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

At mus. act and speak by and through it<repsesen.
'auvc body-that IS the appropriate AM only prac-
ticabie mode OF action.
The General Assembly is the medium of cx
pressing the sovereign VIII OF tn, State. Yhc,h
~ the sentiment Contained in tue address of ~,
'iay committee. that. when the election is 30 ~
made by Congress, the voice 1T the people Is nu
more to he hcarl--whether orr representa,iv -
\ IN Congress a the last election ought TO have
regarded the will of the State as declared bv tha
| General Assembly, and especially if they belicv-
I ed the declaration 10 he true, are matters al
deep aud vital import, and now directly present
lea TO the speca! consideration of Kentucky,
and upon which the people are called on 20 ex-
press their opinion, al the approaching. election
! The official alliance between Nessrs. Adams and
Ciay-the personal and selfish motives which may
Ebave influenced ihe votc-are but circumstances
oil aggravation. The main question s-ought he
public will 10 have been regarded? The more we
reflect on the theory, and observe the practical ope-
rdtiOnS OF tins great confederation, the more we
shall be impressed with the necessity of preserving
in the State representative Dol lies iicien, cheeks
hglinsi the encroachmen,s aud abuses of federal
power They are not only necessary, but inispen-
sable Ouwnrts 90 the duration Of American
Before the American revelation the British p,rIia
ment claimed the right of taxing the colonies with
out their consent This arrogant prctension was re-
sisted by the colonies through the representative
| bodies, assembled in various modes-and the re-
preventative bodies were the ,.fFcien, agent,
| through which public sentiment was displayed and
stand made against the principle contended for
| Ours u representative government and, when
we act, as States, we must act through our assem-
| b'ed representatives. There, the public will must
he embodied and prcluceh-nor does this doctrine
conflict with the right of the people to act upon
Their representatives by petition. address or renon.
STRANGE, or any other practicable aud orderly mode
oil expressing their opinions public affairs. The
parliament claimed the right To tax the colonies
without their conser'-the colonies resisted il by 4
seven years war. What is now Claimed Tor our re-
representatives. in Congre,s when the election of
.iay t,-aI to.I.,
voice OF the people is no more TO be heard
anu although representing the States, they have
right TO make President WITHOUT the con-
sent OF the States aud against their will express
| Ell through their constitutional representative as
sembIies Are those who protest against this extra
| VACANT assumption to be called a factIous, wick {.
! combination? Let the people weigh these things
| win deliberation and decd with iirrnness wh2t
ground enlightened ireemen should occupy i'm the
pending struggle The principle involved is one
! oil no ordinary magnitude, the force Of which
ought not 10 be obscured weakened, hy dis
| cu'sing the propriety OF furnishing the Indians
/ kasins
! Twill! not descend to the task OF examining in
detail ana tending Gen Jackson against the a..
sas>in.ii attacks made on his feelings and pride
IN coffin han1-billS and pamphlets calling him
cruel tyrant and murderer His military deeds
nave no, been done in corner, but in the face of
! the nation and OF the public enemy His conduct
has passed the ord al OF his government and re-
a
jackson is associated with the glory of tfIi, rep,ib-
nc, throughout tn civilized world. Is there one
| honorable man oil any party, who feels as az A
lncrican should ieel, whose bosom is not fred with
Indignation at these wicked and mai gnant attempts
10 degrade lhi% gr at and dSiingu she'd hero who
has shed so much iustre on our .atopal ch.r,cter2
| whether we atribu lie the victory of New Orleans
! to the consummate skill md aenius of the Ameri-
can comma der, or consider him chosen inst.u-
hent OF heaven, to save u in the most gloomy and
! h. is iIy IaJ
| TO our respect and consideration.
! lhten led TO have written you short letter in
answer to yours received few DAYS since by the
way OF Frankfort, but the interest awakened bv
! the subject has led me TO xplore the ground Of
controversy more at large than Anticipated Be
tore conclude, must remin you of an grcgio,is
error committed by the advochtesof the Jackson
cause. They have exaggerated TOO much In. nros
poets OF Maj. Barry, and thereby mlleJ their
| friends and induced supincness, Indifference and
neutrality to an alarming degree. The vantage
ground gained last year, can Only he preserved
by vigilance AMI exertion. Several gentlemen oi
the administration party have, with great dDpa-
rent confidence. claimed for Gen. MetcaiIe ma
Jonty OF 1000 votes and some calculate Oh a., 900
me jackson partISans, on the contrary, claim
majority OF D, 10 and even 5000. \ very intel
lIgent jackson man told me- the other day that
Barry and Breathitt would be elected bv a major
ity OF 1000 votes Now, sir, believe none If
these calculate 'n-. pr 'f.ss to hay, sone knpyl-
edgeo the state of part in Ken ucLy, and feel
didate, whether Barry Metcalte, will not in all
probability, obtain majority of more Than 3OOo
nave believed that there a majority of 3 or
f0Oo IN favor OF the election of General Jackson
an mat II they could be uaited upon the Jackson
cahdidaies tn r success might be anticipated with
| toerabie certainty. 1t may policy in a mnor-
| ~ 20 eXaggerate their fore, to encourage effort
bu' majority should rather underrate than over
rate their strength
1t cannot-a least, it ought not to have ESCAPED
the observation Of the Jackson party. that the
friends of the administration, whether new or old
court, are one and in Invisible. with them there is
no pickering, or heart burning bout new and old
c0urt-this distinction in that prty is buried 49,
Not one OF one hundred -nd.ed, might saw
ave hundred whether new or oil court OF the
administration party. will vote for the Jackson
candidates find hat, when new court gen
tlenan gives in his adhesion to the adninistra-
lion, he meets with a ready atsoution from his
rc-orgdniZing sim; and although many OF the old
court administration men manifest great alarm a.
hout the new court question, yet it is not irnpro-
babe that Gen Netcalfe's near approach TO re-
Organizer, constituted strong motive for his Sc
lection. The friends OF Gen. jackson ought TO be
warned, aud solcmHly warned, that, upon tirr H.
mon depends the success OF his cause in kentucky
II new ana old court can unite on the adininistra-
ton candidates, why will the friends of Gen Jack
son diUide: Are they less hearty IN their cause:
They must present an undivided and virorous
front to their opponents, defeat is inc yfabIe
Let them only unite, aud display the same n Al and
energy in the Of Jackson that he did In th,.
cause Of his country, and oil will he well think
you may calculate. with tolerabe certainty on a
majority OF four or five hundred in Thu county
Tor Major Barry, aud it not improbable that he
viii receive majority OF seven or eight hundred
As am not disposed to disguise or conceal my sen