Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-08
RICHMOND, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY s.
rur MASSACHUSETTS RESOLUTION !!

| SEEING this ill-sarred hssoluto"-one " ''e '"''
linas OF the Infamous Hartford oonven'oh-'
.h,.oa IF John O. Adams, OF Giddlngs, and mat des
20 crow attributed by some wing presses 10 Tue
| nm,cr.t. of Massachusetts, and wishing Il know h0r
such wild Resolution should ever nave oeeh aoPieo
IN Tho legislature Of any of our sister S,al's-
,srnu IN folds the secret lnrch' lnal sue,eu ~
,ot ont must consume the Union i'seli-"e acofess-
~ br,cr letter of enquiry 10 CITIZEN oil Boston,
hose acouaintance we happen to have made. lie
,s,,leman of the frs, distinction, not only IN Mas
| o,chnselis but in Amercu. The following ls HIS a."
swsrand we beg leave 10 lay II before the luoiic io
general information we :, a'e n'pPy ',,,.nas
Fading his letter. that the House oil Representatives
ava b,@inniur 10 awaken from the strange stuPor INTO
WHICH they have been plunged tor several "eeRsof
from the idle panic into which ihey nave oeeh Or
,,,yed by the ianaticsm Of Mr. John Quincy Auams'
and the eouiyocalng policy Of Mr.. Beardsley. Tins
IT,, ,sn,Ieman man Of ability, and who, if he were
,o In bims.lr and /, his glory would be aole 10
to DISTINGUISHED stand in the councils OF the natlon
is condescendng play the same part winch me NOR
theru Incendiary ought to have been permitted 70 en-
gross 10 himself lie ~ SINKING MO Tue 'ooi u '"I
AboLiions,s football of their passions, an organ oil
lhe,r pct,ons But thanks be 10 the RISING spirit ana
The brt.r sense "thc sober, second thought OF me
true friends OF the Constitution IN the House OF ne
nresenuiiyes his petitioners were iuilrd on "ohouy a'
ond hr question of the reception "i Their petiiiohs
la mon the table Thanks To the House Of Repre-
n,,,,yas also who on Monday last. refused u cons
dor the ones,ion of reception oil the MASSACHUSETTS, re-
solution in lis last and amendfd FORM we nope q
better state of ihiugsa more wholesome cotui''oh VI
the mind of the people Rreprrsehti'reS - ''N".
Mace AT Washington As one means Of lac'i'lal ns lis
nrooress and of sheddng light upon the whole unoh'
an ie question OF the alst rule, have thrown upon
onr last mare one half of an able Report presented by
Mr. Wise on behalf of the minority OF The committee
We shall give the CONCLUSION on SATURDAY
EXTRACT If n L,ner from Boston, Jun 81.
uYou alluded The resolution os the Legislature o'
lOaui ~ u.
Your uus,on made Tor The first time acquainted
with the existence Of such resolution n"leuiaeiy
set t. work and made inquiry about IT. Nj eha,lrs
= Adams the son of e. President Adams, wrote lasi
wear an elaborate report on the questions growing our
of the Illimer case with bill carrying INTO ELECT Inc
late report Of the Supreme Court OF the United Sia'es
on fugitive slaves giving jurisdiction ~ te case eA
clusiyey to The officers Of the United States put
bes,des he anne xed the resoluton 10 which you al
Ind. lie was member of the House. IN winch there
was a majority Of Wings aud Abolst onIss. HIS rrso
luton was brought up late in the SESSION, was not De
baed-lt contents probably not known 10 one IN Ten IN
the Leo,sla,ure-@as carried by silent vote, without
any DIVISION or count. He is the only person whom
should feel justified in calling lis supporter "heh II
came before Governor Norton he dad not sign H.
ugul in the resolution passed there was an er
ror This year the Wings have an immense majority.
in the House OF nearly hundred, IN Inc Sena'e oil
thrty-three Ia seven. MIR Adams res1lUt on was re
v,y,d Mr. Adams THIS year IN the Senate, and III
that body brought he resolution up again II passed
immediately In the House, am told, Democrat,
very respectable man. introduced IT, on the ground oil
correcting the error til. resolution, winch certainly
needed correction The paternity Of the resolution be-
longs entirely 10 Mr. Charles F. Adams the son OF Mr.
J. q Adams This year have Wing Governor
lie has signed the resolution, as | know on the best
authority
1.-The resolution has never in the remotest manner,
received any sanction from the public meetings. or re-
solutions or addresses of either OF the two parties and
| assure you was much surprised as you can be,
at he airing of It's adoption IL dad not spring from the
Democracy of Massachusetts. As there debate,
and no division on this affair know no mode Of indg
ing which party is responsible, but looking 10 as author,
Mr. C. F. 3dams-a most resolute, extreme Wing To
the two Legislatures which passed II; OF which, last
wear one branch was under the sway of Wings and
Abnonists and this year both are; and 10 the Tact,
that Gov Morton did not sign the resolutions. and
Gov Briggs did.
"At the Northeast, you NAV count certainly on
Maine and New Hampshire for Mr. Van Buren,. Con
nectlcu will be disputed by the Wings, trust without
success Here we break the choice OF Clay Eiec-
tors by the people, but then the choice would devoive
on the Legs stature, which IS Wing ie1as
was in my opinion, in part nj least, portion oil Louis
lana The old French ina nclnde IT, and more than we
ever claimed. never could conceive why we adopted
such boundary did, giving up even part oil me
basin Of the Mississippi. As to the Oregon, The prac,
teal influence of that question IS too remote TO he oil
any moment Our future destinles will depend on lie
| de yeopment of our domestic resources