Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-11-18

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| majority Of both Houses. Your candidate for the
Presidency will have scarcely taken tho oath OF
| Office. before that man who claims, with every
Just prctension that injustice and . malignant hos.
Unity to your interest give him. the title Of the
champion OF the " American System" will begin
topush this question for the purple for himself.
with renovated ferOcious incorporating zeal;
The party opposing him will not be outone in this
holy work. The race will Be renewed for the sue
censorship; and the venerable patriot WHO viii.
go into ofiic,, by all wishes biest," must re-
main, in spite Of his devoted patriotism and Roman
honesty, passive spectator Of the conflict between
| those factions, whose eruption aud violence he
vii! have no means TO arrest.
Have we not been told, on the highest auttori.
ty, that the Tariff is the settled and vnaiterabis 90
hey Ot our country. Yes, gentlemen, the Com.
uittec OH Roads and Canals, in their memorable
report. informed that this system IL a. fixed as
fate, AMI in their own words Z" because che do.
ties from which revenue IL derived. gro MOI in.
posed for the purposes Of revenue. but for tho
lection Of national industry against foreign conpe.
tition, and these cannot and ought not to 10 re-
pealod. because the Tariff and Internal Improve
mcnts, constitute ore .9nlesicun sysfcm." This IL
the catholic faith OF the dominant party. That the
burdens will be ightened upon those articles bear
Ing the scverest pressure upon tho navigating in
tercsts Is highly probable, becauso this is boon
which the West will give TO New England. at no
distant day. for some preferred appropriation for
Western improvements; but for the South there
will be no bright reversion. neither in the justice
nor mercy Of our opponcnts; % far from the duties
on the staple articles Of Bitish manufacture. On
wooiiens, cotton goods, and iron and hardware,
10y which she purchases tho staple articles Of
II, I6cy b, tucsSAsca uutti ee p0sr,, 2, prunI-
bitioE is reached. the cud Of that journey which
bigoted monopoly is traversing with "A steady and
unialtcring pace.
We arc equally destitute Of hope when we con-
slider the peculiar character Of the manufacturing
spirit, there il in il unreIenting avaice and self
ishness that admits 81 no propiiation 1t ie not A.
lone fortified by the base Iucre OF gain, but by tho
insulting arrogance with which il vaunts a Pc
culiar and exclusive patriotism upon the insolent
presumption that man who makes yard Of cloth,
under the enormous bounty, created BY q tax on
the rest OF the community, has higher claims to
the consideration Of his country than the honest
yeomsn who raises bushcl Of corn without this
bounty. Let any man look TO the history Of thoso
countries in which this monopoly has been listen
ed OH them by the Legislation OF successive ages
let him turn TO the pages OF Adam Smith, and SEQ
there how Mamnon works. lie will md the We
ry events which characterized the period in which
that philosopher wrote. marking our own times;
insignificant minority in numbers, knit together by
common purpose. united councils, close confed-
Grafton, anc unbounaed wealth, alternately coax
ing by their exhaustiess cunning, or bullying by
their noisy cIamor tho National Legislature into
some compliance in their unholy schemes CT levy
ing fresh tribute the rest Of their fellow citizens
Are we not told by this profound philosopher, and
do we not zee such things -mong ourselves, that
even the persons Of members OF the House OF
Commons are threatened with violence Tor daring
to Oppose their measures of exaction! With such
policy, and with such men this writer well es-
claims, " il were absurd to hope for the tree
dom of trade, as 10 expect the establishments Of the
Utopia OF Moore, and the Oceana of Harrington"
But the spell of darkness begins at length to break
away in that country, penetrated by the light Of Ii
berry aud truth, which this philosopher himself
diiIiscd--but, alas! the cloud is rolling over in
darkness and bisoiry to rest upon our shores.
Gentlemen, fear have tired you, am sure
have myself, in passing through this miserable
and fruitess waste, where not n salutary hope
takes root. am sick at heart Of these poor sums
in arithmetic, which tell us how much we are rn-
ined, but tell us not how our wrongs are to be- re-
dressed Are we, indeed, without remedy! None,
again repeat, which is TO be found in the justice
or the mercy OF our opponents. But, thanks he to
God we have remedy full Of security and h'~ ,r
in o,TseIres--in the sacred Egis oil the Constiiu
tioni.seif-in the sovereignty OF this State-ln the
high and insuperable obligation Of our Legislature
to protect each and all Of its citizens from the in
Justice and oppression OF unconstitutional law
and lastly, (shall we count it as nothing1 In the
spirit Of gallant People, reared amidst those me-
morals which tell them they were once Tree; and
educated by Constitution which insiructs them
that they have imprescrip'ible claim still TO-
be so.
Our scheme Of civil freedom would. indeed, 10
miserable mockcry. IL there was conservative
principle no wllcrc-if solemn compact between
co-equal sovercigns could be violscd at will by al
corrupt or despo,ic majority-if we had resource
no where exccp, in base acquiescence inits will,
by virtue OF the long exploded, degrading, and
ignomnous doctrine Of passive obedience and
.on-resistancc," our situation would ,indeed,be one
OF disgrace and misery which would admit OF no
extenua,ion. But this is not our situation On
the reserved rights Of this State sou may build as
upon rock upon which the tempest and c'iiows
may beat but cannot shake. Do find this secur-
ty in the revolutionary enthusiasm, in the treason
able aspirations Of some political incenciary, who
wishes, III the madness or The fury OF his crime,
TO pull down this beautiful po!ii,ca! ediilce OIL
whose eItars we have hitherto hoped the fires o:
Liberty woUid be eternaR No, gentlemen, do
not go 10 such apostles for this fatli: lind it rest
ing on the authority OF names rererated and en-
deared 10 you by associations connected with e.
very thing that has been prout valuable, and con-
soiing, to our COMMUNICATING upon the authority
of jefferson aud of Madison. sustained by the find.
ing o. the almost unanimous votes Of the Legisla-
lures Of Virginia and Kentucky, canonizcd at
once By the cstolic faith OF The great republican
party Of our coLnsrY.
Our reliance, ti,en il on the Virginia and Ken.
lucky Res buttons OF 0S-,ud upon these we pat
cur citadel where no man can harm it. is, per-
hans the most fortunate circumference Tor Us IL,
the world, that the passage OF the Alien and sedi-
ton Laws, (Which rest OH the same implied pow
crs, on the part OF Congress, on which the Tn-
riff fnde IFS authority furnished The occasion
both TO MIR. Jefferson and MIR. Madison, to give,
as they have DONE in the resolutions in ueson,
their luminous and undeniatle commentary on
| the reserved and ultimate rights Of the States.
This commentary covers the whole grou.ad for US.
And what is it MIR. Madison saYs. ~ esss Il
powers, not granted by the compact. the States
| who are parties thereto, have the right, aid are
| i'm duty bound, to interpose for the purpose OF
resting the progress of the evil, and for nsintan-
ing, within their respective liuits the authorities,