Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-04

Mr.. TAYLOR the Borough OF Norfolk, in his omniun
oatherum Speech of Thursday last, against the Stay
law quoted from various papers and pamphlets, wa zen
WE'RE more calculated to than TO enlighen his
audience. II was dish as Mr. Leake of hlbemare
called il, "or matters and things in general. The
Chair called him to order but MIR. Leakes motion,
the House consented to let him go on, and say what
he pleased This abou; the amount oil the inouon)
He improved the opportunity 10 the great amusement
if moi The edfcation of the House. Rarely have we
scen audience more iickled-ani whether he ca best
play Comedian or Trugedan Ito use his own a!iuson, y
he certainly could have played Yorck very WE'LL ior he
is of "iniinte Jest, and would 'set the table IN roar
The Compiler has caught one OF his hits: $50 loud
the laughter at one TIME the Speaker hh'seii De-
ing unable 10 restrain his r,sibcs Mr. Taylor paused
and said, sMr. Speaker, rise TO question Of order
the House is certainly out OF order. This, however,
only made the disorder worse.
We freely grant the Orator entire dspensaton for the
little hit which he extended 10 But we cannot so
readily excuse his party and partial solution OF the
Of the present the rather bad taste
in which he SO literally quoted from fugitive pamph.
let of T. Fisk, with sundry hits against the Democracy
and Mr.. Van Buren,. "Away went Gpin, until son
kind Calender whispered in his ear, and arrested his
political Pegasus on its Quyotic excursions. Among
the other assertions put forth in his extraordinary
7nciange, the that Mr. Van Buren, had assisted
to put down the Bank Of the United States, because
il would not lend slts funds 10 promote bis political
purposes-and because it was established in Pennsyl.
vana instead of New York; when IS fact, that Mr.
Van Buren, protested the strongest terms against
The Introduction of the capital Of Bank Of the u. S.
under the of State charter rs State lnstitu-
ton.
Among the other documents, which Mr.. Taylor woye
into his many colo speech, we were struck with some
extracts from the long "Report Of the Board OF Agr-
culture, submitted To the present Legislature. tie
quoted with great govt the closing advice OF Mr.. j.
Bunch, of "Chucka!uck, Nansemond county" playing
upon lis name, and conlcnding that he must be De.
,nocyat But whether Mr.. u. be q Creek Trcj an,
Wing or Democrat, we could not undertake TO aver
though we since understand in character OF Enqu,
rer, that, in spite Of his and DOCTRINES he 10
good Aig But If MIR. Taylor be wiling to part with
him. we shall be glad 10 receive Mr.. Bunch into our
own ranks. lie is, We learn, capital iariner- and
the advice which he gives us in the following apopi-
thepms quoted by Mr. Tag Tor, is excellent:
"Keep out OF debt Strike hands with man.
Stay at home. la; your own bread and meat, that
which you make your estate. Go not too often
TO either the hotel banks b. content with your lot
or situation, be it SO homey Instruct your repre-
sena,ives TO let agriculture and domestic affairs alone
also make fever and shorter speeches, and not talk
so much abou, the dsor people and their rights, at the
same time nothing about them alter having
received their votes, &c, Nc
Capital advice this But above all, let "your repre-
sentaliyes make fe,cer ant shorer spcechss Do you
take Sir But Mr. Tay Tor also obliged with some
quotations from another paper, in the budget oil
agricultural documents, (sxy folio pages prscetedby
the address of MIR james NJ Garnelt the President,
which we have transferred 10 the last page OF this
days Enquirer) The paper in question, is the ndmra
BILE report prepared by Thomas Jefferson Randolph,
Esq, of Albemare, from which Mr.. Taylor continued
10 quote very curious and desultoy exracts-but
the wonder s, how The delegate from Norfolk should
have contrived TO overlook the only passage in the
report which pat 10 his speech against the Stay
Law This extract would deserve TO be written in let
ters Of gold the Speakers Chair, as much as
the nj her rass3oe which MIR TAYLOR referred
"Il.s steps will be slow at first, proporonae to the
exhausted state Of his farm, but he will advance with
an accelerated pace-his profits will increase like
rapidly compounding interest. Ills progress al first
will be scarcely perceptble; but his career, with pa
tience and perseverance, will elicit results beyond The
most sanguine expectation. 1t is longer mat
Ter of choice with US, whether we improve MOI; the
subject is forced upon in spite Of all efforts to shun
IL. Tie buLJie Of redundant paper medium, 'cM its
inGd prices has hurst, and ,ce arc awakened Ia the
Craze rtay Of less Mcn hard money circulation and
he ,rho erpccs escape The results any iegerderman
Of ieeisniion, human deriee, other than time labor
and economy, aotse as he chO SITS upon the rirer
bank cang for The aoatcrs to pass a'eny, that he may
cross dry shod
ain the course of his speech. Mr.. Taylor undertook
10 tell what he would have the Legislature do 10 raise
lie credit OF the State, and tighten the public burlhens
ZONE was to avoid Stay Law)-and among the many
precepts Of economy that he offered, the establish
ment of biennial eessiuns-,hus saving $4,000 every
alternate year. To this, there many responses OF
"Agreed :" We cannot join in this cry; but if MIR.
Taylor could prevail upon them TO limit their sessions to
ten and never exceeding twelve weeks we too, would