Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-06


p!underer of his property
The Richmond Enquirer remarks, in fraterna sp'
rit 10 those who assa her Institutions
.yirrinia thus takes her stand IL has been forced
m her BY the subbornness of the Wing Governor and
legislature of New fork-but will her people compel
Ms 10 carry out; We appeal 10 their justice, Their
love for the Constitution, and those kindred feelings
which ght bind together the citizens OF this great
, Coufaderacy We have not acted III haste-n passion
from any spirit Of .esentment-our course has been
or a very different character We appeal 10 her
reason to her Justice the solemn promise OF our
common Constitution We appeal also to the South
for cooperation, &c. &c.
THE CLAY SESSION.
We have already repeatedly adyercd to the head
long haste of the session, to take place SO soon at
ter the adjournment Of regular session, and with such
great Inconvenience and expense TO of the States
and such vast expense 10 the U. S. Violent this
haste is, il intended By the author of the measure
10 have made II much Mr. Clay on the
sth day Of March, III The debate the election OF
Sergeant Arms, declared that the services of that Of
cer would be wanted 'in forty fifty, siriy days from
fhnt time" This was said in to the objection
that the officer would have nothing to do until Con-
orcss met, and wonld he receiving his pay IN the mean
/ time without rendering any seryica This objection
ne treated as trie because Congress To come to-
gehcr again Immediately. IN another part OF the same
debate, he thus expressed himself "Ihc Saiary acaS
=. 800 Vel, ii Mere SkoHG be trtrd session, ne
5siered no gentleman acou!d say there should not be
Sergeant irmS and il there shoud be extra session
i,co months hence md the salary 81 800, loonld be IN
erpsnse of $3.50" We quote these passages from Mr..
Claws speech for several reasons. We wish TO show
that short and insufficient The time to hold special
elections and the extra session, Mr. Clay intended II TO
| be much shorter. The time allowed by the proclana
ton seventy four days; Nh Clay allowed sixty days
at the outside, and the ,ime evidently prefer
red forty fifty days, for he named these numbers,
and named them first. The Administration, then,
mus; have begged him out Ct few days, .cntured
10 take a few days after he left the city. The
special elections, even vita the time allowed will
be little better than the mockery Of elections ; but
with the time proposed By Mr.. Clay, they would
have been complete and entire mockeres, wholly I'M
attended by the body Of the people, and this is doubt
less what was intended Another reason for which we
ouote these extracts from Mr. Clay speech Isl to show
the duplcy, hypocrisy, humJuggery, iase-iacedness
.orked guedness Of pretending TO find reasons for
the called session in the condition OF the finances,
detected BY Mr.. Ewing after lie got into the Office
1t is upon these discoveries that the extraordinary
sons to be found which 10 justify tie nnconsti
,ut;0nal call OF Congress 10 pass Mr. Clay old inca
surcs 50 often rejected, with HIMSELF by the people
Mr. Ewngs discoveries are 10 be the preexss for the
called session. vet days before the issuance OF the
Procamatlon we see Mr. Clay in the Senate, not only
proclaming the extra session. but providing Tor -pro-
vidng il with otiicer-actnaly cectng Sergeant
n, rms for t-aud we see the whole body OF the re-
deral Senators present. (26 in number) voting with
him provide this officer for the extra session This
session was then determined upon, and known to The
twcntv-sy Federal Senators the 9Th day OF 8larch
we NAV say II known on the 9th OF that month;
for the notice 10 90 into the election Of this officer
given by Mr.. Merrlck Saturday, the 9th OF March
! This is emincny material. 1t goes to establish Two
area, points: That the story Of Mr.. Ewing finding
something in the of the TO require an ex
ira session. uatruh fabricated TO justify prede-
,ermincd measure , That the call for the extra
sion is uacoRstitronai there being extraordinary
occasion for IT, and It's being, in reality, mere call To
pass MIR Clay's ordinary measures. We THINK II pro-
per to rive the OF the twentysx Federal mem
bers who on the sixth and eighth days Of March thus
knew Of the extra session, and thus acted upon that
knowledge and thus provided officer for that session,
tha, their constituents may nterrogate them upon the
point and from their mouths find out mat the pre-
text of the deficient revenue, found out by Mr. Ew-
inn in his laborous researches is all mpudent tabri-
cation contrived afterwards, in order to justify mea-
proved to have been determined upon long before
The truth IS the extra session was measure deternln-
ed upon last fail in kentucky and that all the pretex IS
now alleged Tor il disgraceful inventions, winch
mas. reco upon the heads Of their authors
The following are the Federasts whose votes are re-
ferred 10 above:
Ieas-Mcssrs. Archer, Barrow, Berrien, Bates, Bay
ard, Clay Of Kentucky, Clayton, Choate, Dixon,
Evans, Henderson, Huntington, ker Nlangum, Nler-
rick, Miller, Morehead Porter, Preston t'ves SIM
mons, Smith oi Indiana, Southland, Talmadge wood
bridge, and White-26.
la this list will be found many candid men, who will
admit their constituents that they knew, al least as
early rs the time which they gave this vote, that The
extra session determined upon; and, consequently,
that the pretext about the sheer fabrication,
intended to iniure the administration OF Mr. an Bu-
rem, but which will fall back upon its own authors.
i There was great Of deal of success in humbuggery
last year, but there things which cannot be
done twice. and among these the experiment OF twice
humbugging population of sixteen mllllons-Giooe
Il TuE TERgIroRIEs-Th fine sentiment OF "proSertp-
lion proscribed, is finding full play in the territories.
In Iowa and Florida the has been at work chipping
off Democratic heads And If the Governor of Wis.,
konsin is spared, it is only because his popularity IS
dreaded The design is to I'LL all three Of the Terrific
res with Federasts in order to convert the people he
fore they becomes States. The idea of three new De-
mocraic States fills Federalism with terror, and not
moment has been los, in taking measures To prevent
that occurrence. Already the Democratic officers are
/ nearly all decapatcd, and Federalists put in their
! places and in little while the change will he complete
Never was more wanton, wicked, bareiaced, shame
less prescription than is going in these Territories
nor for base object The real object is 10 Fedcrati-e
them and the only chance for Democracy is in their
/ immediate admission States into the Union Iowa,
I Wisconsin, and Florida west OF the Suwannee nave
the requisite population now; and, as the Indian war
is drawing to close, Florida east Of the Suwannee Will
promptly fill up, and be ready for admission All
should apply for admission at the extra session. IS
the only chance for the Democratic inhabitants OF these
nroscribed Territories They should all be admitted
ogcher-all be in the same bll-Florida coming IN as
single State now, with clause in the law for Sc.
cond State Of the Suwannee, soon rs ATTAINED
certain amount of popula,ion-say forty or hty
thousand. This would keep all even, and make the
slave States and nonslave States proceed as hereto
fore, pari passu, and besides, would make the Aoo
ltonsts in Congress and in the Cablne, show the'r
hands-lb
1 CONFERENCE.-THE PEOPLE GRrMBLE.-From all
parts of the country hear the rumbng of the ap-
preaching s,orm-the people grumble, and say they
have been imposed n-deeeired-"DELUDED-
The New York Cores pondent of the National Intel
genccr, few days since, gave most gloomy picture
| Of the condition of business affairs New ork