Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-27
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The resolution for the election of Senator of the u
States Is made the order Of the day for this day Tc
contest is expected TO be sharp onethe debate lonO
and nteresDgand the Election will scarcely be made
tor two or three days.Thc ultimate vote will be very
close one-but our minds made up for the result
we repeat, what we have frequently said--ulat Mr.
Leigh cannot be reelected, without violating the wishes
and prostrating the rights, of the People.
Mr. Leigh is alternative u. s. Bank man His
speeches in the Senate of the IT, States prove that fact
to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS his speech at Petersburg cinches
the NAIL NO man pcrusc 1T, without the impress
SON. That MIR Leigh believes national currency TO he
essential to the preservation of the Union, and Nation
al Bank TO be Indispensable 20 such currency. Docs
such compromising hostility" suit the politics OF
the Old Dominion Is it such cbannpon az tbs
that Virginia, the first to oppose the Bank and the
last to abandon her opposition will send TO the
combat 1t IS IN vain to urge that this Bank has pc
risled under the blows of Andrew Jackson When
that stern old shall retire TO the HERMITAGE at the
end Of his term, how do we know that some modern
Wing some ducte Bank man, may not be elevated TO his
place! and when the thundcrs Of the Veto suspended
that effort will not be made breathe fresh Ef.
into the present charter to create new Institution
Mr. Leigh may vote for such man, and then lac will
vote in tlcnext SIX years for National Bank
And what hash done 70 deserve this Office? What
service has nc rendered 70 the great cause Of State Rights
Let any man name il, il he can
But there is a much greater question now AT stake
than even the election Of such Senator Of the u States
principle, which is dear to the citizens Of Viroipia
and Is vitality interviewer with Southern politics
to be tested by the proceedings Of this day IL MIR
Leigh be elected, he will his SUCCESS to those re-
pcscnaivcs who will disregard the wishes and conten
inc lhsHuctpnS OIL their Constituents. If the PEOPLE
submit to this indignity then indeed may cease to
cxpaiiae on the right Of instruction. But they will not
submit They will arise in tbe majesty Of their strength.
ana meet their representatives, at Phlippi They viii
ask them by what right they haze disobcycd their
dates They will ask the Delegate who gave him the
power to question the in which DIZZY choose TO
exercise their sovereign right. They viii show him,
that there is way cicctua for collecting the eht-
ncnts Of divided county, the signing Of written
citcrs Of instruction. They viii boot AZ the attempt
swell out tie number of the constituents for the pr.
i'm
that their sovereign right has sovereign rcmedy-and
that the redress for disobcdcnce is 70 bc found in The
Polls Of a prd next
Little, too do tle friends Of Mr. Leigh consider the
embarrassing situation to which they about reduce
him. Elected as he may be, by majority Of or = :
and owing That mcagre majority to representatives who
appc upon ie instruction. u tlcr Constituents Row
can Mr. Leigh acr>t The Office in the very face ~ his
own Report Of re- If he waits till the Spring Eitc-
tons for confirmation Of the vote then the quo I'll an
viii ccftanlycomc up, Of, Leigh or no Leigh nstruc
tons no sifuctons} And dispasson1tc politician
can doubt tne result Ihc contest will 60 against him
tWo sDieoa ceis ~ i, ay paper 70 dc ean eod ra
ton OF even reader.