Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-02
REMARKS OF
VI r. KIN NEY.
IN SUPPORT OF uIS NnNIN.rtnN ~
Ger. y. @. Bilirin.


Mr. KINNEY said, beg ;eive. MIR Sos,k., =,
place before the House FOR tho important station wa
nre now c. ie upon 20 Fl l. the name of 4, or,tle-
man, who a OF Us know for he has been \ fellow
ltborer with us on tins q ,oc during the present
session, and NY only regret is that he Is not b,,,
known, TOR To kroS HIM i TO esteem ami respcc,
him, and the better he Is known the more w Il, bc
be loved and admired, not Only fr the qualities of
the hear, but Tor the ability OF the head The gen
tem'n To whom hc alluded was Gen Brscoe q
BtldSin, one of the delegates from Aucus,a.
MIR X. remarked, il h,l been his s.,,I for,,,,, .,
have known Cen b. lorg-Io have known him
well, botn IN pubic and private life-he had been "A
RESIDENT OF me SAAe Iosn, practitioner at the
same oar with ham ior upwards o. 20 years
Gen. was noW ahoGt 81 years Of aga r,tive
NJ FREDERICK county, Virginia. graduate Of Wn,.
y Mary Co cSe, an Institution, which had sem
forth from her venerable walls and classic shades
TIE most distinguished men Of Virginia, or of the
Union. tie studied his Profession unJe- tb. c,-,
and direction OF hrs brothef ln-,ax the a,c Jude
WIN. DAME, who was justly esteemed an sbie
lurls', pure and upright Judge and man Ere
Gen. Il. attained The age Il 81 he obtained his IL
eenss, and took hIs stand a. TIE Bar of Stauntor
then considered one Of the lest m the State IN,
Il numbered among rs members, Chairman Jobr.
son, Danie. Sreiiey, John II. Peyton and others he
could name-oeng thus brought iu contact n nd ron.
nct win some 90 the ab.est lawyers Of the State.
re devoted himself with ZEAL an aSsiduity an
industry, which never tired to the study and 1ros,
cn,on Of lis profession, and aided by A net',,sjiy
hne intellect he soon won his wAvto n fine nror,iec
and TO eminence IN Eis procession; With unab hated
zeal and Industry he has ever since continued 10
prosecute u, and now, and has lon b.en esteem,
~, one Of the ass lawyers ce-tain'y in ,ve.,sr,
virginia, not m the STATE, is proved by the FAC,
mat his services his talents, have h4eo SOUGHT afr,
IN different and distant paris II virginia. For tLs
estimation IN which Gen. Baldwin was held os a a
"o'e 'S"yer, pure, upright ami nmiable mtr, hs
appealed, and appealed with confidence "a the De-
legation on mat floor from Rock5ridse Bo.etourf
Rockingham, Penr.eton, Bath, Green5rier in shori
10 tile whole western delegation, and many Of the
Eastern; and nc thought lie h7zlded hut lille when
he sad, q nj there was no man in the State who's
appointment would give more general satisf,rtio, ~,
the whois west than would Cen b tor viii ST here
were, countess, some gent emen, who have a per-
sonai preference, because OF a more intimate nc.
quainiance with other gentlemen who had been. and
p'ooao'y would bc, placed IN nomn aton-there
was none yes, he would venture the assertion tbera
was not one, who knew Gen. B., who would not
admit, " the appointment was conferred upon him
II will have been conferred upon a gentleman of
pule no'a's' uno'emished reputation, good habits,
ah1 hne .egal aitainments.
Mr. Is said. that whilst Cen Il. had no, bern an
id'e Indifferent, or inactive spectator, IN the political
stries and conflicts which had marked. torn. dis
tracted, he had almost sad destroyed, our beloved
country, he had never been o. violent btsn,,d 80
lUcal partzln. He had repre- tented the ~o,,o,,, %
Augusta several times on this hoor,-it was a sto.
Ton rather forced upon, than soush, after bv lilo,
lie mao, IN connection with Chapman Johnson &c
neral VIM. Mccoy, mr. Samuel Mcdowell Moore
represented, and represented with ability. the An
gusta District, 10 the convention which framed ou-
present Constitution; and no his humble opinio, bc
could nave filed any office, State or Federal, in the
gift Of The People of that District; hut me so,gb,
nonc-his ambition lay not IN that way-bis orest
amotion was, 10 excel On hrs profession, 10 become
an able lurist. He has succce1cd-and MIR X. ask
ed the House 20 confer upon his nominee m. 70
ward due 10 dill sence, industry mora and intellec-
tpl worth.
Mr. X. remarked, that h. had a few more ,vo,j.
to say, and he was donc-thcy were addressed in ,
spirit Of Kindness TO ms Eisern brethren. Hensk.
. ed them 70 look 10 the f1ct, thnt there ve,e nos,
upon mo bench Of the Court nj Appeals three able
and siinsuished Judges from the East side Of ,bs
/ Blue Rdge-one from the West-that our G. ,vcrn.
or and every member OF rho Executive Council ON,
lst end % Auditors, Treasurer and Rog.st,r verc
OFT Eastern men-sp were our two Sennfors io Con,
grcss tie asked them too, 'O look no the a. that
the vacancy they were then called on 10 fu had
grown out Of the resignation Of Western J,dge
IN view OF all these lac's DE appealed IN the mig.
nanimfY NJ his Eastern brethren md s.ked tb,rn
whether, n he presented them with Western map
possessed Of every requisite qua Ihcotion for the oil
h-e, Tor he would osk o; only on condition he p,e
scn'cd gentleman of cqu1l talent and oil or re-
qnisies for the Office, that they would not Weld this
noon, for he would not deem II "a right 10 the Wet
In conclusion, he expressed the hope that this an
pontment would he conferred upon nntive. 4,
lenei son Of the Wcst-one, Of whom she va.
proud.