Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-01
TO 11fE EDITORS or 7liE EMO UfRER.
TO 81 IEANDER I"

Let us JNthng e,tcnure, auglt in ma;ce
our queries To Gcn. Gordon, in the Richmond En-
quirer, of the Goth ns wcre it is presumed not *
pcctcd to be answered 10y the party to whom they were
propounded Tint would be- to look for too much CON
tlesccnson IN modern times, from in high places
The response, II il comes ut ALL must. most probably
come from another quarter.
The General, in his late tour among his constituents
through the upper part of his district, finding uns-
pu,cd Geld, and hiMscT among ''strangc Ledfeiiocs
the affiliated Old fcderds, Nationals, and .hutfers
ycept "bhigs as he always had been among his
friends, remarkably courteous and communicative And
the writer OF this article being among the number of his
OH Jricndstiough discarded and To
know what mighty changes had been wrought and find
ing the General nothing oth, "to reveal the of
the prsonouse, applied himself assiduously obtain
all the information he couldand thinks he gathered
enough to respond, confidently, to all your ncrrogato-
res, and add a few items to the list
l. The General, "at the session of Congress
did vote for the resolution declaring the Dcposcs u-
safe in the United States Bank - states his reasons
TO be, that time was not allowed for minute examine
ton INTO the subject and his belief that it PROPOSE
ton so Pnf Me Bank. And his for voting 'the
restoration OF the Depostcs at the last session. he de-
cares to be- that he never considered them 'upsate in
the u ). Bank and moreover, that he looked upon SHE
rcmoraf as unwise, unlawful, and unconstitutional
The General does ''redliy Liicre, least he SAYS
So that The President violated the Constitution of the
States IN the removal of the Deposites. The Gene
raj has confidence in the efficacy of an IDeocLnet
and therefore made movement towards .brinpng in
Dhl to impeach the Fredericksburg content with
The action r OF the Senate, in which he concurrcd.
j. The General is " .Amlifer in the South Carroll
ma sense and appeals for his orthodoxy, Madison
Resolutions of $500 let others these resol-
''"'S thcy so ANXIOUS the General that
portion of The States should be brought under the
has been, in favor of Southern Convention and
" Southern Conlcderacy"
a. lie prcfers Is. w Leigh for the next Presidency
o. lie is great stickler for 90 Liberty" and holds
Pocer in such utter adherence, that he would not
leave po,eer enough in the Government preserve the
fS6erty of the people. "SILKEN CoRps are now the
order of the dayWouid they may prove strong enough
in time of need!
D. lie Is In favor of the unlimited right of Instruction;
Dut ke some OF his cotempoaries, elsewhere will not be
instructed Indeed the General this doctrine
so far as to contend that the constituent body has the
right to constrne constitutional question for their repre-
sentatves, by which the latter should he bound with
clear conscience, be his own opinion what il may This
as also Mr. Lcighs doctrine is sa,dcrStood-yct it
certainly goes TO the prostraon of another rincipe
more APPLY cae. "conserratre, than the abominuble
idea of Notification.
Ii Gen Gordon disapprovcs these responses let him
answer for himself No injustice is intended to be done
hini-not the least. ANOTHER CONSTITUENT
Dec. 25th, 1884.