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

nu 40" As ims to DC ascerained: Who hos ri, Int 10
, ~, ,eeung; what obligation is there upon the con-
ue,s 70 attend! How are those TO be bound by tho
resolutions OF such meeting who are i'm no wis. boun
| 20 attend IL? % 800 wv :" ~ "''o o"u""
Eur,her' supro:e tina, number OF constituents ia
WHINE, OF "Ueofgiineet Tor the purpose OF instructiu
member how To vote or some snbrc, of aencr,l In >
terest; what right have they TO determine nations,
measure without inference or win S,bor
States, ohcr districts, other consre,.. er,Ssf,
Interested! The member instructed i. comrnent mar
oil body essentially deihcra,ivc; whose members arc
expressly appointed TO confer and consult with each ot,
nron every proposed measure, before lie aopted
"hai iorce ought the instructions of partial body of e.
iec'ors 10 nave on such nember?-instr,icoasd drawn
up WITHOUT conference consultation with the rest al
the people, whose interests and whose opinions are VI.
tery disre sardede
"Suppose such meeting OF electors hell NJ honc .
fhe member 10 be Instructed IL absent The
are debated, received Transmitted The member i,
oouh he cannot open his mouth but obedience 70 the
oe's he has received. That 10 the citizen OF tho dis
u",, VINO Is by common consent chosen az being best
qaied to 'e'iherste and decide l. the only inha
uenoeratns or deciding. lie is ordered TO have no
voice, no sentiment of his own; his lips are aed and
he plays the autornaoE
ow easy is 1t, moreover, 10 get up party citing,
for party purposes whose instructions arr binding or o
binding il may suit the cunning or Of
member TO consider them. Is not this very obvious
remark 10 those who have have had an opport,,nity OF
observing the nannvres pracilsed on such occasionss
he whole system Is 40 manlesily open party
vrcinp, 10 interested bargaining popularity hunting
AMI all The low arts Of e'ectioneerng, that in op
ION, truly honest and independent man. will not dc
grade himself by submitting 20 IL.
"ihat every honest member will nav serious and
deliberate attention aud with ufeiyncd re spect
the recommendations Of clear majority OF his cons
aens, no one can doubt; and the in proportion To-
Tue validity OF tho arguments and the cogency Of tho
acts advanced in support OF them. Nor likely that
dec'hed nGjo1fy OF constituents be brou CHIT to-
act in the Of Instructions unless in cases whcr..
strong reasons and circumstances of great interest urge
them to the measure. But the member instructed il
the member OF the nation. He is deliberate and
act not tor his iocality, but for the nation IL in
az
his constituents require him. let him resign He oughe
not TO renounce bi' own Independence, accustonl
himself, from motives of mere syped.ncy 10 say YES.
when honor and conscience say no.
"Ihe cases where man of sense and integ gritty woua
b" ap TO differ with the great body Of his constituents
arc 20 few AMI 60 unlikely occur that no great efi,
can reasonably be unprecedented from the pre- vaenca OF
me doctrine we have endeavored TO support. At nny
rate III doctrine which men who above all time.
serving expeiients, who would earn short.
lived popularity hy unworthy CONCESSIONS and who va.
Tue independence The first OF blessings vii, not hasti
" reject"
An oll-ashioned Democrat appeals 10 the readers Of
The Enquirer, TO say il these doctrines are not repug
nani TO all their notions of Republican principles But
Yet they the doctrines Of a celebrated Periodical
IN PHILADELPHIA selt-s,yled "The american Quarterly
REVIEW" They are in accordance with the opinions.
OF .he Ans'ocrahc party lett among us after tho Revo
in''on. They agree exactly with the sentiments ana
practice of many who profess TO belong tho Demo.
cratic School Of politicians do not these doctrines give
to public agents supremacy that public opinion
which the Reviewer has described Prevailing and
oinnpoent: They teach us 10 believe, that SER.
er pleases) whilst clothed in the buckram OF ga little
brief authority, are irresponsible U.S. that they are
the lords and masters OF the ln and that are in
competent 10 Judge decie in matters peculiarly our
own II - an old saying that, 'the being alter
ed alters the case" Now, let one Of these aristo.
cratic ban'ngs Of public favor be left home IN the
bosom of his district; let question Of vital Importance in
the estimation o, that district arise in Congress-let the
people assemble and take it up, and forward him their
instructions "a To what vote he must gve-let this
eN-bhntlins of public favor and operate wit,
Ina neghhors and fellow citizens and what will he say,
the representative in place should tell him and all
The rest of his constituents, that they but shaif-in-
iGrned"-iha he cannot ''condescend consult their
opinions and wishes. when his jdgnen. is opposed to
theirs-that he should degrade himself IL he did So
and sacrihce all independence Of charactcr.
But, am extending this number too far for The CO.
'umns oil newspaper, and entering premaimrely into
the main question. have given the whole of the are
inenfs OF Doct Cooper and the Reviewer that the rca
der may zee that wish them 10 be fully ed anu
understood In another paper shall undertake TO ex-
anime them and bring then the test Of that which
nave considered the true theory of Republication
IRON That theory we have been tempted 10 go astray
by the uDchasene ambition Of several popular and elf
ed men Partiaes for individuals. the heat of party
ana personal feeling, have Of late, distracted the public
NINA so much that rarely look TO Fundamentals
principles and arc constantly tempted TO abandon them
AM TO run the gauntlet with clamouro,s PARTY
OF crusadng orator. A DEMOCRACY