Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-22

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the PRESIDENT would have no patronage which the
| tmid could fear.
| The gentleman from Northampton denies That he wa
brought into this House upon the whirlwind which
swept over his county, raised by the support Of his pre-
decessor Of Internal improvements MIR g. was awar,
that the member not the opponent nj the Sprn.
election ut that gentleman. But did not the feeling
then excited operate in favor of the gentleman and il
TACT secure ms election at the special election which
MI. Savages resignation made necessary Did he no
recoilect that the most influential Democrat North
ampton, who unhappily was no more supported thu
gentleman against his son-n law who agreed will
hun IN politics, and who also opposed to Inerna
improvements not because lie had voted for Mr. Sega
for he did not vote at a-but because he had no
voted against him? Could any thing more clearl,
shew The strong feeling in the gen,lemans county OF
this subject
But the gentleman accuses Of sometimes speak
ing III favor OF Internal improvements although uni
tormy vote against them. Mr.. B. met this accusation
with fiat denial 1t was true he had occasionally ex
pressed his opinions of comparative merits to differ
emf improvements but he had never supported any liz
had been restrained from doing by his fidelity h
representative responsibility.
| The gentleman from Northampton, said Mr.. b., has
made some reference 10 my having changed MY pot
cal relations He did not hesitate to ayow that he hat
changed Them; or, rather that he had resumed his orr
ginal position He had never changed his principles
In the recklessness Of the assaults upon him this had
never been charged. lie now and ever had been
Il State Rights man. He had never pretended TO be
any thing else. He had been Jackson man and the
first vote he ever gave for him against Mr. Clay in
1882 lie hada bnndoned Gen Jackson's administration
when it departed, as he thought from the Virginia doc
trnes and the true Democratic faith; and he did not he
state to cooperate with those who opposed an admin
ls,raton which he dsapproved. But no sooner Gid the
party, under the lead of Mr. Van Buren,, eviDce dis
position TO relruce their steps and to the true
doctrines Of the Constitution, then did he his OPP
position. He had not fit to discover too easy cre
duty and restore his confidence 10 those, from whom
he had unwillingly withdrawn il, at the first sign OF
| reformation. But, after an anxious and dstrusiu
scrutiny, he was satisfied they were zcalously bat
ting for the true principles Of the Constitution and ne
did not hesitate to cooperate cordially with them. lie
had predicted that if the Nationals came into power
they would attempt 10 revive all of the odous
sures Of the Federalists. funded debt, Bank, Ia
riff and extravagant expenGure-to which would be
added the invention of modem Observation-Disclosures
ton, outtrppng in its disastrous consequences all oil
its predecessors. This prediction had been fulfilled
| And TO this batch of abomnabe measures had been
added the unjust Ubiquitous and unconstitutional Bank
rupt law. lie nov found in the country two great
parties-the advocating all these measures and
the other opposing and denouncing them. Gould
| he and he would add could any States Rights man,
hesitate 10 which of these parties he would give coun
tenuance and support? Could he excuse himself, for
standing by and refusing to give succor to the only
party which warning against this odious system OF
measures and in favor of the Constitution, because
perchance al remote day they too had snned and
because there possibility tina, they might hereafter
sin again; For himself, he was satisfied with the fact
that the party with which he acting, now out OF
power and in minority, were contendng for the true
principles of our Government, and he should wait until
they got into power and sinned against those princi-
pes which he had belief they would do, before he
quarreled with them.
After the second vote, Mr.. BYRD rose and nominated
Andrew Stevenson, Esq.
NJ &c shat nh, let
bringing new nugs the field he would bring one,
too. lie nominated Lewis Summers iof kanawha
MIR. DAsiEL moved postponement of the joint or
der until Tomorrow because he apprehended that The
nomination of MIR. Stevenson would e rise TO long
and acrimonious debate
Mr. BAYLY opposed the motion. If Mr.. S. was 10
be attacked, let it come
After some further remarks between Messrs. DASIEL
and BAyLr, Mr.. MclLHASEY called the Previous Qacs.
ton, and the motion adop,cd-ayes 60, noes 81.