Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-21
VIRGINIA LEqsEsAAT'GRE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.-7uesday Dec. %.
RESOLUTION.

difference and dssenson in this House, he thought he
had discovered thai il shade OF difference
| which divided those who were opposed 10 eaeh
other and he then believed that when they should lair
ty set themselves work upon the main SUBJECT they
would act with harmony and effect lie still thought
but why should the House be hnmpercd with this
resolutions? When they had raised committee upon
the subject which said to contain the best talents
both Sides why should they tnkc The question oGt OF
their hands and endravor 10 do it themselves Would
mol stranger who should drop IN here suddenly sup
pose from the speeches that had been delivered, that
there party here opposed to all action upon the
subject-w'rn, in reality. there is not member here
who is not ready to do all that the situation OF NE com-
try rrqtSfcs The long speeches That fSS bcen made,
seemed be intended for this House. The speak
crs had INDUCED in latitude which seemed Co Him To-
tally had launched out into lic dis
cusSon OF various subjects not at all connected with The
question. But they had not referred 10 the real wil
Of the people, in the performance of which all were
united The gentleman from Northampton had referred
to the proceedings in the county Of Henry a: neetEg
! Of which Mr. +. OF the vice prrsIdents-And
said Mr.. f., Mt proper Ting will shcw that ain ready
TO carly the resolutions passed al that meeting. But
this is not the time. The resolution now under consl-
dcration has been cast among as lrcbhEd ana mas
| produced discussions and divisions We cannot act
upon 1t tremendously here and why should we not !ct II
go the committee and be decided upon by them: here
is portion Of this resolution which appals me- talking
OF u Southern Cnniedcracy always trshtcns nc
Have you any security when you have combined the
Southern States together upon this subject, that it will
stop at the point YOU wish and HAT vii! GO further
und b. made of !or other objects, which you do not
contemplate; You cannot tell how lar 1t will GO; aud 1t
is highly mprudent to form combination, whose re-
suits inn ossblc calculate. The power you pro-
pose to give the Governor, is tremendous one hope
the House will not continue its action upon tins rcSciu-
ton but that they will send it 10 TIE committee, and let
Them recommend what the Governor to do do hope,
said Mr. f. that speedy end will be put 10 this very
lengthy discussion, which has other tendency than to
cxclte hostile feelings and can produce 10 good WHAT
srcvcr.
! e,;I Lrl moi thr MI
northampton made it necessary for him tncspain seine
circumstances connected with tile meeting OF The czens
! in the county of Prince Edward, he should not have
troubled the House with word on tins subject: and he
should but few now. lie had listened with great
patience 20 the remarks on both SIDES. and II was nae1
Of establishment 10 him, that Tie great burtlcn OF argn'
u!cnt on the opposition side had been characterized W
all cndravur 10 throw the Administration members OF
this House, the odula I'll having made this party mat
ter and the further odium Of being opposed to cgs!a
tun the subject. II refer to the speeches OF every
one Of the grnriucn on the other SIDE, we shall hnd
that they have rndrayoFrd create mrrcssion that
the Dtnocralic Republican Party disguised TO Pre-
vent legislation uls question. liza, is the Object CT
this cnCravor? Arc not all Interested III the sup
! preston Of this cy Are We not all Frsnlans? Have
we not all wives, children and friends, who reqAlFe
protection from the designs of Northern fanatics ::
! Them sir, have ri lit I" suppose that I'LL
! equally Interested One might suppose that
this Leu sulurr could harmonic and unite such
| subject. And wis not united on this suhlrcE
Let us enquire. Immediately after the meeting OF the
Legislature, distinguished member Of the Admnisra-
ton party in this House proposed that committee
should be appointed upon lLis subjcct-tha committee
was appointed, consisting eli gentlemen OF both sides OF
politics. The gentleman from Abeu.arle, whose resolu
ton is under discussion, member OF that commit
