Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-01-21

what end is shis mammoth instituiion TO be estab-
lished? Is ii TO give peculiar national education
in literature, science and politics. to the OF the
tcsH born, or is it because he incomre
ten @ the education oil their sous? l. - The por
tails to the sons Of science and the torch Thurman
Improvement held up TO eyes that seek The Hght,
In h, dieIeH' states, 10 be smut, aid forever ex
;ia uisAed! Must oil our prosperous nj growing
institutions oi ligls, Of life and learning, be ~ l.
lowed up IN this mighty TO be esiabi-he
here. e l, that this institution ought to be es-
tnb,ished to have the opera,ions of a pOira
mint TO col politicians OF the true faith aid PISS
them of upon the public as the only true political
II edi ~ Of his mighty empire? Il so, none bu the
OF wealth Can expect ever TO get IN the mighty
university or "a any Office of importance under
the COVE uue =.
Tie lasg thing shall notice is more offensive to
m, political palate than all the rest. 1t is prin
ciple, against the exercise of which, most soemu-
~ protest, in government like ours, that acknow
ledge all pow er to be inherent in the people !,
is poison, if once infused ,hro' the body polite
that viii soon shew lis dele influence, and
terminate in the death and annihilaoD of the liber
~ of the American people. Blu, it is by some held
to be the true faith; know ii he rage hich
gave Mr.. Adams the power to make this spec, h,
sgd IL II, auo < many other beautiful and allurug
thiugs, in the last paragraph but one oil his adj :,
AID therefore the more dangerously address, he has
freedom which power, than our elves, are adj
vancinl it'll gigantic strides ia the career of pub
lie iu,Prov emeEt, We to slunheT in Incidence
and fold Up our arms aad proclaim to the world
that zoe are pdiSi,d by the tcW Of our constitu-
entS, would /; not be cast he bouu;ie- OF
Prov .dence, and doom ourselves to perpetual in
| ieriurt ~ hat, 10 tscid s-erommerd to US %
set lie will of the people at open defiance, when
| hey sho Id cry oai, Ia fuI nia e-'y, against the
ps nNfl hair! of
as suinous to heir ,fe or welfare, or even mex
pedIeht. answer no, lever, while the libet ties of
people so dearly DO hi, are orth preserving
| This is not onl, at with my political faith, but
! | relieve II dose too drastic TO be swallowed by
even lukewarm friend OF TINS gov ernment. l. is
a. good rs saying, you, the people, shall not have
| your will and wish represe ted, but you must
yield, III silent submissions to what your servants
ruling as masters, may please TO impose on YOU,
and IT you murnur, take ihst the principles OF
the sedtion law may not be brought operate upon
| you. What, would huu,biy ask, can te more
truly ant-repubcan than this docjrine' have
always been taught 10 believe, that the people W ere
sovereign in this government, and he representa-.
tive, either mediate INN eia;e, sound TO spe K
AID act the will OF the people when tLa will IS
known. The word Representative er "a teraiini,
implies that the representative will do as the
whole people would dc, we.e they personally pre-
| sent. The doctrine here vowed by Mr. Adams
may SUIT the nerves OF some, but assure YOU il
| can never suit mine. They are too sensitive to
what believe direct attack upon the touchsione
Of my political faith. Shall close my ewes and
shut m ears against the niiseree and cries of nv
| coust ituen,s? No God forbid il; may nv arm be
UNI ervel and tongue pasied before shall mpi-
| ously dare to raise arm voice against the known
will OF IN people
came here with no feelings of hostility asains,
the administration. But the! and now, de ermines!
to support " hes right, and to oppose according "a
my feeble powers, when wrong, and, should
thi"k myself, upon tbs occasion, highly culpablr,
were to give ito many If the doctrines ex
pressed in this elaborate and elegant eommunica-
lion. Silence, here, would deem almost an an.
probation.
dread the yawning gulf of consolidation O
which state rights fast approacbi q The
people must rise in The majest. Of their might in
he exercise OF their ie,,itim power, and ares,
the COVE rnmert from this portendlng evil Its
they Who have the keys Of life and death politically
Very respectfully,
| Your o5't. humble serv't