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

comes priucpie involving tho lsOs, unlounded, dos
poc and Preposcrous results Yet Il in this sense only
IN which tho unity OF nstien be made to answe
me authors object in developing his rightul eiemen
tary principles OF political economy. What can the au
'hor mean, by m unity Of rights. Sc belonging TO ma
non unless II be oil rights natural aud derivaives He
MAKE, no distinction; aud must, therefore be understood
Again,-"Thc right labor: the right to make bread
anu The right to eat II, II is presumed, will be admite,
to be natural rights. Man Is absolute sovereign owe,
these rights, Ia his ni native character and in
oat character, he exerei'es them at his pleasure Sup
pose 10 this aaigamaon OF rights, he could and would
give mem up 10 the nation for the purpose OF forming
It's quality Of unity; how could il be exercised bya ma
ion IN this quality of uHy' Could this unity breat
Tor ma individual. aud digest after eating Il, The no
non IS absurd aud preposcrous. The right Of marriage
Us natural right Could nation in its quality OF unit,
execute this right II 80, the writer calls upon the a
NOR Tor the n'oa,s operandi in either When
n"" oecomes member OF nation, he does not aban.
don these rights. but he retains them with him 10 be
executed In his individual original character in hs az
'oGa,ed stale these are simple, but important rights
out says Mr.. NaymOni--'' tho Government. or lie.
gisiature possesses the supreme or legislative power
ana 49, therefore, the head OF the uaon."s' These pro
positions are so obvious and ace that we
raymond IN disguise) presume, Mr. II. does claim
he merit OF originality for them" So far from these
proportions being scevident. the writer denies their
ruin And correctness in every tittle;and although Mr.
raymond has admoRshed all writer's upon political eco.
omy' against the of all gurative terms and of the
necessity oil strict definitions yet the terms in which
hese propositions are expressed violate both his pro-
resi-, and Injunction Government, or Legislature
Here these terms are used mous-w hereas
no terms are more distinct and separate in their
Is only one part Of Government
The part cannot mean the wsoie
hgain-Ihey both possess supreme, or Legislative
power Here, again, supreme" and .. legislative
arc usea as SYNONYMOUS terms; when the legislative
power is not supreme, but subordinate II is subordinate
to the fundamental aws-f Both Government and Iegis
ature are asserted 10 possess supreme power whereas
ooth OF them united do not tho supreme power
supreme power is sovereignty. The people are soye.
reign.
Axra;
LEGISLATURE are the head Of the nation" IL is denied
that both, either Of them are the head of the mn
"A nation consists OF land within certain defined
hhits; and the people upon IT, including both the Co
verrors aud governed. The people are reiore the
head OF the nation, the Gov the big tail, and
me Legislature the little tail of the nation according
70 MT. haymonds hguraiive term used in violation Of
MS own rule According 10 this hypothesis being the
rue one, the people are every thing, the Government
ana lie gsianre ve'y Mule Upon the opposite hypo
thesis the Government and Legislature would h. eve
ry thing. and the people nothing.
Again-Mr Raymoa! holds, Z" tina, in a sociel com
mnnity, our right to specified property is convention
alright, and depends entirely on he laws Of the coun
ny The writer denies both propo.ilions AMI asserts
that the right OF property is natural and not conven
nonai right So says every Amer Constitution That is
IN tact the great American political creed Man derives
his right OF property and the property ITSELF from The g
OF ms God mot from the gift of his Government Go.
vernments have no property give TO individual man
Governments are themselves founded upon a roftion
and II rightly understood, very small norton of the
right and property Of individual man. given up TO Co
'efnments Tor the protection by them, oil that larger
retained portion. If Governments do in fact rive pTo
perry TO individual man, from what source did Govern
ments derive such property! Not from God-Je has no.
'hing 10 do with Governments in their corporate chorac
ter nor with the Governors in their official character
Sou mode inan-inan made Governments. God gave
property 10 man -msn gave small part OF il TO Govern
ment'-anh Governments avsiled hensevc of the now
OF derived from that portion thus given then by force or
a"u' 10 possess themselves of all the residue instead
OF protecting the individual in the
oil that, which he retained for his own Nj
raymond seems TO have fallen into thi. great and fatal
error ny overlooking the obvious distinctions between
e original right OF property and the formal evil
renee q "a" TtShf.-For, Gays Mr. Raymond, dis
unuehned right to underlined property no doubt true
out In the social state right specific propertv
depends exclusively upon the laws OF the country
were inns virginia critic required to show his rght 10
MS plantation tie would, In defiance OF his Polt-
cal Disquisitions readily any one else produce his
title deeds, and the laws OF the State which secured
to him."
This admission in the frs, three lines Of this quota
uoH all that was ever asserted by the writer ia re-
gard TO the natural right Of property and il all that ia
necessary, 10 shew how this original riph is used in The
distribution OF all rights between the governed and
Governors clearly prove the deu sons of
DIT raymond IN disguise, arising from c0nfounding the
original right oil property with the mere formal evi
dence OF that right The "ttie deels are the mere
formal evidence Of the right of property The right of
property is acquired originally by occupancyThen by
iaOorct by purchase or by descent after entering into
slate oil society, and government.Ihe right of pro-
pery In every case precedes the title papers-They are
the necessary tormaties required by the tnuncipsI
laws to prove the isting right 10 property howe
yer acquired and are never given until after the acoui
sion oil the right to any particular subject Of property
Hence the fatal error OF Mr. Raymond in disguise -
Mr.. Raymond's work upon the Elements of Political
Economy and the crique upon H. far was intend
cd are now both fairly before the public, and await its
verdict.