Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-26
f2lcls:saosla, Tuesday, Feb. :s.;-,
TIE DENGuE.DL.Yr.

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against NJ. Rives-The Spartan Band Of Cons-.y,,,,,
about A. also Stood fast for Dir. Rvrs. He want,
votes 10 elect him. !. was i0uUG Impossible u o.,.
them Uad,r such circumstances, it seen that ey.
a.;emp. 10 make election was unavGiiHp Afr NIL.
motions to postpone indefinitely Temporarily hs. =,
ed Mr.. Wlcler, Wing meGnbcr, rose after H.. sr,,
btn, 10 indefinite prstp0ncmPn: which fa,..
prevailed in The House, by vote of - 10 JJ The So
ale agreed without much opposition By vote Of >; ,
and thus the question is laid upon Tie shelf IT.
thing is clear that If Mr. RlYcs had o54ine! the ne
cessary mni1riy o. 81 votes Saturday. h- could ~,
haze ,,onoia5iy retained the Office when it is know,
that three Of tie Administration members were absent.
one having left the City and The other two confined Z.
their beds by indisposton.
We have room 10 day for an expanded accom-, O:
the or the consequences OF this failure fllc,
Senator oflhe q We have much 10 say. which we Shall
reserve for subseqpen, papers. he struggle ha. L,-n
most arGuous which ever witnessed IN Nr-Gr.
The roll vas called hctHy GgM different times H..
rule too which requires The lowest candidate ~ - do
ped. virtually dIsregated- Ell days wtre Wg,,.
in the unava.Ing effort elect and the struggle s,..
times extended into the niah-Nl IN van! The on,
agreeable part Of his unparalleled spectacle is M! -
state /, for the honor Of the Virginia character that No.
wlhsidnding a. bate. which VA. pied for =,
animation. there no vIgurnce and rauCoT- and M.
whSianG!Dg scene, which enlisted tie deepest 'rrr
OF every spectator, and they t!oHGlrE the la,! a..
Go"let;mcs mixing IN w!t!! t!e l.emcJs, there vas
utmost drcUIum unItnrmly exhibited from the hrg.unr,
.
passionate ges.nren jos,ling-no qTa:reiin- -ballaa
Whole crowded assembly seemed actnlted By all the IT,
tinemenls Of gentlemen, and upholdiug the orderly c..
rac,er Of the citizens OF Virginia.
These were agreeable relies 10 the anSiees Of G. 4,
scene-bu, it was painful TO witness how old political.
sOcialOnS were breaking up. and apparent
forming. II abhorrent 10 every Republican 10 -.
tie efforts, that making by the Wings 10 form Coz
l;ion with the Conservatives The Orator from Ra19
hammock and others declared their perfect readiness
take The Conservatives 10 the aIigs Of the WINS r.,
Wing press throughout Virginia threw oil the ma,k
tTey They told US. about the tine nTd in the mo-
emphatic tone that The object - rally Mr. Rves
his friends into the Wig ranks. with the view Of
lug the Spring Elections OF Virginia. and Putting Gas:
the present AGmnIslrat"n-Ih whole history CT -
voting showed the positive determination OF maj',r
Of tie Wings lu carry out ihs "poIIcy as the X Va,
called il, fact occurred Saturday which proved %.
design beyond all question We al know the high az.
honorable character OF the able Wing member Of A
gusta Dir. Sluart) lie had put Nlr Chapman Johns
into nomination, and recommended him as one ol Ire
best and first ii mot the best and first man III Nu.
na-On the two first calls Of the rol! on Saturday, W.
Johnson run-and the las; o.! these votes stood VI
son Ga, Johnson A. llives IL, scattering >. Wha! aa
took place?
NJ Nj Stuart rose and declared 20 the House To,
he had offered Mr.. Johnson as olive branch 3,
had gone for him first, as tie man OF his choice. /.
yond any other man IN he Commonwea!th-but hg
he tDund he Hhg pGrty LaTC determined not 10 cGcthn
ing for his second candidate. We understood Mr S.
