Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-30

COLONIES, believe nod ScNerally announced their
sovereignty and independence, m totally diSsoving their
iOrner government, ani ordaiuing new governments
or themselves respectively But II such fact had been
known 10 him il would not have changed the intended
elect OF his Goa luou because this Nation said
have beeu ,t lay the People, part OF Which People
inc creators It state sovereign les were, their last
would Of course have 40 ogaed ard anuulled tle first
and put ond to the sovereignty which (hsy had
ted but short Tine before. SO ha the sovereignty OF
Oh hv states wlct had de c!ated hen elves sove eign
'e'oe the declaration Of led Pcndsuce in jay lI16, is
as certainly @nnulcd, the eN ence OF the eign
ty OF ho-e Sta es who had n. then decared H. prevent
eel, 10y The assertion OF this simple fact OF our exist
eacc as one nation, il hat fact true A mater 80
tap" a't i" s quences, ought not and would no,
he couccLt 20 the a.. re s,y- O OF any man ahol0h
that man nigh be the Presidents therefore, il became
p!HpensaIy ssayy hathe should prove it, Hence,
ue attempt to 10 So Let examine what these
Pruois are.
As the object was TO prove the existence of a Nation
Tie rs step OF the process must necessarily be prove
toe pre-eNisience of community. Government being
superduced upon This community, it would then become
Nation far at least all the members of that com
muhiIy were concerned. The Hts point TO be proved
u'n, the existence of community composed of all
tie People who afterwards become The subjects
OF the nation. Now how is this established:
"In our colonial state says the President, ''ahough
dependent ON another power, very early considered
ourselves connected by common interest with each oher
more nImSy preteXt, from which infer the existence
OIL single community, coudno, easily have been select
eu' ana yea more Ingenious mode OF getting up his pre-
text could not well have been devised. Marx, social
connection OF any SORT il affirmed have actually exist
ed IL Is merely said that we very early considered our
selves as connected. And 10y what this imaginary
connection constituted? Were we inhabitants of a COM
mon territory the vacant and unoccuped parts of which
were admitted TO belong TO all? Mold we profess the
same religious faith? NoDid there exist any one inst-
uton which having been created or preserved by all
was therefore common to all NO-By what tic then did
ms ieope consider themselves TO be connected in their
colonial state: Why, by the single tie OF a supposed
c0mmo" interest. No man before President Jackson
ever thought OF iuerring the existence of a community
from such fact, which if believed be sufficient TO pro
dnce that effect would consolidate probably one half the
people oil the whole world into community and by so
al lypf hale
ues now existing, whose members do even consider
themselves connected by any such tie.
But perhaps 1t will Ice said that | do the President
wrong, in snpposng that he meant the People, when he
we that by this personal pronouu he did mean
o denote all the Co'onists, in their individual but in The
social characters which they had long had aud which was
denoted by the term Colonies. II So this sentence be-
comes the simple aunUnca;iOn OF a well known storca
fact proved by numerous documents in our archives tb,
even IN their state the several colonies considered
selves as connected with each other by common interest
But as all these documents while establishing hsact esta-
hh>h also, hat ths belief o. common interest as uei
or ever supposed TO amalsaae the different
Colonies by whom il enterained into sinrIe conn
hlt but merely TO invite 10 their cooperation, con
'Ht"cy d'd uuon as ds1nci independent communities
IL : not easy discern how iron, such tact the exist.
e"ce ct a single community could be inferred. There
and the made Tie assertion was .lterwad
manifest, bound to consider is meaning be such
o. have stared; especially found this wo .'we" in
an address Of the President 10 his fellow citizens" the
Toorle.
SO much for die first proposition Of this argument
winch II considered III one light, truth directly
IN contradiction 10 IFS conclusions; and II
"UeT' aSsers io only an uhknowa tact, but unim-
r0rtau 10 it could be known ia which OF these ii. hts
It was designed &c be let the rules OF the English
language aud the conclusion OF tie argument ITSELF de-
terniuu
Having inferred The existence of one great community
composed OF all the People of the different revolving Co.
ioicS while yet IN their c0!Ona! state, the step ne
cessary 10 be taken in the argument designed to prove
heir subsequent existence naon was TO supcrn.
duce government upon THIS great community for ma
uon without government, would indeed be a non-de-
script as horrible in the political, any of the tabled
monsters OF tile natural word.Heie, before it would
not 90 10 arm the establishment OF any such government
AZ the ume referred to- that is say, our colonial state
positive fact for this would be in direct contradiction
OF the other airImliou OF our dependence on sno,ber
sc"tia OF proof in any OF histories or state papers
Therefore the existence OF such government like that
OF the community, TO be Inferred. Now from what
Is this second inference 10 be made?
"Leagues were formed for common Defence" saws the
Presidents and as leagues only be formed by comnu-
miles, acknowledging some governments authorized to
speak aud 80 TO contract tor them il the fact be conceded
that leagues were formed by this great community it es
!blIshcS beyond doubt only the actual existence of
such community, but OF its government too But mark
The caution displayed in this assertion also. The Pre-
salient does not say IN terms at least that these Leagues
were so iorne but most seduou-ly avoids to state by
whom or WIN whom they were formed. The cause of
chs studied ohscmiy is not difficult explained ri
1t had been asserted historical fact that i'm their co.
ohaI State e coon,S being connected together As one
community, had in That character entered ino any League
Whatever, ibis fact could not have been proved simply
because ii neither IS could be But if il had
been sid hat these Leagues formed by the different
colonies with each other separate and Independent com
muniues IN ering this well known historical truih
easily 60 be proved by reference the Leagues them
selves, tho President would have dissolved completely
his imaginary great community and with il the 20.
vernmert 10 regulate the affairs OF lhs supposed n
ton. Nay, he then would have established, beyond
doubt, the separate and independent existence of the
colonies as acknowledged by Themselves, in such
Leagues To avoid this dilemma, the author OF this Proc
lan'on most cautiously suppTessc5 the fact by whom and
WUh whom these Leagues made. y ct as they
we're certainly made common defence - ali those ,y
styp in Inc fret.
denoted the Colonies iniyduos not the Colonies
as Communities, will OF conclude that these
Leagues were made by de eve" with some Com
inunly foreign 10 themselves. While those who under.
stand we III different sense will arrive at concluson
dihWetncaly opposed 10 thisSO much for the second
member OF this argument, which like the first is either
true or false, according to the meaning intended TO be an
eXed by is author to the words 'we' and "our.'
Having Inferred the existence Of supposed Cotnuun
ana also inferred government iorit n the mode have
slated tie reNtt thing needul, 10 bcstow name upon
this infant Nation But as would have been difficult TO
infer naiHe which could not have had any previ-
ous existence the President compelled TO state This
name positively therefore, he next says, that before
the declaration Of independence, we were known in onr
nca' he attempt to infer any fact from any name
merely would be considered, generally rather a. an as
sumption than an inference. But inter the fact nj
single Ndiioh, from The name oil many United Colonies
or OF many Colonies United, whether i'm America or an
Whcfe else, u not only grOundiess assumption but
pam pervcr,ion OF the meaning Of words unless United
means C2ns0idofed The President seems to have becn
aware OF this; therefore, do away so far as he coIJ
he effect OF his own strong words United Colonies used
apparently TO shew that the Colonies we're united and NOT
,Oh7Odaed nt0 one mass or nation he tells u.s. that we
we're "howh 10 our aggregate chdrGcter by This name