Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-09
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THE DANGER
10 me good People Of the good old Doniinion-No A
Having a0Jured as unconstitutional the remedies OF Null
neauon ana Secession, perhaps may be asked what
lucian, no statesman 81 have no pretensons 70
But as one OF the people, would humbly remind nv fell.
iow-ezens That we are not without safe counsellos in
'nose eVenul concerns. Yet look for counsel less to
he hving than to the dead less the parzan heated
Dy the present striie than TO the retired phiosophic
sage less TO whose minds levered by dreams of
amouon or maddened by the delusons of misguided pa
tnonsn than TO the experienced statesman, who with
~, oock ;tn uie serenity OF conscious
Tue upon the drama OF busy life and looking forward on
~ 10 the grave he have OF action save the
impulses OF pure and never-dying love of country |
nave already limited at the fountains from which we NAV
draw our lessons OF wisdom We have ALWAYS found these
fountains OF living have already extracted the
elevated principles and paerna admonons of the first
ana best OF men, which counrymen seem 10 he randi
~ forgetting Let beg leave to refer YOU to the
profound eXpostions OF the principles of our government
VIII be lett as legacy to his country by the
raoie Madison They have been the text book of the
"Oid Dominion and will secure for his memory a Glory
which VIII not be exinguished, when those who
ueHght III cenmotion and revolution shall have sur.
eeeued III huryng in ruins the constitution itself He
YET ilves 10 witness the present scene. He vet lives
10 "u III The Interpretation OF that instrument he help
eu 10 lofm' lie yet lives TO renounce and TO exnose
me lalse CLOSES which have been put upon that no.
ne effort oil his gifted mind-The Report of 1900 Our
hppant youth indeed have found that he cannot under
s'anu himself Age has dmmed the usre OF his mind and
impaired the vgor OF his powers! Would to God that his
mantle, thread6are and tauered though they deem it,
could Ia upon the shoulders OF those who so ungracoy
uhueFvaiue him. 1t would indeed throw halo around
mem, and prove blessing to their cOuntru
Lei me, however, throw very cursory and in NV
desuitoy way in this my last intrusion on your patience
lew remarks that me as not unworthy of The
consideration oil sober and rejecting community The
m'ory oil our Republican institutions supposes that the
people are capable OF segovernment 1t supposes them
be guided by aud good sense and il discard as
caunny the impuaton that they drawn to and fro
W he lnpetuous current OF their ungovernabe pas
nons God forbid il should be SOL for then is the cause
ct human liberty hopeless w e"'''
IL then we are as we profess to be, under the guidance
auup MIA
the ir remark that 10 us i'm relation to orr mo-
huca differences is "The folly of expecting that zoe can
mare eue'y thing precisely as tUe toish IT." He who
,naue US ud not design that we should. He has given
oo race conflicting opinions opposite propensitie and
warning interests With such irreconceabie wishes and
'eehhgs some must be disappointed. In most govern
meats, The whole is absorbed in the wishes the
comforts, and interests of the feIO The manu- are uit.rv
egided IN then there is the predileclon for the con
ro OF majoFes by the minoes that is eyinced bv our
Nuhers Monarchy is the perfection Of this princinIe
Tor mere The minority is only In our government
however, where the majority prevails the wishes and The
interests oil me great body OF the people be consute
ana moreover though the minority are often twarreJ
III some thlngs yeIn others they may have equivalent
nuVahages ana they have always fair to hone that
hcir views may in turn prevail; and that every thing will
come right at last. They should therefore wait pacnv
the turn OF the tide which may wait them af engt, 70
inc maven OF Their wishes. How truly has this been ex
emPhhed IN the short but interesting history Of o vout
tai country! EARLY in that history the yhskey
OF pennsylvania were excited rebellion bv an Excise
iaw: he instruction was queed--ihe Excise law was
abolished and forgotten; aud those very people are now
amongst the hrmest friends OF the Union and the INNS,
seadlas advocates Of peace. Then came the Knbargo
whch or years locked up harbors The vessels of
our merchants rotted at the wharyes The commerce NJ
inc Eastern aud Northern States was DESTROYED at blow
II was swept from the by law far more desrnc.
i've Than The winds Of Heaven or the artillery of tic
enemy Ruin stared them in the face; and tIesol,tion
would soon have slaked along their streets This ,oas
an oppressive this t0ds ruinous measure; imposed too
by Southern and Western votes, and fatal 10 ihe Nor
ana East lhey we're accordingly bold in their remon-
srances, ana At length cainofous in their threats The
government still held its course, for il was measure
ADOPTED against an enemy But the nation became con-
hced Of the oppression, and applied the proper remedy
ne law was rePeaedfOr the people 50 tcfTedH That
/ y the true remedy Tor al our evil. The EMBARGO was
al an end; and then came the War The war produced
equal dissatisfaction In the midst s acitane scenes
we were threatened with Secession by the pull6ers and
seceders OF that dsythe Hartford Convention Yet ,ye
maniuiy struggled We breasted the Storm. peace
returned-ihc commerce Of the East again
ry seSi-thcir manufactures received an nnexsmpled
impulse and tie meridian Of prosperity succeeded 10
ther night OF gloom, Of dependency and disafecton-
And so we may always hope; that in the ordinary course
OF human events, under Government Of the people the
CLOUDS Of to-day will be succeeded by the sunshine of to-
morrow We must learn TO put up with being occasion.
any ln"arled; we must learn 10 "bide our lime" we
must learn TO await the influence Of reason on our coun
uymcn ana the return Of the ara Of generous feelings
suppressed Tor moment by passion or sed by selCin.
\ teresL owe must" assMr. Jefferson has wisely sad
nave patience and long endurance with our brethren
Nfie under delusiOu. hem time