Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-04
Richmond, Thursday, Ncc. a.
IN.STRUCTYON.S

ing of the People on the Corrt-dav. In the first place.
haii OF the county may not attend t,-Thcn, you must
apply ut the houses of the Voters, for the signatures OF
those who do not attend. And, as 20 those who do Mt
tend the meeting, unless their names are fairly register
cd. how can the Delegate know who were there Whc-
thor they were really voters or not. lie might say. the
majority was made np of STRANGERS. or bovs or urn ,sho
were not entitled TO the right OF suffrage. In fact. in
what other way can the majority of the county be asccr-
tanned?
AS to the argument, that the Voters may be corncrcd.
or made drunk, or are fools, and that their signatures
have been improperly obtained. it may as well be said,
that the same practices may be played of on the Election
day-ond, therefore, that the People should nave no right
to elect their Delegates at all. In fact, the objcctioi.is
Founded upon the theory, that the People are lmcoinpe-
,ent TO govern themsclvcs.-lt is a stroke at the root OF
Republican Government itself
In a word, 1t comes to this, whether the People have n
rght 10 instruct, IN any way they may themselves pre-
Ter, their own agcnts-or, whether the political servant
shall be superior TO his muster.
When the Delegate of this City was instructed last
winter how he was to vote. on the Resolutions4when n
paper was got up to instruct him for this purpose, what
TREND OF the Administration objected 10 the measure -
When the Senate was flooded, at the last session. with
panic memorials, who objected to these memorials being
handed round for the signatures OF the Pcoplei We
have before us the memorial from this City, with n copy
~ ..'. 9'S,''fnres 1t Processes to n memorial from the
Cfi-cns or the People OF Northumberland 4. bears the
signatures OF not less than CSC persons. But these sign
crs are not altogether confined to the citizens of Rich
mond-aud much less. To the qualified voters of tho civ
II was carried round to the houses of the People for their
signaturcs-and no objection was taken to this course
by the friends of the Administrator. Yet. now whcn
an Instruction is carried round to the Vofcr's houses. the
ether party deprecate the course which is adopted. They
might as well insist upon ii, at once, with Mr.. John q.
ouSht 10 W DC p"tSttd
6y The 7cU Of has constituents
It's true; that Irregularities may be practiscd no,c,
as well as Hcn. Some few may have been prevailed up
on by improper representations, to sign the paper. But
: TINS any reason why the great right OF Instruction
should be virtually nldhfcds Are we to Judge of the
great mass OF the People by II few weak individuals: LIS
; 1t one swallow that makes the summer?
IT is true, that we objected to many of the statements
OF these panic memorials. but surely not to the right of
getting them up. The memorial, for instance, from the
city OF Richmond, bears upon its face the impress OF the
panic times i'll which il was produced. The pencil which
pourtrays the distresscs of the times, arising as il was all
legged from Executive e~ncroaciments, is dipped in The
gloomiest colors. 1t was said, that " every branch Of
commerce and industry, every work, every trade. every
calling. are suffering under the heavy pressure already
felt. and trembling under the just apprehension of es.
neral bankrap;cy" The memoriahsls &" seriously appre-
hend, that at an early stage Of this u~nexampled visitaiion
of evil, Ae Banks icH lie compelled To stop specie mr.
nacntS." They 8 hunbly conceive that. whether tho
charter OF the bank can or ought To be renewed or not. vet
:. justice and policy equally require that the pubGc dcno'
sites, improperly Withdrawn FROM it, should be restored"
And they believe that, . to re-assure the public conf
dence, 1T Is essential that the deposi'cs of the public mo-
neys should be restored to the bank, andlum bv pray that
Congress will provide by law for the Immediate rcstora-
These scenes have happily passed away. The panic
is nearly dissipatcd, although a new effort may be made
TO get it up again; and although the Governor of Virgi-
MIA, IN his Message of Monday last, has depicted the state
Of the country in very gloomy colours. But the burying
has gone by. a second panic whirlwind cannot be SO
readily got up; Nature is nots prodigal of her prodi-
r gles, as to produce two sweeping tornadoes in the course
of one year. The effort TO raise up a second panic. and
then to ascribe it to the Executive usurpations, must fail.
