Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-22
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lac General Assembly resumed Saturday the
diminished business OF Friday, ard about o'clock,
succeeded in finishing it.
Inc Loeos with their auxilia ries, succeeded in re-
Installing their friend, the present incumbent This
was, take It altogether one Of the most marvellous
proceedings ever enacted ir the Virginia Legisla-
.ure.
Inc tale Tong, but il may be compressed into
nutshell. The present Agent had the good for
.une' IN 1856, to be refused the appointment by
uoV' Iazewell, who appointed John Wight a gen.
ueman OF unblemshed honor and an accom- ished
merchant. AT the succeeding Legislature, Wight,
oe'ng wing, was turned out neck and heels-for
no other reason than that he was appointed by
Gov. Tazewell and was Wing. Not shadow
OF ohJecuon was pretended TO the manner in
"hieh ne had conducted the Agency. He was
mercilessly proscribed-turned adrift by the then
dominant Federal Faction, for daring to exercise
the prerogatlve OF a freeman-thinking for himseE
This has been properly pronounced as one Of the
Heaae" tnone but coarse, strong word, can tru-
Iy characterize ny mtaHest acts, ever perpetra,ed
oy IN" unfeeling Faction. Many Of the better
portion of the Van Buren, party revolted at the
since aitemp, to justify it,
Layne and Watson, and then Watson, became
the successors to Wight-lhe latter, Watson, was
the chief instrument in the hands OF the proscrip-
tionists. He has held the Office two or three years
pcrins the present session. the Board Of Dir,
o, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gentlemen all OF
them, and composed Of bOih political parties-in re-
ply TO resolution of the House, unanimousiv re-
ported numerous instances OF neglect and refusals
on the part of the Agent to settle his accounts ac
eordng TO law. The Agent forthwith. with the air
OF an injured and innocent man, demanded n Com.
ml'tee to investigate the facis-pedsiug himself to
Withdraw his pretensions, if that Committee did
not eNeuIpate him from all shadow of blame. The
Commute, after week of close and aborious re &.
search, made report-con6rming all the charges
OF Inc Board and expressing the conviction that the
agent was wholly unfit and incompetent -basins
their report upon personal examination of The
Agent the Board Of Directors, and other Witnesses
An individual thus convicted by his own sbovy;n,
OF culPabIe remissness--convicted by Board Of
Directors lof both political parties) and a commit
lee oil the House, of glarng incapacity and viola
Hoh oil 'aw,-is reelected! This is the subject Of
"onder-this is the novel spectacle to Virginia
P"o'e' No'hhs Is wanting but vote Of thanks
TO cap the climax What farther use is there for
Board OF Drectors7 Why again appoint com.
mIttee Of Investigation scrutinize the conduct of
public agents Why enact any legal provisions
Tor their guidance and direction, and why impose
penalties to restrain them7
The vote stood Watson 7s, Wight 70, scattering
). Every Loco Foco voting for Watson and three
Wings; Mr. Mclhaney OF the Senate, and Mr. Cole
man and Mr. Langhorne Of the House. What mo-
uVes induced these gentlemen to vste for an ncom-
Petent officer, we know not. Enough that the vote
cannot be justified by any consideration of regard
Tor principle, justice, the welfare of the Common
wealth. Those immaculates, Messrs Goode and
nayly' who denounced the original prescription of
Wight came up misSing!!
Mr. Robertson delivered one of the finest speech.
eS we ever heard from him. He poured the hot
shot INTO the Locos till they looked very little better
than whiptcurs.
The report Of the Committee and the Director,
will be given hereafter. As the Agent is one. who
1t unrestrained, may deeply involve the Common
wealth, we wish the people to see the facts and to
let them know that.the Wings are not responsible
Tor this appointment and its consequences.