Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-28

! Democratic Senate; DehioCldiC -Io"'',
inccralc United States Senator
F, The Democrats of Maine went into battle un'
Ger the following mo test" resolution, adopted by
the Democratic Convention:
Resolved, Thai, although the exercise u tne
power OF excluding slavery from The teIIhoiies
Of this Uaion has received The sanction oil every
republican administrations yet il involves pm"
ciplc which has never uImed part vi The u'S-
tnciiye creed oi The National Denocfa'ic ne-
publican parry; ard from the nature ol Inc CASE,
i CANNOT b. made an element oil mat cleea' ne
only common ground" therefore, when can &c
occupied by The Democracy If he several STATES
in respect TO il, is one OF absolute and unqualified
liberation Of opinion ait action.
The Augusta Age complains that owing 10
active interference and fraudulent information
conveyed by Taylor Custom House officer, inc
Democrats split their vo!es on Two candidates,
and The Federalisis elected Senator IN the Ma
dawaska District. This 10 one ot the many III
Stances in which Taylor officials have violated
the pro ssaoR ana;ns 'ia:cflsrencc iii elections.
THE NEW cODE-Moi surprising TIN we invaded
any Copy right injured any public ur private Interest,
We p:oppsed he ue,r!lt u" oar readers 10 LAY h-ufr
them an ears iav, III. be~ laws under when we
have We near that great exceptions taken
L. oar course IN crain quarters aud II Is posed 10
pIolb,t us by i, lucIon, from proceeding with tile
publication Wc Ill not wait for The officer of the
law. We succuuh. Though II does seen.a litir atd,
ta l.co0co rulers VIII not permit gratgi'eus pub
icatcn of the Jde. Jptny thousand is the ionest
notch al which they viii allow il IN nc published!
Richmond Hing.
Isil not amusing 10 see tie Wig thus attempt.
ing to lhrow the blame Of its own blunder upon
"cur L9cofnco rulers q With the aw before il
requiring the Secretary of The Commonwealth to
secure the copy-!ighl Of The Code, 50 As 10 pre-
vent he publication Of a spurious aud incorrect
copy which would misicad The people, the Whig
proceeds 10 publish lis copy Of the Code, prca
cling ii with unjas, attacks upon the General AS
sembiy, 10 whose courtesy il w,s indebted Tor all
the materials in lis possession. TIL, Whig
should thank the Wing Secretary Tor SO prompt
ly carrying out The acquisitions OF The law-as il
would have becu impossible lor that paper 10 have
given any Thing like an accurate copy OF the Code
as it was pa,seI. The Wing has no right 10
sneer at or complain oi any "Locoocos" in This
mattel l. is Tie sole ACT of tn Secretary OF tie
Commonwealth, ti.charsing what h. regarded
his duty as plainly laid down in The law.
NJ. POUSSlN.
Whoever has admired the splendid battle
pieces or bold landscapes OF the French artist,
poussin, will b. interested in knowing that The
dismissed Min ser is his son, OF whom an al
,5aciye sketch is thas given ~ 4 correspondent,
OF The Baltimore Sun:
lie is the ON oi Al eminen. artist, who was
distinguished as historical PALMER in Paris.
abor, the time oi, alter, the revolution ci
1892.
Ia the year 1910, Napoleon vas one day look
ins al the pictures in The gallery OF the Louvre,
and being sliuck with battle PIECE, he expressed
his admiration ot it, and asked he Minister OF
War, who was with him, The name oi The artist
| lie was TOLD l!ar ii Vas Pou.sil, who had lat.
l. did. leaylns widow AMI promising family
IN great poverty and distress. Napoleon re.
Qu,scd The Minister 10 remind him OF The lact al
| suitable time.
Subsequently, al the suggts i'm Of Inc Min is.
| ter, Napoleon took sumo notice OF the family,
and placed GuilIaumc Tel Poussin-ihe present
Ministerial The Polytechnic School lie sra,
duacd with credit, aud received a comm. ssion in
| the army.
