Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-04-01
VIM. DABNEY, Secretary.
COMMUNICATED.

COMMUNICATED.
have just seen, in last fridays EnquircI sta enen
by the minority OF the Committee appointed at our meet
ing the 10Th inst. or the statement itself have no
thing say but that the 10 Claims not be
vouched for, by any one OF the very respectable gentle
men, who signed il. That number made out by
seapponted teller against whose heart. certainly
man can say word. Towards o'ciock in the even.
ing public days he is Muie zee double even
when the fumes OF party ze" do moi particularly excite
hm; so mat he may win ease, very inn"eenlly have
made ITO out oil hall that number less--especally
with the help of neu,rals, strangers boys, and monde
scripts, who all stood in the direction of his count. en-
Iirey acqnit him OF intentional nisre NATION The
glad minority caught at his statement, and would submit TO
no other enunciation.
The anonymous unit of the meeting, sulioined Il,
the statement OF The minority contains Inaccuracies
The Speaker, who opened the proceedings, studously
confined himself to naked specification of the e.,es
uons intended to be discussed, that las he then saJ
man could have known from it, tohch side he me ant
To spouse lie simply stated The points asitaonno-
minated The Chairman and Secretary, and quilted The stand
Instead OF the Chairman being suffered forthwith ap.
point committee, DR.. J. NJ. Morris arose. and diIaed
the law lessne.s OF the removal of the Drpostes &c
warning the people (properly enough) against being
huenccd by devo ion Gen. Jackso mot so proper
ly) declaring the question 10 be, Whether Gen should
do tchat he pleased The io,os and Constitution, should
rule? Then the first Speaker replied and said that ss
what he considered false issue had been ned lie
would give his understanding The issue viz Whe-
her the country should be ruled by its Constitution and
laws, through President and officers Of its ow
choice or by 20 irresponsible Bank Directors. Thus the
commencement OF sidedneSs certainly came from the
opposition party, OF the by ISLANDERS will testify
DIR. MS endeavor "to unask the sHafdsf,n attempted
10 be played on the people, might far properly be
termed 4ratdgem TO lead oil their minds the true
question before temie sratageB which has beeE for
four months successfully played off by the Bank men
and their misguided anti Bank ale, who denounce the
removal Of The depo'i'es And THEY cry strata.
gem and Jdise issue! Even So when a pocket is picked
and the hue and is raised does he who picked ba
the foremost aud loudest, "Stop thig, stop THEIR
In the discussion which ensued on the report of the
committee Mr. Minor did attempt TO shew that a re stora-
lion OF The Depoes and The renewal Of The Bank charter
were connected; and is hard TO how any rational
man inthf .act,iaf (,.
this part OF the communicate reviewing IT, that il
passes over too lightly, the part taken by DR. Mills
The debate lie spoke wi II coecietncss not TO have
been expected om his modest ditdeDce but it'll good
sense and nodera ion perfectly characteristic of him.
The Chairman put the question as ii ought have been
put heard 10 such OBJ ction TO voting & upon the
substitute as, that it would 4" give the Opposition the
START the true, The prevailing, and The just OF lection
that mode was the difficulty OF dividing and counting
fUce There were two competing sets resolutions be-
tween which, the people were TO choose. IL urged
that they could siguy their choice clearly by the
Chairmans holding up both at once and requc sting those
IN favour OF The resolutions reported by the committee
e he ill., M did haa co. 9 tie result e. I how Idle would
have been the effort TO take two distinct votes Even the
one which taken could he pc cced from the un
ruliness OF the minority from their impotence Of inn
partial aud authorised court. do not know where your
correspondent gets his estimate Of the majority SO to
than 200" The teHers oppoinied by The Chair de.
beraely counted hen aud reported aloud TO the Chair
again, 225.
One word as to the Chairman.-He is no tohols hog
Jackson man. lie has shewn himself able 10 dscrimi-
nate between the ceDsurabe aud the good OF Pre
dent Jackson. We hardly had among decided
adversary the Proclamation aud the Force Act. Aud
tie oil OF Jacksenism" venture TO say) will never
blind him TO any Of JacksoD's real nisdeeds.
"The friends oil the Constitution and the law are in
high sps!" quoth your correspondent Verify are they
but 1t is at the Strengthening aud multiplying .jgns
throughout Virginia, that the reign Of panic, deuO aud
the Bank, is drawing close. Petersburg Portsmouth,
Shenandoah, Rockingham, Louisa, John Randoph's Dis.
tic and the whole Commonwealth erect; aud about
TO slne will, the voices OF fee aud intelligent woman.
ry the insane and naddening outcry which has been
long echoing through the cities. Ye'l the fcnds oil the
Constitution and tie law" may well be IN high spi,its
Louisa, March %. ONE OF THEM.