Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-01-31
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jected, was the Richie substtue"-( what siufi!-
We are almost ashamed to notice it) We neither
saw MIR. MarshaIls resolution before it was present
ed, nor did we support it. What did we say while
II wus under discussion
Wo have heard gentlemen M.halls Ro
solution will provabu il il should adopted time OF
of its friends profess their carry out should he i'm
adopted declaring Right Principles asserting them
INC which we current on both sides
Of The Ptosameton which hold, us to be integral
subject a onee IN gs' series e resolutions For has
no Sa ' SIX d c an" 5 ssrS "Gt p5Tsr gogrey IN letting
PIES ,o 'Ge epey 70 her for tic suspension ordnance
mere general resolution like Mr. Marshall. stpt
r~r,ioaY Bnt # the House, S T IS more susceptible @
at this nomcntous crisis to forward session.
DO not ourselves tho waves of Federal
Nuicaon on tho oo There o k oS SGSoOIg cure :. OF
may creep political church nj crisis IIs ,h"
@ by the true friends of the Constitution Whut pac
ue today may become precedent cmOnow"And postcrty
S @ & o, our apathy either abo9! the Union Of
ought to promusoto sentiments upon both"
1t is not true then that zee " have been defeated
at all.
The Mercury also refers to Mr. Browns resoh,
tions-and seems to hint that we We're connected
with them also. This also would be gross mis-
conception. We neither Mr.. Browns resoln-
tons in MS, conferred with their author about
them nor did we support them while they were
before the House.
We should have preferred Mr.. Brodnax's resolu-
tons, with some amendments, TO Messrs Mar
shalls or Browns. Those which were ultimate
~ adopted by the Legislature, necessarily inn
perfect IN form, from the way in which they were
got up-but they seemed TO hit the tastes of most
sides of the House-and we think embraced all the
gFedt points which thought necessary-as the
reader will perceive from the paragraph we have
re. published above.
The correspondents of the Mercury deceive il on
another point The spirit of Modification is not
spreading IN Nirgna-and it will not be carried
before The People by decided mnjori,y" -rely upon
~ u S Bank stock sold yesterday at IOl , to
iol 3d. in large quantities. and is said have been Of
ieed even at lOl The of this great depression
unquesionaby the rapidly Strengthening conviction that
he government Will IN very short lime adopt the nca-
smres towards the Bank which its plain duty requires
mere wdsa report whispered about the exchange that
the Secretary of the Treasury had offered if the Bank
womb BUY The government stock par, his hflu-
ence TO obtain law authorizing The sale, and that Mr.
Bide had rejected the proposition! 1t supposed that
the market affected 10y the credit attached this ru-
would be glad TO get par for the millions, and Mr.
Biddle knows-no one better-hOw hard the bargain
would be. The Bank will never hundred per
cent TO the stockholders How long will il take to col
ect from the western States the thirty millions
ed to 'hemf Can more than million year be with
drawn from their active capal?"
The above is from the last New York Standard
Ii is probable, think that the stock market has
been affected by the rumour that the Committee of
Ways and Means will report bill for selling the
u . Shares of the Bank Stock, under certain limi-
tatlOns-one of which is, that it shall not sell beLotc
par.
We much crowded by various matters, that we
cannot push the Debate in the H. of d. fast we wish
nor publish the Proceedings of several Counties-nor
sweep our table oil indeed lay before
our readers any remarks OF our own. We yet
commence MIR. TazewePs Nos, which have already
reached to the I4h 18Th No.-A we can ask there
lore oil our readers ami correspondents He patience
9 The proceedings Of Northampton County unuvoidab post.
Poncd I'LL our next.
FoR TIE ENQUIRER.
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.EGNo it,
MS document has excited deep interest in our conn
try The great crisis which have arrived is apual-
ing in It's probable results and equences not only to
America, but to the friends of free through
out The world, both of the present and of future tines
me permanently and true value OF complex system
are now brought 10 the test in way. its efficiency
Tor all the purposes OF war with foreign nation has been
amply proven And we are now to learn, whether not
the restessncss and desperation of personal ambition di
Fectng and governing the excited passions of single
state shall be sufficient ece the gores of the RcVo-
luon and pull down the fair fabric of the reest and hap
pest government that has existed.
AT such a crisis it becomes every American who is
proud OF has country or her Institutions forget party
politics and personal preferences Too adherence 10
these, has brought the awful precpice on which we
stand IT is not my intention to date fully the mad
and precpdte measures Of sister State The reprehen
sion oil the whole nation has left but little be said on
that subject The President has nterposed with Pro-
camaton full OF patriotism; repctc with arguments found
ed in truths and breathing the noble spi, which animated
the God-like men who conquered our liberties and built
up the free governments that ardeny hope are des
tined to preserve them. But that Proclamation has bee
unnecessarily, held up to condemnation; because il is
said 10 contain doctrnal points relation TO the
formation of the Union and the right of State to secede
which are untenable. hasty perusa of the Proclaua.
ton, with my mind - hat BIASED by the structures
had previously read, induced me, FIRST 10 think tIat
these doctrines were not sound have since studeJ
that document and looked into the history of lhe Govern
mentand the result il, that doubt tie correctness of
my hrst Impressions And since the absor bling questions
OF ths pe0us controversy turn upon these points have
determined TO give my reflections TO my counrynpn
FOR tins purpose, must be permitted appeal to the
freedom OF the press Aware Of the fallacy of human
reason, and especially, OF my owp secluded in the conn
try, as am, without the advantages of recourse IN
hghened sources OF information freely admit that INV
present impressions may be erroneous I give them
doubngiy TO the public; and shall be thankful to be put
right by sound reasoning and facts instead of
and metaphysical subteties NV weak UNDERSTANDING
may not comprehend either the nearing Of the President
OF tne words and objects OF the Constitution What /
shal say Is thrown out in the spirit of enquiry with an
afoehl ue'e, on my part, TO arrive The truth and 10
embrace 1t, no matter how much it conflicts with any
ouleF opinions may have entertained
~ Tie rst place, the history which The President pives
OF the origin OF the Federal Government is objected To-
and In the second place, his denial Of the righ of Sc
cession lie has blended the discussion Of these two
points " my wish to examine them separately even
time. my
Let US them open the proclamation, and select all the
parts OF II which are so loudly repudiaed containing
the nonstrous doctrines Of coNsoLIDArtoN
Aer adyering, in general terms to the common int
rest by which united in our colonial State and 20
me leagues by which sometimes united, for
common Defence, against the savapcs he SAYS that
prior TO the declaration ofindopendence 1--WE were known
IN our aggregate character the United colonies of AIns-
ncs -reIernng Of course, 70 that period in colonial