Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-10

feed from usinLcn ielicacy To his iechngs.'
:, We concur most heartily with our Correspondent
No such important principle should be sacrificed,
from mistaken delicacy to any Senator's feelings.
Tie Stang,changeri
The Wing has taken the alarn lie that the
People rising to defend the Right of Instruction. He
them. lie is hunbugging them, BY now throwing up
his cap for tic Right Il Instruction. crying that
as safe us the everlasting hills, Ike, NC.
What vile hypocrite and hack oil party, is this.-
Lonk at ms course, and judge him, as his idol says,
by his acts, not by his Professions.
When Southland and Mangum dsobnyrd their Insruc-
tons, where was the Wing then Where, it's devotion
to The Rsht where its indignant dcuuncations of these
traitors to the principle
What shameless course did il pursue towards Is. w
Leigh, in June and July last 1t agged him dis
obedience. ltod him. that II certain Instructions were
given, he was not bound TO obey or resign!
This cantng tool did know what to take the
other day about the I'd Resolution c Stood we repeat
like the grey hound on the slip ready way that his
Party pointed Ii they had all gone against the 2d
luton, he would have gone with them--and insisted
upon Leighs holding But when they scattered, and
their votes generally for the I'd Resolution irn
(he very day. he broke the the Sena-
tors to resignsaid that serespeet should induce them
to resign-and canted about how unpleasant il for
Representative TO serve those to whom he
cepabc MOI word, mark in favor of the principle Of
the I'd Rcsoluon--and, To this moment, syllable
IN favor OF the great doctrine, that Senator is bound
either to obey his instructions TO resign his
Without this, the Right itself would be call leather and
pupea Even in his abusive and esuitical article of
yesterday he does not meet the question We call upon
HIM now TO say. aye no To it.
He says, that Leigh the fast friend of Instruction
Is the man smpleton or a knave?-lf Leigh be its
friend, who is its enemyP So too doubt are Man
gum, Southland, aud the whole set Of them-ull all
iriends--all, all honorable men!
Why does he not say, that Leigh is bound TO resign
Why did he compliment Tyler but the other day for do
ing so! Are they both right? Are look only 10
notices, to conscientious serupes, the Wing terms
them, and not TO the acts of servants
Why, ifLegh disobey and taunt the Legislature
and yet be the friend and champion of
not Tyler have taken the same course? Why did he re-
sign? Why take the side of the ia against the IA in
the h of D., although the former for obedience or
resignation Mr. Leigh, it seems for the right of In
siruction, like the ID. And they too, presume,
IRE the advocates and champions of the Right
The fact is, this wreched slangwhanger must be
does not that the only virtue in the Right of Insuc-
ton, is, that the Senator must obey resign.
We join issue at once with the Mhig.-we say, that
never was the Right in imminent danger it is
at this moment Calhoun and Preston opposed to
Mangum and Southland denouncine it-and its once
great Champion Mr. Leigh, is substantially abandoning
IT. If Virginia fails, the right is gone. The sser-
wants must govern, instead of the People The People
must take the cause into their hands, the ship
totters, We call then, upon every man. TO the
those who sincerely its ends-and such treach-
erous allies the Wing, who blow hot and cold with
the same breath-Last year, peysuading MIR. Leigh 10
hold on, if he nstructed-and now protesting to
say, thall aUs ,oeU.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The General Assembly will scarcely adjourn before
the I'D inst. They have yet much business their
The Bank question has not received any decison-hut
from indications, should suppose that it will ncfease
a certain expanson-say from = to millions -Yester
day, the House of Delegates were engaged in pre1y
strong Police BILL TO suppress the circulation of ncen
diary Publications., The visitation of Abolition Mssona
ries, &c.
The bill for empowering the James and Kanawha
Company to establish Rail. Road from Richmond to
Lynchburg, &c yet before the Senate-but will pro-
baby pass to-day, with some comparatively immuteral
amendments.
On Tuesday the bills for establishing two new coun.
ties out OF parts of Frederick and Shenandoah passed
the Senate almost unanimously. One portion Of Free
derrick is TO be united 10 adjoining portion of She
nandoah and forms the new county Of aryeu-anotber
portion OF Frederick forms the county of CiaJke
(called after the celebrated George Rogers Clarke y
These two new counties constitute Election Dis
trct, aud elect together Deiegate.-Od Frederick
proper sends ttco Delegates
"TExAs.-The arrival in this city of Senior GoRosri.
"a, Enroy Eatraordnary and Minister PARLIAMENTARY
ifom The fep"hie of Mexico, (as it is still caed) has
produced inconsidcrable excitement among those
who have taken interest in the affairs 7sxas; aud
as it admitted by the Envoy and his SUITE that this is
Il special mission which will not in any way interfere
with the resident miniter it very generally supposed
that it relates directly Ieaas and the struggle which
that province is noby sustaining against the Despot-
&c sway OF Santa Anna. This supposon is increased
by the aDnunciation in a Government paper at Fera
Cruz, that this mission is of high confidential cha
racter and involving grave public considerations.
The impression among tho best informed be-
cam a. same Sd Go% tho "a @ 81 state Of The eIi
men aud the evident Of tho lans submit
Of the subject Of boundary between tina, country
Mexico, have repeatedly been impress upon be
Mexican that instead of adopting
have had claim is tho interest OF both in.
r'dcon should be at extonded to the desert
reaches 10 within sixty miles South the Rio Gana
anatural boundary between the two ~. Courier
About thty years ago, wrote article in this pa
per- stating Mr. Jcffersons description of this Zahara
Desert proposing to make it the boundary between the
two countries, and referring to similar arrangemen Mt
among the German tribes from the work Of Tacitus
The acquisition of Texas would be mportan MT stroke
policy, as it would give 70! ncighbors i'm that
territory friends, instead of foreigners. If such should
prove to be The object Senior Gorostlzas mission
are reasons to believe that most of the Texans them
selves would be willing to enter conederacy We
have before us, letter from Nacogdoches of the Sd
OF February, from experienced Virginan, which
states that he had arrived Just in time to witness
the election of Delegates to the Convention of March
4th-that the only question was between an immediate
Declaration of absolute Undergraduates and the Federal
Constitution OF "a; that NacOg doches and San Felipe
were the only municipalities in which there was much
divisIon-that Independence would certainly be declared
by the ConvcntiOD-tha "Me1iean domination over that
country was gone, and forever, but that "the
People generally DESTROYS of coming under the Go.
vernment Of the u. States"
Eth Brute, a Washington correspondent of the FIRE.
dericksburg Arena, (Wh) under date Of the 3rd inst
gives very flattcrng picture of the great hn Idol
Mr. Uise The writer heard one Of his forts, and says
of him;
Short as was, however, onabod ma think 10
his caeioi anJ the causs of his lie fearless during
fluent,
and command attention. but confess TO
canid heard nothing rom his lips, which though, worthy
the expressions his bearing language III hi
ideas singular and eccentric, though striking
he as man snd a,
on oftho House, aud making himself po
nen IL constantly attacking aud boarding the SPEAKER upon
which - destructive Of all dignity, all
.a" o. business Inc other day n9cdic anef tho adjourn