Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-05
nv FOR TIE " QULRER.
IO PHILIP RARROITR ESQ

ro FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
SIR address myself to you without any unnecessa-
~ circumlocution or apology. Your c%ountrymen want
nght. | feel that L want it. Where shall we seek il!
what oracles shall we consull Shall we repair to John
randolph, who has made ii his pride to oppose every adj
ministration who opposed the administrator of Thomas
Jefferson himself; who opposed the necessary war OF Jas.
Madison, and would have marred all its glories who
ma, recently soiled his palm with more than $40, 900 of the
public treasure, for which no has rendered no adequate
equivalent; and who
For So me So the mighty space Of hi. large honor.,
ohail we take the opinions OF that man as oracular, who
coniesses himseUto be subject to 'hallucinations;" such as
we have so lately seen in the case OF the lamented
Lowndes! Or shall we go TO Mr.. Liuleton Waller Taze-
weII' who, with all his splendid abilities, has never been
aoie 10 sink the Advocate in the Politician He has never
commanded the firm confidence of the Republican Party.
or, shall we repair to John Tyler!
L turn from these gentlemen TO one, who has always
possessed my confidence as a sound, firm, disinterested.
Expounder of the Constitution of my country as an un-
waVering State Rights mainland one with whom | have
never differed, except when he permitted himseIrto be run
$ candidate Tor the Vice Presidency. But, while | re-
GREETED your course on that occasion, | never unpeached
your principles or your integrity.
win these feelings, sir, | approach you, and ask of Won
your opinions upon the following subjects. Shed all the
ngnt upon them you possess; aud contribute all you can
70 quIet me doubts OF your fellow-citzens at this pc
Fiu II disputatlon and justification
fN. Is there such a person as a citizen of the United
nfate'n and what is meant by the expression
"a. What is sovereignty? Is it divisible or not? And
II ~divisible, in what sense is it so! II the sovereignty be
III uo PeOPi1 Of seSi' O,~,N, So th~y . ~~t transEsr nor.
tons oil that sovereignty, or attributes of il, pro tenn. to The
Federal Government, as they transfer it 10 their State Go.
Vernment! And what is the difference of The relation in
which the people Of each State stand in to the Federal and
to the State Governments
Srd: what Is the difference, ii any, between allegiance
ana obedience? Add if there be any, is allegiance or ODE
dience due TO the acts of the Federal Government. and dine
to those of the State Governments
4tl' Is there any sort of foundation for the South Caro-
INA doctrine OF Notification? Was this one of the forms
oil 'hte'PoSttion, contemplated by the resolutions and the
report of our Legislature in '9S?
OH; what is really the difference between COnstitu.
l'o"de ana heU0lnftonary Secession ? And in what cases,
may Que De used, and in what the other
ON. Can force in any case be used against one of the
states, acting in her highest sovereign capacity! And can
towards the U. States?
1 pray you, sir, answer these questions in any form YOU
piease-wheUher under your own name; or under letter
I" the Editors oil this paper; or in the shape of ANONYMOUS
communications. Consult your own pleasure in these re-
spects-but pray you to answer them in some form or
other Yours, most respectfully,
A EEIJ Ow rTTIurNr