Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-09-29

tan conviction produced by the conduct oil MATT
cdes slabbing at the heart OF Old VHgnia that the
formal and deliberate Judgment OF our State Cnnveh
ton to be informally repudIaed They could not
helie We that the irmness md integrity OF virginia was
10 be assai!ed by those who should have supported
both and thus give her character and dignity abroad,
and the Just influence which that hrmness AND lntegri
" have won for her from the struggles OF 10 ana 4O
and if the "Petersburg Republican" and its friends
please. the arduous and deadly struggle of lo32!-
We could not believe, that such things were IN ag'
tation until the tempest OF strife was sweeping AROUND
the in which were embarked and feeiing ths
we did not to the fruits OF sixteen years OF
Toll thrown away-We did not want to see division ano
distraction in portion of the party; tor, II was
sufficient that Virginia had decided and by the organic
voice Of her sovereign State had spoken her
Judgment. For this she was entitled to respecl-to
esnec, from all other States and TO obedience from the
children Of her own Ions.
In what SIR does the tribaldry OF the letter from Inc
Committee consist Is any man assailtd or IS any
character aduced' None nor are there any principles
ayowed which Republican would fear OF be ashamed
n s,nod nm in any presence and In what, then,
has the Committee offended? In insisting that the de
cision Of the Convention OF Virginia should stand rs
the decision Of the people OF Virginia; and because
the people fairly represented IN numbers ana SEN
tmen,s. and their deliberate consiction and wishes,
formally promulgated 10 the world. In this we have
of. nded and this through the attack on The Conn
mitee of Vigilance, the Convention and the people
assailed by the "Peiersburg Republican, The people
PROMISE there of concession 10 induce that
people 10 recede from that public, formal act Even
The courtesy Of submission to the final act oil the D'
mocrac party of which Virginia claims 10 be al least
constituent part has not been rendered to her, nor 10
that party. a
But the letter is the production of an 'eected DIN
cal of the late Administration As chairman OF me
Committee, the duty naturally devolved upon me, ano
the fact that was appointed chairman, IS the eV'oence
of nv commission, TO rePresent, win my c"m'Aue
the party that selected me. The Commute were enc
Sc for their qualifications and deyoton 10 eo'h'
cause: md he who assas that Committee, assal's Inc
opone who selected them, unless he shows that the
Committee misre pre- Sc mt the constituency thai nppont
cd them Our commission IS from the people; and now
more than ever are the Committee convinced that they
have spoken the voice of people, whose judgment IN
the matters involved will not be reversed
A word upon the language used by the felersonfs
| Republican, Is il n dshonor, in the opninn OF The itr
publican to be an elected official by John Tyler: II SO
there is is a vast difference of opinion between oil
honest men of both parties, and the Editor OF that paper
But Sir, the fact is, and the Hon Amos kendan WIZ
bear me witness, that upon the success oil Tue "nG
party in 1910, proposed and ready 10 resign OF
await the prescription which should follow. ! was
,;.ced and had | not been elected, would have re-
signed as l had proposed aud declared and al'e'-
wards when the prescription Of those who had ''pfo'
scrbed prescription was about do lis work OF exc
cution on him, as n mark Of public confidence, Tue
elected official received the voluntary aud generous
reno in his behalf, of twelve hundred oil S
fellow citizens Then, now, he had all the endorse
ment from the people that sufficient for his vna'-
| C alton.
| With respect, yours,
GEORGE w. THOMPSON.