Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-08-21

talents, as TO advosate for The sake Of popu
ari,y with his immediate constituents which is hostile
10 The interests OF the nation at large"
Livery he cscd TO the national representation l.
Ter 1soss % decide the interests of nation of VIVA,
papers and dubious necessary e,s On no b
S, .rsho,y II member decide or in The
tive assembly imply 's and discussion
70 instructed mober we so eni,led here 70 he & -
& s acre your eS Sf s DC %, hons and MD @
cannon reach .e% "y are SS Te % arguments
all, ea Ip ooc u.s. ,y are ,hS'eofs no. competent,
@perSc, iao@atiOa partial dccta,ion In ~
s g eHse gssa @ t ~ nor can yoe 30 bOu by such
here TO the na,a, council deliberate uu,oa and ro @
%%eas SSoS s p re- S"s "
aud that you ao likely TO possess more accm,c local
than he IL ,ey have ,aGoS up ieandcd opHSs .;
acisn bur e sS@s As eS MS your duty
This doctrine is radical and sweeping enough in ali
conscience The Reviewer adopts IL IN toto-Jn wba,
he says himself he but ampliiies The ideas of Doc,
cooper; repeats them in every form of expression anu
wsaves up commentary. as replee with sot,hsry as
win plagirisas full OF toosv "a il is weak and
snrePuhcap II presents an apt iliastration of tLc
facility with which practsed pen can dilute the sp;r
OF other minds, and tickle the with the reverbera,ion
of sounds.
IL the reader take any nteres, in this Fundamental
question: he will bear with me, and permit the rgi
ent OF the reviewer 10 he here inserted in cxtenso
Hcar both eides, Is maxim Just a. il il old IL
was ibese opinions that induced me to take up nv pen
10 conrovert them, in my feeble way. Thus Ear NV
remarks have been chiefly predatory. The discrepanry
between our institutions and those OF Europe is such
That authorities from that quarter can claim but it'll. II
any force, whatever But here are tho sentiments of
The american Quarterly review:
II high time that this question should he settled and If tho
right claimed by tho Constituent determined in his favor br b
its ssoes an al z doubt snSn sn Be
opinion s bs s y N the practice Tho popular
IN any case and that he bouad
cSs '' ~ s ny, .as @
OF io.Ss popularity So oTsy ease more o
conviction well iS1nded but o 'G have On"
,ha, the alluded than i; due sSa az n
%,n @ - 90 "a every case IN the great majority Of
we Sns hs ,,S s St,iSi S s"d to @
a;cd until better i1onod deny tia, constituents have
ooey The Instructions ihey be pleased To him in ANY,
tentative The members from onber, also for Nat
anu ses versa and hs Constituents Of Maryland
of MsST a; from the Of Maryland questions
LET n suppose democratic community 20 o,y in number Tim.
assembly much a , II o SS a 81 1--we
~, legislature members elected
aud regulations and description? Coan ea 80
which The whole community were DouSio oS for ,S
Would pa o oay s 10 Oia or
so meeting Of tho community would take place only whcn
SION The members present. therefore, as ncScrs of
would The public mh S so Sd
decided after due ef by d." to v ,Sss
oil the member, presents each member voting member OF The
this Obvious from ,e nature of things; was in fact
10 meeting appointed for public purposes private needing
attends for tho T " s.aeT ans on SSs Of tho
community No argument make this the
snpPoso The community should numerous that they
Jon and Inconvenience arising numbers They mus, "nnn
they Would hsy seo 20 Gs aud oct
PsssOsS popular democracy WIN this case
win be would have been "nS S"
AZ assembly, Viii become his duties, and their rights rights
10 meet in public assembly common of tho whole
,rnspSS Ss 1Ss 0n and dis
'"s meeting Sss nsn for n PGSc P cuI,
no., sn nave bearing on the common intosshc
deliberate anddeus. among each other the public business
M ,hey could manage ana transact without delb.Iaon and
rS Tor Information from the officers concerning facts
decide, not previously bu, AFTER deliberations. and dis
. Such would their duties uuy pointed out by the nature
persons cen, in their stead therefore, bo really oD ,,n
heir duties viii be the same Thew "
interests but Of s public nse oy fl and a.,
ana nsy w, have public and national
seIs' and decide non The MEMBERS will
~ the community if personally convened, do
mott % en S sS
m %e 70 Gie on public business aud to decide
meeting tosetsr bu, his aud they could act III,
i've. bound deliberate before ,hoy Vote Ic
Who decides before question
le mere The meotng ~ debeatve meeting, h. who
solves before hand, how lac shall voie upon equal
a fellows he docs adopt abide by common comac
Az de6e,9on, ali all evidence oxpenicd upon linn
IN vain lie permits his fellow mombsrs address his upd
s determined before hand that shall effect, mis- an
pears TO manifest inaciion
Oh tho essential character of the Assembly; downright fraud
upon his colleagues, who excng best ponr o
Information ihn and innninatc
yhOae mpracca is locked up and who Snaio
9is matter OF fact and sound absolute dcanco
oqna They oil alike members OF nation and do not meet
members OF particular socton of it, toy Ia-c no
authority of ordering dectian or ns,rc,ns ocb
aken after mutual discussion TO or discc any
cnar meTbe would be prcsump,uous ntcrcoace not on
who have claim each conscientious yote found
"a on his real unbiased opinion; aud who over
han portion Of the community havoc mcoer, moi
A. The noHbrs of tho whole community persons mar
representative ole tnt
oi The community who dopue him. for he
instruct rnonbc as ho (body and sou separate and
exclusive property they infringe the rights claims of tho
person dePued on those who dopne him would have done
o ne nation lie ~ the nations member pa
~ o. Pary Tor TINS plain and unansweable reason
Nhon nc represents would have been If offended
noa1 OF him. suppose iat in member
ouu 70 saeThce the interest OF the nation thu; nmo
- tue manifest abSuhy that tho
question plainly involves. Toust strange that man
d sense and independence, submit this real de-
graduation; nor, indeed, he do il till he has brought
himself to renouncc all independence of character lie
willing to keep back all his fair and expected contr
button OF talent and informaonto sacrifice the pencr
IL interest TO local and partial ntcrestand TO value his
popularity at home, than the good Of the nation IN
which he belongs. How such member can make v-e-
ensiono political integrity or independence, while he con
iescends to rcnounce his deliberate opinions i'm "a
FOR OF tho instruction Of his half-inormed constituents
We are at loss conccvc unless, indeed, hc pursue
Inc practice Of John Wilkes, OF well known celebrity
who ALWAYS took 10 draw i'm