Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-03-26
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TO THE EDITORS or THE ENQUIRER
matters embraced in the short
but sweeping and dOgmatical communication of your
" mlsgIvlng" correspondent from Ibis county, are subjects
OF speculation and conjecture, which leave room for fair
difference OF opinion. know not what may be the
grounds for the notion of "Misgiyc, - that, " the scare
crow held out by the advocates of Modification and Sc
cession IN the PrOclamation, have fled away-that they
approve oi the stand the President has taken in relation 10
,. Carolina-that his Inaugural Address deserves our
highest approba,ioo-MG he has dome nothing in all this
gTeU cFlStS, out tCh0t he TighUidIY Ought 10 hare
done-that this great current or main-stream are still
Union-Inen, Jackson-men, and '9S men, so plainly set
forth TO ai the world by Andrew Stevenson and WIN. G
Rives, two OF Virginias tdUoyife sons!'-CeuainIy this
notion cannot he derived from any public indication Of The
sentiments OF the district formerly represented by that able
and faithful sentinel OIL the waich-lower of the Consi-
tuition, John Randolph; not from the uncquivocal, pub
lished voice OF Buckingham, Charlotte and Prince Edwards:
nor even from the tUO-sided substitute for the resolutions
reported from the committee in Cumberland. This latter
substitute was voted for by some, with the avowed wish TO
amend IT IN some material points, for which an opportunity
was not afterwards afforded. No one, so lar as the writer
knows, IN this county, has yet avowed aud defended the
heresy ot nullIhcaiion. But the advocates OF that weak
ana ineiicient remedy for open, and pdlpable, and danger
Gus violations OF the Constitution, are by no means TO be
coniolndcd WIN the large, and respectable, and " respon-
sible" portion OF this community, who assert and viii de.
iend TO the last extremity, the %inestimable right OF a State
peaceably to separate from her co-States, when the "only
alternatives Left are a separation from the Union. and sub.
mission TO a government without limitation Of powers
or, IN other words, when the benefits OF union are greatly
exceeded by its evils. You may inform your corfespon-
dent, If he does not already know IL, that great and conGd-
ing "a has been the trust we have heretofore reposed ia
Andrew Jackson, we are not now disposed to surrender
the great right, the privilege OF Secession tor good cause,
and OF Judging OF the sufficiency OF that cause, at his, or
any others bidding.
! Imagine that MIR Harrison will not thank "M-give'
for assOciating him with those who think, "haf he Odck-
sony has done nothing in all this great crisis, but what
he ought righvtdiy to haze done." do not profess TO
understood distinctly the drift Of his substitute presented
10 the people OF this county; but I remember, that in his
preamble, after approving tho determination Of the Presi-
dent TO execute the laws, he says, "they Ohe people Of
> lament TO say, Obey had seen him) m~anifesing an
indifference to the wrongs they have endured, as uner-
Peeted as 1t Is alarming ''-Surely Ibis is notthe language
OF the whole. hog tribe Of Jackson-men, who proclaim
through iheir organs that their chief has done no wrong
AT the sane Time, and In the same composition, Mr.. a..
says, "we sec the Chief Magistrate employing arguments,
which shew a willingness 20 construe the terms Of our
compact OF States, into a consolidated government"
To his zeal for Jackson, aud hatred Of the " dead dog"
nullihcaton, +" Misgive" has suffered himself 70 20 70 sn