Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-06
RICHMOND, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY +,
Wow Ier.eY Umesfinn.

I New Jersey Question.
! The Governor Of Virgin" has not contrned ,i,o
with submitting the Resolutions OF the Ie..latn,
! New Jersey, to the II 81 Delegates mot the Scn,,
but he has given his own comment on the transact
! and thrown himself with all his weight into tn. Ws
! scale Of the "(overnors Representatives. W..
to have 4 long Report we foresec and ony d;s,r
sion I'm the Icrslature-and all the notes and s,o,s
party are to be scunded-and more OF the time ,r5
treasure Of this Common wealth is TO be expended
the benefit of the FIVE \. Jersey gentlemen who clan
to hold their seats, moi by virtue OF The voice Of n,
people of New Jersey, but Of the broad seal OF Tho
Governor. Upon this subject, VIC are all aware ,b.
Their, is great diversity Of opinion among our pola
cias and that the certificates of the Governor .;
Jersey ttstifying against the People themselves ,
been employed. the instruments, for ,uakinr ca,
tai for the VIII. cause, cr the approaching sim,
plrs Of the Presidential election The subject !, p1
before fair Committee of the H. of Rand they NJ
soon report upon the rights of the Representatives J,
| New Jersey. Why transfer these Of a.ao,
| from Congress Hall to the Carol of virgins;-C,~
the Wings forget that in the famous case Of Lc,c,c.
and Moore, they took ground against the impcrati;
obligation OF Governors crricate3 In that case
the H. Of R.. the constituted Judges of thc elections
qualifications and returns OF (thcr own members ,oc
both the parties 10 stand aside. until their preens.n
had been fairly investigated by Committee OF Their
own body.
The subject has already been canvassed at consid
rable length in Congress Is the outrage really 50
and irresistible, 10 call for the Governor of Virgin
10 inrrposc his broad Shicd between the Governor d
New Jersey and the House of Represcnatives:-lf. q
how comes it about, that men just as able and just 8,
pure the Governor of Virginia have taken the ohc,
side of the Guestinn;-Put their names in opposite
scales, and they will weigh as much Compare the,
political regulations, their acquaintance with paris.
mentary rules their deep Investigations OF constitG.
tional law and they carry with them just much in
huence and authority IN the public eye Compare, 10.
,I al a..
Speech. which We this day lay before rcaders-ant
does mol Mr.. Dromgooe weigh al least much Go
vernon Campbell Are not his arguments as strong
his rcspec; for Stale Rights ardcnthis knowledge
of the Constitution and lis Commentaries al least
extensive and profound
But there are other points of comparison in this ar
tatcd subject Go TO New Jersey herself; and see The
variety OF opinions, which her own citizens enter
tain Of it. One party goes for the virtues of the broad
,cal-the other for the sacred rights of the People them
| selves. In the resolutions, which we lay before our
readers to-day, we have the opinions of Wing nao
rity Of her Legislature, secured BY artnl Wing ger
rynanderng of the counties of the State the majority
Ct the penp! themselves tested by the last election
being two three thousand OF the other side Bu
there is another side 10 the medal; ana that side
will be dug submitted in our next the shape Of
Protest presented 10 the Legislature OF New Jersey
b. minority OF her Committee. The reader Will SEE
from that document that the Wings have such great
cause of complaint, Governor Pennington Declare
I ana as Governor SaipDcH fP-'th"es.
/ Correspondent Of the \. Y Evening Pos, describes
the agating scene which exhibited in the II. OF X
on the 25th January, the subject Of the Abolition
resolutions He savS, that soon as " Cost John.
son had finished his Speech ''hfty members al !eas,
lcapcd for it, Mr. Banks of Virginia, who tempo.
rarily III the chair, and who, by the way, acqutlet
himself with great ability amid scene OF The most eH
traordnary excitement. gave the floor TO Mr. Wander
peel Of New York The writer says, that "Those who
saw him to-day cnactng The part Of Speaker vounla.
ry awarded to bin the need Of profound paramrn.
