Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-05

they should be found in tho Proclamation OF a man, whom
we believe to be a conscientious friend OF his country
on another point, we have the misfortune to differ with
the author OF Pendleton. We never did despair of the
Republic, in Infinitely darker days than these When
there was not a State, besides Virginia. which rcsoluteiy
raised the banner OF State Rights-when Webs,er struck
al them with a giant arlm-when Clay pointed at a Virgil
man with a sneer and an exclamation " There goes a State
Rights man!"-when Calhoun was a federalist i'm all his
doctrines, and not only in his devotion 10 the Bank and TO
Internal Improvement, but 10 the ~TariG-whcn almost
every disting uished citizen Of South Carolina. except
Judge William Smith and a few others, treated the Vir-
gina doctrines as dlssonant nonseuse-when McDuf-
fe wrote his 3" One Of the People" 10 prove that the States
were little more than contemplate political corporations,
and that they had no right TO interpose and to cross the
we did not then despair OF the cause of State Rights. Why
then should we despair now ! Is not the Press free Is
not Truth great, and will she not prevail Have we not
gallant allies now TO assist us Have we not friends from
Maine and New Hampshire on the one hand TO Georgia
on the other, prepared to come to the rescue? True we
nave sui errors on both sides TO encounter. We have to
combat the extremes OF both parties. On the one side, our
cause is assailed by men, who would rush into consolidation.
On The other hand, il is assaulted by the nullihers, who, un.
Is due TO the noble Union OF the States. We know, that
there are men who would abuse the sacred name of State
hhghts, 10 further their own iactious or ambitious purposes.
d" c know IL is now fashionable TO cry ont, that State Rights
are gone. Gar be ii from us to ascribe the slightest inn
proper motive to the author OF Pendleton) We know it is
the cant oil some, that even the good Old Dominion is
wronged, insulied and degraded-But the time is coming
when all this smoke will blow a~way-when the great
mass oil the people will not be uliras on the one side or the
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cant OF ianaticism and the voice of truth-when they will
equally repudiaie the errors of the Proclamation, and the
madness OF Nuliication-when they will re-adiust the
centripetal and the centrifugal powers OF their political
system-when they will tic down the Federal Govern
ment TO a strict construction Of their limited Constitution
anu when they will guard with the most cautious jealousy
both the Rights Of the States and the Union of me
States. We have gone for these principles, and we shall
SUI go Tor them. We cannot consent to ostracise a patriot
who has done so much for the Rights Of the States as An
drew Jackson-and yet we will not swallow the errors of
his Proclamation. We have no inducement TO sacrifice
one iota OF our principles upon the shrine of power. We
nave asked nothing Of him, and we shall accept nothing.
we have received no splendid office at his hands. We
nave not largely fed at the public crib OF Washington
There is not a friend or a kinsman upon the face of the
earth whom we have recommended, or will recommend
TO office. We1have no personal acquaintance with Gen.
Jackson-but because we will not denounce a man, whom
we beiieve TO be a patriot, as a blood thirsty tyrant, we
shall be held up and denounced by the nuiliGers or by
iactlous fanatics, as his tools, his sycophants, and as apos-
tates. BE it so. Let the CALLED jade wince-Our withers
are anwrung."' We despise all such denunciations-al
such p" wars OF %epithets." We have long taken our course,
and with the best discretion we could exert. We are ga.
tished with it. We firmly believe we are highland we
will not despair of the Republic. Our whole political life
furnishes the best pledge to the public, that we never hare
despdired of the Rights OF the States, and that we never
tciH abandon them.