Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-04-19
Er,raet of a Letter from " Wssb;n ZION. 18Th .4prH

EI'Tdd OF Letter from "WaSh5n1t0n, ION 1pFu.
"Mr. Bolts has returned from Virginia with news
that the Old Dominion 10 be turned all round by the
Distribution question. do not know whether this BE-
a game of brag not, whether the gentleman
would be willing 10 back his declaration with The
sinners, or even shinpasters Bolts, notwilhstand.
ing his heading Propenslties, and his addiction to
Coffee house rrespondence, has got some good
rough points about him. He is not very polish
ed, or learned profound, or long winded, but he
stands pretty we'll to the rack, when occasion calls
for it, lie is not such representative those sent
from Richmond in the olden times but then and
friends, the Yankees, tckled at the idea that
Virginia can stand any thing but the money. This
beats Northern frugality all hollow! Only think of the
proud Old Dominion bearing the Republican standard
aoit for nearly fifty years, through all trials and cir
cums,ances, and throwing overheard all her che.
rishcd doctrines against Bank, Tariff, Internal I'm.
provemen Bankrupt Law, &c, &c, because she can
resist the temptation of little dole from the Fe
deral Exchequer, already utterly exhausted. The
Northern Fedcralists are very much amused at MIR.
Bos's news, and cut all manner of jokes at the
pense Of good, old Virginia They say she must be
very much out Of elbows to be pushed for little
change They talk sneeringly about proud Virginia,
high-mnded Virginia, chvalrous Virginia, which names
wee, al least true, and hope are SO yet. tell
nv good Yankee friends not TO chuckle much IN ad
vance, but TO wait until after the Election before they
lose the high opinion which they formerly entertained
of the pride, the courage and the integrity Of old Viz
ginia | have been exceedingly mortified by these
suspicions of her firmness, and upon such mean
grounds Can it be possible, that there any founda
ton for these degrading rumors? Why, there is scarce
~ here, any party, who does freely admit in
conversation, that the distribution is perfectly mad al
least, at present.
g" wish every body in Virginia. and out of it, would
read the lucid and triumphant speech lately delivered
by Mr. Wright upon the Loan bill. He treats this
question Of distribution in manner the most conclu
sve He shows, that ii is the alienation the land fund
which has sunk the character OF the Government go low
that bill is inst its last stage for setting up The
tonal credit public auction, to the highest bidtera
fact which should make the country go into mourning
lie proves too, that supposing this money TO be g
to the States, which it IS not for they must supply It's
ahstrac ton with equal amount of taxes adding the
expenses of collection, the States would lose more
than they receive, by the consequent sinking of their
own credit, which must always stand lower than that
of the Federal Government. The aid is too SMALL 10
enable the indebted States to get along without more
borrowing to their honor, and more will be lost n
the higher terms, which loans must be obtained, in
consequence of the prosraon Of public credit, than the
land dividends Of the respective States All this, too,
will operate most fatally upon private credit, upon
merchants upon banks, and upon oil the pursuits OF
life
"Do publish the speech Of Mr. Wright at once, and
call attention to those portions eucdatng the Ds,ri-
button question: which cannot fail 10 open the eyes OF
those not incuraby blind. II was listened to with uni
versal admiration; and when members were called TO
excuse their absence, upon call of the House, many
of them gave as reason, that they rvetted by
the cradle speech of the great Senator from
York He had not quite large audience of ladies
as that which few days before listened 10 the delicate
back ram speech of Mr.. Clay; but there IS much OF
fashion in these things. The Wings trumpet all their
men and all their dolngs, until they create for them
spurious reputation. undertake to say that there is
more wisdom, manly sense, more logic, more
ccarness of style and vigor of expression in tins speech
Of Mr. Wright, than to be found in any or every
thing that MIR Clay has ever uttered in the Senate, and
that is the opinion here oil all unpeJudceo ana rght-
judging men,
"Mr Sprigg of Kentucky, in wild but vigorous
speech the other day, made remark which must re.
peat for its striking truth. lie observed land he is
Whig0 that such the blind devotion Of kentucki
ans 10 one man, that for his sake they never failed to
20 for Northern men and measures in preference to
those from the South although they had 10 sell their
produce 10 the latter before they could get the funds 10
buy their wives bonnet any thing else at the North
fear that this devotion to political IDOL who has been
fatal TO every party and which he touched or
which touched him, is not confined to Kentucky
Sade Clay Wing, has just made furious Abolition
speech about Texas, and Wise is answering him
with great spirit and force. Old Adams, the new as
well as old ally, ia looking with malignant exnta-
lion, and will probably pour forth, if he can get the
floor. another stream of lava upon the South
rive received another letter from Washington next
day. lth inst, which says that "ar. Adams was then
upon the 4th hour OF speech which he is making 10
show mat ID almost every iem VI ouf u'Aee "m
England, in the wrong, and she 10 in the right
And this ls the man, who was SO highly complImtnted
and toasted the other day the Clay dinner, being
"appoin:ed 10 office by George Washngton-n the
midst of posterity, he is yet at his post What post:
In the Congress of the U. Sand Chairman Of the
Committee Of Foreign Relations, (appointed BY Mr.
CIsys Speaker, Mr.. White)-and on the hoor OF the
House throwing cold water upon our rights and upon
our means Of defending them, at the very moment
when Lord Aberdeen is about entering his most i'm
porant negocia,ion pretty post he fills and foe
comp me indie ed he deserves from Southern Whss
who reproaches the South for being as!ave'SreederJ
STAFFORD COUNTY
Alta meeting of q portion of the Democratic Repub-
can party Of The county of Stafford held at HARDWOOD
on The 9th day of May, l542-Colonel Robert CrcPp
vas called 10 the Char, and Capt James R. Benson
was appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting
having been briefly explained by the Secretary, he OF
feed the following resolutions which were unanimous