Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-17


t," as so"I as thu I.ynchburg and Tennessee ltnroad
C"mHany sl1'! c"rmrnce "Irraiicns the James R'?et
and hanawha Comr''y will open books Tor raruai
from i';ahunud 10 LrncIhuTg.
We ilvr TINS mOrn.nw for Further p1Tlicnars
hut shall, Tuesday, give abstract of liz President
report and many other details ni this interesting sulrct
The meeting Of tho Stockholders continued fiuin Mon.
dly to "Wednesday night, wirn ry a';I"urird
FOR TIE EHqrlRER.
TIE "Rchmond Wing" of the 18TH inst has called
the attention Of the public what has been pleased TO
term "lhe SPECTACLE Of two Office holders, especially
one OF the Federal the other of The State government
whom 1t has represented 'cxremely busy and atten-
tive in Tie lobby" The "Whig" is apprchensvc, per.
haps, lest The place Of nGndgcr Of the House, may pass
into other hands than those Of certain Opposition diturs,
who for several winters past having been admitted under
the pTctcXt nt acting senographcs, have through
the emssness weakness of the Speaker been suffered
to inngle at hbtum amongst the members, ntcrrupng
frequently the attention of many, and possessing the OPP
Porunity Of supplying hints TO partizan drbalcrs: IL
cencc this, obviously incompatible with order, and one
that would not be tolerated in the highest magistrate IN
the Commonwealth.
1t must be account Of the apprehension just men
toned and in virtue Of the exclusive Wing prrrogatve
for time openly eXerlcd, that Two individuals,
one oil whom has for than twenty years, maintained
official conaexion with the Legislature, the other now
in the employment Of this body have for the interchange
of few cuurtcses with their long standing friends, been
wantnnIy and rudeIy gazelted like dIscourtrsy was
acted in the quarter few weeks since, under the
following circumstances writer in the Enquirer, who
signed himself OSE OF TIE PEOPLE, by renarkng upon
the political conpc kim Of the office holders in Virginia,
prodgonsly disturbed and agtntcd the bile of some cho-
lerc Wing, who, under the title of DEFIANCE, thought
proper TO ascrbe the of his commotpn to FcdcrGt
ci,e-hoider The charge was promptly shewn to be false
III lacl all who have II, Will pronounce coGIsc
and vulgar in a confession of the truth can
hardly be expected i'll this matter; but TO borrow an H.
lustralon from this Mr. DErANcE we might safely ad.
venture duhcdon. merely. but kingdom against a
rush, that, unmlsk this gentleman when you please he
will be found SpIltcd Wing holder or seeker OF
Office, from party whom he hablually reviirs and by
his utmost endcavos, strives TO overthrow; and who,
stung by the Of his humble position, imasnes the
eyes the words and the thoughts of every to be fol-
lowing the index Of his conscious humiliation. Nay,
there internal evidence in his publication, amounting
almost certainty that this Mr. DEFIANCE, is WING
office holder for, d,ilnce by differently situated,
would have been ridiculous and unmeaniug inasmuch as
such 4 person could not be affected By any legislative
action, and there action authority for him to
defy. Let this bold gentleman, thc,r"re, play out the
doughty character he has assumed, and openly tell the
Legislature who he that challenges and braves them.
But, return the Whg OF The 18th: 1t enquiries,
'orc riddcn Are not gorerncd N.Y.,
Ocacd, by g5icc hodtng cDm5tnGt'on9 Aye, verify
thus governed and claimed, II not oraed The
hardihnOd aud wantonncss, and injustice oil the Wing
of this Mr. DErANcEof The entire Wing fraternity, de-
and that this subject should be probed It's cxamna-
lion will indeed disclose "a SPECTACLE; the spectacle
of Democratic community in which office, with lis
lumens, its inSeparabIr patronage and influence, nave
BEEN and yet are exclusively almost in the possession
of minority whose opinions and acts openly and de-
cidedly Condemned. Tisinanncr IN which this nnIrlly
have sued for and accepted of iav0rs from hnss, whom
they have increasingly and bitterly revied; their
cessire and quiet relnstanenls into snug places by
the goudnaturrd subjects of their ABUSE, have form
ed striking contrast with their own rcmorSeIcss pro-
scrptpnS, enforced whenever casual ascendancy has
persatted. Now, then, some OF the proofs When
under the amended constitution, the Judiciary OF the
State was recognized, Eighteen of the twenty Cir
cult Court Judges, were, by Il Democratic Legls.
