Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-16

,h,v had themselves been commenting i"f eh9'' Va
time Now again, when theg presented 10 ."e ""uIs
f Inc House another individual, whose opihons "'fe
Ill L,owo :, every member acquainted win the
,;,;cal history of his country, tht same 'Ice
was acted over again, nnd ihey were c''.u up"" "
,a Ina principles. The Opinions OF hr. Afchef
:, .,ord.d uuon all II" great questions aLi; IL z
.l ,,hlic mind; tn 81 Opinions were upon record
~ rnrpi. 5 were proved by ii eds no, Is words, ana
Y.t certuin gentlemen were pretending perfect 'ah
lance 81 h.s npn"ns every question lat ne shou'u
IL. Ia know whilst gentlemen were 'nqutms very ~
ouistivry into the ornlors Of their candidate, "ieller
they had candidate al all To oler; II So why not pre-
sent him. so that they might have an opportunity oil
putting sundry interesting queries IN ihat case' TUE
came would be little fair and equal between
them Gentlemen the opposite sde hld enquire"
the opinions of Mr.. Archer N relation 10 me ols,'pu
,;on nolicy and appeared not 10 be sllsfeo WIN ms
o,;n;a,s on that subject. There were two Kinds oil
di,trlhutnuists The class was IN favor OF sneh
system of distribution as woud transfer u'e P'oceeus W
st ,rono,.ions among all the States, so That II might
he sccorJnu to the deed Of cesson tor the dement, OF
all Anot,er set of disributionsis were in favor Of
,r,h,,n, those lands in winch all the States were
interested among the new States alone Mr.. Archer
was doubtless with the former class, ana opposed Y"
those who were dciirous of buying UP Presidential
tics by souon6rrinr am"ngs, tew the pairlmony OF
all IT. however gentlemen on the opposite side would
,resent their candidate Ire might have m opportunity
If putting few questions to the friends o such can
date such for instance as whether he was IN favor
of sbirc,iou their State corporations TO the operation
nc n General Bankrupt Law. He scarcely thought
i modest while gentlemen could not venture TO de-
clare the name of their candidate, TO be strictly
scru,nz:n. the opinions Of the candidate opposed 10
them.
| Mr. MAY said this was the Odd dag Of the session,
and he would ask whether 1t right to consume the
time of The Legislature IN vain and fruitless enquiry
as TO the opinions winch were to guide and govern
candidate for the next years. ii they went on al lie
rate they should have By and bye, the cand-
date for the Senate placed upon the Clerk table I" 60
through his political catcchsm, 10 have propounded 10
INN questions which he would be sworn 10 answer.
There VAS now bat one candidate before the House,
man who had figured the Councils oil the country,
md his politics and OPINIONS were not suhciehty wen
known 10 certain gentlemen, wen convinced WAS ~
that no discussion was cachiaeu " ehie"'eh ''.
minds so thai if they discussed the present matter until
oiobt.ial no practical good could result from It, lie
nut il to the Wing party say, whether 1t was not que
10 themselves and due the people, that they should
not be drawn thls useless discussion. let mem
present their Candidate elect HIM If they could, and II
they disagreed aud could not elect lei them do the or
binary business Of the Legs allure and 90 home lie
did hope that not much time would be consumed
in The discussion.
Mr.. RIDLEY would not be instrumental! in consnn'-
ing much of the time OF The House; bit us The Rtpe-
sentative ola portion Of the people oil the Common
wealth he could not still and cast his vote without
ascerainiir the opia,ons OF the only individual pre-
scented notice. The gentleman from Sumoer-
land had truly characterised their proceedings as
farce-it was farce To find gentleman presented To
the Legislature of Virginia rs mt Representative al
their interests Congress whose principles were 50 oo-
noxous that gentlemen dare not eAhbit then |" Tie
l,qht ofday. II true that the Democratic: meinneis
had candidate because their numerical strength was
such that they could not reasonably hope or the rlcc'
,,on OF their caad date II he would pledge himself 10
him. 10 vote for gentleman who was sound on every
principle, he would offer hun such an IndiviGua-a
man who strict construclionis-one IN favor OF
combining the powers Of the General Government
within the defined limits who would oppose the m
CORPORATION OF National Bank under all and every car
cuns,ance who would oppose the distribution OF the
surplus revenue and proceeds Of the pubic lands, and
who opposed 10 every appropriation 10 w"IKs 81
Internal Improvement He would observe, that Wills,
he dad not mean 10 make 4 nomination., he was
determined 10 sit there until midnight casting his vote
for some such individual, before he could give his vote
TO man no had opinions at all. The great mi o.
