Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-14


out e',anssoi cocnc1rnee, or coutortion OF mus
Gle. rs q1aci. nosuum; Taste il not
iiSse eeltleinen acknowledge that large lna-
jofy q yoO oi'eltNn those strong objections TO toe
2resen, td@ih.st4tea which hove already been
ssVee ~ = wosd, "fes. tex lane Yot confidence
"a a." Nctthtv, r.fh c5ulitrnce unrarrilcleA
nd i-o'!vsfS act 20 bc surpassed cali Oh YOU 20
S.Ee your support TO .ie'r ticket, AID thereby u
-ii'e Win olcni II prcc!a!inMg that YOU approve
tie general couiss oy Observation-Disclosures, have
confidence IN lis virtue It's patriotism It's wisdom.
a''I sec nothins 10 cOndciaa ia The Presidents in
iesProlatioa o: ulc federal constitution" Surely
iiohiug but sense Of being engaged IL sinking:
nay, deSperHs catsu, could have induced 80
learned delegation T. ciitT such a iaockery 10
your understanding. 8rt YOU aid your fellow
ciuzelis .: &ogth Carolina herc been Hooked ulon
a. sort Vi t3b,lTsrs ~ Eats ~ ard The sinking
ere" OF = ship wrecked Administration are catch
me- ~ you, wj'a all dt5 '.csPegatiu Of The death
Struggle .beware their approach, -ASDiler not
their grasp Remember ;hat they serve q leader
who wears 81. sclr Of fstCr1l auOstacy inlelibly
scathcd uicu ls brow ~ mine, then with pr,-
dent cduaHn, whatever taey shall udyise. See
with your cwn cyes--listeA with youl own cars
and Judge with ycnr OWE proper reason. Then
Wil! you ar4aye az = q cht conclusion.
The friends @. cen. Jackson, il is said, have
confidently he'd MIN W is tho CiyOrite of the
peoNe-haEe iasei that IL the last election, a.a
plurality Of votes proved hin TO be the cho>e Of
the nation And are they wsong III tht5? = IN
the Adams Convention, with all their confidence
OF assertion, deny that Gen. J. obtained the lar
GeSt number of votes at the polls, and the largest
number IN the electoral colleges! What other
tcste would they have of his being favorite with
the people, II they vote for him individually at
the P0HS oil their respective countless and their
iectors chosen by Themselves give him plurality
OF votes in the electoral colleges. is il no evidence
Vi MS popularity out we are diSngenuously ac-
cused OF complaining that Gen. j. was not made
PRESIDENT upon the basis of this plurality of votes
here, again, fellow citizens, these gentlemen have
pdiu no compliment TO your understanding. Do
'hey consider you so sincerity ignorant of the con-
Sutuuon oil your country, as not TO know that a
plurality OF votes will not elect President of the
u States! Have you ever set up the claim. as
uey would uncanddly infer, that Gen J. was en-
ntied to the Presidential Chair, because of that
plurality? Have you ever denied that Mr. Ad-
ans was elected according TO the forms of the
constitution! Never-But they say that YOU have
complained, that under the circumstances of the
last Presidential election, Gen ! was not placed in
the Chair. You have indeed complained-and IN
hapPi ", you have too ample cause OF complaint 1t
was time to complain, when you saw the votes of
ue people perverted by being distilled THROUGH the
alembc Of the III. of Representatives, and settling.
