Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-02-15

ShouIu some gentleman without any specfics-
non OF iae's' propose enquiry by rommittee
""e'het 'he hiei Magistrate the Judges h,c
v oeen guilty ofany offences, with instructions tc
The Committee, if it was disco cred ha, they had
offended, to report bill OF impeachment, would
the iouse IN such a resolution appoint q
COMMITTEE, with general warrant. 10 search ant
enquire whether these high Ulcers had been guilty
OF corruption, or other mpeachable fence and lc
report the proper measures to disgrace and punish
them?
And now, that the gentleman has proposed a
general inqasi,ion, whether the General Govern
ment hsd been guilty Of any, and what u>urpa.
lions and desp tism, with Instructions TO Iepor,
measures OF such serious import ar they mus,
10 arrest ne usnpatiOn, to stag the arm of
7 ''e'Pot.S", 10 s2iastate IN, overtIrotUii 5fgsgy
e''a "CeFt,eS = PVginia," measures, which
IN nv speech The gen'leman had said the honor
( @''G "fg"Hy ami morals IF pTrgInfa required
/ ~S 10 accept y. measures which he epr,sented
should induce them - to cease toconpIai,, and to
'eP"'e :" 9c'' we were old, that-it was unpar-
10 ask Inc information, which, in the
most ordinary case, would be required
! bal the gentleman had sad that the questions
s"ou'u nave been addresses 10 the COMMITTEE not
:" nun Gen l. nigh, indeed, A." call spirits from.
'He N"''y ueep' bu would they GOMEZ? Where
! ma COMMITTEE To whom The gentleman so
'red him nonentity; existing in iinagi
"d'4oh - coninse"c' in the bosom of the sneaker
ye unaPpointed, and he trusted never IN he an,
pointed This, indeed, was doing what the oen.
"eihSh had imputed 20 him yesterday beainning
al the conclusion. The information which IS
| 10 uei eimne Whether Corxmittee ought TO be
'PPo'Hted' we were grayeiy 'old, was TO be OBJ
tanned ON This Committee itself after !, 80,
pointed and had fully performed ill., Office.
HAVING thus acquitted himsesr of The !r.putation
% P"Iamtntary indecorum, and discharged to the
ias' cent all thu debt o; honor to the SeniIeo,a,
rom am IA, Gen. Taylor might, perhaps, in his
urn Complain, II he ia ught it advisable 10 do so
"e Nie"ber had been pleased o commend his gal
'tn' y ana 10 eXtoi linn as perfec, model OF
"iN"Iy' feio, (noi indeed such as had been 81
'""ohlngly pouiiIayed some days ago BY the vyor
NY heh'sr from Albemarie,) a Hero of L, entv
o@''!'s' nut Hero OF one peech. /, was in
Geeu' -oIne qualification that this speech to Gen
i1"''N e''s had OH ined the apprnbstion OF a gen
.ei"'"' 20 admirably qualified TO decide o its
IHelafy neris; one who preserves i'm Golden
CdShefS" SO many precious gems Of ,s.ie ~ i
'e"in'Hg out that was MOI precisely the kind Of
meat, IOT which Hero wished to be distir.,fst
cd (housh, to tell you the ruth, Mr.. Snea,;er.
nav only heard OF wary and when the ee.tle-
man nHu Transformed The HERO and Cavalier INTO
uemoins dancing school Miss, he owned ,ba,
the transformation s, as not entirely 20 hi. -
Al, indeed the Gentleman could confer ia. rose.,a
Gloom. and sparkling eyes. and inning grace and
ela.Hc siep, which often render danrine-schooi
Mss so 'sscnali-g and lovely, he would willing
> ''t =" ne He'atioT phosIs, < cheefiul!y sur.
render ms sword and his cork speech along viii
H. Bui tha; he feared tie magic &, and If even tho
Member from Amelia could not DO lie wa. not
uhconsc'ors, that, in this mixture of complirnsnt
and GALLERY, there quite as much of biter AZ
oil sweet. But il a rule with the French
"no were good judges in matters of cen pin. emf
ADD % the ladies, who were sin better ii,Isa. al
ways o understand in q favorable aud aoTse,bia
sense, Whatever ambg Ious lie chose. ,h.,e
ofe' 10 forget all that had been SAID Of lis Trans
ioTmSt on, and even Of his speech at York ard IN
hoid uAas' The older AMI better ti!e tie gentleman
h'd conferred en- BIN, oil CAY ser and Hero.
IN 'iis character, he must be SUPPOSED 70 kno,y
something about courage, aud 10 be anxious tina,
no blot OF tear should tain his escn,cLeoD: and
as the virtues OF The Member from Amelia had
never Deeh OF HE heroic orer, bui as he had him
sell said, were entirely civic, he would p,e-auls
10 oiIer some instruction TO The gentleman IN these
ll''e'S 4hefe was not so great ditfe ence be.
tweeh 'o9i'se ana c"ward:ce, as the gentleman
nom amelia imagined. The brave man as well rs
me coward had fears; and perhaps in the same
H'65ee Native sense and instinct inspire tLtm:
and what they sugges ed was generally useful.
Inc uIisIence consis ed not 50 much in the
ann uni OF their fears, in the time OF feeling
'hem. HE brave man felt them IN The beginning
when they inspired cautious deliber,tion. p,udent
adJus men,s OF means TO ends and consi,erate
eNaniins ION OF the ends themselves lie expcnded
All hi Tears il The beg ming; and when the mo-
mebI OF actioi Game, II found him sierled IT, nerve
and brseed ~ courage, for every extremity The
coward, on The contrary, reserved hi fears for the
onciusion-commence in b astful courage, saw
no dmrultle-' feared 10 dangers, but at The fir.
moment "i decisive action, his unexpended fe rs
rushed on him. and he shrunk from the ne,
j!sEoncred aud oyeT,hrogn -
Coward. ocA ou, where Heroes fear to i,esIp
This explanation, be hoped, would restore bis
chivslry TO tie co iience of the gentleman nj
Amelia notwithstanding he fears lie had exr,e.s
Ell at his measures and when that crisis .bsu ar
fiVe' which the gentleman is nov, a. fsr as lie can
preparing loT his country, and in which. perhap-.
ne W"'.I nov De expected 10 participate, Cen
dug "''
lie thought II no impllation on hi- chiva!rv n
rrhtraie hat when told by The embet f, n, 4
meia, That the General Government had been
guilty oi usurp,tionj' ." tha, the Committee was
10 PToF'de measures to stay their despo'isin. and
reinsiate The berries OF Ymgnis:" . Tba, he bopr
OF complaint and remOnstTsnce had passed by and
'"e moment arrived 10 acf;" and lien he heard
as we had few days ago, btyonets nj diyi.io1I
openly talked Of N ihe House biz fears q, ere er-
cited. And he believed, that those ,yho loved the
Uhon would hnia Justification for him in their
soiici. ude aud anxiety, lo that best security Of
public liberty and hippinoss
When, some days ago, proposition w,s be-
lore. as merely 10 submit TO the Consideration O.
The people, whether they would have a peaceful
change 80 some patis ri our State Constitution.
that gentleman lad exp essed the utmost terror
and even horror, al the thought OF altering. with
lneveremt hands, auJ one feature OF hat nstrnfrtn
I had SPOKEN Oh the plumber n properly. add tad
drawn irighfu picture Of adj the peaceful free
ldcrs forced and expelled from he polls Of sl..
ton By the non-ieel0Jers, with bs, ones In ,be,
hand. Now, however, The gentlemen was tan
| qn and laughed Of all alarns Wa because