Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-02

defeated by n stale, or even by an individual, can
he the necessary consequence OF an appropria-
zion on the part OF the general government And,
uul this is established, must be excused for pay
ing so much respect 10 the fair common sense
,aning of words, and 10 the received rules oi con-
stuction, as TO think, that revenue specially
, raised for &C promoting the common defence and
General welfare" OF the country, may be applied
70 those purposes, without any reference whatev-
or to a subsequent enumeration OF additional
ao,rcrs TO be exercised bv the government. And
n am the more decided in this opinion, from the con
yciion that If il be not correct, the people OF The
United States have been guilty of the extreme
folly of defeating the most important end OF gov
ernment, their Oicn prosperity, by an inludicious
distribution of their powers and resources between
their different agents having given TO ihe general
Government abundant resources, which can not be
used for want OF objects OF appropriation, and TO
the state governments, important powers, which
cannot be exercised for want OF revenue 10 sustain
them Restore, to the State of Virginia. the power
Ito lay and collec, duties, and imposts, within
her own limits, and there Is no measure connected
either with the education of her citizens, the im-
movement of her roads and canals, 81 the coloni-
zaon Of her people of color that will be beyond
the compass of her means But leave this album
dant source of revenue in the hands OF the general
Government, and shut out by ingeniously contrived
constitutional barriers, its rich overflowirSs, rom
Is, The channels they would naturally seek, when re
lieyed from the national debt, and our citizens must
continue to live in ignorance, our natural resour-
y ces must be forever neglected, and mixed popu-
lation preynant with all the evils OF domestic sid-
rcry must be our endless portion
In Swing a practical illustration oil the distinc-
,ion had eudeavored 10 establish between the
b right to appropriate and the potoeT TO eItcute'
referred in former number, to two cases oil APP
propriation by the general government, to objects
not included in lis enumerated powers vi the
= ~ .,i, a
canal unde taken under the authority ola state ie-
aislature Caius Gracious has very prudentiy Ia
ken no note " letting il go, in the true -prn OF
Dosberry's philosophy, " and thanking God, he had
got rid Of troublesome fellow" 1t affords now
ever 100 opnosi,e and forcibe exposition OF the
absurdity of his doctrine, TO be kept entirely on;
OF view; and must accordingly be paTdoned ior
AGAIN inviting his attention to IL, and again ask
ing him. whether the right to make the appTopIla-
tion in question, the ground that IL VIII " pro-
n mote the common defence and genera! welfare,
draws after it, as necessary consequence, Inc
Bright complete the road or the CANAL even against
1.-The wishes OF the state by whose authority II has
been undertaken? fit does not, the power to GP-
r,rop,iate and the power 10 eTeca,tc, are distinct
things; and the extension OF the former 10 every
measure OF general interest, so far from nsuring
the accomplishment OF every OBJECT within the
range Of legislation, is perfectly compatible with
the strictest enumeration and limitation OF what,
comfi,ure of YOUR correspondent TO denominate
the active powers of the government
NV second example. (Nlr. Kings resouton)
has not shared the good fortune OF the FIRST. 1t
has encountered all the powers OF wit and elo-
,quence, Of farce and tragedy, your correspondent
could command aud has especially given Use TO a
series of extravaganl &c SuPpoStho'iS," which
would find their most appropriate answer perhaps
in the old adage If the SIX, falls, we shall catch
larks" The opinion had expressed on this sub
iect was, " that MIR. Kings resolution tor creating
fund 10 aid in the emancipation and removal OF
such slaves as the iGtos oflhe several states per
united to be emQncipGteG and removed, gave no
power 10 the general government to act without
the consent both of the OF the slaves and oil
Il states in which they lived; that 1t did not pro-
rose TO take from the former property they wish
= ed TO RETAIN from the latter population, they
might be unwilling to lose; and that, therefore, II
could not in any possible mode, interfere with the
RIGHTS either OF the states or of individuality This
proposition had supposed, was too plain 10 be
misunderstood, or " to be tortured Ivy even worse
than county court ingenuity" from Its fair and OBJ
vious import. But strange 10 tell, by logic,
,ivaled only by that, which the poet tells Us,
could prove, by argument, mans horse, -
YOUR correspondent has contrved TO deduce from
it an uncomfortable power on the part OF Con-
gress, 10 establish enormous and unequal tariff,
10 br!be of the South, into acquiescence, by the
trfling offer of one thousand dollars piece for our
slaves and by the occasional subducton OF Sc three
fifths of fireman. actually TO destroy the very
basis of our representation in Congress. These it
must be confessed, very appalling consdera-
1ions and the apprehensicns they had created, have
been quoted, only by the recollection, that the
project which had given rise TO them, proposed
expressly 10 limit the contemplated appropriation
&c TO the emancipation and removal OF such slaves
only, as the talUs of the different states might
0lloLD to be emalcipdted and remOUed" To the
wisdom and justice of my country, therefore, am
content look for protection against the threatened
tariff. with my fellow citizens, situated like my
self, am willing to leave the settlement OF the
terms which their negroes shall be sold, no
matter who may be purchaser And the legsla-
tive wisdom of our states will not q am sure fail
TO rescue the basis of our representation from de-
s.ruction if satisfied by the eloquence OF Caius
Gracious, that it is broades, we'll securest,
when resting on foundation of human slavery.
And now, Messrs. Editors, ! turn, as in duty
bound to the suggestion Of your correspondent, not
less witty han refined, in relation TO g tilt Lii
befia;'' and in accedng to his proposition, claim
no other privilege than that which the laws Of CHI
valrs universally allowed, of indulging my own
within, in the selection OF a squire. To whom then
eau | look, or on whom can my choice appro-
priately fall on him, who combining in himself
most of the distinguishing pecnliariues of a Ssncho
and Rapho. seems evidently TO have been form
cd by nature for station,
" That pains
OCsfudy, Industry or brains
When, therefore, assume the character and
equipments OF the renowned Knight OF La Mancha
/ shall expec, to find at my heels, in the person of
Caius Gracious faithful squire, worthy Of bis
chief and patron. In the mean time, propose TO
him in sober seriousness, a temporary suspension
of hostilities, His eXertions during the last fall,