Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-08-26
MR.. WEBSTER AND STATE RIGHTS.

NV 'th*tti'u WIZ " tOStef, wv year since
spoke TO you upon political subjects, 1 last did so at
Worcester, aud ~said-then. what 1 now rspeat. viz. tba,
.ne general course OF the Executive has been, 4 I. 10 de-
rog"'e rom the powers oil Congress and The common go.
vernmen', aud this on prcieace OF State Right; ally, in re.
isnon TO the general Affairs OF he government, to take to
hi'nseh the hons part. The early papers of he Admin
istrs'ion prove This to be the case; tile veto messages. Sc
an go to c,r'ail the powess OF Cong ess."-Soiem Speech.
Lei me r. opieoi his Union, attached 10 tie true doc.
ninesoi State Rights, read and reject on these charges.
flung upon the President by Mr.. Leiph's and Mr.. Cal
houn's new ally, OF Hartford Convention memory.
General JAcKsoN's Administration is TO he deuouoced
y opposed, because he supports State Rights against
the unlimited claims OF power in Congress. Sc, tortb nv
MIR. Clay on all occasions, and by the tail to lis kite, in tie
The veto against She Maysvine road, aud other extra.
vagsnt schemes OF internal Improvement, atIhe expense
OF the General Government, amounting to coun,le.s mil.
iions--aud with a view 10 fasten forever the o,,,,
anu the CHIEF necessaries OF lie, an ultra T,rid-and ~
veto against the Bank-sfe the great usurps rion. cnn,.,H
teu oy snd charged upon General Jackson, by the G
fashioned Wigs
Do the intelligent people oil the South now see, who Is
IN favor oil heir democratic principles, and Who no, Do
'"ey see now alone extravaganza has beea in some
cases cnrtailed by General Jackson. and how ,,uch
more loudly General Jackson would be denounced by
mr. webster Tor using the veto, should he proceed 10 dis
approve OF other bills, on account OF their inc xpediencv in
making large aad wa-teiul appropriations; "
WIN you Join with the Blue light in denouncing and on.
posing inc present Administration Tor watching over the
security -of stare Rights-the preservaioa of the pubuc
mo"ey from being onconssiisf onsliy and prodigslly squan.
aereu-and IN attempting 10 "derogate from The oowe of
Congress aud the commoe Observation-Disclosures suoh, mon
as MIR. Clay, Webster, aud Lrigh, seek TO extend ,I,osr
Po"1i' ~ VA uue pIOstrauOn OF a{l true State Rights ?
Iii highiy probable tha, this alleged derogaiion f,oy
re potoers Of Congress, may form The ground OF another
Impeachment, by The Senele, the next session, against the
President, like Ina, ofthe last session, Tor an alleged de,o.
CATION OF another kind.
Let the People reflect on this.
Another doctrine Of State Rights. is obedience by SEN
ators to instructions from the Legislatures Of their respec-
i've states Yet Mf. Webster, in the above iDidmmaiory
speech, eliminates almost by name certain membe,s of ihe
House oil Representatives., fresh from tle People, and
'neT Immediate organs, Tor not departing from the vie ws
OF me People as understood by them, and as not con-
ttradicted, except by Bank and panic memoriais-some
forged end some stepped in ~fraud-while he praises the
Senate, his own Senate, for patriotism, w,,en out OF eight
or ten members suieily instructed by Legislative records
how To vote, only one, and Ire a friend Of the Administer.
too, obeyed the instruction, and Carried out the true min
ciples OF democracy, Of Virginia, and the South.
Yet, fofsooth, Mr.. Webster IL a good Mig, newly born,
like the Other Wigs " no d~isobeyed instructions; like Bell
Sprague. Southland, Frehnghuysen, Ewing. sc.
III granted they may all be such " igs as Philip Hone.
the old federal Mayor oi New York, and father of ibe new
tile, but the People will see by their speeches and con-
dact whether hey possess the principles Of the State
Rights men OF '9s, and OF The Democrats oil thal or the
present dsy.-B.