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

and the consequence wns that Of an asscmblagc of about
uO persons, only 40 30 marched over the STYLES
In favor of this Jumping dose vet in few DAYS /, was
published, IN the public newspapers, that the Court
mouse, ON Court day, this whole dose offered to
inc people and adopted by large majority Soon after
th's publcation there published in the same news
papers, statement contradcting the representation
which mad been made of the vote aud the ta vote stat
as accurately as could be done and call made upon
those who had published the first notice to contradict II
tiiey could and also challenge them, To put the
"r otc test at Inc next Court all which no
ever made its appearance. And now after lapse of
nearly two years, the People of Prince Edward arc
huntcd with having. by LARGE MAJORITY v.,cd in e.,
yr OF this batch T resolutions as may bc seen he
reference to the Farmvc Chronicle of the 18th Deccu,
per- 1871 Aud IN the same paper it is stated that we
te same people of Prince Edward December Court
1851, voted by wholesale in favor of long preamble and
strng oil resolutions then and there Offered by MIR Ed
"hen according to every principle of fair
NESS ana uu NJ may he much properly said that
NOT one single man did in favor of any part of them
me circumstances were these There had been much
Puohc speaking upon subjects having particular al.
fusion to these resolutions; and the day was well near
worn out, and the people had dispersed so that not one
in ten, certainly, If in twenty who had lin, da,
met at the Courthouse heard any thing of the reading
or knew any thing of the offering of any such preamble or
resolutions; and II was perfectly Obvious that it was
wholly out OF the question: TO attempt To take the sense
VI lnc people when the people knew nothing of what
was gong on And consequently, the very few who
.' t near, determined, as could lie plainly seen, TO
.Nc no part IN amy voting upon them. In this
state Of things, MIR. Booker in a very low tone of
voice, alter reading them, requested that those who
were opposed to the preamble and resolutions would 20
ovcrnto the Courthouse yard and seeing that no cS
preston OF the opinions of the people could possibly he
had when, if every man who heard the request had
gone over Mr. Booker would still have had more than
ten to one IN favor of his preamble and resolutions by
counting all who did not Several cried out
Il am opposed to thcm but still will not come over
viii carcssy appeal the rood people of Prince Ed
ward, who were ut December Court To saw rthis is not
true history OF the circumstances and If they think
c WIN proprlcty, be said that MIR. Bookers preamble
ana resolutions were voted for by any mainland indeed
II they were voted against by any man ehcr-sncc
here was, IN truth, taken at ALL because the few
to cth er
could amount to nothing; since it was evidently
Impossible TO take the sense of the people of Prince J
ward when not more than dozen two of the people
OF Prince Edward knew any thing about what was gon
on reference to few well known facts will at once
prove, that the people of Prince Edward assembled at
court could not have adopted Mr.. Bookcrs Preamble
ana RESOLUTIONS, with very little opposition as is said
10 nave been the case in the Chronicle. Early in the
uy at January Court, 1884, the question of charging
The capital OF the State Banks and cstablishinga Branch
Bank at farmvile, fully explained and put 10 the
people, and they voted in favor of il unanimously with
the exception OF only dissenting voice; and at De-
ccmber Court 1884 public notice was given that there
would be public meeting at Fafmville the follow
ing saturday and the same notice published i'm the
chronicle for the purpose Of taking into consideration
the Proprcty OF Petonng tile Legislature for the cs-
punishment OF Bank, branch of one of the Virqi.
ma Banks, in Farmvc; and accordingly on the latter
day, large and respectable meeting did take place i'm
farmve and memorial to the Legislature in favor of
general enlargement of the capital of the State Banks
anu Bank or branch of one of the State Banks i'm
farmve, was offered to the meeting and adopted unan
mously save only vote; and yet II will be seen that
Mr. Bookers resolutions which has been stated yerc
adopted at Court, with very little opposition there
Is protest against the enlargement Of the capital ofthe
Statc Banks, or any extension of amy Branches &c
are the people of Prince Edward very tickle as all
tins No man can believe it.
Now, cllow-citzens whatsort of things some Moo
pie publish TO the world expressions of the sense Of
the people; and these people too when upwards of
4OO qualified voters out of coo, the whole number i'm The
county, IN all due form, in their own proper hand
writing Sign instructions denying that this any express
SION OF the sense OF the people Of the county! Look on
this picture, and then look OH that
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