Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-12-18


"h "ALShs VIEWS OF THE PnocLAMAr1os.-
.|t "aisii expresses his curiosity to sec how
inc froclamstioh win be received by thu, ,,;,,.,
pliers of the Richmond School, and we conf.S. 49,.
had ieit correspondent curiosity to see baw -
"'''u DC received by the disciples of Alexander
Hamilton; not that VIC doubted much what would
oc tie reception We presumed that the stroro
doctrines, which if carried into execution would
not ieaVe plank from the wreck for the doctrines
Oh Jefferson and Madison to swim upon. would me.t
with n gracious reception from that School 49,
we at least arc not disappointed. MIR. Walsh, mot
less cmiocnt for talent than for sto,dc,s, ,,,,.
to the principles Of Hamilton, cxul,inulv e,cl,;,.
"AH fle southern notions of STATE sovc-o;,
federal compact, State priority are explodcdm bv the
PROCLAMATION, and SO indeed they arc
Wr. Walsh we conjecture, will not have so truIv
ioreseen the rT ption which the Proclamation has
met with from the Richmond School, at least from,
its chief doctor. He will find him sadly perple.cd
splitting hairs over the heads of Gov Flovd and
Zen Brodnax, and much in the state of ST. Tho
mas Aquinas' ass. The reader is requested to
mark the tone and sentiments of the Editor of the
Gazette:
1.-The Proclamation Of The President, which
we ray "e'oie our reauers, Is a s'ate-psper of
tne deepest interest and most important usucct
IN IDn
arguinentative and rhetorical one under nh,
same little. IL is too wordy and decama,orv
anu Is marked by an official and personal epot-
I'm which is in bad taste. The person who
composed II sh ould have specially avoided NH.
tra't, because IT serves to render mere opera-
i've, the common know ledge of the lille share
1t any, which President jackson has in the am.
thOrShip OF the papers bearing his signature
We are not disposed to find fault with the d;
rect appeal 10 South Carolina as his nafire
State nor do we doubt, along with the editors
of the National Inteigcnccr, whether the pro
clamat'Jn he ''for good o evil We feel sure
thai II Is Tor gOod:-ihe production ia cooen,
ahd Instructive cn the whole. eloquent and Der
suas've IN parts, and replete with sound and
seasonable doctrine. We rejoice that the Mi.
liners arc met by the Executive, with this
spirit tone and political creed The absur,,;-
~, sephis,ry, and cu,pabieness Of the wboi,
ordnance are not exaggerated. Those passa
Ses winch reiute the claim, for any State. Of
a right 10 Secede from the Union, are cacnlo,ed
TO be particularly useful, because that claim ia
specious III itself, aud has been addmced or de-
tended hy leading members Of the Union partv
i'll South Carolina, aud loyal abio politicians
else where.
rms PROCLAMATION or solemn exposition If
constitutional law and official opinion. is IN ma
m"s, unexpected and almost marvellous. in n
prihc'Pai' perVadinS, distinguishing lineament
| III repeats and sanctions the maxiins and ;p,er
pretations characteristic of The old school &c
Federalism; II clashes entirely with The pre,en
sionS OF the Veto Message and initiates nyn,s,
tuc doctrines OF the recent Annual Message IN
Congress, and of the Secretary of The 'i'rea.
sury's Report. We are curious To sec bo,y H.
philosophers of the Virginia academv-the CO.
adJutors or disciples Of the Richmond Enouir
er-"ill stomach ard digest all these stron,
tenets such az would have fl ly come from
Alexander Hamilton. 1, is virtually denied
that me member of the House of Represents
yves is bound to obey the Instructions of b;s
immediate constituents; and the position wbirfr
MIR. Adams so ably maintains in one of his IaIe
oratlons--that the several states vera never
truly sovereign and independently adopted
aud followed ont thoroughly All The Soulh.
ern notions III State sovereignty, federal conn
pact, state priority, are exploded. The source
| nature, powers add functions of our general
government appear now national, coupre-
hepsIve' almost universal, and very difTcrentJv
indeed iroie what they did in tile iepresenta,
tons wnch were offered 10 Congress only few
days before from The Executive branch.zz.O ur
Constitution would now seem TO be fully ade
9uh'e' ny organic, inherent fUrce-by something
more tban mere moral iulluence--to meet every
CRISIS and e%igcncy like the present: all thai ia
needed IS right apprehension and application
| oil the lnsirumcnt-a corresponding eueruv
intelligence anI patriotism in the na,innal
Councils. How the President or lis advi-
sers VIII eludc or shuttle off the doctrine of this
| Proclamation, with reference to Georpia uulIifi-
cauon, u is beyond our prescisnce 10 foreteU
ferbaps, lie same orthodoxy and vigor will be
displayed IN that case if so, all will be rig ht
aud the triumph Of the general rovernmeo n,
| complete.
For WmG.
i The Enquirer of this morning - c,x:1 -, ,