Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-27

sre not hoHelrssiy depressed. Trusting in
he goodness ofHeaven and their own siren
;ous exertions encouraged by the rewards,
which prolific soil, under the influences of a
;rnial climate, acc rded Ia the labnurs of hus-
randty. they had so nitigated the rigors of
heir remedial system, by legislative enact.
u:rnts, AZ In iusprit hope, and intigorate in
dLa;ry they were uniting habits ut increased
GV.umy with thnse OF indusiry-ihry still EN-
.Jyed ia the right OF srit- 80, ernupnt, IN.
dressings ct liberty, and they We're ch.ercd by
hv conviction that their d'iiculiips must, at no
liS'adt period yield tn their decreased economy
ava their Industry the light of prosperity was
again beginning 10 dsplay its faint dawninss
..on ihrn when the appellate court OF the
nation and stale Thy consenIaneOus impulse)
rs II ~ the view To- "xempiifv the i!Iuslve ia
tnrc nj h"pe aud the taliHcy ofthe fairest pros
necis, uttered their respective edir:s. The
;0rmer proclaimed that the state pf Kentucky
pnssesscd no Legislative dominion over iis
soi!-the latter that the Legislature uf the
state, possessed no power To alter, amend or
modify lis remedial laws. The former hav-
ing DISTINGUISHED the state, and reduced it Ia
ile degraded posture of province OF Virgin
ia-the latter denied 10 i; even provincial Lee
gisiativ- powers. The error of the la,ir- has
been exposed. For an exposition of the error
OF the Former, reference is made to petition
uader the signature OF John Rowan and Hen
~ Clay, presented tn that court rpr IL re- hear
iog in the case of Green ard Biidle the case
IN which the oduu~ doctrine wa. prucui II. d
and TO series ofnumbrrs pa ,lishcd in the
/" Commentator" under the signature OF
- Humphrey Nhrshali' in which the reason
Ing einpioyrd III the Petition is ably illustrated,
anpliied aud enforced - those documents aie
conAecled herewith aud their reasoning adopt
I'd. The dcclara,ion by the peop. or Ken
lucky, th;t they ,cW Be free, wnnld be- super
ilnnus-they cannot, until their habits and ma
lure are changed, BE- otherwise they
bavs no preference for Judicial tyranny-tiiry
will not tolerate tyraDD; under any disgiiisr
but while iiiry abhor oppression under what
ever mask they lave order, and will not viu-
late il, untii no other alternative is left
Wherefore,
Resolved, Ivy the Legislature Of the Com
m0nwea!th oi Kentucky, That they do here
10y most soiemnIy protest IN the maine and on
the behalf of the gnnd people uf Kentucky,
aSaipst the erroneous, iriurious, aud dt:Sradiu;:
doctrines Of III" n.iuion nj the Supreme Couri
II the Unt"d States, pronounced al The last
session of that Court, Ia the case of Green and
Biddlp.
And it IS further resolved, That this T.egis-
!ature ought, as The first measure 10 avoid the
oppression aud Degradation Indicted hy The
npininn upon he STATE of Krntuciy, to pre-
sent 80 the Congress Of The u ,itrd States,
temperate but firm remunsrance asaiust its
ioctrines-and therein {" call upon the ma lion
70 guarantee to the state ITS republican form
ut government. aud its c"-equai sovereignty
with the states which compose this union =
aud that = communities ot two members from, the
Senate and fo.r from the House of Rrpr-sen-
iatisrs hr appointed to prepare and report
such rcnopstrance.