Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-07

ee. lie conteads that /. Inc legislature assume a
mandatory controul the votes of the senators,
they are guilty of a violation of the article of the
constitution which gives 10 each senator one vote
- the same consequence will follow if the people
sssume such con,roul. The whole course OF his
reasoning goes TO deny The right OF the people to
instruct or to command as well the legislature
or to allow tito them only according TO his new
qualification of the term instruction, to wit, a
tight TO Z" cypress an opinion,'' or :" TO make a
request" Mr.. Giles knows well as any body,
that instruction means in one sense, cOnlnud; he
Knows too that the political phrase right of in
struction has been always used in that sense, in
this county, and it disingenuous in him TO
deny that he ever had denied the right OF nstruc-
zion, aud the corresponding obligation 10 obey.l
October Seth, 1926 AN OBSERVER.
.Note.-Since the first part of this sketch was
sent TO the pr. IS, have the Enquirer of the
9th inst containing piece from - Native of
powhatan" did not suppose that the human
mind had been so differently organized by nature,
in different persons, that the same cause should
produce impressions upon il SO dramatically OPP
poste, seem 10 have been produced on my mind
and that gentleman's, by the speeches OF Messrs.
Archer and Giles. And cannot now help think
ing that some extraneous cause has operated to
produce this strange effect. and to prevent the
subiec, through proper medium. Indeed, so
strange is this effect, that will permit myself
10 account for il , in any othey way than by sup
posing that the " Native OF Powhatan'' paid very
little attention to the debate. feel myself strength
sned in this supposi'iol by his msrepresenia.
ION of the only fact of any consequence, which he
,retends 10 state in any thing like direct terms: il
4 will be found in this passage of his piece" He
Mr.. e. read the challenge of that opponent to the
lectioneering arena, which toOutd neither giUe
4 or receive any erpidnafi0n or 0poi0gy"-I did
not explain this matter before, BECAUSE it was in
the nature ola per sonal ae cation, and thought it
might as well be let alone the fact this: Air.
e. read the challenge, as it is termed, as he
" Native has given it Mr.. Archer reminded
him that those words were no part OF his message,
and that he had told Mr.. Giles so, at former
meeting before the people. But MIR. a. said as
Mr.. G persisted in mIsiepresenting 1t, lie would
call upon the gentleman who conveyed 1t, to state
what was the real message That gentleman then
stated the message TO be Thu: " that Mr.. a. in
tended to address the people publicly at the diff
lent Courlhouses OF the District, and wished Mir
8. to be present, he would his name freely
that after some conversation with MIR. Giles,
the latter ask ed him if no explanation would be re-
tsived-he replied he was not authorized to re-
tsive any, and further stated that nothing passed
etween himself and Mr.. Archer, about expl.na-
gon. Mr.. Giles acknowledged his mistake, and
aood corrected. This incident 80 re-
maIkable, that l am astonshed it should be mis-
represented AS to the correctness of i'm pres
sons OF the temper and character of the personali
4 ties between Messrs. Archer and Giles, those who
heard them are the only wiinesses.-l too, hope
that Mr.. Giles may be prevailed on TO publish his
epeech-I should be glad to every word of i, in
print Just as it was delivered.