Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-04-06

heavy and grlevous to be borne" But bv oh,
special ACT OF wisdom or policy is the chanlet Of
WIS astronomical President deco rated? /, il hy
Ina' magnificent message which he first sent to
congress- In which he n luged in the ouipou,inoo
OF grateful heart for the blessings rendered. o., ,
world by the crowned heads OF Eurone in H.
erection oil upwards OF Is one hundred and thr,v
light houses of the skies:" Is it by the r.,nor.
ranana Mission! We have been warned asain.,
entansling alliances by the voice OF him 81
-pske as one having authority" Or ia IL hv ~
weak and undignifed course Indicated bv III, -.
ieidioh 10 the controversy with cieo,ci.> W.
are no' the spoloei-ts of that State bur ., .hva
ncr at the awful thought OF iuibruing ON, hands j.;
inc o'ood OF our brothers. 1t is not material for ma
10 inquire who is in fault Be that AZ i, no,
say tue peace of the Union is in JEOPARDY ,yb,,s,
ia the hands OF men intemperate sounJa,;6.-
an" 80 un"ise more esp eciaiiy, when the Pres;
uehi o' tie y. D, having the military POWER of
me Union at BIZ command. " is not TO be ns,.;sd
By the will of his con-ttuents.'
UheTej0Te, ResotDed, As The sens. of tb;.
i'iee'ns' mat ANDREW JACKSON be recommend
ed as suitable ndiia,e for the Pr. ,,.rcv of H.,
~ D; and that we will use all fair & bonot.bIa ~.
e'tions % SECURE his election
Nesot0ed, That a Commit zee consi.,r, =. -.
following gen tlenen $50
be appointed. who are hereby charged
30. committee OF correspondence and arrane ement
WIN the duty OF promoting by all jus, means tbs
object of this meeting "s' "o
tS"'Ve"' mat these proceedings be signed bv
n.e hartman q Secretary, ard published in tbs
l.sii'i'ohd ENQUIRER, the u s. Telegraph, and the
| papers OF This Congressional DISTINCT
MAJOR James Richards rose and observed ,h..
ne heiu In ms hand preamble and Resolu,jonx
"ihrh had been prepared by Col. StO,yO,o. That
se"ie,n'h on finding that paper embra cling .im
Iai o"lrcls, was about TO be presented by J,daa
Tfe!a' had declined making tender OF his o,yn
-, was nevertheless, DESTROYS that the paper
4 r lnxr( al
spread upon The record of its PROCEEDINGS M
moved accordusly -"a
Ooi, 'ofoFfoto remarked, that having arrived a,
rave houf al The Court house, lie was not ann, iz,d
!" 'ns existence OF The paper presented by Judpe
fte'", AS mat paper, however, had received the
."'"o'H'oh Oh ,pe gentleman who had submitted
IT. anu oi thoSs 10 whom IL bad been exhibited r..
"euid, by no means, disturb The bsrmopy ,s H.
meeting oy pr opposing another he was neyer,br>
iess' grateful 10 Major Richards for novin, H.,
o's own De made part of the record One Reso>
iu'ion' however, he trusted tha, the meeting ,yonlt
! Of the y. S.
| The preamble Il resolutions were as toIIovs
" Under ms itutions, such as ours, tublic oni,-
ION forms an essential part OF The social sys,a
: opuiaf sentiment passing from Constituent 10 Re-.
tps$eniaiiVe, biends Itself with Government anil
!"e'e"'s IL from losing sight OF it's origin. In or
der 10 manifest hs sentiment on their own mar,
ard 10 elicit the same from q, hers The n,.r,ha.
ms meeting are assembled to discuss the ou,.,io,
Oh me Cf'.i MsgI-tracy OF their country We re-
sie' ne ag tation OF II al period so tl;s,an, finn,
ie conN"in" alton Subordinate cleo rns are at
n'ho' DON Tor the Stale and lhe Union We make
ihs early exposition of our opinions in or,,e, ,b,
they may pass into those who are to tr,resen, No
! Two years have tlap-e ed since The las, eIec,,on
oil president OF the United States The ,resent
Is not the moment discuss the process .na
issue OF tha memorable contest. If we we,s
fIIsz ~ .keI -
"'Ssa'isned =" Ilh toh was that e saw r them
| II departure from principles that we have re.n
'aus ht % consider sacred Ia cases fair,v ,.,,,,
the range If tie elective franchise we hav. hh
II inadmI--ibe, TO lose sight under an circ,n,
! stances, OF the elective principle IL from
causes incident TO popular Governments. rim
i'lVe suffrage does not expsin and confirm
i'selt, 1t Is sill dnty pursue il :. be,aver !,
can be traced S: se,tle upon IT wber-va, :, -,
Itself most distinctly IN the heory of R,p,eaept,-
iIon We know at no fixture better than tb;,,h.,
| ne VINO iinpsriSa trust SHOULD cogtroul hin who
! receives ii. or no principles Of our political
iaith are we more tenacious thar of these Ih,v
were both overcome Representative senarated
himself from Constituent; parties, mos, in onno
si'ion TO each other, rushed violently together
and the present administration was formed The
departure from fixtures, which, With us yyouid
have been imDniab.e; The sudden healing of ami
mosiIIes, the union OF rival interests and the
consequent partition OF personal advantages ig
they carried no proof OF collision, least awaken
ed su-pioion. We absiained frcn ascribiDa dis
creditaile motives but that which s-e saw render
Ell It's apPTehensIve Of that which was TO come
What was future then, is present nova and we
regret 10 say, that nom administration thus
created nothing has eeded to redeem the i'm
pu'iiy Oi rs origin. We will Judge II, a. we our
selves would lie Judged in fairness We nte On.
wiling 10 tmpnte to tOIsmanagsment, evil. tlfat
may have been accidental, TO cb1Tgs with inJis-
creion, where Others have been mere indiscrees,
but we have witnessed he fronuigation The pra-
iuitous PRONUNCIATION Of doctrine. which can he
sustained ONLY on the ruins OF The Con- itu,io,
We have sseD our relations with fo.eg,, uatiou.
withdrawn from their early nd safs sirnpl,citv
anil moulded upon the model Of The Diplomacy ~
Europe to an extent that may, Al no distant d.v
fatally endsDger our neutrality. We have seen IL
officially proposed. thai Government .honId tb,n.t
itself between the citizen and his iabnr and ,,,o
the current OF private Industry, into channels IRE.
scnbed by the public From deeds and declsr.-
tons, such A. those, we have found refuge onJy ia
the Senate Of tie y s., body which, from soma
of its constitutional functions, is rendered an in
tegfa part Of the Executive authority, but which
has proved true 10 i's bish ponsibilite- snd in
terpossd itssli betn the Cabinet and be Com
I suiution
/ The persons here assembled are an unrrttepJ
ing yeomsnry- p cses indiy idua!Iy beyond tLs
range Of The 70 rronsgo oi Government, whoeye.
may aIminisof &c. Yet we consider Government
to be an emana,ion from our.el, e.. snd such AZ
ourselves or oil b. embarked in its veil bgioy -.
we AK nothing Of u individually. A. sinst rTin-
cples and declarations, such as we have we'd.
o 4 4.