Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-27

peach tho character Of the Legislature Of PsnnsyIva-
MIA, tho Inquirer OF Philadelphia bad suggested that
The article 10 question obtained "odmission into the
Globe through one Of those tnddrcr. eRcies TO tchich all
Editors are liable" To this az iicle Of the | qri,e r w,
Immediately responded, declaring the &c, 10 be a
stated in 'hst paP:r, and u at the scrsp complained OF
never tcOufd haze been inserted " zee had read IL
But anterior to this, on the frs, sug geslion ,ha, such az
impu' alton on the members OF the l. ri la TIRE was de.
doeed from the ar iele sranst II, d to he G OBJ rom
he Patri I, aud before we kew In VII nun b r o
lock Tor IL, we had fSaokly avow, Il our dis,ep,. ard re-
lyiog only uYon go much OF III I'll u,ivc ar,icI, as ep.
peared Ia the Philadelphia Ser, !, pton,utiy DECLARED
that { zoe united ,oiM The Sentinel in can ie,pning IL "
We went luther, aud snde TO show ,ha, prJha-
bly, the Eltor OF The P,ttiot, with waom tie chsrs-
Originated, never intended II 10 be app led 10 Ia. mem
bets OF the L-sila'Ure, but meant 10 co.ine n 10 IN,
Bank, and the species Of influence i, at,emp,si 10 .x.
et by Bringing the press to b ar upon The L.siIa-
lures oil the different States. 81 de.i,ous were we 10
vindicsts the character OF tn, Legislature, tia; we No,
only condemned" III. article because Z, night be
"interp' eted 10 mean that bribery had reached mem
oe's Of the Legislature" but We sought to place hem
above Suspicion, by showing that he au.hor OF The
article hiGhseii nigh! have had 10 aliusiun to the l. ,is-
ia'ure, or any member Of il, a, being acted on corrupt
~ by the Bank; and ,ha; on the contrary, lie had d.
rec'ed Ills view TO the well kuown commerce which
the Bank has recently carried On with certain conduc.
tors OF the press.
"Bu, ii was not our intention 10 viodicate the ar,icl.
oil the Patriot. We saw in the teams Of the extract
copied into the Seutmel, (.h .teyer might be he in,en.
'ion,) that they might To coniidered is involving a
chatge against the members OF the Legislature aud
without a moments hesi,etiop, We not only marked the
paragraph with condemnation because il wa, Liable 10
such Interpretation, but endeavored to show, with a Jus,
sense Of what was due to the dignity of The Legisla.
ture oil Pennsylvania, tha, so far from being Justly
'u'Jsct TO imputd ion, we believed il bad never been
'he intention OF any Que to iarnish il, even by unft uBd.
ed accusation.
The members OF The LIE gis!aIurs who have thoneh,
hl TO make the GlJbe resp N, IDLE Tor The article OF the
Patriot, were spp:izsd OF the sentiments we have here
expressed, before they male their publication. WIS il
lust 'hen, TO attempt to txeite prejudice against tn
Globe, 'ds the official organ Upon the ground that il
had coun,ehanced an accus alton again I the Legislature,
which its Editor had no, only dissvowed on his own
part, but had publicly repelled even in the shape Of
Interpretation upon the remark Of another print?
FRENCH NEGOTIATIONS.
The N. Inteligencer presumcs that what ha. lately
been reported in this paper, about the opinions expressed
by the French Commissioners of the conformity of the
Berlin and Milan DEGREES with the Laws of Nations
was ''derived from private letters from our Minister 10
France, Mr.. Rives."-If the Intelligence means to saw
that these letters were addressed TO any one in Virgicia,
l IS mistaken. We presume that it is also mistaken in
attributing the information 10 Mr.. Rives at all.-Nor
was II derived to us from Washington The Report
came in a private letter from a gentleman in a northern
town to his Correspondent in this City.-we have heard
nothing since TO contradict or to confirm the Report.
THE REVIEW. last Georgia Journal denies
that the Reuie,o it recently published of the Calhoun
Correspondence, ever received the sanction of Mr.
