Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-12

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wiloe matter some were induced by misrepresentation
70 take their names from the letters of Instruction and
WIS oSriar'o ti't many others wished do the amc
"tng lhcsc practices continued until f. 4, 20
Oe"Fe tie lccis; when WAS discovered, by those Mn.
VINO were interested IN making the discovery that none
OF Ncry lew at the counties had succeeded i'm tho At
tempt tn instruct their representatives Src;nv ill.,,
ticsc important Developments were mad. too late Gr
the people 10 verify and prove their trnth we th K,
our duty on the day Of election, move am indeIui
postponrent, with the view of giving the pcopl m, ON
por'uhy progressing more fully their wishes on sub
Ject III winch they were deeply Interested The arm.
hnS anu principles by which that motion was sustained
arc iuy set forth IN the speeches delivered IN the Senate
cau - s''e nan 81 'cegalSs We solicit your earnest
consueiauon OF them The proposition to postpone so
reasonable IN itse-so nexccponaLle on the grounds
II, oons'tutonahty or expcdit ncy-so necessary in
S present state OF public sentiment and so rpspect
iui u the instructng counties-was rejected 10 !,
iarge majority And strange to tell the instructed
members themselves voted against reference of ,he
suoJect again 10 their own constituents. 1t was de-
ermined to go into the election. Efforts were made
20 suppress debate, and To prevent the expression
oi opinion on the part of those who sustained the prnc
pics OF the Administration and advocated the election or
Democratic Senator The election resulted ns Won
WI Ahow' III !ee choice Of H. w Leigh, Esq This
result mas manifesty been obtained in despite of The
wishes OF the people, and violation cf the most sacred
fignt oil nsnucon Senator has been forced ON the
state oil virginia, who never on one occasion co.
operated with the Democratic Republican Party of tho
Commonwealth. - - ~
Mr. Leighs in political life. has been x,reme
orei, ms ability as statesman never proved and in
mo- one instance has he been known to sustain those
trines aud principles which Virginia proclaimed six
] y nf flIa
Constitution and the preservation of the Union =
ne was the advocate of the Alien law; the reyilcr of
T M .ne condemn.r OF every prominent
Oh ms administration and the opposer of Madison as his
successor He the delegate Who voted i'm 1919 with
small minority OF well known Fcdcralis,s against a
resolution OF the General Assembly of virginia decar;n
mat peace as ace nolc hare is dsgr0cf M and ,ry L,o
Tdclc. Mr. Leigh able debater and a ready writer
might have done his country some service. bnt h. ra
opened his mou welded his pcn 10 corrcc, ,lose
federal cncrOachncnts which had broken down Tho ,r
rieTs oil tue Constitution and made Congress supreme
Mr. l. al. q -
gina IN her long and aboriOus efforts TO mt down tho
system of Internal Improvement by the General Co
vernment; to modify and reduce am oppressive IRA,
I'M ana TO destroy that tremendous agent of corrup-
ton, the United States Bank, which had inIcrwovan
sch INTO the very frame of the Government and was
ast obtaining complete controul over its movements
On the contrary, he has been the friend and
OF those who created and have sustained all these
tons 'Showm me your company and RI tell Won who o,
are With the single exception of Mr.. Crawford who
was an advocate of the Bank MIR eiuh has never CO.
operated with Virginia in the choice of President on
the contrary has uniformly sustained those who wore al
horrent to her on account of their political PRINCIPLES
Mr. Leigh by his and his own declarations
mas proved himself advocate of the Bank os tLr
atferlafico Of eris. This gentleman whose no;,;cai
opinions and capacities statesman have meyer
pcen developed by long of public service has
Dccn put IN the place of one who for twenty wears
had been IN the service of his country had devoted The
prime OF youth and manhood the aborious dnties Of
delegate in the Legislature and n Rcnresen,a,iva
In the Congress of the United States had ocnn;red
ny practice, experience, and arduous study thoroua
knowledge oil the true principles of Constitution and
a
vigorous and wcleducaed mind by the widest rance Of
philosophical and historical investigation who i'm carly
days was the friend and pupil of Jefferson and is M
sent the companion and intimate correspondent of Madi
son; man, who, by most skiliu negotiation sccured
Claims oil our citizens on the French government which
the abest ncgoators had in vain attempted for tuant
years to obtain the fearless statesman who sustained on
The floor of the Senate of the United States the true
cples of the Constitution, and vindcaed Tho n,urch
abused doctrines of Virginia when NOT nnoer frro H..
