Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-07-11

Richmond. Va, Friday, July IA.
II{E, lSEAr1I,E

me SE.N.IlE.
The mcrcenary Swiss, Noah pronounrcs n name
gyrr The Sei,aio-Iie awards them The j,;,hs,
praise, The greatest honor, the applause Of The mill
hons und The Appreciation of every friend of liberty y
U" cap ,iie Climax, he says, "Ihey hare sare.i The
country"
This is the cant of the Opposition. The cnl,,
which rules that body, has been compared 10 ,bc
Roman Senate, IN the best days of the Renu,,c -
One OF the tosters of Pow la,an has n,.,,,,,.J an
grace their deeds, by the declaration thai ",hry have
obiy taken heir stand on the sacred confines of the
Constitution"
IL we've extraordinary, indeed, IL the composition
OF h'shody Should have deserved these lofty praises
The majority rs composed OF the most discoraut
elemrnis-- Na'i mails "ii, Nnefers-Here there are
two disappointed asplrants for the PrcslenIin, Chair
and three, If rot four ambitious candidates for
The same elevated lonor--ban,lrd together for
tie present. 10y their common hatred of the do
iinahi party. III this body had truly olcyed ,l,e
instructions, and reflected the sentiments of their
States They might now claimed our respect for wbnt
is intended 10 I've the grent fcdera,iye feature
oi The Constitution. But Mr.. Jefferson states this
ol,Iect"i, arising in part from their long Term
OIL Once; That In the General Governments tl,.
House OF Representatives is mciniy Republican: the
Senate scarcely so at all, no, elected by the PEG
Pile directly, and so long secured even against those
who do elect them; the Executive more Republican
Than the Senate from It's shorter time, its election by
ihe PeoPie, IN practice" &c. Yet even Mr. J. him
self could scarcely have coniec,ured, that there
would arise Senate like the present one in which
hIe members would have dared to retain their seats
and YET give their votes in direct defiance of the in
sir'ic'iohs OF their constituents THUS, in fact the
majority have been partly made up of men vim
lave actually an rudely transgressed the SACRED
confines of the CONSTITUTIONS
WHO can wonder, then, that such body should
have degenernted noa lstious cabal-,hat its rreu,
Opposition leaders should have PLAYED the pnTt of
spouiers, ahd deinngogues, and geiters-iip of rub
lie panic VINO wonders ut the extraordinary Ia
claraions which have been uttered, and the aiomi-
ihiIe Misrepresentation which have been sent forth
under The sanction of their authority? Who won
ders at the support which they have extended In ONE
OF HE most alarming Institutions which ever threat
ened The Constitution AMI the Liberties of the p.o
PIE Yet this coalition Senate is now To be held
UP 10y nerccnary scribbers as he conservative
branch, III coniratlisncton to the Representatives
ofte People. And we are 10 he grayeIy toLI ,I,at
" Ihsy hare sorcd he country"
THE REJECTION
The public is yet aware of the INDIGNANT feel
ings, which Mr.. SIevensuns rcierion produced n,
Washington. One of the most distinguished opno-
sition mtnIbcrs from >. Carolina did not hesita,e
10 declare, tlui it was all the work of a factions
sl'ir'i and that this outcry about Livimgstons
Letter WINS calculated TO cover their reckless nro
ceedilgs, and their outrage upon Mr.. Sevcnson's
character. lie declared, TINT Stevenson could moi
have acted lonorably otherwise than as he did; that
lie had no reason to refuse Offer for CONGRESS
and none To decline Tie chair; and that if he had
done 80, they would have abused him, and then
SAID he had tile offer of this very appointment i'm
his eye.
we have already given anecdoie about Mr.
moore, OF Ainiann. In is said also, that The day
after tie rejection, Mr. Knight Senator of r. Islni
was so much dissatisfied with the vote he had given
against Air. Stevenson, that lac ordered The Secretary
Oh me Sennle not In communicates much of the
Executive Journal, relates to Mr. Stevenson 10
te PRESIDENT as IS customary, hut To- hold upat part
o H. Mr. Knight wished the appointment RECON-
sidrfed-bnt lie could not ultimately be induced To
more 1t, although he declared that lac would vote for
mr. =, II II again came up.-And air. Moore, of
Aiaibann, made the same declaration.
There was some mention made of a re-nomna-
iion-bnt Mr., Stevenson declared positively ngaii,st
'' ne would not consent to pass under the SEN
tciice oi men, who had committed such an Outrage
upon hls feelings.
No was more busy tlnn Mr. Clay in mr.
CANNING the opposition TO the nomination. Early
~ the session, he, well as Mr. Calhoun, declined
Deing put on any OF the conmitiees-but in the
course OF the session. when Mr.. Riyes resigned his
scar, ne Mr. u was put upon the Committee OF Fo-
reign Relations, IN lis place-and thus had greuler
scope Tor his operations against Mr. Stevenson-No
one was more active Than Mr.. Clay in raI!ying his
parry, ana eleconeering OH the occasiOn.-Ie push
cd iis objections u degree of madness. for tbev
ref eced most strongly upon himself He went so
i,r as 10 denounce beforehand, the appointments in
directly III one of his speeches-and partly upon tl,e
ground ot MIR. SIS being member OF Congress-
lie was pleased to forget, that lac himself while he
tlan any other man, $40 place the dmden on MIR
Adams head, and then Immediately took office" the
highest Office in his gift, under hiu.-Iie himself
seems TO have forgotten his new tangled objec-
tons TO The appointment of members of Congress
Tor, after Mr.. SIS rejection, three members of Con-
gress, hlessrs. Forsyth, LeavItr, and Wilkins, were
confirmed by the Senate.-Mr. Clay was also ndis-
Greet enough to clIarge Mr. Stevenson with packing
Coin'nluees-wllen he was reminded of what he
himself Ind done in the exercise Of the duties of
the ChaIr-and what this very Senate have done i'm
ii"cking Committees TO silt their own political pur-
poses As one proof of which, let il he recollected
that the Committee of Finance, 10 whom has been
since committed the ridiculous Office OF nvestiga-
ing Tie transactions of the Bank, had only one friend
nl tie Administration OH it--Mr Wilkins-nnd llIat
is place III the Committee was not flied up, when
be was appointed Minister to Russia.
Ii adds much TO the deep regret which this out.
rage IS calculated 10 inspire, HAT of the members
0I Congress from Virginia mos; cordially co-opcra-
ieti WIN Messrs. Clay aud Calhoun, in nnloiniug
Mr.. Stevenson upon the altar of their Parry-Mr
LeIgl was one OF these geuemen.-If lie had stood
by hs Colleague, in shielding an honorable man.
ohd Virgnian from the shafts OF violent partizans
he might IN some measure have exteiimted the VA
rIous errors OF his short Senatorial career But Ie
WHO declared lis conviction of the unconsttufjon.
amy OF the Bank and yet ntnnte, that there. ,yer
several alternatives in which be might be induced
10 V"ie Tor Dnnk, was not tie man TO refrain from
taking OIL tile head Of Andrew Stevenson MIR.
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