Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-01-09

LETTER FROM W,ra:!iHuTi.N liTi,
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WlsilSuLuS Jas. 9TH, lN1'.

of the Secretaries were chiefly 'tnrHng,i, ANA l h'l
sorry Ia adj, by a very misc iin.p"n~ c:""h' n g"o'
many ruwtlrs took ndvnntn%" "' III" 'aS ~ '"Tt W
with the others, and behave III thr most aiSor"'Tiy
manner. Mrssrs. Campbell, DAVIS aIn. l'"bDii were
especially the sufferers from tbsr ri''it'irsS, anu III
one instance, they had {" H. "ri'r'i "it "i Tue i"'iSr'
TIE hnspltalItics cniailcd upon" NIn''"' "'"rcr' "rc
a very heavy tax, cnnsut"rit. me n'Sh price % every
thing here. and the sinallsrsr 'i Their SALARIES. |
think IL would be very we'll tnt u''h !" piiit me sup,
,,v OF refreshments on New \ arS day. This would
be very apt TO ensure the visit ~ none but well be-
havcd AMI ORDERLY citizens. Tins stcn, although av-
rur.u,ly mn, rnriIu., will have ia he taken III order To
.wluuor the whcl; from thG cl'aii.' The crowd at
tLc President Hou.e on New Years day, has become
40 great at late years, that II Is considered extremely
i,u.crous for u lady. ar indeed anybody, except the
most y, r,rous and able bodied u"n, 10 venture i'll il.
II j.. CONSEQUENTLY avoided b. ali who have ever been
there. before. On one occasion | was witness al Il
VERY singular c~xpcdicnt In krri "rt the unwashel.-
4 cnmuanv al armed suliicir wee drawn up before
tnc door IL keep on! MI those vii" die! no. come III
carriages, 10 the Presidential Mansion. This order
wus strictly enforced, and Your correspondent was
one nt,Ic uulucky pedestrians wiIWwcre turned away.
This happened, during the incuml'rmcy "t Martin Van
Buren,. IL is 4 little singular that the Nhi,s wii" ''s-
uraccd themselves by the charges they i!ndr IN the
canvass "f lS4l, about gold .punus' aud "Hi"InI OK
travacancc aud ari>t"crucy, did not continent upon
this most irrational aud nnii-rcpuhiiran mode Ut en-
forcing responsibility Oh New Year day. But they
were ever OF Il clues {" "Atrain al II gnat and swallow
Il camel"
Our citizrns nrc much Interested in tie bill lately
passed by the House md now pending i'll the Senate,
providing Tor the reorganization 0i the CouE'" 81 ms
District. ! do not meet an Intelligent man VIII" de-
Mes the necessity ot such II change. We nrc GOVERN
cd here by the same system "t !Hws as Wa III exist
c;cc in the State al Mar, land III the commencement
of this century. The whole country has been pro-
grcs>.n-, while VIC have been 1T II stand still. As re-
gards the judges, the only one nmron- them VIII" ever
possessed any co..-idrrlb!e ability, has been, for II
,, nI,. f., II ,.,S Ing,pu.r,u.,ul lN ,F,. mud If Is t.ln-
coded, will never again be- competent 10 resume the
discharge uf his duties. Several at the others are no.
ruriousiy Incompetent aud mint Tor The discharge ol
their duties. The citizens ircl 10 confidence what
ever i'll the tribunals which NE I" try causes in'o''-
in. their lives and PROPERTY. The Cryrn"c ot Iic cs-
ta.li slImcnt IL clI"rnln;s. The government alone
pnys for these Courts tcycus.v: Of the Supreme
CouriI the modest suni uf Sn3,uim per year. The
salaries "f the judges are Slo,..oo per nmN"n', while
North Ca! oil ma, with n population StfttCn times lar
ger, pavs unlr SlS,;rHl for the salaries III her Judges,
aud Georgia only $3i 500. Such IL The contrast with
other States. There never has been but one "piniuu
anuu- OR citizens upon tt;s subject, and that is in
favor OF reform. | except LOST, "i course, who ill
the Offices and reap The profits %: these abuses. \
vote wis taken upon The question III Judiciary rc-
form III 1870. Tine result WIS l-' Ia IN" affirmative,
and - in tho negative. II The tTi. passed lay the
House could be submitted 10 the v"l" 'i our citizens,
il would bc adopted hy M overwhelming, maiurily.-
Few oppose it except iii" '",,r~ci parties. The OH
juctipns urged appear Il" Or =! n" most frivolous cha
ractrr, and were they valid would completely upset
the Iu ciery system Of Virginia, Maryland, and
nearly ali the S,alcs II ia" ln"n. | trust that II"
feelings 81 Indifference on the part II Senators, ar APP
rliancrs 81 interested parties, Will hc suffered 10 pre-
judlcc this most just AMI saluiary reform.
