Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-28
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY %.
Election cf Councillor.

Mr.. John F. Wiley, of the county Of Amelia, was
elected on Saturday last a member Of the Executive
Council, in place of MIR. John NJ. Gregory. We part
with Mr. Gregory with The best and most respectful feel
nrs-but his 10 of the most respectable
and honorable citizens of the Common wealth. He
was ore OF that glorious band of patriots. who are
known in terms "amiar our household GoGs' by
the name Of 1.-THE Petersburg VoluntPers-"and John
r. Wiley, not inferior TO any OF them in chivalry,
wounded in engagement with the enemy during the
war Of 1912 and lost The of his right arm. He has
been several times member of the Legislature-and
bis clear head and manly bearing have left The most
favorable impression behind him.
The debate on Saturday took wide scope. Several
speeches the Wing side Of the House made for
Bunkum-and two of the orators particularly raised the
cry of prescription for opinion sake, although accord
ing 10 the confessions of some Others Mr.. G. was non
descript pocian-and of Others he no Wing at oil
(being ''antBank antTarf, anti. Internal Improve
ment, anti Rece pton, and as one of his Wing no
minators declared, aatfooted Nulli(er.) But we
presume, we shall have all the changes rnng up.
on the cry Of Prescription. Although the Editor Of
the Lynchburg Virginian (himself member of the
House Of Delegates declared but the other day his
paper that though "he is Loco Foco, at least in
all their notons, yet that he /" ne yer was on Ultra
Wing, and is al this moment supposed neither TO as.
sumo, nor to merit The appelation Of Wig a, al'-
yet he will now be held up, as Whg and Of course
already raising the although there was time
when it justified the removal of Mr.. Daniel from the
Council-and does not "complain Of The eyc.
ton of Mr. Gregory; for Ut lhnks) that in countries
governed BY party the dominant party is entitled to
the political Offices"
Upon one question, certainly the n. Whisis grossly
mistaken Under the head of .Calhounism in the LIE.
gsature and the State it aIirms in its Yesterday pa.
per, that rhe vote received by air Seddon, young
lawyer of talent resident here understood to repre-
Calhoun strength in The Legislature, and the luck
he met with, olerably fair index of Calhoun luck in
Virginia, in the next two years" There never was
egregous mistake. We know tia. eyera of MIR.
Seddon's wnrmest supporters, and the very gentleman
who nominated him. do not prefer MIR. Calhoun MS their
first choice. Some of those again who voted for the
other candidates. are in their frs, choice, Calhoun men,
1t is test at alive assured on all sides Of the
House. We know MIR. Seldom well-and we consider
him among the first men of his age in the State
He was admirably qualified for the office of Councillor
He would have graced the station more than i, would
have graced him. But Mr. Seldom was not SO well
known to the members of the Legislature lie was
acquainted, indeed with but very few of them And
he had, moreover, the Disadvantage Of encounerine
the Wing vote of MIR. Gregory-thee enthusiastic friend.
of Mr. Wiley, grateful and devoted to him for his heroic
services, and the friends and the former legisa.
tive colleagues of Mr. Radcliffe These were the causes
Of Mr. SIS defeat-and not his alleged Cahounsm as
the R. Wing states it.