Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-05

r,v notwithstanding the Instructions mus. Us :"
hound Weld TO the views of the new icaoe, u .,e
yyLs abandon his land bill, and 20 Tor applying l'e
80, received from the public lands 10 the manu-,
''''" foves II ..,Il not i. for the snbaiterns OF
NJ ,, IN run counter to the msrs OF the !endef,
Gen Harrison ,,oo, ,or,atr,ted
bore The House OF Representatives passed. fcsoi"'o
- ,,,;or;,v of SIX inslructing our Senators, ana re-
nncstnG our Representatives, IN Congress, TO Voe ioI
10 mi of Thomas IL Benton TO abolish the DUTY On
~ In The Senate the resolutions were rejected Dy
vote of II to Is. The majority, had the ballot peeh
;o;nt would have been frc-so Mr. Clay should hoi's-
IL consider himself bound to vote LOT one % 'e i"
nnc,sures of Mr. Benton
"FRASEFoRT, Feb. L.
S,R. The Senate passed bill to-day to provide Tor
IN. uavment Of the contractors, NC. winch wa" Srn'
ia lie House for its concurrence III me evenings -
rrrnc,t introduced preamble and resolutions agaiiSt
Abolilionsm thc which was introduced VI ''e
Hons, BY Col F. Marshall, of Lcws,) ana The senate
refused bv vote of 10 to H. 10 consider tien 1t Is
Tins the avowcd opinions and solemn warnings OIL WI
CLAY arc now treated in the Senate-tte preahole ana
resolutions beinG in truth, a synopsis OF Mr Iiay
,over,uI spccch against the AbotIonists. The vote
m The Senate was strictly party vote Two OF thlee
Of ;le Democratic Senators happened 10 De out o te
Chamber when the preamble and resolutions were IN
ruduced and did not return before the Foc was t"he'
on them.
al may mention The fact that the Senate, alter re-
fusn,r to n,rrrorate the candidates for President and
Vic. President on the dangerous question ol ADOLF
ton adjourned Immediately having, IN truth no Dust
ness of consequence TO do This statement WIZ pre-
vent the people from being deceived should It be herca
ter pretended that the Senate had not time 10 act on me
subject There was no debate. No one OF the wing
Senators was prepared 10 take ground against Inc SEN
lnents avowed in the preamble and resolutions; nor
could they venture on calling their candidate out on
question which threatens 10 dissolve the Union ana
produce servile They felt that they couia nU'
endorse Mr.. H. Cay's principles without doing WI
liam FL Harrison rrcparablc injury, by making IL ne
cessary for him to define his position they lcre-
fore thought of the sagacious expcdIcnt oil refusing 70
consider the preamble and resolutions! 1t is little as
oni,hing that il did not occur 10 The gentlemen t'al
their refusal to consider, more cavalier negative
than could otherwise have been gwen; That IL was d
stronger manifestation of hostility 10 the preamble ana
resolutions, than direct negative vote would nave
been had the question been on their adoption. / ne
reader NAV be ready to cxclaim ''Poor Clay. once
his opinions would have stood against the world III
the Legislative Halls of the State, but now there
arc none so poor rs 10 do HIM reverence Such
an Inference would not he correct. The reinsal I"
consider the preamble and resolutions, did not orr
climate in contempt for ir Clay or ms principles,
hul was produced by the apprehension, whIch was
undoubtedly well grounded, that II would not be sac
for General Harrison 10 come out on aboiltioh-tia
he could no, do without casting oil the allies whose
influence secured his nomination by the Harrisburg
Convention. Fear ruled the Scnatc-not a desire I"
save time and attend to the public business The wing
members knew that Harrison could not venture 10 dii
for from, his Abolition friends and supporters.