Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-13

The House oil DelcnileS lau oei''s ~
on Thursday-a resolution to take the sense OF Inc
people on the call of a Conrenton-and proposition
to abolish the Literary Fund, and amended by another
proposition to sweep off also the Fund for Internal I'M
proremcnt The first question went off IN motion 10
Law the subject the table, and make 1t the order OF
the day for Saturday next. The last assumed the
shane Of an instruction to the Committee Of Finance to
enquire the propriety Of abolishng the two great
Funds TO which we have been accustomed to look for
the InDroremcat of the State and for the Education oil
the People.
marks which these great questions calculated TO call
forth The Constitution has no doubt some defects IN
it. and especially in the great feature OF the clecuve
franchise Residence ought 10 be qualification oil Inc
voter; otherwise, the towns will govern the country
The rich control the poor. This defect might nave neeh
cured If unfortunately the Convention had not, under
The influence of Mr. Randolphs eloqnence, struck out
the amenda,ory clause. Bat whether Convention
ought or ought TO be called 10 reform TINS feature,
is too late the present session to act upon the SUD-
iect We conceive, therefore, that after some more
words have been spent upon 1t, the question WI" DC put
to sleep during the present session
On the other propositlon to put out Inc Two great
eyes of the State Uhe fund for Internal Improvement,
and the Literary Fund) we cannot refrain from the eH-
preston of our astonishmen that 1t should ever nave
been BROUGHT forward or that ii should be entertained
for one moment by the House. 1t is impossible, we
should think and we fervently hope for to succeed
What ut the very moment when we have been re-
preached for the ignorance of the People-when Inc
cant has been raised about the Suaban Dutch wheh
the fact Isl that many of our People are not edu-
cated-at such moment, when every Patriot recog-
nizes the sacred MAXIM that free People must be en-
lirhtened to come forward and lay their nnhaiioWeo
hands upon this Literary Fund.- the only means that
we possess of educating The poor 1t is strange
movement-andl for one, we protest against u, III le
face Of the People No, no. gentlemen-lt you " want
money to fill your Treasury, raise your taxes trust
lamp, which is TO shed its rays over the pubic mind
That Fund may not be used wisely as 1t should be-
That Fund may be partially abused Then, improve H.
Reform your system Garry out Mr. Lee idea, ana III
gest better plan for the Improvement OF your primary
schools But do not earnestly conjure you contls.
cate that sacred Fund for ordinary purposes Instead
of extingushng it, enlarge it. Appeal to the county
courts TO add to it.
We cannot, do not believe, that it is the intention
of the mover of the proposition TO extngush the Edu
cation of the Peope-but believing, as we honestly 90,
that the extinction of the Literary Fund will contri-
butte to such an event, do not hesitate TO express
our anxious hope that the General Assembly should
arrest the blow-Thousands will join US in earnestly
conjurine them to extinguish neither the Literary
Fund nor the Fund for Internal Improvement
The Wing organs go the whole-Dstribution Tariff
National Bank, Called Session, Webster. III! all
Whoever does not toe the mark suspected OF belong
ing to the "Rcpubiicdn portion of the Wing party =
what equally is
that they arc suspected of belonging TO the Clay
and Webster Clique. Hence it is, that Mr. Mallory
like Mr.. Wise, Afford, and quondam friend James
Garland in such high odour with the High Priests
of the Federal party. Hence it is, the Washington
scribbers are aiming their enyenomed pens at Dr. Nal
lory for the independent he has displayed The
Correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot takes him to
task for daring to differ with The Clique at Washington
He compares his DR. Ms speech to that of Mr.. Ray
the full booded Whig) of" the good old North Ca
rolina His district oins that of Mr.. Mallory,
who represents the Norfolk District in Vrginia-but
seldom do members differ more even when of opposite
parties Mr. Rayner vastly enlarges the sphere OF
Wing duties and feels that the revolution has imposed
upon US the necessity of bringing about change OF
principles well change in spois. The difference
between MIR. Mallory and his predecessor, Mr.. Hole
man, the merest rie in the world; but the differ
ence between Mr.. Rayner and Mr. Holeman is the dt-
ference of Wing from Loco Foco. An extra ses-
sion has alarms for him. if necessary to carry out
the principles the Wings have achieved by their revo-
al tariff, distribution, (Prineples yes, indeed, Ma
ona Bank, for alat,udnous construction for the Ham,