Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-20
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
40 the People Of .NouO'oay Lunenburg, Charloiie and
Prince EdIc0rd

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To the People Of Noto,oay, LunenJarr CAurIode and
Prince Ed,card.
IL IS really time, that the people of the Senatorial dis
trlct composed of these counties should wake up and
boldly demund their rights the hand of their Senator
Let us examine the equivocnl and shutting which
nc is pursuing in relation to the exercise the Right of
instruction on the part of the people of his district
Last Spring, Immediately preceding the Elections he
engaged in making panic sDeeches In his consiitn
entsat Court-house at least-telne the people that
they would get little nothing for their tobacco i'm CON
sequence of the removal of the Deposites-and crcat
many things from the coinage of the panic mint at
Washington City.
In the month of September, the people of Prince Ed
ward called meetings and organized plan for instruct.
ing Their Representative from the county and the Sena-
tor of the district He Immediately began 90 insult tbo
who voted for the preamble and resolutions at their pub
nc meetng-charging them, in his public address, at
October Court with all sorts of unfair tricks and with
making false charges, and with SANDER in their pream-
Dcahough 1T made not the least allusion him. paT-
cuary, nor indeed at all, unless he Justly chargc-
able with what attributed the party to which he
has zealousy attached himself Whom The Co.
mlttee of Correspondence notified him to attend M te
Clerk Office, examine and compare the names attach
ed 10 the Letters OF instruction. he did think proper
10 attend himself, but appointed the Clerk the Com
missioner of the Revenue attend to the matter for
him; requesting the Clerk, TO make out list of the
whole strength of the county who accordingly did So
and estimated 1t at G6O and statcd that he considered
that the real number of the qualified voters of the onfv
Inc number OF those who had signed the Letters of In
strueton, after dcducng all whom his friends consider
ed bad and doubtful, found be 81 already hand.
ed in TO say nothing Of upwards of 30 attached 10 Let
ters which were not then handed in Finding that even
the 81 was majority Of upwards of OF the whole
strength of the county reported by the Clerk who had
az ms request acted his FRIEND he then directs the
Clerk to send him ist Of all the nonresident and-own
eTs which Inc could find the land book; which tho
Clerk estimated at IO6 Being informed by the commit
tee That there 30 not vet handed in he
saw, that even his nonresidents in danger of be-
ing ounumbered and accordingly he draws oil list of
all the 81 from the original Letters which ad
been furnished him. and forwarded il TO ono of the old
and knowing ShcrIfs, il he could not pick some
naws IN some OF the names which his two first agents
the clerk and the Commissioner had been unable to de-
tcct ~ w
Let him scrutinize if he chooses with eaoles' eyes
ana take on all be can find any way cxcepiiofiablc but
VINO would have thought that he would have attempted
to drag into bis calculation owners
VINO, Tor The most part may be either dead or living in
oter states; and attempt TO offset them against the free
men who hive IN his county upon their own pro.
Perty! lie is the who has ciam6red most ftrotislv
about what he Is pleased TO CALL the unrness Of getting
lnstrucons by circulating letters for signatures because
as he complains, may be found stupid az 20 au
Ter themselves 10 sign Instructions without understand
ing what they doing, under nisre made
the privilege Of counting every resident voter in the
county, however stupid, he would count FOG non resi-
dents, whether they choose 70 come or choose 20 be-
counted his side, If they should come: or whether
they live in the West South or live any where upou
the face Of c earth. Here Is fairness for Won he at
first insisted that the Spriag Elections were fair tcat
not ecoloctng suppose that the People had the roht
and the saoacity, too TO chanpe their oniuiops tu,
when they how very deIusive were ali his manic
predicuOns but, although he insisted upon the pen
pie OF Prince Edward, that their Spring Elections were
iair test, because they showed the enormous ma
Jorty Of votes for the Opposition candidate he in the
FIRST instance refused consider the Spru Feetiona in
Charlotte, any Test but driven suppose from this his
own ground IN the first instance he afterwards with most
astonishing sagacy found out The majority in Charlotte
m the Spring Election was only III because the Ad.
mnisration candidate. a plain old fashioned farmer
brought out by the People without his knowledge only
GOT ~ Voes more Than the two Anti candidates both put