Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-08
MAINLAND


Inc Legislature assembled for its annual session al,
Annapolis on Monday week. Notwithstanding the Sc
verify oil the weather, III out of the Is Senators were in
n ur seats, and Il out of the 80 Delegates. w j.
BaNis one, ESD elected Speaker OF the li,se of
delegates, o. g. Brewer, Chief Clerk, and the Rev
! MIR. Davis, Chaplain Col Sappington was elected
Speaker OF the Senate; Benz. Forrest Esq in conse-
qucnee Of lndisposi,ion, having declined the Chair
On Thursday, Governor Thomas Message was laid
before both lIouses-from which, we make the following
Extract ON concerns:
We transmitted Gas made duty Esceiency the
.ofofnor OF the Commonwealth Virginia, o reports of Joint
Committee Of The Senate aud House Delegates sundry
our son;he,n aud Western boundares g pending
viii, the directions Of the General Assembly and en-
sPh Ncck Esuircs to assist the M,onSy Gene and 90
ns and prosecuting the sui, directed procuring
a copy q communications Iii. sccsncy Governor aze
resolutions being only since your ,
ted Which will he ana S ON subject ns as submit
Of courtesy aud respect which ought
The Annapolis Republican" thus notices the same
rhe assumed in the towards ON, ,
the wS OF ao a,5s strike us being peculiarly happy by
90 S s e,safs to the public tina,
aa in relation % snSS"nr to the Of Viz
OF War respecting our bouarcr where
land had reference not to language
@sG "ase . BY who read them, mpo
tau S,sd ~ The communication itself Governor
communication, whcnhe objected ,oits tcnor'
The Meeting in Wesniorcland have branded the Let
ters OF Instruction with the odous cpthcts They
describe them being soorety tasidious present
ed as "Wegitimdte and rOid;' inimca To the ge-
mus oil our Republican Institutions and directly i'm
contct with the provision of the Virginia Constitution
whics requires that votes shall in all cases be yen
r'rd o0ce :! The Opposition gentlemen in Wesmorc-
land, might very well have spared their aborss these
letters OF instruction have been employed from the year
l"0, IN different periods of our history down the in
structons OF their party in this city during the last
WINTER Ihey are not secret, nSdiOus nor Wo0it
mate, nor rod, nor medt to the genius OF our nsu
tons any more than they in 20 at the era of orr
last Convention or during the last winter AS TO the
argument from the ezra vote is precisely lust as
frivolous an one suits the in which II is en-
poyed or the quarters from which il proceeds not for
getting the literary pettfogger of Caroline County who
lately quoted some of the strict decisions in the Court of
Appeals, presidents for upturning the SOVEREIGN rights
OF the people From such whpsters Heaven protect the
people
The Westmoreland Meeting, pay too high compli-
ncnt to their own brethren in other counties So far
as uls meeting Is informed, the dgnifed Wings shave
disdancd to resort TO such Instructions Indeed have
not the Wings of Powhatan attempted il upon Mr. Nash
Did not the Wings of Chesterfield try -and fail Did
not some of the Wings of Caroline try il upon Senator
Parker, and likewise fail?
he question is, however about assume more of.
iicia and authoritative form. We observe that two or
three meetings have been held in Lynchburg to protest
against what they pleased to 'secret nstruc-
tions and that Memorial has been adopted most pro-
raby with view of submitting it the General AS
sehpy Let IT come, and then shall by n Report
from Committee how far the servants are prennred 10
CO. in debating to their masters in the manner of
cising their sovereign and indsputabc rglt-and how
tar this manner Of signed Instructions Is conormnb
with the practice of Virginia. and the PRINCIPLES of The
Republic. Come on, Macduff!