Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-26

a protest, by the gentleman from Wythe; and
a,p torced IN believe that his friends who pre-
sented him here had no serious hope Of elecling
him: ard the presumption is almost Irresistible,
lha, The object in presenting his name was Sc
condary, not primary,-colaerai, ana moi ai,ec'.
| say, therefore, in all candor, lhat Inc Wea
are entitled 10 fill the vacancy, II iney can pre-
sent US man worthy 10 fill il. AND, sif, think
there are gentlemen from The west, presented 10
us today on whom even The faslidious vi
sion OF lie gentleman from Lynchbnrg may
look without disgust. Sir, gentlemen may de-
plure sectional feelings, sectional lealousles
and sectional prejudices. There is no man
in This House, or in this Commonwealth, That
depores them more than do; but their existence
no man pretends 10 doubt. It's vain 10 close our
ewes and shut our ears to The fact. There stand
The mounta ms, and here lie the plains. Nature
has given us different countries, from which spring
dissimar interests. And when mat IS the case
until human nature shall be changed, we Shall
have jealuusies and prejudices II IS The part OF
Wisdrm and magnanlmiy to quiel tnose Preludi-
ces by yielding 10 lh- West IN any reasonable re-
qnes II il is prtladice, III Us respect that pre-
lidice; and courtesy if mol justice, cemahd> 'ha;
h West should fiji This vacancy, II, Il sand
h,f.re, a man is presented worthy The 'llice.
Well sir. we have three presented, all conceded
10 tie senlIemer;-and of Gov. Mcdowell may
say, 10 use a lrie bul significant phrase, ne
is a gentleman and a scholar; Of James M.
Mason | will say, he is no, only gentle.
man and scholar, but he is something
more; h. is salesman, man OF enlarged,
liberal and comprehensive views-one that can
soar above the petty srlies and conn,cs oil The
hour-and, with far.reachiuR vision, look into
The iulure as The eagle i said 10 look into The sun;
and Catching lis light with an eye that never
Ia q
even rencr nt his way Sir, he hasa basis OF mo
raj and p' lica!y integrity which will bear any
>upeIsuucure; an integrity which no maign in
luence can approach much less conramina,e.-
lie is every way worthy TO represent Virginia in
the Senate of Inc United States. Place him there,
and lie will be he faithful Jealous and ardent rep
resenralive of her political creed H. will repre-
Sent her talent and dignity her lofty and indeprn-
dent spirit; and, if needs he, he will represent her
generous hspaaiHy | shall support him cordial
~ and sincerely, because have all confidence in
him. and because he will honor The office as
mnrh as he is honored by il.
Mr. McDEARMON said: Mr.. Speaker do
nul rise Tor The purpose Of making a speech
I'm not spe' CHI m akins man; nor do | intend 10
add another name In the Nominations already
mace, but simply 10 second rh- nomination Of my
TREND from Prime George. Mr.. Speaker, was
struck with remark of SOM gentleman, made
on III, flrr on Friday last, whose name do mol
now rem mbsr That gentleman said, that "ihc
election hen going on reminded him Of game
at cards" Now, Mr. Speaker, am no gambler;
| sometimes play a social game al whist and oc
sionally lake a hand al "seven-up," Cor old
sledse,) with about as much success, though, "a
| had The olher day in e!ecling my iavoile 10 the
Uniled States Senate. My friend from Petersburg
said that he infant party in this House had
The cut, shuttle and DEAL and, he might have said,
The game in their own hands. This, believe
Mr.. Speaker, is considered grea, advantage
over yonr adversary Bnt we had still greater
advantage than that: we held The ace, laci and
ten of lrumps, and number Of other rumps 10
hack lhem-whch is high jack, and the game;
aud our adversaiies held The lone deuce, which is
low. And, nolwi hsanding all This. we were beat
en- Now, Mr.. Speaker. il is evident 10 every
oae present, that il was owing TO the playing OF
lie cards-lhcy we're badly played. sincerely
hope. MIR. Speaker, that our partners, on This &C.
casion, will play the game according 10 Hoyle;
that they will not play into the hands Of our poll
lcal opponents; that they will not give them ou'
tens ard suffer them 10 catch our jack. Let il
not b. said that Virginia, one Of the strongest De-
mocratc States in the Union, with large majo.
rily in her Legislature, suffered The Wings 10
elect both u s. Senator's; but let us-the entire
Democratic party OF her legislature unite up
IN one man. shall cast my vote for john w.
