Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-11

man, his power being paramount the power OIL INC
people, ofcourse. their power cannot be the Orig
nal source of all political power, and governments
consequently must be of divine origin, it the Pre-
siden,'s hypothesis be true. 1t is denied that God
assigns any duties to man in his social character
to be executed by him in his Official character, they
being assigned by his fellow man; because all the
relations of man 20 his God are In his indivldua,
not in his corporate character; and II the Fiesi-
dent ever finds his way to heaven, he will 60 mere
ms John Quincy Adams, not as President oil the
u. S. God is no respecter OF persons, anu 'he
King and the beggar stand in like respect oeio,e
him 1t lis believed that the Kings of this world
will make very different figure in the next, COM
pared with the little gli,terng ephemersi aash
| they make amongst their fellow beings here be.ow
1t is true that man, in,rusted by his fellow man
with the discharge of social duties. Is Responsible
to his God for the due performance OF them; Out
these duties are in fact imposed upon him by MS
fellow man, and not by his God, and his response
bility his God is in his individual not his corporate
character. God makes man man makes gov ernmehts'
God never made corporation he permits man 70
make them and poor, weak, silly man INDUCES
his little cunning in making them. to the des,ruc-
ton of his own natural inestmable rights and iioer-
ties. Corporations. especially paper corporations
are at this day the great governmental instruments
| for ensaving mankind. Could it have been ex-
peeted that in the first half century after our Ia
theirs had discovered and proclaimed the grea'
political truth that the rights of man were tho
true source Of all political power, 1t would nave
become necessary TO defend that principle against
the doctrine of the jure divino,' declared by tn,
President of the u. S. in his message to Congress
But, fellow citizens! marvel not at these things
for the writer challenges the President, and hi
whole cabinet, to find more despotic doctrines II
the writings of the most intrepid defenders OF tn
divine right of Kings, than are contained In M
message, in the speech Of his first, and the repor
OF his second secretary. it is presumed, that thes
doctrines have become necessary, as they certanl
are necessary, to sustain the splendid consolidate
government of which, the cabinet seems TO hav
become enamoured, and infinitely more to be re
GREETED, of which the people seem also to have be
come enanioured. "'Ts strange!!! IT'S passin
strange''!!! that any people, unimpelled by an
excitement whatever, either by fear or by force, 4
state of perfect volition, should deliberatel
choose give up their inesimable rights and lber
ties, their solid happiness, in exchange Tor th
empty vanities of sound, and the glitterng gew
gaws of splendour.! The President admits, tina
The usurpation of powers not granted, is crimina
and odious What powers are these! 1t all mora!
political and intellectual power, be delegated 4
" social man, by the author of our existence,
seems to the writer TO include all power. Their
is none left ungranted; of course. it would be i'm
possible 10 commit The ACT Of usurpation, which i
denounced by 1Tesluent, as anu
and in that way, the President may avail hmsel
of this decoy, and escape from his own denuncia
ton. But if the constitution be considered as I'll
only charter of the powers of the general govern
ment, then the usurpation Of powers beyond tn
grants of that charter will, in the opinion OF III
writer, justly subject the President to the odiur
and crimnality which, in that event, he denounce
against himself. 1t is true the President in anohe
} part Of his message, speaks of the venerated con
stitution but whenever the President speaks c
the venerated constitution, he reminds the write
of dashing, headstrong prodigal who processes mo:
highly to respect, and most dearly TO love h
venerated grand mother, but prides himself upo
disregarding all her.wse, sdmonishing precepIs an
adopting a maxim of his own, for his rul
and conduct, check, nothing" which ma
be considered free English version, of the Pres
dents imputed motto
.dHt Caesar, cut nulius.
March 2, 1926.