Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-09-04


See Mfr. .1fadisonS letter Ia Ban. Of Con- oct 2O
1891
But the friends Of Modification are determined that
MIR. Madison shall not know what lac meant ht'se when
he drew the resolutions They shall not mean what lac
Intended them TO mean, but they must and shalt mean
what the South Carolina politicians wish them meau
for without such meaning, thc people would discover
the cheat, and would blow up Nulii6caucn and te Null
hhers with II. Therefore, the fraud must be kept up.
independent Of what Mr. Madison has positively asserted,
take the concluding Resolutions themselves, which
discussed in the Virginia Legislature with great ability,
aud with great dchbeaton. Aud Cot John Tia, lor OF
Caroline, gentleman OF distinguished abilities, aud OF
the original Republican school, and who shifted his
gound arrive at power, moved TO amend the Resolu
tons, and put them in the iul!own words:
That the good people OF this Commonwealth having
fell aud continue ce the sincere affection Tor
their brethren OF the other States; the true anxiety Tor
establishing and pctpctuadug the Union oil ait aud the
scrupuous Gdelity that Constitution, which is the
pledge OF mutual friend ip anl The instrument of mutual
happiness: the General Assembly doth Soennly appeal 10
the like dispositions in the Other States IN confidence tina,
they will concur with lli, Commonw calthin declaring
il docs hereby declare, that the acts aforesaid uncon
Stuional and that the necessary aud proper measures
will be taken 10y each, for cooperating With this State M
maintaining unimpared, the authorities, rights and bcr
ties reserved in the States respectively or To the people
"rhOt The Governor be desired, 80 transmit copy ot
the to egomg resolutions 10 the executive authority oI
each OF the ohcr States, wit, request that the same may
be communicated to the Legislature thereof, and that
copy furnished each of the Senators and Represent
tatives representing dis STATE ia the Congress OF tie Uni
ted States"
ISee me rTrginia Rcsolution,l
And the bcoscd Kentucky Resolutions drawn by MIR.
they were for romonsance, aud not Tor arrcsing the
whole process of the general government the polil
clans of our own time would have It, These Resolutions
will also speak for thcmselvcs.-They say:
"ReSoced, That the preceding resolutions be transmit
ted TO the Senators and Representatives in Congress from
this Commonwealth, who hereby Cujocd TO present
the their respective Houses and TO their best
cmdeavos to procure at the Session OF Congress,
repeal OF the aforesaid unConsuon and obnoxious acts
"Res0iUed Lastly, that the Governor of this Common
wealth be- and is hereby authorized and requested
nuncae the preceding resolutions to tie Legislsures of
considers Union for specified National purposes and par
ucuary for those specified in their late Federal Compact
to be friendly the peace happiness and prosperity of all
the States Aud that the costaes recurring 10 their natu
raj rightin nomade Federal, will declaring
these acts void and OF no force, aud will each unite with
This Commonwealth in requesting their repeal at the
Session Of Congress
[See the Kentucky Resolution by ,lh. Jcferson.l
There is no notification in this. No power recognized
IN one State 10 overurn the General Government by its
TeserUed sovereignty.
II the English language is not TO be perverted to the
most degraded party purposes all those who read these
Resolutions will at admit that they nothing but
TO engage the other States TO cooperate in obtaining
peal of the Alien aud Srditon Laws by Congress- in
CONSTITUTIONAL mode; but were never Intended TO employ
any State Sovereignty break up the General Govern
ment. Although is now the order OF the day in
expounding and quoting opinions and writings OF disin-
guised men upon This question: yet profess am totally
unable TO account Tor papNbe OF this which
have detected in Mr. CahounS late celebrated IXPo-
sITIoN the doctrines of Notification; and the err
in Governor Hlmtons message, No |, now before
They both i'm regards principles which
the late Chief Justice Mexican laid down in the case Of
Cobett They only give part of the Chief Justice but
unfortunately omit the part of the opinion which rclucs
the doctrines they intend omaintan An OF greater
magnitude exists in the omission, by each OF those gentle
men, of principal part of the lctcro MIR Jefferson
Major John Cartwright, foreigner, who DESTROYS to
understand the principles OF the Constitution.
They both rely that letter conclusive evidence of
the doctrine OF Nulliiicaton.They both quote that let
ter as proof OF that doctrine They both quote it to the
point, aud stop at the word. And, in my hum
bic opinion, they both stop short Justice The
ter or 10 the docrne.They have each given the follow
ing quotation YcTbdtim
''lf the departments should claim, each the same
objects power where the umpire TO decide between
them La case of little urgency Importance, the pru
demce of both parties will keep them aoof from the cues
tiOnabIe ground; but if it neither be avoided
a'crbe the doubtful power to that department which they
may think best"
See .lIr. CdIhoun's treatise on qualifications and
Coz. UdHiittOn's message No. IL
Mr. Jefferson has gone on TO tell vou explicitly who this
third power il. He says
You will perceive by these details that we have not
yet so far perfected constitutions venture make
them unchangeabe. But STILL in their present staie we
consider them not Otherwise changeabe than by the
thOrty OF the people, special election of representa-
lcr Iegtem."
[See Mr. Jeterso,,s letter to Major John Carttyrjcbt
Vol. Jctferson's ICorkS, page 800.
This part OF the letter, which the Vice President and
the Governor have both passed by unnoced only
material part He, Mr. Jefferson fixes the tribunal that
Is TO decide lie tells convention thirds
of The States lie tells you that convention is to be APP
pointed by the authority Of the people, special cleo
No" VI NePc9enh'lNcS lilit purpose crfTeSSiY IhCy
arc until then the leg Icgum Which last words mean
the law OF laws the constitution, which cannot be al
tered but by two-ihirds of the people of all the States
Not when the people of State tell you the Constitu
ton and government must be changed because thew do
not like it, But when the people of tCo thirds If all the
States tell you Why these distinguished gentlemen
when bringing to their aid an important letter Of Mr. JEFF
1erSon should select that part Of it, which it taken alone
would seem 10 favor Nuihcaton and should silently omit
that part which would defeat qualifications if they
had only brought into view, is for them to account
Aud until they DO account for il mystery will hang over
the omission.
am done, Sir, with NuIlifcaion; but there is another
part OF the honorable Chairmans decldra'ion which re-
qurcs some notice. lie remarked that lac believed hat
another motive Of President Jackson in writing that letter
TO the dinner party in Charlcson TO Pat down
distinguished man in $ Carolina That most distinguish
cd gentleman we understand to he Mr.. Calhoun. WHY
sbogll Mr. Calhoun be brOus ht into this controversies o.
Yhy should supPOsiuOn exist that President Jackson
should wish 10 put down Mr. Calhoun? There is not The
romotest dllusio in ldt letter 10 Mr.. Calhoun Nor was
there motive for such alu5on; Mr. Calhoun
ianiy does not stand in the way Of tic President One
thing, however, is certain that the friends of Mr. Cal
houn, consider the President standing very much in
his way. And what is more that they would ret the
president out OF his way, If they knew how effect it,
huI were II LETT 20 the multiplying politicians Of South Ca
T0hna, who boast so much Of having been tho early friends
OF the President, if he would not yet Of the way
they would hur him out And hi, uniOlds The great Sc
cret why President jackson las been pursued from pillar
TO post by many South Carolina politicians ever since
was understood lac would serve another four years il
elected.
We have heard much Of The high claims of Mr. Cal
houn, and Chat General jackson was good for no.hop
These arc the literal expressions which are circulated Of
him IN t!clr public prints. AZ comparisons are made
against tie President to sustain Mr. Calhoun why not in