ri,y of the people ot the Commonwealth he believed
-0hS 81 them, were opposed To the incorporation o
! Unted States Rank, and although General Harrison
achieved such institution 10 BE- unconstitutional, yet
he had no doubt, that they should find hun giving
his Signature to charter Of Incorporation. Did
not MIR. Archer coincide IN opinion with General
HARRISON and would he not be found acting with hin
upon this question: Would Mr. Archer leglslatr
20 pre vent the accumulation OF any revenue tor the
ouruosrs of distrbu,ion Would he If the issue Was
made up between Bank Of the |. ) and tie inde
pendent Treasury system, go against the Bank undr'
that circumstance; Unless these questions We're "a
,sfac;ory answered, lie could give him his support
Gentlemen ght that to be- unacGnainted with
the OPINIONS Of Wa ). Archer betrayed ignorance oil
their country history Thus might BE- true, and If 80
he for one aust plead that ignorance But he did moi
mean 10 give his support to a gentleman with WHOSE
opinions he uiacquanted. He knew that Mr.
Archer had been true Democrat, but his departure
from the good old Jackson party, was the very thing
tina. induced him To BE- suspicious, and led him 10 MAKE
the inquiries he had prop"unded. Expedency p"llt'
cans could never command his support He rustet
that the House would and all, insist upon know
ing The opinions OF the only individual brought before
them.
Mr. GREGORY was glad to hear that Mr.. Archie
10 have the support OF gentlemen on The opposite
side if he held the Virginia State Right principles. be
he should be able TO show that he did hold hos'
principles and therefore supposed he could claim ,hr
votes. They had the guarantee OF his past life ant
conduct to refer to, and he would ask whether there
was member in that House who could show that II,
had departed from those principles in any one par
icuar; What Mr.. Archer would do twenty year
hence or at any future day. he could say. Mr. Ar
clers opinions were as well known To gentlemen ol
the opposite side they 10 him. They had state
. that lie was Jackson man; he was anti-Bank, ants
Tariff, anti internal Improvement They then vote
for him; they cast their votes and confidence upn
him, and he would ask them whether he had ever fail
ed in any of their principles and if not, why wer
they employed in casting suspicion on man when
they then delighted to honor; He had maintained hi
principles, out nae ultimately opposed zen JACKSON
but surely gentlemen did TO defend the pro
position that it right for freeman 10 become III
serf of noble He would, however, meet the cues
tons Of the gentlemen from Amelia and Southamplo
fully, promptly and fairly. Having heard that NJ
Archcrs name likely 10 be brought before then
he had had conversation with that gentlemen upo
certain points agrtatng the public mind, havin
gone to him To Obtain such information would guid
him in giving his vote. Mr. Archer believed BAN
of the United States to be UNCONSTITUTIONAL and tia
Congress had not The power charter such an lnsttu
ton. lie opposed 10 Tariff. lie believed tina
Mr. Archer just as much opposed 10 the establish
ment of National Bank were the gentlemen iron
Amelia and Southampton, or as any other member II
that House.
Mr.. DABNEY wanted 10 know whether he woult
oppose Bank at ali tunes, and under all circumstances
Mr. GREGORY had never asked in his lif
what ms future opinions would be, because maj
could answer; and 10 pu, such question would in hi
opinion, se ie,He wrong fle had only asked hin
what his npnons were ut the present tima and cnn
not say what Mr. Archers opinions would be to-inor