Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-02

" ri.,t. ur,i! the Circuit Crrr. should decide
e.. nn,stjnu in issue, while their npl"ncnt, c!al:a.i
Inn, the election III the preceding THURSDAY h"i VS.
,.tl n,themsrlvrs alone, all the rights AMI dulles at
The lSnnrri ct Managers and niliccr- 1T the N"i!ulH'h'
hxsociatioM. They even ignored the ri2ht 81 'E'
Board TO make astatcmcnt oi i!i,lr twenty years Stew
artship OF the Associations affairs 1" rake IN III
ycntory OF the property they would leave III t!r haiiu"
OF those claiming 10 be elected their snccea'"r'-'l"
require a receipt therefor, &". That 's' they Grh'."
the right vi those gentlemen II the ufG oithe o""hN''
enable them 80 TO do. ..,,
In the cou.sr OF tho morning that 2'n't'n'n :
friends ,iMcCuiH, Evans, q ",J Senl l"r .i,'"'' ~
Ii. Bradley, their coiieHsWr. who, on le",h!'' Wv
chamber. very properly advisrd ilcHl tiial III" 49,
OF Mcssrs. Lou"y. Fcmdali, aht n'L '"iirnSn'e 40 -, -,
the proper di. position ~ the L""hS nun ."'
con,i decide, was the legal and crirr', one. %" s. s.
;,,,h.- n,,nyitt,n was madc "a ih,s di=lnshioii Vi
than. Wien Mr.. V. Ellis 'an1e MON" ROOM, Il; ~ ~
| ulaiusl thai liz note 10 tie ,leik' "i',i' t;"h
:;nputation OIL The integrity OF the Doa,u, ~ ""Nu
rys have referred above, w6a not SD Intended DE h.iiIi
.rd tbcf he had ordered he clerk rot to permit III.
prcrj ~ examine ii..ir books, because there wa" u
amor out of doors that they intended to carry mem
,f or TO forclbly take them from within the reach vi
,insr claiming to have been newly elrctr'i.
We have to say that As for the existence Of sucii "
rr,rnor, except among persona who were CONSCIOUS
that they themselves were engaged IN the p"rpclu'
ton of a fraud requiring instant and rrnp'la''e 'ie"''
mcnt at the hands of firm and responsible gehlIolno"
to prevent ITS success, il ia the shce.e!t cannon coz
ceivable. The Board were without a reason TOT eesl'
ring surreptitiou.ly to take possession OF theT archives
Their instant production might be necessary lot 'ncn
own vindicatiUn unit! after receipts lcT oi7OerseI"cuts
aud property hut been passed. lDev fsd nau p
session Of them for twenty years without removing
them from their place of deposit, and III ~ nut .mv
the breath of Islander had not dared 70 DO" on .s
personal or official integrity and high eeaTln: o' ny
one of those gentlemen, than wtoui oas COUNT ~ ~
~ contains N" where else, engage III any olhri s"L
public enterprise, IN equal number whose ,m
character and invnriable coEduct have won tor 'heH
more respcct and confidence from their icI"" >"'
Zcns, ur Li.hnr tunc IL their several waiks III nv
The affair was settled temporarily ny NY H'I't,'
ancc of the claimants. under tts ad'ic 81 'll.'.n'
Bradley, of the original proposition OF Tic Board VIZ:
that the clerk tEckloifl should hold the custody VI ,t
books until the Circuit Court may ueae..,Io AZ
RIGHTS of the claimants, v no. by-thc.hy, have alrean!
elected Ecklutt to be their clerk III euse 'ncE "'
umEh. -,,,r ,h0, this saoir WI. mr.
ranged out OF Wn.hiastnu. Indeed II WINS echemee
nj the Known Nothing National Council held some
months ago 10 Cincinnati, letters from that point
from Carlisle, Pu., and from New Jersey hav'
ing for some time been in Washington, mention
ing the fact that il had been 80 ordered then ana there
The most important result Of this effort to prostitute q
great national patriotic charity or tribute, to party pol
tics, is the certuiu det-at OF The bill now before Con
g1ess to appropriate S2O0,O0O for the continuance OIL
the work on the monument. IL was certain 10 na't
been passed by Z majority OF nve 10 one IN Ootl
Houses. Now, not one III every ten members OF cl'ncl
House would vote for il. Tile present Board nr" ~,
the most part those who have hnd the MANAGEMENT
tho work stree its Inception, aud have l"bored str,ciiy
to carry out the pledge on which hey Ia re obtained the
money that thov buve expended in raising me nVhu J.
msn, TO its presen: Aeishi Of Isl tve,-m9re ,n"a c lai'
flushed. Tliatpiedseis stated IN the ASSOCIATION . eou'
stItution TO De, that il should be tho result Of vo.unta-
nv contributions from TIC people Of the United States
without; distinction or discrimination as to their poll
| tics, religion, or tie country Of their birth. Cnder
this pledge, % aacrodly given, and up, to this time so
molly redeemed by tho gentlemen Who compose the
Board. persons Of all parties, creeds, and ta'ivisles
have giveu au aggregate OF hundreds of thousands OF
dollars TO the enterprise; and an effoyt by q secret
mov.u,eut to place the work in the hands ot Il peliti:
cnl party, aud 10 prescribe citizens OF the United
States in coul:sc;ion with its affairs on account of their
religion or nativity, j, Il palpatle aud shameful fraud
upon those whose ueaaS huve gone to raise It 10 ns
present height.