Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-12-13

| r. "" "e CD''SI itati0R--'' The People of no one
| State have ever delegated 10 their Legislature he
power OF prcnouncing an act of Congress uaco,r-
stitutionai.'' 90 ''''0''
Commentaries
| Dy .nI. JeDers0H--'' Resolucd 6y The Eeatuc-
! ny Legislature, SC. That the Government craat
81 y his compact was not made the exchsiye or
| ma Juage OF the eStentpf the powers delegated
'olSeii: SINCE that would have made its discretion
anu nor ,he constitution, The of its powers
our that as IN all other cases of compact a,nong
parties having no common Judge, each PARTY has
n equdi 'igh 10 Judge TOT iisei "a well OF nfcac-
"ol,, rs oil IN mode and measure OF redress''
ny mr. .!Gdlsois--'' Resoiped, That the Cen
| tia Assembly, having carefully and Respectfully
attended to the proc edugs of a number of ~
o'aies IN answer 20 their resolutions of December.
| ~ 1898, ana having accurately and fully re-ex-
amined and re-considered The latter find /, TO he
their indispensable duty TO adhere to the same ne
ioutaeo IN truth as consonant with the Consfitu-
uon' ana as conducive to its preserv alton; and more
especially to be Their duty to renetc, as thew do
| He'eSy reae'c their protest against the Alien
anl Sedi'ion Acis' as palpabLe and a,o,a,;oa in.
fractions Of the Constitution -
~ HfeGniader Hamilton, in The E,Je,o,;s,
hGep ndeft OF parties in The national leqislature
i,Se'i as often as the period of discussion arrived
'ne STATE e legislatures, who will always be not ONLY
vig"ani' but suspicious and Jealous guardians oil
the rights OF the citizens against encroachn,ents
RON 'he federal government, wiz constantly have
ttheir attention awake TO the national rulers. and
WIN De ready enough, If any thing improper APP
r0f
only to be the VOICE, but IL NECESSARY The 80
OF their disconient'' w i'-'
fgdin: son the other hand should an unvvar.
ran'aoie measure of the federal government, be unS
Pop p III particular States which would seldom
IAN 70 be the case, the means of opposition to /.
are powtrul, and at hand The disouietudo of
the people; their repughance, and perhans refusal
70 cooperate with the officers of the Union The
,to'Fhs OF me executive magstracy of the state;
the enbarrassments created by Legislative devices
which would often he added on such occasione
would oppose, 10 any state, difficulties not to bo
despised, would form, in large state, very serios
ifnPeaments and where the sentiments Of several
ADJOINING states happened TO be I'M un,sor ,vo,td
present Instructions which the fedc,,I govcrn,nent
would hardly be willing to encounter-But am
bilious encroachments Of the federal government
on The authority OF the state governments. would
not excite the opposition of sing le state mr. ~ :,
Few states only. They would be signals of per-
ora' alarm. Every governulent would espouso
the common cause. correspondence Womb he
opened. Plans OF resistance would he concerfed
ohe sPllu would animate and conduct the whole
&c" But what would be the contest, i'm the case
we are supposing! Who would be the parties, A
10" representatives, OF the people would be oppos-
cd TO the people themselves; or rather ono sct os
representatives would be concnding against fhi,--
Teen sets 81 representatives, with the whole bodv
latter" ''>
ms Poliiica Ec0Homy--" Its, indeed. ron.
crai law OF prosperous commerce. that The ,eof ra,
s"e CtPWtS shonlu, by small, and onIv small
balance, exceed that Of imports; that bnio1re h..
i1tg permanent addition To The tceofh If ~
nation" go"
certainly, this is notthe true Law of the balance
WUoaej Tor, how can nation possibly accuru,ato
capital and get rich, if the real value Of what i
scnas out, be greater than what she gets in axe
change! II she sends out gold. and Receives a.
many pounds Of cDppeJ, how can she prosncrsSLT,
~ exactly the other way lit is because. she actn-
any exchanges her own articles for more vsis,.
aole ones, That commerce becomes profitable. and
sue realizes any thing by tive must take iplo
INC estimate, not merely the nominal cost of tho ar
ucie when It leaves our port, but the profits ,yo
make by The freight Of 1.-THE superior value which
our own articles have in the foreign markets. and
the superior value which the articles we in,cort
bear 10 Our own markets, to what they have in
tne ioreign--and sc shah be able TO unders,s,, the
ianacy OF the PrcsidcnPs doctrine. I'm fact. ,s an
intelligent writer in the NJ Y T. Post sovs sssf,c
custom house books will generally show surpIus
In each country OF imports over exports. and Tho
ospec,ive proffs OF each will be represented I,,
il,c amount OF such Surplus"
q 7 Mr. Robert NJ. T Hunter, Of Essex cn,o,v.
already graduate in the School of Creek. wss
dpr Jared graduate IN The School of afs,be,oa,;cs
by the Faculty OF the University Of Virginia On
thc third instant.