Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-04
RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.
WAsHISGros CRY, January 80, ls45

To The Editors ofNe Enquirer.
The Senate were not in session to-day, nor will
they meet again until Monday, Sd, when ! pre-
sumo Mr.. Archer will present lhc report OF the
Committee on Foreign Relations, upon the subject
OF Texas.
In the House, the Oregon question was on The
lapis. They were addressed by Mcssrs. Hunt
Of New York, T. J. Morris OF Pennsylvania, Sc
vcrance of Me-, Garrett Davis OF Kentucky, and
John q. Adams, against extending our laws over
that territory, &c, as The bill provides; and BY
Messrs. Douglass OF Illinois and A. " Brown,
in favor of the measure The debate terminates
Tomorrow at p NJ.
lnthe Supreme Court Mr.. Webster was the lien
OF The day. He made speech on case from The
Massachusetts Courts, in which the constitutional
lily OF their license law was the question al issue.
You viii recollecl the laws OF that Stale provide
that wines and spurious liquors shall not be sold
within her jurisdiction in quantities less than
twen,y-eight gallons. Mr.. Webster maintained
that this law destroyed the retail trade in these ar
ticles-and thus impeded commerce, which, he
argued no State had right 10 Go. His argument
went 10 show, by inference. that Ire excise laws of
New York, the laws Of Ohio taxing the sale of all
merchandise manufactured out OF the State and
indeed that all license la VS. were unconstitutional
He declared that If Northern State, from hos.ili-
~ to slave labor, should proceed 10 tax Louisiana
sugar consumed within her borders, such tax
would be unconstitutional, and instanced the
possible occurrence Of case in point, with
what he was pleased TO regard as its proba-
Bile effect on the country-l mean The decla-
ration oil leading South Carolinians Of the inten-
ton Of their Stale 10 tax Northern manufactures
(to raise revenue) as much as The General Go
vernment taxes foreign goods Of like kind His
argument seemed 10 me to be labored effort 10
induce The Court to think and decide with him,
that the Stale Governments had barely power 10
enac. police laws, &c. least contrary decision
should embolden South Carolina to stand on her
rights against the Tariff Of AZ. Take il all in
all the argument was weak and as blue as Fede-
ra|sm ITSELF
Do the people of Virginia know, that the feel
ing in favor OF remuneration was first re-kindled
by the letters OF WIN. S. Archer, advocating the
measure, addressed 10 Branch T. Archer his
cousin, who resides at Ve!asco Texas? Such
is the fact; ard it was on his representations and
pseudo promises, that DR.. Archer commenced
the agitation Of the subject some Two years since.
Certainly upto the appearance Of "lhe Raleigh
letter" the Texans looked on him as their hrmest
friend in the United States Senate. Where will
he be found now when his friendship is needed
and his representations can be carried into effect
if he but wills III
Mr.. Barrow OF Louisiana, TOO, but one week
before The same magic letter reached New Or
leans, made that city ring and ring again. with his
constant praises OF the project. Will he stick lc
his own opinion and to the commands Of his Le-
gislaure-or rather answer, in the words OF Mr.
Claws famous speech on the instructions OF The
Legislature Of Kentucky for the repeal of the
Bankrupt Law-''I cannot, will not do it? i
is hard, indeed, for a man to be consistent anc
independent and still Federalst.
That extraordinary Yankee genius, Coli, the in
ventor OF The admirable repeating life, the use o.
which is now becomil g so co mon on our from
tiers, and of the submarine battery, also, has pro-
duced another invention, which has been made
the subject of an able and favorable report from
the Committee on the Militia. | allude TO hi,
water proof cartridges.
The committee have reported a joinl'resolulion
directing that one fourth Of the annual appropria