Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-20
THE wfmcs Is. INSTRUCTIONS ,

| THE WINGS IS. INSTRUCTIONS,
Ssss e.. s,s,'ss senate. S,S
/ an a1@ssc 10" sr Van saIs" eaa
Mr. @ Sa a. Ss chi m OF the Legislature n S5 Of
majority by the .Mg months delay remains TO be scenIn the
to io.isue, usaos, ish the sys-
s;sa S %sSes o% the free s .S S Sf"S SI;
% % Nc no, 70 aso~ the sentiment, that Instructions
be rc S a. Igsss sa % a. w. Gns not to
elected ate, h. course "a tn senate known Throughout, the
mials whc,hern proper icet him
nothing IN the ncrn to forfeit M go'~l oioion OF the people,
Such the strains of the Wing Editor of Norfolk
And what the fcfs of the case In the first place
cont AIRY TO all precedent in Virginia. AN effort was
made by the Wings in the House Of Delegates. to
force the election Of Mr.. Leigh in the very second
week of the session The ockeyng" was all ON their
side They admitted by this very fact, that there
danger of Mr.. LIS defeat if the election put off TO
their delegates Hence this pecpitaionhence the
tempt to oresta public opinion and smother the voice of
the people In the I'd placeThe people to them
selves TO exercise their undoubtcd right of instruction if
they are opposed to MIR Lcighs reelection. They have
the right to instruct their Delegates they peascnnd
these letters of instruction The very means by which
the good people of Norfolk in 1S0 instructed General
Taylor and which the panic memorasts of the last win
ter, in Richmond, Petersburg, and Norfolk, employed
to express their sentiments. But the Norfolk Herald
takes the bull by the horns and says they chit not
to be rcgardedas binding fnot binding then the right
OF instruction mere phantom Then will this
reign right of the people be FILTERED away they need
never talk again ofinstrucng their If this lam
gnagc be called intimidation, then make the
OF IT. Let the Delegates take the advice of the Herald
at their perthey will hear of in the SPRING
In the third placc--1hc Herald knows as well as we
do that the Elections the last Spring. were conducted
under system of panic which the had contri
buted TO get up deceive the People They had not full
time TO consider Mr. LIS His speeches had
been fully ladbeore them lie had not had his famous
respondence with the Richmond Committee, had he
made his extraordinary speech at Peersburg-nor had
he visited the citizens of Chesterfield, 10 address them
IN his own behalf-at meeting which called to in
struct their Delegate against himself Some of the De-
egates were elected in the SPRING with the reservation
expressed, that they would be afterwards instructed
And even if the People had been satisfied with Mr..
Leigh in April, yet when their sentiments changed with
their information, they had right express tem and
to instruct their representatives, accordingly.
But let the People now distinctly understand the doc
rines whichhese modern Wings have aoat Let them
see the effort which is made to strip them of their nvaua
bic right o Instruction.; TO cancel its exercise and pro-
nounce their instructions not binding their agents.
they will tamely submit to such the part of their
servants they may bid adieu at once to the RghtWc
shall next hear that the Senator is bound by the
structions ofthe State egsature-SaU hear it, Have
we not heard 1t already Does not the last National In
elgenccr contain elaborate Essay of two and half
columns, from a Citizen of North Carolina, which the
Intelligenccr its readers and which il
TO have sated his case with treat clenrness
and nbty Docs not this writer declare that he great
mass of the People have neither time, nclnaton
the necessary information for constitutional studies and
must therefore take their construction from that portion
OF their brethren who have 1t is well for u.s. that this
atter class combines every grade of intellect character
anu information. Docs he not contend, that -
allow the Right of Instruction, and all is lost
The Senators, the Gle-guard of the Union will be
Frustrated in the dust will become the slaves, the
minions of the wretched intrigues of the States-
Were | Senator, should believe that | had be-
rnyed my country, my especial, sacred trust and was
both perjured and coward if yielded Instructions
or looked to any guides in the discharge of my duty but
the Constitution of the United States and my con-
science Yes it is rapidly coming this if the doc
trines which hear broached and boldly announced in
the Legislature of Virginia. and in the Wing papers are
to be countenanced by the citizens of Virginia I'VE shall
soon hear Senators laughing Legislature and
our Legislature itself laughing at the rights of the Peo-
pie Mr.. Leighs Report of 1912 will have been written
in vain if Virginia shall counenance such hcreses as
have been lately uttered by her faithful Representa-
tvcs."