Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-26
VOL. XXTX.---No. 10.

ed and disastrous than was THAT WAR R,,, ,,. ,s,
ere Is redeemng virtue i'm the peoples that thew win
confer together, aud by their united counseIs foy, ,
not only every direct attempt at separation of tbcsc
1 our every proceeding which has even squirting
ha' way; and that they will adopt the expression of %
nguished Tariff orator, without adopins. his prncnles
upon that subject and nail it their colos as their motto:
oNloN AND Liberty, ONE AND INsEPARApLr
NOW AND FOREVER" and we recommend The adontion
OF the following resolutions, TO wit:
heso'oea AS the sense of this meeting that we cherish
s,ncee regard and veneration for the Union and Cons
tuition OF the United States; and that we look mon anv
ep. 10 destroy The one or violate the other at this time
with the utmost adherence.
hesofUed JW'her, That look upon the doctrine of
Nnhca'lou as lately promulgated our sister State Of
south Carolina, as neither constitutional nor peacel r
medy but one which tends TO dissolution oi the states
10 anarchy and to civil war, and therefore highly dis
approve the same.
On motion, ReSolved That the proceelin~s oC hi
meeting be signed by the President aud countersgned Inv
me Secretaries and sent for publication to the three Sa-
snuy Raleigh and Fayetteville papers and the Rutber-
fordton Spectator The meeting then adjourned
i E%%1n; Secretaries.
REMARKS ON THE ABOVE MEETING
Burgess ) Gather, Esq., spoke at length and denounc
ed the doctrine of Nuilication as an unconsii,uI
arcnca' ana as tending to civil and dissolution of
ue hOhahu urged the Importance OF letting SOUTH
Carolina know, that if she expected assistance in her
evolutionary doctrines in this State she is mistaken: that
the consuluonay OF the Tariff laws had been nditted
by all our Presidents and contended that the Suneme
court was the only proper tribunal decide on the un-
constl'uuonality OF any law of Congress-
The Hon Samuel Carson rose and confessed himself 70
Te - uier lie denied the cousutuonality of the
ann law, and commended that the Supreme Court was not
he proper tribunal TO decide the coIsuonaIitv of that
awi Dut lhet any magistrate had right conslrue that
instrument for himself, and nuly any act which he
deemed unconstitutional, notwithstanding the decsons of
other tribunals in ITS favor Mr.. c. spoke till he became
exhausted; when motion made to adjourn tilI 10
o CLOCK next day. Before The question W as put,
DaVid BAKER Esq., AN old Revolutionary Veteran, rose
with staff in each hand TO support his totternp frame
anu requested permission 10 address few TO his fell
iow-cuzens After promising that he was probably the
oluest man IN the mouse, he 10 ha
listed under WGshngton i'll the first regiment raised in
virginia IN The beginning OF our Revolutionary struggle:
anu alter some other remarks added that i'm those DAYS
mere were men who attempted TO resist the laws of their
government and they were publicly tdrred and fahered
ana continued the venerable old Patriarch he feared
must come to that here! When this was uttered the
whole audience, if by impulse united in most
deaienlng applause, and the old veteran sat down amidst
the enthusiastic cheers OF his fellow citizens
the resolutions were also supported by Col s. Himan
COL u Newland and Thomas w. Wilson, Esq Indeed
II may be stated with truth, that Modification has been
presented TO the consideration of the people of Burke and
promptly and with one voice, rejected-Ier mountaiD
AR Is too pure for so pestilerous Re
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