Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-12-21

any time, resort greatly to be depre Gated, yet this
was the only alternative left the Federal for
the South Carolina Ordinance had deprived the Federal
Courts OF all power Of executing its judgments, by the
rsPerin and edPds n tciheyndm iatcs, and prevented
their execution through the State Courts, by swearing
Judges anu Jurors to mud them unconstitutional Thus
preventing the successful use Of any of the means Of
the civil authority, either Federal or State Mr.. Ram
doph, who was the standard bearer Of Nulhc alton and
Secession, sad in his speech on the famous. bill to en-.
force the Embargo, that he wol employ the caferv and
the knife. to overcome resistance to tina, law. Yet,
at the time, lie declared the Embargo Law unjust
and oppre ssve He also believed il uneons
for in letter to Mr. Lloyd, Published in the 7,h volume Of
rate yourselves from you had ample in
time OF peace in an embargo the most nsfuiionat
and oppressre-an engine OF tyranny. fraud and favo
ritisn, Yet, Mr.. Randolph advocated bill to enforce
a law by military coercion, strongly denounced by
himself Why did he do so Surely for no other cause
than to assert the supremacy Of the laws Of the Union
Ii Mr. Rives then, with the South Carolina Ordinance be-
tore him. deserves such heavy dennncaons Tor voting
sustain the Government la overcoming armed resistance
to law which he believed constitutional, when all
the civil authority had been closed, what inca
is due to Mr. Randolph for his course upon the en-.
barge enforcing iawl leave Mu,ius TO determine for
himself: he knows better the support he recently gave to
Mr.. Randolph, than do.
" Muius'' charges Mr.. Rves with denouncing the
South and dea ing very gently with the North IL the Ia
Muus asserts il il, Mr. II. dealt with il very gently
when he Characterised unequal tyrsnnicai and op
pcsve contrary TO the spirit and genius OF in.tu
tons. How much gently did Mr.. Calhoun de al with
IL than this lie renewed the charter OF its existence for
ten years, whil.t Mr.. wished destroy
II Modification be the Southern doctrine Mr. r. denoun.
ced in measured TERMS and does Mutus complain
Of this, when lie himself declares he is no Nifer and
declares the opinions of Mr. Calhoun and Mr. McDufie
the fathers and leaders Of Nullicaion tending aaar-
chy and disuon2 Surely, If Mr. r. in this the
South. "Muiius" himself has done strongly as Mr.
x; But 1t was only Modification. not the South that
MIR. r. denounced. Why should he have done So when
the South did sustain South Carolina in her course
Muius" complains that the greater part OF Mr. RS.
speech was denuncia,ion OF Modification and sail bu,
Il an far
was denounced, doctrine to which "Autus is opposed
he has no cause OF complaint The Tariff not the
subject: the South Carolina Ordinance IF Modification
aud the means Of couneractng it, the subject of
bate consequently Mr. RS. speech. according to EMU.
thus" HIMSELF mainly directed TO the subject discus.
sion, as all speeches should be- The same may
be given TO the charge that Mr. r. did say any thing
in relation 10 the Proclamation; it the subject Of
discussion.
To prove that Virginia may nully what she would he
pleased to call Unconstitutional law, and resume her
legaed powers at her pleasure without revolution EMU
titus" makes the following quotation from the of rai
cation by Virginia "That the powers delegated to the
Federal Government might be resumed, when perverted
to her injury oppression The reader will that
the sentence set out in marks of quotation and the word
her, used in reference Virgins. Now, the of rat
cation by Virginia, contains such expression, nor any
such principle The of ratification reads thus eve
pursuance OF recommendation ON the General Assem-
bly,, and now metn Convention, having fully and ely in
vesIigated and discussed the proceedings OF the Federal
Cow enton, and being prepared well as the most ma.
delberation hath enabled us. to decide thereon do
in the and in behalf Of the people of Virginia de-
clare and make known, that the powers granted the
Constitution, being derived from the people Of de UNIT.
