Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-01-19

,Sa noston It ia REQUISITE that the Judge should
know the law, but likewise be physically aoie 10 I'M
dergo the labor necessary to afford prompt redress OF
wrongs, private aud public. Mr.: Marshall Possesses
mi. qualification in addition to the higher quahca
lions of mental vigor and professional attainments
am confident that this preference for MIR. Marshe
reflects the wishes OF majority OF the people. ~
we're easy TO amplify and urge reasons IN taVor OF
this rentisman but Mr. Ma shall is 30 we'll known to
the people of the circuit, that it 10 not deemed neces
ssry. The bare presentaiion Of his name, should he
10 Willing to he candidate, cannot tail to secure
his triumphant election IuaBERLANp'
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To lie Editors Of The Enquirer:
GsDtIemen-At the earnest request Of several of
nv friends who have expressed desre to be inform.
cd OF thu particular occasion o. difference between
my late partner and myself, have concluded 70 pup
h the following article prepared and in type for Inc
Democrat Of tho 9TH inst, but objected to by MIR.
Banks. Ii will show, generally, the nature OF our
difference OF opinion.
Nav | ask of you the professional and personal
favor of Its publication in your columns submit
ts conclusions to the frank and fair criticism Of my
fellow Democratic. Very respectfully,
A. NJ. KELLEY.
PETERSBURG, january, 1858.
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE VIRGINIA
DEMOCRACY
II would be impossible, if, indeed, the experiment
were worth the trouble of trial. to conceai the fact
that the present Administration finds uses, before
single year has rolled over IT'S neAu, eEcolnpt!sed py
nm army of the gravest and most perplexlng difficult
ties.
II ia not only, es before remarked, Impossible to
Disguise this state of things, but there s moreover,
no occasion for the effort Cencealment ia not cure,
nor are dangers always or necessarily, dlsgraces
Mr. Buchanan was elected to the Presidency under
ci cumstances less favorable to an unembarrassed
administration Of the du;es Of his high office than
any President that has exercised The powers OF
Chief Msgstracy in the Republic. AS "a North
ern man, he was fated by destiny which no virtue,
or ability patriotism could avert, to the suspicious
criticism of large portion of the politicians Oh the
South and to the foregone conclusion OF opposition
| from the vastly dominant party OF his own section ct
this Coufederacy. Disruet in one quarter aud de-
nunciation in another, were the demons OF evil that
conducted him to his high seat, and that have weigh
ed in Jealous and unjust balance every sc and ut.
| erauce of his official career. Here was hls first
great enemy, and ii is sad commentary upon the
condition parties among us, that the chosen head
of free people should be subjected TO such HI mi
anitous pre- Judgment, for higher or wortier cause
| than .'ihe accident OF BIRTH.
The second source of difficulty was the existence Of
two great unadiusted, and, it would appear, almost
,l,odjystobtp questions of domestic policy each preg
nant with the horrors Of civil war; and one involving
politicsl issue which narrowly escaped proving tue
wreck of the Constitution OF me United States IN the
Convention Of l7S7 and which has twice put this
| tion in peril of It's lfe-the great issue OF Federal
privilege us affecting directly territorial right, snd IN.
| directly sectional preponderan:e.
% Both of these dangerous subjects were the lsgaces
Of pracedipg administrations, md, without asserting
that their existence implied any impeachment of those
under whose regime they were created, II is manifest
that no responsibility for them attaches to MIR. Buc
| hanan or to has Cabinet.
] J,asy the action of Officer of the Navy, at
foreign station conduct which the administration did
not authorize, and could not, bysny possibility, hGv,
prevented for which, therefore, as lar as any human
being vet knows, tbs administration is IN no manner
| or degree responsible, is suddenly seized upon by
omen foes aud msnyspre,ended friends, to prejudice
the executive in the eyes Of thepubc, and increase
those difficulties which At present upon the gov
eminent demanding all the prudence, craftsmanship
and wisdom OF lts members, Tor ner SAFE ana hohor
| able adjustment.
