Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-29
RICHMOND, Va.
wednesday Morning, June ~, 1919.

"Consrass has he power 10 Pfohio'' 90
ana M am nl.eD Such was the asSeiioh "
| Col Benton in his late speech al 'sne'' =
| And now now does Col. behlch u"ue'''
| ,roy, IN Does he az where poih' " NC vs."
| IN tho constitution mat warrants inc assei''o"
= :. n,,vs an argument 10 that END IRON 'ae
-, :, lore, OF that instrument MOI ne
Then bow does he prove IL by quoting 'ne oo'n'
ions ri Others and pointing 10 precedent. we suo'
mil The point 10 thinking public Tue oP'n'on'
', ri any orc vii! no, 90, Sho, according - no
showing. has been on both sides OF Tie question:
Precedent IS no TT .esi OF consnnliohdt po".''
though il is agains! me Progisoists a. eau NC
readily shown. We have never seen more
vulnerable peeca emanate from The Hon. oena'oi
Il is sophisiry hrs,, aud ScphisTy last. II eo'H'
mences by dragging Calhoun before the people Of
Missouri, ana ends by avoiding Inc ieal ISSUE oe'
tween himself and me Legislature. DC enJeaVofs
10 raise a smoke by the c:y q Disuhioh-Cai-
houI-Disunion- lhcuB and 10 escape the
true issue under cover OF lha. smoKe.-lne peo-
ole are moi thus 10 be frightened from their prln-
chile Of non.interierence by Congress upon this
subject nor drawn into Inc support OF Benton,
Van Buren,, or any other aposta'e from Iheif
cause. We beg leave 10 call attention 10 The re-
marks OF our correspondents, "A Voice Tor South.
ern Rights" He EXHIBITS The dogmas OF the
Missouri Senator IL their true li2nl.
The following anecdoIe is furnished by the
Washington correspondent OF the Macon Iele-
graph Truly "Old Zach" must have been SO
enerossed 10 studying The history OF The admins
rations Of "ihe earlier Presidents" thai ne has
been lamenlaby deficient in knowledge OF more
recent events.
We have had much iun sbou, the appoint
men, OF Navy Agent al Washington. There
were half dozen applicants al least Tor The
place reude ed vacant by The resignation OF Ma
ior Scott. A Toug Inc seekers was Mr.. La
,nrop. formerly Collector Q! the PORT Of Buffalo
10 New YORK whom a gfeal Tyler man, and
recently a psllner in shavef's b'okery shop
10 w shing,on, and having his residence II
a exaudns, Virginia, SIX miles from Washing
ton cts, There was another candidate named
Linthicum, vcnder 81 drugs, living IN
GeoIec,owf. whict is separated from Wash
lnpton by creek when il was announced
t0dl La'I,N Ndo dPpoiutS9 " hi' iSs'ohi
The S,crclaiy OF the Navy, the friends OF Lin
thicum called a meeting, and The Mayor OF
Georgetown was appointed a committee Of one
10 cali on the Presicent who informed him that
il WAS hi. inien;ion that Lin,hlcum should be
appointed the Mayor Iroied of and made
known &c the friends Of ibis gentleman that eve
ryihine was Tlsht, and that LaInrop had been
and on the shelf There was, in consequence,
srea, rejocing Bur next day, the official pa
p-rs announced LahIops appointment The
Secretary u he Navy IS partially deaf, ard puts
his doubled Hani 10 his ear 10 each the vt.ce OF
the person VINO ,alSs 10 nim but ne sometimes
misses, and dndefs,oc; Gen. Taylor 10 say La
hIop instead OF Linlhicum, Doth names com
meaciRs win The letter L, and having N, or
lisp ia them. When circumstance was mace
10 he President that Lainrop was not District
OF Columbia man Il, having been promised thai
The Dlsttict Offices should bc titled by heir own
citiz. ns,y lie President iasisied that Alexandria
was in ne Dstrlc,. tie hal not ye! Earned That.
q year or two ago, Alexandra was fstfoceded 10
the STATE OF Virginia.