Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-15

4, Island Avo,e was taken and MINORITY Of all the
citizens of tie State voted for the adoption "l The .oh
s,:u,on No, only so, but, majority Of The freehold
entitled to vote undeF the 'id N" s"'"''' war;
we believe found III favor o, The new enc
This difficulty in Rhede Island will occasion now
deyelopmcrt of lie opposite principles OF the DEM"
cratic and Wig parties The Dein'cia's VIII een'.
,,v adhere 10 The doctrine OF the sovereignty of 'ic
y. onIa while The Wigs VIII hod i!a piece OF musy
purchcnl issued by Charles H., author zng the m'i'"
ri TO .p.la,e tie inorty, is Ivy divine rI. en'ue'
to more rcspec, and obedience than the VIII OF The pee
pie FcapS|eaH,aa
puonr Ts,,,p-We ccnversed with gentleman
from Tins deruy asi,aed State yesterday, who con
firms all tina, We Said the other day in regard 10 TIE m
ltarv forces They Will no; obey the call oil Inc eo
vernon 10 pu, down The people. lie coihpan''o nav"
been thoroughly canvassed throughout the Stale some
of them r.. unanimous for The Consiu luton; oil nave
loras r,s;nr,ies Of the same disposition; the highest
number found in any company ~ favor Of Inc coo,
n,sI covprnment was seventeen. The officers are ali
throwing up their commissions Inc people III ia'p'
of the Constitution armed 1t is SAID, to man. ~
they to BE- put down al 'he po'nt o ''s
" III REQUIRE We are confident, the whole regular army
If he l. : 10 do the work. We do not believe that IL
will leave Florida and the frontiers for any such SER
vice--.N. L. Sur, Jpn" =.
Gov Guvrr.- Sc publish to-day, ,hor, speech OF
this DISTINGUISHED gentleman, III favor OF releuchnehl
| and reform 70 Which invite the especial attention
of our readers We think il duty which the people oi
this Congressional DISTRICT 10 their representative,
10 keen The mseyes fully informed OF his course III TIE
House of Representatives. They owe !, alike to hun
and themselves to scrunisc closely, the manner III
which he discharges his duty to them and his country
in order that they may be prepared to render an eehl-
ened verdict when he shall be put upon bus tai before
them This We ale SURE all TIA; he asks: IL is what
they cannot refuse j.,
ii. upun full and impartial INVESTIGATION OF the
manner IN which his duties have been Gischa7s'c, u
shall be found that he has a!Sfcd Tie principles winch
Ls L,iu G.
the great interests Of his consu;utns, hc "t are CON
iide mt from knowledge Of tie man, would be The
mos. ready acquiesce III that condensation whc"
The people would pass upon him. Brt II II shaii &c
found tia, he has ably faithfully, and jealousy repre-
sent, item and Their interest, We think we hho" ihe
peope well TO suppose that they waGa MOI prompt
lv accord 10 ham the veidio,-"w.ii dom! we say
again, let them scrunisc his course, ct0setY, anu y
that course let him stand or !a!i.
For ourselves, have 10 hesitation IN giving II, Is
our well considered conviction, that there IS mol more
faithful representative the Congress 81 me y. e.,
than Thomas ". Gner. Not an appropriation is pro-
posed not measure adopted that does nol receive
his close scrutiny Ills cu!es are, al is time, more
onercus. perhaps than those Of any ether member OF
the House. In addition 10 ms regular business as o
representative he Is actively and aaoonsiy engaged
as chairman Of the Select Committee on Krtthc"-
ment, sr!etng out The ahuss the puUlIe service
and the application OF the proper coltecuves. lie has
recently submitted less than Mrtc reports from TINS
One OF these reporis proposes the abolsiiehl o NE
Conmte al prnpusing Tie practical ehof'eiheht Vi
that economy wc GaHy profess aId 50 IL i",.ise
irank.ng pr,v, g, whereby SAVING wou.G be thec-
ed accOrd, ny to rough estimate ii tie Postmaster
General, oil upwarcs Vi Gj"e,n"0 per annum :in"'
tier propose Use reduction Vi tie n..eagc oi meibefs
whoa would something upwards "i S'd,ouo per
annun. The ;!urd proposes 10 prohibit The use o.
ne siapers, &c. IL the pubic chaIge, ~Aica wouu
also effect ii considerable saving.
We mention these particulars, 10 !et the Peop. see
that der representative is wide awake, ana guarding
their Interests wIlh sleepless vigilance. ii any dan
ger approaches, hc wili certainly r'ng tie alarm bt
What, wc ask, would the people Of ihls district sa'n
hy turnng out such a representative, anu eieci'n4
Joseph n. Irving, LsG., oi Amherst, or any eo0t
else
Since the above was written We have received and
hastily examined another repcIt from The Committee on
R-trenchment; showing, rs tar as We are able |"
jadge, considerable abuses in the Army OF the In'ec
States. The Committee have only reported IN part,
however. The Comui,t,cc sit during the sessions
of the House. This Will account Cor Gov. Glmer 5
frequent absences lately Charlottesville hterS0n'an
Fou, TIE lon,p srt;e les G :se A,r Iok H,rad prii ~
The terms of the Loan Bill OF The House of Repre-
sentalvcs de. from these of the of leil, in two
particulars, viz that 1t may be sold below par, and
that Instead Of The faith OF the Government being
pledged generally for lis redemption, there IS SPECIFIC
PIED sc OF portion Of The customs for lis rtcsnptInn
II virtually increases the deb; Of Tie United States Sl2,
coo COO and according 10 The items heretofore publish
ny U.s. late report of the Secretary, the exist
ing debt will be so Gao eco on tie first p'oxmo The
loan Il negotiated, wall increase the amount I"
80 $50 COO bearing annual charge OF 81 J21j0o
The interest on Sl1 00o coo, amounting to 81 $685.
is to be paid out OF The before any other pay
men,s The interest on the Sl2O000'0 oil Treasury
notes Is he pad from the same source, but IS not
specifically provided tor. Let look at the re-
sources Of tie Government for the last few years, with
the probabilities for the present year
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