Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-06-22

ing the proceedings Of the day before us The In.
teihgencer says 1t was not on the motion of Mr.
thompson, to postpone The farther consideration of
The Bank Bill TIL He LIST .Honddu of December that
the ayes and noes were taken-giving ayes So noes
lll-that the question OH Mr.. Thompsons motion
was not taken AT all-but that the question upon
which the ayes and noes were tnken tcas on n mo-
ton to lag upon The table. Gentlemen who are more
conversant than we are with parliamentary forms
VIII understand the precise difference between the
two motions-but we humbly confess, that the DIFF
ference does not appear to us us very important
However, the N. lntelligencer does suboin an ex-
planaton, which we are happy to adopt-viz: tbot
the motion To lay the table "tcas voted apainst
by some one or two gentlemen who are opposed to
'he pi o 'c'shed TO meetH directly, rather than erade
q duect decision upon a." Agrced!-The Intellipen-
Ger is pleased TO say, that we are "cbasts;no oar
irichds me surposes) in mercy" While we DENY
tue chastIsement, we admit that we shall be happv
TO see tins explanation ultimately confirmed by the
vote ofall our friends We did state the explanation
as made by Mr.. Carson In assigning the reasons
gwen by Mr. Carson for his vote, we expressly stated
mat MANY OF the other members might have been
affected by these other considerations distinct
from The merits Of The Bill" But the two opposition
papers IN Washington have thought fit to state our
remarks without this reservation-Call YOU This
chastsing in mercy?
The Telegraph does not seem to relish the doinps
OF the Charlottesville Convention. They ought 10
have run q split ticket it seems-and thus tempted
the Clay party to rally for the Charlottesville Con-
ConipeHeu the ''partlSanS OF General
Jackson to adopt the Barbour ticket"-(that is to
lose the vote of Virginia. and send the Election to
the Senate y
The Telegraph "however wants to hear from MIR.
Barbour We hope (says honest Iago,) that he will
meet the crisis as he should but zoe are not ,citott
our Jedrs-"We confess that if all that is said of
nm be true, he has rather too much dcksonisn for
us but we entertain hope that he will meet the cr-
SIS as becomes his reputation and the interests of
the south; and if so, he will find us fighting by his
side, as long as single banner shall futter i'm the
breeze."-Unparalleled modesty Such are the in
ducements held out TO p. p. Barbour!-but he has
rather too much JacksoaiSm-("are you there Old
True Penny?' yet if he will abandon the great bo-
dy OF his Party, why Mr.. B. shall have the honor of
lighting side with side, with Duff Green, What
bathos does the very idea carry along with it. We
presume, that Mr. b. is very little ambitious of their
distinction.
the Creatures at ats dirty tcork again"-The Te.
legraph OF Tuesday devotcs only half column of abuse
to us very moderate portion by the byeD-and this half
column contains only eight egregios and shameless
misrepresentation. But il is his vocation He is now pr
Vieged TO abuse with impunity Yet who envies him the
privilege, when no one but the most iaundiced parzan
believes what he asserts?
The tone of the Georgia and Alabama papers leaves us
e doubt that those States will support the nomination
OF the Baltimore Convention