-probably because We look
more To tho merits Of our cause than 10 the
numbers on our side. We d. not know.
however, that we should on that account
keep our readers in ignorance Of the calcula-
lions that are made by Ihnse who are better
aritbmelicians than we pretend TO be-. IL is
said that some of he more expert at enuiner-