ED STATES, may be resumed by THEM whatsoever
the same shall be perverted THEIR injury oppres-
sion, &c. Language cannot be palmer than this. The
people of Virginia ratified, but her ratification alone did
not make the Constitution. The people of the United
States made and they must undo the Constitution is the
paIpabe Interpretation Of this do not intend to &C
Mutius of intentional misquoson he is superior
to any such trick but he has, have, seen it else
where, and has copied it without doubling its correctness
Hrafin o a..
Mr.. Rvess opinions, although ii relied upon by Iu.
hus' TO prove him in error.
Mu'ius," in commenting upon what Mr. II. said of the
Kentucky Resolutions, in his Lewsburg Speech denies
that they contemplated action OF the States
and dwells OH the expression, +" each party, &c But
each party is affirmed TO have an equal right, sc
Now can II be an "equa right in the States If the OPT
execution the iaw2 the question is to be denitiue
" decided by single State 1t not mere mockery to talk
OF the equal rights OF the other States? The resolutions
themselves settle this question concuvey-n the last
solution, is this expression: That this Commonwealth
does, therefore, call its coStates for expression of
their sentiments, the concerning aliens and for the
punishment OF certain crimes herein before specified
plainly declaring, whether these not au-
horiZed by the Federal compact, and winds up by
serting, That the States recurring their natural
rights not made Federal, will concur in declaring these
acts uoid Of noJorce, and will each unite with this Com
monwealh in requesting their repeal the session
OF Congress The right OF each party Judge for itself
OF iniracons does not necessarily involve the right each
party to act separately and Independently and such
not contemplaiedby the Virginia Kentucky Resolutions
for in BOTH appeal made to the concurrent action of
the other States, as essential to the system.
" Mutius' charges MIR. Rives with denouncing the ere
States right republicans in his speech LIE wisburg,
when his observations expressly applied the sseii
called "or false" State rights republicans, while he
proiessed devoted at achmeD' the enune principles
The State rights republicans of '9S. 80 Now winch is the
rue estate rights psriy' The nuHfers say they are.
" uiius Is no nulliher Mr. X. thinks he il, aud
.secessons say they aretbe real party, then is not
10 be found by their own assevera,ion'
Mu'ius" again quotes an expression in Mr. Rsspeech
in the Senate in which he says 81 always follow the gull
dance OF MIR. Madison with peculiar confidence" i'm
plying that he rejected the guidance OF Mr.. Jefferson
when tits evident he spoke OF Mr. Madson's "The
Federalisr as entitled TO confidence than those OF
Mr.. Jay and Mr.. Hamilton But take the expression in
its broadcast scope, there be great hahn in Mr. RS
owiDg the guidance OF MIR. Madison, when Mr. Jefer.
son himself did the with much confidence as Mr..
r. In letter TO w. G. Nicholas, dated September 5;b.
1899, Mr. Jefferson FAYE, "Mr NJ who came, had been
proposed does not concur In tho reservation proposed
above and from this recede readily, only DETER
enee to his Judgment &c. See 3D. Cor 429 In letter
10 Mr. Madson December "a, 1925 enclosing the protest
against the consuionaliy OF the system OF internal i'm
provemenis then in progress by the Federal
be submitted TO the Legislature OF Virginia by General
Gordon he says: "Ihe FIRST question is whether YOU ape
prove OF doing any thing Of the kind. not send back
to me- and shall be suPpressed for would hazard
so important measure against your opinion
without its support" 4ih Cor. AIS. In a letter TO Mr.
Madison Feb IT, 1896 he says: "The friendship which has
subsisted between hall century, and the harmony
Of our political principles and pursuits have been sources
oil constant happiness TO me through that long ROD gain,
in the letter, ho says II the earth has beied
system OF administration conducted with single and
seadfas eye 10 the general interest and happiness of those
committed TO II, which, protected by trth never
know reproach, IL is that, to which lives have been
devoted TO myself, you have been pillar Of support
fhrn. sch liz.