Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-31

D. refusing L ytclu aug tHtS u" SeS ... ,
ihto any friendly conference, and comparison oil ; rpw 70
were encouraging feelings of estrangen'eht, "".u ns
cessariiy impulrs The efficiency OF tlr!r ac''o''' ''a -
poses them 10 the laughing |'ees II .he,i urpo"v ,nss a,
For his p.rt, Mr.. z. was bold 10 nvow, llat nc WsS' d
MI 3; ,.ps. and 81. al occasions, ready 10 consult VIII 80
Republican brrta!r.l, anu HAT he lett IL Il Guy ""''
inos. wl;u had sent him here had Il Frrrcl rI4lt i"
cp;ee of bim-lhnt in the SELECTION Ut pubic ci'!crTs,
rl,pr, no insupcrulle objection was IN etposeG, he shin!"
yield his judlr:Guu! preferences 10 such Il clio:ce ol Inc
lnulorty oi his friends, US WIS calculated 20 ur'te sl u
| Them. liz knew, and Il was not al all surprising ~ nan,
| liza; the other party IL This House were disptasrd ana nit'
.uItea by THIS concert amor Tie Ira j":i'y-it rhsc''ia'i
Is ha flied iheir i!"rcs III divisions which naisiit rcdonh1
IL their prntit aud advantage.
Il was. hnw.vcr, l.nst HunHrs'ly u"jls', ahG "'""s
ful tu il!pulc 10 this perfectly legitimate C"iil'itHct
| sInu;ur our. ly.s-a d. II aufhtstmsRt of tie minority
M CTsuu eau deny IL amy ner'h'r, (" r any SIT . "N"
tess, lie Iiiy:l. ge OF consulting with others, ana "s'IIr
riSSh,s Of none; They "; r. LEFT free 10 uct for themselves:
and. if Tn. unauiAnty, thus produced: was decisive u
the Legislature voice, the inability Ut the ih'"Hr'y '"
prevent it. was. ut "ncr, 4 shield 10 them from ''e IT,
s.cl.s!bi.siy .! thu arprIntInrnt, and 4 consequence
moi uI di:creJiiab.c party nianagrment--Hut lia!i'y u
l!,. uiyinai sin Il tc }c"p's ~ leaving III i'll 10 tilat
ii"iplrss s:.aa.I"i:. lie wouit kindly Ia""He Their lh'''
usr;p!iv. IL cuaii. iiIcG - bear with gtrater i"r:itrd::
w!..l liny, G~ruo;rss, regard IS the hard ai.d cruel ':"'
cessilirs oi lAr.. !p', and appeal 10 their charity 10 spare
US their rrr:gHcirs :. b! cause nj their bidding, "r cal:ii"'
luuncul GIs.rnsinns. winch will leave them ~ decide llhl,
FOR which We ar the responsible party.
.iT. ii IUh it5 iISsI W NNhi"!G tN ''N'I'
which ac,ua;ca his cuuIac. Ga al! elections here, ne
considered II lis paramount duty 10 fellow the most M
errinu inc, y i:lt be ccald find Of tie popular voice. A'!d
what. lie a>hrd. under ti" prrsen, circumstances I'll party
WIS he l"st !na;"aii'n that lEr iIun they should 'i'c':
was tie ra.sl agreeable /" lie majority I'll l!r Ir"P!r:.-
Gould linlc br Letter evidence That he IVES so. t"nn The
incl, HAT IL was mos! agreeable to 4 maJ"ri!y U! Hose
vino, brirL here placed III the ascendant, Az iicie CT
rec:!y aItrnab!e Ia HE people: Mr.. X. li:uugh, rot. ne
had. therefore, cu every occasion like the present, viii
iinly acGilicscrd in ii' Illumination "i h:m, wh", he was
satisfied, be ST united HE 50 iirngrs Of lnuse with whom he
ac!rd. Hence, he had seen no objection 10 entering into
i !ul!, fair. and cordial conference with ins brethren her"
| to can va:siGg with perfect unrrsrrrr, the iIiriI's "t lie
