Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-03

"". P'eoge, we nave seen the other calculation 4
winch we have just alluded which has for its obiee
Z an election by the H. of II. We shall lake nm IN;
SUBJECT neNt-and attempt TO show i'm what manne
,ne election may be brought nearer TO the people :
= n"s, we ni"y attenpt to avoid on the one hand
the otherwise inevitable necessity of N Convento
. IN some form or other-or on the other am uneoua
usImevous, corrupt and corruptng election befor
.ne II. OF Representatives This measure IL is no
r.o"a'ure To discuss. On the contrary this is TN
e to Investigate it, if we intend 10 nyn;I ourseIve
oil any such proposition. Whereas, IL is Dremolur,
:: our humble opinion, to discuss the merits of par
"c"ar cdndiddtes--and to bind ourselves to tho cn
I OF any mans fortunes.
THE ILHES.--[No. wi
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there Is leas, danser7Sast 6s A. Bo VINO 'a' most wher
i We have produced sufficient evidence i, ola, ~
rlous extracts we have selected from orr n,ne,
i o' "e 'as. ~ years, to show that we never
,, 'o .'en'',ed the doctrine Of Notification will,
m" e E,ate lights doctrines of Virginia in ,os and
SCI gives us much satisfaction to SEQ the ;n,c.
20: ""'cm 'nese "reminiscences have excited NOT
, M,s,"uIng their apparent egosm and the null
| "Piciy OF their details
Dut u mas been for some time asserted that ,vc
o' nave occasionally given in adhesion to the
'oo"'he OF Nuliifcation-and other extrac,s n, v,
oeen proiessedy quoted from our columns for ,bs
purpose OF demonstrating vacillation and in
as few words possible. ~
what are the fucts where are the extrncts,
=, ls'' Inc manner in which we spoke of Mr.
ihayne's Speech on Foot's Resolution in Is3O has
J;d 1 ZIP pr,nclpoly quoted and relied on And what
u'u tue enquirer say of that celebrated Speecb,
~ Inc LIST place in which it is spoken of il in u.
Enquirer OF jan %, 1880. 1t is in the form of let
ter from Washington, as follows:
envy You as Virginian. How grateful % ey.ry
genuine repn6can-not national epublican-to hear m.
auncn via Do'nlnion so frequently aud so Justly comn
% 1 ueoae Tor her devotion to the infre
"y ~ ne Union! Yes, she has been indeed Ih 800 ~,
an" stan OF the Union every trung occasion. All y
r. hayne eioquenlly expressed it this day in the S,
v.a n" IHo. Of Jefferson the patriarch of Liberty
'e"' " !SS, the Constitution its last rasp Viz
gun. saved 1t and restored i, TO ie" And so she did
WenIwe presume, that zoe shall scarcely be vi
si'eu WIN The sins of OUR corresponaenLs
ne next time in which any reference 10 m,d,
10 ms speech, is on the Odd February We call i,
SIMPLY his eloquent aud impressive Speech.n Sure.
W ,s compliment 10 the talents of the orator is moi
10 DE considered us an endorsement of his opi-
mons. MIR. Clay delivers "eloauent and ;,nnrrrs
sNe" Speeches-and Mr. Webster does tJ,e sa,,. .
ana we should never hesitate to pay that tribute RI
tneir abilities. But do therefore aco,Iiesce il,
eir doctrines, or subscribe to their argtiments2-
Let us then pass on.
On the 5Ih March we prose II evor -; ,
IT, ior lis ingenuity and eloquence We saw il
us one of the most lucid and eloquent comnos;,;ons
which tins Great Debate has given rise to in The
..;nc ana we stIil entertain the same high OPT
,,on o tne neay and clearness of the composition
, Dut 90 we therefore write ourselves down ns -
E.,iier' we Should think, that no man with the
S"es' pretehs'ons To common sense would con-
l loul'u Sucn opposite qualities. the lucidness of
SPeech ana the correctness of its doctrines
The next and the very last time thar we find M,
Ienest reference made to this mastery effort OF
mr. hayne, is on the 9th March, 1890 Ealludes to
some brighter signs, lwhich) have appeared TO
'"'se the hopes OF the friends of the Consttu,ion
Among these is "Andrew Jackson's MESSAGE ,vor'
my OF me days of MIR. Jeerson-(in which, HE has
asserted NE true principles of the Constitution" al
40 me ABILITY and politics of the Southern Review
..~I,l
at Washingt ,n And then comes this passn@o.
