Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-02-03

account oil words or OF arguments? When di
every solicitation and tears stay the arm of derpo
'ism: fou must stay IT.. said he, by stron.e
means You must lop il from the BODY. But th
resolutions tell you to do more! You must adou
meansto reinstate the rights Of the states The,
could not be reinsated unless they have been owe,
thrown; and 1t they had been overthrowp. wher.
was the Vng'nian who ~ ould talk Of other mean.
'han ,orce ana arms! To a.certaio what was in
| tended 10 grow out OF these resolutions. he had
looked to other means than were furnished upon
Their lace. lie had looked to the speech of MIR.
Snes on introducing them. That gentleman then
SAID, that 1t our complaints were welI founded :. /,
became the honor, dignity and moral, of Virginia
act.'' ~
II our complaints be well founded. we ,,. IN
cease TO complain. What then are we TO do, H.
" Proposed to submit? Or il it the object to
send deputa'ion TO discuss the subject with
hiessrs. Adams and Clay? This he said ,vonld
De argument But Mr.. Giles had gone beyond
thi., and said we ought to act But how acti
~ u were question with foreign povernmen,
ne would know what was meant VIII, H.
PRESIDENT, before the late war, drew up his mani
ies'o ana Dill oil indictment, setting forth the
wrongs we had received, Mr.. Giles told the Senate
Oh the y. States IT was war measure He was
right. 1t meant that the argument was exhausted
ahC 'oa' mere was no recourse but to war or dis.
honor. Gen. I. said that his mind ,v,s N, f,n,;
hari ed TO Ideas that seemed TO give gentlemen no
pain. He heard bsyonets talked Of d,,union .noL-
en- OF, as II they were words of axv fl ;mnor,.
and, ASH TO bring about ruin would not he the
consequence. Gentlemen who useI them were no
~ 80 "o"es' =" '''ei' views and intentions. But
ne was timd man. He did not like to tall, of
war When dsunion was talked OF. he fanci.d ,h,,
ne already saw brother arrayed against bro,L.r
win oayonets In their hands; that he saw the ax
'ingusLment OF the brightest star tina, had ever
..seh upo" me hopes OF man. He thought he
sd" 'ne lana OF his nativity, of the ,epulchres of
ms fathers, isgfaced-runed-he though, he .,,v
standing armies established-an exhaus,ed ,r.,.
surJ; your people constantly in arms. arraxeJ !,
Saihs' Que another with the most determined ami
mos"y, rendered more bitter on account of their
former friendship. He prayed gentlemen IN in
use MS AZ prehensions; for, he really felt these
ieaIs. But SHOULD the day of trial mr. ditf;c,i,
come, whether Virginia be IN the m,;o,;,, - u,
minority, he would perform his duty to her as =
eoh' q oaer his lie in her service. Bu, the ex,
'eh Oh the present proposition he did not see dis.
"hcuy.-he could not embark in a vessel unless be
knew her destination. Your PaIinurus mich, he
Ve' aoie anu experienced -bui he mih. fall O.
vefooafd who then would remain TO couduc, us
through The dangers OF Scylla and Carybdi, He
'"en called ON the gentleman o say what he mean,
10 90! Zen Taylor said, he would not sprak
Vi ia, had occurred out OF doors; he " ouI,i not
undertake to give the genileman's own Views re
cause lie preferred that he should do il himself He
"shea candid AZ, oval of what was intended to be
zone. lie could not be satisfied with being toll
that measures to originate with The (,o',n,;,
zee. lie and Mr. Giles, he sad had both been in
INC wofia long enough TO know sometbins of HI, :
man nature. They both knew that men did no,
Always mink tor themselves. There were score,
Tpr'nss that frequently put the wires in mo,iop
u' any one being able TO conjecture the real
e"use lie had no doubt but that hieb.miodeJ
and honorable committee would be fo9msJ-h,,,
no matter who that Committee was. the n,edit. .
y''ohs OIL the Viywani would be introduced od f.I,
e.o"e 'hein' NO man IN Kentucky, when thai
o'ate PASSED her famous resolutions in 1870 La,
NAT hand IN Virginia had drawn them un ADD mn,
W e' ." mo'ion. On another occasion, when
resolutions were adopted in that House. which,
seemed 10 srnS up from the occasion as the eifo,,
OF the moment, none but The member from Ameli,
Yknew that they had been prepared in priva,e oil,
'"e s'ea'est de!iberaion. lie apprehended that on
80 oe'a:'oh' measures were not in embrio bu,
pau oeen actually formed And was the Hou.s
~ oe toid they were TO adopt measures that r.;h,
result IN war, and that that result hal M, 81.
rocked TO! II MIR. O.. had not formed ri; L..
'nat was matter OF alarm. He could nor s,,h,,;,
10 'ha' gentIeman's judgment, with all hi. resns.,
lot IL, In measures that might lead to bIooI.be1
anu ui'uhion with our brothers. He coul1 no, do
~. " H.. DC was 10 come to This awful precipce
ie' MN know II; and he would endeavor 10 sun,
mon up homan Courage and plunge In the abvs.
u 'he ss'eiy OF The State required il Tbosa 81
'noueh lIit his enquiry did not necessariy Ia, =
10 war; knew nothing of human nature. T., NJ,
Us opening speech he had said that cons;s,.n.,
.el'nea mar we should not longer complain; but
7uo"'' 10 me hole world manifesto of our
"i"nnss. "ha' then! were we TO sdopt an ex
| else! lie would not say that was the me,,,re con
'ennpia'eo 1t v ould, indeed, be avoiding the ta
TN ny making double executions upon The n-onI,
upon The justice or propriely of such msaS,rs
nc "o''a not Then con ment. But supnose hi,
Pa"acea Jailed; (and there was no universal Cat,
piasm) suppose that despo;ism and usurr.,io
nv "''es,eu In Their career; suppose the.s
wrong headed Yankees and the akmjnis,r,,ion
'nou'u mink IL was not right to yield 10 he meo.
ouieS VI minority; what then? Your excise fails
"u " consistency requires you now TO act, how
much more would the obligation be increasoJ ~
our PRIDE, your state feeling would be concerned
'ney !" ouid be at stake. Men who womb mo,
20 WIN you IN the beginning; even he when
Virginia hau mus committed herself vouId ,,,
consent That she should be humbled and djscr,cad
Inc contest would be Unavoidable Thee ,.o,,l,,
De no stopping place. The Government If IN. n
o'a'eS must submit to your menace, or you MUS,
''.e,., en' 70 90 30. fCu make appeal TO the
wo'io, and call all mankind to witness your wrones
you adopt your measures under these circurnstsn
ces' anu they fail--war, be said, wouId he ,b.
result; ne proclaimed II boldly If these matters
were 10 De re-asseTted, and your adversary refused
you J.suce' ne said, you ought TO proceed; YOU
would be driven to The ultima r0tio of nations
the sword must be drawn and the scabbard m, own
away GeDtlemen might think the specifie womb
operate Well 1t not, where was the hating point
"ae 'ney prepared to go on! He besought them
not 10 take the first step
Mr. Giles rose, he said, 10 exnress The utter nc
constituent at the exhibition which Gen. Ioyioy
mad made OF himself. Ii had almost the .esct IF
suoVerting every idea he had ever formed of that