different cnmd,dalrs, aud being guided in his cnu:se by
the ;mPrt sScGis linus acquired, az tn Tie popular WISH -
Where III all this, rXciLturd Mr.. K can be diScerneu,
save 10 the i,;nd:crd vision OF disseminated pnll!zaHs, Inc
evidence Of tia; decay Of The higi and ancIent spirit u
tins C"IInun" cuI:A-u! HAT outrage OF parliamentary
u$ascs: which have been S, unn"c' Ssariiy orwaiIrd Oh
lh!3 OCCASION. with li: ron'p""S Sciib'aticc Ui drSp"n"rnt
synsl.IIlty: MIR. Il would nave !tit degraded III lis own
estiiIat;Dii. ii Il" c"ilId have been diverted from the c"Gr>e
pnluied cut 10 him by his sensr "f representative fidelity,
hy nny ,::i!.y fear I'll lie saI. charges, that he Mas thus
sati.c;ing himself 10 party liarnnie!s, and acting under
party GcIatl"u. Such rrrrDncirs might Lave Their leI-
rns ior "llrr.; they bad noHr ter lIim H." had witnessed
with crisiHly ~ iih'ui pasSirI-tiir rXticiic
excitement into wh!c!l srn:; had been betrayed, bi cduS",
i,:sJ"i;i, tIc;I upT"nrrls thought proper 1" act against
tiirul, up"H lrii understanding and with perfect !:a:iI"ni;
and did no. rs!rr.I !: wise t, bring OF lie contest, jas:
in the VA: that hey desired he would mol cDidtscvEd
: I'd arT'ri cate iils subscriptions FI;uPcTatlJh. - "pu'L
5ai"iy III IL passing rr:i:a:k. call attention L" ne s!i5lIai
imttlci;v. with which certain gentlemen had 'P'EytU
tier jIn;GStc tychs hyorc hieh Ncare@'' .
Bat our '1p0uents, SAID .sr. H., ask the privilege d
ilIhHIng = selection Tor themselves among the men 81
our own party. Tiny have il. Sir, wholly %independ-
eat ct our grant; aud: ct this vcly lno'ncnt, They have III
HON nation the d.stii .suisi.rd men. v iluse claims were
caliYasSrd in Gur private c"nsn!iali"ns. But li!is Is mol
what they 50 eagerly desire: They comPia;n-wa Wal
what MOdfstg he public Mould drc!dc-u; the rOnccaiiG.
ZION ui the n jJrily, and demand u Us So 10 dir!de our
forces, Us virtually In drroive the choice upon them
N2w, Str, five stiuu'd ever be 81 los; 10 Our obligations
10 !Ha pc PIE, as 10 crafty them IN this pa:t:ccla:,
,ruv vuu. " hat Wrr!G Dr. the in: vitah!e result: Way.
/ surely. tant ih-y- united with u small :ragut mt ct cur
o"a .wi:y-wouiG e!rct that man least accr pIat't 10 lie
lareess portion Of tina. nuJority. Was 1t not pa! paGlc.
l!.a; uuuvr such circumstances, they would have It III
their power 10 :plSt iItu Ciice liz man most obnoxious
TO tic unjor!ty I'll the proilr: 1t woL!d not be doubted,
lfun t" principles rE winch the Wing party UNIVERSAL
IS acted, That, According 10 the index ot public sentiment:
which Mr. K. had pointed out. they would, il the pHwrT
were thus allowed them, elect lie very Han least likely
TO br agreeb!s to the vast body oil The people. This llry
cnuld tn, were il IL their power ~ srGuce fifteen "
twenty III; moeis Of ihe Republican patty To voje l~r Tie
iuan whom They should select. And Mr.. il. appealed "a
! them to say. " hrlEcI such an uHHnlaTui concert wGGid
BE- uioic IAN itcn that I'll tie inrJHliiy. lheir objections
to the course OF tie latter were strangely unreasonable.