And where shall we find eloquent advocates. than
W. aecth''y appeared in the Senate Of the U. Sa,es!
nehon-but we Judge for ourselves of what ,y r..
seen o' me speeches OF Hayne and of Woodbury. Tie
p VI nr hayne are OF the first Eank--and let il be
,eoec.e" mat he draws his strongest argun, nts Go,
me productions of Madison and Jefferson in 100 AMI Ism
he speech OF MIR. Woodbury. which we promise o,rsI"
me pleasure OF laying before our reacrs is one oc ,b
mastery arguments in the defence OF a limited Cons,p
on, which cannot fail TO render great service II is in
terspersed with the forcile unoa,ons o,, ,h ;.
ihgs OF the Fathers Of the Church, '''
Here we hail Mr. Haynes speccl, as of the frs,
'""N-"nu we award to his speech the rare merit IF
aFdiotng his strongest arguments from the Droduc
uon ! OF madison and Jefferson" Do we say we sub
scrioe To all his conclusions? Certainly not w. d;d
subscribe to most of them Observation-Disclosures Ills
was at an epoch when Modification was scnrceIv
daring to hold up its head-and the fact is ,hot
compared with his other deductions his dicta about
N"ncation occupy an uncomfortable suocc i'm Tho
speech. They are scarcely alluded TO at all-ond
ue III me most transcient manner. They are MOI ri
all developed nor dwclt upon. He had Other more
ntr"cuve matter before him-and i'm truth S Caro-
INA had not then made up her mind TO lv tn nnv
s"ch extremity. We see much in this ceIebrated
speech IN censurc of the course of New ENGLAND
during the war of ISl2-m,Ich i'm reprobo,;on of
the Hartford Convenon-and much in the exno
sitiona and vindicaton Oflhe Virginia resolutousbut
very slightly any allusion to Notifications Scarce
one incidental deduction IS dratcn from the Virri-
ma RESOLUTIONS IN relation to the question: then so
'a'en'' now sprung up TO such gigantic dimensions
ANA what is more remarkable Mr. H. introduces
me hehtucky Resolutions, without once "poin,ing
ms moral or adjoining his tale" He makes no, one
deduction from it i'm reference To his now great con
servave remedy. The passages we can find in re-
terence to the South Carolina doctrines are nc fol
lows: ~ "
~ VIII even go further and say that if the aubor. nj
me Hartford Convention believed. that" gross
and paPabie violations of the Const uio had taken
utterly destructive OF their rights and interests should
be the last man to deny their rights TO resort TO ann co
sfnutiondi measures for redress"
constitutional measures"-Well what arc tbev2
Is Notification one II?
" me senator HON Massachusetts, denouncipo wba, he
prased TO call the Carolina doctrine has o
nrow iidlcuc upon the idea that State has any
"oha remedy by the exercise of its sovereign
against "a gross. palpabe and deliberate violation of ne
Constitution He calsiI"anide" or sdiculous notion -
or something 10 that effect aud added In, Womb N,
we onon "a mere rope Of sand" Now sir a. the gente
man mas not condescended to into any If
me question, aud has been satisfied with lbrowino tho
weight OF his authority into the scale do moi dee, IL nc
essdry 10 do more than to throw the opposite scale
NE authority on which s. Carolina relies and tletc far ,
present. am perfectly willing leave The controversy
inc south Carolina doctrine, that to saw the octrioc
Goaneu ~ an exposition repeatedly Committee of the