Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-13

ms ructns would be to disregard thai Great hnI,,t M
pnph. n'erty, and they viii lnsty the rcbukc &c
an iho'ghaht fcoplc by c,untenancng a doctrine thot
.tiks deadly blow AT the first principles ON which The
People Of Virginia have acted ever since the Ieyolu
ton 49, $500
To those memCys Of tie Legislature elo are
10 rofe a. yinsf b njamin Hafkins LeiyL
Us not my purpose to address you in the language
oil persuasion or cnrSty, nor to invoke popular y.n
geance upon you. My design is to plead the claims a,
yo people against the claisQs Of your parto remind
you oi The delicate positions hch you occupy-to wan
you against the seductive Influences by whc, Won a
surrounded-and TO repc the sandcrous imputatons h..
winch some OF your pariizan presses aud associates ar
seeking TO nvaidatc these instruc tons and dissr,c,
those who have signed them.
You are instructed tn vote against the rc.rccon .r
Nr' leigh ion are for him. Some Of your party friends
arc endcavorng tn take advantage of your party attach
cns and insultingy pleading the eoraace of your
constituents, IN bar of your obligations TO obey their in
strncons. They tell you, that number Of your people
have been hoodwinked and chcated-.hat they would not
have instructed YOU if they had been fully informed
upon the questions involycdthat you are bound TO pro-
ct te ignorant from such inposurcs. and imp,stofs
ana 10 guard the sacred Right of Instruction from, smell
abuses. They appeal TO your independence ,,ur pruc
oi character, your love for you, ., There ,n,st l
" no ainehi..f,cv 81, g-out-Icig must be sns,,;neJ
a. an Burcnism will rule the Old Dominon-Evcry
Hhig must pull true, else the Jphig cause is defeated
and the Uhie purity aDnihatcd."
Such is iii substance, and spirit the language of the
Wing papers, and fair picture of the feelings and ef
forts of some of your Wing associates with our Hhi0
Gorernor at the head of them. lie calls upon YOU 10
.'act in all things as becomes this Commonwealth lie
leaves you at no loss to guess what course in his opinion
Will "bccomc this Commonwealth You must first and
foremost oppose 1.-THE Executive head Of the Federal
government, right or wrong.-You must sustain .sthc
faithful Representatives of the States in the senate ~
the United States, and Senator Leigh, OF course In
DONG so, says the Governor you will surely find the
consolation OF your oten approving udgmentswi ent-
ne yourselves 20 the gratitude of your constituents and
whether you receive them not, you may Justly
claim the thanks of hoie country, whose future ,lesti-
NY depends, IN great degree, upon your acts
In the name OF consistency who read this sen
tence, without wondering what has become of the ter
rors excited by the doctrine of the Proclamation npon
the subject of Representative amenabitv Wb,
read the Governors praises OF the Senate the
tdtdtm Representatives. Of States without conclud-
ing that he wishes the instructed members of the Icris
ture OF Virginia TO display their fidelity Just as did the
instructed Senator'S who in contempt of the expressed
will Of their constituents persisted in course OF reck
less hostility to the Administration, and of friendship
the Bank According to the Governor they entitled
TO the gratitude of their constituents and ay Justly
claim the thanks of the whole country .'Fahlul
Representatives of the States " But let that pass 1
ask you, gentlemen Senators and Delegates whether
is not your duty to represent your people Can your
Iihig brethren, and your Wing Governor absolve you
from your obligations TO these for whom you acting
do they feel the force of the claims which yo constitu.
ents have upon yo@ Mo- They go for their party and
would have you TO do so, though, in doing So YOU be
guilty OF perdy to those whom it your duty repre-
sent!
But word or two more, about this plea of Ignorance
and inposturc. Can you faithful Republican, repre-
sentavcs, hear, without repcing the SANDERS which
are uttered against your constituents Admit that there
ignorant voters and that there are tcsiono de,na
gogucs who would not scrupe take advantage Of their
ignorance 1t is folly To cite individual cases They are
not confined to side of the house They may leo
plead strongly and justly against the Hhigs al
against the s'I0ries. YeaI will venture To assert
that for instance, in which voter has been mislcd
IN signing these instructions, do>ea instances can BE-,
adduccd, i'll which given last Spring against
Administration candidates. under the firm persuasion
that General Jackson striving become king and
another dozen, in which induced to Lclievc
that If the jackson collar men, (as the friends of the
Administration callcd) not put down. wheat
tobacco and cotton would sell for fourth of their
N eRAffsn ILL
vera members OF the Legislature indebted for their
election This is plain talk but is truth To such an
extent, and with such success these receptions
pracscd that the heart of the Democrat grew sick
Ills faith IN the principles which institutions rest
was shaken; and, not few honest sWhgs,' were de-
pved OF the joys of victory, by the of the
wicked means by which it achieved. The scene il
now changed; and many voters do not hesitate 60 ac
knowledge that they were deceived But it seems that
although their rotes good, amidst the panic and
gloomy predictions of the Spring their Instructions now
alter whole Summers reflection, deemed entirely
unworthy OF notice. by those who eternal idc
iy TO the Right of lnstructon!I repeat. that this
plea OF ignorance, if applied to here and there an in
stance, avails nothing 1t works both ways But il is
aimed at the and those who urging it. are sriy
ing to set the representative above his constituents We
shall soon see, how far they have succeeded We shall
soon discover, whether the party Influences engender
ed and eNered about the Metropolis, stronger than
the claims of your constituents homc-whether YOU
serve your Pa rty. your People
Bc'cGTe Of the ALTERNATIVES"