Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-24
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER "a
The Message.

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RICHMOND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER "a.
The Message.
We are at loss TO conjecture at 'chat P'Io@ we are
to receive the Presidents Message II VIII probably
not be sent in before II may DC, not Dc
fore the new year sets in The org2nzat!on 81 INC
House IS defeated the public business neglected the
public creditors and the officers Of Government delay
ed in the receipt Of their Just dues for the want OF an ap
nropriaton Law-by the struggles of the Wings to
power They are moving Heaven and Earth to "biaii
majority in the ii. of rand Tor this purpose thel
struggling to put in the GoreTn0F Smemeers, hstea'
Of the Peoples members-by abusing the broad seal o
~ Jersey, and holding the certificate OF Governor zen
nington as entitled overwhelming weight, when It II
known that this very certificate stamped with errc
on the very face of IT, ;ha the Governor himself con
sScs that il is founded on defective RETURN when thu
documcnts which hare ben hit before the H. Of r.
contradict the certificate when the poll books assign
majority of the popular vote TO the five Republican
claimants; when the certificate OF James d. Hestcot
the Secretary of State of New Jersey, ccrttcS undc
his seal of Occ s'tha al said election, Philemon Dick
erson Peter d Eroom, Daniel D. Ryall, William R
Cooper Joseph Kie, and Joseph +. Randolph received
a minority of the whole number Of votes given IN the
State of New Jersey for Representatives, of said State
in the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sxth
Congress of the United States; and when Joseph +.
Randolph hmseIfstated before the House itself that the
Wings did not receive ma ority OF the Peoples votes.
brcrrnThay insist upon the Governor sccrtlhcatc As
binding upon the House, the first instance although it
conradiced and rciuted b. the facts OF the case
They nSis; upon their Yr being received NJ once,
pre- vious 10 any invesga being made by Com
m.cc OF the House because they require their assist
ance in organizing the House, and of thus palmIng
upon the 10th Congress, during its whole session, an
organization which made for the benefit of their party
BY the Of the minority RcmbS In cases, where
there is no contest the Governor certificate rcccv
aud ,b1 Irnrr, With n fbp
priaa facic evidence of the election. But where its
correctness mpeachcd, not only BY aHtgGtd, but
by res probaa that is, By the evidence and seal Of the
Secretary of State: By the implied confession OF tie
Governor himself by the poll books, we'll as the re-
plies of Mr. Randolph how: be expected, that the
five Wings can be admitted apparently for few days,
but really for The purpose Of fastening upon the House
IN organization Of two years How could il be expect
cd that the House If Representatives,, which is made BY
the Constitution the sludge Of the elections, returns md
qualifications of lis members, should admit i've
members to their seats, under such strong crcumstan
ces; The House is left 10 lis discretion in the cX
ercise Of its power-as TO time To manner. They
may decide contested election the end, the middle,
at the commencement of their session D1t ID It be
said that they constitute no House for this purpose
until they are duly organized, then how we to
rccc nci!e the other clauses of the Constitution: .Thc
House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker
and other officers Each House may determine
the rules Of its proceedings: II is only IN cx-
treme cases, where great wrong would be inflicted
by some gross abuse of the forms of the State law;
where the People themselves or the House might be
cheated out of their Just rights where he rights c Tire
State itself (as Mr. Dromgoolc shows are TO be pre-
served her; that it would be proper 10 look behind
the priWa tacic Of the Governors certificate. ~ the
exercise of this constitutional power, the greatest eau
ton is also be used. EXercSc little discretion
possible until the fullest investigation has been made
INTO the prctcnsionS Of the claimants. Bid both sets
10 stand back L.; neither Of them take their seats.
til their claims have been sitlcd by a Committee, and
settled By the House such the precedent set IN
the of Moore and Lctchcr. Such was the doc
trine then maintained BY the Wings thcmsclvcss
So il il is. however The public business has been
delayed The Presidents Message is postponed from
day to dav. As Mr. Holmes of Charleston told the
House of Representatives On the l2h instant, "And
now may be permitted to make an appel 10 tins
House: Who are We: Delegates assembled from
every part Of Ibis great nation Delegated for what
To decide first upoa organization, bat not to re-
main for weeks drc;dng IL Organize Tor acton 10 put
forth that energy with winch are invested; TO extend
that relief which is mpcronsly demanded Al what
time and in what crisis called upon 10 administer
the Government of this great Republic, this vast en-
u re- extending over many lands, embracing many
people, and circumscrbIng many and conflicting IN
tercsts: At time and under circumstances which de-
mand all our 10 be hrough into action, all our
wisdom to be put TcqSoI, all our tlrmncsS 10 be DIS
played and all our virtues be exercised The cities are
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sdcncc of tranquility commerce is paralyzcd credit IS
ruined and your finances are dlsordcrcd Around You
and within you there danger, Distress bankruptcy;
in your land there war; your borders there are r
nlors OF war. Ia the East there portentous signs
the line is but barely marked across which the border
hordcs are ready mingc in conflict One error one
false step. BREATH STIR, may prccipltac this country
into the dark gulf beneath, In the South, those citizens
who are peculiarly under your carc-he nhabitnns of
your tcrriiory--arc at this moment writing beneath
the mcrccss infections of savage barbary, and loudly
CRYING unto You TO extend your and rescue them
from death In the Wrst-thc far West IS not free from
apprehension You have driven the Indian tribes from
the valley OF the Mississippi to The base OF the Rocky
Mountains. But did rou first nuse into their bosoms
the charity ofthe Gospel-good-wi.l towards mem Did
vnn send them forth win hearts attrncd to the melody
Of tie angels song, "Pcarc earth Oh, no. You
acquired their lands by treaties which they never signed
Nv seals which they never made &o &c, &c-
The sirns are much to be mistaken if they are
not already concerning the scheme OF genral and
connected lcagucd ana covcnantcd opposition TO
YOU and your institutions. They have learnt their
strength in alliance; they merging The haired OF
each tribe in uncompronis!ng hostility To The
whites and unless you prepare quckly-unless YOU
make appropriations to sustain the system you have
formed for their government, the fruitful the glorious
West may become the field Of slaughter for your ctr
zens and the eucamped plains Of barbarOus ana trt-
umphant foe. With such numerous, such accn'nulat-
ing, such fearful difficulties surrounding us shall we
stand lingering here, moching tl" hopes Of an expect
ing confding People, In the name o! humanity, IN
the name of Justice, in the Fame OF that God who
wheels his throne Upon the rolling spheres as lie passes
over nations to call them to account and their rulers
to Judgment invoke you to press forward TO the deer
sion of this case TO the assertion OF your prcrogavcs,
to the organization Of your body to the doing Of the
Peoples work, to the advancement OF righteousness
and the glory of the nation.
When shall we receive the Message: who will pre-
dict in The present disorganizcd condition of the House
Meantime we feel ourselves bound to notice an lmpu-
ation thrown out by the Winchester Republican, and
suggestion Of the Richmond Wing, some days past.
The former hints that a copy Of the Message might
have been in the hands of the Shenandoah Sentinel,
and how many others Of the Democratic Editors, It
knows not The latter, Chc Richmond Whig) asked,
if there was not copy of il in tins Clty-and we
have been asked b. several, whether we had not oh
tanned copy of it. All these suggestions we have