! tartan and splendid presiding officer
The Globe, in speaking Of the passage Of Mr. John.
sons resolutions which slams the door against all lbo.
tun petitions says that sihc Southern wing q. tie
Fclcallss forced home rejection Of Abolition petitions
At the threshold upon The Democratic party, North and
South. They knew .ha; the whe., mass Ct their
r political friends N the Notwithstanding States woI
vote against the rejection. and II the Northern Demo.
c-acy, party, fincicd in this crisis or single mem
Der Of il in tho South, the Southern Wigs would bear
on the ecat oi proposing southern measure 10 be Dc.
eaed by Democratic votes But. alas! the short.s!h
I'd men They fixed trap 10 catch their own Ebonlrs
\ sufficient number Of Democrats voted for Their pro.
position 10 carry it, and they have the satisfaction
to the whole Abolition junto Imprisoned IN pen
contrivcd By their own aicconatc political brethren
How pleasant it must be 10 Mr. Adams look through
the cracks OF the wolf pen in which he il incarccracd
and see the Hon. ". G. Johnson (who paid him suc,
high compliments to-day, standing BY the contrcr
and yet lamcntin. the cause OF his constran MrssrS.
Giddngs Sladc, Peck Granger, Fillmore Gates, Han,
all ALL in pinfod and gagged b. their good agr.
son confederate, Mr. Johnson. The Northern Demo.
crazy would willing have taken Mr. Aherton mild.
measure, bnt nine weeks Of the session had been
wasted By Abolition reals-thc first four in trying
/ bring in the Abolition Of wax, Messrs AYcrig!
and Cohe last five in the attempt to introduce zone
hundred thousand Abolition petitioners men, wonru
and chdren-thcy mus, forgive the few Northern De.
mocraIs whn concluded it was better 10 20 with Mr.
| VIM Cost Johnson in putting the straigh,. jacket
his phrcnslcd friends who had resolved to consume til
whole session in Abolition debates. Every Dcmocra;
from the slayehuldIng States voted for the resolution
and every Fecralst from the slavehoding States votc
for If, except four, namely Messrs. Bell and Gentry, Of
Tennessee and Anderson and Underwood Of Ken
lucky. Every Fedcralist from the .slavcholdIn.
States voted against IL except Mr. Profit of Indiana
4 "Whots saace fer de Goosc is sauce for hc Ganitr
The Wing Press il playin. unfair game with The
impracticabe Wings. They are attempting 10 lay
upon their shoulders alone the whole rcsponsbty ii
defeating the Senatorial election The r. Wing plays
the whole game out-and rdcues aud abuses The ir'r
lmpracticabcscas them .'ihc wise Of the East
i-dcnouGceS them as ''recrcanis, &C. &c. whist
throws the mantle of charity the four Conscry.
lives The Petersburg lnelligcncer joins in III" cao
rus--and declares III the mCst unqualified terms, ,lnt
i 'sThcmas II Bayly, Carter Craford and Thomas Smith
have done it. They the men, who, with arrogans
only eqnaed by their folly have themselves up
Political Dictatovs, and boldly determined 10 have ~
Senator, unless they could get of their coo,
I g'-Thesc lmpractcables have no press Of .hc'
:! own TO defend thcm and cannot quietly i. BY
and see the whole responsibility thrown upon thrm-
Where the four Conservatives, who would take NJ
one but Mr.. RivcS: The four Conservatives wont
take none but Mr.. Rivcs- The three mprac,icabi
would not take him, but would hare taken hlndma
others. The Conservatives may say, that they wcH
pledged in the spring To 90 for Mr.. nivcs--bnt wer
not the Impracticablcs equally pledged to vote Gsea
hm' II It be SAID, as was said on the floor, and as h.
been repeated in the Wig, that The lmpracticabcs wc
discharged nom their pledges; that new issues has
since been made up; circumstances have since been
derelopcd-why. does not the argument equally aPfE
to the Conservatives Are their pledges sacred
tha; those Of the lmpraccab!es: Have not Issues
been made for them also: Have not new developla@as
been produced: Has not tie most obnoxious Wing hsa
nominated by the Harrisburg Convention, The en-
detc Of their party-and has not Mr.. Rycs dccIa;s-
in his favor against Mr. Vaa Buren, We all know
that MIR. 4. has taken his ground We have irrcss'
bic evidence Of the fact. But still the Conscrvn''"