Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-04-08
From the Lexington Reporter.
LEE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.

FROM the Lexington Reporter.
ZEE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
"Citizens of America, the Press
mus, be iree-or you perish.
This is the greatr st dread of ,yrants
DIRE AIDED worse than bayonets, or
ails, or Internal machines"
Politics for Mechanics and Farmers.
Since the opening of the last session
OF Congress, the citizens OF the Unit
ed States have been presented with
sonae strange and queer occurrences,
sufficiently so, to con6rm everv real CT
'izen in the pece ssity which he has iu-
dividually, TO express his sentiments
and opinions in dire citing every servant
Of the people in the discharge Of his
political duties.
1. Mr.. Madison, our President, on
the opening of the session, in his mes
sage, recommended a" National Uni
versity," or rather in the language of
tie President, a 6 temple of science"
This recommend ton, a committee of
the house OF representatives rejected
as unconstitutional! here, we believe
the cornmittee acted right.
Mr.. Madison was in the wrong.
=. Both houses of congress concur
red in vote for the establishment of
n" national church" in The district OF
Columbia, and also for the appropria-
lion OF lands, for another church in the
territory of the .NIississippi-Those
bills, Mr. Madison very properly re.
jrcted as unconstitutional.
8. Mr.. Gallatin, in his famous let
ter TO the committee, on the bank ques.
ton, declared that renewal OF the
char er was constitutional.
, That old ho.ry headed veteran Of
the revelation, George Clinton God
bless him declared, that it was I'M
constitutional.
4. Mr.. Gilesi is represented to have
said 10 congress, on the bank question,
" Adverting TO the fashion of in
structipg senators by state legislatures
he deprecated the pfactice---it tended
10 en,barrass the national legislature,
and II it be persevered in, might lead
10 dangerous consequences. The state
legislature, IL was true, had the right
to instruct, but the senator's had a riy hi
10 dlsobey such insrruction---it was a
bare right without remedy, or the
cans of Enforcing It "A senator was
not the representative of a state legis.
ia'ure, but Of the people of the United
5 ates. When chosen he ought 10 be
unbiased, free TO pursue mis- own OPT
Mons"
Did not Mr.. Giles once concur in
restricting the represe natives from
Virginia to vote against the alien and
sedition laws?
Now we would ak Mr.. Giles, if the
cuizens of the u. States on he forma-
ton Of the federal government, choose
to delegate the power of the election
OF senator's to their respective state L.
gisiatures, were not these representa-.
tiv-s IN the state legislatures, reprt sent
lag tie citizens OF the states? Have
not the citizens of tie states a right,
an unbounded right to, instruct and
otier 'heir attorney or servants, on
their own concerns. We argue from
the minor to the major We say. that
II we elect senators & representatives
10 our house of assembly at FRANKFORT,
We have right established by the
blood of our forefatbers, in contesting
Driush tyranny, TO direct those repre-
sen;atives how to yo e-couseuuentlv.
II TIC senators in congress are chosen
hy our representatives., the citizens
have an equal privilege, through the ar
rePre sentatievs in the sembIies. TO
instruct the servants OF their represent
taiives.
s. IL is represented that MIR. Pope,
senator from Kentucky, IN dc use OF
such language a. the following, on the
bank question -
EztSre' from the Baltimore Wing,
W ashiugton, February 10 1911