After the baulc of Waterloo, AMI the faal
downfall Of the Emperor, Poussin came 10 This
country poor, but not disputed, and ready, with
French facility, TO turn his hand to any means Of
an honest living. lie wss employed by Mr..
Lalrobc, The archrec and aisu believe, by Mr..
Lane, as al assistant, al small sa!ary--some
five hundred dollars year.
Subsequently, General rnald came 10 this
country, and accepted he appointment Of Chief
OF the United States corps of Engineers, and
commenced The grand system OF notifications
which was, al that day {, deemed necessary Tor ma
lional defence. Hc took NJ, P,ussn into his Ia,
miy and he was commissioned as An off :er of
| bp M IA
General B'Inaid upon The accession of Louis
Phillippe, was invited to return 10 France, and
Capt. PouSSin accompanied him.
have understood that alter holding some en-
Payments under The government OF Louis Phil>
ippe, Nj. Puusin united with The opposition 10
him. Under the provisional government, al the
head Ct which was LanarIine, he was appointed
Minister 10 this country, alrerIhe appointment had
b,Gn de Incl by NJ. rtacy--thc son OF Counl
Dss un iracy-wao hal ben ayo, ably known
il this country. In bC;h cas The selection was
,n'cnded 10 be pleasing 10 this country and the
Ualicd Slals. government.
The election oi Louis Napoleon placed N
Paassin in doubiiul position. Though all ORR
snal Rpnaparsl, he had no, belonged TO the
rauy VIII ch elevated Louis
He was recalled ;wu months ago and his sue.
cessor, Count Monlholon is as NJ PoGssiu him
| sell s;a'ct III thls ely, 10 succeed aim.
Ii is believed however, that he is nov On the
bes terms with LOUIS Napoleon.
II is conceded by all that the rejection of
Minister, on accoun, Of personal objections, is
no cause of war. The lDclisencer says that
Gen. Tay lor's Administration has in several in.
sta ccs recognized the principle. and II cites
ono instance, az follows. Tie Union hints,
TIA, the Bntish Minister in his correspondence
with MIR Clayton on the N;c9rasn. question,
was more Srasqus aud 'siiiye than ,Ir rolssn,
aud yet that discussion was succeed d BY no
outbreak. The Rational inoiIeenccr says:
Etiiy IN tdis Administrator a d.mani was
made BY the Government of S'pau for tie re
call irJm Havana OF Gener. i K y Campbell
the respected and etlis:en! Corsii of the Uulet
STATES ri lbat port, II, the ground Of objection
10 MS official ccnduc. in = certain particular
A!terG thorough examination If the else the
Executive, approving the conduct of The on
sui ~ that affair, refused 10 recall him. But
upon the question having arisen whether Of
fence would be taken by the Government Of
this country al tho revocation by The Govern
nient of Spain OF the Exequatur By which the
Consul had been recognized, the inquiry was
answered by declaration on the part Of this
Government, that the United States could no,
take exception 10 such step, which was
matter of right on the part of any Government
choosing 10 exercise il. The EIequalur was
not revoked, il is true, becausc, il is presumed
the Government Of Spain was not so much dis
satisfied with what had passed at Havana as to
reject a Consul wao wass in all other respects
acceptable 10 the Government and Inhabitants
of Cuba; but the answer Of this Government
was not the less conclusive as 10 the question OF
right.
In view of these facts, it is clear that the
Executive, in refusing 10 hold any further Of.
fetal intercourse with NJ. Poussin, as The Min
is!er Of France, has exercised a right which
has not only been Acknowledged by Tue Govern.
ment of Grea, Britain, in ills diplomatic cores
poudence with this Government, nearly forty
years ego, as a right existing under national
law, bu, which his Administration itself has
! repeatedly sud distinctly recognized during lis