Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-13

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RICHMOND, THRUSDaY, JdM 49,
MR.. LEIGHS SEaT.
The question 10 decided, and Mr. Leis h retains hi.
seat-it has done one service TO the Hou.e-It has
been the of calling forth from he Orator on. oi
MS most brilliant and eloau. MT
-Ihe reader will Judge for himself Of The merits OF
rom the debates which we shall lay before
mLlsorry a. we are that we cannot present the
speech OF Mr. l.. as II delivered in all us be
ueo-The question itsslf had not been considered
nsray-'hough 1t was supposed that thoueh the uni.
form ussge in the csse the iaeis OF the
the county OF Henri.o being in the CITY of Rjcbmond
0, OF the county living in the City, Of her
'herh serving processes here OF citizens of the CITY
repeatedly representing the county (bo Of the A.
the Tact ses ion OF tho Legislature being of bi, Civ
Of eiz n: OF the borough OF Norfolk presenting The
county, OF citizens OF Williamsburg Representing the
two counties which embrace the town-had det,rmin
cd the residence and eligibility OF the citzsns of the
City, who are also frsehpider. In the countv Tn.
~hoe argument ha', however, now been gone into
both the fe's AMI the law Of the case-and the House
OF delegates has soemniy pronounced that Mr. Leigh
Is eligible to the seat.
But there Is another feature In this ransac,;on ,h,
we csnot consent TO pass IL is the character of
me vote which has been given this interesting &C.
casion. We do not speak Of the result " bcb r;y..
pleasure 10 every who wishes to see Mr. I.iyb',
talents and OK erence called forth du tki. momen
eus session-But we speak Of the ayes aud noes-A
n ia
yer have been given-GeDuemen from the West who
may not generally agree with Mr.. Leigh have vote In
ms oeha-whie soms OF his warmest frienes in III >
Lowiands have voted against bim-some Of he Ia, on,
Of them snsrgstcaly d:cared) voted against him ,vbs
hey would chserully, II they could have rive n nm
ne,r ow seat TO him Both sides viewed the que.tsn
naked constitution nlone-As such they considered
"-and as such they have msnfuly decidedit
THE !dRIFF-$ POLITICS for FsRAhERS,,
W" Mr.. Hesek,dh Niles excuse us for the liberties
we nave taken. We were not aware how very sensi-
n no 0teh IT'D
the enusions OF his resentment 10 his paper of The Ia,
instant. lie had Indeed id himself comp,otelv oman
70 ana " we had possessed the pencil OF VIII.
I've, we could have made ry comic picture of it.
put We let him OIL very gently; and really we think
he ought to be indebted to for our forbe Sranc,
We ASSURE Mr.. that there was not atom of ma
ice IN all our pieasantry We had been rather ams.
ed by his egregious vanity and bobas,c pr,t.n lon.
we were sorry to see journal which as so cana.
oe o, oeing valuable Register of official document.
ana tue iaoours oil oher minds made 20 RI
dlcuious by tho egotism and gsruiity of is EJitor
we mad laughed at his freedoms Char-at the vsri-
Gus oozings on, Of his vany-but the sketch which b
gave the public Of his family and &c and If III
he Hezekiahs OF all the Nileses 80 unlike "alI m.
blood OF all the Howard-," so irresi.tibiy comic
hat we could no. forbear to give him a gentle bit upop
the occasion.-The dose, however bitter il seems 4,
have been, may yet prove saiuary. The patient in
Heed is ncurable; bu, if t. should abate the sympoms
OF h' disorder we shaIl feel compensated for The s
pains We have taken 10 administering IN, ioks H. =.
hng IL cer'ain-iba the public will not be again an
moved with the pedigree 'f the Hezekiahs.
nj Iei
MN a'one-why we could not "sufer (him) 10 prr M
(hi-) humble labours undisturbed-why we could No,
nave permitted (him) TO paddle (hi) little bark sin min
own way? He hints tina, we have begun the wa,
and represents himself poor humble and mi
man. We are sorry that he cannot take lest and 60.
advise him alter this never give He insists I'D.
on II that IL is bis 'rule Of conduct TO act
We might remind him indeed of the many I'm, bi,s
"hich he has dealt out TO us--of his ''good humorad
ausons, TO our "momentous crisises'-of his calling
Us the osfensfbfe Author # tn East Room Letter Ana
ad this gentleman act Upon the defensive VIII IN In hi,
famous Politics Tor Farmers he paid the folioning
mana ,,,. ONE compliment to the s uthern States?
ut no. worth while to mnce tho As ". stand b..
S. Middle We sn sas r.. [pd increase Of citizen.
1n 70 the ta that is though unknown to The
psny proes@ed n. Soovs oj the thing
politicians of South Carolina have placed themselves Let
let ho upon the which these p o., sS
@ cause to hold political rO"-'rsther rule in he'll than
II we, or if any Editor In the South hai aimed &C..
o'o" instead Of naughty jest at this man. for u.s.
ng such false and ilibersl language towards the po
ticiaRs OF the South the retaliation would have bssn
just, because II would have been amply provsted He
Pusevery one upon hedfensve who choose 10 eonsid-
MIN worthy oil his chssiseme for il remarks were
strongly offensive. and his "afaek rude" beyond nsa
sure We Assure him, however that we did no, vv,i,s
IN the spirit Of retaliation. When we attack TbaI
Is not our GU tom to laugh at it-"Ws call shade
spade, al once.-But VIII we see a yerv vain ,n.o
make himself very ridics,us, IL is then we are di.ro
should ride his hobby in the face Of the public he he
comes then fair game TO every body. Every on. he.
right to jest at bis "fdsfe-snd has the aufheyil,, 10
pronounce upon IT," This is the Common La,g nooo
me subject; and We arc really sorry to see Mr. Miles
20 seriously provoked by so harmless lost Thai tb
MT has taken; that The very few touches we have
nave made him feel The ridieuIousbess of m.
SITUATION IN which he has placed bmsef is too evident
IRON the serious Remuneration il has provoked.
heavens! what cataract of wrath has he poured
isrtb upon our devoted head XanGpps's ssIntstion
upon lhe head o. S1crates was nothing 10 IT, His i'm
sginauon has eoDjured up every specie, Of epi bet
however tIcobRrnous In Themselves Hs compares M
70 T" grey hound in the sIips"-'oa Cormorsnl-to An
O.tich' .wsllowing " rusty nails, though abstract
ed trim the collins Of the desdi" (Tbis Of courss
TO his usual BEAUTIFUL style OF composition y He cba,
ges VS. with preparing for publication IL MT toytin1
the Essay OF " Practical MaD"-and with "lu,ti1SS
prs,sng It" distinguished favor, (quo Mr.. N
that ne (Mr R) has often-taes been suspected Of
lending % ,he productions OF his own prol6c ren'-A
favor, which we humbly assure Mr. Niles zee have
never once extended 10 our own ductons--He
sshArge' US with iEdulgng arrogance without
oounds, and az the same Tins subseryience thai
would Disgrace the ave Of an stern Despot-- And
'hls "hele torrent Of recruitment is poured jo,th be-
csu'e we rave cut har Mess joke upon the pedgfes
o. The Hezekisbs! II is true, We have laughed al
mr' Nhsss vanity, and his oism, and his genesogy
aoJ bs Freedoms Cbsir-We certainly Head eujIy |
. this very grave seeusaliop. But II we al i6duIs.