Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-11-18

at the head of the couirderacy, having the righe
10 take he money of one State 10 transfer il 10 an
Other--arcompli-h this transfer Ivy The votes os
those, between whom and yourselves there does
not EMS; the slightest community of interest o.
sympathy. II matters under what pYetext the
internal and domestic lcgiss ion OF the General
Government bc exercised whether il be bytax.
es unistly wrnng iromsyou, 10 build UP ,Soollcn
nanutac'ory in Massachusetts, or to dig n canal
or construct road for rssre sectional purposes in
J Ohio, IL equally wants Che cfecfive security of
representative responsibility. and would say, i. is
equally unconstitutional, if did nn,run tie haz-
yar,! of taunting you with bitter sarcasm.
Insnt as tIns, aching osra fcgion, having suci.
a'ssiih''ar interests the diversity itself created by
the laws q God, which cannot be surmounted bv
| the fiws oil mau-when say il comes down from
" itS high Estate, from taking care that the Re-
public is tranquil at home and respected abroad
Ia hucsster ana, traiHc for pltry gains by pit;fut
Emcans-when il enters your cotton fields ami
graIares ard with the nso.ent o.f.ciouspess OF "A
Turkish Pacha ,rrescrihes both the amount and th.
rroh' al your labor, which is 10 he transferred TO
SOME more fayorite province, Depend upon it, il
! IS state OF things which can't last in spite Of
| tue religious vcneration which people may cher.
ISL for the forms of their ancient polity: for "a sci
tish inrlority, exercising in confedcracy domes-
TIC a,lsecilona legislation in violation Of solemn
bargain between the parties, and the very object,
on which it .egisla,es tending TO consolidation.
must, in the end form tic most o.,io,,s Govern
lilent On the face of the carii-because your T,sl
Master must soon become Tytan, from the We
| ~ abuses and corruptions o. the system 5yhout
ne novels OF compassion, iht Of human SYM
Ipathy ~ The unfortunate Greek of the Morea.
aud inc Turkish serf at Adianople has more of His
kice "fung from him than he thinks oven the q
net oi desposism warrants, he can throw hi,nscn
at the feet of the pacha and obtain by that p,.,,
I raj sympathy which bclsags 10 tn. chor,s of the
human heart, some sort OF compensation for Tho
worst oil human oppression. Rut where arc we
] 10 iooN: 10 the many headed Monarch who sifa
on our Throne! Alas! he has heart except
Tor his own interests. DO YOU want ary proof or
VI al RAM
h'iihbe pfttions--your al,nos. Illuminating PRAYERS
ior mercy; Where are they; Printed indeed
! by Tie authority oil Congress. hutuuread u,lheetI-
Ell utirrgard"', unl have served no other n,,r,osa
Than TO swell lie profits Of a prcss pAIupe ed INF,
a b!oated scrvilty, which now insults your mis-
fortunes, an'. briTsis your compaiy Us win the
I crime oil Treason!
! The ccca ion, .cn,i.'mcn io.a:,ts'lnv l,ilnyipy
ont 10 their ultimate colscqucnrc4 a. I've al,,,res
which must result tro;, confederate Govern
menu exercising among its meubcrs internal le-
,9nanlofzei by the compact Of their un-
ION without dealing any longer in the abstract
relations OF th' argument, It will he sufficient fr
NY purpose 10 show thai the lea,iinp ra!icy ofa
novefn"ett so degcncra;iag, wil. b.. married. by
measures Oh an anal gous character 10 these OF the
iar'tf ard Internal improvements. And why,
shacauee they furnish 10 those in power at IN,
head OF the contederaey, the certain and eiI .ctu.,
mehn1 oil Bringing entire sections, large masses
ins briAed by them.
