Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-19
FOR TIE ENQUIRER
TO GOVERNOR TAZEWELL

SIR-ln i former address, promised TO pay my re-
specs you again. after the meeting OF the present
General Assembly Of Virginia and the receipt Of your
communication by that body promised 10 give your
origin your alcnsnatura scholastic. professional and
political, the only means Of presenting just, clear,
and full understanding OF the reasons OF your strange
public life, from your commencement to the present pc
Rod But the great press Of other and more important
public matters, ut the commencement of the Assembly
and Of Congress, has recuded earlier notice of you
tbrouC the public journals. That attention and respect
shall now be rendered. with fill interest for The dcuyed
promise, well for all your ncessant and excessive
pariotic and grateful hOsuy-no to the former enemies
Of our countrY tcnr, shall harc "a So1o-
bu. towards laid the foundation Of you. present
cxaltaon.
You sir were born in Williamsburg or its immediate
vicinity of respectable parcnage-at least with
in the atmosphere of William and Mary College, which
has turned many great and distinguished men, in
former times. for the service OF their country fou SIT,
were educated in that renowned College, under the par
tcuar auspices and pupIlagc of the learned and scitn
tic Bishop Madison long the President of that nstitu
ton With these great advantages, you accumulated a
very full and perfect classical and scientific fund Of learn
ing.
Norfolk in whose bosom were struck the first revolu
tionarv blows in Virgina-Norfolk whose blaze of pa
totisn was conspicuous the torch of her ncendary
foe in her Streets You there formed, unqucstonably,
the most respectable anu most happy ana aInaole Do
mestic relations
Here sir, the first seeds Of your genns began to de-
veope themselves. Your natural and professional Ia
Tents soon displayed themselves, and were found to con-
sst of meta ysical absrac,ions sophstca cchnicn
ties and hair-spittine mysteries Your politics Of
still more mex picabe and underlined complexion You
were several times in the Assembly of Virginia. You
member of the Convention that formed The pre-
sent Constitution of that State long Senator OF the u
States in Congress; and you Governor of that
important and leading State. In these several ca
pactcs you have been with and against every party
To-day with one, with another. Neither of
them knew which had you, or where you were TO be
found in cases of the greatest emergency.
In ine you have always been Of that compound, sub
lmated noudcscrp metaphysical: Heterogeneous Po.
tc renii which defes all calculation, all certainly all
sbiity and all reliance The party Quacks
of all descriptions with all their yaegated chymicll
processes through all these extraordinary times, have
failed anal we, discover, and define, lhe true ng7e
dicnts of such a subimatcd political compound, of all
The nouns moods lenses gcndes and persons, taug in
all the party. colored schools Of the present day
Sir is said, your immediate predecessor, rxGover-
nor Floyd had and useful sense. If so, 1t may
truly be added, he had uncommon sense an these
source times You is said have an overabundant stock
of uncommon ssnsc IF quite another deseription-too IN"
common believed to have been, ever to be-
of any benefit, further than to certain
extent.
Norfolk in which you seem II have made your Perma-
nent location doubt has changed many OF her nah-
ants since the Revolution; and with that change s ma
tura to conclude she has changed much OF her former
character feelings and dispositions Once the Theatre Of
British Revolutionary hostes. she then the main
seat of patriotic ardor and noble resistance Since hat
period, she has become Inc great virginia Hh'P"i'" "
all our foreign commercial ntcrcourses- particularly
wi TN Great Britain former enemy. 1t Is too inucn
apprehended that this circumstance has engraflcd LOO
many of the sprouts Of the old stock of British prnc.
pies and British feelings, on many-though 1t Is hopc1
by no means on all, her citizens The commercial ana
financial properties Of the Brtisther dazzling aris'
tocracics with all their kindred money monopoIes are
allurcmens too we'll calculated TO reach the botdefs
not to the centre Of other younger rising, and initiating
communtcs-at least among their most ambitious IN
habants leave it to others, who are better acqnaihl-
ed with our large commercial sea board cities, who are
too much under Banking and ambitious Influences 70
,oint 10 individuals Of these sordid and selfish DISPOSE
lions ,cho care for nobody Int Memsres, and 'e0m no.
bodu cares or but similar selfish views
shall sneak Of no one and nothing, but what have
seen and know ,rL,
= few wears past, a series Of essays were published
IN a Norfolk paper signed "Senex," attributed to your
non haye not those Essays ndp by me; but rs lar as
nv memory serves me. (nnd was forciby struck win
them ut the tmc and that memory is now aided oy
others who were equally impressed with the same OPP
Mons they had strong anu lawful squinlnS to"au'
those commercial those moned-nay even those arls'
,ocratical aureacnts and principles l am ready 10
sand corrected however, if republication OF lheih
should place them and their author IN more neItoous
light. .ho;. ,o,d.
ore with review this past stage: OF your FIRST very
extraordinary communication made TO the Assembly Oh
VIRGINIA as Governor of the State during the last yea
further than inform you Of the far more power
fnl effects it has produced on the high reputation ou
had before acquired for superior talents 1t was 'e
singular Document. | do assure you, sir, tnat
Gel some notification Virginian, 10 be compeiied
10 saw that never have yet met with any one ~ho naa
the bardihood while he possessed the abilities, 10 loon
any intelligent and discerning person IN the race a
tfy its topics its principles; or who could even Vei
t,eir own reputation in commentator OF that sIahg
composition On the contrary, all whom have me
;, b hung their heads and remained mute and so1