Such is the state Of a4irs. The history OF ts ori.
gin and progress s yet to be written. Should it ever
be- it will unfold record Of political seishness pro-
Hgacy, bargaining and treaclIery an Gu ooR camp
which finds no parallel in history except iu the
| rupt days OF the Roman Empire. Thcre H. ~ Inc
ranks OF the Democracy Of this country, faction OF
self seeking traders the yulture VI tho triumphant
hos to whom honor patriotism, eonsmon honesty ere,
ara mysteries-as incomprehonsb,e to their minds
they are foreign to their hearts linen who, from the
hour that Mr.. Buchanan was nominated III The Cin
cinna Convention 10 the present day, have devoted
themselves with Set deliberaton to tho destruction Of
| bis influence with the country.
| Here is the heart Of the evil Kansas, and Utah,
| and Nicaragua are embarrassing subjects. but they
may be all satisfactorily adjusted; but there are dit
hculties which not to be adjusted, wounds which
which were designed to be removed 'chch 0,H
| not suffer removal. TIE course Of Mr. Buchanan in
an emergency of this description would seem to bs
| plain He has already stated that he VII not bea
candidate for reelection, and certainly before lis
term ia out will have learned the utilty OF any nope
POI re- nomination if he had such aspirations Prece.
dent aud probably his own inclinatlons likewise,
will move him to an absolute severance OF himself
from all connection with public life at the expiration
of his term. Heis therefore, in position in which
he can afford to be independent Of politicians, indie.
pendent even of the passing whims of a frequently
inisled people. Let him disregard both.
On his behalf ws appeal from the politicians OF the
Union to the people of the Union, to the Democracy
| of the Union, above all TO the democracy OF Vlr.
ginia who. with four score thousand voices, publish
ed him their choice for the Presidency, 10 lake ON
part in the crusade. Vain will have been all your
efforts TO place him in his present office, you now
sustain those who are devong themselves to his de.
s,ruction Worse.thau vain it will be an eternal re
proach to yourselves and disgrace to your party
It will be an impeachment Of the SINCERITY oil our
own professions, it, after contendng as we did and
did in all honesty, that the OF our candidate
in that last campaign was ths hope OF the country
we should now bind him hand and foot and give nun
I'D to his enemies. Something mora Ia required OF
the Democracy Of this nation than The successful
conduct Of n campaign. The government .! their
choice has right to expect their sympathy, ano
when needed, their express support; has right 10
expect forbearance ri.ndiiness of Judgment spirit
of cancellation, confidence and trust without which
the mere possession of authority is au empty tribe,
not worth contest.
II in the adverse circumstances which surround ID.
tue President can feel that he may appeal for support
from the wire workers. Of ttr land TO the great body
of the patriotic people, to the bronzed isrmela, The
| stalwsrt yeomanry, the strong.handed ana eilong'
hearted people of all grades and pursuits, be will defy
tactionsts will disregard poers will despise those
who would tear down. with vandal hands, ths very pil.
lars of State il they stood in the path Of Their avarce
or ambition.
We have arrived at critical period of our party
existence. New issues cast upon US new duties, the
changes of time losd US with me-. responsibilities; If
We accept them and discharge them rs We have DIS
charged those of the past, doing right to the fu' de-
manding right to the full, and scorning as much TO
nfct as to suffer injustice, on the reshhold
of new career of greatness and power. But IL, on
the other hand we abandon our principles to deal
with events policy may dictate, if we shrink from
the new work that the future is rreparing for ns
above ALL if permit the name and the strength OF
the Democracy TO be used as the too. Of faction or
the engine of oppression, we devoutIy hope and be-
eve that there will be found patriotism erough III
the country to sweep the dishonored name from the
vocabulary Of the nation. A. NJ. KELLEY.
JUDGMENT Judgment was rem
dersd on the 9Th inst against Gen. VIM Walker and
his surety, s F. Slater. in the Circuit Court of the
United States, at New Orleans, for $1,000 on the re-
cognizance of the former to appear TO answer for
breach of The neutrality laws, and which recognl
zance was forfeited by his departure in the Fashion
in November. :
"AFFAIR OF HONOR."-On the 9th instant q
hostile meeting took place near Savannah Gs be-
tween Messrs. T.. A. l.. Lamar and Henry Du Big
Of that city, which resulted in the latter gentle
man receiving pistol ball in the right eye, infic;ing
q very serious wound. ..4.