Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-01-30
To Tie Editors Of The Enquirer:
w CONNECTION CRY Ian % 1919

To ne Edu0fS o. inc ERqHIH'
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 26, 1915.
The Senate devoted almost The whole of ihi.
DAYS session 10 discussion relative 10 post Office
affairs, which, not being OF particular interest 10
your readers, | refrain from noticing
In the House, nothing was transacted bnl the
reception reports, &C., from various committees.
II was understood tina, the House would go into
Committee Of the Whsle ON the subject of Ore
gon, bul that business was postponed 10 make
room for The reports referred 10 above. MIR.
Duncan has The floor for The first hour o. the
Oregon discussion whenever it may be called up
again. which will probably I've on Tomorrow
So Won see | was right in stating 10 You some
weeks since, that this subject will follow close
Il OF The !ces of The Texas debate.
After The storm the calm has come, for there is
literally nothing stirring in Congress, or out of il,
il this city, in The way of general news
Tie Committee Of Accounts spent the day in
liz examination Of persons sent for from New
York, who are supposed 10 be able 10 throw light
on Tie disposition Of the missing money entrusted
10 McNuly The Committee Of Foreign Affairs
Of The Senate. will Of course, report unlavurably
on lie resolutions for the remuneration Of Texas.
hasing that report principally on constitutional
grounds.
There is very strong feeling among the men,
hers Of the House of Representatives upon the
subjec, OF the conduc, OF Captain Wilkes, late
Commander OF The Exploring Expedition, and !
am inclined to think il will end in The appointment
OF a committee, with power TO send for persons
and papers, who shall he charged with a thorough
examination Of his conduct while al sea- as Com
mander Of tie expedition; and also into his use,
(for pirate purposcs,) OF The maps, plates, and
journals kept by order of The Secretary of The
Navy. and paid for out OF The National Treasury.
.ka,
examination vii! satisiylbe public
have seen or heard nothing today 10 change
myopinon as 10 the state Of the Texas question in
The Senate Prompt action on the par, of the Viz
ginia Legislature, and that alone, will save Texas
10 the South. Can that body hesitate longer 10
jnterrose their authority in favor of measure
which must forever close the door TO thu final sue
cess OF abolition agitation? Surely no member
OF the House of Delegates can be 50 much
blinded by party prejudice as no, 10 under
sand that This must be The most certain re-
su Of the acquisition OF Texas. On! iof such
men in the councils of our good old State, as
adorned her legislative halls, and guarded her
most remote interest with unceasing care in 193.
Can the race have run out that for the sake Of
adding wight 10 the chances of Webster for
political rreferraent, majority OF the House
OF Delegates OF Virginia stand ready TO play
second fiddle to the Vaccinations of GiddinSs,
Adams, and The hourly increasing array of
fanatics, who declare that as Legislators, they
labor but 10 free the slaves OF the South,
"eren though il takes tie hearts 6loOd of
creuy ntitc man, 1rou,on aud child, South OF the
Po.omae" 10 accomplish their design? !, for
one, cannot and will not believe, that those who
lead The Wing party in my own State can he
found wanting in such a crisis, in that enlarged
patriotism which, in times Of trial pas, by, has
always distinguished every political party in the
Old Dominion-and in this has marked the course
of The entire Wing delegation from Georgia