Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-05-19
MIR LEIGH

Revised Code. under the title OF "Act
Congrtss-pasScd Dec. 22d i7S5 The LIST section
runs in the following terms
BE eaactcd by tie General assembly, That so soon
any election shall be- made OF Senator's for this Com
m,nwCalih in pursuance OF the Constitution of the U
States Of 4cricu the clerk of the House of DELEGATES
shall notify the to the Governor who shall cause
crcd,ntiai TO be made out and the seal the Common
wealth affixed thereto shall sign the and j,
to be delivered to each Senator which credential shall
BE- in the words following:
Firginiu Il ,cit
Tic Legislature IF tbs Commonwealth on he
day ~ thousand Scrcn hundrcd and
hseng, an pursuance Of Tic Constitution for the tntrd
Sd''s America, chosen Esquire, a
Ss"ator, being G0rcrnor or Chtsf Ma
gtif"tc 81 The rc'1aonpea do hereby certify thr same
70 Me Senate Of the saM United States Gire under my
hand, and The Scof IF Tie Communicable, tbs dun
Of one thousand sercu hundrtd and
"A LIKE notification shall be made and a like crcdrn
tial shall be delivered to Richard Henry LIE and Hiam
Grayso" Esqprcs respectively who have been chosen
Senators for this Commonwealth"
The public are beginning to be inpatient to know
the real transactions of this Mr. eiph has not vet
accepted his appointment This fact seems To be con
coded IL said he has not yet received the official am
nnnciation of his election. Why has he not: We un-
dersand the Clerk of the House Of Delegates has done
hS duty-So any election shall be made of Sc
majors &c. the Clerk of the House of Delegates shall
notify the the Governor &c The Clerk did
the very day after the election transmit ccti
hcae OF the election to the Governor. This was on the
goth January last Why has not the Governor caused the
cedentia to be made out aud evcred the Senator
elect IL has been asked by of MIR cigls friends
how could he decline, since he has not Yet received
I.tI,f not
having announced his intention to decline the appoint
nent, the public then call upon Governor Tazcwell To
do his duty We cannot permit ourselves doubt, from
all we have understood that Mr.. Leigh is prepared to
do hes This state of suspense should be terminated
otherwise. the public voice will demand it in a strain
which will penetrate to the ends of the Com
monwealtli.
TO TIE EDITORS or TnE ENQUIRER
PLTERsBuRG, Va.
have been aware all along that the acceptance
OF the Office of Senator in Congress by Mr. i.cyh
had not been announced; but knowing that il is the
'lprk nj thn . .t...
soon as any election shall be- made OF Senators
Tor Tins Co'n"ion Wealth. in of the Com
THY the same to the Governor, who shall cause a Gre
dental to be made out, and the seal of the Common
wealth affixed thereto shall sign same and cause il
To be delivered to each Senator knowing this have
taken II for granted that those officers had not been
guilty of cupable neglect of their duty; and further
nave taken IL Tor granted, II they had done their duty
land do not yet know that they have not) that Mr.
Leigh seicctl2n~Aas consummatcd, and ! have taken
this for granted because refusal by him TO receive the
cedential has not been announced If those officers
nave not done their duty, it becomes them as you
suggest VERY properly0 to proceed do it forthwith
ton OF Mr.. Leigh is complete, and he must be con-
sidered the accredited Senator of Virginia "a for
mai acceptance of the credentia not being required
oy inc law to be announced 10 the puJiic The creden
tal is to thc Senate of the United States and not by
proclamation to the public. Hence the receipt of the
Gredeniiai the acceptance of the Office and if the
Dental when offered is rejected, the election is not con.
ssummaed-ilerc is vacancy, and the fact should be
This view of the subject is drawn from the law of The
"a OF December 1855, when credentials were directed
to be delivered to Richard Henry Lee and William Gray
sons Sqs, VINO had been chosen Senators for this Com
inonwealth q believe there has been no change in the
law) " w
The notification of of their elections Il,
senate, ny committee of both Houses, is usage that
has grown up beside the law springng from courtesy
ana is not essential TO complete the election of Senator
Such Is the view that has inunenccd me i'm saying
that Mr.. Leigh ought o 'ycsian'
am thoroughly satisfied with the correctness of the
opinion have lately expressed that ii has become the.
he IN hic, bo
reelected by the last General Assembly of Virginia The
Puoiic eye shall see the reasons Of that opinion and the
Puoic pulse Will beat to tacm they pass warm from
the heart through e Press) circulating vessels of
Tree speech and public liberty though the co be
tempted To be stgmatised ''lnalicOus and puny Qct
us iiughD by MIG Press that is less famed for its
ability than its G@licentousness
~ hIvs this moment seen the article in the Wing to
winch have alluded above. Malice, he says-f1isc
dO'5t he does. PUBIi6 Js"''''
THE ViRGLNLa ELECTION,-JUDGE WHITE.
The result of our Elections has been hailed by our
friends in the other States with the greatest
1t has inspiritcd our Pary-while il has cowcd
our opPonentsI has especially dimned the pros.
poets Judge Wite-and caused the Wings to doubt the
possibility OF hissuccess land turn with further despe
rate resolution to of their brethren as the can
ddae OF their party Judge White star il WANING We
ry whercand the day cannot be far distant when his
friends viii either Withdraw him from the canvass or the
great body OF the Wings will drop him from ticket
we lay before our readers few specimens of the
imgS oil both parties, as indicative of the Signs of the
Times:
ayIRGISIA.-By the last Richmond ENQUIRER we learn
.nut 'e ne WY "cted House of Delegates of that State
consists oil seventy eight Democrats and ty-sx Wbivs
i,ast year IL was iy Democrats 20
NnSs, uc revolution at that time beino
nc Richmond Wing, the organ of the enemy IL in =
terrible way about the frank and honest ad,n;s;
which 1T was surprised the result of the cccons ma
winch were copied into columns at the time under
the mead OF sold to the Dutch Ever since il has becn
iaDonng TO retract and TO prove that the "ruth's
ne put without making much Roadway. The i'm
mediate object OF the Wing is doubtless to furnish
Watkins Leigh with plausible excuses for remain.
gina principle which demands his resignation if he
cannot obey the will of the peoples course so noby pur
sued by the patriotic Rves The object is TO keen
aVc Inc White party, which has been IN GrticIo morris
ever since the Virginia elections terminated bv reprc
senns the Old Dominion as 10y no means committed
on the Presidential question. This is amusing in the
Wing the paper which strenuously insisted tl,a
the elections should turn upon the question Of White or
Van Buren,, and has in instance at least admitted
that qua so turn No ingenuity explain away the
truth oil the Van Buren, result Ii is Acknowledged bv
majority OF the Wing papers in Virginia and the best
tng MI fleasants do is to shout Justify i'm praise
OF Rhode Island, where Dcmocracy has been in part
rickcd out of her rights That will be comfort in his
"idrcuoi eHHSytrdRi0n.
TnF sold DoMINIoN."- Virginia last year was over
run and subiugatcd by the paaie nakers and voked TO
the car of Notification but she is emphaticaly herself
again-trlumphanty dsenhralcd and cinstattd in her
former proud postOn-tle DcnOcrurV i'm the rece Mt
struggle having completely vanquslrd the combined
but heterogeneous Of ancient Fciernlsm Jph;ke
Uhtggery, and Caikom Qualification. We greatly re-.
Jolee at this result the stain upon the political escuchcon
OF virginia IS completely eiiacedthc land of Washing