Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-11

Prescription far opinion -ond which ticsc very
politicians had 30 ciamcrousy denounced in other quar-
but let all this pass,-ad let us come 10 the I'd act of
the Drama, that Is OF representations
ne modern Wings have just attempted TO force down
Mr. Leigh upon the people by fastening his election for
Friday, (to-nlorrowi Why is thss The effect would
really be to smother the voice Of the peope-to orcstu
the Instruction papers which have yet been received
by the Delegates, and 10 give such them as have
ceved tlenl an opportunity oil INDUCING their 0ualns
about being instructed by majority OF qualified electors.
we venture 10 say, that this is contrary
principle well 10 precedent in Viryina-tLat il
might have been employed with propriety in al
most any other man than in Mr.. Legls- the
Legislature from peculiar circumstances cannot be full
and the people cannot be fairly reprcscnted-and above
ALL that while the people the very act of cxccisin.
their sacred, sovereign power of nstructng their own
errng agents, the attempt ought to have been
made. We viii demonstrate these several propositions
end then leave the act itself in the hands of the people
But first mark the marvellous consistency of these
gentlemen. To turn Of olrre. who is OBJ
noxious to their party, they determine postpone his
election for one week after his Office has expired thing
which has never before been attempted in the case of
Public Printer IN Virginia They put OH by rcsolu-
ton, brought in by the fiery Delegate of Pitisyvana
to Saturday the 18Th. Why this delay 1t accustomed
by the desire TO bring in their asonccs rally their
troops with the greater effect Yet the Senate
their resolution. and The Whgs of the lower House
were induced t. rccede with the best grace in their pow
or But 1o'c, when they have OF their own to
pat 'af" etcc what do they do They would change the
SUIT from the end to the front Of the docket They would
lorce on the election neutrality-suspicious. they have
u!iy placed under the
OF their people; while they flushed with their
victory the officer whom they have discarded and
while their doa6y" men not yet entirely inundated
oy the rising thunders OF their indignant constituents
SIR Leigh is 10 be elected all eventslld hence this
indecent haste; this desperate effort to arrest the
wishes OF the People in s'md air."
list We say this attempt is against The principles of
Firgiaia:
Wetry our servants long as VIC can, before we re-
eject tcln-whcn there is odcaRcy and particularly
when there Ia any opposition. The is that we
ought TO possess the ongcai time for testing their quali
cations and their tFiist-worhincss.
Hence ii is that we, in virginia never elect orr Rc
representatives. in The lower House of Congress till the
Spring alter the last session of their service
With this view il IL that we try them during their
Whole term of service, and Men faYy ont We
determine to waive even the advantage which induces
some OF the other States elect their Representatives
IN the Fall, VIZ Railways having their Representatives
ready IN case there should be caicd session of Con
gress Virginia considers it better even this risk
than to lose all the lights which the whole course of hcr
representatives, can afford her
But tins principle holds good in the of Repre-
h"ec II II sui more pr cr in that of Senator of the
y odtcs0ccause. Is 1iis of Office lasts for wears
and indeed five elect Mr. Leigh nan he would
be IN almost for sore" gears And in the I'd place, the
PccoS oil Senator are much more extensive than those
OF Representative in the other House We ought of
course TO try him long during his last scs
SION oil service and put off his reelection long as we
conveniently can.
But if this be true in any other mans case it is pecu
arly in that of Mr. Leigh He has been in the So
nate only for the fragment of term and flat which
now going constitutes important proportion of
the whole period for which he originally elected
one-third OF the period ut least.
But there are circumstances which make this case as
infinitely stronger still. Who knew Mr. LIS opi-
mons ON some Federal matters when he was first nut in
Inc People surely did not. Even, his rends--who
rst started him for the Presidency had write him Tor
most Important Developments; but MIR. l.. did not
answer their scrutiny. For the he assigned he
hcpt dark. The only disclosure hc did make i'm his in
nous Meckenburg Letter. calculated starte the
firm friends of State Rights He told US substantially
that some things We're unconstitutional than others
nat hc disposed TO acquiesce some usurpaons ON
The Constitution when he thought them deeply cngra-
nt
out lnJurng the system itseas IT, indeed those wise
oreaters who laid the basis of the buildings had erected
IL IN so vc and clumsy that their descendants
couid not repair the breaches, which the enemy might
/ from time To time have made in its walls
such was the situation, in which Mr. H. was placed by
ms own friends, when he last winter nominated as
Senator of the u. s. Were the ''Dcvelopements then
made OF his principles by the worthy gentleman of Chcs-
crfed, satisfactory to the House, Was his nomination
speech so clear and strp of every Dclphc Oracle s
to shut out every doubR Did Mr. VIM X Johnson saw
that MIR Leigh would vote for no modification mo I~c
CATION of the charter of the Bankor no Bank at ali,
nc surely did not Even the decided opponents of the
BANK IN the House, though of great moral firm
ness dd not once get up and ntcrrogae Mr. Johnson on
tie OCCASION The Enquirer had begged of them THAI
same morning to do but the admonition was ne,s
u ri ?umcleht consequence to arrest their atten-
uoh INC inquiry certainly was not made The De
veopement was not effected The veil of the temple
was not Tcnt-and under such doubtful crcumsta nccy
was ana on great question upon which Virginia has
always been the first to stand by the Constitution and
Will be the last to abandon its banner that Mr. Leigh WAS
JtrSt elected into the Senate.
We must go farther say that there had been loo III,
tie IN Mr. lcighs previous political life to make his scr
wees sufficiently felt Federal matters When b,d
he served IN nyiederal office Or what had he done, w.
had seen him. 1t is true entered the course for the
great stakes OF the PresdencyBut where had our keel
lent aud acute friend who first named him for The Scnn,s
S nun urea IN quarter race for any federal Officer
we make bold to say, what we have said a hundred
Tunes, that no man of Mr. Leighs age in Virginia had
done so little for the great of State RIGHTS MS L.
mac attempted Emincn.ly able he might lave been
WIN proper training, to the State in our Fedesal
councils to promote the of her incsnable doc
tnes at home to guard the Rights Of the States fr.ss
he nvaslons OF the Federal Government; to save shs
consultation from the cncroachments which have thrt-
rncd To ovcrwhelm it, for than thirty years-Bvt
where was Mr.. Leigh all this timer Where was the add
irable pen of this talented Ii rested idy i'm sss
scaDDard, while Virginia standing in very need Of
All her good and great while she was really stand
ing up alone, and battling both the North and the South m
uccncc oil her ancient prnc plesstruggng more ers-
", uah with any others, with those very distinpushea
south Caroiinians, Messrs. Calhoun. McDufIie nrSS
others, who have lately pushed their States RIGHT dor
rihes INTO Notification; and who, strange to tell are
now attempting, with ingratiiude which is ONLY
cquaIed by their unaticsm shove us from orr oyya
stools. Where Mr.. Leigh all this time What b,,s
tc did he fight, during all struggles previous TO ,o
"hat essay dd he write Not line. What speech dad
ne deliver in favor Of tie Rights of the States p
mol Que! CONTRARY TO old Solons ma kim, he ~
NAMED neutral during the struggles of his nati,v.
State. The Tariff hung upon the horizon like =.
porentons cloud Mr. Leigh was inactive: he raiscSE
no electric rod to disperse the lightning The whole sv
"h OF internal improvements threatened to undermine
US WIN INC force OF tempest lie put no life boat
70 save TIE Constitution. Year after year the Supreme
couTl OF e United states was pronouncing decision af
Ter ueclson, winch mcnaccd TO shake the very battle
ments OF State Rights. They enlarged the mowers os
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