Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-16

cess of the legislature to form his rsia, ofwhlci.
DIR. Blackburn spoke IN terms of high com
mendaiion. He asked if any thing had becn
said out at doors more severe than than thai
veto. But he said that Mai great and i,:y,ri
GUS patriot had descended to the tomb crt..t,,
ei with chaplet of iaurcls which shnild
iiourish IN immortal youth" when the crow.
ana carriers slinuid no in"r,, have exsic,i,...
He hoped that these blubles would -, - ~
OF use entirely and hr could not DENY Il;,,.
s'if the pleasure of looking forward To- Tie.
period when man should burst his chains ,nl
Stand forth III all his native dignity when
kings, crowns and scrttr,s sholld he rrinei,.-
beied only To be t.xecraird
Mr.. Il. denied the application to the on..s-
ton OF the opinions of ,nrisis which, had beer,
cited by tla last Commissioners whn address
Ell the House, and commended that the prjnri
Pie which governed It was To- be found in The
constitution of the q. y. which was the Test
oy whici, alone the conduct of Kentucky was
10 he tried. TIE House had heard much
about state rights and had heen told that I'm
less Kentucky was sovereign she could not L..
STATE, anu Virginia surely would not protect
Il state ON whom she did not confer snyr
reignty. DE defined liberty to mean, make
use q your oWa PiaoIeSes as you please, so -jou
do not 7njure mine. He contrndcd that The.
''CN
what are acts of sovereignty /? Coming mo-
ney, and Imprinting a value on il; max
inS war and peace, regulating commerce, Sc.
&c: There were acts which Virginia and Ken
lucky could not do bat the United States
could All the states were, in {, certain sense.
subjects To the U. States, as proved by the
consultation, which declared thai (" all treaties
anu laws made III pursuance Of the constit,-
"on should be the supreme law Of the lasd - i,
ana even The Judges stern and independent
as they were, are bound by them. If this
clause could be COTTON rid of. gentlemen lni.-bt
talk of state sovereignty.
hIr. Is. took several other views ofthe sub
Ject (5oipg to shcw the inexpediency of ac
cedins TO either OF The propositions made by
the commissioners for which we have NOT
room at present.
After Mr.. concluded his remarks. the
committee rose, reported progress and asked
leave TO sit again.
YESTERDAY, the III. of d. again resolved
ITSELF into committee of the whole on The
Kentucky Mission, Mr. Mallory of o. in ti,e
chai:. Mr. Lowell addressed the House in be-
hall of his rrsOlution-and Mr. Morris of e..
Ia support OF his own. On taking the ques
tlon, DIR. LovelPs resolution was rejected u
lew members only rising to vote for if.
Messrs. Christian and Morris of Wood.
auuhcsseo Inc committee on the subject--as
VIII be noticed in our next.-Mr Watson then
submitted (by way of substitute to Sir.
Brownies resolntiOn.) preamble and two re-
solutions, founded on the preamble; the LIST
"a winch " reserves to the commonwealth aud
all others claiming under her, all benefit that
can justly accrue from the true meaning and
faithful execution of the compact = and
the "a resolution declares {" that it is not ex-
pedient ioT this committee either To make the.
declaration now sought In be obtained from
her, concerning the construction and execution
OF me SAID compact, by the commonwealth
ot hentucky; or 10 cooperate, a; this time,
IN constituting board of commissioners. as
provided Tor III the 18th article of said COM
pact.-Mr. Browne expressed himself willing
TO withdraw his own proposition, and accept
MIR. Watsons substitute.-No question, how
ever, was taken upon it, but on motion Of
Messrs. barbour, Madison and Crump, WHO
tiionsht more time ought TO be given for deli
beraion, the committee rose, and had leave to
sit again.