Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-05-11

"eAS NC nrot crew breath, and where he l.orrs n
'ay ms bones"--"for tina, mother, xion, hcmev,-
nc may stand in her favor, he viii neye, cease 10
honour and to cherish, while he has life and rea
let. All ibis is very pretty, but Dir. Randolph
NOT the least credit for these FEELINGS nor
'os"' '"cse TENDER sentiments to AID one gram of
sooitiohai weight to his succeeding o,,scrvs,;,no
cat - attached to the chimney rrr,,,, 49,, a,
was born and raised,-anti IN. noor Z. ,..,,,h,.
thinks that benevolcnt prov;ser.. H.. 49,,
'o"n IT'S ehoeest blessings upon the benighed Ia
MN oirt'' 1t CAT DC no subec, of ,vea.,
aer then' mat the enlightened. Johr f,a,soiph ~
'oanose, whose reason must cou.r,n VIII, ;sss,
suggests, to Wit that This Is ,hs hc.. i,,,a ~, y
col sines upon, should be attached 10 the All,
gave linn thth. He who loves ais esrn,-, n.rss.
c'pa'cs III feeling common TO anif,,a tsi n,
WHO ioVcs 1t not Is less tlan trut--b, ~ & ns,,s
s'er. Nhst, therefore, we c1.nsc, iustix .Lss..
applause upon the FIRST, we are q ar,,g.,.
ing tbe 81, "in the Tiber.'r = : 81
Bot = this same letter Gir. Ra:doph "a - tss,.,s
p.r'c' appeaie', to the People bet MOI kyss,.sf Re-
prsseniatsre'' whe' he usurped the ss6wns Of
France and Italy !" The pierenee 'xiiae s,ir. Ran
doph would have Us draw, is, tha; ,hsd Bosapar, rte
appealed to the Representatives of the pco,le, ip-
stead OF the peoplc themselves, that he would never
have attained the objects or rs, ambition, the
Crowns of France and Italy. Without stopping TO
enquire whether it were not better for Froncc to
throw herself into the of Il Dicta tor nd such
Dictator as Bonaparte, than by attempting TO pre
serve the scnblauce Of Republic, FLOR which am
pie experience had proved her population TO be un-
4 Icy Lcrs
rors of foreign war, and domestic batchcry, the an
niliiiation of Religion, and the destruction of life,
property and sociey itself, let MS examine tie or
thodoxy of this proposition of Mr.. Randolph aft
the Representatives. of the people, had been appca-
ed to, instead Of the people themselves, Ithen this
application OF Napoleon had failed This IS the
inference In ether words the people are not to be
trustcd--aai this i: the very song that Mr.. Ran
dolph=s coadjutors aie singing in Virginia. Will
Mir. Randolph deny that the people, if they please,
"have right to do wrong'" And il this be con-
ceded, land who will deny il the people of France
had the saline tight to choose Bonaparte for their
sovereign, that the people Of the United States had
to throw OF the Brill Yoke. Hit is safer to trust
the Representatives Of the people, or the Lessia-
ture, than the people themselves, then it must be
safer to trust an oigarchy la perpetual LegsIature
than an ordinary one, which periodically refers back
TO the people, for delegation Of authorty-
Why Is it safer to trust the Representatives of tho
People, than the People themselves. Because
their numbers arc fewer they are more stable aud
arc presumed to have more intelligence than the
great body of the population. But an aris;ocraty
or a monarchy, would be still more exempt from
these affections which urged against the iuds-
mcnt and competency OF the people, than the Legis.
lature itseif-and by pushing the principle it will
conduct to the concuson,that the farther we are
from Democracy, the more excellent and stable is
the form of government So true it is that if we lost
sight of the grcnt Polar Principle, the sovereignty of
the people, ana what is consequence, their compc-
tencc to exercise this soveregnty-we land upon the
shores of Oligarehy or Monarchy--As in Religion,
if we relinquish the hold which Eai gives us upon
future life, and that Faith which is described in
the Gospel, we infali;biy spwreckcd upon the
disconsola,c coast of Iniideliy. We are sorry for
the sake of the Republic, that MIR. Randolph has de-
serted the frst-we hope, for his own sake tina, his
will cling fast to the last.
Continua5ic.