JOKES.
Mr.. DANIEL regretted The remarks Of his
friend from Prince William (MT Tyler) dc
hoped they were no, designed 10 have The weight
and bearing 'hcy would seem 10 import. The
gentleman had said he;e was pTopriely in all
thnes-evcn in politics. Such sentiment was.
indeed, couec; but in what way, he begged 10 ask,
had The nomination OF Mr.. Jones violated any
rule Of pronriely1
Mr.. TYLER did not mean 10 charge the gen.
man (Mr Danie) with improper conduct in no.
mnaing Mr.. Jones. When he spoke, it was in
reference 10 his (Mr. T.'s) own notions Of propri-
ETY..
Mr.. DANIEL. The explanation does not al
ter the case. The remarks Of The gentleman
tMr. Tylcr) are ineXplicable. Why was II that
those remarks were made, unless 10 draw line
between East and West1 Had that gentleman,
or any other man, presented such nominee as
Mr. Jones, as we'll calculated as that gentleman
TO fl The Office, Mr.. D. would have voted tor him
with pleasure, though he came from the very
bank Of the Ohio. He regarded The Common
wealth as an unit at least on this queslioni and,
no matter from what quarter such man came,
he should receive his vote. The other day, when
il was said an Eastern man was 10 be elected, and
a friend OF Mr.. Mcdowell placed that gentleman,
Western man as he was, in nomination, he recciv'
ed not word Of Reproduction from him nor from
any other gentleman, he believed, with whom
be (Mr. d. acted; and yet when they nominated
MIR. Jones' they were met with censure. Mr.. u.
here insanced vote for a nominee from the
West-Senaor PennybacEer-on Iormar &C.
casion; vote he gave most willingly. Last
year Governor Smith was supported by the West,
and he voted tor him. He regretted the remark
Of his Fri nd from Prince William. He was I'M
willing L. believe that il was meant T. draw that
lire NJ distinction between The East and The West,
lis import seemed TO convey. Mr.. Daniel pro-
tested against any such question between Eas'
and West, and declared ,aat re would not sub
nit 10 il He had been willing 10 vote for any
man whom be thought qualified for the office,
from whatever quarter Of the Stale ne might come.
H. would have nothing 10 say against either OF
IN. three gentlemen, whose names were before The
House he had No regfels TO indulge with re-
gard to them. His only iobjecl was 10 put Mr.
Jones in nomination, and 10 sustain him wiIhoul
assaiing others. AMI h. hoped The friends
MIR Jones would not be Influenced by The remarks
Ct the gentleman frcm Prince William; or that
they would MI permit lh-m 10 have the effeci
Tor which i, wouli seem they were intended.
Mr. SYME did not rise 10 interfere with this
iule family lea parry. de was vain enough L"
hrlieys ha he was 100 amiabe - inrrIrrr ard
disturb the harmony and concord in feeling ana
sentiment which was now rxhhed b. III gfeai
Democratic Republican family - that unity
among brethren which was like the precious olnt
menl which ran down Aar,ns beard, and
"o,er his garments costly odour she'd"
But be il known, said Mr. S., that This is the great
Democratic party Of Virginia We have before US
to-day, presenting this sublime spectacle OF har-
munyl He should indeed be The most unamiabe
o. men 10 say word TO disturb that family con
cord. But he desired TO say word 10 gentle
man (Mr McDearmon) in whom he fell, he con-
lessed, considerable interest; for he came from
a county which bore the name OF the beautiful
and classic stream which flowed by The town he
(Mr. } represented: The county Of d7Domon"r.
He would give him some advice. He was play
ing against stocked pack, and STOOD no chance
10 win; but he would advise him 10 do as ne
(Mr. Syme) had DONE play his hand out, il ne
did Mt win trick.
Mr.. HUNTER did not rise TO take any pan
10 this snsua ar discussion, but to ask SIM
ole question. He acknowledged himself 10 be
green from The country-resh from the people
land profoundly ignorant OF party tactics in