The facts which characterize d. history Of both
'nese measures OF our Government, amply war
RANK inns position For vii! ask whether those
sections interested in the POLICY Of these measures
nave not couiederate. Cor the purpose of unitiuq A
majority on both: And whether those vho are
sentencing FOR power Rave not hlibed this ,iaiof-
'y after il has been thus formed or have teen Min,
ea by II! Let the rivalry OF the last session OF
eong'ess between the two parties str,igrina for
the power Of he Union answer this question -
va we not witness 4 scene of the most Disgrace
i"I con'euon, of who should brhe bieIiesf-il,,.,
improvements md he itlc
slightest consideration of the peculiar and sevcL.,
pressure oil both these systems the South, Tic
coGoin' operation o! (which pushed TO the ut
Uoet extremity against section of the cot,f,frv
which, without participating in the benefits Of Ell
uieT, mas To BOAR The greatest portion Of the bur-
,tiehs OF BON! EcntiemeIi, ii | had fell even :.
lingering attachment to the system of Internal i'm
pTnFemeIIts, (he right to construct which az sub
staniive power on tho part of the Grnerai Govern
fnrnt,t utterly dcny) the events of the last sea
sion would have eiiectuaiIy cured nae OF any 'suc,
'pcnhec'i9n because they were OF charactrr
calculated 10 satis' all who not interested IL,
TIE abuses, that. az scheme Of bribery compcndf.
ons yet comprehensive, minute yet wholesale IL.
~ altogether unmatched in the discoveries OF mo
deFn corruption on know, gentlemen that Ohio
was considered ne iehateable ground: that i,.,yss
me FiaE6ers Of The Presidential Question which
was to De fought for within her own limits, hv =
pto'use expenditure Of the public money. TITS
war cos Tie Union about three MILLIONS OF tollars
IN lani and money, ii we include in our est;,nafs
,he appropriation made for that ma Inun OF abs,,r-
1iy AMI extravaganza, the Ohio and Chesaueaks
lamar. ihe contest between tho paries ,iona;ves
was. who should enjoy the eminent priviiepe with
NE money OF the South, OF braaging highest
Gentlemen viii no longer disgust yon with tln;a
cIseracciul review, but devote tie few rnofnen..
winch, with0u, ire passing on your patiancr a..
AZ my disposal 10 n consideration OF ti,at vii ;,Ict,
Is ~ the very foreground Of the grievances q.
which complain "
The pfohibtory restrictive system is now elthSv
inc established policy Of the cor ny or IS in the
power Which tie FfGsiiys es66t2hFfRglGa ~tiro te
OF catering ;Or the Internal interests of some S,see
~ tributes wrung from The Internal nIns;rv 81
Other states. IL therefore becomes mStoIGaIre
What is 10 be situation under this rcxnectet
and disastrous coniunctnre OF circumstance.
winch IN i's progress, viii depfyo n- Of the ben.
ch'a 81 Tree trade with te rest Of the world
wh'ch formed one oi tie leading objects Of the T.
DION. "fiE gentlemen, ruin. unfui.igltcd min
must be our portion, II this system r-aiirtlca Tor
~ inay he taken as aXiom in political economy
as piiios0phicaiy true and susceptible OF the mo-,
rigid demonstration. Rat the v"ry oxi-fence o.
agricultural counties depends on moderate in,-
po'is and that, Of every species ol iaxaiion lfst
10 Them - tin most gricvous at bears heavily on.
Imports because II cuts OF thc means iy which,
foreign g3ons purchase their surplus ~ oAucts--
To states thus t.~cuT,sianccd without Inanu(fc-
lures and without nav cation high atpi restrictive
duties on Imports Identical IN ihoir operation,
with the same duties exports and must caa
grcrifc'y 10 the same consequence That VIC hage
not been utterly ruined already, is owing ant .,ny
tothe eradral operation % The system itself brt
70 The iari. That when the prosperity of Slates ho
" favored by nature las taken root. i is dlIeuif ie
up'ear y at once. aud that the catastrophe bcips
slow W ~ pr1grcss, docs not lessen the ccrtaiEtv