Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-09

under the Cons,,ution?" Will not the Su preme
Court clutch it-cao they refuse Jurisdiction? Is
there man on that bench who for one instant--I
am putting suDposititous case case being
brougbtin the last resort TO that tribunal is there
a Judge there or any where else, who would for
one instant, listen to Counsel. who should rely
upon the Declaration of Independence, or any
other fanfuonade of distractions, as paramount
Jaw paramount to the Constitution itself The
language have applied to il is strong, but who oap
be cold in such cause?
If. said Mr.. r., make use, in the heat Of de-
bate. OF any improper expression, beg pardon
of the Senate, have long thought that could
discern, even in that paper the Declaration of
Independencel rather more of the professor of an
university than the language of an old statesman
what have discerned in other state papers l shall
not now say. But will now, with the liberty of
the Senate, relieve them from my tedious talk, by
reading an authority from this book taking up
volume OF Burke's works which is pat to my
purpose IL is on the subject of any man of sense
suffering himself to be led away from the be-
fore him, to travel out of the record Of common
sense, into the mazes of abstraction.
never govern myself no rational man ever
tiid govern himself by distractions and universals.
do not put abstract ideas wholly cut of any uues-
lion, because we'll know that under that name,
should dismiss principles; and that, without the
guide and light oil sound well understood principles,
iS"Soa'hS poutlCS, as IN every tning else,
would be only confused tumble of particular facts
and details, without the meas of drawing out any
sort oil theoretical or practical conclusion. The
statesman differs from the professor of univ ersity
- The latter has only the general view of society
the former, (the statesman, } has number Of cir
cums'ances 10 combine with those general ideas,
anu 10 take into his consideration. Crcumst ances
sSe Infinite, are infinitely combined are variable
and transient; he who does not take them into con-
cIeratlOn Is not i,ufs ,b ,i,,
yam ut cum ratione .nsaniat -he is metaphysically
inao. statesman, nev er losing sight of princi-
pies, IL to be guided by circumstances; and Judging
contrary TO the exisencies of the moment, he may
ruin his country forever'' But, said Mr. r. how
~ It with the professor? In the next edition of
nus Oook, or IN the retutation of his adversary all
the mischief that he has done may be undone and
corrected. But when this same professor becomes.
statesman? II you want 10 know the effect of
bis metaphysical madness, look to the history of
'ae french Revolution, and the undoing oil the
counry-iook TO the history Of such men as Con-
dorcei and s1rissoi, and AIirabeau--men of good
Intentions, OF learning, and genius-not that
eonni Mifaoeau among the good men OF that Revo
Luton; but La PayeIte was one OF them. What
vas the consequence OF this not stopping 10 parley
with the inprescriptible rights of man. in the alb
siract! II is that they have now full leisure 10
inrotate ON The imprescriptbie rights of their king
IN the concrete; that is The result of devo,edness
10 absrac, politics of their management look al
1t III Hayti and every where would say, if I
was not afraid OF being considered as treating this
subject too lightly, which lies heavy on INV heari
- look at the famous academy of Laeat.o aud Won
will have pretty fair specimen OF a country 90
verned by hiathemaiicisns and star-gazers. from
light houses in the sky. II il mournful while i, il
iancrous have seen men who could not write
o book, or even make speech men who could
not even spell this famous word Congress tthey
spelled il with X. y who had more practical
sense and were more trustworthy, as statesmen.
or generals, than any .aihematician any naturalist
or any literati, under the sun.
Dir, as natural death is preferable 10 death
superlnduced by the lavish use of chemical and
mineral poisnns-- so, in my humble Judgment, at
least, natural fool is preferable TO fool sec1tr-
duit arfeni- he Is the least dangerous animal of
che two At least, rot having been deeply Gull
fivaied. like other shallow soils what little mo-
sherwit is in him is not turned up by some
new patent plow, and buried beneath the sand,
never to give birth to vegetation more; whereas
the oYer-ediicaled fool never dreams that, with ri
MS learning and requirements, he is but a greater
TOOL than ever We OF the cotton country sir
know that deep cultivation is fatal TO shallow
soils. Some OF these wise men have discovered that
whale is not fish, but we have not, therefore.
altered the praseology OF the laws relating to the
Whale tishery, because one of our cognocenti has
found out that whale is no FISH at all, and has
not, as tar as know, told us what to call it; and
the hardy seaInen OF Msrblebead and Cape Ann,
who have STOOD by us and by whom will stand,
no wiser Than the Congress with all their schooliog,
will persist in talking of their good bad fishing,
and OF their having taken so many fsh.
Sir, we have a military school, and we are to
lave naval school. should not like to see the
experiment tried but, sir, it would be good
subject tor bet, not that bet is aproper subject
20 be named here but il would be good thing
would take some rough Massachusetts or Nan
tucaet, or blaine and Sagadshnck or Kew
Hampshire Seaman such man as Isaac Hull, and
pi, him against any man coming from naval a
cademy II we had an army Of cadets, il they
came across such man as Jackson or Morgan, or
such self-taught men, their diagrams at West
Point would stand them in little stead in time of
action. We must at last come down from Our stills:
we must agree 10 be what the fathers OF the Const-
tuition, the poter pdtrie, made US to be, the good
old United States, counting the arts of peace
mindnS her own business, and not interfering with
mat OF others, or with alliances, holy or unholy,
Greek or Barbarian; above all not departing under
The idea OF foreign mission, of sending 10 En-
gland or France, or TO the Congress of Verona,
ministers TO change our whole policy. and perhaps
our very form OF government departing f,inda-
mentally from the principles of the Constiiutiop
The manner in which any change ia 10 be made in
our articles OF union and confederation, is already
PROVIDED LOT In The Constitution ITSELF in article
hith The Constitution has provided that, when
ever these Coniedera.ed States shall see cause to
use them means by which ibis instrument shall
be changed, always saving, until 1893, the clause
securing the slave trade and capitstion tax from
any alteration until that time. III we choose 10 90
into common alliance with the South American
States, or with the State of Hayti, or the States Of
Barbary- (Alsers, too, is Republic) - we have
right to do it, the States and the People of the
States, are not in pupilsge-- they are sui juris-
they have right To- hecnrne n.rtins 10 H. LII.