Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-13
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TIE WILLIAMSON C.i$E-JEbGr NAH''

ACIlt"r
In our paper of Yesterday, wc recorded III i've
r., u.s which rcuIr.l before III, n''' STATES
,rc, Court nll saturday lu.;, il r''.'iin WIZ, Wv
case ii pnSSmure " .llaul-um ana E.'i'' 'n'' "P
aiauciu Our many exchange ',"'' "'"
Ia remark upon the strnmoc, ""Er' ANA H''r
charac tcrlHtics ri human Thought IL I'tSG' 49,"
Is three laomils. duru- the wh"." Oh iI ''iP''.
,ncnt wci, this inut weak h".ltd man has I"'',''
c upon himself, have constantly ''@2,''e' i,
his only proper aud Legal mode 4" ie,c"S'' us: W.,
course which III la-t lie WA c"lp'uc" ~ ''oi', ,
during tim, eu;:r, p.rnd, the abolition "l''S " '
day were rlumurinr with
the Judsr and siu,,tiiI, "liud On I" t'riI r''
tory and rnmtllnGc.Ous disciple" 49,, I;ysIry
! imlu,d with SCUM. ui that iin!aSiIcai T","',!
which marks the ihinIicS "t ''cIl "- ,. f - ,o--
RACED by I'm, miserable HnsrXrd sSr"P""'', I.,
d. ,,I 'irr,nuhl. ot high i'nirinh>'i "''"' '
,r ,I ,,hrrs ~. The C"'St'ntI"'i' 'his S'''i "'tN
I'm. iuuyinlr. himsc!! mari lr /" ''H '' ;,.
~ ,r;.ird stuu,ly in lbs r"urs' ~ obstinate
Ill nov r,,i,l conduct Finding, however, HAL
t' c.d .lrry o his PERSISTENCE WA" lii"ir IMAM
, ,ird hy til. irkfumciIi's- 81 his iinVris"iiI''h'
| ,h yulu. gentleman. i"r several weeks lhSt' mas
n,l, various wri:s!inS efforts, tlIr"n-h ~" course
.,,. tI,. necessity "f prnrmI HnhrlS,i"n. lies
=; Jirul,Ir attempts have all failed Ia r"S. the
urrilt Judge from the calm. gnri dignity In ma
mui.I,ar, through the w"lr ol THIS controversy h'
,nrlly Indicated IL The rnI.,rl lnr thu pri.u'r
course which, without rhiranrry ar :ut''riu.' could
nnr relieve their QuX"iir principal from the 'i!'n-
Inn INFO which lu hud submerged himself.
It was suggested that Mr.. WIiian,"n Nh"ui'! prII'
iiun the Court I" be permitted {" pure himself from
the contempt inr which r st""d committed. AMI "t
Ia. should IN such petition, submit himself tu all IN
t-rrn nturrs which the Court might direct, touching
tlu matter eTuuirrd "i by the writ Of h'"E "'2HN
which had been directed Ia him ut the relation ui
John u. Wheeler. The Court suggested that such
PRAYER could alone be entertained, Gnd accordingly
on Saturday last after several efforts the petition
offered. prayer granted aud PHss,m"r" Williamson
was brought by the Marshal before The bar al III"
Court.
Our readers will remember all the facts which
maj krd the initiation steps "i lh' ease: When The
writ of hdi"I, CDrpT> WAS served upon W lan>"n lac
came into Court aud returned Ia the writ bv simply
dcnyln. that the negroes had ever been III s ciir"
dv power or puss.Ssiou. Witnesses then hr.r'
wh" all without siny !e exception. supported the
srriious I'll Mr.. Wheeler and iintiv c"atradci. ;hc
denial al Williamson. Williamson then WIS after
wnr'!s heard upon his affirmation, which only
went 10 substnmila:c ali the facts sworn I" by Mr.
Wheeler and Ills witnesses. For this itisr hiri insult
tcieni rcErn Williamson WAS committed n for con.
tempt at the pr,oSS of The Conr Let our rch !crs
remember, tina. the words OF ilc commitment were
''duru. the contempt, and they VIII understand
how entirely his remedy has been. under has own
lrul, and what Judge Black muan when he sad tina,
the prisoner hrl! tho key of hi. own cell.