1t had rr::r scrnrh objectionable To Mr.. K. 10 NEE, thr
IurinJy7s on lair grounds, as 10 individual preferences
and to say 10 them, that The uiaa who was their Il vuiitr
and was NJ; peculiarly objectionable 10 him, should re-
c"ivc his cnrdia! support, WHEN II was evident t!at ilr
strength OF The Eutty could tr concentrated upon !'im
! In regard, h0we yer, ~ the principle Itself, II was one,
on winch. not only The rrprrsr ltalircs Of the rrCpir
mus, act. but, on which the people Themselves must a"i,
in all their elrctiuns. In this Country, where The people
we're widely uifiused over an extensive surface without
the ornn.tun;ly oi 4 general in:, r-cuIni.,inicaiion vi oi!.
MEMS, and with many obstacles ~ the uu;1I OF their e!-
fu:ls, rCsoit was necessarily had ~ c"cGStS aHd f0HrG"-
iivaS. 10 create among them, community III action. Mi
r. well knew, that thry, who 5" vrhrint!it!y cOEi"iliti
.te;n cuulu easily uISiIensn with their use, as they were
wont with Implicit Iui:! /" submit themselves |" The lead
of their public men in Tie high plicrs Uf thr nation;
but fer the hulk OF the people. Mo were too independent
10 be counted IN 4 leash, and muE3gru al Will, by air
man or set ut u,rn, they iouHd it absolutely II, cvSsnIy
to cnrioy THESE agencies in shaping, and directing their
action, and never i!rsil&'rd 10 make such c"nproGais@s,
and concessions ii Individual feeling. whenever zen
drred 1T al! exrcdirGt hy Tie cX'grncles Of their cause.
Sad, pct aps, IT is very well Understood in Il ccrtuim
qaaJtcr, Ia /, II by thr uH*paring drnunciatiVns If t!rsr
modes Vi r,cnrc' irrg minor d:t"rercrS among Tie sam"
pllIy, aiming ~ c"i.:I:":n crGs, 'i"y could b. brought
into publ,c uuinri,, and placed under 'hc ban ii pr:Giir
srnl.uirnl, tMr pr nrIr-ahurn oi IlirIr strength by their
divisions, anti iaU"IIng under I'LL the disadvantages OF
separate, and Conflicting ac:i"n would be- easy cir.
! :nvr.rl"r by their artli;! anita 'n$ts. aad bound, hama
and ItuI, for u sarriiIce 10 their haushIy spirit ot donl.
nation. a clear foresight of this inevitable result, may,
: pricIancr. ex"!t some uIc luscious Influence u":r that
i;nprlunus z..al, which has rXiausird lis full culver I'll
every shalt Of crnsurr. and "rproIiin!m. that could have
been i, veil Il against this p]rtcrGtAt, which The l""Ir
have often sci, tor lie observance vi their REPRESENTA-.
( tivrs. Should Mr.. Il. ever belong 20 Il party, in Which
hr was deprived o! the privilege Of cnnirrr!mg III Il cu.n-
mon cause. with cor;rtnuu friends. he would iinpa'icuiiy
t, that lie w"S al the mercy OF the ,npular leader, i!
! such there should hm. in suaii city caIali :, where The
wLolr direction w.a entrusted lu IL few, such crui!,rtE-
crs rninh, be even d"rnrd unnecessary and ohl:&siv,;
but 10 the people I'll Tie country, their convenience and
utility had been proved. What Ought u 5r said Of Il
patty. representing iEr maariiy Of the p"0plr, WHO, in
rrgnrh 10 Il ,IrasnIr OF great public interest; which, they
I ID The power 81 dtc!hI"g according t" The popular wish.
should, by wrGu@;'nL aiming themselves, cunbic their
cuc,nits ir i:usiIl:- :.-': Wishes: Were Mr.. K inslr;Iy
l,,ei;#! !" ire slightest degree in producing such Il r..
snit, lie w"Iid scarcely dare 10 rrlurn 10 his Constituents.
and acknowledge lhgi ir contributed thus to scatter his
party Ia the i""r wr"GS "t firavrn. He freely cnnIrssed
Ina, he should no, press his rwn opinions il thrsr unirn-