Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-07

ti,e tho polar CT their political horizon nav be
dnncd and obscrrcd and their ite skiif be fro,
the proper channc yet the passes away
and toir political chart adverted they
crrngly the needle 10 the pcc. The of last
spring. was peculiarly mysterious and pcrplexing-the
people sat in darkness-the curtain aroscsnd. ID the
stage was illunincd only by blue lights. trimmed by po-
ltca chamclons. Affairs presented lrm this theatre
4, the minds eye, not unlike real objects when
presented 10 , cnrpnrcal eye, through the ,Jum of a
ean'ra "6sc1a the minds oi the people strained to
tia; pitch,
"Nhen active Fsnry tfasel. be- onl sense,
- AID pictures things unseen"
All was gloomy and PECULIARLY mysterious until Josrph
OF Nelson the modern Prophet. cancsaying them
Behold ye dcladrd follc OF uind sutranau0teG
and riche ieader how, under tc bghtng influence OF
your principles the price of property and of produce de-
cnes Soon very your wheat will be- worth only
Do cents, and your tobacco be drug Verify vcri-
y say unto you unless ye he born again, (by being
born again, suppose the Prophet meant that should
desert our long established princples famine and
pcstenec, must inevitably be your allotted boom! Ac-
cordngly few births (ugrccably the intent and meal
suited in having palmcd upon the present Federal
ncumben. in the Virginia Legislature. But, did
now satisira' no, SIR so soon as they perceived
that they had been guided aud led aslray By the
iaise e"iour'ng which had been given 10 the p"liti
cal affairs OF the day they rushed boldly forward.
and formed once again under the Democratic Rcpubli-
can banner, where they had often acted with credit
themselves ana cndcayorod by the prompt exercise Of
that power which is and always must lac theirs repair
the wrong which they had been instrumental in inflicng
upon an injured but sacred cause.
In Government Ike ours the people constitute not
only the original source If all power but in them it is
actually concentrated, and pS0 dcfO, dorivabe from
them The individuals then whom they intrust the
inherent functions OF Government, the organs of
those at whose hands this dcputcd power Immediately
received. And, to make honest representative his
eait should Ice with tcm well his for them
He should understand their true intercssspcak their
will, and obey their mandates This leads me then to
the subject of Instructions which has principally induced
me TO trouble you, and the public, with few obscrva-
tons, on the present occason.-lt has been but a few
days since, that Richmond Wing was placed in my
hands, which contains communication from Col. A.
Fitzpatrick dcroga,ory to the character Of private ndiv
duals TO our Jackson Committee, and TO the Admins
tration party generally, Of Nelson County Col Fitzpa-
trek Is the same little gentleman, in connection with
whose name an anonymous writer chose apply the
banding cphct of redoubtabe; and prcsuning still
farther, the Colonel seems to assume to himself In.
character of the dI of the age and feels himself fully
licensed TO peoples and character best
his own purposes and those of his party
lie says liz his communication, 'This is certify that
lapped to Jacob Puckct and Jas w Craig this county
to sign Instructions &c &C. tells what answers the
retained and discharges Mr. Pucke by saying unto him
" Sir, you have been most C0Seiy ehaed by this
ton0uS trLscho0d" Mr. r. is a man with whom have
neither personal political acquaintance; hut accord.
ing TO the gentcmans history, should pronounce
him to be composed of materials which might with great
facility. be- modelled to any shape form that the oc-
casion called for in political point of view But the
Colonel having exercised Gas may fairly concluc) his
dnpeO upon him he best give anal ss of the
man But, says the Colonel, Craig replied that he
had been told that Leigh Fcdcralisi and opposed
to the liberties of the peope-Thercfore, he said he
signed their instruciionsBut, upon being told q sup
pose the Colonel told hin) that he had been irrOGv in
formed he unhcsitatngly signed the other instructions
and wished me TO have his taken off their instruc-
tons Let the subjoincd certificate of Mr.. Craig.
(Which handed to me about the same tiulc that tn.
Wing was) speak for itself. The Colonel no doubt
thought that he would find of the Pocket materials
in the composition of this same Mr.. Craig and that
lac would work him up in hurry. But when the
Key was touched, the note which it emitted, mdica
ted that the instrument had been tuned to the
high toned Federal ar, and its discoan sounds ran
harshy through the political system of the e1forner.
will only add, by the way, that Mr. Craig is no common
prater-no cwspaper scribbcrnor would be politician
but he is plain honest, upright, Woodworking man;
and IN point of intelligence, all who know him will saw
that he is not fit subject be made dupe. of b. any
man or set of men, who may think fit 60 forth TO
him concentration of monotomous lonscnse
lie does not receive words for argu Did un-
biusing, erroneous assertion f. an ho-
nest heart, and sound hcad-thi acts
inO 81. ne ! u
rather tAui9lDa substance, for the 'sbascY3
famous tdfseh0od, telling Committee, or I'll
little Colonel either, "to operate upon.
goes on further To say, I" But, had the frierI
. vcrnnent been led to the necessity of I'M
Z. Cooke, lave doubt would have
" purity in numerous similar acts of perfdD
Holy Writ cmphatically commands TO
ye be Judged again" Why then, gentle
We so harshly of your innocent, but ancn5S
ignorant neighbours Is it reasonable to SUI
your exalted genius and high sense of honor W
dictated more magnanmous and liberal coursc?F -
IT BE-, that Mt the time, that this certificate char
heavily upon u.s. cmlnatcd from under your Yy
you not yoursclf-but aborcd under some powcrf
''Phantasma gora" induced bv an overheoted maon,S
tion:or, further, in the Holy of yc powers Divine!
can ii be that Colonel Alexander Fitzpatrick in the
contemplation OF whose character, the norast has
heretofore found paragon for every exalted vrtuc
has fallen from his high moral estate and ia him.
self guilty of the very sinfulness which we are so
nisparingy charged? For it is said, that when de-
pravity deeply rooted in the human heart the delight
full method OF selicxaation which generally pursued
IS that OF endcayorng to bring others ON level with
ourselves If such be the permit re uear Colonel
to remark, that tie "Coinmittcc or we the mart
(as the case may tc) feel fully conscious of our own hon
est Intentions and general moral and political rcctiude
and can smile scrcnely smile the puny and impo-
tent assaults of the liccntious-let them spring from
where they may.
But as do not wish TO presume too far upon the libe
ray OF the press. will only add that this stcp is taken
IN order That the public may have the facts either side
andthcn Judge for themselves ffa jus,a rnnt cqian
WAKEFIELD.
The following is what passed between Alex Fitzpa-
trick and myself in relation to signing instructions TO
JOS u Cabc TO vote for Senator of the United States
fizparlck came to me time during Nelson Aurust
Court 1854, and handed out paper, which he said was
instructions, and wanted 10 say whether | would
sign It, and observed that he knew would sign it-and
did thougIllcssly sign it, accordingly. On the next
day saw him again, and rccolccting that had signed
instructions previously handed to nc by Beverley far-
grove, told him that expected they were in oppoai.
ton TO each other, and did not wish that nv name
should be- on both He then observed that both parties
would allow any person Withdraw his name and re-
qucs0d me to LET the matter alone until the next Court
and he had no doubt would withdraw my name from
Their nsruct0ns meaning the Instructions presented ia
me ny Is. Hargrovc. then observed that understood
that Il. W. Leigh a Fcdcrast. and opposed TO the
Administration b. fIarrroye had told Cant Jones
lie said that Inc not Fcdcralist and that if any
said a lie. and there ODD