Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-02

unahIc to ascertain Whether Co." Prcsy Martin, Of Ty
er (Rrp..) intends to run.Wc trust that the comics
will be single handed between Republican candl
date, ard Col. Parriol.
MR. LEiGIfS .HOtTIEPIECE!
In reply the questions wc lately proposed about Mr.
l.ri.hs services. the Uhy says:
This 'haS "'""! The ioz nth time that The hn1'tcr Ia
i'cre ihc'o cn"t"S with The ar''aa"cs Of triumph Let
t"nnkc oicesiun that he hr' done noi'ns for the pin
cpr- OF rs anil the of s:: n"roarhncniS What h"n
Bcrau he nothing will sir. Richie p.mt him 70 moth
ias: his willingness his capacity to render IN
lion: Will he scrvcy the OF Van urrnm, and the,
able, wia. NOR" n": WIZ he PnH
describe him by characteristics: Is II IN
drew W. C. Riveso Pr. Barbour: The arurr
will prc'cn either of these gentlemen MI Leigh
erua either in the srappe with sca, crisis i" the
unruc by personal and nnn'amrh by party passions
hear testimony Mr. Leigh, high abilities unyiaIIng integrity and
Peculiar c:o"a Virginia, and all that is Vrsinias. Although
liked Mr.. Leigh, cauc Mr. Leigh On" 10 hn'te
anmnd the E,u and his clique for favor or for Office "" at various
periods the Enquirer has avihc high wrought uo.y the
tn, patriot md the tie valuable that they
cxor fom unwilling and were not volunteered by %i
ling Witness
Now few words by way Of comment The Wing
is unable In enquiries and thus gives mp the
pont.-Ilr is unable to lay his finger upon single ser.
vicr, which Mr. Leigh has rendered TO the State ghts
causeIhis is indeed pregnant admission. and shows
how little Mr.. l.. is entitled 10 consideration from the
friends of Virginia Principles deserves reward or
confidence; 7hr mhod0S dGnc nothing? + he man who
has shown hy his life that he either cannnt nr nil not aid
his country in cT struggles who wants either the cnpn
city the dcsrc vinaca,c her Principles Is this tho
man who deserves to be trusted The Atiicus VIII" has
KEEP, aoof from the field of politics; Cr is the soldier
who has ngcd in thC fray, rsked his reputation, ana
received the wound :-Eut are asked il "becase nc
has donc nohiWg, will WrFcisjtkim ia DO nothing? DO
we "qursnn Ills unwiflfngnesS or his capacity Ger
t.inly-we cannot help doing it. We test a mans
pqciirs far puMic scrrfc by his scrrccs. We judge Of
the future by the past. If ''as passed through
long in which his country has invaded, in retire
ncn inactivity and in nbscurity, without lifting finger
tn Epr-yyOuld i'm
ems her. place him at tic head of the army? Can we
c"nldc in any man, to become our Commander and our
champion, who has rendered service in arms, and has
only shown himself either unwilling or unable to COIL
duct the war; Would you reward him for doing nothing:
You ask, where are his wounds Nonc.-Whcrc his
fcats Nonc.-Whrrr arc his services Nonc.-Whcrc
even his efforts? None.-lIc Jias been asrcP-or
engaged in his vocalous-hls seen his country in
vadrd and yet has exhibited no evidence Of his qua
fcations Of his ZEAL n command her troops Would
you not say him, "Sir, il you now want commits
sion, you must he content with an humble one. In
deed you receive the proper reward Of your merits you
ought rather to rise from the ranks
we might say with Doghcrry. that "comparsons
odorouS'-but VIC will not blink the question: Wrsay al
once, that every man, whom the Wing has named is
better entitled 10 reward and 10 the public confidence,
than Mr.. Leigh Without going further into the COM
parson, have hesitation in saying, that Mr.. Rvcs
is decidedly Mr. LIS SUPERIOR statesman; that he has
more experience finer style ofparliamentary cloquence,
that he has talents 10 gappc with great crisis,
and with far better temper: than his successor.-We
have denied the abilities Of Mr.. leighton the
contrary, have paid him the humble tribute of our
praise, at all times, with pleasure. 1T is not tue, the
Wing has said that have ''likcd Mr.. Leigh"
Tint is gross mistake, misrepresentation. But
tanly do not consider him great statcsnan-for he
had Withdrawn from politics. and wants the experience
and habits Of staesnan--and appeal 10 the gene
raj opinion Of the country for confirmation Of
We appeal to his standing in the S. Senate, since he
appeared in that bndy, and ask, who will venture to
compare iim with Calhoun. Benton, Webster Clay.
pnip b,pn o,rd
spectator speak nf the scenes Of Washington who
has placed him above of those Scnators-or even
above Clayton. Mr.. L. may be Patrick Henry in
Mrckenhurg-but he is only Sd or 4.ratc orator in
the Senate.
"Why tell Us (says the Whig) that Mr.. L. has here
toorc done nothing Why look 10 the past, when it is
the future that should command all attention, and
awaken all our interest Why-hecausc, if a man has
done nothing, in the midst nf the tremendous encroach
mcnts witt, which have been threatened for 30 years.
by the Federal Government have right to presume
either that he wants the capacity Or the zeal to his
connTy-And certainly the mere want of habit and expo
ricncc is serious wan; qualification. The Wing adds
that he has done nothing, were true, does not prove
that he mt ready and willing and able to do battle
for the principles he has ever ardcnty maintained OPP
porunlty must prcccde distinction. If who has
done n0thiMg proves either his ,eingnssS and nbHy to
do battle for his principles, should ask the Wing, how
much stronger proof does the give who has d,ae
graf dcni9 To say that man has :ardcnHy maintain
ed his principles when he has done nothing to main.
Every such man has opportunity. Where arc the
meetings Of his Fellow-Citzens' Where is the Press
Mr. L. had opportunities enough-bu he has profttrd of
none-and hence he has substantial ''distinction'
The Wing changes Proposi,ion and then tries to
rcfuc it. We have said that Mr.. l.. has done
scrvce-but that he had done nothing stay the re-
mcndous encroachnents Of the Federal Cover nment-
When Roane, and Barbour: and Rives and Stevenson
and Dromgoole: were employed where MIR. Leigh
Doing nothing. He wrote Algernon Sydney; which
eloquent attack upon the acts of an individual
and he distinguished himself in the Convention Of Vir
sina-bu neither Of these touches the point at issue
We forgct-he featlle. in his cap-He penncd
the celebrated Report the Right Of Instruction, tho
precepts of which he is doing much to sh"ke and
10 overthrow by his example.
We pass ove. what the Wing says about the other
gentlemen whom he names-wlh single remark. He
asks: "Who has done more; Gov Tazewell Gov.
Tyler? Grant that they may is MIR. Richie any better
pleased with them than with Mr. Leigh Are not they
equally and almost as yruenty and necessarily assaed
Mr.. Leigh ?-lf have 'rirulently assailed these
gentlemen, what think of the assaults of the
Wing? They have been infinitely more severe than
any thing we have uttered. The Wing represent.
ed Mr.. Leigh as a century behind the age. Mr. Taze-
we'll was rdiculed in lhe btteres erms-and the whole
vial of his wrath time poured upon the head of
Mr. Tyler. In comparison of his attacks upon all these
gentlemen, our own structures have been but "eaher
and prunela."
We dissent entirely from the conclusions Of the Wing.