Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-06


entirely with you, that there is power the charter
to incorporate Bank OF the United States Yet eat OF
INC forbidden fruit OF intracoa into your charter be-
cause II Is L. e evil onc who offer it, and IL shall b.
the fruit OF the stree of Knowledge and il shall omen
your eyes, and you shall know all things Here my pen
Is ready to fa-But thnugh Your steps be as hard u
trace as the angel OF darkness an his windinvs-.e,
shall attempt ~ follow yon without fear f.yor or af;.c-
ton. Benz w Leigh is enc thing and NV country and
ITS Constitution another. In comparison lac is less than
the dust IN the balance.
Now, to ycur Petersburg .Spcceh-You complain, sir.
'tat the malignant spirit oi party had been pouring its
cNhaustess pials oi wrath upon your head-and Ca
luny, with ITS quivcr OF poisoned arrows had almost
dsoiened you, by the constant wanging Of her how"
iou sr IN TINS same speech while you find fault with
others Tor finding fault with your political errors and
oundcrsiiaSc the most reckless bitter aud entng
ueh"hclauohs oil Martin Van Buren,, that has
come TO the knowledge of the writcr-except Henry
Siay baltimore speech against Gen Jackson--whcn
he invokes "war, pestilencc and ADMINISTRATORS than
Cen Jackson should step into his way for the Presidency
And, SIR no doubt you, in your heart invoked s.war
pes'cnce and famine rather than that the Hon Martin
Van Buren, should step in your path the same office
Sr, was ever such exhibited before reflect
ing pubic-(except the part acted by Harry Clay to-
wards Gen Jackson that the Hon. Bcn. Watkins Leigh
senator the sovereignty of the great
Siate OF Virginia, in the Senate of the United States
should SO lar lose his secspcct 10 descend TO the
P"huca aren7and, like Harry Clay abuse his political
opponents IN dinner speeches, Sir MIR Clay had rather
eign IN Hell than in Hcovcn and, in my soul
oeHeVe you are a ut disciple of his Aud it IL YOU.
VINO nave picked up the fallen fortunes OF that unfortu
nate man. IL Claymserabe, for the sake of 0uaLition
fdsricSS ambition Agreed-so be it, You have a ri0,,
aad you must also stand the Yespoas6Ily But Won s,
your mouth shall not be- closed BY the situation your
friends have placed you in candidate for tho Presi-
wish You would make such speech every week of your
nic. but you say you did no, wish to be cenddate-
II was forced on You by VIM Il. Johnson j. Randolph.
and Ilos L. Boildin-Good souls they must have been
to have overlooked all your .7riSiocroiic faults and
Iound some rcdcening virtues" They viewed you
very diiicentiy from what have DONE ever since uour
course al ae Iigia CoRrontioR Gen sou and Mar
TN Van Buren not The only and Presidents
who have been fortunate enough have been ved and
denounced by the Hon b. w. Leigh. Mr. Jefferson was
and ever has been dctesicd and rcyiled by vou-and
you dare not say tina. during his Administration Won
were not one OF has bitterest enemies james Madsons
Administration followed and you also bitter rcyi
er OF ms measures; and pray SIR where you at
mat Time you were adhercn to the then opposition or
Federal party-Whg, if you will have it sG-with the
blue Light Federasts and Hartford Conventioniss of
the North And where do you stand YOU stand in
~e Opposition ranks, fighting under the Blue
Light and Hartford Banner, with Daniel Webster and
H. r. OTIS at the head mean III opposition General
Jackson Well Sir and be it so and stand non there
You are not wanting in the Democratic Republican
ranks and II you were wanting, would have such
a Pottttotan Where, where you. Sir during that
slngnlary unpopular administration the reign f the
"a AdaIns-h, who would not be .palsied by the will
OF his constituents Sir were YOU not sun1orier Of
S ANU republican, Aristocratic and Monarchca Adj
mlnstraton: unquestonably you were And Sir
where were you during the reign OF that other singular
~ unpopular administration the LIST Adams-hin of
Allen and Sedtion Law memory: You directly ayow
yourself supporter of the Alien Law = in-6rother
oil the Sedton Law; of the father and the same
oter' ana the same accoucheur ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
hgh rodd TO monarchy Now, Sir, 1 defy YOU or any
man Tor you, to prove the .don Lac Consutonaithat
by The same process of reasoning the Sedon NAV moi
asn DC made constitutional Try it when you will YOU
WIZ be met by an orericheaing argunon the weight of
which you will not bc able o stand
Sryour friends claim for you the attributes of great
man. deny them Ia you How could 4 great man linus
cach himself: lfever you find the Hon. Martin an Blu
Sh supporting The sembance of such law the Alien
Law, VIII abandon linn, and abandon him forever no.
