Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-07-17
RICH MOND, VA.
Monday Morning, July 10, is49.


al once 10 reply 10 The inlerrog which i
may have supposed could not be answered, or
answered, that the REPLIES would never see lh
light of day in that sheet. |, is the custom of h
Whis 10 use This insiiious mode of arsumen,
ou. we will not row stop TO discuss the riehl
has 10 make charges by inuendo, which ii vii
not do directly.
The following are The questions asked by lh
Wing:
Did not Maj. Christian declare his intention
| some Time since, 10 resignf Did he not author
| he gentleman 10 say so, and did he not recon-
| ncnt that gentleman as his succestcIi
| II lie afterwards tailed 10 resign, was he no
| induced 10 do SO by the persuasion OF ms Demo.
| cratic tfiends--and for the avowed purpose q
| throwing The responsibility Of removing him up
| on The Administrators
Did no, The Democrats feel and express very
great anxiety 10 regard 10 this very office, aud
did they not have very particular desire 10 re-
Tain il in Inc hands Of a Democrat, because Of
the good he might do their party in lie appoint.
mcnl OF deputy marshals 10 take The censu:2
II they wished 10 use this Office for party rur-
poses, was i, not RICH! and proper that the Ad.
minislralion should deprive them OF il7
We have no doubt that Major Christian did
express his intention of resisning his office
some lime since. Even as long as twelve months
ago he had made up his mind 10 resign previous
to the taking of the census of 1850, on account
Of i'll health, as there was great deal Of labor
connected with il. This declaration wss made
known 10 distinguished lawyer of Richmond,
who was the friend Of young gentleman who
had formerly been one of Major Christians
deputies, and who was great favorito with the
Major, AID who Major G. would like 10 have
seen fill his place, in case Of his resignation =
But he never did authorize gentleman TO say
so; nor did he recommend that gentleman as
bis successor. Major Christian Das not, III.
duccd 10 withhold his resignation at the solicita
tion Of bis Democratic friends. He may have,
IS recently rs the last few months, said that he
would give up his Office on the first July, but
he was not TO be deferred from pursuing bis own
cratic friends, L aEy such was offered him,
which va DC not believe, or by the threats Of
his opponents. lie ksew toe right, and knowing
it determined to act up TO it. His intention OF
resigning on first July may have been thwarled
by the ruthless hand of prescription, which had
fallen SO heavily in Old Virginia, and his resig.
nation then would, Doubtless, have bscn attl:5u
ted by The Wing and its party TO fear. They
would then have said that he attempted to SAFE
himself, when he knsw there was foregone
conclusion against him.
rs to the query Whistler the Democrats did
not feel AID express grea, desire 10 retain this
rery Office because Of the good il nigh, do their
party 10 Tue appointment Vi Deputy Musicals to
take The census, We answer that We have not
idea Of making party capital by the appoint.
nent of Deputy aud Democratic Marshals 10
take the census. Nor so far as we have heard,
has il been 50 regarded. But i, is lei! TO
The "op,ics keen" Of The Richmond Whig TO
find out thai party capital can co Eiade Of it
,aa, BY appointing Wing Deputy Mar>hals they
can elec,oneer through tie country. Tho
Wing koows that Major Christian would net be
guilty Of 50 moan thing as 10 hunt up Demo
Gratis for these places; and we vii! here slate J,
that every Deputy that Major Christian has
had for tho la, several years has teeu Wing
MIR. William A. Carter was the last Democ, al
who filled tie place under Major CD and it
thinks it perceWes tho great tene6t which is 10
inure to the Wing party, by prescribing gem
a. - 1.rYy jc.k .,,h
sti,ule no party man, who would obey all The
bchests OF the great National Republican.
Wing. Taylor, no.party, second Washington
era Of good feeling Administration. Now, as
we have said before, we &c net know who this
Mr.. Hail is. We have heard he was in the
Legislature, bat we do no, remember his great
talent there exhibi,ed nor do we even remem
Der his person. We have also heard it rumored
on the streets that he was Mr.. enii Virginia,
Resolution Scotia man, Friday. or this we
know nothing But We do know, that IN
less he appoints every Deputy Marshal in the
Eastern District of Virginia from the Wing
ronks, the iDsatiate thirst Of the Richmond Whig
will no. &c guenchsd; and curses deep viii fall
upon bis head.
Tie Wing says tive have not word to say
ogsns. Major Christian, who is very es.isaa-
bic gentleman" Nor has any one else Neither
en- they bring single charge against his pirate
G. Official deods We dare The boiiest of them
10 lay their Eager upon single act which may
be truly characterized as improper in Major c.
either as a man or an officer. We defy them to
show where he has mcddled in the affair. Of mar
against man. or where he has thrust himself
forward in the political arena where he ever
made himself conspicuous in any political meet
| Ing, or where he did not always demcan himse
as became gentleman. no has always, whor
occasion required, exercised the right which j
is the duty of every freeman to exercisc-th.
right of suffrage. And this, to Whiggery, is tht
head and front CT his cdsuding; this is the rca
son why nc has been oslracized.
will tho people any longer submit TO these
ndgni.ies Will they SEQ these old patriots
these honest and faithful servants butchcred and
not come to the rescue viii they give coun
| trnancc 10 party "who breathe the word o.
promise 10 the car but break it 10 the hope '"-
4 party which obtained power by declaring tina
they were ''no-Par,y" party; yet, 90 coon q.
they entered tie haryes, field they garncret
every thcg for themselves aud turned thci
scythes against ;heir deceived their honest op
foaents. Can human nature longer sand thes;
4 -
ceve at glance The perhdy that has been pyac
Used upon the country'
We repea,-aye, aud with more ruth Than MIR
C.iuenien did, when he said General Taylor
hates, loaiies prescription" that We have b:c'
posed 10 extending prescription in Virginia
bu, we canpo, stand idly By and see 'honcs', ca
pau!e and faithful" officers swept down b. hi
Gery sword Of Prescription, vithou, al least say
ing, ,ha, as far as in us lies, and as far as We