Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-04

bhit tt uhpt'NCNtuufO % II tc w mo Tor twelve
months past have not awaited TO place them in a bet
fer position III reference to the dominant party. than they
occupied at the close OF the election in iss{, after com
para,veiy little exertion. This fact, at ANY rate. is
worth thinking OF; and il the manner in which we have
accounted for 1t is not satisfactory, Others more Discerning
man ourselves may be able 70 find the true solution.
Hereafter the Wings VIII be in q great measure exempt
from the odium connected with the Bank.-tiat qurs-
uon being now virtually disposed of,-and il they viii
act with the wisdom which their own intelligence
dictates, instead of taking counsel from rash and un-
principle mon, who are always getting Mrmscircs into
difficulty, and of course are unfit 10 manage the concerns
OF others. they may yet retrieve their fortunes, ana see
thcir wishes crowned with success.
ELECTIONS IN Observation-Disclosures OF
DEMOCRACY.
Elections have just taken place in Kinds. Madison.
aud Holmes counties, for Representatives To Gil the va
cancies occasioned by the resignation of Col. William
son and Mr.. Bole, and the death of Gen. Alien. In all
these counties, which the Wing and Notification presses
have claimed as belonging to their party, the friends of
the Administration have triumphed. The p;ebaids knew
there was no hope for themi in Holmes, and did not start
candidate. OF the candidates i'm that county, DIR.
Georgs and Mr.. Dulany, we have not heard which is
elected In Kinds, Thomas H. DWiaRS, although not
known as n candidate for more than ten days previous
70 the election, beat his opponent, MIR. r.. Collins,
,he candidate of the Multiplying and Wing party,
between two and three hundred votes. In Mndison.
MIR; Fulton has been elected by n majority of asoui
eighty votes over DIR. T.. J. Catching. the Nuliier and
wing. Mr.. Fulton would have been elected by a much
larger maJority-say two hundred votcs-had il no, been
Tor n misunderstanding which existed for a. tmc he
lore the election between himself and Nh. Gooch-who
was also a candidate on the same sidc-and the party. il
having become known only a few days prior to the day
49,. 'o"'' hHN tc AN
Vass' These counties have been claimed by the Whigs
OF MtrtyJonr. IL was 10 tncs- counties, principally.
%he;s elections were pending, that Mr.. Foindcxtcr CON
fined his operations. 1t was here that it was proclai,ned
by the advocates of Whiggery that his (Mr. p .'s) recep-
uon was a continued triumph, and to these counties the
wings ana Mules Throughout. the State looked for sue
cess "..af1osp anxiety. So much for modern Whioisn
and Modification in Mississippi. So much for the vera.
city OF the statements 9. .:c Presses oil the polden col.
lar, with regard to public sentiment in this State. v,
can now say, without the fear of contradiction from
neutral men, that there are not five counties in ,h,
state where modern WliOisn, rroInnnipato,. all am .
is sand that Poindexter, Black and Cage, have represent
ed the wishes of their constituents!
IHE NEW CoUSTIEs.-His ENccllency Goyerno
tunnels, has issued writs of election, for the sixteei
New Counties; and 1t may lows be taken for granted
that an extra session of the Legislature viii take place
during the present winter. He has ever entertained the
opinion that by the Constitution, they were entitled all
'cdys to a voice in the councils of the State. and was de-
ermined they should not be deprived of il, from the mo
lnent the conclusion was arrived at, that the best inter
ests OF the State demanded a convocatioo Of the Legis
lature. independent OF his own opinions and convic
tons ON these subjects, it was known 10 be the wish of
large majority OF the people of Mississippi, that the lie
biennial session, and that the new counties should be- ~
presented.-MsSissippian.
STATE OF MrssIssiprI.-Th following extract Of
letter, to the editors, from a gentleman of truth and in
~triligence, dated Jackson, Kinds county. 9Th instant
SHOWS that the citizens ofthis State are determined tina
thcy shall be no longer misrepresented in the Senate @
the United States by a man whose bitterness OF heart vi
olases every rule of decorum, and who has no other mo
uVe IN us puDilc acts than personal vengeance aud per
sonal interest:
There is no possible chance of Mr.. roindexter IS bcino
'NS 70 me united states Senate. A convention
much the largest that ever assembled in the State, favo
raDie to the present Administration, met at this place. am
adIonTned:y YESTERDAY. They nominated h. |. Walker u
candidate Tor the Senate; and there is no doubt but thu
he will be elected. The doctrine of Notification il OF
the wanc in this State '-.haedgeoiae federal Union.
