Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-22

Tie sdpfen;s coart a sweeping hover 70 in
terpret the constitution, even Wien state !,
a party.
We have charged them with claiming fo,
4 the Same court a right to drag state to IN,
bar OF The federal cuurt, Ia answer the com
plant ofan i',divid;,al
we have charged them, with hayi,,. arro-
gated for the federal government a power 10
establish biGkiaS corpor;, in.is--an in,lrtinit,
power ID erect roads and dir canals. SC. &c
4 ne grounds, hpon which they have claim.
ga these power, are calculated 10 change The
form oil the gov eroment, by sweeping away
ihm"si every barrier which was So; up t. pro.
tGef the rights of the states. They have de.
Tended the principles of the supreme court in
The ease of McCul!och; they are willing
tn make the term "necessary' SYNONYMOUS
with The terms cnaycnient'' car coi,luciy.
Z" ); and thus, in fact, III convert limited into
an unde6ned constitution They are fiends
TO that sort of construction, which the federal
party resorled IL in the iey,lay of their power
and OF which The legitimate offspring was an
| Alien and Sedition law
Where viii they stop: WHEN will they
say To the powers uf the general government
mus FAR shalt thui ~, and no farther 80
what power haze they refused To that go
vefnmcnt What have they not vindicated :
Go and Inc Soeih-comc aud he cuincth" In
word, they have abandoned a.. die Jealous,
doctrines nf the republicans OF '9G aad 'o9
and have adopted thu high-toned doctrines of
the Federal party. They say" it is too late
Tor the Enquirer 10 attempt to set up new
version o.tIe term Republican," But il is they
VINO si'e a new version to il, not we. We still
adhere In that version Of il, which Nas .,a tain
eu, ut The Tune when certtiu yir@s of the
constitution SO materially contributed to
generate the two political pariius--and when
IT WAS said by the greatest man of the fe-
dera party "this. measure made n deep
impressions on many members oi the 'cgisli-
tnrr, and contributed notinconsiderably TO the
complete organization Of those distinct aud vi
sihln parties which in their long and dubious
conflict Tor power, have since shaken the T.. 6
20 their centre. ""-Let these Editors upon
These accumulated proofs go tn their trials,
before Eppes, and Roanc s. Co.--,nd see
thcr they will he denomnated as good old
Rcpublicans, or con lrmncd as dese,ters.
| The lnteillgencer finally suggests Il at we
nave carried our stale feeling % Ia extremes -
| winch may cause II to " come in contact with
another feeling which ought TO be equally che
r'shed-wc mean, rational ccli &" But e
are as much d., OF, d To the union of In, SO
states as any one. VS. would as readily give
10 1t those powers which are essential to its
existence and prosperity. We would have it
exert with energy all that it poss.sses.-But
| we repeat iterum 1terltngue, that our leading
| maxim is that OF the venerable Republican
isor5e Clinton, when from the clair of the
Senate of the U. States, he gave his casting
vote against the Bank:
+" In ,e course Of long lie, have found that 90
vernmeni u not 10 be strengthened by the ass,tp-
non OF 6onb" powers, but ,cise 81 energetic execI-
ton OF those which incoalestaJie ;the ormcr me-
lauer in:i!'res respect and confidence. II, howe
Vcr on iair experiences the powers rested in the go
'ernnent shall he fo,d incompetent to the aliain-
meHt"i the objects for which il was instituted the
coHsttaio" hrPpiiR furnishes The means for renesiyia.,
: me enH by amendment"
We repeat, that these words deserve to be
written in letters of gold upon the walls of
the Capitol at Washington.
Bank Of The L. So jfIrshaWs 9Th rol. nj the Life
q L. Fashi3gtca) Tho historian farther calls this
great and radical division of opinion, which would
necessarily affect every question the authority of
/ the national legislature"