Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-12


was prcdcaed upon letters from Swami disclosing the
difficulties he had with in procuring Europe
One oil these was from Swami TO the Governor, dated
London 10Th Sept 1885, saying, "In October last sent
from Boston Mr.. Randolph Eschmann to Liege in
Germany, where heard to be got the
quickest and best; made funds at Rotterdam for the
tracing with you for received letters early i'm the
last spring from Eschmann, that the arms could be got
immediately, but that as Liege had become district TO
France, they could not be- exported. then concerted
plan TO get them 10 Holland Dutch proper
~ and there was disappointed the expectation could
not be made without the consent of their good allies the
French.-Bauked in that second attempt, and clothed
with the second contract, hither in person. with
funds 10 purchase both parcels, not doubling the British
would countenance the export since the present urgent
circumstances might tend in all appearance TO use them
against their enemies, il France should take in earnest
against us Here again am disappointed; a
ke can be exported without and not
one to be made but for her USE there Is not gun-a
ker OF any consequence in Birmingham (where have
oeeh VINO Is not engaged for his uaesy-This letter
Is accompanied by Que from MIR. King, then minister
in London to Swami, OF the 10th Sept 1885, saying al
am apprehensive you will nd it difficult to procure any
considerable quantity OF musets in this Countrywide ma
nu'actory tho carried on by private persons, is subjected
to such regulation that il must be considered as entirely
IN The hands OF the government"
These documents show the difficulties we met with i'm
obtaining arms from abroad-a conclusion which only
made US more anxious TO make them Tor ourselves. 1t
should be added, that wheH the did arrive they
were not found the best-anoher fact, which showed us
the propnety OF manufacturing them for ourselves
These contracts and others which made cost us from
March 20 1892 down 1906, less than Sill O95 80
Is II wonderful, therefore, that should press the
Grand Armory?'-Diculties however, enSued in OBJ
tanning settle, and in building the work-lic utes bred
delays-in the mean time the administration OF MIR. Adams
passed, and set in clouds and darkness
But, take this sngle tact out Of the historical sketch
which we have made
The resolution for obtaining the for an arn,o,u at
richmond or It's vicinity, was passed the 26th Of De
find Mr.. .ddams's administration did not commence
before the 4h Of March, 1897.
THE act for building the Mandatory of Arms, was
passed III l79!-whereas the Alien aud Sedion acts
were not passed before july 9S Such madness as char
actersed the administration OF MIR Adams was not fore
seen by ANY one at the moment OF laying the foundation
oil the armory-Nor, ii we had been bent on war would
Virginia have waited, until it could he built and arms
manufactured there?-Evcn s Carolina has not done that
but Virginia would have done what South Carolina has
done; bought arms III any market where she could have
procured ihem.
Thus, the armory already sketched before the adj
mnistraton commenced! How, then, was il designed
to put down that administration? We are afraid the E
deFd hepu0HcdH cannot reconcile this contradiction for
he is no cOnjiver
We meet the question them farly--ve deny the fact
we deny the n'OtiUe which ascribed to Vrpina MAS
not to put d0on Adams's admisration in the words
oil The committee, "to put arms into the hands OF all the
citizens, that the arlnory instituted-and well and
wisely was 1t done ! For, what should have done du.
ring the late war without the arms which we manufacture
ed why was Maryland so eXposed' Why was Vr-
GINA saved Look at the "grand armory" and you have
tho answer
But it is not the negative only that we content our
serves win provingwe have records prove the quiet
"A TO-
men when the Constitution infinged when alien and
seduoh laws were sent prowng through the land Vr-
gina ohe ou' 1t was the language OF reason, of pas
SION Let the Hartford Conventonsts produce such
state paper from their atrocOus archives us Madons
Report; we dare them 10 the proof
Let them the advocate of the Hartford Convention ms
uiy them II he cam their otcn merits Vir9iu,
scorns any comparison with them. Let them Justify the
language oil insurrecton, at moment when our coasts
were menaced and rapacious loeign enemy hung upon
our lronherS-Let them weep and wall and enash their
see'h IN silence This is the only course, which is
commended 10y policy and prudence
30 much for The Enquirer Of 1917 SO much for
the Arnory-so much for the overt act So much
Tor Mr. IurnbulFs argument! We shall address
nm copy OF this paper; and, in return ask COPY
oil ms "BptuS. We have never read MS carefully
as we wished these mastery ESSAYS: and should
like TO study them-that we may see how far tbev
agree with those great principles of State Rights
TO winch we have been devoted all our lives
we understand Mr.. Turnbul as re-asserting in
this Speech the heresy of Notification Ii is 10 Inc
deposited IN the archives of ;. Carolina for the be-
neh OF ms posterity, and for the imitation of other
States Is MIR. Il. serious? Does he intend to sow
the seeds OF destruction in the Constitution of his
country! This Union already consists of twenty
Iour states. In the course Of very few years fI
Mr. l. will suffer ii TO last so long il will embrace
thirty. Are To- understand, then. that every time
state is agSleyed, or thinks herself So by an OBJ
noXlous act of the Federal Government eucb of
these thirty States is to rise up and nulIify the act
Can this Union survive these repeated shocLsc tbose
renewed contests? this eternal liability TO violence?
Tins breaking up ofa political and social ties? How
long can this boosted Union last? How long be-
lore we shall read i'll its ruins the monument of our
folly? 0U'
No, no; Virginia never did chalk out such doc
tflne IN O6. Her course was essentially diff,
rent from that of South Carolina Let us com
pare their acts and their consequences Virci
ma appealed TO public opinion; South Carolina 10
cunning devices of the law, and then to military
force Virginia supported the cause of truth by
one OF the most invncibe arguments that genius
ever produced; South Carolina puts forth an cxposi-
ton, that was only worthy of the School of the So
Pnlsts.-VIrgInia argued-South Carolina threaten
Virginia was determined to exhaust every ami
Caoe eXpedlen before she even meditateG the fir
tIer means of shaking off the most alarming en-
croachments South Carolina rushed TO uull;fcn
ton, without exhaustiDg those means-Virrinin
spoke of other means, besides using the argument
OF the Report She appealed to her sister States for
co-operation-she spoke Of joint appeal to Con |
gress; OF amendments to the Constitution; of Com
vention for the same object" = Carolina only an
pealed to Congress of herself She proposed no ac
1--WE cooperation with her sister States She brought
forward 10 amendments. She secuted a special Con
Nehuon OF the aggrleved Suites. She did not pro-
pose general CoDventlOn until she had passed her
ordinance oil Virginia had greater
WF0hgS To- complain of than South Curolina-vetl
she calmly proposed Il remedy i'm which all the in
JurPd STATES might cordially aud constitutionaly
unite with her South Carolina flew to reBie,J,, ns
oad II not worse an the disease; aud thus deferred
every other state from uniting with her Virginia
oppressed none Of her own Citizens South Caro- I
ma ~ the very act of resisting the will of the ma
Jorlty of the other States ground down the minority
Gfufp To duet Il ...f...