native State or elsewhere stood by aid and cheer him
on VINO again. on another trying OCCASION stood forth the
n IN nrHf ft-ftr.
10 De te consequence of an unnchng adherence to the
principles lac avowed this man. who has proven bimself
by long service in different stations home and abroad
an aDe Genater consummatc statesman, fearless dc.
lender OF the Constitution, ardent disinterested nat
not TINS man, whose services much needed in the
present Crisis OF our affairs has been left in retirement in
spite OF the wishes of the people contrary To their rc
monstrances ond violation of the sacred right Of
If the democracy of Virginia submit 10 these tIooa
len uIe tey prepared TO yield up the guardianship of
their liberties entirely into The hands of their rnlp v
hen arc they prepared in the language of an old Fedc
ras to admit that sail power dcTirtd from the Pcopl
but they possess only the day of their elections
Airr TINS IT'S me proPeryct tier rulers can they
exercise resume it, unless it be abused But Inc mar
ty by whom these things have been done profess TO be m
pubIcan they have assumed the name of that patro,
band who achieved our independence and claim to be
Inc exclusive representatives of the pure principles of
inc revolution BE not cheated by name! The SAGA.
city "i an intelligent people cannot be deceived by spc-
c'ous professions or plausible pretcnces What has he.
come ofthe old Federal partly How happens it, that the
name is never heard?
Was totally broken and shattered in 1900 that moi
wreck has been left behind tell that had ever beon5
is t'e Federal party formidable in past DAYS totally
eXuncG arc ITS practices erased from the page of history
ITS doctrines buried and orgoton Political as well rs
moral principles, never die; Pr0eus-iikc they assume
thousand shapes commngle in thousand for1,s and arc
ever insulating themselves into the clements Of society
the more poisonous and deadly when appearing under
n popular and familiar name
The Federal party completely ovcrhrown by the no.
htca revolution OF 1901, dcspaiTcd of ever rcoainipp
power under their proper name; they have therefore
united with the minority of disafeced portion of the
Republicans. vgr of ft,oir =
their numbers, have rcgancd the ascendency
in Virginia.
Mr. Jefferson predicted, thirty yars ago precisely the
present relation of parties In letter To Gideon Gran.
ger SO4), he says: Thc Federasis know that en- o,oi
ne, (undcr That nancy they gone forever Their OBJ
cct therefore, is how TO return into power under some
Other form. Undoubtedly they have but one means
winch 49, to divide the Republicans, Join the minority
and barter with them FOR the cloak of their name saw
join He minority because the majority of Repucans
not needing thcm will not buy them. The minority
having no other means Of ruling the majority will Give
price Tor auxiaries, and that price be prncIpc
III IS true that the Federasts needing their numbers nj
So must also give price, and principle is the coin they
must pay IN Thus bastard system of fcfero reyDb-
cHHS VIII rise the ruins of the PRINCIPLES OF
revolution. And when this party is formed who viii
constitute the majority of it, which majority is then 70
dctate' CoTtaHIye Fedoraiists is not this prccis,v
the slate Of Things now exhibited in tic United States
ana more especially IN Virginia? No man who has becn
an attentive observer OF the proceedings of the Icoisa
lure Tor the last two years. doubt for moment that
the majority has been made by an nnon of the Federal
and that the action Of that majority has been chiefly d.
Tcctcd by the Federal portion which constitutes the
larger ingredient ofthe composition.
AT time the FCdcralists attic npcd 10 risc under tl