Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-03-19

our wiso, virtuous Legislators have thought proper 10 de.
nounce-and by which, ifsuch a law could be executed aud
justice done, the backs OF many OF them, no doubt, would
smart under the lash, and bear ample testimony of their
devotion to a practice, to which they have doomed The
most cruel and degrading punishment.
Fellow citizens,o our elections, as [ have stated. are nov
approaching. Let US not countenance or support any of
those men, who denounced all and every measure thai
was recommended to put down nullihcation and enforce
the laws OF the United States. BE upon your guard with
respect TO all those candidates who assert, in the vulgar
slang OF the day, that the late act of Congress is a Force
BiH, when in fact ii only provides Tor the collie ction of du.
ues on Imports. Read that act, let Tue entrest you, your.
selves, and frown upon the man who asserts with unbIush
ing ehrontery, that it is otherwise than a Dill purely de-.
Jensire. But IL is precisely the one which Washington
and Jefferson called for, aud which was approved and
acted upon by them, when the execution OF The laws and
'he Union were endangered. Now, when Gen. Jackson
icons II necessary TO call also for such a law, under cir
cumstancestoo, Infinitely more desperate, il is crieddownas
a measure that will lead TO the butchery of the citizen, of
south Carolina, and establish a military despoti.n. know
there are some honest men Of nice and delicate sensihili.
ties, who say, that under the present aspect of affairs,
II would have been as well not to have passed such a law:
aithough mey admit at the same time, that il does
not contain a SINGLE force ieature-no power but what il
absolutely necessary TO repel force, and ensure a more
ehee,uai execution OF other laws. Then pray why no,
pass II! Are you afraid to wound the feelings of a set OF
desperate men, who have threatened blood and disunion,
IL you dare attempt to carry the laws into execution with.
IN the limits OF their STATED Away with such false dclica.
ey. These are not the times TO indulge in such feelings
= III supremacy oil the laws must be maintained, or perish
the government.
Feliow.citizens, let us ask those who solicit our conf.
hSNHi n me IOilOWlug questions,
whsh we meet at the polls. Are you in favor Of Nulli6.
cauohs They will assuredly answer you, no. Then IN,
thi' qnestion-Are you in favor of putting it down peace.
ably u you can, forcibly if you inustl You will then see
how some will writhe. quibble and prevarcate, aud en-.
ueaVor TO elude this interroga,ory-how they will eyade
a eanolu ana direct answer. And when they do so act,
let us at once pronounce them as men unworthy of our
confidence, and on whom we should never think OF be.
slowing our votes. Let them remain at home. A private
station best becomes them. We want not the services of
such men IN our public bodies.
reiiow- citizens, permit me now to call your attention
10 george Z. Dromgoole, of Brunswick county, as the man
VINO VIII suit us best, and who is erninenuy qualified to
represent us in the Congress of the United States. MIR.
~ mas served In public life for many years, and h. pub
Tic conduct has met the appreciation of tho people. In
ruth, l only know him as a public man, having but a
shght personal acquaintance with him. He is a firm. un-
compromising State Rights man, aud looks also with equal
soiici'ude to the preservation aud int gritty of the Union.
ne is no nuliher-no friend 10 the turbulent demaporuc,
OF oouth Carolina, who would SILVER the Union, and pros.
"a'e IN the dust The best government on earth. From iii.
eNPeHence-his p~atriotism-hs intellectual atiainmen,s.
ahd every other eminent qualification, he cannot fail.
uus'' TO meet with a great majority of the votes of this dis.
trict' TO NIL the high station Tor which he is a candiIate.-
ihe Senate OF Virginia well knowing his worth and "A.
ieht'' selected him as the presiding officer of their BODY.
TOW ne iuhhlled the duties of that high, arduous and re-
sPonsiole station, the unanimous thanks of that body will
give the answeI. 49,
II Planter and FTeebOlder i'm fe D;s,r;.,