Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-12-08

phethertic states hare actuaIlu conferred them
or not 1T the least doubt should be entertained
about such power, why, Mr. Adams cuts the knot
az once: ether by the most extraordinary construc-
tons from the express powers in the constitution;
or II that expedent will bear him out he refers
boldly To the still broader doctrine of the great OIL
Jeft OF tie Institution of civil government itself
Are such the established doctrines of the Pre.i-
dent oi the u. States? Was there no councillor at
hard to oppose them with the freedom of a friend
and The iearlessness OF a Republican? Where was
Mr. Clay, when this doctrine of the general wei
rare was Substantially pressed into the service of
the Ne-ssge! Where we're The old Virginia princ-
pies OF Mr., James Barbour? What does h.. now
say to the professions wlcn Mr.. Adams once
made hiin OF his love Tor Virginia and alpro1afion
/ OF her principles. Would ae sit ouIe,ly in The
Cabine, and hear such doctrines boldly ayoycJs
Was there no solitary yoire raised against them?
Surely Virginia viii not acque see in them: But nut
4 ioTh every legitimate eNer'ion for arresting their
establishment. IL will change in the most inpor-
tant RESPECTS, the tchoie scheme of TIE Constift-
tom. Tine time has come when we should look
back upon the work OF our ioI ef,hers: upon their
contemporaneeus expoStinns of the constitution
upon the pages OF the Federaist the Debates in our
own Cow ention; and upol the yyafning voices OF
The great men who lived la the ia vs. of the adopio
OF the constitution. The time has come when we
should not only look the our Henry and
our confederate states. Samuel Atoms one of the
best and purest Wings of WHOM, tins nation ever
ooasied) drew picture in 1897, Of that stale OF
'hinSs which Is mos, congenih TO our happiness
ana 'hat l., that " we continue distinct, sover eign
states, coniederaied Tor til, PURPOSES of mutual
safety and happiness, each con ,ribu,ins TO the
federal head such part OF is sovereignty, as would
render the government fully adequate TO those pur-
poses, and no more"
II were curious thing to compare the doctrines
al TINS Message with the sentiments of his colo
DRAFTED 4ih OF July Grafton. There Liberty was =,
mos every thing: aud In such terms did he sp.,k .,
the Fine Arts aud even Sciences ofG Britain ~,
most oi-the enlightened citizens of our o,vp ro,
uisapProved OF the indifference with which he s,oL
| 'o"' ''rh' bu'' no", the great use of Liberty i.
represented TO consist Ia the improyeme ,,s I,i =,
II PROMOTES; and which are 30 uotortu,a,aI !, ,
| 10 'hs oehiShted hemisphere The pen of n,,e,rri
Isei Is most enthusiastically einploved on H.
voyages of discovery, and the royal observ,,or;o
Oh tue nations oil Earupe.-- nd ihe-e imnrovs,non,
| are now TO he m'de not much bv the peo,y -,
| The states, but by the General Govern,,an, =,
whom nat never has heen given, and never ca,
be exercised but by trampling down the very g.
principle of the Constitutions.
bai Time presses and space fails us-ve shall
take up this Message Saturday, with tba, fro,
spni' which MS extraordinary contents enio;,
upon the American Press.-We think il ia q,
Titled 10 great ,s en'ion. The idea of maeni6
cent government has dszzed the mird of Mr. A
dams.-fiie brilliant and the striking have s.,,ad
upon his attention instead of The solid and the
useful. ~
Two remarks more. Mr.. Adams has most ,ro.
perry reserved the subject of the Cree, con,ro
versy TO Subsequent Message. Had he content o.,
himself with saying so, without coupling il with
the precipiiate insinuaton, that 81, wa. ratified
under the maSusPecting impression that it had becn
negotiated in good iah,' it would have been
sui much better. (lt were well for him 10 have
read the olhclal statement of the l.. S. Comussio,.
ers, just publ hed in Georgia upon that subiec,
] MI Adims says, the invitation 10 attend the
'ongres- OF Panana rs accepted; and the .lfjuiS
tiers tpiifb be commissioned. The Sennte will he
decide how they ought to be pleased with this I'M
qaalineddeclara'ion. What right the President has
10 undertake. 10 say, that Ministers ayiH be COM
nissioned without obtaining the assent of their CO.
ordinate authority, we at loss % DEF ermine
II ne Constitution be son,sthing more than pnrch-
lHsnt, surely It's provisions, The appointment nj
oresn Ministers, may deserve some iitile resDec,
| IL SAYS that :" The President shall have mover r.
MI up all 0aedncies that may happen during re
recess Of the Senate, by granting COMM, sioos
which >ha. expire at the end oil their next session
Ihere is no Udcamcy in the Mission 10 Panama !:
Tor there ne' er has been Ii is an original an
poiniment, IN the institution of which the Sen,,e
certainly, u not the II. of Representatives. have
d direct participation.