Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-11-16

10y untii some time after dark IN ey,p,;,;, ,a.,
d,scjs;,n' .J AlnSworth himself was eXamined he
cod :u uhy knowledge OF the deceased, but eviu.
w. CONSIDERABLE emotion during his examination"
u Inc foreign news viii be found dav or two
.a'ef' The only article of interest the rejection nv
'ahce OF the overture from the Netherlands, of
union oil the two Kingdoms. An independent Repub
lie IN Belgium, will be the consequence.
u We did not observe the following article from,
'ne Enquirer, until we it repuhlished in the AL
bany Argus
From the Richmond Epouirsr
ihe National Int liuencer announced Nyr ra;o,.
H. ~ wy that was catcutoted and intended Tor
sly pohtlcai effect 1t said that the talen;ed Pm
,aihii =" ATKINS Leigh of Richmond is electe, for
i1ehr'co county, over w & Mostly Ia JacksoninnY
~ n'aJofi.y OF 10 votes"-and ii inmedia,eiv add
Gu ron aother paper, that THE result was received
WIN enthusiasm. 1t was so; but it was NOT becous
hir Leigh had gained the victory over a .Jacksoni
an Il lie Shenandoah Sentinel is right is SAVING
a t.ie presidential question had hing to 90 WI Ii
Tue maIer. But the sly insinuation of the ln,e.
gencer has mad It's effect abroud-t has been cnurh,
up py the opposition prints and held forth as one of
'ne Signs OF the reaction III Virginia. (Re-ac,ion
-aho IL becomes necessary to state that The nres
uehtial question had agency in the n,n,,er-,nd
mai Mr. Leigh not elected upon any such
grounds. Some OF the most decided Jacs,on men IN
.ne county voted tor hlnl-The Albany Argus says
truly that 1.-THE election contested in refer
ence al all to general polics-and that Mr. Lei,Ib
was supported by many Of the warmesi friends of
T Te' jackson Inc truth is (says the Argus,) Mr.
i1sg Is gentleman OF first rate talents santnr IN
the front rank o. his profession and well known and
mighty esteemed throughout Virginia II is scarcely
10 be expected, whenever Mr. l.. consents 10 he
eai'u.uate mat he viii not command majority of
'"e sun a9es. correspondent az the Providence
american Journal adds the .Budset of Blunders"
on this sublect-lt says that the letters of Apernon
aS So,, Written many years ago by cir. Leigh,
nave recently been re- published. enlarged and cor
rectec by MIR. Leigh himself" They have been re.
Gently re published--but not by the author. nor en-
""Se@ o. iiui-aad some of he erra,a of the news
paper copy corrected. lie Lccred bavinr f,,rthc-
agency IN the business"
Elere is full as much sly" and disnrenuous in
sinuaton, IN this statement of the Enquirer. as in
that of the National Inellieencer to which if ref
IL Is Slyty nsnuated and openly affirmed that
jacksonism had nothing whatsoever to do with the
Henrco election, and that Mr.. Leighs ant-Jackson
ism (reatirned repeated throughout the canvass
whenever / became necessary o express an epinion
influenced no mans against him. Whoever
says So is either egreg.ousy ignorant or statneesaly
uncandId. One of the candidates, and the one who
ran closest to Mr Leigh AIr. Mosby) eIectioneered
openly on that ground. Certain active friends Of his
IN this city, eectioneered openly and warmly on th
same ground Mr. Leigh lost u,aau votes ne be
himself knows, on that ground If the election did
not turn altogether upon that ground if WINS becausa
TIE Jackson candidate and hs friends who tool, :.
and urged it from the beginning TO the end could na
make 1t turn on it-because the people had more
sense than to suffer it to turn on that ground n,
man VIII have the hardhood to deny this statement
or the other that MIR. Leigh lost MANY votes from,
political bgots and that he was elected in desni,e of
the bgotry of Jacksousn TO say therefore .,,bo,
the Presidential Question had TO arencvn in he
election, is to say what is not founded in truth.
On the other hand, we candidlv aGui, ,bo, nam,
Jackson men voted for Mr Leigh who were not ca
tanatica as to vote against him because he refused
to bow to the idol and farther that if Jackson men
had not voted for him, he would not have been eac
ted This is admitting what we suppose will SATISFY
tie Republican Party
There is al 'nsnuation" at the close of the En-
qurer article, which will match any OF Messrs. Gales
and Seatons sfyness. 1t is that Mr Leigh declined
having further agency in TIE business" than to cor
rect the errors of The newspaper copy of Algeroon
Sidney This we believe is literally true; and vet it
was not the communication of Tint fact which d,c,a
ted the remark 1t was 20 leave the impression, that
Mr. Leigh REQUIRED to the letters of Alrernon sid
ney, with kind of regret; that his sentiments had
undergone change, and that therefore, he was I'M
willing to have any agency in producing new edi
ton of them We know.thc tactics of the Enquirer
too well to be mistaken III this opinion more
direct animation might have called out Algernon
Sidney whose opinions in relation the transactions
anlmadver,cd upon in his letters, AMI the individual
who had principal agency in them, we assert to be
unchanged IN every particular fact not better
known to US, than TO the Editor of the Enquirer
CoMMUSIcATED.
AMERICAN CLAIMS ON FRANCE.
Since The origin of our claims on France their IL
qmdation mas not appeared 50 probable as since the