Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-01-11
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY II, 1850.

folly should not be stayed from he powcrfuproecio
to nonc yet protection a-cxacons from nonc yet
ccssons from ALL An uniform of taxation levied III
raiue of the subject taxed procaims the citizen who is
pay the duties which he contributes to the Sate and to Al
needful contributions, grateful population will respon
with cheeulness but knavish shulling, BY which NOR
is obtained than is clearly understood carries with
a dstrust that no honest freeman will submit to- Fo
this VIC denouncc against all the humbuggng doc
trines Of Mr. Secretary Meredith and his party, cver
species Of rcproach, and ask of the people, who's
servant he is, their enlightened verdict against this mis-
chievous jusger who whilst he holds high post of pro
fit and trust, is seeking so all fairness in legislation
all integrity in that great safeguard of berythe laws
the country We invoke, again and again, every senncn
of adherence against these thimbc-riggers and money
changers in the temple of liberty Out with these suine
swaggees these huckstcers of opinions which have beer
rejected by the intelligent and honest long and
qucnty that though they brushed up and secured
again in the Treasury Department. they yet film
and too far gone threads and patches deceive the
mos, ignorant and the most stupid. The sghtcss cyebals
of the blind almost capable of leading their the
detection of the cheat The country needs protection
and, if it did, the Federal party the last furnish it,
Safety persons and property is all that laws bcstow;
the ought be left time and necessity clements that
productive that Mr. Meredith even left behind in
their onward progress.
MR.. COBB-We can answer the Enquirer in very few
words.
Mr.. Winthrop elected by party majority. Accord
ing all custom, therefore, he gave that party which had
the prcpondcrancc and which had elected him. the majority
in the committees They We're entitled TO H.
Mr.. Cobb was elected by minority. He gave 10 that
minority drcpondcrancc nearly all the committees.
They entitled it, if the rule alluded to lie good
Ung.
This is answer ALL Mr.. Winthrop elected BY
Mr. Holmes abscnting himself from the Hail. and his cleo
ton party triumph than Mr. Cobbs The latter
therefore, was by the Wings concession fully entitled
to the benefit of the vote.
The n. Y. Mirror, adccded Taylor paper reviews Of
the captous" objections Mr.. Cobbs acts, and among
Others that he placed two Democrats frs, the committee
and Wing third The Mirror osets these charges in the
following facts and pays compliment, less just than
handsome, to Mcssrs. Bayly and McClernand:
Well! nowlet see how Mr.. Winthrop arranged the Com
mitccs the Of the first session Of the Both
Congress We find the names Of Mr.. Ninon and Mr. roombs
before that of Mr. Mckay, the chairman of that committee
during the preceding Congress II surely will not be
tended that Mr. Toombs by talent experience entitled
to that precedence We find the naues of Messrs. Smith
Indiana and Canston OF Rhode Island before the
of Howell Cobb on the Committee on Territories and SUI
y will be- insisted that Mr.. Cranson The ground Of
mental superiority, was entitled TO rank with Mr. Cobb
Mcssrs Chapman of Indiana and ramadge of New York.
placed upon the Committee the District of Columbia
before Mcdowell of Virginia. Rockwell of Connecticut AMI
Crowel Of Ohio, before Daniel Of ~ c. the Committee
Claims; Smith OF Connecticut and Hlliard of Alabama
before Chas ngersol of Pennsylvania the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
With regard 10 the structures made upon Messrs. Me-
Ccrnand and Bailey we only sa!, that Mr. Cobb ha
wing served several sessions with those gentlemen pre-
pared 10 place the estimate upon their abilities
entertained by all who knew them Possessed Of cStraord
nary energy of character and an industry painfully abo-
ous they have left upon the record the evidences Of pro-
found thought and thorough study Il yet remains bc
whether the future of these gentlemen will not
still further illustrate the character which the morning of
life has rendered SO honorable