Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-05

Cor s'u ion TO your city, uight be said with little
are not Sclusve What has /. left ON one whi-b ,nv
government, could DE-, for the " hole country In !
what condition has |, placed us' Where do we now
SAND! Are we elevated OF graded by its operatonl
what u our condition under lis influence az the very
moment when some talk OF arresting its power aud
breaking lis uIiy' Do we DO, feel ourselves on an
emio.nce' Do W. no, challenge the respect of the
Whole world! What hss plsc-d us ,hus high. VIVA,
ba- CIV THE jus, pride? What efse is IL but tbs
unres,r sined aud free operation OF that same Federal
CONSTRUCTION, which has en- prop now 10 hamper
and rnsnacIe, snd nudity. WHO is there among us,
that should hnd iipseifo any spot of the EARTH where
human beings exit ami where the tence Of other
nations Is known. that would not be ouj 10 say am
an American? l am cruptryman of Washington
am ei'zs" OF thai Republic, which, aith ougb il has
snddeniy - rung ur, yet there rona he yote,
who have ears TO hear and have not hesrl OF i,who
have eyes 20 zee, and bsvs not read of it-wbo
know any hing ans y no, know OF il .xis encs
aud rs s'ory' And Gentlemen, let me reverse
he Pi ture Let noe NIX who there is among Nc, if
he we're TO be found Tomorrow in OF the vilzed
countries o. Europe, eni were there to learn that ,his
goodly form OF Government mt had be -rthrownihst
10" United States no longec united--,hat a death
nov had been struck upon ,htir Bond OF Uaion--'bat
hey themselves had destroyed their ch-f good and
their =, 4 hnnor,-wbo is thsre, whose heart would
not sink wi hin bin! Who IL there who would not
cover his face for very sham d!
A. this very moment Geut,amen, our country II a
general refuge io the d.r, SEED and aud the persec
'ed Of OF er nations Whoever is In a1cticn from
itical occurrences IN his ny looks here for
shel'rr. Whether he be Republican, flying from tie
opprs' son Of tbroDes-or whether he be monarch or
NOR rchi flying irom thrones that crumbc and fall
under or aronn" him,-he fie- equal assurance th,t
II be get foot-hoJ .ei, his person is sale and
his rights will he pcc,ed.
And VIII wi venture 10 say, that in any Govern s
ment existing in the world IN. re i. greater Sc
Gu i'y 'or parsons or property than 10 the Uuied
Ssc' We have tried t,ese popular institutions ia
time. OF gr-a exciems o. aud CONJUNCTION; ,h.y have
cod substantially 6.m AMI steady white the fountains
of the great poca deep have be here broken
up; while tbrosss, resting ages of prescription,
have to,ered anil l'en; AID while, in or countries.
the earthquake of uores'taned popular commoons he's
swallowed M all law an all liberty and all rig ht TO-
sc,ber. Our Government! has been ,red i'm peace and
ii has been tried in was and has proved itse ct for
both. IL bss been as.aiied from without, ard success
fully rei.ted the shock; has boon disu, bed within
and has ehrctually q ie,ed the disturbance. IL can
stand ,ria-t can stand ssaul,it snd adversty
ii, stand every Tins, but the 10 or, ing OF its own
beauty, and the weakening OF its strength. r, can
stand every thing, bY, the ercs Of our own
aud folly II sand every thug but disor-
! ganlzs'on, eisunou, and pu6c cation.
lisa striking fact. and as tue as il is striking tia,
al THE moment among all the principal cvilz4d
Safes OF tbs world, that Government is most secure
against the danger OF populsr commo,on, which is IL
self entirely popular 1t ses@', indeed, tina, The sub
nssien OF svely thing TO the pubic will under Consi
tntiooal resrsins mpo eI by the people themselves
furnishes, Itself, cesur THAI that w will ssire no.
