Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-11-16
STATE. RIGHTS

The National lnteiligencer has done
us ihe Justice TO re- publish our remarks on
The " Case of Ohio" We thank him for
it.-Bui he has subjoined certain com.
mems 10 II, with view of taking off its
effective shall notice these with the
irankness which becomes us.
No subject (says the Intelligencer) has more
strongly attracted the public attention than the
late transaction i'm Ohio, in which certain Of
hcers OF that state, in execution of state law
imposing tax OH The Bank of the United
States. entered the Office ofDscount and De-
poste at ChilicOthe, and forciby took from its
vaults a large amount its money. This act
has, with IA few exceptions, been reprobate by
the most enlightened presses of the country,
as well in the state of Ohio itself, rs oct of IT,
VI Tie exceptions. the most distiDg ushed is the
Richmond Enquirer. That respectable print
being hard pressed by some of its adversaries,
asks to be heard in its defence and we cheer
fnlly comply with Its request 10 insert the fol-
lowing article.
The lntelligencer is not very ingenious
IN IFS opening statement. II is not true
that the Enquirer was hard pressed by
some OF lis adversaries, that it" asks 10
be beard in lis Defence" but because the
lnielllgenceriiseli had publisheda sarbled
statement OF our opinions, that we wished
those opinions TO speak for themselves
One would think il we're easy enough
TO have distinguished between wish 10
dUoad misrepresentation, and sense Of
being bard pressed by your adversaries.
Let Tins however pass
The lnielligencer then publishes the
article IN qucstiou-wilh the following
comments
In giving place to the above article. we
might let II pass with perfect safety, az IT EN-
braces, in the quotations from the celebrated
report and resolutions OF Virginia, an ample
and conclusive answer 10 all the arguments
winch we can discover in the comments OF the
Enquirer. For the purpose, however, of in
Producing more distinctly few of the passag-
es quoted, we offer one or two remarks. 1t is
rot uncommon to see error attempting to rear
IT'S fabrics upon the basis oftle purest truths
aud we have rarely observed more striking
instance OF this anomaly than in the case he
fore us.
We admit. i'm their greatest extent, the
soundness of the doctrines contained in the
Virginia resolutions. 10 praise them best is to
say, that every sentence speaks their eniIght-
emed aud respected author. Happy would il
be tor the issue Of the controversy i'm uups-
| ton, II those who borrowed tic reasoning of
| this grea; man would use lis caBdOr. caution
| and moderation.
We would ask the Enuuirer 10 revise lis
| opinion and say if the act creating the Bank
| rs enc OF these cases OF" deliberate, paipable
and dangerous exercises of unconstitutional
powers contemplated by the resolutions bl
|
pose for aTresting the progress of the evil, q
| Maintaining Within their respective lin Is
| " the authorities, rights, and liberties apper-
tanning 10 tbemH The General Assembly Of
| Virginia, III adopting the Report drawn ~ by
| Mr.. Madison, had in view, We conceive, ON Y
! Os' cases OF glaring and criminal usnrpatio,
| which admitted Of nv doubt. as 10 their exi,-
| icDce, and tie effect OF Hhich was to de-
] mOlish the entire fabric of the coustliu-
! ton. and to set iH its place an authority WITH .
| ont any other limits than its own pleasure
| . Ii does not follow (says the Reportj that be-
y cause the states, as sovereign parties 10 their
constitutional compact, must ultimately de-
" eide whether IL has heen violated thdt such
| IS decisiOH ought to he interposed in a Ilasty
! " manner, or on doubtful q inferior occasions j
IL must he case not obscure or doubfftL In lis
construction, but plain ard pqipabie." " A
" case III impies) so GagrQRf and so fafaI ~ Ia
unite eUe'y opinion ~ placing it within The
" description" Can the Enqnirer-can any
| man really believe that the act Incorporating
| the Bank Is such case Of usurped authority
a case, which so fapfrom being p'ain. paipnbie
a q aRdoubted,is one which public opinion has
| decidedly approved; 4 case IN which some a
| majority, We believe) Of The most enlightened
ana patriotic citizens have. upon their oaths
| declared that they believed 10 be constitution.
| Al case which The people have in every
way sanctioDed-by their scquiescepcs 10 tie