| MA glad To sec that the "EmIuIrcr' has taken
bold gr"uni against The annexation "t tho Sandwich
Islands. Ii is rot nj all necessary !uT Our interests
that they should pass lat" our hands. All substantial
advantages ut commercial Intercourse N" now en-
i"ycd by lis and can easily be enjoyed hereafter. Let lis,
l!y"u pl"us.. contend FOR al! our rights, and resist any
attempt oi France or England 10 suljugaic them, ur
Ia establish u pfGtcc;urni" equivalent t" aincNdfIon,
bur siuiIOTsir uvui! anT Incorporation Of 4 mixed aud
drbas,d rue" MO The American Union. God knows
things are bad enough now. What with black anu
white negroes voting NJ tho North, controlling the
LEGISLATURES, and scndiu. .ib".iiiuni,!- AID Know
N0'hinE- =" Congress, The Tendency 10 ai!arrhy Is a.
ready ~ fl i nily strong. \ very crave E" J"clr"it "
;hr annexation nf the sandwich Islands CONSISTS III
the 10; ina. IN the ,N rnt ii war with G."r; Britain,
we would probably b" Hna'lr 4" hold them against
her naval power. All our acquisitions should nc such NJ
are c";rrmiauuS or can uc readily ';,lead"f1. Nn;wiih-
standing al. that has bc"a sad mbou; In" ,cicncc!rsa
state -! California or Cuha, II We wc:c 10 acquire Il,
| believe that either could he defended hs easily hs
Lnui-iuna WAS in 1914. Tn. largest force which
c"uld bc accumulated by nm enemy upon the shores
of California, could not possibly exceed 10 or "n.i!Uu.
| have 10 doubt the Cal!;nrnlans alone would be a
full match Tor this nnmh'r. ! take i, there cannot be
less Yam ~ To- SJ.ODI lighting men in California. aud
nearly all accustomed 10 the Ia" Ot arms. Cuba
wuuld be Ii"rc cXp"s-d, hui Al the same time could
be more rculily reinforced from ;mr United Stntes.-
| see the 'lnicliyruc,r u >irI,,n. /" Crra;" the
impression that The Ircscn, Congress il not IN
favor Ot the hOnGs: acquisition ~ Cdbn.-
Surely nothing can bc more ab,ur! tnnn such mis-
statements. Ii Il fair opportunity Tor obtaining Cuba
were presented, the proposition cnUld undoubtedly
command n iwo-thiriS vote IN both branches. They
would no; be guilty of such Judicial blindness as 10
rei,i,c il. They wouL! leave slch narrow and blSnt-
cl views Of oar national progrcss T." the press winch
.lNu- tl. n,,n.-X IA nm at 1.yu ptI II,t.nIl
Louis Napoleon for IN act which he hin.rlf rcccdcd
from.
| see that the prediction | made It's to The character
OF the alliance between Austria and tho Western pow
crs has been completely borne out hy subsequent IN
tcI!iscrcc. Lord John Russell nLnji, that they nave
no lu.d upon Austria tint she may give them the
slip, aml take the ground that their demands upon
Russia are iGadmissahle. NJ. I.ayhr1 rhvs that TINS
iar-fauicd treaty is mot worth the paper upon which
il is written The Tory leaders, Derby and Dl,rhcii,
who are MOS; warmly III inv"r al tho war, and whose
party first took ground against Rnss'n, openly nv"w
that there il lutte hope Of aid from III" German pow.
