Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-23
Correspondence of the Enquirer.

III (lnja hcstorcd-PrrSOna ngaiy I,imsc,, I.SNs I'm,
n an" Cra'sc nat get stited-OH mh0m rests Mc onus
a Spechcsot lrsws. GoodcaMd CaSkr.
q WAsmrSGTo.. Goth Mnv, ISL.
AS might have been expected, after avulcnt storm
ssa calm s cnsued. 1t was difficult until vcscrla,
sio find men disposed 10 speak on the Nebraska pucs
5'I'h' I" Ill "uf the time allotted for closing the dis
acusSi"n. lh's Is lit commentary those who ha
9inScy assumed that the friends Of the measure ,sir,y
i" 'sIlrk discussion to gag the minority" TIN
jcrlaraio Itself carried iaIsehood with it. For uear
give months, in the Senate and tho House the subicc
tls lccnup Ia the exclusion ri almost every thing else
!. lb"lt one hundred speeches have already been mad
Gin ;hr House. II il Insult Ia the intelligence ol iI
ypcupr "a ;:::rmp. make The impression that tb.r
hlS been any disposition Sfrirrc!c. /, NAV be- lin,
awhen the general debate closes, NJ |! O'Clock to-day
sind the five minutes speeches commence, the faction
I s>ts will again renew their gnlr, and further dca
3ind excitement cusIc. Sumner, Chase, &c. ar'
m duty every day III the louise. and al! that lhci
awickcd advice cuI accomplish will be performed b,
= heir cohorts. Is il not lumat;u" Ia find ann South
l lnrn man oI amy party, ufnrmg them any aid uut
scUmuIt!
/ The personal affair between Mcssrs. Hunt an,
Crai-c remains in the same position il did WHEN
:'roic ynu on the 18th. In that letter stated tha
Mr. Hunt nd S'n challenge to Mr.. Craigc 1t Seems
innw. from the best information | can obtain, tilnd
iimk am correctly posicl that Mr.. Hunt did writ,
II challenge and place il III The hImls ni friend, bu
1 HAT subsequently il was decided BY himself anG
.:rcnd that the c, should come from llr. Crli.c ~
flying rr"m ;he precedent ~ i"h c>c. As this j,
he subject of and discussion in privn:c cir
,ccs, and III the press, such matters generally urc
md rs there is some livrr>i;yu opinion the true
state 4l the csr, IL Is proper to furnish youT rcdcrs
iwith ih" facts i'll connection with it.
Mr. Hunt, i'll his speech IN Friday night and Satur-
lay morning. declared that his object AMI only nb.
ilcct, was 10 obtain time !nr further discussion. Sup.
posing that hiiusclf and others acting with him, had
!na'lc the appeal i'll ,0D ioith, tie friends ot the Dill
ns You have been imiormcd held consultation on
tl"ndny morning, and after into the House,
and offered ~ extend the tin" for closing the debate.
y "ist this proposition Mr.. llWnt thought proper t0
nray himself. II became evident TINT hc, 1T lrs;,
!ad acted III bad li-fnl when he subsequently, at
cmptc'l "a speak, which he had right IL Ito, Mr..
traigc objected is he h0d II right tu do, and upon
'lIr ground that the gentleman was 0ci'n" ~dh Mc
f'c'0Ht"S. ard should he treated such. NJ. HWnf
'r"icnfiy rc.d'irdhi Is ar ,a>Vh dttkchmc.
lst. Bccalse he had. day ur two before aud on the
same day, spoke ot Tie rptlct is II "Shgma."
~. Because he offered, Us already sad 10 send u!
r!al"m{c ~ Mr.. Crni"c for calling linn II lactionist i
y. h 0kcr pyDrocdti0n. A> To the language used!
by him subsequently. Insulting il Il Mr.;
Cra"c, II could not bc nude the basis Of c!! tcl
part ni the latter gentleman for GcHtirHdH cant
contend that insult hr cancelled by Ucrng5
another: and Mr.. Cr,i:sc had offered the first in-s
>uIi r"rinny. in the opinion nf Mr. Hunt hnScli,t
tho "nnrIs' mus rest Mr.. Hunt. But if thcrcf
should hr my dnrht un that point MIR. Hunt cannots
have III" bcctir %: such hnuhr-nr in the late coil
'r"vcrSy between McS>rs. Cutting and Brcchcnrigr,E
The former said the latter ''skuic,l." and the lattcrf
cpc,l i; was false" Mr.. Hunt then gave it hsE
opinion is gcncrall: reported, that the ca for s;t-k
iisluc;inn slnnli from Mr.. breckenridge. III
therefore, conclude thi himself and friends are cs-f
nppcd from uny complaint a-ains. Mr.. CRUCES s}
ticndS, in whose hand, ms honor has hccn comtdcd.E
wish 10 do justice 10 both Of the gentlemen. | bc-s
:vc there il not the least want Of cbura=c III ciihcr-t
not the least disnsi:in Ia avoid the responsibility
hey may have incurred. But neither move inE
hc matter, md hop" will he permitted Ia dot
=" There S really ~ occasion for il. for cach ui6
hem. former "rcasills ;.vr proved IL the worlds
hat, when necessary, ihcv will fight.
Last night. Wa had speeches from the Nir@iniuh
delegations I lid moi hnv the pleasure at hcarin-cG
,ir t..'". huf learn from - who 'lih that il wis 8
, : Interesting 'rin,:. and delivered IN that
graceful style ior wi:! h. is rlnarknhIcl did cars
irr speech ". Judge C;tSkir ;Au know ] speak tlcA
cn.iurE.- Of al who heard lin, when say intH
'r more than met the very hig expectation of hisH
ricus. Ii wuS indeed mIstcrly production, and sos
considered 10y those whose jud..imAi is much more toS
r relied on than that ot him who peas these linrs.-
Ic presented some new views, and scattered they
Winds many If all the objections tn ui hiii III r.r
hat speech be read 10y all who feel m
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