I,n,r FntS In IIIIr
Of Appeals four of hve constituting that Bench,
have been given TO the same party. AL this moment,
taking the existing Executive the ncumbents of the
Auditor 3 and Registers Offices; The Superintendent and
Store keeper of the Penileniary and the public prin.rr
there but three Of these elective officers who arc not
in opposition to their constituents The almost
countless hest of subasrn appointments is here over
looked The fierce appetite OF Whiggsm, Is, ncverlhe-
less by all these concessions. Its rage cannot
be appcased hy any Thing less than ALL or this we have
alaring proof perhaps the very last act ct tie last
Wing Gnyernor:-lle appointment Of n Siore-keePer OF
tie Penitcniiary act of great wrong 10 modest and
unobruSiyc, but to and almost peculiar merit; an
act bv which The finest sympathcs OF the cnmmunLty
have been wounded We have farther proof in the do
ngs of the fragment Of an Executive lett behind by The
Governor at his resignation.
When the death OF Judge Allen Taylor became known,
the Wing organ in Richmond came forward to shcw
and enforce the necessity uf Executive appointments
and volunteered its high guarantee that in any appoint
nen by the then Executive, Paty jccn4 could exert no
possible influence. Now, for any overriding nrces
s!ty for immediate appointment, some OF those well
informed could great mischief III the postpone
mcnt Of the in the circuit for single term: but
in the next place. reason for their pos'ponemrnt
could be perceived; because by the provision OF the Sta
tue Judge Of the joining circuit authorized to
hold the courts; arrangement adopted IN other lnstan
ces, and perfectly practicable in this
With respect to the grautous flourish about The alb.
of party bias in The mailer; rejecting men could
Imagine no nducenIent for this unless it might he
CONSCIOUSNESS that the influence OF party pref nd!ce was
probable and The desire to uil public vigilance from the
observance OF lis action There be no palmer adj
mission that APPEARANCES not above suspicion, than
over wrought caution and uncaled Tor assurances. Ac-
cordinCy some mlsglvIgs were awakened By them, in
the present After all, how was the iact An APP
pontmcnt is made by the fraction OF an Executive. II
is be- slowed Whiy purity pptic"n on one recently
rejected b. the republican voters Of lis neigbnhood,
and therefore tic in need OF reward or consolation
from his associates lie sought for moreover IN CIR
chit in hch he dm not restde and Is the brother Of the
UWg Jndgc If The ndjsining circuit.
Now we are called upon to believe that all this was
done ,rh scrupuious imparLaHty-with perfect exemp
ton from any party GaS and lis possibly but il must
be admitted, that very strong faith Is requisite to receive
il; il looks exactly like The precise thing that men
would do who were seeking TO promote purity cadS-
The greatest intolerance could attempt or accomplish
nothing beyond this Perhaps this proceeding has been
the dictate of necessity of which much has been heard
in modern times. Perhaps man OF democratic opt
MONS could be found competent to Till the station: tor
we have been repeatedly assured that talent lcarnng
character and worth Of every kind have been long since
engrossed by the Wings they tnrnerly were by the
old Fcderalists leaving not the smallest modieam for one
of the poor creatures who venture to differ from them
II had been supposed that john T. Anderson, Wi!linm
Smith, Fleming B. Miller, or Gcmge W: Wilson,
(all of them, cxcrP! Mr. Smith, inhabitants ct the very
county in which The late Judge had esided or some oil
them might be competent. II had been thought too that
as lhe Executive was diminished TO the smallest possible
fraction capable Of acting, it would have been Prudent
and respectful oresta the Legislature IN passing
upon the qualifications Of persons proposed Tor The
imminent In these surmises, however, it was wholly
that above named. as well rs