Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-04-01

impurty are preliminary to formal yinJicat;ono, /,
he c0hduct ana doctrines OF the President, and TO
studied and detailed misrepresentation of every
feature In General Jackson's character and every
act oil ms iie In coz formity with this division OF
ms subject, Mr.. johnson imputes the general dis
saaS'acton which succeeded the first message of
nir. Adams to understandable inferences'' drawn
from some OF his expressions by the" factious on
position thus, notwithstanding his loyal hatred
Oh military chieftains, adopting the old military
maxim OF carrying the war into the enemv's cour
try The phrase g palsied by the will of our CON
satuents, he declares, q has been torn from ito
conteSt misinterpreted; and used as the AUTHORITY
Upon %heh inc PRESIDENT is charged with the he
rosy, that the representative owes no obligation 10
'he VIII oil MS constituents" The spirit of a re-
cent convert seems here to animate the lanp,ia
iorinay OF MIR Johnson's style, and there is some
thing soit,f not tender in his lament over tho fa,o
oil ihls exquisite figure OF MIR. Adams
= On, hadst ihou crueR been content To se,-,
, Hairs less IN sight. or any hairs taf these
Dut MT. Johnson has evidently nothing of poc,r-,
III ms soul, but the fiction, and his sorrow will &C.
cordlngiy be found to be more causeless than t,a>
OF Belinda In that paragraph of the Messacs
winch begins, The spirit of Improvement is q
ploau upon me earth, the representatives of the
halon are told that Is Liberty is rover: that the,
nation blessed with the largest portion of LIBERTY
eliminating his inbred opinion--that even the free
est nanon ought to be under wholesome reserve
ton oil liberty by their ruIers) ss,nust in nronor
ton to its numbers, be the most po,yerf;,, n.,.-
upon earth; and that the tenure of power bv man
IL, III the moral purposes of the creator upon con-
diuoh mat II shall be exercised TO ends of bennett
cence, 10 improve the condition Of himself and bis
ieliow-nen. While foreign nations less bIocssa
Win thatircetom which is power, than ourselves
are advancing with gigantic strides in the career ~
Puphc Improvement, were we Ia slumber in indo-
renee, ioid up our arms, and proclaim 10 the world
t!lat we are pascd by the will of our constituents
would mot be to cast away the bountes OF Proyi-
dence and doom ourselves TO perpetual inferiori-
ty III must be confessed that this passage
which would be well placed on the first noTe -
newton PTincipa, as in Presidents Message il
sufficiently tumid and obscure and not 70 he cbara
gu with any very direct Specification. But its inn
port when carefully interpreted certainly amounts
to this: There are ttco Tasles of political nction
FOR oar goternnlent-0nc, derired from hat cor,
dif'on Cure di0ino) tchich, in the erecution ofEis
moral purposes TIE Creator attaches 10 The tI,,,r
Of po,cer 0ld the possession Of A6cytv. asbieh Js
potcer, 0y n,d1-1he other, that tohich eynanafcs
JTohn The ~'H Of the people Under the operattTs
q nIe rst rue foreign nations enjoying less Of
that liberty tch!ch is polcer than o1lrsslre, ana
consequently less energeticdily impressed 5v tn
condition attached 6y the creator, to its te1atrs
are otrdnc,ng tcith gigantic strides, in the ca
'eeF Of P"6tc 1npIopenent and ererting their
PoWer ITO ends Of benefcence,'' an conforaify
acith the moral purposes Of our creator F1ne
ito not also odva'sce icith gigantic strides in The
career CfpubHc fmprOr enaent''-D ace forbear 10
enert our poreT ito ends Of beneicence, ,ue shea
'edst G~oy the bounties Of precedence and dooD,
ourselves 10 perpetual IeriOyity to foreign ,1q-
tl0ils-s'tdH reU0H from tie great rule ,,bieb 4,
imposed Sy the Creator upon free nations, arn5
Z
dtteed az the wiH Of oar constituents. to a M
tticai impotence as feeble aud ,.ncoufh as tn,
muscular Gcf'on Of a PGlsied frame
! Ii must be admitted that not ONLY arc tbo t,r,
rules tere proposed but that the mower Of controt
ana the effect OF comparison are exertcd To the b,a
OF ir' Adams ability, to induce Congress to ure.
Ter the hrst AMI 10 despise the second But in case
/ hir johnson should be disposed to disnuta tYis
point, ii may be well TO add little more Of m
precious context from which this .morSeI far a
hlhS mas been torn by the ruthless republicans
MI ADAMS pToceeds-''ln the course OF The yean
now drawing 10 its close we have beheh ,,rdcr
the auspices and at the expense of ono State Of ts
Union, new university unfolding its portals 10 the
sons OF science, ana holdingup the torch of human
/ Improvement TO eyes that seek the light we haye
seen Under The perscverng md enlightened enter
PRISE o. another state, the waters oS onr vves,c-,
lakes mingled with those of the ocean If under
takings Ike these have been accomplished in tho
compass o! few years, by the authorize of a;n1l
members OF our confederation, can we the repse
sentative authorities of the whole union fall he
hhd our fellow servants in the exercise of the trust
committed to us for the benefit Of our common
sovereign, by the accomplishment of works irnpo,-
tant to the whole, and TO which neither tho autso-
Ky nor the resources of any one state can be am
q'Iate! Here evidently, another standard of nory
or IS recommended to the Congress- hardly less
indefinite and alarming than the former. II !,
urged that inasmuch the authority and resorrY
es 81 Virginia and New York, have been adeo,,at,,
20 The erection Of a new University and fLe ,or,
p'euoh Oh me 6Tanh canal, II is the duty of the
representative authorities of the whole iu,on IN
exercise power and resources sufficient for .h,
construction Of works and the expansion Of i'm
proveIncnt, as much beyond these particular on
teTpTlzes as the resources Of the whole union ex
ceed those oil either OF these states. And the an
thorty Oh the general government instead of bejno,
measured by the grants and reservations Of tn,
constitution, ~ to be regulated by the inverse pyn
portion which The whole coniederacy bears To ),
particular state. Thus, according TO Mr. Adams M,
moral condition Of our existence and the rhys;c,5
circumstances oi union, conspire IN absoiv-,
The representative from obedience 10 the win off;
constituents. And il can not fail to be perceived
| That under his tiorid s. outrageous dction I,rks
tue offensive idea OF pa,rouiIng the people and i'm
proving The states, which all men with spark az
freedom IN their souls must abhor as strenu
ously, as nature docs pGcuunl. With eop,I
zeal and success il is attempted TO Justify In,
terms OF infinite assumption and imperioug
| menace with which Mr.. Adams reprcben5et
certain proceedings Of the Stare Of Georgia,
have not before me that remarkable cornnuniS,
ton, hut am willing 10 take Mr. Jobnson'a -
tehuated statement Of its substance in order fo
prove how richly both its author and its advocate
deserve the reprobation of ar enlightened ueonlc
The latter says " he made an obvious though no.
an aYowed reference to his oath Of Office as impoo
ing an obligation above all human law Now tbi.
~ either an intellectual absurdity or political sin
The Constitution Of the United States denoroi,ati
by Mr. Johnson himself the supreme law Of tbe
land" prescTbes certain duties for the presi,len,
mong which IS that OF taking the oath Of oeics r.
say that the performance Of this one d,,t,, i,or.
on the president obligation above the s,,,ye,n,
iaw Of the land, and the very law which pres,f;bsg
It. 70 SAY that the creature is above ne cgoa,o
iha i thst inc sanction Of religious ceremony 10 the