The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-01

alarm, and raised the ME and cry asa;n,, the
| nterpostion of the States. Mark the dee
! triBes which Federalism then held in I,,C Re-
solutions adopted by T.: federal Legislature.
OF Massachusetts. In replying to those of
Virginia, what do they say
" They deem It their duty aolemply to declare that
vile they ;,oi S'erel me principle h,t be consent
ct die people the only pure Just and legit-
mate power, 'hrs cannot Gti'a;t ne righG " State
IfgISdsWetu 'ferHnec the a,lmnist, io OF the 20
vslrn'ct, which the people ihr,,s.ly, ,.ya s,IIau
eomPact have exclusively con'nitted tcr ntoual con-
ear,' I'll i'ow many have ror dies, 30 iii.
cal .sypecifes not only dt3y1ice.l but neRaced die
administration ,
6 That the Legislature are persuaded that the deo.
SLOT OF AL esSc an law an equity arsng under the
constitution ott5e Uuitcd Sates, and the construction
OF all laws male in pursuance Ia, root are erctlsi- IA
Uut,l States.
" Tia the people. in that solemn eoufnet which is
deciaret to be the supreme law ut a.. hM, have not
constituted tn Sidte ieg,sG,nges the s,ges Of the
Gc's ~ aeGsuTca oi the federal government but have
sohni'i Ia them the power oi proposing sUc amend
snehts u tie constitutions shall appear 10 them ne
ccssUy 10 the Interests conErn:tle 20 tl,e wishes
OF q. people ~lo,s tLey represent"
ihc Legislature then proceed to point oul
the consequences 0f TenlonStTunce anG ofhoSt-
t'on on the part OF the otates---and they are
drawn IN the most gloomy colours; because
they were calculated to promote &c the am
6HieHs projects NJ partiCuar State, or Of its
leading nd Influential u7en,6sys,' and to
cnnv'lls * confuse the people &" by the con-
tilct be w ca the hostile juris,ic lions eujoyns
the protection OF neither = How adj
.,''f;Sio!y prophetic is this ofthe views of the
Jdnto at thls moment, & heir eftcct3 upon the
nsti7nD
Now-who could have dreamt ihat one of
the very men who spoke this ltnguage in go,
should have penncd the message Of 1915
81 y,Cl, 70
10 IT'S principles, so shifting in its doctriues.
yet always daring, always desperate It's
oc1eot always the same, its mans always
Changing It's leaders 2lways ambitious.
yet always veering in their rnessu,es.--
PoT'eT is the idol before which ,hcv
bow and at her shrine they W, uioi s:i.
crihce their principles and their country
To-day, the States are nothing-thev have
no right to lift even a word of conplamt.
lo-morrnw, they are every tiing-they c.,n
raise independent troops, orgau;ze formidable,
tc'.Uen'io'is, and menace the government
with rebellion and the Union with riissulur;eps
VINO can trust these daring chie0ains yVAl
the enlightened People OF America Can
they conhdeiG Faction, who are T'yyasts
IN to7caT, and during Rebels oar 9fn2
but is OF Virginia. equally iHcoaSi5te'at ,
NO. In '9S, she asserted the right of the Lee
gisatures to point outbreaches in the Const;-
tution--she did speak hIainiv. but she sDoke
respectfully. She demonstrated, but she did
not fhrcaten.-in 1915, she comedies the
right of Massachusetts, to STEAK through her
own Legislature it the state of the nation.
the war in which we are engaged, die rot
render If expedient aHl! wise - &c silent
She asks. at least, of Massachusetts. that il
she does speak, She should speak like an a
merioan; and not like AN advocate Of pub-
lie enemy.
ouch spell OF csli weather. we have had fer te.
hat le'' days has not been Witnessed among Us iorolr
u'rty wintera--Ihe ground has been covered w.,
snow, scarce feec Of it melted: aui he s,ria, =
our waters locked up by The harder, iee-The iaIn.a