tg shall induce me to support himSir in your fever
is moments, you wrote large pamphlets agant the call
o Convention wishing 10 tie t, peopl down 10 the
iuat9a virginia Constitution, out OF your
70 English Liberty. But, thank God the good pcope
Vi Firglia-thosc, mean to whom you did like to
extend the right of suifrage-had rather more sense
IMAM you had; and demanded, in voice of thunder
Convention; ana part OF tlose wlo having votes
your aaherent3 contend ought not To have power to
instruct! The Wing oftha day said you We're half
century, or century, behind the improvements of ,le
age And the Wing told the truth The Whio nlso has
SAID and said truly that had YOU lived il Is roben
auca whether the American Revolution would have sue
ceeded You would, no doubt have been found on the
SIDE oil L6eHyl mcnn L5orfy i'm the English sense
Kings, Lords, and Commons. You must have i'm
proved NIGHTLY III the arts of statesman for the Nho
TO eaten at you AS candidate Jor The Presdeney-ind.
ing Mr. Clay could no longer be run with any prospect
o success IN Virginia, again But should not be
pTiseu' now, Mr. Clay flag hoisted the proper
linc, and you placed at his feet with probably the un
uersndng that you receive from his hands the Sccret-
ry-ofStateship.
Sir am not disposed 10 persccute YOU; but / shall
not let man, deemed of much npoi lance BY tl,
Anti Democratic Republican party alias sour milk I0s
wing party, pass as great man. without farther ex-
animation Of his greatness The Convention was fnn-
called and we find you true to antiquaed prcdilcc-
was made IN that venerable" Arstocratic Constitu
non that was proposed by you, advocated by YOU
iou 'Vencratcd ancient error and did all Won could
10 prevent the assertion of Popular Righs-Y slro
gled hard, heavy, and long But thanks to an enli0
tehed age you were overcome and Constitution bet
Ter than the one passed upon formed Them after that
whcre do we lind you We find you, sir to your clcr
mai and everlasting discontinue endcavorinr to prevent
the blessings flowing from the new Constitution beuo
extended To the people Of Virginia. in the orpan;z,io1
OF your Courts Of Justice.
You used all your efforts TO prevent the extern
SION OF Chancery jurisdiction TO the District Judges
ana believe you were advocate also for the old dis.
tfict system, in modified form Thus throwing evcrv
impeachment you could in the way fciltatino Justice
and making the administration thereof little inconycn-
cnt TO the people and little expensive as possible
on the system was carried in spite of your efforts and
the people rejoice that it say sir YOU must have
tentative that ignOrGaceb this does not comport
WIN your opinion OF your self or that of your friends
-FOUR course Is nothing more less than tis-tbat
every man who wanted TO seek his rights i'm Chancerv
must FIRST seek his rights through fhc dccovDfisLcJ r. ~
Iotgh or some other awycrin the metropolis of Vrnia
NO matter how much the poor suffered or the rich
man clthcr-to Richmond lie go at all seasons of
the year; spend his time and his money waiting nor
haps lazy, idle Lord Chancellor or his counlIv raj,
ana gTecdy solicitors IN Court say sir do say il and
repeat it, that when look at your early efforts in the
lrst place. TO prevent Conycntion-second whilst ih,
Convention was sitting to you oppose almost every
effort to amend tine cid Constitution of lis
JcdtuToS--and third, after the Consultation Wa. C.ured
TO see your efforts TO prevent the people from r,.pn
ita benefisIlat such and such conduct oht
and viii da0n you % everlasting fame as an enemy of
the Ttghts ~ Sir, would you have Welded excenf
you were Obliged TO You would nof-bui the blast was
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