Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-09

gautc system Of Tariff has grown up which violates all
the principles Of Free Trade, and all the prinaip:es Of
federal Constitution. Pretensions are up i'm
terfern with the right States to extend their ow
jurisdiction to the Indian tribes within their own borders
And In the anatical petitions and memorials to
Congress disposition to xtend the power Of the gov
eminent to the religious opinions aud habits OF the
Pile.
We have then more allies on our siae--but we have
more formidable enemies to cope withCan we hesitate
In such course! Ought the friends Of the Constitution
to despair Ought they not to DO animated addition
al exerons by the importance of the cause in which
they are engaged' According to their views Of the
question: the dearest interests Of their country
stake. Hervcry liberties may depend upon the issue
Break down the barrier which separates Federal from
State authorities and where the powers Of tho Fed
oral Government to stop! We have laid our conteder-
acy upon this foundation; that certain powers are given
and the rest reserved to the States or the peoples
that no powers are given, but such specified in
the instrument end such are proper and ne
cessary means to effect the enumerated ends-Change
this mode Of construction however; sever Ger ain gen
eral phrases Gas general welfare, for example from
their proper context with other words which de-
tine and limit their meaning; usurp, in other words.
the power of promoting the interests of the country
out Of the sphere OF jurisdiction marked out for the
federal government and the consequences of these
croachmen may be fatal Instead Of Confcderacy,
we shall have Consultations solidation OF our
Union, as Mr. Webster seeks to sophistcate it. but
consolidation of all great powers in the federal Head
The General Government becomes almost every thing
and the States nothngbut
MIR. Madison devclopes the subsequent steps of the
process More and more power and patronage thrown
into the hands OF the Executive Of the United States
more Offices to be given away-more money to be
expended under its until its powers al
ready too large to be agreeable to jealous people, be-
come dangerous to their liberties
Such maybe the results Of The system, to which the
Republ cans are opposed. Aud they ask whether the
cab tile which Sc approaching; whether the
state Of things which al nd Is no, calculated 10 try
srons iy tn tn vigilance OF the
The public debt will b. ex ingus.d in three OF four
years Eleven or tweiv: millions OF lila will be in
the government What shall become Of III Shall il
e TO pamp tho prd.. to en'arge the power, the
federal an hority-to enable we'll temp, IL, TO
engage in 'ch.ms', which are p'ohib ted by tn.
Constitution! Shall we increae its powers at DO h
eu's-hrst by raising money through inpo!iiic
'ni uncou 'utution Al af"-and secondly by ex nd.
Ing II up ohjecs which re crved 10 the Safes
the Peep e!-ShaI the paris OF the tariff an the
friends Of splendid Governme ut thus play into each
others ,nds-O shall come back to the true prin.
cp'e' OF Free Traie, and of limi'ed Confed-racy-
reiuce our f0res restrain the otoer Of the u. IND
reaiz, the ant'ips ion OF p esden, Jackson that with
the approaching redemption of our public deb
orr population will be relieved from conside-
rdblc portion of its present bWhens This last the
true theory Of free government. This ought to be
the great aim of the friends of limited Constitution
and all the friends of State Rights ought be ready for
the struggle which !, rapidly approaching IL the States
should choose to give new powers by amendments to
the Co stiuon, be it so-but usurpaton ought to be
opposed, fatal either to the Union or the Liberty OF
the People.-Mcantnc, the States should do their DIN,
ty and not tempt the people sigh for the flesh pots
Egypt The excrtions of the federal and state govern
ments will clearly be in the inverse ratio of each othc
The more of the one, the less of the other
These Views should be so deeply impressed upon
the minds OF al Republicans, thu they ought to for m
the articles Of trei faith, and their rules OF action
They ought to 20 for measures, not men-They
ought to Impress upon those who administer our al
fa"s. that no man can have support who does not
respect the Constitution OF hs countryno, the Csns
tuition expounded by the Webers aud the Spraxue.
oil the day. but by the f.r'ons and the George Gin.
tons, who understood its theory and pracsed upon its
precept,.