Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-08-06
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Richmond, Tuesday, August O.
TIE TLuES.-.No L.
Thomas K,o'e-rhe firm supporter Of state Rshwhcn they
rnoma. S ss @ soS %o bs,k mos,
there ,'le.s, daogcr-Toas,b by Miles "A Bot.
Ihanks TO sound heart and buoyani spirit, we
have found in our souls drop of PATIENCE" for
all the toasting and roasting we have experienced
from the nulliiiers on the last glorious 4th July
Ihey have dealt us blows, fore and at-lrom the
wassailers of Williamsburg to the toasers of"Cln-
quepn Church. Amelia county" They have exhi-
bited their hcresy of notification in almost every
form and attitude; paraded their strength in almost
every village and parish--muscred their men, like
falsiail's regment-and then they would impose
upon us their noisy, Sinking cyrnls" for the great
Voice Of the People. The echo has been caught
by persons out oflhe State--evcn by some of those
who are heartily averse TO the whole scheme of null
llticaton-and they like the Editor of the Alexan-
dra Gazette have been deceived by the noisy chirp-
ing OF the grasshoppers of the fields while the "mn
jostc bulls of tho Forest preserve dgned silence.
The Proclamation has indeed encouraged the Null
lihers in Virginia to throw offthe mask, which con-
ceacd their principles. Nor is it to be denied that its
errors have driven some few honest, and honorable
friends of State Rights, into the tolls of the same
party. But we can assure the Alexandria Gazette
that the great body of fellow citizens is sound
TO the core. Virginia will never strike her own
proud flag of State Rights, but she will never suffer
ho'SSu W NC tueSscu 10 me car OIL NullnCatOn.
When her Legislature during their last session pro-
tested against the doctrines of s. Carolina they ex-
pressed the sentiments of their pcople-and to those
sentiments, the great body of the people adhere IL,
spite OF the arts of Nulication and i'm spite of the
errors of the Proclamation. We say then, frankly
to the Alexandria Gazette, what the Savannah
Georgian says in commenting It's article, upon the
sentiments of Georgia:
I'VE give the above not that we think with the Ca
zet'e there is much fear from Virginia sons have
ever been foremost in protecting State Rights hut have
never held up to their fellow Of other oe
than Constitutional remedies for their ie,nce-hut tina
may repudate the idea that Georgia is wayerine ON
the question Of Notification Her last Legislature bold.
denounced the doctrine, and though suits the views
some oil her sons 10 approve and the Carroll
ma heresy the great hody of the People are not TO be
gued out OF their Rights BY the volunteer harrangue.
nose woud-be demagogues who cry out there is dar Ni
from an alliance with the States, and Sovereign cure
Tor exaggerated evils point 10 Modification. This doctrine
may heal the Iacerated pride Of disappointed Politicians
but the People, when their rights are assied trust moi "a
the prescriptions OF political quacks. Every man in the
Republic has mind free TO judge Of his wrongs and "a
remove them when insuerabe. In times of public com.
motion, the Demagogue may rise the he avng billo,y
but is rerograde movements will sink him in The oce
oil OBLIVION lis true the newspapers have teemed Wild
accounts oil the Festivals Of Nulliers with sentiments
there uttered, characterized for their barmcs. pcr
'onaly than tho prondy ofther devotion for the public
veal And where the necessity OF all ibis parade ,h.
venting Of biie-his Don Quxoe bravado some Of oul
&zens! DO not the majority of the people know their
Rights! Are they not jealous OF any the least
men hem' ASH the Carolina doctrine tho people OF
100 enlightened, and too qualified
rect Judgment be led aay by the noisy babble OF dis.
appointed designing Politicians. They will be found
when the occasion shall demand, really they have al.
ways been, to battle in defence of State Sovereignty moi
yielded in the Constitution of the Union and after having
in spirit Of iorbearance exhausted every argument,
every constitutional remedy will as The last resort
oy ,en The hour shall EYER arg those
SO anxious 10 instruct the f,b I
glory "speOple capable Judging for themselves We
S Georgians in the discernmen t and pride evnced
the great body OF the people OF State, in eu.ing
In It's tendency, and which its birth 10 the prolific
brains OF former Consolidationiss and mscaed State
Rights men, teeming with the fruits OF an individual ea
ousy, knowing no qualification but destruction"
Such is our opinion about the Citizens of Virgil
mia, Notwithstanding all the toasts of all the Null
fiers on the 18th July.
They have done us too much honor in aiming so
many shafts-at u.s. 1t shows at least, that we had
not hung back in the acton-and rs our Norfolk
Brother says OF us, those who i'm the warlnes of
the hght cannot expect to scape the blows. Blows
indeed, we have received. But what sort of blows?
What doughty and honorable arm has dealt them ?
What weapon have they employed? What chival-
ny have they displayed? We almost blush for Null
LITIGATION, when we see the unknown Driyellers
we observe the manner in which they have attempted
whom she has put forth do to her bidding-and when
10 wreak their reSentments upon us. Justice
Tr'ilh-Taste, even Decency itself have been yo-
lated in the excess of their passions.
Inc brace oil 1oasts for instance, which graces
this article! What man, who pretends to common
justice or 10 ruin would nave rlSked such glariug
and unqualified assertions. We leave Messrs Booker
and Bot TO reconcile their toas,s between them
selves. One of them says, have stood by the
Cause of State Rights, when there was least dan
ger, and the other when there was no danger. But
is either of them correct? The impartial reader
will say The whole host of our present enemies
except since the bitter period of Notifications would
have done us the justice TO say No also.
The Enquirer has been established for 30 wears.
Put aside the era of Notification, and we ask even
our less Liberal enemies, in all that time whether
we have not stood by the cause. We had sup
posed this fact so well known, that no one would
have contested 1.-THE only excuse then, which
the Toasers can make, is TO show, that during
these 70 or "a years, the cause of State Rights has
been in no sort of danger We beg leave to refresh
these gentemen's memories with a few particulars
When the question of the first Bank of the u. S.
came mp, who more urgently opposed il?
When the present Bank was established who
more anxously opposed it,
When Mr. Calhoun was laying the foundation of
his grand scheme of Internal Improvement in 1916,
in his famous Bonus Bill, what paper stood by the
Constitution more firmly than this Better soldiers
there were, but none more determined. Who more
resoluely called upon Mr.. Madison to put his veto
upon this obnoxious bill-even when so many
strong hearts quaied under the genius and energies
of MIR. Calhoun?-Thanks to Mr.. Madison we never
shall forget that glorious day, when his memorable
Message gilded the last previous to his retire
ment from the Executive Chair.
When the decisions of the Supreme Court threat
ened TO change the whole character of the Consti-
tuition, what Journal resisted those decisions more
firmly than tbis?-What danger was supposed to
attend those decisions, we leave others Judge who