Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-07
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The hispers from Washington are iull Of wars
and rumonrs OF wars" The Debate on Air. Me
Duihe's RESOLUTIONS certainly CLOSED in anger
On FRIDAY Mr.. Med. is said To have made a che
ment attack on Messrs Adairs and Clay; charging
them wiih corruption, and describing Ike latter as
private and political gambler .--Oa Saturday,
MeSsrs 1Flinbie Ut i. and Vance of O. .etortet in
an Indignant siian; the former retaliating the
charge OF corruption on the irieuds OF Mir. Calhoun
a brief Reply of MIR Med was marked bv great
asperliy; He is said to have declared, that lie
visited 10 have nothing to do with the unders,rap-
pers OF The Secretary OF State; that he woGld Cheer
inHy hold himself responsible 10 the leader; but
tlat if his under,trappeis woaid cali linn TO ac
eoua' Tor hi> declarations, lie Mr.. McD.) was
Wep"red 10 waive ali exceptions and 10 NEE, them
on the field of honor.
Controversies ol lis sor, on the foor o! Con
sress are calculated 10 reflect very liiie honor u;,-
on that holy. They are 10 he deprecated by every
e!lAen wAo Values The dignity Of the house, OF the
privileges OF an enlightened DISCUSSION
The consequence has been, that we lave been
overwhelmed by ?umourN ofhloody battles that have
been or that are 10 be fought. But nonc OF
them has assumed sucha shape as deserves 20 be
gazeited.
In The mean time, the discussion has pr9. tenn.
'ed: he resolution for taking Tie election oi
iieS"eMI GU, OF the hnIds u the II. Of r. has been
carried 10y large majority the one for qi>;rictino
the Sl;.:s has been rejected, And The Whole .,,t
Ject mas been fe-coninH'ed 10 a grand Committee
oil n, Tor the purpose Of organizing some subs,i
'uie Tor the election 10y the ~. OF r Cannot tic
election go back 10 ihe Electors: Or. cannot the
Electors originally meet one Electoral Coleap:
dropping the lowest candidate, uu,il the election
mas Ueeh toHsnminaied o., iiic tenacty OF the
small states should Ieiea, ei her OF tLose modes,
NwhicN nave 80 many advantages 10 recommend
'hein) cannot the plan oil Mr. Stevenson be sdout-
ed; reifriHg The election 10 She Stale Legislatures
Oa Limiting '!e selection to the too highest c0Hdi
aHfes! we seriously fear however that Dds OF
oo'h Houses "il! be abe to settle down upon 10
! amendment 10 the Constitution that every plan
o reform VIII be defeated, and that things " IN 90
on IA They have done; and the election be slllI re-
Tered 20 the IL. OF Il. voting as states with all
inc oOiect:nn- That may be made both o fLeirrOiiyg
al az Tor The President, and the prtsent aaGancr
| o! theiF voting The railing members of Tie ad-
hnstTatioh VIII orpo,e any amendment NJ Al. under
the persuasion that tie Constitutions as i; i, is a
very . sale precedent" But, if every attempt TO
amend II be uHavaiiinG, then i. becomes serious
ahu most important question, whether those Stat es
Which dislike an Gpleal 10 tie H. of r. will not
i"! upon some fair plan To move Together, some
mole OF selecting particular candidate on whom
10 oestow their votes; and thus supersede the ne
ceSsity OF an appeal 10 the II. OF r. which 20
large majority al That body, and hich the COM
mon sense CT the mass OF their fellow citizens
has 50 strongly condemned.