Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-17
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SPEECH OF MIR. J. c. INGERsoLL,
A The Public Dinuer giuen 10 Mr.. Poisslrr al


Phiiadeiphis
] {. Ingersoll, Esq. SAID lie hoped II
would not lie thought Improper 10 premise his
tOast with short vmdicaiion of MIR Jefferson
from the false impressions Of late ennivefsa-
~, which tho President of the United States
fell IT incumbent ON him 10 cheek, by rsbnka
no doubt rs unexpected as II WAS ssasouable
aud significant Patriotism IN this country Is
an abstraction. Our country IL the consiitu-
ton. Local allegiance aud personal loyalty
nre ihings unknown To people whose attach.
meni u To good governmeni-to n charter, n
written act by which any lumbar OF free states
aud people Unite rs one naiioo. The states,
the elements of thu system. without which II
could not he, and would not endure. existed
before ths constitution and without II +; with all
their natural advantages, genial climate, fer
tile soil, abundant opportunity oil ports las
Burke expressed tho Iilimc facilities OF this
country.) and all their political rights, civil
| aud religions liberty, Tree press. trial by jury,
babeas corpus AETNA word, every eireum
stance iavoring prosperity were CON
| federated too f.; but all IN vain TIL the Nhol-
wac crowned by good government The Uni
ted states, free. sovereign and independent,
-,'h common sympaihics, language. success,
yet, like The republics of our southern he,nis.
phere now, were wasting with 1na,cby and
ecline. even though united. became the u
ninn was not what IL ouehito he. Tho glori
| ons spirits of the revolution, who carried the
country through thu, struggle. with "a graiuitous
government the dsmi-gods, Ms Mr.. Jefferson
styled them, who framed the present coUstiiu-
ton. men who their duties knew. who knew
then tights aud knowing dared MAINTAIN icon
tfary 10 the poets theory, which ~ only good
| in poetry,) totally enable 10 constitute n state
ill they made constitution by which the de.
| al.
| the states were L" hooped together" as Mr.. JEFF
ferson's phrase Is. unde, the federal head and
never was his radiant and revercd name NOR.
| abused, than when vonGhed for reducing The
| national constitution 10 the confederation from
the ashes of which II Tose---ashes which suh-
| ced merely 10 manure the stately and sturdy
| plant that now oyershadows four and twenty
states and is capable Of taking az many more TO
| its shelter
| On tho contrary, | will prove. in very fev
words, that Mr.. jeaetson's construction OF the
constitution was uniformly sigualised by lis
most powerful deyeiopements. IN connection
wuh his correspondence, lately published, I
| have recently read all the printed state pnpers
OF his composition from any or all ofwhich
| aver nothing like sanction can DO found for
what are The multiplying doctrines---ns new as.
they are unsonnd. IL n letter 10 Mr.. Madiso,
son expresses his great pleasure that thu IA,
sembly Of Virginia bed resolved to give Tho re-
guls,ion OF HE commerce OF the state 10 the
federal head" Not one of It's oppnsers IL
placed where an. says he. would fail 10
see The wisdom Of the measure, the politics of
Europe rendering il indispensahly NECESSARY
that. with respect 10 every thing external wa
should be ono nation, firmly hoopod together.
each state TO keep interior government 10 II
self" Remark his doctrine ms thus impaired
TO his friend. Mr.. Madison, IN anticipation of
the constitution. The eomWerce IF the State,
without reserve or condition 10 be given, that is
n cession of II, 10 the federal head Of course
supreme. to regulate IL, ns II would nnd that
federal head 10 be one nation firmly hooptd
Together. The Northeastern lands coded by
Virginia 10 the Union were moi more fully trans
ferred than the regulation of the commerce OF
the State Soon after Mr.. Jefferson entered
on The Department of State, aud IN May "
writing from FhiIadelphi 10 Mr.. Skipwit h.
hc ascribcs tho unparalleled prosperity 0f The
country To the unbouudrd confidence reposcd
by the people in their government. their zeal
TO support IT, their conviction that n sOhd u
Mon IS he best rock Of safely, 10 favorable sea-
sons, fertile soil, genial climate, and TO he
growM Of industry. economy, and doms,iie MN.
JaciWes. In hi famous report Of December
l 100. ob lfb'T1tfDbb Oh COM
MERGE. hc argnes that where nation imposes.
high duties on Dur productions, or prohibits
them altogether, we should do the same by
theirs FIRST hurdenine or excluding those PRO.
ducilons which they brlnS here in competition
with ours OF the same kind selecting next such
manufactures ms we take from fhem ~ the
greatest quantity, and which nj the same time
we could soonest furnish ourselves, importing
on them duties lighter NJ FIRST, hut heavy and
heavier afterwards Which dulles having tho
tGect Of Indirect encouragement TO domestic ma
nntdciures. may indicc The manufacturer 10
c0n htmJeLC INTO these States" am nol now
dealing with policy, bu, power--a question Of
con ,tlrulional power. aud ask whether nj the
inauguration OF Mr.. j. Persons birth day, this
report, together with M. MsdBon's late letter,
should not have been read 10 break the images
of unconstitutional niolatry. II iss remafka-
BILE fhci, throughout the speeches and commu-
nicatiODs OF Mr. Adams the elder, MS PRECEDENT
manufactures are not once mentioned, whereas
IN Mr. ,Jefrrsons very first message 10 Congress
10 Dec. 1902 he recommends 10 50 many words
the protection Of manufdctdres, in connection
with his upperinost thought and favorite figure
OF IT, 10 cherish The Union, az the only rock Of
5dteiy.-Sucb ARE some o, the many proofs
adducible of Mr.. JeHersons original. Uniform
authentic and cordial sentiments to be seen
w b'h't pHVtTbth HIlbe Oh IfHfHlDR Oh con
siiiutional add nalional law, the mirror Of his
mind III all its brightness; mol ms distorted by
partizans or tormented by correspondents. He
honored, as every pa,rio, must, the state of
South Carolinn but what would he have said
II living, TO hear what are now called South
Carolina doctrines A gallant and hgh.min-
ded State, that never has had cause TO complain
OF the Union, and never should complain of it
without cause Mr.. Mndson's resolutions Of
S5, so often, enormously appealed TO, were
the principles of the ancient dominion. 10 which
no freeman need object the principles OF JEFF
ferson and Madison, respecting whom one IS
ready to explain with the poet
Oh rise some other such,
Or all that we have lief: is empty boast
or old achievement, aud despair OF new.
The doctrines Of the .4ncient Dominion we're
the power OF the President, with consent Of
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