Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-10

'r Us "e-t' y: u = former occasion,
r " '"'' Nh'ch FsI1.s had contrihu ed. Ia re-.
cinn tom THIS tendency. had been crouns,
WIN signal success. A crisis hal required. in .
""ien me principles of misconsiruc,isa ybicb had
&c" over 'iiow1 11deG the old or new forms
more 10 be encountered The Cen.inei
a. "ssi" lighted on it's hill o. guard The
-. .:n oi The constitutions; and deeply was
!" grained In being enabled TO express the belief
VS. a' "e Craftsmen had reached, or were rushing to
'ie gA'herins, 10 force which would be over
"s"e,nine When the victory had been attain ed
''e 'eiersonian polio restored the administers
w." " me Government djustsd on its tru.
fi'"e'l les. our endeavour must be- TO secure To
$50 adjustment, longer continuance than had
s"enied 1t after the victory OF 1900. We sbould
oe able to do so, by a due attention 10 ou, ,,r,
paramount principles the Constituent and FeIs
'"'"e actions OF our system. The campete eff
escy OF these, would be infallible in retaining.
IL II ala not preven', al, alteration.
as respected the personal compliment TO him
SELL TO- which he renewed the unafre c ed expres
sion OF hi> thsnk.,) whoever had been called In
represent, a. he had b-ea for several years n,rt
OF tue character OF Virginia. oughl 20 be cbya,
rous. To hi friend Mr. r. who lat near him
fueh an a'tFiou ION OF character was due Fo-
himself, he was only conscious of the ambition M
deserving II. lie would conclude with offering a
sen,'nent winch involved our highest principle
hspno!ican doctrine 1t rejects all public asen.s
who refuse 10 be " pslsied by the viii 81 ,b.;,
constituents" s''
10 Geo,ss McDuiiie- The able representation
from South Carolina Who is for taxing The ejsc.
ion oil our Chief Magistrate out of the hands of
Congress. "1' VI
Mr. Me uIhe rose aud said:
In rendering TO you, gentlemen nv si,c,e ,
heartfelt acknp wledgenents for this unsxno,,.a
an" must be permitted TO add, unmeriteJ mari of
your hospitality and kindness, cannot but erpress
my unaffected regret that am not sustained INV
he consciousness Of being more " or,bv of The All,
'ering distinction
Though disqualified by the fatigue and erhaus-
uon consequent upon having spent a sleenIsss
night in stage coach, to par iicips,e with hscnn,
spri' IN 'he festivities which have been sui
"e'is summoned, or TO respond in an adeoua,e
""'"er 20 me sen'imen just expressed | must,
"e'ef'Heiess presume so far upon your induJsence
as 10 ne very few remarks upon the gtes, no,
II lea question with which you have bepn ,,s,sa,
to associate my name.
The amendment of the Constitution IN ,,h;ob
you have alluded, md to effect, which, have 60
drueh"y devoted my humble exertions Is i'm NV
op'''oh 'ne hrs' great ep Ia general reform in
the argsnizationof our political sys,em-a reform
indispensable to the purity and Durability Of Ills
ana CANNOT bu' express my graifica-
t'"h 'hal the course OF political eyent. has bee,
such as 10 throw me- in the great po,,c,I .,.,,,a,
no. pending, on the side with a stare ,,Sosa
20 ilcal chivdlry and disinteres;ed J- xo,;on o.,
'ePuoiicah principles, have always commanded me
| 'r'pect and "dmira;ion, though have no, been
ao'e 10 suoscrioe % some of her political doctrines
III uie con Is, which eceied the great political
revolution which brought ar Jeffers n INTO now
er, and in which Virginia acted so pron;nan, Nv,
so honorable part II does MT appesr ~ me H.,
inc great leaders OF the Republican marty did NOT
s"n'eieniy dis lnsul'h between the po,cer and N.
pa'Tonage OF the general government. ,rb.v saw
I"'' "eIora,ns t"' the principles and practices OF
'"ose VINO men welded the po.y er Of that govern
mem, the public liberty was m imm;nsn, ;ao
paTdy, and they very naiui ally supposed ,b.' d.
mos, eHeciuai mode of obvrstine the i'm
rehd'ho aanger, was to limit those mowers in
=. exercise OF which the abuse was con.mit,eS
VOW according TO the conception upon which I
nave always acted, public liberty il lot g. ,rucb
enu'hsefedo b. The quantity of power vested in the
800" soVe'h'heh'' a. by the mode in which that
power is acquired, and The prineiples upou which
the government Is administered If I am nor
s'e"''' ms aAen' all the great powers for the de-
VI ,he 'ouhtTy, are as necessary To our lib
1,,ies d. 'hey are 10 our independence and s,fe,v
without hem, the government eould sink uuder
40 o"n ueo'i'y: yet am not to be understood as
oissentlng from the sentiment so emnhati.,u ov
p'''|u IL" minutes ago, whch assigns the dap
ger oi Brutus TO the ambition, Cns,9 - -,
oVeriedp The sacred barrier of The cons,i,u,;o r
ai' as hluch opposed as any man. 10 the assnun
uoh OF powers, not deducible from the Grants rs
'ne constitution, 10y fair principle. of inter,,sta
'oh' merely because those powers NAV be surDos.
ca 10 re beneficial. Such doctrine would furnish
every uSurper with plea for his usurpation Rut
"e'ereiesS believe that in the actual opera,i,n of
~" Sysein, r VIII be found that he great security
va P"''c HoeTly, consists Ia such an orqaniza,ion
" '"e b"' eminent, as will ensure the prevalence
"a popular opinion In the election of noli,jcaI =.
So, So. anu 'he ehec'ive responsibili,; of those
the ,rra " ."e People Government, according to
.ie uue republican conception, is NOTHING nore
than The administration OF The n,Jl ;u ~
maj WIZ is not sufficiently snljght.ned r. so,oot
WISELY ana 10 coniroIl efficiently those who adj.
minister me government the republican scbeme
ms oe gwen up as vain delusion il imnossi
Do iOi human wisdom 10 devise any system bv vybch
VIC vicious tendencies OF those who "a ield the
p'e's VI government can be controlled that
Ioe' ro' TOOK 70 the people Themselves as its ba-
- 1'''e'e u was very general opinion a.
'nss' inc patriots oil the first age of our renubI;
"ia' 'ne power OF government Consisted in lie
Ps'Ohage, and could only maintain itself bv nea,s
oi Una, patronage If this were true. he fact
"ou,u De melancholy one; for the fesuIt ,vould
oe' t"a' al governments must speedily end in cor-
:, as All governments heretofore have srdsd
" OeHeVe' u Is reserved for the present ZEN
'"oh- Fronting by experience which was denied
~ e last 10 furnish a practical demonstration
w., "ia' 'he essential energy Of govern
80 =" ue''ed solely from The liberal and en-
,1os ,'"e' eonndence oil The people. and that pa
uonage, so far from being nece.sarv % ,hn -
'enanee OF that energy is 2 po.i,ivs e;, -
'sI"ment itself confidently believe ,h., IL il
were possible to deprive the government, If AL
ra"o"a5e whstever, without destroyiog its necss-
- Po"eIs' such an arrangement would he desirable
ChueI tHeSe Impressions. have acta,t lit : -,