Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-11-05
TO TIE EDITORS OF TIE KvoUlRsx


In pursuing the enquiry stated IN my former letter
am aware OF tho rsqne shall incur Of giving offence TO
Two classes OF highly illuminated per.on.-e pLio.o.
piers and politicians: the first will sheer at anv
reference TO the Bibles and the last named will saw mai
have travelled out OF the record But shall he more
man compensated Tor The loss OF the favor boh by the
support shall receive from the ogcas The public will
have TO decide the question.
II the writer othe Proclamation has stumbled on diff
CUT 'ern aud one which Cannot be made to answer the
object OF the class oil politicians which he belongs is
not The fault OF the critic. The will bee ONE obyi
Gus III The sequel why the term nation used
OF one 6ody polite Nor an to he forcs,ard by ,be
use OF term, which fhe Supreme Court has adop,ed .,
one oil technical law meaning. have clear reb 10
shew ny prior reasoning that The Nation il an
manageable term even IN the hands OF The Judges
The Supreme Court bears apt analogy the tree plant.
ed in the midst of the garden OF Paradise: lis uits
The knowledge oil both good and evil Its Judges are very
fond OF crown law and 40 think they would dislike the
precedens OF the Star Chamber. This Court ne ver fails ia
seize on every chance OF bringing forw
opinions wooden horse ia TO be made OF every
ny which its initiating doctrines be int oIucei III
Judges are truly the sapPers and miners Of our
cy; and the constitution Of the is essentially anti
republican Moreover, IL has displayed regular system
OF hos iiy TO the federal structure OF the government and
at all times actusted by the love of political ro,v
with political power and its entertainments on the rights
OF the States demand the pruning knife.
But, as before remarked The Proclamation has argued
that The people OF the u States did by long train of
curing acts declare themselves one nation aud the De-
claraton OF independence has been arlly used as tho
commencement OF the series. merely diplomatic in
sruDcn has been fashioned into OF national ncor-
porsiion. This giving nation heroic origin bu,
like the hero Gods, IL il Ill fiction According 10 This ia
per, the States were not nation before they
the business OF sowing the dragons teeth but the people
have since that time sprouted up into nation. Eyi.
IDENTIFY the United States have become ration by the
rules Of Epic poery but after ALL the xposon turns out
10 he Justification OF Tic recorS aud find ourseve
placed IN The situation Of Ixion When we expect to en-
brace the hufh grasp cloud. The Gentilcs that is
the nations, we've distinct people Let 30 back TO
the origin OF the Post deluvan world might almost say
ITiDId db0rigine mundi. But ought to pause and con.
slider whether the otgines OF modern times has abro.
gated the physiological principles to which about
refer The question is, however, ey bo sbrogaedl
ard shall Rave 10 others that task
But the Philosophers will say, you about 10 make
God the umpire III mere question OF politics, and his
iboHty has Dotlihg TO do with the matter. Again, one
class OF hcians will say you reducing The subject
10 mere verbal criticism; want you TO tell us whe-
Tier not the United States constitute nation These
OJcciors must wait the OF investigation, and
di1 throw out hint that the people Of the United States
might be shewn to belong the English nation 49, one
component part OF that people, shall proceed to the proof
and ~ DO Introduce the fat OF Cod shall leave II the
public to decide whether the rule. Deus neTs nis
mgnus Uindiee nodus, applies to the IN the Book
OF Genesi' 10th and I1h chapters, the sacred historian
gives Us an interesting nsfrayethe formation OF the