Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-06-28

then, there ID no occasion for Protective Tariff
If they ito not, then il is proof that wo are not vet
ripe for them, but that our labor and capital can be
more probably invested. but why go over these
grounds again! We beg Mr.. w. TO review then,
once more in his unanswerable Speech Of 1923, 1--WE
believc.)
What are we to understand by another position
of MIR. w. in his Buffalo Letter? He says, that
sour political institutions, place power in the hands
oil The peoples and To make the exercise of this pow
err in such hands salutary, i, is indispensable that all
the people should enjoy, first the means of educa-
tion and second the reasonable certainty of procur-
ing competent livelihood by industry and labor
These institutions are neither designed for nor suited
TO nation OF ignorant paupers. To disse mnate
knowledge, then, universally, and to secure to labor
and industry their just rewards is the duty both OF
the General and State Governments each i'm the ex-
erclse OF its appropriate powers."-Now, what are
we TO understand by this declaration? That as the
feder;i government is bound protect labour, it
Is also bound 10 provide for the instruction of the
people Does MIR. w. then to claim Educa-
non as among the po,cerS Tor duties call j; which he
pleasesl otthe Federal Government? That it ought
TO establish schools, academies, and an university
we should desire TO the clause i'm the Consti-
luton, winch authorses such appropriation: Or
does Mr. w. content himself with bringing it under
We said the other day, that we had "no affinity
with Mr. Webster, his cause, his principles, or his
prospects MIR. Walsh upon this, excailns "Indu-
bitabe"-and the N. Y. American says at were
well for the X. Enquirer if could vindica,e itself
from affinities less questionable and credtable"-
Now, we ask nothing than this Buffalo letter
TO show us how 'ndubable" and how "unuuestion-
able" is our difference of opinion with this dstin-
guished man. The truth, is, that Mr.. w. is "a high
toned Federalist and no one but such "a fool or
O(naD ny a..
"vindicatng" ourselves from any affinity with him.
MIR. MADISON.
The last National Integencer presents us with
the following interesting sketch of this celebrated!
man. we have room for bat one brief comment,
Mr. NJ ascrbes the diminished feeling of the value
OF the Union TO three circumstances. But is there
not fourth cause, which is stronger than the other
three put together? We mean, the encroachments
OF the Federal Government upon the rights of the
States and the people viz the Alien and Sedition
Laws-the United States Bank-the system of
Internal lmprovements-the consolidating opinious
OF the Supreme Court-the Tariff system-the
docrinal points which We're so unhappily broacb-
cd in the Proclamation, &c, &c. These, and
other circumstances have created alarm among
the enlightened advocates of Union, as to the
centrlpetal powers of the Government. They
regret Ito adopt the words of Mr. Madson's
own Resolution in 99,) shat spirit has i'm sun
dry instances, been manifested by the Federal
Government, to enlarge its powers by forced con-
structions OF the Constitutional charter, which de-
fines them; and that indications have appeared of n
design TO eXpound certain general phrases, (which
having been copied from the very limited grant of
powers in the former articles of considerations were
the less liable to be msconstrued so as to destroy
the meaning and effect of the particular enumera-
uon which necessarily explains, and limits the gen.
eral phrases and so as TO consolidate the States by
degrees, into one sovereignty, the obvious tendency
ind inevitable result of which would be, to trans
form the present republican system of the United
States into an absolute, or at best mixed monar-
chy."-ls there any wonder, them that the value OF
the Union, should be felt less sensby than it ought
to be-more especially, when these subjects of ex-
element have been seized upon, and other topics OF
alarm have been exaggerated by the Nullifiers and
The Agltators ?--"The Unon-It must be presery-
cd. But 1t must be preserved by forbearng To
pervert to their injury or oppression" ".the pow
ers granted under the Constitution"-no other words
by combining the Federal Government to its Iegiti-
mate sphere-and by respecting all the reserved
rights OF the States and of the people. Until this
duty is discharged, good men will not be without
much apprehension, and bad men without some pre-
text Tor exciting agitation and attacking the stability
ofthe Union. But, hope is, that this conclusion
VIII be so strongly forced upon the understanding
OF our countrymen, that this great truth itself will
he found the best corrective of the evil:
MR. MADISON.
we acknowledge ourselves little indebted TO the
highly respectable gentleman, from whose letter to us
dated 10Th instantly we have permission extract the fol-
lowing:
cit will give YOU pleasure to hear that Mr. Madison
hough sun confined 10 his room by rheumatism and
al debility, has improved lately in health and that both
his spirits aud mental vgor still unnpared by age O,
disease. . "
81 lately made him visit in company with Mr. R
our 'a'e -, and we both agreed that had scarce y
ever before seen his intellect bright clear and had
never iound him so Interesting. He in talking
vein aud fully verified what Mr. Jefferson used TO say
OF him, that his conversational powers were upryaej
lie amused us with anecdotes oil his early
answerednur inquiries about the olden time cleared mn
doubts IN our domestic hslory-and occasionally inter.
mingled reflections on the principles OF government
which were conceived in the spirit OF true philosophy
and were expressed with precision and proprety of
guage Tor which on such Subjects he has no equal He
seldom descends TO speak Of party politics and when he
does is never IN tone Of apey The sneers of the
political pgmics who have discharged their punv shat
al hln because he would their false versions
OF MS own text, are OF course UNDECIDED by him Hi.
thoushs seem 10 rHn rather principles than indu
duaon the great national interests present and future
rather Than on this or that measure Of policy Some
OF these general remarks appeared me to be as oil
gina as they We're idst. Thus, he said that so Cs
a. the love OF power and distinction Influenced the feel
ngsoi our politicians towards the gcnefa mt
II had produced contrary effects in the NoS4b and The
South. In the North the leading men felt 10 soS,-,. a.
apprehension OF the lveng, dsorganizng spirit which
Is impatient OF all CONTROL and in its excess t
sacrednes oil property; and that therefore they view the
general government with favor and gratitude and ver,
disposed 10 enlarge its powers which defended them agans
the split OF characterization home. But in the Sontl,
where there is no ground for such apprehension-tb
class oil persons without property ing here filed b,
slaves-the leading men regarded the general govern
inent as diminishing their relative Importance and CON
sequeny inclined TO circumsciibe s po,yer within
as narrow limits as possible.
He also remarked that there were three circums,anc
al,,N,. L.. al