Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-04-08

party contests and squabbes Of the day to ,.ys he
uy aud preserve It's Constitution That certainly sounds
very patriotic and as am Of credulcns temper and am
ever disposed wihai to be civil, suppose must admit
na the Tact as the honorable Senator has stated and
@ ne Nuiies are In truth the select corps Of the poll
10 whose especial custody and safe keeping the
sacred banner Of the Constitution is committed and are
snVsener 100 pure to cherish any selfish views Of po
Cal ascendancy. But, had been endowed bv nature
with temper at all disposed TO scepeism should he ST.
tate long before could ysd my 10 the sincerity of
y suy" or the justice Of any such pre- ension
would point 10 the history Of the unbsppy distracted
state OF South Carolina Tor The lat two year and ask nv
fellow citizens to behold the spectacle of alI The
10 ONCE aud prefement, closed every citizen WHO
refused his adhesion TO the true faith: of The osracsm
denounced against all who had the courage and r,nrn
uence 70 resist an odous test OATH would ask them 10
ooA al mat uan oil measures which have deprived South
O",ona oil me services Of her Smith and her DAYTON
anu uiiven them into exile demand to know whether
the N"s acoysr IN all these things any evidence that
sma anu prosecuted party who have i'm The pleptJe OF
Paouc dsntcrestedness, voluntarily withdrawn from the
ough OIL party politics to the country from ruin and
preserve the vesa purity its Constitution from uou,ion
would say TO the Null ers Tom Paine said to the Qua
neis 'n@ tis exceedingly difficult to give credit to
o your pretended proie ssion.; because we see the m
aue oy the same men, who the cry instant that they
are exeaming against the Of this world, are
nevertheless, hunting after it with step as steady ms
time, ana an appetite as keen $ Death"
but II 60 on in this rambling way, 1 win have no
space Dr lew commentaries the proceedings at the
tIoyu Dnner TO make which, you and your readers will
nave probably Inferred, from the caption which adorn
ms srhcie was the object of the writer in ndng this
ha essay such was my purpose; and Indeed,
nave already given you above, the general ctons
whlch perusdl Of the proceedings at the
u'n ' gwen 10 Ex-Governor Floyd suggested TO my
mind That may not be charged however with "keeo
ing the word Of promise to the ear and hreatng !, 10 ,h
sense with furnishing chapter on matters and things in
general instead oil regang your readers with cri,ique
pon he oinher proceedings, proceed, without further
preface 10 discuss the matter in hsndAs it regards the
ie"er addressed by the Committee 10 Governor Floyt.
that is much isconic than letters yemsra,, .r
"hch are addressed to distinguished publi mon ny;,;,,
a.., 20 PaIake Of public dinner, as high aud disn
sunea testimony ofapprobsion their public course Ii
is usual on such occasions think Mr. Editor 10 be some
wha more specific than Committee have chosen TO
pe' anu 10 dwell In detail the particular acts hc have
sheu ius're on the public career of the citizen hci
may have entitled him to the honor of public dinner
believe generally done; but, them public din.
nsfs nave heretofore been offered as tbue TO the pos
1--WE merits OF the individual guest and have not been
,ounCou upon the supposed dement's another Besides
ne Committees usually depned perform this grateful
ONCE, are united and bound together nv so,e
anu oil political opinion But wha, SORT of con-
MUMMY OF ieehng could you expect in Committee i'm
mnIn were FOUND The Attorney General of Virginia and
The late u s. District Atorney-the jealous a1voc,,. Of
uihcaon aud its viruien bitter and cont,p,nf,,
~" uenouoeei! no wonder, then, that the Committee so
Pue"'y aosaineu from any thing like specifications and
Chose 10 entrench themselves exclusively ON t,e onI
common ground on which they could rally viz: hosility
",e administration OF Andrew jackson! To be SURE
the Committee 10 talk something in very general ,sr
ABOUT The dohfy zeal, sc. of Governor Floyd and h;s
devotion oil many years the public service;"
ou suppose that this expression was used i'm a spt nj
compromise and mutual son-one portion of ,hn
Tor The sake OF harmony aud concert to 20 thu,
Jar aud the other consenting go no farther
That this whole pageant of public dinner TO tho Ia,e
governor was gotten up exclusively for poticaI H.,
ana WIN design TO exert influence on the eIecrions
aIn may be excused for using modern bsrbarism-
are oeWS idhtnS place in Virginia, cannot | think Mr.
