Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-16
I'oR THE Vino.
4 NODDING. A NODDING, A

NODDlNG! A NODDING! A NODDING,
hiessrs; Edltors-For twenty years, have been an
occasional spectator ofthc deliberations Of our Gene
raj Assembly, and other public bodies in RicbrnorJ
and tue strict modesty and decorum tim, M Mi ,o
marked those bodies collectively and each inividaI
member, not only was my admiraiion but the tbor,n
ofeulogy and applause from every stranger IA
shon has come in with the Convention Witch IL
SEES itself to my feelings as dcnortnre from ~ &c
cenl modest dignity of the public manners Of Virgi
MA mean the trick of cer,an few off no rna,,hos
OF sig ying Their appreciation of what SD aker saw
by noddlng their heads. When Mr. RandoInh -
on his legs felt some Apprehension tbot @ -. wa, :" &c
VI MS ec'~ admirers all who did hear or shall benr
'hat extraordinary man, must be his p,ney,oI all;
IeisJ Would orlng on that very unnoyin1 cornpnint
crck Us that the way to spell it?) in tLo 1ocL III
head5 were IN perpetual motion, and rom;nJod ~ g
my iaVorite amusement when bow of COO a., -
What, MeSsrs Editors, is meant by this nav e. ~bio,,
IS IL an Involuntary manifestation of admiration and
delight IL cannot be that because il was obeoruJ
on Friday when Mr.. Stanard was DELIVERING HE ILL
Speech that certain Of these nodders not onlv nevc
nodded except when Mr.. Randolph nodded 6u, lilo,
thcy rewarded the speaker with precisely the same
number Of mods that gentleman noi,bccr on -,
nor one les Is it for tic condescenlinr n,rs oC
iettlngfle enlightened audience in the lobb and ,ol
MY SNOW when particularly good thing is sad,-
MS Is really too kind and condescendnp Ia IL TINT
the hodders admire Mr.. Randolph so much Tin, ,b,,
must needs copy bis defects as well MS hrs cycoo
cieS? am told, know not bow correctlv Thai h
IS tile st inventor of the fashion; but world rnrnd
Ihe HhItdlor5 Of the cutting sarcasm of Dean SviG
on somewhat simnr occasion Ia II thar tho nod
ul.I gch4enlon WISH to encourage the speaker, 10
pat MN on the back, and animate him 10 hi, bordcT
alu hardeT! Or is it to let Mr.. Randolph and all the
Worid know, how much they do admire that Gentle.
ieH II THIS last be their reason, i think this lal.r
VI n"u"ng the head might be dispensed yilh ma al,o
geiher t0oyk ofsupererogation
whatsoever be the motive, can saythat Tho bati,
l' consldercd by the lobby and gallery iD yerv had
assu Ino MOI very hattcring 10 them, who ar6 vain
enough 10 think themselves competent to knoyv ,yb -
good thing ID said, without having the infornation
nodded 10 them. True, Messrs Editors every man
heau Is his own, and he has right 10 nod II wien ami
Whefe he wiz but submit II TO YOU if l. ri
to Others and fit would not be rs well 70, The nod
deIs to reform the habit altogether" SWIFT.
Messrs Edho.s Daniel Branch the man vim y1s ~
oauiday ngn as ~ Richmond by John Abern died on the
morning OF the l3h at his residence IN Chestereld we
ieon that an inquest held on that day bicl ,.d hin
stabbed through The le lung with some sharr i,s,,,
moOg from Tie shape Of the wound and lis du,b IN he a
sword such as rs worn IN lie has oh on almost des
iuie family
Ayatam IN our rpor qfu Leigds Speech in our paper
~ lie m' ma In NE 8th paragraph, 4b column, instead
v, I'D pursuit Of Wild indescrbablc liberty and disguised
gg government the people have wTested the control Of
properly into their hands," lead regular government
Sugar cultivation, II seems by an article IN The Sa-
vannab Georgian, Is successfulIg pursued the up
NOS NJ GeorgI0 "Those gentlemen. II Is said, I'm
lsichm nd and tho adjoining counties, WHO planfed
20 cane, have prospects Of very good harvest, al
though tic scasons have not been favorable. Col
y Jono-. Of Milhaven, in Severn county, baa n
field 80 Fot from which he expects 10 mako
III q hhds 10 addition to which, we learn that Major
Tyiggs' Up which was made 10 or I2 miles tbs
sidsoss1ugus'as'iseguaiy large aHd prom.si1rs