Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-09
lsichmond, Tucsday. Dcc. q.
1YIE PURLlC pRL.YTER.

the "Hhig majority of the Legislature has oused Thos
Richie lie was prepared foo the stroke and Satur
day last assured the public that lac should sot .cow
err under it. lie is good his word lie feels pre-
csely as he assured Correspondent this day week
letter which he addressed to him follows in the
ticpaton of his defeat:
DO not be surprised IL they ou-hey Mr.
him. ~ead have been the t victim Of p p,o
s.eef new TO 'ac practice OF Virginia
pared for and DO beneath stroke my
GoSred Teiy ciIors
ing 90 Me- AS'% 90, to Be sisd BY the viii Of their
We have room to-day, for the maay remarks which
we might be disposed 10 make this subject. We do
not mean to raise any whining clamor complaint upon
the prescription which the s,4fsyied Wings have dealt
odt To us II. r. has been tnrned-eut OF office polt
cal grounds. The thin veil which concealed the attempt
last session, has been torn away-and frank or
honYable will say, that he has been substantial
ly rejected political grounds with very excep-
hons hons we know the confession IS openly aud tri-
umphantly made-and we would wager any thieg that
II will be claimed abroad is by fhc truthspcakne
men here as the triumph of party political oppo-
nent III is prescription for opinions sake and it will
be Tor the people of Virginia to whether all right
This is the FIRST case for than thirty years
where any. subordinate officer has been prescribed in
Virginia for his opinions.-ln the very keyday of
their power, no such thing attempted by
the friends of the Administration upon their oppo-
nents They have been suffered 10 retain their OIL
ces, unaolested-and no one 20 make tkcB afraid
But no sooner does this Wing party ce1 into pow
or, than dressed in little brief authority" they
strike at the Speaker and the Public Printer. And he
who becomes the first martyr to their principles is one
who has always dsclamed Prescriptions for opinions
sake in his Stae-who eht for single vic
tim among the officers of government-who dscounte-
nanced thing like the practice of by his friends at
Washin who was perhaps almost the only Edi
tor in the Union who prepared to lose political caste
for the opposition which he showed upon such occa
sion.
same thng--yet when was it known that the Old pom-
Mon condesceRded to take examples from them in stead
of setting them Yet this is the first time years that
the soil OF Virginia has been furnished by such pro-
scrpuon. If the Delegates who voted against T. r.
should think they consulted the wishes of hc;r constt-
cnts, we must beg leave to differ from them We
believe that the People OF Surry and Southampton and
Nottoway, and Petersburg apd Chesterfield and Mel
son. and Frederick and several other coaptes womb
ask for such a sacrifice and upon such principles
But the blow has not reached the heart OF the victim
II IS still brm, proud, erect and 'unterrifcd" The
Enquirer will continue TO fly the flag under which it has
fought Tor 30 years. Ii will speak the truth without
fear, favor Affection" 1t will support the principles
OF Virginia Its Editor loves them hc does the soil on
which he was born and in which his ashes will
We lave done-but, as the Delegate from the City of
Richmond, chose to appeal, among other extraordinary
things, to the indignant vengeance of his Wing friends
by saying that ''reoiled the Opposition in the last
Legislature, who then voted against us early day
after the election took place we must take the liberty If
troubling our readers with the following extracts
"TAe Public Prnr-"A violent effort yesterday in the
Pablc Prte which lac has filled for many yeas-hc design
duty employing raoe Prnier-pp man who s
'o, 'hs Il 'o OF paper bs The real object was turn n Rteie
.hoUsht the eaAcipc sSe~n on We
have PARTIES much up But Multi
eaten. WHO wed have Teocs hi; denied
4.
~ as es pGsScirLEs, and make hep his haHd
;Errsm to tae Editor JSe" an intimate friend, Nr % IsaI
Zee ia an farm Why should hesitate lay
%ape y q saaies to INN IN his public eGPaeis 'nierto the
stnesscd the transactions OF the week. know thai an
Effort has been made TO strike DOM the Editor Public
porting int ~ new paeps Chat oSeneyas milf
n. =. %Ss iag LIZ 40 exsh1sss he bold OPEN manly Pi'ed
fenr oohSraSd M sb al one t""g' aud ut
he
teal Pner were honest ~ ,hareourse We would
mend ,em Tor the hr1ness they have displayed We
y there are very many members who voted against a. r.
rhosc who on account obis Pc
ltes arc manly and honest ia their department. though think
Them "saken For when was ii that honest OPT
mon became the waiehwor for removal from In
period the dccirine OF removals has becn i since that
son times through which have recently passed Exocu
and for c1ey have qpicty their Vine
and s trees and none 70 make ahen afud
a.. so oac "b;trci5 " ", % 20 n"cPg, wh'eh Virginia
account of is politics, hy s Has r. praetisod p
nosa from the mere ministerial offices ofo Beor Government
But, tho last class of hi. ssn ezccptoasIc
Those who wished TO slse Inn Down Potieian under pro
sany ran lh belongsto The Virginia character We frank
u.s. VIC a,'s1 every thing that mean; ayo every thing
aim thing affect say MS and
q The Opponents o. II H. had boldly openly said yganOs
she state. Bcis logger politician we have taken him 40 IT,
iie theopponentoftlosc State Rights which vigorously
supported r u yeefsV II another GLASS Of politicians had
sni This y the opponent of Mr. devote friend
Of stafo Rights though lao is Nuiarandhe op
The auk the Tariff the federal
aud the supremacy 9th Supreme will ons
him, rive cahwh0 would not have
fairly up verdict woa have been f,nS b y,
tho county But such the GpnDsion
Some OF tho Nuihcrs aud those who bca
'efc or less nihn;cd wt tem, wGrothe
ssreSnipo calisd garrc eIoctiohto nv, on
ting and TO sc anohero talk no Eofs rio ~,
Public Printer, in order that might strikc a him nd"s 49,
pfetencc transporting it, ~
We readers that we were perCec,lv nr.oor
cd for the blow which have received We Goslv al
United on Saturday that they had tIie power fthpv
chose to exert It, This theyhaye doneAnd we believe
we had the honor of evory Wing vote. save two
LNSTRUCJIOJvS or THE PEOPLE
1g geoieiouu hon Augusta MT Chapman johnson sdd me-
yesterday, offs day heie cnaofbo precise isy
with " grievance people lad
siefefei AVID he asked q We to tc instructed ooar sea
Instructed c OF iheir seats Ito The voices Of pooe
county mecnsl ani roads
effnp Tue harmony OF oar deliberations they VIII Thong
tue people nave hitherto been supHo, this
trust they viii take the their own hands none f
Raad0ph a. no YtgHir COaccahoa Nor loo
We lay ibis morning before our readers ono of the
most mastery Essays have ever pvlis,eJ ON az,
great political subject We indebted for il 10 49,,
last Winchester yirginianand We defy The viii of aov
man. who Acknowledges the great Republican ,ripoiles
Of Virginia, to answer its arguments The author s.
unknown 10 but his production carries npop it, ec
the impress Of talents aud Of truth. he is ,l
happy iB the quotation I've makes from Mr. Ioiob ov5
Report Of lSi2-and the vein Of facts which be- has
struck upon, in The history If The Convention 81 Islo
30 The only thing which surprises as, is how be !
came TO overlook TINT memorable saying Of Mr. John
HaudOlpif. which La. bcsI ii,