IMPORTANT DECISION IN TENNESSEE.
~ the following article, taken from the Nashville Re
publican II VIII be seen that a decision has recently beer
made IN one of the courts Of the State of Tennessee
wmch mas an important bearing on questions of a like ma
'"le depending F " enc ef Ga aRs iSisf ksSa sIis.ci"s To"""-s~~
Nv the fnlloNyipr Vtroc fm, L. 49, w.
November ~, IT viii he seen that the act passed by tn,
Legislature at its session liz 1893, extending the iurisdic
ton OF Tennessee over the Territory of the Cherokee,
Indians, has been pronounced, by one of our Circui
Judges. unconstitutional and void. An appeal wis IN
Court. ~
JUDIcrAL,--The Ciccait Court for this county. Judp,
Keith presiding, adjourned last Saturday, after a session
During the term, the case of the State AGAINST Jamc
Foreman and Anderson Springston, indicted for the mur
der OF John Walker, ir, came on, to be determined h,
the Court, on the plea of the defendants, in bar to tbs
Indictment, alleging that they, as well as the said Wal
ker, were native born citizens of the ClseroLeo No., :.
that the offence charged in the indictment if committee
"a; all, was committed within the limits of The Cheroke,
Territory, and beyond the rightiul Jurisdiction Of III,
otateoi tennessee. 10 this plea, the Attorney Genera
put IN a demurrer, aud the question was argued h,
Messrs- Attorney General Frazier, Gillespy, and Bra
zeal, on behalf of the State, and Messrs. Jarnaoin
Churchwell, and Rolls, on behalf of the defendants
with as great ability, on both sides, rs if we lad a fnoe
IN 1T ouTsclf.
The arguments being gone through, the Court delipor
ca It's opinion, sustaining the plea, and overrulin0 In,
demurrer; deciding, as we understood his Honor tb,t
ue Cherokee, though rot a sovereign, independent ma.
Won, were, nevertheless, a nation, 70 recognized bv al
tc treaties made with thcm-that the individuals com.
posing tins natio1s, were not citizens or members of Tho
Shatesi Out members OF a separate communicable the
Cherokees, II they ever Were sovcreieg, had losi e,lIei,
sovereignty by acknowledging the protection of tl,e, u
Sates-that they had passed under the dominion Of tl,o
United states, but not OF the States in their separate ca.
Paclty-that they were not subject to the legislation q
the States, but to the legislation of Congress. His Ho.
nor, furthermore, decided that the act of the Legislature
extending the jurisdiction of the State over the India,
territory, 10 be unconstitutional and void. because of Il.
law Of the land. "
From this decision, the Attorney General took nm m.
peal, IN the nature Of q writ OF error, to the Suprcnsc
Court. CIV ""P''"o
kEFoRM-as admitted by Mr.. clay himsAc-At The
last session OF Congress, MIR. Clay altered these words
IN te Senate: "JHE POWER oF JNrERNAL IMPROVE
WENT LIES CRUSHED EFNFAru zHE NHao. The sya.
ucm u protection OF American Industry was ssArcurn
FROM IMPENDING DESTRUCTION At THE LAST SFssIoN
Dnt we are now coolly told by the Secretary of tho
treasury, without a blush, M0t IL is andosiood IN b,
eoneeded on al hands, hat a tarig for protection meyeIu
$50 0eJHauy GbdndOned' BY the third of March. 1S3z
nthe progress OF lnpoyaUOn continue. there will scarcely
De a Scsuge remaining Of the Government or lis yoEcny,
as they VISITED prior to the Sd Of March, 1s29-Ip a tern,
OF years httle more than equal to that which was reooir.
ca 10 establish our liberties, the Government will bogc
been transformed" ~
DOMESTIC.