Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-25

in the motc lat noticcd-countino every man WHO !,
MOI upon he instruction paper opposed To instruction
nus, Hdccd is making Incckery Of Instructions aud
insulting the people who undertake. exercise tat right
But why do not these disclaimers abou, the failure of
the Chesterfield Instructions tell all the truth VIII, do
they smother and conceal important facts 1t is knc,n
that after those who opposed to Mr. Lcghs course
had commenced obtaining the qualified voters of the
county TO sian Instructions, Mr. lcghs party imncdi-
aely took The alarm. They commenced their operations:
They circulated their counter instruction papers wild,
the greatest zeal and industry. To aid them abusive
handbils circulated in every OF the county
containing the grosSst misrepresentation They found
the people too enlightened, at lcas upon this OCCASION
suffer themselves To be thus dupcd and cntrapped into
the support of MIR. Leighs conduct The, Know Mr.
Leigh we'll The old planters would say. We have not
forgot that mans conduct in the last wasWe will have
nothing TO do with HIM, &c Thus their efforts get
up their instructions all in vain Their list they
have yet exhibited to the public. In on;arson
with the one for instructions, it is stated that the a.-
ter he instruction papcrs) there are three or four ncs
as many at least. But upon this point cannot speak
with precision, not having their list 1t is clear
however, that they are ashamed To exhibit it, being beat
en- so far, as To- the number of signcrs heard re-
spectacle gentleman say, that he obtained sioht of
one oil the counter-papers that there about
venty or eighty il; that out of that number there
were, he thought, about half who entitled
to vote The gentleman stating this fact is perfect
ly neutral, ana has signed neither of the papers
These Leigh men will admit, that they started their
counter papers after the others put in crcula
ton That they did all they could to get majority of
voters 10 sign to prevent instructions. They left unr
cd no ar-all means of persuasion uscd-the groc
and wlskey were made to fly around, to induce many
vi osc VINO mad signed the instruction take
their names off 1t would have been hard had they not
succeeded III some instances to effect their object
AND indeed they did A few thus influenced and inan.
aged have taken their names oif-and now they have
the efrontey TO boast of their through the news
papers They are perfectly welcome all the consola
uon they can derive from such But why do not
Leigh friends bring forward their list Let them exhibit
IT. Are they willing to abide by it Counting all on
their parchment good and bad, lons, infants aEsenices
tail; and what then will be the number on it Let them
plush and tell But they take good not to bring
forward Gladly would they do it, if it could bear the
light But nothey other means to defeat the
instructions They have the impotence also to abuse
the mode and call them instructions Having tr-
cd their hand nj 1t and iailed-havng ''cornered as
many OF The people as would permit themselves to be
cornered by such party-they now turn around and
abuse the friends of instructions account of the mode
&c DC. Pretty fellows Their cause is worthy of such
supporters, and they of their cause.
AS to having two the list that are dcad and fee
others who had removed out of the State as our writer
complains of it indeed hard to hold the individuals
who had charge of the instruction papers responsible
Tor any Of the voters dying and removing away after they
had signed The instructions Tco dying and fire rcmo-
wing from the State, out of G27 be sure is but a small
matter, and should not be made subject Of complaint
People must die according the decree of fate and
G.lers ,eM remove whom they please even after they
nave signed instruction papers, 1t is hard therefore
TO tax those who carry around the instruction papers
with such contingencies Ifsuch responsibility devoved
upon their shoulders instructions would indeed be sure
to tdd and the people remcdilcss as the LAWYERS i'm
the premises But, to be serious what stuff do we find
published through the columns Of the papers To what
absurdtcs the advocates of bad will not commit
and expose themselves in endcavorng carry out their
views Not is not the abuse of the Prcss-the yugar
cusons OF correspondents, that ghten the people
from the exercise OF their rights and nstructing their
public servants They inundated by such
foul means They will take that their Representa-
tyes shall not supersede their will for their own but
must respect and obey their Instructions
will not, Mcssrs. Editors, disgust you by noticing
any further such nissatements and fsehoods
ing the Chesterfield instructions, the public has been
daily nauseaed with for bnck but will dismiss
the subject A CHESTERFIELD VOTER