Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-28
VOL. KILL. NO. 1917.

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, Ais- Randolph again rose. and said the eentle-
man was mistaken if he supposes that begrudge
me He Feorie oil OHIO the lands within the body o.
mo wish that every new State had all the
ianos within the State, that in the shane of Re-
ce'fershps and other ways, these States might nor
} De brought under the influence of this ten miles
square. In other words, wish tina, all the ma
; tonnage OF the Land Office was in the hands ofibe
Individual States, aYd not in the hands of the &C.
R;na Government. 1 am the friend of State
nights, and will cut down the patronage of this
General Government which has INCREASED is in
creasng, and must be diminished, or we the States
snail be not only "shorn of our beams sir bur
: abolished quite" Having cleared the ground so
lar let me state 10 the gentleman that such is the
uluerence between the measure meted out To III.
new olates and to the old ones, that in conse
guehec OF my having missed the post this mornios
sItii nave Tomorrow to send a servant two hun
dred miles, and why? because my attorney in fac,
as "el as counsel at law, resides near Halifax
Courthouse Is miles beyond my own dwelling.
ana ABOUT Two hundred miles from Washington;
ahu so lar rom my possessing any of those fac-
lties which the gentleman describes I cannot pet
an answer to letter from Halifax Courthouse IN
DER three weeks, even if there be no MISCARRIAGE
OF the mail. Ever since have been in Congress-
gentlemen from Lexington, Kentucky, could ger
answers 10 their letters sooner than I could To
mlne shall then be told it is owing to the great
Seihonan Bog between Neabsco and ChappawaIu-
SICK but to pass tbat bog, the mail from Richmond
10 ms piace takes only day and night even
When the navigation prevents its being avoided by
,le steam boat--bu then, sir, when il comes from,
!Nchniond 10 my county, which is only one hun
urea miles 1t Is only ninety-fve miles from Pc
iersburg- cannot get an answer 10 letter some
umes under month: and il is only in conseouencc
OF cross post from here TO Fredericksburg tba,
! can get an answer in the time that do, lin.
s senoea 10 nave mentioned this TO The gen,emen
from heh'ucEy II we were only one-half as weI
Oh IN post otces and post roads as tina, auerpIops
country, we should make our bow and be tbanLfut
Such Is not The iaci- can send TO Sayannsh-
rom savannah 10 Boston, and get back an mn
swer sooner than sometimes can from lera -,
my own nome for any miscarriage adds we.l
" '.e oeiay. Inc Postmaster General don't
attribute any blame 10 him has very kindly nro-
missed ne 8 to rectify the procedures" and how,
ny i man twice week, which will enrbe me
men 10 gel an answer in one half the time in
len days on an .verage- and l shall then aimos,
consider myself as half freeman an the subject Of
posi- ohl'eS ana post roads shall feel almost mo.
altogether as II did not belong 10 one of III.
Negroe States,'' Now, sir, the only differoa..
| between the gentleman from Ohio and myself !.
tins and 1t is vial-that gentlemen and nys.sr
ciiAer fundamentally and totally. and did diffar
when we first took our seats in Congress-be 40 :,
Ge'eaa'e nom Inc territory N. w. of the River Ohio
as ameinber OF the other House from the Sat- -
/ sin
Porter OF the sedition law and black-cocl,.d. AZ
'Linis'ratlobi and was as jealous frank .,h
orenaa opponent Of the blacl-coclad e and ell;
ton law administration! We differ fundamcntsII,,
ana toaiiy-we never can agree about measures o
about men-I do not mean 10 dictate IN tLa 60,
man let It's agree 10 differ as gentlemen 80,
90, especially natives of the same State We ~
antipodes TO each other in politics. II. -.
knowledge, Just now, the ZENITH, end tber,
DIR; but unless. there is something false in n.
philosophy oil The schools, even in the course of
,i'he these WIZ change their places / shall NOT
mere enter into lecture on the procession of AZ
equInoXes, much less on the figure of The sor,h
DON Know whether IT is established by the ,poder
philosophers that it is hollow at the Souib ~
as well as at the North-but don't mean tn en.er
INTO That question, sir, because don't mean to on
'er mo me earth, as long as can keen above
ground. 1t is The height Of folly in us. a, il you,J
De In any other nation under the sun 10 acquire h.
conquest, whether by the conquissfio Of Boci,'
s'one' which he says means purchase or conouos+
oy Iorce OF arms territories lin order tina, ,bs
territories may govern instead of our po,.
ernng them this deem to be madness or folIv nor
wisdom my doctrines are not, / know a, IN
orthodox, and why? go on the principle that tLa
hrs duty OF nation isto itself; aye, and of mar
100. sir II old England was TO admit renresen,
lves, olac. or white, from her fifty millions ne
EilndooS, according 10 certain ratio in The CO..
mons House OF Parlisment-or even rom Sconona
-. LAM, ',eJ "ouId govern old England, ia
stead OF old England ruling them-s if as -
Engslnan, would never consent IN n. o''''- va
ed by Scotland or Ireland, a fortioyi I ,yn,,,da.
submit TO be ruled by Canada, by Ike E,s, -;
or by View boiland-Virginia acted yerv foo,;sLt,
when she followed this Ignis fatxus of enpa,,, Is
rights 10 her own unGoins say Ignis Gafnus To-
whenever it leads TO her advantage il mo, ILL.,;
to be The true guide. For is lot the snaIJs 60.
a. as. state, on footing with the largest Leres
" nat then, DO you 'eil me about a repreron,,tia
PEI capita in the Federal GoyernmtntS -
care pinch OF snuff whether your rerro,a,''?
be per capita, or whether your di.tri,Ia t;,'
every sheet OF paper in this quire consi,ts &C ~
cqtai NUMBER oi square inches or square lines W,
may make your districts thus equal in st, of;I
area OF IN populatioD--you may provide ri a. az
woman In the cheQuer a. be BROUGHT 10 ts
twins, that one of the children shall he ron,a.ss
mo ohetuer IS, TO preserve egUolify of r, o,ess.
"toh- LOT any uncertainty is fatal in to certain
scIences- miss Is az good as mile. + beseno-
"ohs ol applying geometry and arithmetic 10 Co
yernment Is The Government of La, do, =;
LdPuiaH- it Is Lilliputan- maihema,ie. 49,"
more relation to Government than cbeu,i.,rv W.
might as well undertake 10 construct Covo,v
ment upon chemical principles for the use Of ~
don pretend TO he more learned ON tho -
ject OF the PARTITION of this Territory ,ha. -
gentleman from Ohio but Congress ,lji ,es.s.,
the power oil carving five or three St1ies an, Sc
the lands on the other side Of the River Ohio as
reserve to Itseli The power, and, IN the act defi,
ing the boundaries Of Ohio, gave tt tbs, So
territories which ought to be part of the S,s,oe
Michigan mean beyond the Miami of the slo
don't mean to enter into squabblc, whether l.
- your land or my land; this is what mean. ii,
Congress. after having passed. this act which b.,
cession of the State of Virginia did what
said as long thirty thousand men shall ,eroo;..