10 mlran MIR. RIves
Yes; it was determined BY The ma ,ri'y Of The Va.
party nat to elect Wing, but ii possible Mr.. Rive.
from calculations Of "pocy and they the larger p.'f
in the Legislature. were determined 10 abandon laa
own man. aud form coalition WIKI the smallest party
for the purpose Of .lec,ing Mr.. Rvcs!-As we stated
last paper, effort spared on Friday LIST 10 Pr
pare their troops for action on Saturday. Al one mor1
they gave out that they should succeed. Every
no
Withdraw from hsir position. Onc of the most dstG.
guisIled Wing Orators in the Senate Of the L 5 vs.
upon the ground, and cxertng the wtchery OF his e,o.
qnence upon III. refractory members. Among ohcr A.
culnents have heard it said that the spen4ors "a:
Vice Presidential chair were held up 10 dazzle the lal
glnalon OF one of the most cabraod Whisn IA The H.
gIsaiurc. Every effort eXerted 10 win han to lie
support Of Mr. Rivesand 10 carry two three Of Di
particular friends with Eltn.-But every cDEt tIra
The "Frrlorn Hope" stood frm-no election .a...
and the whole question was indefinitely postponed
The People Will ask, tck0sc tauh Il rGS, that no e..t'
ton was made: Whose fault was IT, that much
precious time and money have been wasted in idle ls
bate and twenty eight calls Whose fault was il, LG
eight days Of the Legislature have been lost, whe al
the gIea, bills uf the Session-the James and Kanay.
biIl-ihe Soulh.wcs,er Rarosd biil-the Banking Oh
the Primary School b!ll.haye been sleeping up0d..
table? Whose fault is il, that about $40 eco OF tie pl.
lie money have been expcnaed ~ vatg? Whose IS e,
that in case OF 4 called session of Congr,ss which gu.
relations To Great Britain seem 10 render pi,baLr W
gina will be only hal! represented III The Sgu4p'
The People will ask, and they have right to tcuanl
upon whom is 10 fall tins responsibility OF one !an,
tie world requires no p.oO that the friends o. the :.
minisralon are not 10 blame The Conservatives ~
right to demand Of them, that they Che largest Pl:
should yield their candidate for Mr. R,ves TIE! o.
hered to John Y. Mason from frs, to last-amd +!
not their fault, that Virginia has only her woe'y
representation in the Senate Have The tnnserEa"''
as good an excuse; Were they correct in a.ii!amug
the Wings in voting Mr.. Rives in in adher'pg to DID
from first to last even after the Wings seeG!td ot-
sIonal!y 10 drop Em for 4 man OF their own-lo -
upon him for twenty seven or twenty eight ballots o.
then stick out, al the expense Ui deicd,"- "
election Do they contend, that they adhered {" BIZ
for his cause for the support O.! Senatorial !nGrFr4.
ence Ggans, Executive power-because ME- K"rs W.
TO be prescribed for opposing the Sub-ireasuiy sl's-
We deny the fact-because if MIR. RiyeS had tcs" y.
cerained 10 be friend 10 the Administrations he "..'
have been elected by the friends Of the AdmnIs'ia''
and the Conservative vote. We are prepared L. C':,
s,a,e this fact in due season. 1t declared by 1"
Watkins the floor OF the House, that lie wouil ne
volsd for MIR. Rives, Notwithstanding his opposite"
the Sub Treasury if be had been friend OF tie h"t
islatIon Col. w. made the same declaration IN the a.
publican Caucus-Mr UOllemcn made The sa"ie-'S
authorized by Mr.. Smith Of CulpePer TO dre are
oil sincerity, that (hr) would have voted for Mr. M'''
if differing with him the Finance question 0n!, 80
if (he) could have believed hiin friendly to tie acme
isralon." Such ingenious deductions we have "'.
from the ps OF many of the Republicans 81 the -
lature- and have not the smallest doubt. i-"'
would have been elected By their vote II the!
have been satisfied Of his attachment 10 the Ala"'
ton. No more, then, Of this idle c;amor a5ou! p'sa'
ton ard m1rtyrd on account of his independents
En- paSsaHt, We are aware that some oi the Io,''.,
tves about 10 make sort of war upon US. "e'
them al once, that we prepared for II. Tie m'"
of Bear and FOrbear has its linits-and, II necessary
shall carry The war into Africa n, once We kno@ d.
Circular is about TO appear this very day from one
the Conservative Senator'S charged with Nnls al" y,
nualions against US. We defy all such attacks ~
course from the commencement Of this Finance c''.
vetsy has been chselIeh out, deeply, unal'et:'!
man could mistake it Mr. Rves knew u. i"e Ions -
tives kne " il: The whole world knew Il. We"pP's'
Sub Treasury thus far and no farther We c'''-..
secuted every species Of utilization with The N"z
We uniformly recommended II 10 hl' H. and our = ''
vage friends TO beware Of all such unc'Ion-.I''5'
Ncr We took care declare, that in an issue "h
but dolt could see mus! be made, between NJ. -"
rem and some WhiI cnnlLdale, we should q w ~