Certain it's tina; popular Cun.iitu. iopa liberty az
we enjoy IT, appears in The prescnt state of tho world
sure stable ba lis for Government TO rect upon
"a any Government Of enlighed states can 6nd, or
does ind Certain IL is, that in these time. OF 20 much
popular Knowledge and much popular activity those
Governmsnts which do not admit the People TO pArs.s
10 their administration bul keep ihs people under and
beneatb, cit on materials Tor explosion which NAV
take place any nomsnt, ard blow them into thou.
sand atoms
| Gentlemen, lei sny mrn wko would Js,r,d. and
epeshie he na'ional cOasli .uoa-let airy msn who
would nully is laws stand 10. and tell us what h,
would viii. What does he PROPOSED Whatever he
may be- and whatever cubs ituto he may hold FORTH
am sure tn people Of This couatry will decline his kind
nerercnce and hold on by the ii u,on which thew
possess. Any who would willingly destroy IL, I
rel ice 10 know would be look upon with abhorrence
IL Is deeply enirsnched in the regards OF the peope
Doubtless, it may be Undetermined by ariful and
long continued hostility; may be mperccptiby weak
ened by secret aael; it may be ins:diously sborn OF
lis powers Ly Glow degrees tn, public vigilance may
be u'sd and when II awskss IL may find the Constr.
tuition irittersd away. In those modes, or some Of
them, doubtless, il is rossibls tina, the union of the
States may be dissolved.
But tn, general ate non ef the peope be kant a,;v
Iii they the 10 eded before Is affected
they will efeelualIy i, by their own sovereign
power They will interpose themselves between thsf
medated blow, aud the o. oct of their regard and at
tachment Gentlemen, ne xt TO the controlling authori
ty Of the people themselves, the preservation of tbe
Government Is mainly committed 10 those who admin
lister it, " conduetea in wisdom, il cannot but stand
strong. Its genuine original spirit is patriotic liberal
generous spirit: spirit OF Cancellation of modsra.
ton, OF candar and charity; spirit Of friendship, add
not spirit of hos ility, with the States spirit careful
TO exceed, add equally care full to relineui,b lie
just p'wers While no interest ought 10 feel it.
sell shut on. from the benefits Of the eonsttuon mona
should consider those benefits as exclusively its own
The Interested all must be connected, reconeisd
and provided for as far possible that III may perceive
the benefits Of On united government.
Among other things, 10 rene mber that since
the ad5ptOn Of she constitutions, new States have ars
en-, pos'essink already an immense population spread.
LOG end ihickeniDg over vast regions, which were
wilderness when the C9.siituion adopted. Tbsss
states Are not like New York, directly conn with
mari.ins commerce. They are entirely agricuitu.
raj, AMI need markets for consumption and access
TO those msrksv Ii is the duty Of the povero
meni to bring the interests OF these new satss
nso the Union, and incorporate them closely in
the family compact. Gentlemen IL il not inpyscica
bic TO Reconcile these various interests and 20 10 adj
munster the government make IL useful 10 ali IL
e,sier to administer the govs,nmsnt than n
Is now. We are beset with none, or with few Of
its original dicue': and II il time of great general
property and happiness Shalt we admit ourselves
incompetent 10 carry the government 40 as 10 he
satisfactory TO the whole country Shall we adnit
that there has little descended TO us OF the wisdom
and prudence OF fa,berl II the Government eould
be administered in washington's time, when IL was
yei new, when the country was heavily in debt, when
foreign relations threatening and when Indian
pressed gu the rontiers II not be
now! I@i US not acknowledge ourselves so UNEQUAL to
our du lee.
Gsntiemen, on the occasion referred 10. n became
necessary TO consider the Judicial power and IFS pro-
per functions uOder The constitutions In every Tree
add balanced g0vernmsn ihis IL a most essential and
impOt'nt lower inderd, ihiok IL il remark Of Mr.
Hume, that the standardization OF justice seems 10 be
the lea log Oheci OF institutions OF governments hst
Legislatures sssrsbie, ht armies embodied, that
both war aed peace made, with sort OF ultimate
reference 20 the proper administration of laws and the
Judicial protection OF private rights The judicial pow
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