Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-10

> - SAP'eSScS impaucnCe OF CONTROL anu no
opinion OF policy, nor in the smallest degree can
produce the impression that if they had been
per"httcd freely TO deliberate the policy EN-
oraced by our tariff, they would not have adop-
tea IL. The members of Congress would have
| saiu, tet as atone, somewhat more audibly than
Tue reach merchants did, if the President of the
ohi,ed States had drawn up bill precisely
s,Hhar to the one they enacted, and sent il 10
.ne'h IN the shape of an ordinance. The dis
JUNCTION which really belongs to the case is
overlooked IN tins argument against the tariff,
anu o course II misa ppled; for the industry of
!he country docs not regulate ITSELF as fully as
IS consistent with the idea of political society;
when majority of the immediate representa-
ives OF the people, acting within the sphere of
lhcir auty, determine upon full and free delbe-
ra'!on that il is expedicnt for the industry of the
country 10 regulate itself in this or that manner
opposed ourselves TO the policy of the tariff we
are Tree TO confess that we perceive great force
In the reasoning of those who support it, and are
apprehensive, that if their arguments are en-
countercd by nothing better than Remuneration,
they Will continue to convince majority of
the citizens of the United States, and TO make
the measure they sustain the established poll
cy OF the country. But, as the Richmond par
~ affect TO oppose the election of Gen. Jackson
upon grounds of sectional policy, they NAV be
required to shew i'm what degree the interest of
Virginia is to be promoted by the success of
real interests of Georgia and Virginia, must of
necessity coincide. They are both slave-hold-
ing and agricultural states, and depend for their
propriety upon the existence of an external de-
rnand for the surplus productions of their Iabour
Any measure of national policy tina. concerns
the general interest of the one, must affect that
of the other. Virginia, therefore, NAV be said
to possess natural and permanent influence i'm
the federal policy of Georgia, which cannot
decrease, and need not be augmented, With
The western states, however, where the ele-
ments OF wealth, intelligence and power are
in such active growth-where liberty, industry
and art, are SO rapidly evolved, that the chain
of Mississippi republics will soon outreach and
outweigh that of the Atlantic frontier; no such
common interest exists, and it is therefore the
policy of Virginia, it is her power, to form the
most important and intimate connections with
them. The parent III great measure, of their
imitation, it will not be difficult for her to at
tach them by engagements of commercial and
political character, closer to her interest; and
supported by their great and growing strength
at the head of the southern division of the Allan
tic frontier, she will regain her former WEIGHT
In the union, and exert salutary and y1ctori
Gus lntinence ON questions of national policy
which, like the tariff, shall bring the two great
divisions OF the continent into opposition II is.
therefore, an object of real Importance to tl,is
commonw ealth to conciIiate the western, states
"
ing our votes toJackson, to make Virginia once
more the rniing state in the confcderacy
The efforts of the caucus party who in these
hard times can look no farther than the treasu-
ry for President or Vice President, have been
as strenuous in the defamation of Mr. Calhoun
as of General Jackson. The instrument. by
which the destruction of their fame i'm Virpin
ia has been attempted, may be considered the
official gazette of the caucus, for the yoo;coI
district south of Potomac; and its effect is a
melancholy proof that the surcst way to infect
community with jealousy and disrclish ofthose
great public virtues, upon the announcement
OF which, the liberty and independence of the
country depend, is to lnstil into it a taste for
mean composition and base sentiments.-Tbe
minds of the people of Virginia, although satia
ted with this noxious food, are actually stravinr
Tor true nformatioD-an atrophy has seized on
our public intelligence, the severity which is |
attestcd by the preternatural influence of the
caucus by the decrease of our right i'm the u
mon, the degeneracy of other public men, and
by the demand which exists among us for spe-
ciai pleading statesmen, and dim meta physici-
ans, who are neither able to construct a frame
OF government, If one was wanting nor 10 ad-
minister the one that is formed, and whose pub
he existence Is merely an expensive continuity
of sound.
L reference to Mr.. Calhoun, as in regard to
General jackson, we cannot undertake TO OK
racter has been the subject. We can notice
only the most plausible ones. Mr.. Calhoun
has been represented 10 the people of Virginia
to be an advocate for such an Interpretation of
the Constitution, as would eDcroach upon the
rights and endanger the sovereign existence of
the states. This is a general charge, and NAV
be met by this general answer-that every man
who has taken the pains to collect Mr.. Cal
houn's sentiments on this subject, either from
his conversation or his speeches and reports
cannot fail to be convinced that he. cntertains
particular admiration and respect for that i'm
portant peculiarly in our political system, by
which the national power is divided between the
states composing the Union and the Union IT.
self-a principle next in value to that embraced
10y its distribution, into executive, Legislative
and judicial. And il may be safely affirmed
that in his public life, which though short has
been active and efficient, he has never uttered
n sentiment, nor performed an act, winch the
most jealous lover of state rights, can fairly ex-
anime, and honestly except to.
Upon this general charge, Mr.. Calhoun IS
aroused of advocating the power of Congress TO
incorporate national bank, while those who
make the accusation, know that on this point
The authority of MIR. Jefferson and MIR. Madison
who are held up by them as models of irnita-
ton for all our statesmcn-iswith Mr.. Calhoun
the latter having approved the fact of incorpo-
ration Tor the new bank and the former bill
Tor extending branch of the old bank to New
orleans. by what rule Of Justice then can the
people of Virginia condemn Mr.. Calhoun? and
how IS their dignity consulted, when they are
made by the machinery of the caucus to ceusure