The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-05
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, LaNU.ARY 5, 1909.
~. MULTUM IN PARVO.
TO rHEPEoPLE OF TIRE Eastern STATES

TO rHEPEoPLE OF THE EASTERN STATES
NO. y.
had relinguishcd my pen. Fellow Citi-
zens under hope that there would be no
more occasion to resume it. But what to
hear That there are men among you,
attempting to rouse you into opposition to
The lawS-that there are really men among
you VINO would stop short at nothing to put
down the present Observation-Disclosures these
m n are even for going 50 far as to proclaim
opposition to the government, and per-
suaie the people to resist the authority of
tie union. What is this but avowing that
the "snion of these states" itself is bat a su.
bcrdinate object-and that their ambition on
chagrin is so inordinate to be contented
with nothing less than the dissolution of our
Countrya
NV very heart freezes with horror, my
Fellow Countrymen, when hear even the
most distant inlsination OF these rumours-
Can they b. true /? IRE there any men a.
Mong you, except the minions aud spies of the
British government, who dare to mediate
these designs ,
Are our alarms altogether groundless We
have seen the resolutions of the last Legis-
lalure Of Massachusetts-I shall suppress
the emotions of alarm and Indignation which
these resolutions have inspired. We have
seen too, the letter Of Messrs. Varnum Cults
SS',aSci Barker, Green, Cock, Deame. Hs!cy
and Bacon, the republican part of the pre-
sent congressional delegation of that state
In reply 20 taese resolutions. Let these gem
tenen speak the doubts and fears, which
one sentiment in these resolutions is calcu-
lated TO inspire. have pondered that sen
timent over and over again-I have taken it
in Context with the other passages--I have
vIeweC It In relation TO the present state OF
nv Country. And-but let these gentlemen
express my comments in their own:
uniformly ard proudly cherisietiin the good sense
Ee habits of suborllinatisn, and the tried patriot
lsIn oIeu Iellow -eitlzens Of Massachusetts. we
. have nsver allowed ourselves to indulge doubt
or this point; and we remark with much regret
mat m the observations ofthe Legislature CA this
subject, THAI goOd sense, those habits, and tina
patriotism, appear Go be distr9sted by their mne
aiste representatives, and that TIC enlargement
OF our domestic peace, and what IS of much
more serious moment, of the union of these
sttes, rs threatened az the issue of their discon
tents Considerations of this sort, are so TOTALLY
oeyono the reach four apprehension, and so dis
reputable to the known character of the great bo-
dy OF the people of Massachusetts, that we can
not, tor moment allow them to prejudice our
1S!loT'+ritizens III our esteem much less can we
snhe' them 10 influence our Judgment in the ex-
f-rciss OF "ur representative functions. The very
Ideals inad5nissble, the suppositior is impossible
and we snab certainly use best endeavors to
yindicatc, ia the opinion of the nation, and of the
world, the reputation Of our constituents, thus
hastily implicated and prematurey <iistrusted
" We are unable TO say, whether it was with
viaN to that unhappy and indispensable state of
things above alluded to, that the legislature thro
the organ oftheir committee, whose report was
by them adopted has further remarked, that IN
the confidence that tho embargo laws would be
forthwith repealed by Congress, tho Legislature
o! Massachusetts, has, at their present session
hncd itself to- a repeated Misrepresentation of the
laws interdicting foreign commerce. and TO in.
a.,
representatives. i'll Congress to use their utmost ex
eTtlons 70 pressure their repeal" But as we do
not reco!iect any other Constitutional or beacedbIe
mode an which state legislature can interpose
Its voice, between the constituted authorities OF
Tie national laws, we are utterly at LOGS to con-
lecture what 2iteyior measures can be contempa-
Ted by the Legislature o. Massachusetts,, at fu-
tire session. should their present intelposition
tah OF procuring the accomplishment of their
WISHES We are indeed fully sensible, that we
nave no right to ask for the disclosure Of those
Interior measures "
And now, aotriots of Massac husctts. what
are we, roor, and patriotic citizens of the
South to thirs of these things ?--I,, fcqD
days, The Legislature Of yoRr 8fafe usscin-
.AleS again. We look to il with the SINGER
Sss anxiety. We, your brethren OF the South,
80 who felt for your sufferings at the first
bud Of the revolutionary war; & gloried in
your herioc achievements on Bunker's Hill
we honestly tell You our doubts and our
tears What will that body do ? what mad
freaks will distinguish the flaming FEEDER.
aiists ofthat house /! AS to the great body
OF the people OF Massachusetts, we have no
apprehensions. We knew, that there is
redeeminS spirit among them, which will
carry the constitution unhurt" amidst all
the contagration of its enemies But sup
pose that the Federalists of that body should
be So wild in their ensuing session as to
pronounce an anathema against the binding
force OF the. laws OF The General (soycra,
ment--Suppose they should avow, that the
seas are and ought to be free to the enter
prizes of their people, and that these men
torsooth would protect the people in the ex.
ercise OF this privilege--I make, fellow-citi-
.zens. the widest and most extravaeant sup
position-What then Do you not mark
tie consequence
Most OF us in the South believe war tobe
inevItable--but we want time for some new
experiment upon the interests of Europe -
" want 1t more especially to arm our ports
aid equip vessels, and raise trosps Ia a