Resolutions adopted in tic House, instr uc
ing the Committee TO examine various documents oil
great Importance IN leading l" proper m"de &" legs
Iaton. Thus subject oil such grave Importance Which
had bafied almost every who had endeavored TO
devise means for lis djuSltcn was referred to com-
nittee, that they in their retirement, should deliberate
upon it, and recommend such measures they deemed
eypcdent. But before the committee could by possib
~ have acted upon the various questions presented 10
them, the gentleman from Albcmarc presents this
luton for the immediate action Of the House. From The
time at which IL motion vas made and the remarks
which attended it, the inevitable impression was, that
| he wished the House to adopt it instanlcr.-And
because gentlemen did not choose TO pass the rsso-
luton once, without observation-disclosures they asked
short period Of delay 10 consider its BEARINGS they
charged with ndisposon ~ cgslatc at all the sub
rct Of abolition. YES, sir reiterated charges made,
that not in favor Of cgIslatng npon this subject
They may not have been made in language strong,
but such is their import. And what the ground ON
which said to bc opposed to acting Because we
wish to favor the interests Of Martin Van Buren, 1T is
said that because there is essential difference between
politics, that those who in favor OF Mr. Van Bu-
rem willing abandon the interests of the Stale on
this question: for fear they should come in conflict with
his interests This imputaon, said MIR NJ, deny. You
may draw distinctions between US, as FederaSs, Bank
men, Wings, and Democratic Republicans but you
not draw distinctions between US frglnlans. Y on
cannot prevent from feeling common interest in put
ting down this aboninable ianatcism at the NORTH
But gentlemen suppose that they make speeches
here that will induce the people somewhere to think
that tie Administration party IN thS House are not
disposed TO oppose the Vaccinations of these Eccn-
diaries, because they might thereby run agatnst the
interest Of Martin Van Burcn. Can they make the
people believe this: l think a plain and short
story will show how this first became political matter.
Gentlemen have made speeches here to show where
began. But they have not represented it correctly.
There gentlemen who could tell you all about it if
they would | remember said Mr.. NJ, III my county
at the Spring elections. we were called Van Burcn men
BY opponents, and he called an Abolitionist.
We told them they wished to make the question OF Abo-
l,ion party matter Q, no, they replied, only wish
to show that MIR. Van Buren, is Abol.tionlst. We
asked them again, is there purtysn i'll making Pre-
sdcnt: And if you this question 10 in lure the IN
trrests ut candidate and sustain those oil another,
do you not make il party question: They denied that
such their lntcntion-they only assigned to make
the Democratic Republican Candidaie odious Abo-
ltionst and render that party odiUus for sustaining
him. Why otherwise did they charge every Admnlsta-
ton with being for Van Buren,, and at the same time
rcileatr that MIR. Van Buren, an Abotonst: What
was the ground for this charge: simply because he
Northern man. and had the misfortune to be born
| in great and prosperous State. You are Van
Buren, man. and AN Buren, is an hbolltcnist-this was
the constant cry. And this is not attempting to make
Abolition 4 political question 1t Is only to prevent
the Democratic Republican party from making De-
mocratc Repubcan Presidcnt-that is all. IL is evil
dent indeed it can be every STEP that our oPpo-
nens avail themselves, in way or other of this
question: i'll order TO prevent the Democratic Republican
PARTY from setting up Democratic Republican Prcsl-
dent and by consequence that they may set up do
no, know wl,at-a bank Wing, Hartford Convention,
Federal Prcsdcnt-I presume they 60 all in the lump.
And yet our opponents still endeavour 10 make the
House believe, that have made this party question,
and not they. i maintain, said Mr. d., tina, ready
to do ali that any prudent and discreet do
sis,enlly with the sovereign rights of the Northern
sntes and consistent with the union of these United
States put down the practices Of this blind and mis-
cheyou tanaticsm Of the North And now shy. that