Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-12

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roc.,es or y.yjcar prctcnsioas; yet such = mo
coarse which General Taylor has puisu.u'
The di.ma, Of a.. rght-minied anu Juu.e
WLie. and 10 inc astonishment oil lhc .A bI.
rac,. who one and all entertained la'o .i.;oa
ooiuion Of the Generals temper and uisPo 49,
until ,tey saw these damnng proofs 'ha' t"o.
had formed an erroneous opinion oil his rea' '"A'
acler.-l.Ssy ORLEANS Courier
BENTON TRIED BY HIS VOTES.
Col. Benton, in his speech Al the Caphoi oH
Saturday last, appealed 10 his vo'es On Inc s;a'
70 question Tor the past thirty years as u'u
miami vindication Of himself against Inc eha'
=, misrcpre, rniing public sentiment IN .hissou
:; IN hal subject. That appeal will turn gu,
a. uuortuual- Tor him a MS lac hausn'! NV NV
;rso,ent anpeal from In" instructions oil the De-
moc,acy 10 III, Wings, natives ant Bafnoufheis
On me 18th OF July, l6is, Mr.. Hale, Tie iase
Addition candidate Tor he Presidency ln"s'u
~ amend lhe 5h section OF the OIL essaoi's"i"S
! territorial government in Oregon, oy sliih'ps
an, mo words Gree white" The MIN section VI
he bill restricted the right OF suffrage IN tne 'ea
r;,c,v IL t,rp whiie males above The age oi '"eI-
70 one wears. &c. Benton volrd Tor TINS amepu-
menl, and thus, IN effect, joined tiaie 10 a"e.nP.,
inc IN place The phits and the black man On d az
soua,,ts as regards The right TO po,e anu A0'u -
IRE il Oregon The yeas were: bdiu%,n, Ia
I'm. Clarke, Davis, OF Mass, Green, ridIe an'
Upham. In this vote Benton was louha "a eun
nanv with six OF the most notorious aools'ohis'ss
in tie country. The Amendment va 49, go
duwn by an overwhelming majority, for'y lou
senator's voting against il; aud a !" ons The mum
her i ~ he found he fahul Missouri senator,
David Atchison. A..
m, ,.oGrr will hnd this vote recorded III 'he
Co gressiona Globe, page 1907, ana W 'nc pr
c,rdlnes ! the day mentioned. VT. Cidihe nv
we'd on he same Gay 10 amend Inc ON sec. u '"e
b,l, 81 as % prohibit The territorial LEGISLATURE
from enforcing any Jaw repeating The ACT u 'i'r
Provisional Government against slavery, uh'Il
the same should be approved by Congress- ben,
ION voted Tor This amendment, and Inc lai'hlul
Atchison against il, as will appear BY reference
10 me same page OF The authority mentioned
These are few OF The votes 10 Elcn beh'oi
appeals 10 sustain himself before The people OF
Missouri! Will they stand the tesl7 That can
nal he. and Benton, well aware OF this, knows
hr value OF bold front HE'S playing strong
came Tor The nexr Presidency, AMI cares but III
| liz hon, me vote ui Missouri, it, by paDiering 10
| mo Marin. he ga n gel the vote ct the tree STATES
We Shall fecur Ia Ibis subject again, when We
viii examine other similar votes
Lft,son (.No.) Metropolitan
Erozo he Lerirgto. VALLEY Star, June T.
TDE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
m. largest and most respectable Public meet
| inc II he citizens OF our Town and county, that
| We ever rrcullect 10 have Witnessed, was he'd al
me Ccur House on Monday last, and we take
Measure in inviting attention 10 The proceedings,
which will lie found APPENDED 10 Inns aitlcle =
| The meeting vas called 10 order by Judge
! r,rockcnbrough who explained The object 10 some
hinhy approp: lat, remarks; and on his motion
Governor Mcdowell was unanimously calico
| 10 pr.side On ,aking the Chair, he Governor
| addressed The meeting in his usual ielicitious
stylc-ani IN Gec ed opposition 10 me removal
S. Med Moore, Esq, addressed Inc mee'lns ~
strong sneech-cxpt Ing the unsouncness add
laIlacy OF the reasons relied upon hy lhe lfiehds
81 removal in justification Of thei; course-and
concluded with presentation of thu Resolutions
which we're adopted by reclamation. Those Res
oluions speak the sentiment oil the people ol al
classes and completely remove all The objections
AZ strongly relied upon, BY the friends oil the
measure, in justification oil their course we
were always satisfied, that such were the semi
mems Of our people, ant that ihey Wnula DC de'
ciLedly and uuequ,vocally expressed, on th' mrs.
suusbe OCCASION On Monday lasi, our high
est exp, cralians were fully realized.
