Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-24

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'h"tamy IRON wie'chetness and degradation. IL Is the
copy OF the explanation forced from him at Boston ami
addressed 10 Nir HNrrishe Agent. He forthwith sent
cory OH 10 me 4'h Auditor. who will receive IL by
tnis days mall contradict il, and tho family OF the
wretched being whom You onorei with the name
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happy, and inay the allpowerfn bless and prop
you.
"iIon. SAMUEL 7. Southland,
Treo,on, New jersey"
Every mater iLl statement contained in this letter
was proved 10 be utterly false"
FOR THE EN-QUyRER.
RIGHT OF lNsTRUcTIoN-AME QUARTER.
Gr REVIEW
Every Republican must feel surprise and regret or
reading the secon article in the 9th nnmber of The "a
merica; Quarterly Review, the subject OF 'Instruc
tons 10 Representatives." am mol 4 subscriber that
Periodical; and. therefore, know nothing OF its gener
al character much les, Of its political preiiiecticns II
seems to have already acquired reputation; and ai
frequent references made To il. The nin,h No has ac
ciienta,iy fallen Into my h,rd' through the courtesy
OF brother Farmer in my neighborhooj. and the work
seems 10 be conducted with uncommon ability AMI in
lusry But the docuine Of the editor ,h right OF
instruction Is an,ircpublican and dangerous. II strikes
at the acknowledged sovereignty Of The people. II sorts
80 well with the alarming us,irpaions OF power that
have been going on in ,ha country for ti,nc and
SO pa'pably sustans wocedue In Congress, late
occasion, by which the known tOiu Of the people
defeated that trust shall be excused for calling pub
lie attention oi'; or. a. least 10 the herssy IN lin aims
Il Democrat as am may be con iilered presiunp-
ons, in tus questioning the correctness OF practices
pursued by men who have occupied "high places" !
may lie laughed for gravely entering the lists with
the learned editors OF the american, Quarterly ReUieo
BIT, as truth and justice and the rights OF my feow
citzens, no; the iounhlon Of all free government
are in question. shall !caresly review This article oil
The A Q Review.
Itp.rportS to he areview Of MIR Burkc's speech to
tho Electors OF Bristol hia election Parliament in
November MA as contained in Burke's works. repub-
shed in Boston in 1926 The eor refers the arg,-
menfs in support OF the Obligation Of Instructions
by Bugh. in HE political Dispositions, Wy Maj Curt
uniSht and oher advocates of retoi in the British
Parliament and then says by way OF winning intro
iuctioil:
alt must be acknowledged tina, ancient practice from
the times when the Representatives received daily pay
from their in favor of his right, though
rarely exercised Wa do not rccollect any formal re-
monsirance against BY member of the British Par
lament, until this speech OF Mr. Burke. The right OF
instruction had been long doubted and denied By ObiteT
parliamentary declarations, and formally hy Judge
Blackstone in his Commentaries. VOL 1. pa. I6l bur if
there be any formal argument against IT exant, previous
10 this bold AM honest declaration OF Mr. Burke, has
escaped us"
Even in Great Britain, where "Pariiament /. omnipo-
tent" and where 1.-The King do no wrong" the
"ancent practice fdpor of the right Of nsiruc
ton. 1t had only been doubted and denied by Obitc
parliamentary declarations" But, at length, the
shipper of Regal, ii not OF unlimited power, and Divine
Right, Judge Blackstone, "iOrnay denied il. This is
Tho Of the very b'ief history which most learned
American @ Review, gives Of ,h. important question
in Grea, Bri.sin Yet. the editor gives the
of all that be urged against the right, in bis
language, and with the arnitness, and apparent mpar-
ality and love of liberty to the school oi poll
,cians TO which it seems he belongs. II sentence
opens the discussion with apparent modesiy and with
candor which cannot but characterize as too diplo
matte for the elevated grouni he wonld occupy in the
literary and political wor!l But hear him:
"In this country Ohe U. $ we regard the Que stiOn
unsettled; atho' the prevailing opinion particularly
throughout Virginia, q fuckers 81 app 1913, Is in IA
vor OF the right of nstructng the ative and
the obligatory character OF such Instruction."
Every Virginia Democrat must feel thankful for the
exception which is extended d" throughout Virginia"
We call il exception Of Virgiaia; for, the diplomacy
OF the language Is such that the general reader would
regard The question really unsettled in the Other
States. according to the opinion OF tie Reviewer. Ue
prominence of the opinion in faror Of the right,
intended 10 be confined 10 this " OIL D,nnion" "re-
nowned AMI unterried" as of her highly gifted
called her, might not a; upon what ground a
political question like this, be considered unset
tei, when 4" The prevailing opinion OF the people has
been expressed upon it Aud that too, in country
whose political institutions all based upon the grca;
and incontroverblc principesihat all power sderive
from the peoples that public officers but ,her
and amcnable 10 them for their public conduct
that majority has the right 20 dictate; to contro 10
alter and abolish But, if there he equivoque ia
this Ianguage;if il intended convey the meaiug
tlIat i'll majority OF the states ana with majority OF
the people (and especially in Virgina) the opin
ion is ia fapor of the right OF instruction. upon what
grounh Mcll, Is VI, Ul we are 10 regard Inc question
as unsettled!
1 am bound By every consideration Of fairness and
berali,y TO pat the most liberal construction upon the
auihoT's words Perhaps he infers, from recent
evidences. that revolution has taken place in The
minds Of The peoples at least, in the minds of
of them II his " prevalence OF opinion in favor of tbs
right bo,toined upon the idea that bare majority
of that way OF thinking, aad tia. the majority is
the other side il is ncon stent with propr
ETY. To enquire by what process Of ra!iocin o1 he ha
arrived at his conclusion Does he think that III, sub
servency Of majority OF the Representatives. Of Ken
lucky 10 Mr.. Clay, ia thu election Of hIr. Alams, On
violation OF the will Of the poo jle) is evidence that Ken
lucky has abandoned her democratic principles; and tina
ts ablnIonmen' If respectable portion Of the pco
pie makes il doubtful which side the majority is
present 10 lie found? Most Of the federaIsts and nj
the arsocras, have uniformly opposed The right OF in
struction Bat, il they all still do ia it to 10 bcey-
ed hit they that the accession OF Ken
lucky. gives them the clear majority! five to be-
lieve this then may fear that Mr.. hIonroe's "IEr
Of good feeling, and the election Of an oil ederals
turned democrat, by betrayDg his party Con pretending
the existence OF treason among them) have brought
20 fearful crisis in our experiment Of republican go
vernment. n this hypothesis be well founded, ther
ia il time 10 open eyes to the dangers by which
surrounded; 70 buckle armour, an he up an,
ADDING The enemy has, indeed, stolen iusidously in
to our camp Is about to pull down flag and tran,
pie into The dust, the proud Eagle and Stare, unde
which we have so long reposed with cootidencc an'
I security.
| Bat, cannot inlngc su,h apprehen,ions myself
because feel that srn Iec that the great mas Of ,
fellow citizen OF the United states, not lsss
scious oi tc fact, that ID sO and hai having ~,
= LAT, both under our constitution, and hy the laws
j, TO niiut su and enforce The sovereignty 0fOa WiH
we can DO 80 az our pisasue IN despite Of d'l " the
. ~ he IL can (fs in