Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-08-27
PROPOSALS
By Thomas W. Vhte, far publishing in the eitv of
Richmond ne,o hi.toeekly ne,ospaper IN be sfvled
The Friend Of the Union.
ADVOCATE OF STATE RIGHTS.

THNtlE publishers battered by promises of
n from various quarters will issue his paper
the requisite number oil subscribers obtained There be-
ing already three political papers published i'm this city he
sides Daily Commercial, will be apt TO imagine
the scheme OF establishing another chmerica but the
publisher Is enrel wiling to NSlsk its success upon OBJ
tanning the support OF ONE THoGsA pairons-a sup.
po, which, without vanity, he confidently anticipates
With due respect for the gentlemen who now instruct no.
ical opinion from the Metropolis the bus,lsiie. Sas
that very large and respectable party in the STATE enter
tain views upon public affairs different most of those
advocated by either of them Impressed with this con.
vicon he will proceed announce the PRINCIPLES Of his
own creed promising that his paper will steadfasy main
tain them through evil and through good report In the
rst place. the publisher processes unatcrable attach.
men TO the Union Of these Soes-a union which he be.
eves, is fully secured by Constitutional Government
empowered 10 protect itself from dissolution He cannot
suppose, That, the Fathers OF the Republic performed
their work so mperecy, authorize its total subver
sion, at the will of small and disconnected fraction Of
those Interested TO preserve it, The doctrine of Nul
cation therefore, cannot receive his support or approba
ton; but whilst thus frank in disclosing his opinion upon
this agaiing subject the will brand with The
epithets OF traitor and demagogue those who entertain diff
erentopnons On the contrary he believes the most
part they are honorable and patriotic men
they may be In their views OF the true theory the Cons
luton WIN regard 20 ne much Que stion how
far the Resolutions Of 9s'99 favor the doctrine of Nul6
cation II Is sufficient 10 observe that the author of those
resolutions has himself utterly dsclamed any such infer
ence Upon the superstition, however, that they coun-
tenance the South Carolina theory, seems 10 the Pub
Usher that there very short method settling the diff
hcUlty-by denying the validity or binding authority Of
the Report and Resolutions themselves IN truth il has
always appeared TO the Publisher savong too much of
Stale pride, 10 represent Mr. nj adsons Report as the
standard OF political orthodoxy for the whole Unon and
he thinks IL great mistake, suppose that the civil revo
luton oil 1900 turned upon the abstract speculaons OF
that or any other political document How could the
general reception and sanction Of that famous State paper
be inferred from the Democratic triumph in 1900 when
probably not one fourth of the people OF the United States
ever saw or heard Of its existence Or how could that ce
LIBERATED document be considered the of Democra-
cy, when the party which gave ii Dooreiy, have always
been, and still, widely divided, rne constr,c.
uon! The truth is that the overthrow Of the Federal par.
IN iSOO was caused by the odous and tyrannica Ope.
ration OF the Alien and Sedon laws Judicial prose Gu
ton, followed by fine and imprisonment for the free ex
which produced the prosraton of party and the ee-
walton OF another When therefore, the Publisher pro.
eses, IN the title OF his paper TO be the dduocate of
Slate Rights he wishes TO be understood as re 10
such rights clearly defined n or reserved by The
Federal Constitution,he just protection OF which is con.
hded TO all the States in their confederate characterand
not to any disconnected member OF the Union who
may imagine that she has rights incompatible with the
rights OF the rest, and the common safety of all
Infinitely more dangerous however, than any abstract
speculaons upon politics, and perhaps alarming and
fatal TO the true genius OF institutions the heresv
OF Nucaton itself, does the Publisher conceive TO be
that spread and msclievous spirit OF man tcorsbiD
which chsracterses the present period The blind conf
dence ana extraordinary homage rendered TO President
Jackson in his late Northern tour of all the signs of the
times the most portentous of evil. That men calling
hemselvesiree citizens and republicans should be found
IN ihs age ami country, Supplied and degraded as to
render 10 Trail fnorta the alteration only due 10 Divine
DeIng,-s SUBJECT OF modification and humiliation
bihero II mas been reserved for the serve minons of an
Asac depot TO PROSTATE themselves before the idol Of
'heT Wor'hP' and oes to kis: the hem Of his garment