Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-23
NORTH CARoLINA poIJTJcs

Extract IF Letter from Raieigh, December 10
81 have forborne for several weeks write YOU know
ing that you were sailing under full press of
and that your affairs must necessarily be more in
erestng than any thing which could be Communicated
from abroad-ln my last, you informed that Rcso-
utons of Instruction had been introduced into the low
or House ofour Legislature After edousIy protraced
dscussion and resort TO every weapon ordinarily usual
IN parliamentary warfare TO parry the question il at
length was fairly presented and the main resolution ha
OF nstructngl was on Friday last passed by vote of69
TO o. and ordered to he sent to the Senate for concur
renee. The resolutions taken up in the Senate on
Tuesday, and met there with the reception that
had been previously given them in the House of Com
mons No sooner had they been read than motion was
made TO lay them the table without day-Ths mo-
ton advocated and resisted with great warmth and
vote being taken, il lost So - This vote al
ords pretty correct test of the state of feeling i'm the
Senate The resolutions will pass that body by iao-
rIty OF or z votes, and thus will Mr.. Mangum be
instructed to vote for exPungng from the records of
the Senate MIR. Clays sentence upon Andrew Jackson
me moor OF inc Senate was yesterday occupied by Mr.
EdcdrdS oil warren, IN support of the resolutions. For
two hours, he entertained the Senate and a numerous
audience of both sexes with of the most
tive and eloquent speeches that delivered i'm the
Legislature Upon all points he strong but he was
peculiarly fccitous upon the T instruct He enter
ed largely into the question he took comprehensive
and phlosoPhc view of the principle in the abstract: he
Showed beyond all cav that it the very basis upon
winch was built up political fabrc and ifit were not
nurtured and preserved institutions inevitably
perish While dwelling this branch of the subject it
was impossible not to desire that his argument had been
addressed to those eoeryrhere who hating and hest
atng and not disposed to recognise fully in all their force
the obligation imposed by the application Of this i'm
portant principle Could his argument have been heard
and permitted to have the weight to which il was t-
maely entitled by those who are playing off such re-
markable scene before your eyes the spectacle which
Virginia exhibits, in the attempt now making reverse
her old established rules Of action would be- saved her
sell and the country, and she secured from tc taunna
mPuauon OF asserting principle to-day and abandon
ing Tomorrow in order to retain in place and power
the very man. who, of all others, contributed most to
the vndicaton of this principle and its unqualified adop-
ton by her own Statesmen and her people (See
MIR. Leighs Report) When Mr.. Edwards Ind con-
cluded his remarks, Gov. Branch who was evidently
resve during MIR. f. speech took the floor expressing
desire to reply; and il being late, MIR T.. himself thai
whom, there Is no man more respectful courteous
moved an adI0urlment-An adjournment was had and
to-day, Cen Branch proceeded in repl He has not vet
however, replied TO single argument yesterday adj.
ymecd Tie Governor seems to have reserved himself
Tor this occasion for full confessional He commenced
TINS morning with Gen Wasllingtons Administration. ab
uTOe oondhd and continued his nGrr0trc lie called IT, up
to the dissolution Of Cen Jackson Cabinet Of which he
was member lie went fully into the causes which he
conceived had agency in tie DISRUPTION Of the Cabin
lie venturcd the opinion that the cabinet would have
been dissolved twelve months before was had il not
been for the difficulty the managers, the "nahgn inlu-
cnce, found IN producing an alienation Of feeling be-
tween him and tie Prcsdent-(the old man. 10 use his
cxprcssiOn) lie stated that the President was
greatly attached 10 him. and that be loved the President
re said, though he was almost ashamed 10 own it, that
there still latent feeling Of affection for General
Jackson, abiding in his bosom;" that the "magn infu.
encc aware Of General Jackson attachment To- him
and nc believed IL long. cautiously and anxously
I employed in destroying hin in the Presidents con
hdcnce At length success crowned these wcll-plicd
efforts and the fatal step taken lie stated that he
summoned to appear before the President and To-
ceive the final annuncation Of his determination lie
found the sold pale and agilatcd instead Of that
openncss and freedom by which before he was uniformly
Characterized. he observed that that occasion the
President used the cautious and measured language
diplomacy. lie presented with the resionations Of
Mcssrs Von Buren, and Eaton, and informed that the
President had been convinced Of the necessity If re-.
modelling his Cabinet. Governor b. remarked 10 the
President" Sir neither you ! am skilled in the
language Of diplomacy-lct us converse as we have
heretofore done, freely and without reserve Upon
this, The president approached Governor y Gov Of