Daily Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1833-1840, 1834-12-01

\ OF all feelings OF manly independence-Athe over
| throw OF confidence. and the degradation Of The
character Of the Representatives, which mus
| inevitably dow from il.
He commented upon the circumstance under
which the last election was held-in the midst o
/ an animated discussion of an issue which had
been made mp by Mr.. Rives, between the ADM
| ntStration on the one hand, and Mr. Leigh; and
the Virginia Legislature on the other-and with
| direct reterence 10 the sentiments of the re-
spcctive candidates, MS announced ut the time OF
the eection and coniended that The result of tina
election was the true index To public sentiment
He thea examined the objections to Mr.. Leigh
1st. His opposition TO western interests in the
Convention. He admitted tina, MIR. Leigh's oppo
sition had been steadfist and unwavering-
| avowed with canlour and maintained with un-
exampled ability. But he contendel that tia,
was no objection 10 him-lt enlv proved his fdel-
| ity To his constituents-Tk,i Mr.. l.. went into
| the Convention Us an Eastern man. 10 repceSen,
EaSterR interests, and he would hsve.beeR trait.
| or to his constituents, If he had not advocated
| their views. He called upon the meeting To say
what would have been their feelings towards one
| OF their Representatives II he had deserted the
| Western inteIesis1 Would they not have de-
nounced him MS tcereant To his trustl And h,
enquired il il would not have been equally base
! in Mr.. Leigh for the sake Of advancing his 20
pularity with the Western People To be,ray the
| Interests of his constituents
! Mr. s. also adverted TO certain Offensive cx-
| presSions alleged TO have been used by Nv Leigh
! in the Convention, and which had been used TO
| his prejudice. nnmely-that hve negroes of the
east were equal tn three Duichmen of the west
He denied that Mr. Leigh had made use of any
such expression declared that II he had been
guilty of 81 wanion and cruel an insult To the feel
Tags of that valuable portion of our population,
he would consider him unworthy of the CONF
dence of Virginia. But he again den led the allie
CATION, and challenged every individual in the
meeting to the proof He stated that lac had
heard the whole of the debate in the Convention
on the basis of representation; and he hadheard
no such expression. But, To remove all diffenly
on that subject, he had brought the debates of the
Convention into the meeting, and he now desired
any gentleman Ia point out To him where such 40
expression was to be found. He then read an cx-
tract from Mr.. Leighs speech which cen
sidsred most obnoxious, and contended there was
nothing offensive IN II. IL there was any other
passage more excepuoRable, the book was ut the
service of any gentleman TO point it out.
Mr.. s. then passed to the consideration Of the
other objections to MIR. Lcigh-that he was a
Bank man. Mr.. Stuart denied the allegation,
and challenged the proof He wished the fact
were SO. He, for one, did not regard hostility To
the United States Bank As any recommendation
he was decidedly in fhvorof one himself-Bu,
he was perfectly satisfied that Me-. Leigh was op-
peSed TO it.-HiS whole political crced-hiS
speeches in the Senaie-hi, vote upon Mr.. Web
Sters propostien--and his letter ip his Richmond
friends, placed that matter beyond all dispute.
lie contended that the charge, that Mr.. Leigh
was Bank man, was lntrnuettO dClude That
the policy OF the Administration party was TO
array the prejudces of both sections of the State
against Mr.. Leigh Those of the East were tn
be excited bv the cry of Bank Bankl-whilSt
those OF the West were 10 be reused by the mI>re-
presentation of his s. ecchcS IN the Convention
The East had too much SagncIty, to be duped by
Glamour ~ cauSelcSS and abSurd-and he trust
d that the West had toe much magnanimiiy and
good sense TO De gulled by device so shallow and
contemplate.
: III l,,,, "a ~
it could be opposition to The Bank which influ.
snced the Administration party in their pcrSc-
cuiun OF MIR. Leigh. lie asserted that General
Jackson himself was Bank man, and he rhal.
lenged any gentleman to deny the fact. He quo
ted from the Presidents first message and read
long extract from the Bank Neio, shelving that
the President recognized the power 10 create a
National Bank. He called upon any gentleman
TO procuce any official or auihea,ic disclaimer
by the President OF the power thus explicitly re.
cOgniZcd by him in two official documents.
Mr.. Stuart conteuded that the opposition To
Mr.. Leigh arose iTon the dread which was enter
tanned of his sterling integrity-hiS interchangeable
rcsearch-and his commanding ability. MIR. s.
then read an extractN from MIR. Leigh's speech,
in which he enumerated the evidences OF the
progress Of corruption; The nvidiiy with which of.
fee sought. the increase of the peoples
friends. He reminded tho meeting that the very
FIRST speech OF Mr. Leigh IA the Senate diSsoS-
ed the secrets Of the far-famsd Blue book-the
system OF extra allowances, anu the Otner anus
es ofthe Post office Department. Since that pc
Rod he had been the subject of constant vurer-
alton and misrepresentation. His straight for
ward honeS,y--his independent spirit-his keen
Sagacity-and his brilliant oratorY-wonld al
ways render him formidable 10 the mrnions Of
power.-And the veIy fact of their relentless
persecution Of him is the best evidence that he
is faiihfsl guardian of the rights of the pco-
ple-He is living reproach TO them.
Mr.. s. in conclusion commented ON the Singu-
lar kral H.. A drlst
Ind placed themseives-They were calling upon
the people 10 exercise the Right of Instruction to
defeat Mr.. Leigh, because Mr.. Leigh bad obey
ed the instructions ofhiS constituents Here was
the anomalous spectacle Sf "the Democratic
party" calling upon The people TO exercise the
Right Of Instruction to aid ia usirscing public
agent for having yielded obedience 10 the inSlTuc
tion ofhs constituents" MI. s. commended that
the donnnciation OF" The Party. should have becn
directed against the Legislature which gave the
instructions, or against the people who elected
them, and not against MIR. Leigh, who merely
carried the wishes Of his constituents into effect.
Mr.. Stuart concluded by expressing his con-
viction that there was too much good sense and
too much manly feeling among the people Of Au-
gusta, for him 10 fear that they could BE- carried
away by such miserable appeals; upon that good
sense and that manly feeling he relied for the
adoption of the Resolutions which he offered.
When Mr.. S. had csncluded-it was announ-
ced by the chair, that the resolutions were open
for discussion or amendment-Nune having been
offered, the resolutions were submitted To the
meeting separately, aud were all adopted without
n Dissenting voice.
Upon motion Of VIM. Kinney. jr. Esq, il was
then Resolved, That the Chairman be empower
ed to appoint, after the adjournment of the meet
ing COMMITTEES of vigilance whose duty II shall
be TO disseminate the views OfthiS meeting among
the people.
On motion of James Bell, Esq, it was reso-
we'd, That the proceedings of this meeting lie
signed by the Chairman aud Secretary, and pub
lished IN the Stanton Spectator, Richmond
Wing, Enqsrer and Compiler
JAMES CRAWFORD, Chairman.
GEo. EsKmDGE, Secretary.