Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-02-19

majority of the State largo mass of a con.oid,,cJ
Empire and Governments Sate upon principle when
hat mass had clearly dscerianed that the greater part
believed that their safety and happiness were not
would have right Withdraw from the consolidated
Empire and establish Government Tor themselves eaving
w ENSUING government unchanged-and this would not
oe neFouuoh A REPUBLICAN OF l79S.
(pTginid.)
-, COMMUNICATED
To The author Of the Essays signed caro- in The Rich
mOnd Enquirer.
received yours of the 29lh ul this morning sgreo
enurey with you as 10 the great points of politics cL
are now agtaiing our country think have some
claim TO orthodoxy on those points Some OF our friends
mink are destroying effectually the Virginia doctrines
y he way ihey go on, palmng upon them every absur
uy ana hew-idngled theory which have been lately in.
vented" 10 suoserve the purposes OF ambition which were
never dreamt OF by great Republican ancestors and
whc cannot be acknowledged and prdcsed upon in nv
humble Judgment, without the certain destruction of this
government and with it the liberties of the country If
Tue lght OIL secession and notification acknow edg cd
as claimed by South Carolina, how long is this Federal
onon TO last: And when the Union is gone how long
WIN DC before military despotsIns must of necessity he
eee" upon It's RUNS cannot see any difference my
sell IN their consequences between notification and Sc
eeSS'0n except that the latter leads speedily and
more certainty to the entire destruction our institutions
And am really surprzed to hear some gentlemen de.
Claiming most iuriousy against South Carolina and what
they call her prepOster0us doctrines when tbcv mem
selves say that the laws OF the Union are not TO be exc
cued at all farce is TO be resorted to- whom they are
declared null aud void by sovereign State What dit.
ference mere III substance between this doctrine and
mat oil nucation? They both give the State the RIGHT
whenever she pleases TO nliify the latcs Why blame
anu uenouuce SOuth Carolina, II she has
man SHe mas right to do? She says if her rights are not
acknowledged which she claims under the doctrine Of ,I
ytcdhon, she then claims the right Of secession She
has proclaimed to the world that any ATTEMPT is made IN
enforce the laws which she has declared null and void
she no longer TO be considered member of this Union
81 Der s URHH are how o dare we to-
WIN her IN seeking her happiness upon princinJo
% se says ana we acknowledge, the Constitution OF
our country Jusutes! Those who say that the laws are
not 10 ee executed in any event il force is TO be reored
The nG r Ia execution IN effect say every thing that
hey are not so IN professions The doctrines al 10Th
amount 10 me same thing, aud at the same yes,
Pec'Sey You are TO execute the laws peaceaby Won
'' J"I "O' J"e'Oy y0u must. South Carona SAYS
you snail not execute them pedcedb-then Won are moi
10 execute them at ALL Never have heard i'm the whole
p'Sc OF my lie qui66ie bareiaced and ridiculous as
hat which Is made the pretext for this Glamour abon,
mahlhS war upon South Caroina-makiue war unon
sovereign Stae-using the bayonet upon an inroc.nt
people Tor The exercise of her constitutional rights
'uhg The Threats OF aud child,en and iii ,ha,
SORT OF deinasoEne slang, intended JOr effect WIN
ever 'ouSh Tor one moment OF using force pon any nor
no oil the people OF South Carolina until force ,,S ,
ny her TO prevent the execution OF the laws, B1tbcy,,
" course How poorly those who this language
e ''ie '"c"Igehce OF the people of this country A
peaceful remedy!!! That is, peaceful provdcd lie co
Verhment permits her TO put the laws at defiance meet
you OH Tie high way and present pistol at Won and Tell
you 10 surrender your purse or I blow your brains t
90 not mean to hdrm you, sirit for Won 10 saw vie
IS 10 De uSed-l mean nothing but what is peace
u-snrr hder me your money, aud Won NAV uui,
JWed on your ourney-bu you proceed Ar, inch yitbont
complying WIN my demand III take your life This i.
he m f.t,,-
selves against the General Government ,nJ Iii i tt
lie laws OF the Union not to be executed here W.
49, uscSreH mem unconstitutional, null and void and
.5 '""' "ot ne executed. Now, if you permit us TO
carry our declarations Into effect all will be. well. our
uurSe IS peaceful one Ii will depend upon you whe.
'her lorce is to be used not" WIN sir was ,ier, 60
such nonsense az this lrpcd bc,' , 10 , e'v ever
people OF thIs country, and is il expected that they will m
Sw ny ~ II has already raised laugh from, one end
we continent 10 The other From Maine 10 Georgia and
rom the sea shore 10 the fAriest verge of The Noi
mas been received pretty much in the same way among
The mass OF the people Of the United St,tcs Tbs, sc
1t with ridcule and contempt ny ''
living inc PRESIDENT the means Of executing The laws
"e Ohlon ~ called making war upon south C,rolin,
see Dido, IN his speech, asks il il is right that t On
vernInent should make war upon SoutI Cnrolin, Ls
mere error NJ opiniOu7 what (.ays lie if south g.,
rona oe mistaken, 'hall make war upon her on ac
count OF her iDsakci" Now I am really a.ronisbed 10
hear man Of Bibbs intelligence use such Isngmacc
mere not Idrner or mechanic in entcky who will
not see us OBJECT and set il down precisely for what II 10
MoI" III o hrst place, who thinks Of making war IN
on D Carolina, until she makes war upon the
aunoes' VINO are peaceably and lawfully in The
performance OF her duty In tie place stppose Inc
course OF y Carolina is mere mistake ,5eye fr, -
oPoh - she TO be permitted through this deIusiop 10
overiurn the government and laws of tic cou,,r,
YFo " " " anarchy and confusion, merely because ain,
nsfoken in her Tighfs7 Does il make ,nv i9T ,e
WIN me man sets fire to my house to be told tba no
IS acilng tWdeT deirSioI and that really lac is Ioi ~
thing more than what he thinks he has n r;obj T., Jo w
an 70 sad ny WIN folded arms according to Judge Bbl
uoc"ne) ana sec me torch applied and the flames ascend
B' anu Apply no Orce or opposition 10 the ucend,rv be
cause lie - acting, as lac says, under yisfokc - -
rights why, SIR he may be some mad man il is trre
some Poucdl Don Quxotte who has become crazed n,
discussing distractions and metaphysics as the hero Of
Cervanes did IN reading books upon b
We unfortunate state OF hs brains will not auforil b
hnmbly presume, IN doing Just as he pIoases win H.
avs Of the country. lie must be sioppcd--he mus, he
'Nen up-ihc flames must be e&Gnguishcd ard bo mad
' VINO Is about TO destroy us, must be Put in chains
"o."hS else will do, and sent 10 a mad. house.
appeal TO The good and candor Of every bono,
l'n W. 'he community, and ask him what he would have
c,,tl a. 10 90 40 the present crisis. Is ito ere
cue me to0S1 That is The question: Oris ne To stand bv
~" sec 'hc violated with mpunity and see te oovcr,
l'en lNol' destroyed What do ese men wish who rl,
"ou ag"'ns, using force, aud about making war upon
"l",l"'f what would you have The govcrnne n, To- III,
: ""tmch; appeal 10 your own c5ndor South Caro-
ays' me rcvonue laws shall not be executed within
we nUt- OF her state. Now, is she 10 be permitted ,o
10y ne' vaccinations into effect " yhe is vltv tcr
80 " -n ond " We COVE nmenL. AN le arenlne1a .na