II tn!r Giinnce for noiorir,y, fine "pp"riuni
~ IL MAKE lit!ir phnrsGcnl reputation with ii"
sleek httciuafrd host at men -wnnrm VIII" max,
voutiun virtue, and treason glory: 80 II whs rs
up in the thin garment OF hi- r"rtril, hal "pcniv
said lu would not dot IN ~ ar cross ~, iur III.
release. Like the cock IN the stable, he -fn::"'i
about the heels Uf Tho h"r,cs and cried out, TAX,
care. gentlemen, don't let us ircn' on one another.
Ii tool, him, however, nearly three months. with MI
the attendant circumstances OF his Imprisonment. IL
find out how silly, small, ami unsatisfactory gam
he had been playing: and now, after having made his
petition and Soi!nn!v affirmed that he !i Tnt im:"nI
any contempt III the Cnnrt and lis process, he ha-
been rri-taei in the position hr pied hficr
the writ "t hnJ'> c0r'"~ had been Issued, and be.
Ia" commitment
ii will hc understood that the proceedings under
the writ ut kdbraS rOrpt, were arrested by the Dr.
PENDANTS dsnbcdience OF il. tIIs drriving the Court
uf the power Ia Judge uf t!i'. question: between Mr.
Wheeler ami him. Upon his commitment, therefore,
all action III the cause suspended lie could hot
move, nor could any movement, be made in reference
10 Mr.. Wheeler long Ia lIc preferred 10 rcInan ia
contempt. He chose to remain until all i">rblr
adv nutn.,c that, in Mr. Whr"l"r'I opinion, could BE-
derived ir" full and true return 10 the %rit inhnr
Is Il discovery where the slaves nad hee!l serrr'iJ
had been erctuuiy frustrated ani then, Tor the nTs
time, forward by petition to be allowed 10 purge
hi. cnntuupt.
Thi, the law aa,yed him to 10 at any tim" he
- si:d. Ii consisted in making Gill'invt that hr ha
not intended by hs former ds"b .d"nca, I" manifest
dsrcSp"ci IT, the CuHrt lis process, and that lac was
willing t. answer fully nid truly nil incrrn.Giu
rlcs hearing upon the matters that ought IL hI'c
been set forth ia his return ~ the writ. The Court
when lac ndu repeated tilis HIiuHNu III open NOhI
and had added under affirmation why he had not cu.
dcuv"rrd to briuy the slaves before the Court, ta
contempt being legally purgcd,j and IL" District At
;urIer making no further complaint against him q!
crnina! nature, itIe original! tdL,as cDH. being ~
iu>:ntr,i} turned him I" Mr.. Whccler'S counsel
Tor suc iEicrrugatnrics NJ the might think ne""s>n-
~. They. however, thnt his answer could ~"
afford aid t. their client Nh havin. been :orr
by " iIiIaEsnms cuntunacy Ia resort {" other pro-
crcd;Tss, declined questioning hun, and he was dig
| charged withou: further "pp"-iti"n
Thus have We emdcav"red Ia conden.c, within
equitable limits all the distinctive textures Of This
rumnrs able case. aud appeal tn ever right
| minded III the cuinu!unt,, Ia -ay whether TINT
gE%s. !: n!! Stans!HI uianNh2G 'H; rs GT r;r:yr
kAAt anything bu' III" most correct Hni Just contact
Iuri1: every pnns" o! IL r"r",,in.. II - neither
"Ir hua.i.-s> at i"=un I" Ti1TIiy H;m hut IN
non with nne-irt> III "ur contemporaries, have
lduiir"i =: Hlm",t without par'!Il hi- upright,
di.n,irtd, ana uniEpu-,i"Tr hrlriHs throu :rhnut
AL the rrun. ,tamcr- ol hia most tut, difficult posi-
t,ui.
Mr. WILKINSON ha. ~! 10 answer. hul ~. true:
= III h." .Dmpri!cd ~, iu:. III hrDH i,.i"rc h:
tsTuIt Cont, Tor thu Tt,h'err ~, tbs sn',.s. ihvH
"IpIacl ls r"niilITarY, ' las a'n 10 aurr for The
''r,mg w.I.'h n!Icrl u:ir III !i: gr,.-....t in.,j
high hairc'l "GiraIcs. winch la er-r dI-.,racrd the
sod ui prm:- 'lSuulu.