Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-19
TO YwE EDITOR Of TIE ENQUIRER.

WEs1MoRfLASD L. H., Nov. ~ ISL.
A short trip from home BE- il even Tor single day,
isexccetingly beneficial, BY dlverng the mind from
the ordinary Objects Of contemplation, and removing
from IT, for n time, that load Of anxious care, which
paalyzcs lis energies and If permitted too long TO re-
nain destroys lis elasticity .-Under the influence Of
reflections such these, have just returned to my
post to engage with fresh alacrty, in The arduous du-
ties of nn arduous profession, having spent several
DAYS in King and Queen, IN attendance upon the Su-
peror Court whittier had been attracted BY curios-
~ TO witness an exhibition Of Of the finest legal
talents Of Virginia, which that occasion it was thought
would be likely TO call into requsit'on Mr. Leigh OF
the Richmond Bar, well known throughout Virginia,
as ian eminent Lawyer, present. The case in
which he was to appear, one IF murder, and most
aggravated too. had ever had The pleasure oil
hearing that gentleman in the character Of advocate
before and had formed very incorrect notions Of his
powers before Jury. His iute, bad supposed, lay
in the province Of pure reason and philosophical de-
ducon calculated Tor deliberative assembly, or the
Judges Of The Court Of Appeals but lily suited for, and
not appreciated by, such minds as usually constitute the
ure. of cur State In this impression, was entirely ms
taken. as few moments convinced me, after he arose
10 address the Jury. lie took up the evidence, which
t had occupied the whole Of two days TO get through
-recapitulaed it with the utmost candor and faress
said that ecquence and oraory were faculties he had
cultivated in his younger days to some extent, but had
long since almost ceased To exercise Them from con-
vctiop the result Of long life of professional expert
ence tina; not much 10 be accomplished by such
mpans-ihat, had he the eloquence OF Cicero or Lr.
skne he should not employ 1t on that occasion-tat,
as 10 ability the needed none-and then, seIzng
n,on the strong points in the evidence presented them
with great force and cearness, making, III conclusion,
and aore her, of the most effective mud impress
siye arguments occasionally interspersed with the
foes, sentiments the most beautiful and touching ap-
peas, ! have ever had the pleasure of listening TO-
regret il was in my power 10 wait until Tie trmi'
nation of The other cause, that might have heard Mr.
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himself many laurels in the field OF forensic eoquence
Ipmr perecrina,ions through the counties OF hing
T. Onepn Middesey and Essex, had frequent oppnr.
tunes of conversng with individuals, touching the
present condition Of parties, and scarcely met with
man. who did not express astonsliment ut The fapio
and nropressiye decomposition of the Wing party But,
ubv as,onishnen should have been expressed at ALL IS
the wander with me, every one acquainted with the
one ration Of natural causes, whose knowledge keeps
pace with the progress OF events, must have known,
that, in the Wing party, there was no principle oil
coresion-aud that, If the dscordant materials, OF
which it was composed, from any cause whatsoever,
were brought into conjunction, the union could mol
last and that speedy and inevitable dissolution must
follow Thus the Democrats predicted, III the event
of their elevation TO power; and thus, IN every parcu
lar has their prophecy been fulfilled In looking back
10 the organization Of this party, at Harrisburg, down
10 tIe Inauguration of President liarrson,it stands
without parallel in the history of this or any other
nation. The object of every political convention,
had supposed was to select suitable individual as
candidate, concert plans, unite strength, avow
and publish an address, proclaimng TO the world the
principles which governed them Was this The course
Of the Wings at Harrisburg: No-They did not talk
of principles no-that would not do-''Aey aecre
not quite soft enough for that they discussed no mea-
sures-stated Objects concealment was tneif poey'
and their molto-ehange. In that modern Babe, men
of every description, Of every political hue and com
Dlexion, assembled: "black spirits and white, blue sp''
ri,s and grey all mingled their counsels together,
to attain single end and that, an available candidate
for the Presidency. 10 the eloquent language OF a'
,;nuu;shed Senator "7here was the AboltIunis, rea
dy TO call down FIRE from Heaven, to annihilate sa
very from the face of the EARTH and side by sde with
him, sat the honorable and highspirited Southern
slayeholder-T There the anti-mason, whose motto
was adestruction TO all secret societies, mlngng in
&c sweet communion with the Bank Director; who, with
the fidelity of vesta had preserved the secrets Of