Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-09-02
To the Editors Of the ENQUIRER.

To the Editors Of the Enquirer
ihere having been many references, 10 the per-
sons who composed the vention, and " ho unan-
imously adopted the constitution of Virginia, /
have supposed it would be interesting to your nu-
merous readers, to know who those men were-
se9d you list taken from the Journal.
A CITIZEN.
AT CONVENTION OF DELEGATES.
Present,
-accondck, Souihy Simpson, and Isaac Smith.
-4ibemarie, Charles Lewis and Geo. Gilmer: for
Thos. Jefferson
Amelia, John Tabb and John Wilson.
augusta, Thomas Lewis, and Samuel Mcdowell.
Fest augusta, John liarvie and Charles Simms
sainheTst, William Cabell and Gabriel Penn
Bedford. John Talbot and Charles LYNCH.
Bofetourt, John Bowyer and Patrick I,ockbar,
Brunsioick, Frederick Maclin aud Henry T,ze-
well.
Buckingham Charles Patteson and John Cabel,
Bcrkety Robert Rutherford and William Drew
Caroline, Hon. Edmund Pendle,on and James
Taylor.
Charies-City, William Aclrill and Sam'l.
HARDWOOD, for Benjamin HARRISON.
Chariottes Paul Darlington and Thomas Read
Chesterfield, Arch. Cary and BENJAMIN watkins.
C"fPeper, Henry Field and French Strother.
Cumberland, John Mayo and William FLEMING
Otntoiddte, John Bannister and Boiling S,arke.
Duna.ore, Abraham Bird and John Upton.
1SHzaoeh city, Wilson Miles Cary and Henry
King.
Esse's' Meriwether Smith and James Edmonson
ra"Jar' John West, Jun. and George Mason.
Fauquier, Martin Pickett and James Scott
Frederick, James Wood and isaac Zane.
fincastfe, Arthur Campbell and William Russell.
Gloucester, Thomas Whiting and Lewis Burwell
Goochldnd, John Woodson and Thomas NJ Ran
dolph.
ddifar, Nathaniel Terry and NIichaiah Watkins.
Hampshire, James Mercer, and Abraham Hte.
Hanover, Patrick Henry aud John Syme.
1enT7co, Nathaniel Wilkinson and Rich Adams
James CITY, Robert &. Nicholas and William
Norvel.
Use Of Wight, John S. Wills and Charles Fule.
ham.
Rng George Joseph Jones and William Fitzhueh.
ht'g and Queen, George Brooke and William
Lyme,
King Hiiliam, William Aylett and Rich. Squire
Taylor.
Lancaster, James Selden and James Gordon
Loudoun, Francis Peyton ard Josias Clapham.
Louisa, George Meriwether and Thomas johnson.
Lunenbtug, David Garland and Ledowick Far
mer.
1'hddieser, Edmund Berkeley and James Moma-
que.
.Iecklenburg, Joseph Speed and Bennett Goode.
.Vansemond, Willis Riddick and William Cooper.
.Heto Kent, William Clayton and Bartholomew
cambridge.
Norfolk, James Holt and Thomas Newton
northumberland, Rodham Kenner and John
Cralle
Northampton, Nath. L. Savage and George Sa-
wage.
Orange, James Madison and William Moore.
PHtsyiuaniG, Benjamin Landlord and Robert
Williams.
Prince Ed,oard, Williams Watts and William
Booker.
Dry. D.ol,o
Princess dnne, William Robinson and John The
rougbgood
Prince William, Cuthbert Bullitt and Henry Lee.
Richmond, Hudson Muse and Charles M'Carty
Southampton, Edwin Gray and Henry TAYLOR
SpoHsyfvanio, Mann Page and George Thornton.
Stafford, Thomas Ludwell Lee, and William
Brent.
Starry, Allen Cooke and Nicholas Faulcon.
SUSSEX, David Mason and Henry Gee.
Warwick, William Harvood and Richard Cary.
jPeSt,aoreiand, Rich. Lee, Richard Henry Lee,
and John A. Washington.
York, Dudley Digges, Thomas Nelson, Jun. and
William Digges.
Jamestoucn, Champion Travis.
ttiiiiambrg, Edmund Randolph for George
Wyihe.
marlborough, William Roscow and William
Curle.
College Of Haiiam and Mary, John Blair
The yNdpy.--Thc American people have Just
cause to be proud Of this important arm Of the pub
lie defence II has fought itself into iavor-It has
conquered both the enemies ships and the preludces
of the people; and the scope of its usefulness has
been enlarged with the expanding commerce of our
country. But the maintenance of fleets in distant
seas has given rise TO runours Of allcdged miscon-
duct, alike dsreputablc the officers and the pub
lie character OF the Navy itself. Murfnurs this
subject have not been confined to naval officers and
seaport towns, but the public press and the whole
community have spoken Of them. Nor has the
forbearance of the Navy Department to institute
rigid investigations escaped animadversion. The
Department has, at last, determined, it would seem,
TO institute enquiries into all the alleged irresuar-
ties in the Service and we regret to the course
of the Secretary severely censured. For our own
part we think scrutiny equally rigid into every
other branch Of the public service, and into every
department Of the government, could not fail to be
beneficial The officers of high grade in the Navy,
who had distinguished themselves in the late war,
and who had Justly become lavorites both with the
people and the government, were said TO have pre-
sumed too much uron their wel-earned laurels, and
TO have forgotten, IN some respects, their own
sponsbiIity TO the laws of The land. Jealousy. dis-
trust, and even open complaints existed among the
inferior officers And il the government had lon
ger fofborne to enquire into these matters II would
have become the solemn duty Of Congress to ac,
upon the subject.
| We hail with pleasure every effort on the part oil
the federal or state governments TO enforce the
publican doctrine Of the accountability OF public
officers, whether military or civil The rigid, bu