Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-15
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. JuI.Y Is. 1saa. :
FoR THE VINO,

The public have been, for the space of fur treeks
permitted TO ENJOY some rest by the absence during
that time' OF all gu6ornstoria scribbng; but alas,
our peace Is again threatened, for Monsieur Tonson
has come again. The readers of the Enauirrr no
sooner began to console themselves, with the hon.
that henccorth, they would mol be anhoyed as they
nave been, with the bitter and rcvengeful no1,en :.
OF the SUI geaeriS Governor. OF tie Old Dominon
than the Enquirer the 25d inst. Comes out with
Notifications, that his Exceency means TO enpioy tB,
residue OF the year in welding his JeneUoient kind
hearted, useful and classical pen lie presents
with NO ], heads It -''Re,rospects," and is GOOD
enough TO PROMISE that ins pen shall never amin
be alu down, until he has given us the iohoie defnU
~ all past events. Bravo what a feas, is her, No.
scented to The readers Of tho Enquirer and being one
myself, know not how ! shall sufficiently oxntass
my gratitude TO his Excecncy for the banonet which
ne L. preparing. ! mean to have these pieces an
bound in the first style, aud carefully NUT NV g.
the benefit Of postcrty. Such volumes as GHes'.
Works, IPiikiRSOn'S Memoirs John HoiLdn,ps M
dress, .Mc.NGhOn's Poems, Sc. sc. will rive vaIna
ana al beauty to every library To be sure you may
hud The hrsl named Of these works, filed wirh IN
cosistencles and mis- statements but that ia No tL;n
IN these times, when know that all WRITINGS .,
designed Tor effect without regard to either lfnb r
CONSISTENCY. took up the Enquirer yeste, ,ay ard
the first number of 'Retrospects" struck mo Ti -
the face and gave me pair Of black ewes soon
recovered myself, and waded through it. III j. oJn
rao'e, ana Is hled win variety YOU may supooee
from the tile. We shall have all past t;nosi p1a
scented IN "broken doses" and he who is ne, r.;
already, may become SO, by carefully treasHrnc, ~,
In liIs mlnd the precious records with which ve arg
soon TO be presented. Some estimates will also bs
mace OF me future, Us SION his ExceIlencv gets
through the past, and thus all mankind are IN bc on
hghtcned by the great and ui,tuous efIo,ts or his r.
celiency. Bu tins writer runs so fast and CO Via
win hs pen, that little advice NAV have sal,,ar,
efiect upon him. will tell him what have obsetvcd
~ the hrsl number. and mention II under the I,ona
that II may prevent hm from making more than 66
binnders OF the same kind he goes on SncojinS
OF the Missouri Question las If the writer was fcarE
that Mr.. Clay might receive some ecIaf for tho
mise he says, 'jhe principle upon which fb,, o,o
'tIon rested, had been settled long since Fbis had
been done, both by legislative INTERPRETATION of
'the constitution III The second session of tie fire,
Congress- and by another Legislative interprctat;on
"of tue Constitution on the Cd March, 1907" Hero
esec that his Exceencv, clniIns the constrncfo,,
gwen by Congress upon this occasion to the Consi
utiun, as decisive Of the pOrer of Congress and la
claims it upon the sole ground that Congy1ss Ia, 80
deltdefH Very WELL If q solemn decision of Con
gress, upon particular part Of the Constitution Gy
es inc power OF Congress- 10 the particular nrnc;
pie decided, the rule must be general and NOT oo,I
and 10 TINS presume, his Exccllcncy will as roe ;,b
me; NOW Congress has, over and over again doci
ucu ,lat 'hey nave power TO impose duties on foreon
goods Tor the purpose of protection; ond vet no nh
~ precisely as furious against this power as he r.
celIency And why should this be, since tho roepns
of Congress has been settled in the saInc ,va -; Lt
cases, liIs EXsellency must give us a kev lin, al
unlock TINS mystery, the hard heasied noonro g
THIS land will he apt to think that the onIv 49,
WhiCh operated, when the above quotation was ns,
lcu ny inc novernor was to deprive Mr. CLAW Of ms
merit winch may attach 20 hin, for his dstiS,i.Iy,
services IN compromising the great question of IN
doy. So 1'''''o" " 'nut
N B.-This piece was prepared upon the publc.
ton Of the lst No. of "Itotrospects" but ,Jas 49,;
'''"' BRUTUS