Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-29


VIII Otherwise, e 5yercign viii may be subvcrcd or
lnlsTepFesented It impossible to determine during
inns session of the General Assembly with that degree
OF certainty necessary secure the public confdcncc
what Is the opinion of the Commonwealth ON The snbcc
of this important election.
I'd There no necessity 10 make the election during
thi5 session; and although il would he Consistent with
usage To do So yet there seldom was before am occasion
IKE .he present. requiring postponcnent ascertain the
opinions ana Wishes OF the people the suhcct Tie
nc" senator could not take his seat until the first Mon
day IN December next, (he day on which the (encr,
assembly VIII mcet) unless the President shall call
the Senate 10 act upon nominations or other cxecu
tive business Should this be done tho Onno~;,;on
scarcely pcoht by MIR Leigh'S assistance and The
trends OF the Administration sure will not require
IT, rs he once lent himself to Clay Calhoun Webster
q Co. to sacrifice high minded, gallant Virdnian
(hr. Steycnson) for political purposes The detcn
ton IN clcc'ing United States Senator next session
when the members of Assembly shall have come fro ,lIy
iom the bos0uis of the people need not exceed ono
week Mr. Leigh found no difficulty last Nav. in the
midst oil tie panic in abscnting himself from the Senate
during the prcsen. session
3D. II 10 conicndcd, that the people at the last sprinr
elections passed upon the conduct of Mr. Leigh and
so hgh ana transccadaat Is the authority OF those
elections that-likc Of His most Excellent Ma
les'y; uie hilg OF the Uaitcd Kingdoms of England
scotland ana Ireland, in Council, and His Lords Sp
ritual and Temporal and Commons in Parliament an
scmbedtere is no power in this Government that can
control them, but subsequent elections having in all re-
elections were made Mr. Leigh had little more than en-
tered upon the duties Of his Office lie had served some
less than two months The account stands as follows
Last session, Mr. Leigh served, before the cleo
IONS, say .......................... 2 months
do. do during the elections, month
Making .............." 3
do. do. afcr elections, ........ months.
Present session, do. will serve after elections 3 do
Thu. ..os,. Total ..;;...;;.:.;...,.., smQnhs
had rendered two when the elections commenced; and
ne yet hls time to dcyeope enough 20 render him an
paint representative OF this state IT cannot be contended
however, when months Of Tie f entirely after the
last elections, that the people have passed upon MIR
l,cighs whole cDnduc:--a thing which they have a
right to do, ii they have a ri6t To pass nnon ono
moment OF 1t; and being strongly objected TO- com.
non respect for him well as to the people demands
chat he shall have his whole laid before them for
iiir deicnce and just judgment If, therefore, any
person can claim that the elections last spring were made
with view 10 Mr. Leghs conduct he must in honesty
permit his whole conduct go before the people to Be-
passed upon next spring.
4h Since the iist elections and the ad,urnn,cnt of
congress the predictions of Mr. Leigh (,vhose prophe
Tic aDours were so extensively circulated uakoat mo.
Hey and ,oah0n price, have been found false 10 Ic et.
I anu IN the spirit And there is good reason to be.
licvr that many Of Tie people Of tis Commonwealth
have become satisfied Of c deep intrigue and corrpp.
ton, by which general, (but thank Cod icppcar,N
shock was given TO the public end private erode of III
oasscs and conditions Of mem and whether blr Icioh
WAS lpbind instrument in the hands Of thai incendiary
power ~ Which these evils nstiqatcd or hcfbcf
iic was willing agent in the wicked work for te p,,f.
pose OF subjngatng his countrymen to the cupday Of
peai,less money corporation, arc propositions which ney
General senii2 aud be more satisfactory 10 AN cor.
soI coieffnec. ihan al present.
t9 "a. 9a reapn 70 ap2feiepd may II IS ALSO.
'et F'ip3l itDraaI4 OF both parfics
nAcrs o.. both sides Of the
it-4'0 tse w4 OF their consti.
by any hepein Fp bats mistskp (uaier The inla.
enec Of hiEbf i3sat) n1 york injury 10 f,o Co,,.