Crawford."-lt states, ''that Mr.. Crawford did not see il
uIll III was puDlSneu IN the journal, and that we have
reason to believe the author is still unknown to him.
We have already seen it minated by the Milledgeville
Recorder, that Judge Clayton is the Author of the Re-
view, and that Mr.. Crawford is preparing his own Re-
ply to MIR. Calhoun's Correspondence.
The New-Orleans Argus of the 9th inst. states. that
a letter had been received from Mr.. Livingston, by one
of his relations announcing his appointment as Socreta-
ry OF State.-The Argus adds, that 1" the Governor will
have to supply his vacancy, lin the Senate of the u.
81 until the meeting of the Legislature 1T desig-
mates George A. Waggaman, "as a proper person 10
I'LL that high and responsible place."-In another No.
Of the same paper, a Correspondent dominates Judge
Alex. Porter.-But Judge Porter publishes a Card in a
subsequent paper, authorizing il 10 be stated, that +" |
am not, nor will L be, a candidate 10 fill the vacancy
c.-The "Bee" dominates Mr.. James Brown, the late
Minister 10 FraLcc.
TO THE EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER.
l never have forgotten the pleasure which 1 derived
from reading the eloquent speech made by Mr.. Living
s,on' then a representative from New-York, 10 opro,i.
'ion 10 the Alien Law, passed by Congress during the
ADMINISTRATION oil Mr. j. Adams. Ii furnishes satisiAc o.
ry evidence, that be was indeed a Republican OF '98
ana that he thoroughly Understood the principles OF our
Federal Compact.
l have no doubt, tha. this speech has been preserv.
ed by a great number Of the Republicans Of The U. s
ly followed by Mr.. Madison, in bis Report of 1899
that the principles coniended for, will be preserved for
ages; yet ! am sati'hss that, at this time, tt would be
highly gratifying to very many Of those who read vour
paper, to see it copied into your columns.
May L ak that you will insert il siior,ly-so soon al
least as you may have room for ? In that re.pec,, 1
PfeFuhie you bbNe w ulIlculty, as you have Ito
ished the publication of the Debates OF the last Legis.
laUre.-I anu, &:. --
MAY 14h
UWe viii cheerfuIly comply with The wishes Of
our Correspondent, as soon as we obia a Copy OF Nj
LIS Speech We should be obliged to aay of our Sub.
scribers, who will be so good as 10 favor us with one
EDITORS.
l. S. Bank Sixteen of the members of the Penn
sylvania Legislature, have signed their names TO a CON.
s1unica'ion published in the American Sentinel of Ss-
turdsy morning, resenting with some warmth the
charge published In the New Hampshire Pa,rioa. and
copied into The Washington Globe, accusing the U. s
Bsnk OF having used b. i6eTy to procure the passage of
the RESOLUTIONS in its favor, adopted by that lei islaIure.
The charge appears to have been unsusiained Nv The
slightest evidence, and has been promptly disayowed
by the Globe, into whose columns il was inadverlen,Iy
admitted. The Patriot should perform The same act OF
duty. such grave charges should never be made with
out the fullest testimony to support them, because, be-
slnes the moral guilt OF eliminating the innocent,
they bring the press, and bank wLich, whatever may be
lis faults, is entitled 10 justice, aud, what is perbaps
worse, the character and purity Of representative in
siItuiions, into discredii and suspicion. One paper bas
made PREPARATION; it remains for the original authority of
the imputaiion, TO take the earliest occasion OF explsin-
'ns OF fsfaeung Inc charge bal Rep.
FREDERICKSBURG, May oath, 1881.
Ata respectable meeting OF The citizens oil Frederick
burg and its vicinity, held al the Town Hall, in pur.
snance OF a previous notice, on Saturday evening.
May 2lh, IS31-THoMAs GooDwIN, Eq. Mavor
OF The Corporation, was called to tho Chair, and
GEORGE Cox appointed Secretary OF the Meeting.
and the inllOytnn raauhI. .l 2