Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-16
RE.Mf.yISCE.NCES-.yo. L.
THE RIGHT OF INSTRUCTION

Upon this cardinal point of Representative Govern
mcnt, on which so many of the Delegates of the peo-
pie at this time either hesitatng, prepared to
shoot mady from their spheres, would refresh their
memories. We lay before them the following mcmoran
da, which published in Virginia in lSll-l2 as
the doctrines of the great Republican Party of that day
Men not then in the habit offrttcrng away great
right of the people, by cavilling to the Of It's
Now prepared TO prove that there Is no
way good for ascertaning the of the majority of
the qualified electors, by signed letters of instruction
But we take the broad abstract ground that is the
sovereign RICH. of the People themselves which they do
not ask the of their SERVANTS ageas representa-
tres (ca them what you WILLY they have the right of
saying in what manner they will exercise it-whetcr by
meetings, signatures, what not All that is wanting
IS that the representative should be informed of what
the will of his people, and he is then bound obey the
| instruction. or resign his scat.
QUOTATIONS.
IL the members of the House oil Commons obliged
sII. s Of SPS ss seven ys, aSd arc perfect SLAVE;
wISn We eee ,' ew S", OF gS%"'a election
not be edodcPa FROM the smallest right which
part nth nothing. Aud, possible they .hou
they than
s S s S sa aS SS S Of S
betrayed The men, whom We thus epute TO Parliament,
GO % our % ana and arc s were the persons
speak and by have, therefore rish to know what
swcrye from our Interest," we have s, Il, gu. sense
and direct them by which means become tho regulators OF
can be done but by CUR authority and conscni"Bgs Political
rhe person chosen strictly the delegate of those by
TIo he chosen and Ioned by hs' Whenever
the British writers ON their own government aud Difference
o probably Prevented te des,on OF the
posed bill Of rights, but il the maxim be true, tina, power
anda all times aeuabc them conduct iposs
the boSa to I sense IN eP Of S
.Pn.s upon every subject .e ne rt~rmo@ IT, The diicul
no Argument against their right sense, they
.iOn the government may called confined arisoeTay
IN which the people have nothing do
the nature principle. the tho State they
aud publishing not denied by this doctrine. answers
preferred that OF furnishing offenders: if is
they to eserciss the right of sosSs thew my DO @
oa, asSyms s existence Corruption and notwithstanding
,nsy have entrusted the and bring ,unu and
Dc Sne all but in
81 u h towards tho administration may produce desire
government isn the smallest degree republican
avoided by the principle here eontcnled for 1ae aggregate
indoda they never can be supposed have the
OF Judging Tor themselves to any set of men wsver it RICH.
@ 1sd s%a. r5 75r Or TGa s s Ss %
10 view the subject upon prinepIeThc right the consiiu
to instruct the I body to result clearly and
&C. &c IL cannot be- pretended that representative
ne must be e IF Otof whom Not nation for the
can u alone on dis @ %GS alone IL.
cn a o gSnDa TO eses' the VIII OF MS eGnstu
ed hereof seems Impossible that he
So Is so especially informed aud Instructed"
"The right ofibc representative
fore IS an 'ena principle OF the representative system
be remarked chat wherever
ever unaoabc the circumstance under existed
short IT. duration, however unmpo;ant its unaions
understoohO right of REGARDED
separately inc lonal to it," e. &c.
If the right of right
oil rejection should be yielded also In other WORDS principle
that mankind
The truth is that institutions suppose,
sentative ought be- and generally will be, superior
virtue aud intelligence, yeta greater
reside IN the constituent boy than the portion
indiviIuaL"-.Lr. Loighs Report II Feb, 1912.
"By Charles H. aOrThe Right ofInstuctioaThc vital prn-
c Representative democracy indignant and
inued people, and tho obous shades retirement
those public who dare dTogad i76asf
"a N.Y. ISL at The Eagle Hotel in ReaoHd by the Society Of
Ffiends efkhe RcrOsh0H.
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