Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-22

raw, anu SupJcct them Tor damages. But
they are said not 10 be ablr TO paw
much hence, If they we're committed TO
Iall, they would take The benehl Of the
aci, and get clear most probably, and
tedee The bank in the lurch.''
BY tins ingenious logic, tie bank NAV
indeed as oeU whistfs tor It's money. But,
II is brle, ed, that toe question will not
come To such an issue that the I.eyisla-
i"rc"iIl give back the money, hut With
IA profrStaisiio against the bank Itself. the
principles on which II Was established
aud has been maintained b! The Supreme
Court, &c. &c.
Whh all our respect for The Editor of
HE Southern Paitiot," catlioi again
rhtcr lnio controversy with him upon
the subject of The United Ai..,cs Bank,
unii! u" has 2Ohe through tie course OF
reading " Inch we once took ths liberty
oi advising. Has he refreshed his recol.
lection at HE doctrines of the republican
party OF Us and 90! Has he forgotten,
or has he ever seen the debates ni Con-
srcss :ipon ihc Alien and Sc,iilinu laws
ne resolutions OF Kentucky, peuned by
MIR. Jefferson the resolutions and Re
p"ri of the Virginia Legislature OF %
and 90, prnned by Mr.. hiaIisni 3 ui
other distinguished productions al thai
great epoch These are E" the law and
the prophets" Ii these do moi convince
him thai the Supreme Court have erred,
fatally erred in ,heir opinion, tina, This
OPINION Is Ola nature 10 change The " hole
constitution OF our government, ne should
despair OF success by any arguments
which we migt i be able To urge. Ii they
do cnpvlDce him; if they bring him back
To The republican fold from which he has
bcedlcSsiy s,rayed, all controversy on
our part would be useless: and we should
sincerriy rejoice in the triumph of truth.
Bni The Patriot" asks, +" are There no
PATRIOTS among us, as keenly alive OH this
SUBJECT az those who seem to trembie Tor
The sovereignty of the states! Are there
no politicians so far sighted as To- see
symptoms of consolidation and despo-
'lsm IN the federal authorit, Why is not
their jealousy excited e
And are there none such We know
oil many such-manv, who think they
scent " The approach of despoiism" in the
tainted breeze" Were we al liberty 10
specify names, aud were authorities argu
! menls, we could cite the highest mrn IN
Virginia, " tar sighted" in their views,
whose JEALOUSY isexciied byi,Ie doctrines
OF the Supreme Court.
would have been saved some of his re
marks, if he had seen the views We hav.
taken IN our paper OF FRIDAY last; vs. have
shown ioherein the state of Ohio was
wrong what she onght To have done, and
what she ought now TO do. That there
are cases, hard and extreme cases, of
deliberate and dangerous breach OF The
constitution, requiring The iuierposilIon
OF me s'"'rS, 10 arrest The progress of The
tvH, was Tie doctrine maintained by
virginia N 30, and flows from the very
nature OF The federal compact. The
maa'ier III which Virginia iliierposed, is
equally worthy Of arr iniIdiIons Lei
me Gas" he ever so extreme. d STATE ought
tirst 10 esIausi every eXpedicnt OF remon-
siranc", ol argument, OF amendments 10
Tie constitution, before il ercm yneClitoteS on
arraylng It's own authority against that
OF the FEDERAL government Ohio has not
done this; and therefore she has done
wrQng.--lI Is desirable That there should
be some mCans 0f settling such disputes
between the federal and state govern
mehis. Some tribunal oushi to exist for
Tins purpose. No snch tribunal does
exist. lie" years since, such propu-
slsion WAS made by The Legislature of
Pennsy wanna. u was reiected-Bui is il
best by some' impartial tribunal Ia sci at
resi- these questions OF jurisdiction, as
they arise
The maaRer anil the circumstances under
which Massachusetts came forward IN 1913,
(Desdes her sophistical doctrines) we've .wor.
Thy OF Eotbimg but apprehension.
The Florida question is not vet in such a
shape before Tie public as to receive final
d. cislon. There is scarcely any THU. in the
n,wSpapers, butsnrmiaes specHiatious. proha
bihiies, peThapses, and possibilities. The
London lette rswritten from Madrid, appear Ia
speak with an air of greater confidence about
details hut what do they at last amount 10 =
They give uS tlie history of three Spanish
grants of land D.; they state them to have bceh
subsequently set aside 10y the King himself =
and yet though these stumbling blocks are re-
moved. when one has supposed that Ibis great
difficulty was quoted. the treaty is not Coufjrm-
ed. aud The writer does not cOndpscend Ia in.
form ns what was the difficulty at last. Had
Il. Britain any ha"d in the reiectiOu2 This
writer does not inform. MS while another as
sures us that she had some hand in il that she
had demanded Cuba in case we obtained the
fiIridaS.
II is said. that new nerociotor i'm the
share Of some high Spanish noI,lenlam. is abont
TO come over Ia ask for iSturmation . about
What tie ruinOr is not civil enough 10 inform
uS
In this state of perpiexity aud con n.i N. i,
Is Impossible Ia come u anv satisfactory G ne
cIusiOD about the causes or courses of thing,
We had best wait for FACTS "A calm aud dis
passionate view OF them eau aloue light us TO
IN p e! w'ichhc y Is h hon , iieit.tt
and The Interests OF our country
In the mean time and before Cungressmeets,
oni government is not bcunl 10 bc Inactive
lis true the President is not authorised TO oc
cupN Fl0ildd d Baltimore Editor spgcu-
iatrs he may do. tie will wait f0r a law 10 IN
thorize such measure. rs true there Is
no law (Is a Pmhdcb lila paper suggest
enacted for state Of thugs LIKE the present
The act of ConstesS of the3d March. 1919 an
tborzcs HE President 10 take tuS>t s>iun ~
the florldaS, aud establish temporary go.