Editor, well be doubted. know foil well that such .
sign was dsclaimed before the dinner and that one Gen
ueman dtiedst, induced to pariake of IL, H.
Impression, that the doing so imported mn ;n,;S
expression oil appreciation OF the general course of The la
eniei magistrate Possibly he has before this. CHANGED
Il n.
known that this famous project was in agitation that ,h
rue oncct could be very easily penetrated never did
oe,eve 'at IL was intended simply atering mode of
tcsnyng regret Tor hs Gov Foyds) "remov al from,
place in which he had officially resided for the lac, t
years" Fiddlestcks! Did Gov. Floyd illustrate his adj
mnsration by aDyac Of such and
as TO ente him 10 a mark OF distinction which hal nnv
been accorded 10 any his predecessors Let the gentle
men answer Would the President of the Day have
Q. me number OF those who osfensblu doing Gov
FLOYD reverence at other than this precise
MINK not. suppose he would have been one of the
the tranquility of his AS to the general
the late Governor and the general complexion of his po
ues, II rs needless here to speak The former is we'll
known through his official acts and declarations: and the
AFTER they tell me, he took pains TO conceal Bu,
seems 10 me, that common justice qres at some notice
should be taken, other than the lille saryeliog a.
graph OF three lines in your Friday. psper Of The 90
hciai (ohcous act, by which the Governor ondjy Loosd
no doubt! to shed browning lusrs his ilusrions repn
longer floats upon the walls OF the Amory That on The
last day OF Governor Floyds official life the natonai u
Was w MS oT0ef hauied down and the run mi
ocsenpr tyrdnnis! Is this the flag under which the
new party mean TO rally! Pray Mr. Editor what dos
all this mean? What doth il signify. Is il ,he shades,
when some coming event throws before il! Was II in
tended 10 show the sublime contempt which his Ex col
ency holds the Onion Of these States of which the
spanged banner was the glorious the
oadge! Is The Union dissolved! Has Virginia secededj
In short, Mr.. Editor, what does it mean I'm baIf JeaJ
win curiosity, and no impairment curiosity either for
want to know "under which King, Bezonus:" Do then
Tor Heavens sake tell us all about this in uot per e
paper Ana While you are investigating this matter
please TO tell US, too, where the Governor got tho
ihony from, to get State flag? Who paiJ for II
u IL come OUT oil the Governors private purse or out of
the contingent fund.- Knowing what famous stella
the late Governor for strict construction and his al
most morbid jealousy OF Executive encroachmcnt tooL
Tor granted that the Constitution gave him ,utbor
0iidem ueT6ts to get State flag but TO nv utter
ns"ten thouGh 4 have looked through and tbrougb
any where II the Governor didn't get il fro, ,,
Constitution, then, where the d. did il come from,
was IL necessary and proper power, anil tior =,
lore consructveiy given, did he stumble upon this
hitherto undiscovered power in some obscure nook in
ihe vast uDexpiored and nermnabe field of reserved
powers! But 10 the dinner! Governor TazeweIi was
not there, 1t appearing from his letter to the commit
tee TO be in conravenon OF rule of conduct which he
had prescribed 10 himself entering upon the dti, of
the Executive chair. Ii does distinctly apuear yb
ths rule was; but, suppose il was that he would moi
public dinners during bis continuance Office: Anotbs.
proof, by the way, that this dinner was considered as
political mAnGuvre, al least by Governor Tazewelj for
OF regret for Governor FIoyd's removal from a Mace
IN which lie had officially resided for tie Last four
years, presume he would have attended. AT least I
see no reason why this rule-au excellent one in itself
should be extended so lar as 10 contract the circle OF
enoymens and interrupt the Jee hi Offices of nrv.ta
fA matt uI a. H. "A