on John Quincy Adams, instead OF Andrew Jack
son. IL was time TO complain, when YOU saw the
representatives OF the people voting in direct con
travention of their kR0tD, wishes II was time to
complain, when you saw the puritan and black
leg shake hands in fellowship, and the first Off
ces OF our country become the spoil OF intrigue,
bargain, and corruption. Upon this subject /
shall offer you no proof,-detain YOU with no argu-
hent. II would be useless to add my rush light
10 the blaze Of evidence which has already en-
ilShtened the country. But 1 will sspIucI the
grey boards by the chin for attempting to Justify
MIR. Clay's vote for President, upon the ground n
lone, that he was not formally instructed by the
people. Who ever thought that Mr.. CLAW was
c0'Sftttt'OnGtty bound 10 obey an unsupported in
struction of the Kentucky Legislature Who ever
said so? Yet these gentlemen have entered into
grave argument 10 prove, tina. the peoDle alone
have right 20 Instruct their Representatives; aud
Wheh ne Is ignorant OF their wishes, thar he has
right 10 exercise his own discretion. Had thev
stopped here, should not have taken upon nv
self TO con'royert their opinion. But they affirm
that IN the absence Of formal instruction 6y ne
Psople' the representative is under "CTc! obi
repetition oil Mr.. Clay's argument in his ceIebra-
tea address TO las constituents though in direct
conflict with what. the same gentleman had So
iemniy aYowcc upon the floor of the Hall of Re
representatives., and sealed by the most orcibIe an
peal To his conscienco Upon this last mentioned
occasion, lac gave what is believed 10 be the true
republican Interpretation of the right Of instruc-
uon. He declared in the most emphatic terms
ior cannot conveniently quote his precise words
hat The i0lL OF his constituents was his ld1c-tb9t
TO h,lolr that will, matter BIZ tchnt mems was
TO o0ey IT. lie cared not ia tchat f5y1, II WIS
expressed lac enquired not through igluf channels
1t came. That it iUas their will va, N la. h,
uesireu 10 know, whether emanating l.Drl then Ia
thelr original sovereign plcity, o.. fhrciri II 20
medium OF their State Legislature That this was
Mr. Ciays publicly declared in.crprefl ion Of IN
relations existing between himself aud his cuu.;i
tucnts, cannot be denied, and that lac has acted in
utter contempt and disregard Of this opinion as
wen as that OF his constituents IS unfortunately no
less true. Although we admit, that the Ienisla-
lure Of Kentucky was not the constitutional Or
gan through which the will Of the peoDle is pre-
scrlDed 10 be conveyed 10 the represen tative-vet
II Mr. Clay believed that il did convey that will.
he was bound, faithful representative, TO O..
Dey it'-hound not only BY she generally received
opinion oil the American people, but by bis o5gn
pubic, emphatic, and solemn avernlent 20 that ef
iect. Has Mr.. Clay ever aiiirmed,-d his apolo-
gists IN the Convention affirm, that he was iono
rant oil the feelings and wishes Of the people of
hentucky! That ne was appraised of them tfioarb
not through the constitutional oruln Is narfect
~ apparent from The rr"iouS ana laacured apojosc
TO his constituents, which appeared soon after be
presidential election. y at he was not I,istals,
as 10 their wishes, and committed hacIant viola
uOn OF them - amply proved by the dcreliction
ana oPpOslion O. those citizens, who had previous
~ been his most ardent adLlifers, and wsrmest
friends and promoters. The Adams Convention
90 not mean 70 say that proper respecf fer he
i0SheS Of Tic nation family GscerfGfrei ongbf moi
ufMoYS 10 IL Observed by is personalities -
" ne, 1.-THE representative " Lc,U pay Il proDey
respect TO then tViShes, and creTy evidence of
me" U'Shts.D Alter these admissions. fellow
cii%en5, you could not expect that these enlight-
ened statesmen would have FILTERED do,,,n ,ho
great moral relations OF the representative and
constituent bodies. 70 mere right on the part of
the people JotHlai'p 10 instruct their agent. and
In TIE absence OF such J0y7Roi Instruction. no mat
- now completely apyriscd Of their Will jii 0lhcr
etMence6, that be "as free fiom ali Obligation 10
opey ~ That 10 fact, a JormGi instruction was
l1e OIHy means OF rendering their wishes o,liea-
sOIy upon the representative IS tnis their reason