Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-12
Eu-rl for Tplrrt Jnyrn far Tri1h !

Leigh letter, - able and eloquent production -"ho-
resign II always commended for the right of instruc-
L,n -" able and ingenious argument -" still believe
;aowevsr the only alternative is obedience rcsigna-
uoa -Expnnging Resolution all ''farce yet, hoped
Igh would have done as Tyler did must force other
ISSUES, than Leigh Leigh Instructions In
s.1uclions'-that will never do-and SO or, as Dr. Co
phagus ,cold sayor the Petersburg lntcfligencer
does say.
Hard case this. miserable al.crna.iUc! embarrassing
dersopcracnt must 60 Tor Tyler or for Legh-yct nci.
Their aguinst Tyler nor LeigE-as the Wing in Rich
ond said the other day to his fellow, urra for Tyler!
ilaTra for Laisi"-anl So on, DR.. Cophagus again
would say
Find no fault of Mr.. Tyler for rcsigning "-"vcner-
ale tae ri ht U! instruction -cnud have excused him
Though! in such case. if he had disobeyed"-Mr.
L"lg! d'Soaey as Dr.. Cophagus would say,
GA the Norfolk Herald docs s,y-"Hurrah for Leigh;
l4rrah for Iyer' las the Dialogue says)
Asthc 90 MIR Tyler will find little favor among the
Wings Of the other States. The n. Y. Commercial calls
his course dshearenng and vexatous-says he has suf-
Tered himself to nc clrcuTrn ed has no harsh lck
cd ieeiing against him; but inc has acted upon principle
Cc'rO and ;has sacrificed his duty the U. S. to his
difference for the wishes Of few political partzans in
nrg!na-not for his constituents, The people of the
tnon (For the snswer 10 that doctrine. MIR.
L"ghs own Rep9r, in 1922 and so on, as Dr. Copha-
rus would say.
The Raleigh Register Of the 9Th takes the thing
hghly in dudyeon.-This friend of Citizen Manguu thus
brings MIR. Iylcrs eloquent production % home TO
MS own business and boSom-we mean, the Editor of
lie Register:
The resignation of Mr.. Tyler suggests the question
70 our minds, whether the Wings of North Carolina can,
WIN due regard TO their principles, to say nothing of
e'' hnnor, support him fox the Vice Presidency. Our
OWN opinion is. land we speak for ourselves aonc that
"chlHne him on gu! Ticket, under existing civcuni.
SnteS, Is to leopard the vote Of the State At the time
=. HIS nomination lie was taken up, in preference to
"Ae's SIMPLY because he had accepted the Maryland
""mn7'lon, and from wish avoid collision with our
iends in other States We think it. probable, that
NC viii now decline the Maryland nomination. In Justice
10 hose who brought his forward, he certainly
ought TO d" So But should he hold OH, have very
NIUE uouot That Maryland will revoke her nomination OF
'IM:-We do not see how those who approve MIR. MAN
NscoaTse can consistently support for The Vice Pres
tsncy' one who, by Ills own example, has given the
strongest rcbakc to Wing principles. North Carolina,
III our opinion should meet the Virginia heresy her
"~n borders, and fight it back y
90 says hlaagums friend on the great Right of In
;"af'on! But it is hard dilemma this upon MIR. Ty
NJ" please his State 10 d,spieasc others. If
ansun friends strike OF Mr. Tyler from their list,
We 9eg leave, most respectfully. 10 recommend Mr..
lSa IN his place.
curiOus Diemre.-Mr Tyler tells ".he Faithful"
oi nc cann"t retain his seat with "honor-Mr Leigh
e'aTcs that he cannot rclinquish it with honor. We
va VITA the Petersburg Constellation, which Of these
'1sua7 leaders is in the right'
taisatf was not only ,oifty himself but the Of
~. " othcTS-JuSt sD-thc Senator OF Virginia! tie IS
Uny IN quandary himself but he is the cause OF il
s,a a us friends Ifthey generally 60 1cih him, they
r,s'"e' because the people would not 60 with them
Ty 60 against him, there is schism in the ranks,
'"o Senators.
Inc Correspondent of the NJ York Journal of Com
Js writes from, ashingon, ION the 10Th Feb9 sM-
81, 81 mas determined not 10 resign at present Some
"a u Is his intention to submit the question TO the
~ The pril election, and to consider the result OF
ecuon ss proper test of the wishes OF the State,
nS accordingly. Mr.. Leigh does not make test,
'AN Ills letter points otherwise,) The People aoa
Inc Washington Correspondent of the Philadelphia
% writes on the 29lh February, in the following
NJ, on the subject of the right of instruction,
to ,h stands painfuHy committed then refers
w nePort OF lSi2, and adds :)"if, then, MIR Leigh
~ favour OF the right Of instruction in 1876, can he
n, 10 apply the rule to himself in 1886? If were
c the Old Dominion Mut ,chat ,ocs in,0 and gospel
taem IN 1916 'cas rank and sheer kcresy TN 1886
OH "a! makes wonderful change in all things; and if
was silly enough in 1916 to insist that the
.v pSehtauVe was bnt tool automaion twenty
lI is no reason that she should persist in the
y ~ IN This enlightened age" = +. -.. ..,
sh ''r; Leigh has changed Old Virginia has not But
w, would be "sly enough, were she to submit to it,
Inv p VIVA, can she do' Why-hcr Representatives and
NJ ftopie can do thing-Do the very thing which
did in 1912, when he bore down upon Messrs.
Hes and Brent Then his celebrated Report carried out
dn which she pursued-and tkus it spoke of the
toS, mn'ch they were bound to discharge As he did
d. our Senators in 1872 so should our Legislature
20 oy him in 1886: - -, ~,
Least Of ALL it ever be SO devoid of selElespect,