Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-20
THE NOBLE GRANITE STATE!

We call the attention OF the Senate OF Virginia
We call the attention of her Republican Peo-
Pile, to The following decisive vote in the Legisa-
ture of New Hampshire Shall she spurn the
proffered bribe- and shall not Virginia? Shall
the first act by which We signalize our recent
great victory-n campaign where Distribution
was made one Of the great issues before the Peo-
Pile, and we carried the field BY near 5000 majo-
rily-by yielding the principle for which Virginia
has so long commended? Will Republican Sc
nate Ay in the face Of the People? What Sena-
tor will be guilty of such tergiversation-such
want of moral courage-as 10 break ground, in the
first flush of such glorious victory Shall we
give way, when not only New Hampshire, hut
New York, Alabama, South Carolina, &c, have
nobly stood their ground? We, for one repeat
with the eloquent Senator from Wheeling, in
late letter Of his, published in the wheeling Ar
gus" 81, for one, cannot consent 10 its reception
Internationally, thereby recognizing The princi-
ple-place il in the Trcasury-squabble Tor il
MISUNDERSTANDING il away in some idle i'm
provement, and burden The poor with higher taxes,
'Dy way OF duties, 10 make up the vacuum created
in the Federal Treasury by dstrbuton-lhey
perhaps not receiving one iota of benefit from i"
We, for one, appeal 10 the Senate, and ask them
to remember the example OF New Hampshire,
and TO scout this douceur from their Treasury
"THE GRANITE DEMocRAcY.-The House Of
Representatives of New Hampshire have again.
after full discussion, rejected with decided indig-
nation the public land bride offered 10 the State by
the Wing Congress. The vote was taken on
Wednesday, December l and l37 were in favor
Of spurning the plumber and % were in favor of
receiving il. The majority for rejecting it is
larger now than ever II is now torty-!our while
heretofore it has been ahont twenty"
The Washington Correspondent of the Boston
Courier (of the 9Th nslanD aScribes proceeding
and motives to Mr. Kendall, which we have no
doubt are gratu;ous in themselves and do great
injustice to tina, able man. We have no hesta-
lion in saying, that it is altogether false that he
has established IAN office brokerage The
has appointed himself Chairman of decapita-
ling commttee"-ihat in this capacity che has
prepared list OF the prescribed, to be handed 10
Col Polk, early on his approach"-hal "his list
contains hundreds, from the chiefs Of departments
down 10 the lowest clerks"-that he has selected
the "nd"iduals 10 be appointed, in place of indi-
viduais to be removed" The absurdity OF the
whole story reaches its acme, when the Wing
Correspondent nsinuates, that there is some "gra-
tuity and obla,ion for the recommendation given"
II is a gross calumny-and il is circulated for
the purpose Of injuring Mr.. K. and his party
What new humbng arc The Wings about 10 pro-
pasaic? What other false coinage Of The brain do
they intend TO ulter1 This Roorback is too ex-
travaganl TO be believed, too gross TO be swallowed
But "Scyd" (the aforesaid correspondent oflhe
Boston Courier,) has another statement at the
loot of his letter We pass over his remarks up
on Messrs Benton and Calhoun, which we pre-
sumo are equally extravagant with his descrip-
ton Of Mr. Kendall and come 10 the following
paragraph:
"The decision Of the question this session, de-
ponds much upon the course The Southern Wing
Senators pursue. Archer, Mansum, Foster and
Rives are in favor OF annexation, though they OBJ
ec,ed 10 the details or the late treaty. They now
might vote for a less excepiionable one. Their
votes, with the change in favor OF annexation
from the appointment of pro-Te1as Senators from
New York. as well as the expected support from
the New England Democratic Senators, would
give annexation majority in the Senate, and
permit the passage Of yjOini re0lation.
snail wait TO see the revelation OF events. We
confess such course on The part OF the Wing
Senators of the South would agreeably disappoint