Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-21

IN referring TO the Wing Executive Committee il
washington, of which Clark, Truman Smith and Sal
">'i iarm prominent members, he spoke in n siraiI
o. cNc"rin'ing and indignant eloquence alike worth,
"i me s"hlrct aud The occasion. Saws he, "Fellow.citi
ems, u IN times gone BY, when Virpinians vener,t.,
''reihh principles aud Virginia institutions. a commit
zee vi shch materials had been formed to e~nlirhten on
intelligent citizens, not only would the united voice o.
'"' ir"p'e orcn raised against II, but the very stone.
would nave been set IN motion and cried aloud in op.
position to it,"
Ai'rF a mns,crly defence of the administration, he
carried Inc war into Africa, and The manner in which
nc deait ms blows show ed that he knew where TO strike
ana no" 10 strike 10 make every blow tell. He closed
his mastery rtforth an appealt to his constituents truly
irrVia ana happy, and which, tn Judge by the rapturous
applause which followed, was forcibly felt and duly ap.
prcciatrd.
When Mr.. Jones had concluded, The Hon. John NJ.
Bolts LOOK the Stand, which, after occupying a few mo.
mcn's, he yielded 10 a eentleman, | think, by The name
OF Daniel, from Richmond. Mr.. Daniel read a few
pages, from what some believed a spurious life Of Van
Buren,, threw himself into various pugilistic attitudes,
aoused lne Globe and Enquirer, screwed on 4 cork leg
and walked off. lie said Mr. Jones had crammcd the
Globe and Enquirer down our Threats. Quere, Ii the
little gentleman had remained al home and attended to
hs business, could the Enquirer have been crammcd
down his throat at Chesterfield Courthouse:
Mr.. Bolts again arose, and Numbered away in his
usual STRAIN OF eloquent abuse. He abused every body
and every thing save his Wing friends and Whir asso.
GATES, such for instance as Clark, Smith and Salton-
stall. lie put down all the officers Of Government and
Administration members of Congress as slaves to pow
e; IN truth this was the least abusive cpIthct he applied
to them. If Mr.. Bolts thinks he can persuade The peo.
pie OF Chesterfield that Mr.. Jones is either the slave Of
power or the slave of any thing else, he must be unac-
quainted with the fact, that Mr.. Jones has lived in the
county Tor the last ~ years, or he IS most egregiously
deceived III his own powers of Oratory. No: Mr.. Jones
reputation Tor honor, integrity and independence is too
wei! earned, too well deserved, too well known, placed
on too elevated a height, to be reached, much less as.
sailed by any shaft that may come from the quiver of
the honorable Representative Of the Richmond Dis.
trIct. When the people come TO learn that Mr.. Bolts
has several thousands of dollars staked upon the cleo
ton of President, they will sooner believe that lie is the
slave Of interest, than that Mr.. Jones is The slave Of
power or the slave of any thing else.
Mr.. Leigh next mounted the rostrnm, and, wonder
full to tell! he neither waged war upon Van Bnren nor
hattled for Harrison, but made a direct attack upon Mr..
Jones, as Chairman Of the Committee of WAYS and
Means. The g%entleman's course must have been in.
tircnced by 4 certain association of idcas-he must have
recnHccted, that the last time he addressed the people
at Chesterfield Courthouse, was, when he, as a mem
Der of the u ). Senate, camc out to instruct the people
not to instruct their delegate to vote against him. John
W. Jones, on that occasion, had the daring to oppose
him and the good fortune to unhorSe HIM. These re-
collections are unpleasant, and sometimes give 10 our
thoughts 4 direction they would not otherwise tnkc.
Mr.. Leigh seemed particularly uneasy nnder the
charge, which he said, Mr.. Jones bad made against
him, OF Federalism. Now, if Mr.. Leigh viii only pur-
sue tbc course on tlls snhlect, marked out 10 hiIn by
his candidate for the Presidency, We have no doubt this
question eau be settled to the satisfaction Of Mr.. jones,
Mr.. Leigh, and the whole people Of Chesterfield. How
Is that, Refer TO the history and records of the com.
and if they do not prove MIR. Leigh 10 be a Fcde-
ralist, and if they be not corroboratcd by the rccollec-
tons Of some Of the older citizens Of Chesterfield, then
| have no doubt Mr. Jones will yield the point, and
make the amcndc hon0rdHs, even without the interven-
of the anticipated meeting.
The Wing orators complained heavily that Mr.. Jones
occupied so much time, and charged it upon him as dis.
courteous. Now | imagine if you had heard these
Wing orators, you would have thought that they were
the last men on earth who should speak of rdm Of
courteSy, unless they meant to apply the term to them
selves. What! when 4 representative has been absent
from his constituents for the space of eight months in
discharge of the duties of m office which they have
conferred upon him, shall it be, that straRgrrs shall at
tempt TO prescribe the time he shall occupy in giving
al account If his stewardship 10 those constituents
What presumption what iapudencc Bat, Sir, we
cannot 50 much wonder al this, rs IT comes from 4 party
claim all the talent, wealth and deccncy in the
land. did not wonder at ii much myself. did not
much regret to see it For, ] have spent the most of
my leisure hours of late in TIE sports Of the field, and
| have observed, that whenever a shot tells we'll, the
and best evidence you have of 1t is in the fiuttcr-
Of the wounded birds.
Mr.. Editor, be not uneasy about Chcsterficld:-Al
though she NAV be aSsailcd by III" whole Richmond
Bar-,hc Bank Presidents from Petersburg, and the
Wing Eicctor 10 boot; she Is firm, decided, immovable.
Be assured, we know our principles and rights, and will
them. have never known our friends SO
warm, united and determined. We are aiming 10 dou.
our majority here, and we will do IT. Note that!
ONE OF ii PEOPLE.
NJ I lirl'. native rpIiuty