Governor Mcdowell has lof many years beer
onr II the Trustees Of Washington College, anC
Il affords u,2 great satisfaction u say mat man,
olhcr rIGs.ees we're pfcseni, all 81 whom CONCUR
red in thr action 81 The meeting. Inns lac
groves csafy Tia, hey 10 not consider The ln'e
rasls OF The 80 institutions in conffic'i but OF
2 he contrary consider that each can be snsaIns,
without prejudice 10 he other. That The Trns
ices OF tne College, al their mrs, meeting, Will eX
: press sentiments on this subject snch as lh
n.oplc themselves expressed nn MONDAY las
/ .,e 10 mol. and cannon doub When the visitor
/ !, the lns;ilule assemble they will nnd ha I'M
). ound lur removal does mol eyisi-and me.
{ wiil find thc other oI".. f.,,,ItL - :"
, ,oually ua,ounaei u a.. onus' such g, nih
PUB I'll MEETING.
A large ami respectable meeting was held il
! The Court House % Noatay The 4th int pufsu
ant 10 noce, IoF n purpose u giving cxpIrsso.
10 hc opinion Of lhc ci'izen, g! The comfy ia re
alton 10 lie proposition 70 remove the Institute
} from Lexington.
Judge Brockenbroush nominated The Hon
James Mcdowell as Chairman, and Davd
: Curry as Secretary, oi the meeting, which nom
nations were unanimously sustained.
The President elect delivered a iew handson,
and pertinent remarks upon taking The Chair, cx
planning The objecr Of The meeting.
Samuel Med. Moore, Esq, then rose and al
dressed The meeting upon the advantages ot Int
: Institution, The benefits that il has already con
tered upon tie Country in scholastic point .
view, and The peculiar advantages which il ha:
bestowed upon Inc County oi RcckbTidge. Tie
concluded by offering he following resolutions
IS Resolvei-rhat The question OF The rrmoya
II he Virginia Miiay Institute, is one in
which the people 81 This County are directly AM
deeply interested and in reference 10 which
their wishes and opinions ought 10 be distinctly
and uneQuIyocaIly EXPRESSED
2nd. Resolved-That The present size Of The
Institute, in the centre Of The Stale, and in a
healthy climate, and beautiful country, combines
Al least as many advantages Tor The permanent
location of such an institution, as any other
which can be found in Virginia: and that The on
~ reasons we have heard assigned ior lis removal
are such rs will, on examination, Re found 10 br
frivolous and uniounted 10 laci.
srd. Resolved, That The Military Institute
deriving It's students much from the most re
mote portions OF the State as from lis immediate
vicinity, and conducted as il always has been,
strictly as a State institution, there is not, and
cannot be, any conflict OF interes, between il and
Washington College resulting from their prox-
unity TO each other; that we rejoice to see the
harmony which prevails between the Professors
Students and Cadets of the two institutions, in
the success Of which we feel deep interest. and
the prosperous condition Of which, reflects much
credit on the County and State; and we arc
sratifed TO find, that the only effect of their be-
ing located IN the same vicinity, has been to
stimulate The Professors and Students in both
10 extraordinary exer,ons in their respective
avocaions.
4tn Resolved, That we confidently believe
the Military Institute 10 be generally, il not uni
vcrsally, regarded BY The citizens o! this CON-
munil, with appreciation and favor, and as de-.
serving the continued support and patronage Of
the General Assembly; and that its removal
would be an act OF injustice TO those who first
proposed its establishment and amongst whom
II has attained its present elevated s,and-would
involve heavy and useless expenditure of pub
lie money, aud prove detrimental to The interest
OF The State and Of the institution itself
5h. Resolved, That We do most soIemuly and
earnestly protest against The removal oil the In.
situlp; and ha, We confidently rey upon The