Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-15

P">Scu our ana Government every
moment oil danger and dfiiculty-Nor 60 we with
those who in the days OF the Hartford Conv nton-
lists sat hient and passive under the droppings of
their Doctrines Mr. go we with aiarini>ts who
beat every bush 10 crafty their appetite for Ter
ror. On all subjects of difference between n. we
would approach them as political brethren, who in
all times past have sustained the Union and the
Constitution through good and through evil report
we appeal TO them by the vaior and patriotism
which has illustrated their deeds and the deeds of
their fathers in its defence-by the blood they
have shelby the glory they have won-by the
blessings they enjoy-by the love that we bear
them-.fnd trten came such an dppeai uish0ut
porer to the hearts Of this People? They have
gone with US IN six trials. and who dare insinuate
they would desert Us in the seventh,
III, however, some Of our Southern brethren had
indeed fallen from their high es;imate-if resis-
lance to the Constitution was up--if treason was in
the land, were the friends of the Administration i'm
this city the exclusive friends of peace good order
ana uhion: ihey have told Us in their preamble
that 1t IS the duty OF all patriots whatever coinc
dences oil political opinion they may be disposed TO
recognize, 10 irown upon the insurgent spirit OF
disorganizaton. Why, then. were the friends of
the Administration alone invited to quel this sprit
and TO join IN this pledge of lives and fortunes!
why tins severance of parties on a subject of
common concernment, Are we not worthy to be
m communion with them on this subject.
Are we too, political lepers who, if not in
iccted with treason, must at least Undergo a
P"''." HI Oui wives, our children,
our friends, our fortunes and liberties we too
have stake in this Government And if il wa the
uty OF AT trUe patriots TO express their disapproba
ton OF the proceedings Of portion of the South,
why were not all true patriots invited! We know
not unless the friends of the Administration be the
Levites, whose peculiar duty it is to guard the Ho
~ Ark ofthc Constitution!
disguised as these resolutions my be: enrobed
as they are in the language of the Father of his
Country they fall upon the ear with meaning
h,as mis- nGn
uation as you will, it is still the present Admins.
Tauon. Flying from an Indignant, People for the
preservation OF power, acquired only by the forms
OIL the constitutional one moment resting UPON
the Panama mission-at another upon the great
American System, which they found o'ershadow-
ing them and claimed the merit of planting-at ano-
her upon the tomb of mutineers and deser-
efs' win tears OF compassion for those who
mad no compassion tfIr their country and f.
NARY seeking shelter under the banner OF the
Cohst uIlon Itself: that Constitution might well
eXcla'm-".7nd you toe, BIuius!'' 1t might well
ask where Is my vital principle, the Elective Fran
chise: Where Is my purity which holds all now
er hiegitlmate, but that which springs from the
feope! All public power, patronage, and treasure,
put as gwen and to be exercised for the general
W Hare and common defence, and not for the SUD-
port oil dependents and favorites? Where are the
rights secured by me 10 the Ter Sta es in the
election oil President! Where is NV dignity tina,
cyoes not ior avor, that rests with conscious in
roams not through the land counting lis yinica,op
al dinner tables barbacues here is my jealousy
oil the dependents OF the Executive power SO elo-
quently and torcibly illustrated by the immortal
Jefferson! Where is my respect for State rights,
which eleyates not those whom the PeoDle nave
Frustrated for disregard of those rights! Where
ore my principles. which know no distinction
OF Nations, and which invite Freemen of all chimes
10 come and dwell under the droppings oil my b!es.
sings They Dcre, and they are not
have iOnU cd oH,
our opponents TO divert the public mind from the
tfu' question which divides us is parties fhe
practice is as old as the world, when principles
cannot safely be assaied, to assail those by whom
they are supported We have been tod by some
OF MIR. Adams friends, that he sometimes INDUCES
in the practice OF throwing out Tub to the
TIhdte! and from Ebony AMI Topaz down 10 Gene
raj Jackson IN rsers s. South Carolina r. belons
these tubs all rest the same 6ottomi That
they may no longer rambie from the true question
at issue betweeL US, we embrace this occasion of
renewing our fealty TO the principles upon which
we rest as party.
we mold THESE truths 10 be the doctrines of
our Constitution, and the spiri. of our Govern
Inent:
mat all power springs from the People: and
tnat all our rulers are the mere Trustees oil the
Feople-responsible to those who have entrus
ted mem WIN power, for its proper and faithful
eHercise-the organs OF their will, and bound to
give that VIII It's fair and free expression.
That, in the exercise of the elective nower /,
the choice OF President Of these United States
whether by electoral colleges or by Congress-. the
lar and fuil expression OF the will Of the constitu
ent ny Inc Representative, can alone render il an
eection, according to the spirit of the Constitution
mat the maintenance OF a due sense OF the Re-
preventative IS responsibility to his constituent. can
the civil ana pUiIiIcai dressings securei To us he
the Constitution.
That the power of bestowing the offices and
dispensing the public treasure of the United
States, IL vested in its President for the rene.
raj weiiare and common defence of our country
mat all VINO are recognised by our Constitu.
uoh as IFS citizens, entitled 10 the free and full
enjoyment OF the privileges of citizenship.
mat every precedent and practice not express
~ sanctioned by our Constitution and laws, when
used as the sol justification OIL exercise of pow
err or an appropriation OF public money, under the
Constitution, is unsafe and dangerous
That our Constitution can be preserved in its o.
rignal force and purity, only by opposing the be-
SHnings u euH-and by resisting, at the very
threshold, all encrochments upon it and that eve
~ such encroachme mt, if wnked at or sanctioned.
becomes immediately ga safe precedent" upon
which some iuiure usurper may take his stand to
destroy the Constitution tell, under the color of
law.
Ana that the principle for the reformation of
Government, consists in the virtue and iutelIi.
gence oil majority OF the People of these United
States.
'Io'WS HoeF WcSe princiPfes we are con-
strained TO stand IN opposition to the present Ad-
mins'faiion, for which let these facts speak:
III came into power by the votes Of those who
cisregarded The Will OF tn IT, constituents Tor the
avowed purpose OF advancing to the office OF Sc
cretary Of State the individual who now holds il:
and Of thereby placing him, by the rule of safe
precedent in the line OF succession 10 the Presi-
dency.
Ii came into power by votes thus given, in def
ance OF the known and acknowledged, or express
cd VIII OF the constituent and given under The
manifest or known in duence nj u,s yer,, ;nd,,;t,