ers, aud con,rud that France ani EG-land will have
to do the work alone. Tic pro. pee: Tor England ia
gloomy in the extreme. To grntify her habItunl love
nf meldling aud bullying, She hns aided with the Sui
tan in his brutal oppression OF l~2,ND0,OOO OF Greek
Christians, and. after disgrncrrg herself by alternate
coaxin. and threatening, ant By repeated inconsistent
cics, shc has involved herself in n bloody md
expensive war, the end OF which np man can
toreicll. Some of the results. however, lnny b" rcadl.
Is pr-lirtrd. Russia will maintain her ;-hts and III"
integrity of her possessions ana territory. >h" will
emrr.r viii but li.iIc hur, from the contest. England,
,n the contrary, will have IL lament the io.s "t many
;tou-anis Of her best aud !rHv,-t sons, !l.c victims -:
ba,;l., Gjs,asc and suffering; her trai- and commerce
checked, and many millions added 1" til" nni'"li. debt,
which now burdens her people and -rInd- The poor II
the dust. AZ vel, the war has been al utter in;lurc.
S-bastupol >randb stronger aud more defiant than
ever. The Russian iirc, i untouched. Her soil i,
pressed by the foot of Il foe only in one quarter; and,
By mn urlny which would gladly b: q: Hnuc. The
sulfcrirgs of the French and English irnoj,- have
been little inferior tu what the Iorncr ca,.urci IN The
expedition OF 1917. In" CI!urH "Xrr,iition has A.
ready cost an immense amount ri hl"ot and carnage,
and has. So inr, inflicted but little damage mon their
enemy. And. vet, il tEc bra. alnc;u ,irspG,chcs Of
Raglan AMI Canruhrrt n" 10 l"' believed, such soldiers
were never s"cl--surii i"n;s Of vaior never before
performed. Their account # the battle Of Inkcr-
mann is, that the English whipped n force four time.
their nuubcr, who were. m"l,rlbcicss, ab,..-bn died
lncu, we'll armed, who charged them with the bavu-
net with '.incr,,lIh bic fury and discrimination repeated
~" aml who, finally, "lIrn "Ii.tiauHcd. .ctirc; slow
Is, III good order, leaving 10 cannon ana but few pri-
soncre. IlI,sr are rather siuCu,gv movements iU- beat
IN troops. II must be r"cnHcrtc'!, however, int the
English who won the victory al lukcrInG.n AGAINST
such odds, are the descendants ui tho same race who
by their nccounij carried everything Lriurc them
Mt New Orleans and Chippewa, and only acknow-
lodged our independence irnun ceiling q ma.nanimitv
towards IL discounted and suhiu:hred comtcdcracy.
The Crincu expedition was undertaken L" satisfy
an unreasonable public opinion, and The imsalialc am
niiion OF England. Its failure il a just rcbukc (" II
brutal and asgrandizing policy winch hus stopped nj
no crime Ia crn>umma.c It's ,r!irln,s, and which III
it, iuncicd hour OF triumph could H., lnrbear To turn
10 this country. aud uloa, over the spectacle of our
chief cities h"mbar,lcd and nlandnnc'l 10 The tender
mcrcics Of m English soldicry. What That would be
may be gathered from the watcilworl OF the British
at New Orleans, the violation nl. the wives and daush.
tiers of their own allies IN tho captured cities Of
lBadaios and Ciudad Rodrigo, and their brutali,ics
upon the persons ri L-icnc"lcs> women upon the
shores of the Baltic. And yet, HIS people, the same
whose troop, robbed hen rnn,iS on the Chesapeake,
and cmplorcd the ioInahawk and scaIpins knife of
tho savage in the war of lS.., and oil 1.-THE Revolution,
hns the ASSURANCE, lorscoih, 10 pratc Of "fHssiun bar
5srfy," anG 81 The "usagcr OF Civil:2"'! war"
II. kDI NEI