Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-30

H. lent no aid, SO far could know-hc gave no
"countcnance aud succour at any time to those who
We're attempting to restore the good old golden age of
Virginia principles"
Yet he elected by his Wing Brethren TO the
senate He was suspected, the very time and upon
the best grounds of leaning TO the U. S. Bank. His IA
nous Mecklcnburg letter calculated sartle the
hrmcst friend of State Rights:
he told W. substantially, that things were more
unconstitutional than others that he disposed To ac-
9ucsce in some usurpations the Constitution when
ne Thought them 50 deeply cngrafed the Instrument
that they could not be- toin of without nurng the sys.
tenn 'tselfas il indeed those Wise ioreiatcs wlp laid
the basis OF the building. had erected il ia so vile and
clumsy manner that their descendants could not repair
the Breaches which the enemy might from time to time
have made IN its walls
Trace his in the Senate his speeches or
where, and who does not perceive that he s quasi
Bank mani Theyare full Of Developments and aiterns.
ees and his have been by
and circulated by the Bank ITSELF Yet SO great was the
Panic raised by the Bank aud the Orators in the senate
una, though the number OF MIR Leigh friends in the Lee
gislauc was reduced by the Spring election of 1884 vet
they still able carry small ority-Thc Panic
however was disspated in the of the year The
People found themselves deccived-and several coun
ties began to instruct their Delegates vote against his
reelection. Things were in this coalition when The
last legislature assembled The process of Instruction
was 'hen actively going on.-1he papers were com
plcied by the People, received by their servants-
when all at once motion made to prccpita,e the
election in order to strange the voice of the People
The Wings in the House insisted on hurrying on the
Election during the very first week of the
trary to all necessity. and all precedent The Senate
however, stood outand the election was deferred till
the end OF January. No have forgotten the eff
forts that were in the mean time made by The Wing
and its allies, sur upon the Right of Ins,ruc
tionand TO elect Mr. L. against the voice and nstrnc
items OF the People La vain did the Republicans wish
TO refer the choice back to the People.-The Wings
reiused-frccd the Elccionand finally carried him
| by the meagrc majority of four.
The Republicans then determined to appeal to the
lions or no distractions Legh or no Eeigh Thc
Wings first tried to raise the issue of Fan Burea or
no ian Bnen? and when they beaten at the
Polls OF the last SPRING they commended that their
own issue had not been met and of course admit
ted that the issue of their adversarics had been fairly
tredTred il was-and il ent decidedly against them
selves The tables were turned upon the Wings The
People OF Virginia in the majesty of their strength
and returned decided majority OF the Republicans
Several OF the instructed Delegates, who had voted for
Leigh, skuked and declined to Offer Others were un
gratefully superseded by their Party. Several who
yenturcd to beaten.-And what is the result
That II Mr. Leighs election to be tested upon the
instructed votes of the last Legislature he would have
been triumphantly beatenOr, if his election was to
depend upon the votes of the next Legislature he
would stand not the reInotest chance of being re-
elected Try him, then, by either Of those tests
and his defeat certain. What was the conciu
sion 10 which we arrived: FrnnLj, T;s ,h,t M
Leigh owed il to hmsclf-he owed il to the high cha
racer to which he hnd aspired-he owed to the great
principle OF Instructions of which he had been the
champion in 1Sl2he owed it the good people of vir
glnia, who had thus decided against him. and whose
wishes IT was obvious he could not fairly represent to
yield to their decision, lay his ilgottcn Office at their
feet and put it in their power select some other re-
preventative OF their principles and wishes We hoped
that MIR Leigh would this be his interest and his
duty-and for one, were willing TO nav him the re-
spcct OF leaving him to himself and of having the grace
ui resignng his Office, from the impulse of his own re-
hectons We could not permit ourselves doubt that
such would be the be would adopt We perse
vcrcd in this determination although we differed with
some OF our friends and among the from the author
oil * uohus, whose Essay is re-published below
What followed on the heels ofhe election: Mystifica
tion clouds, and darkness. Mr.. Leigh dark as
was Mt Clay when he was balaneing between Messrs
Adams, jackson, and Crawford. Certainly this is an
unusual sign among the politicians of Virginia They
accustomed speak out their minds freely and bold
w. nd inln ,lo
mean TO do, they say But in the case of MIR
Leigh, there were no decided Indications No one would
undertake to say, what he intended to do II was some
tunes whispered indeed that lie could not decline the Of
nee, because it had been offered 10 him The Co
vernon had not yet sent him his certificate of elcc.
uon-Ih's, too, was mystery which could scarce
iy be reconciled, either with the duties of the Ex-
ccutlve, or the words of the law. All was dark
all was unsatisfactory s'Was Mr.. Leigh patsinr
1t was said by some, for further devcIopcments was
he again casting about for alternatives? Was he waiter
upon providence: Is he expecting some turn in the
pubic sentiment-some division in the Republican
ranks? Is he afraid 10 resign, lest he should offend his
paryles he cast slur upon Mr.. Mangum-that he NAV
give The casting vote to the Wing party the Senate
Can he be The man to consult his party feelings instead
OF his political princpes Can he do any thing to vio
late ms own Report of lel2-thc only great of his
whole life Federal politics? Can he weaken its
force, and cling to his seat by picking flaw in his Re-
port :"
Such questions were put from time to ,ime-Ubile
the course of the Richmond Wing was calculated to at
tract much curiosity and doubt Was this paper stbe
sworn tlrall OF the Senator, speaking his wsles-or
upon the Right OF Instruction; Whence these attempts
TO ffitter II away Why this unison of sentiment with
nlcssrs Noah and King, Mcssrs Southland and Mangum
All these glvingsout noticed-suspccted by many
but still all was dark and mysterious until Thursday
morning last, when the Wing, for the first time seems
to speak authoratively-and declares, Conformation
which comes to it authentic rumor that Mr. Leigh
means TO stick 10 his seatand obey such instructions
40 are deemed by him (the agent hmsc TO be- consist
cnt with the Constitution lit is in vain that the WHO
OF yesterday morning attempts still further 10 mystfy
inc thing and TO say that i" of that annuncation Mr.
Leigh had previous knowledge, much less any
agency in it. 1t does not deny that its information is
correct; that its ruBI0Ur is duuenttc And so we will
continue to treat it-And so will the public consider it,
Here we pause for the present We will take up the
question again. And while despise all the personal
scurriies Of Mr. Leigh champion the Whg we will
show that Mr. Leigh is bound 10 resign-tat the public
voice has decided against hinand that cannot fairly
and fulyTepesen the People of Virginia In the mean
time lay before the public the following Essay which
was published in the Petersburg Constellation on the ION
May ast-and which shows, in the ceafes manner the
pie and Legislature of Virginia. and their aren't in the
Senate ofthe U. States, Is. w Leigh, Esq:
[FRos TnE CovsrELLArIoS1
To Benydmn Watkins Leigh Senator IN Congress-
The election Of Delegates Ia the General Assembly is
finished, and the result is announced. To disclose TO
you more fully the causes Of this address ii might
pear to some perSons TO be proper to take careful
spcct OF the canvass and Of tie prior during SC
res Of years. shall adopt more compendious and
consentaneous course and style. doubt will oc.
cur TO you at once that the retrospect would useless
Those events fresh in the recollection of all For
me to attempt To add to your yva recollection of them
would be as vain as an attempt to gd refined gold-to
the ice-or add another hue the rainbow In eve.
aspect, the ATTEMPT would be eastccnl rid;cono