Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-15

""f','Sf ms ooM d'cs not recognise thcm--Why
speak OF dcvclopcmen's; They are creatures Of u
morbid magination-but if they were real they can.
not repeal the Constitution, absolyc hin, from the
were realized, what would be the natural position Off
Frgina Senator He would be found i'm the r,;ao,ifv
whether large or small battling against All ifrcfr.ss'
however awful and against the majority however
rccklcssly determined and matter how STRONGLY
backed by Presidents and Cabinets. Such was The
course oil RtccS, the nicknamed sCollar-ma Fede-
" raiist and Tory Where iiyes when the yl,uer;-
can System was fastened upon ussbattlng against il
with all ms might year after year, and i'm lean ard
' rdiculcd minority Where were those who arc now
I" denouncng him; Uho they ard ,chcre were they,
" lhey are our Hhigs who Were either aiding the
my or were us dumb AS the dead Where are they
{" now:--totking about State Rights but acting with
4" the Federaists! They may make the most Of Gen
Jacksons crrors-hc has saved from the dominion
OF the Bank and every patriot ought give him crc-
DIT for having resisted the wild extremes of the
friends of the American system, on the one hand
= and OF the Nullifcrs the other. Rircs is with
Jackson Mr.. Leigh has been with 10th extrenscs
voting for the candidate of the American System,
afterwards leaning towards the Nulifers, when their
doctrines were at stake. lie is in close commu-
mon with the partzans of both extremes, who have
formed coalition TO pull down the Administration. Ii
they succeed God knows what measures are 10 prc-
vail; but of one thing sure that the Bank viii
. be rechartercd, or another like it established Mr..
Leigh is not the to represent Virginia unless Vir-
GINA means to abandon practice for Profession"
Wcll-Now let Us inquire into the efforts OF our high
minded and honorable Wing leaders, to prevent the
cess of instructions
Have you seen any of these secret Instructions.
and Sncahing attempt, transfer the State to Van
Buren,, BY the Introduction of his system of tactics
OF intrigue and corruption into Virginia Beware Of
q the trick! II is disgrace the Staic-a fraud npsn
" the cominunity-a deat-blow to the sacred Righ of
Instruction Why don't they meet us upon the styles,
speak out, face to face, like honest mcninstcad OF
cornering the Ignorant and inducing them, by false
" hoods and misrepresentation TO sign paper, which
" they do not understand Watkins Leigh is one Of
" virgnias brightest sars-a thorough going Virginia
" Republican, OF the Jeiiersonan School-a with
" out fear, and without reproach. They saw he is n
q be Hci
" posed TO the Bank than Old Jackson, who only wishes
" TO pull down this Bank, because he could WELD il
" TO promote ms own ambition-and i'm order that he
" may up another, TO be under his control. And
besides, these secret Instructors know the Bank dead
% still they cry out Bank Bank My dear sir! never
put your Inst to any OF these papers, for if you do you
" countenancc the basest fraud which was ever pracs
ed right acyong, and Van Burcns system of tactics
is TO be introduced farewell to the character of the old
Deminion' Farewell to the Republic!'
Impartial reader here is a pcture-and probably not
very unfair one, of a friend and opponent of In
structons. Which is the Van Buren, man? Which is
the intriguer2 Who has dcalfn caumny and msreprc-
senation? Look at this picture, reflect upon the pro
ceedngs of the last winter and spring and then decide
Some voters may have sigued Ins,ructions without
the friends of the Administration, have Leen prevented
from signing, by the ISLANDERS which have been circua
ed against the Instruction Committees. So far these
charges are applied TO the of nstruconsts, Meyare
ISLANDERS If applied TO individual cases, if true
they may be fully offsetted and more than counterba
lanced by frauds on the other side. And far APP
piled to the mass of people, aud intended 10 inva
date written Instructions they offer insult 10 the com
inunliy, aim dcatblow to the right Of Instruction
and designed To sacrifice that right to blast the
reputation of large number of respectable private cit
zens, for the of Mr. Leigh and 10 graft
fy the party prejudiccs of of political aspirans
who seem determined to rule Virginia or perish in the
attempt They talk about New York Taciics. Let the
New Workers be what they may Richmond has outstrip
ped albany The Legislature is encavoring TO ontstrp
the people of Virginia. And if nothing but Caa-
cass!ng IN the country countcract the Caucmss-
ing the city, the people owe it TO themselves so to
arrange matters, that the diScipined te'o shall
be permitted to rule the scattered and disorganzcd
many The Representative, who not only bubbles away
the rights of his people, but sits with compaccncy and
hears them sandered ard denounced by Delegate from
the City, from distant county may make the most
of his f,nnesS and the fattery of his associates He
will find there is rInness at home! Are to be brand
cd with styness ignorance, and fraud because
not all stump SPcdkeTsT and because will not ride
twenty thirty miles to be again harangued by those
who lcctnred propheticaly last Spring abont the
arrangement 81 the currency and the low prices of
crops, the bitter fruits OF q Erccuire usirpation pr
The truth is, that if had needed these Orators we
never could have organized Committee or drawn up e
Letter OF Instructions We might have gone into pub
lie meeting; but the whole of a ccurt-day would have
been spent and every of business harangued of
patience, and harangued away, before any thing could
have been done. 1t in the country troublesome and
difficult business at best much So that where parties
any thing like equally divided the chances are de-
cidcdly against the of Instructions Our oppo-
ncnts know this; they calculate largely upon it. Ii is
strong calculation. But surely when number of honest
men, without single political aspiration, voluntarily
step forward and take apon themselves the trouble of
ceivng signatures scrunizng lists mourning collisions
with friends the SANDERS of scurous presses and de-
nunciaons from the Capitol it evidence of pop
lar feeling. And, when such present their Repre-
sentative Letter of Instructions, signed by voters
than would constitute majority of the largest vote
given in the county, surely no honest Republican Re-
preventative will dare to set at naugbt such expression
of the will Of his pcople-and surely no Republican peo-
pie will suffer themselves TO be ouibblcd oui If their
dearest rights by 'arrays ofmen in buckrum-f ceois
without f,eehodrs-neutrals and non-resdcnts
NO ASPIRANT.
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