Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-04-19
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Ut The foreign news is very late and very inter
esting. great battle was fought the 18th Feb |
tn sight of Warsaw, between the Russians and Poles,
with, 1t seems, doubtful success. The Poles, hand
fu, compared with their assailants, seem to have
fought with desperation and have nobly disappointed
the general orebodng that they would be crushed at
The first onset Great national exigences make great
men, and the crisis in Poland seems already to have
formed, rather developed, the capacity of leader
At to head the nation. the person of the young gen.
eral now in command Of the Polish armies.
In England, the extent of Parliamentary Reform
proposed by the ministry shows the concessions that
Aristocracy is compelled to make to preserve life. 1t
is but the entering wedge. Change will follow change.
until privilege and prerogatve, laid up among 9TH
fcudal relics, in the Tower.
In France, another partial change of ministry dis
plays the instability of public AFFAIRS Austria having
marched to put down the insurgents in her Italian
States, there be doubt that France will protect
them according to her declared principle of non in
tervention. and that has commenced between
those powers.
Tho Revolutionary Spirit diffusing in Spain and
Italy.
UOn Saturday the Judiciary Bill was reported to
the House, with an amendment respecting contempts
of Court (nearly the congressional provision insert
cd by the Senate, expunged. The House reinstated
The amendment and passed the bill. There is no
doubt of it's passing the Senate. Tho revenue bill
was also passed, and bills put their passage, FIRST
fixing the salaries of the Circuit Court Judges, and
second, arranging the terms Of the County Courts,
in order to conform them to the terms of the Circuit
Courts. These matters of course, in the settle
ment of which, there is not much Pretext for a
Speech that the election of the Judges the only
serious affair remaining to be adjusted. This done,
the General Assembly will return to the bosom of
the coDsttuency-an event, We presume, not less
desirable to them, than to the people. Man. woman
and child, are wearied with hearing the perpetual
question, when will the Legislature ADJOURN and a
few more such sessions only wanting, to satisfy
the People of Virginia, that In two years is
often enough for the Legislature to assemble.
6T It will be observed in the history of the days
proceedings, that on Saturday, the General Assembly
entered upon the execution Of the last duty it has 10
PERFORM the election namely, of twenty Circuit and
Chancery Judges. A very animated and even violent
struggle, occurred in the first, Norfolk District,
which eventuated in the election of Gen. Robert B.
Taylor, by majority of one vote. FoR number of
years, Richard e. Parker, esq., has been the Judge of
the District, but having within few years. virtually
changed his residence to Frederick, desiring to be
signed to that circuit, and being desired by it, the
friends of Gen. Taylor determined to bring him for
ward as uniting superior qualifications, and an i'm
portant acquisition to the Judiciary at time when
and untried system i, to be put into operation,
and which demands from its friends and patriotic OPP
ponents, the means of fair trial There is man
IN Virginia, who is ignorant of Gen. Tayors emnence
as Surist-there is no candid man who will deny his
superiority to Judge Parker-those who opposed him
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his patriotism, his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gentle
to the last-all will acknowledge that the cris-
is demands that Virginia should put forward her best
and abest citixens-yet in the teeth of these facts,
concessions, confessions and admissions, Gen. Taylor
was opposed with all the yehemence and scrimony,
compatible with personal respect, and totally incom.
patib!e with the acknowledgements themselves! His
obnoxovsneSs to the District particularly insisted
upon. Obnoxious for what! For his talentsl For his
gsllAntry? For his patriotism! For his magnaninity!
Is this the way the gentlemen from Isle of Wight and
Sussex, compliment their constituents THEI conce-
ded these qualities to General Taylor-do they
to say their constituents have an antipathy to
union of talent, integrity, chivary and patriotism
The truth is presume, that Judge Parker was &C.
cepable the district and these gentlemen from the
conteDtment of the District with HIM. have rather vi
olently, assumed that If #iA be disconnected with
Gen. Taylor. In inferring the contrary-in express
ing the belief that paying just regard to all the cir
cumstances, the district will be we'll satisfied with
Gen. Taylor, consider ourselves as paying much
higher tribute to its intelligence and patriotism, than
they who have ascrbed to its citizens untipathy to
knowledged private and professional worth and emf
-nsnee But whether this conjecture prove true or
false, Gen. Taylor has been chosen by those upon
whom the constitution devolved the power, and We
ho ell he
Tout of accepting the post assigned him by the repre-
'sentatives of the people of Virginia.
An incident Of interest occurred after the voting,
TO which have not alluded in the regular proceed
tngs In the House, the vote was, for Taylor 66-or
Parker 81. 1t Immediately known that in the Sem
ate the "a for Parker and eight for Taylor.
This gave Parkera majority Of Just as the Chair
announced the result of the vote in the House. Mr.
nnn, who had been accidentally absent, in and
asked to have his vote recorded. Messrs Crump and
Atkinson warmly opposed it, the Chair had announ