Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-05-06
srN.r,, -. FOR 7WE ENQUIRER.

NO patriot lightly esteems The ipstuu,lons If hi. .ov,
would, without jus, cause, bring repro,ch unnn d sm
whom a large portion oil his fellow citizen, have bo,orss,;
WIN 'heir confidence. But, when such men abuse that
confidence, and seek impunity for their nsprant miscos.
duct In the dignity Of public station. il becomes an i,nnor.
'snt enquiry, whether those who degrade the station. or
The station itself, shall sink in public estimation.
i hese reflections are suggested by q passage in Senator
r0nnseSters speech on the Presidents Protest. Its this:
me senate, oy ITS peculiar organization, is ,ceN cal.
" mental principles of public liberty 10 The latest POSTER.
!" .. hehaopcd from popular impulses, ehich some.
aMes arse IN ne conclusions incident 10 freedom Of
op''ion' ana Of discussions Of great political questions,
" At may look ,cih edimness on the misguided mufii'
:. , ,ane i m.si Ely Sy s1n,e pGpulgr aemagosue. and thereby
' precipitation"
Here Is a Senator, fresh from a great popular dinner
eaten IN rhi'adelpliia, and inspired by the sdulation there
received from she misguided multitude" from whose
exciting Influence" he affects 10 be so far removed.
,hosa a 10. MS high stump in the Senate, and lording it over
Ings 10 express their disapproba,ion of the course Of ,heso
privileged demagogues and disorgso,zers m :, d.. !.
known and re; remembered, speaking OF the senate "a a boJ,
would nor, Tor any consile ration, do aupht 10 lesson Tho
IG"nrenee lthe people in any Senator, who, in a firm and
"sh'hea manner, discharges the duties OF his station. I
cannot, however, bu, express my ahhorrence for the m al
VINO would convert the Senate OF the U. States into n star
chanoer' or into an elecioneering arena. When SEQ
Senauors curing The recess, traversing the country and
P"ra"'ng through our large towns, with the .muItiiuJr'
., a, ,me neels' when l see them leaving their business
al u .aphoI. 10 visit the Delphian Temple, and haraneu-
ing "t'ie multitude, - who pay d. eviction at that shrine on
days set apar, for the worship OF the true God; when |
near 'ne prince OF dcmagogues, from his place in the Sc
mae, Sfy OUT go on, noble Wings" Sc inspiri,ing his
trained bands TO imbrue their hands i'm tho blood nj Sbo;-
c"untrymcn; when l hear "TVe6ster has come back fuH
OF me inspiration Of the Peopie"-C7dys haping been
oieom,nS prginid air, for a fetU davs, has nor, re.
turned 'c'h the spirit Of the OLD Dominion"-I look
IN vans amongst these for q Senator, "removed from popular
,hpn,se' In vain does Senator Poindcxter, or any such
Senator, challenge personal respectful vain does he ap-
pear 20 my patriotism TO shield such delinquents from the
mer'cd rebuke OF every honest and candid man on earth.
MY countrymeD. discountenance these trayellinp. eat.
,ng' spouihg Senatorial Demagogues, or we shall soon
nave no government at all. The whole country spill, up.
anu oy ''ese leaders oil sections Of factions, each leader
with his press first we have a coalition to destroy the
constitution, and then we shall have a scramble for who
siia'' grab ell the power. Inevitable destruction 10 popuIar
liberty viii be the consequence Of encouraging Senators
mus 10 degrade their digniied station. HISTORY.
,y WII The Virginia Senator'S transfer this State to MI. CIny,
whence IN nnw and alarming idea. that tho Senators are so many
sepq,y sovsIelso'! How AYE they any more than the delegations in
ue mousse, the representatives of the sovereignty Of their q
peciives Slater Some OF them ind"ed fancy themselves little Kings.
aud The People the ''missuiicd mui,ude.'