The eyes Of the People are opened. The true causes of
the distress, and the motives of these clamors, are now
LAID open. The charm is broken; and the Inagicians
'staf Is buried certain iathoms in the Garth"
G0VERN0RS MESSAGE.
The Governors Message claims for the .faithrnl Re-
representatives. of the States in the Senate ofthe United
States the honor of meeting, cOntroecrtiRg, and diSpror-
ing those Executive doctrines, which he is pleased to say,
are most dangerous TO our free institutions But is it a
fact, that such men as Sprague, and Bell, and Frclinvluy-
sen, and Southland, and Poindexter, and Black, and Moore
have been the faithful Representatives. of their States9
These men served TO constitute that majority in tho
Senate; which opposed the Administration. But did they
Faithfully represent the sentiments of their States? What
are the results' Bell hasbeen cashieredby his own State.
SPrague has had the grace to resign his office, upon the
ground that the people Of his State have decided against
Inn! Frclinghuysen and Southland have d~isobeycd the
positive and repeated instructions Of their constituents
The People of New Jersey have also decided against
ihem-and the Legislature has cashicred Mr.. Frelinp-
huysen. Messrs. King of Alabama. and Brown of N 4
have since been reelected by considerable maioritics-
and by the same votes, Messrs. Moore and AIaneam
have been indirectly condemned, as the ~unfiithful Re
prcscntahvcs of their respective States. Al sure as th,,
Sun shines in the Heavens, Poindcxtcr viii be rejected,
and his colleague, Black, ccnsurcd or requested to resign,
ms stewardship into the hands of the State of Mississip-
their States?
The Governor says, if such and such PRINCIPLES arc
Essential to free government there is much reason for
the apprehension, that our destiny as a free and united
indeed to the monarchists of Europe-but we hope and
suspect IT is the error of Il disturbed Imagination. The
fanic VIII soon be dissipated-Our worthy Chief Mag
Istratc should at least rccollect the old Roman maxim.
that "a good citizen should never despair Of the Repub-
The Message Processes to pourtray the distrcsses Of tho
times, and the dangers to our Liberties. The only cause,
OF them TO which he refers, are the acts of the President
OF the United States. Not a word about the mammoth
bahk-the dtStTcsscS which it has Occasioncd for the sake
OF a Pn"fc-thc dangers which would threaten our liber-
ues, III case 50 tremendous an Institution should be con
thucd! not q word about its unconstitutionality, about
te duty oil n tree people TO put il down, or about the call
Wpich Is made on Virginia, particularly, to rally under
her ancient doctrines, and as she was the first to protest
againstthe continuonce ofthe old Bank 50 she ought tobe
the last TO %rclinquish her principles Not a word of ac-
acknowledgement to the President of the q. s., for the exer-
tons he has made TO extinguish the Bank If he has re-
moved the deposites, yet no one has done as much as ho
mas TO remove this tremendous Institution.
The Governor has painted the condition Of the peo-
pie IN very dark characters. He laments over " the
decline OF industry and the prostration Of useful enter
Prize II he hod asked some Of the impartial NOR
chnnts) on our streets, he would have been told. that I'm.
siiess was scarcely ever more active, or the country more
prosperous. lfhc had consulted the farmers, they would
have told him, that their productions bear q rood price
wheat, tobacco, corn, cotton, &c. True, says the Cover
nor, all this is true enough. But. /" Our agriculturnl nro.
ducts, too, being destined generally for foreign markets.
nninhuenccd by such arrangement as that 10 which our
own currency has been subject, and whose increosipg
demands have not been satisfied by fbe d;o,;n;aLcd go,
Plies OF two or three years last past, have so been made
4 10 yield very satisfactory prices. Owiny IN tl,cse co,,scs
cur farmers, generally, have comparatively little NJ vb;c;
TO repine, whether they look 10 The past To the present
or TO the future" Now, this is a bright picture - hut
says the Message, no thanks 10 The Federal Executive
the reason why you have rot good prices. is bccaus,
your produce IS distined for foycign saarheis. and there
mas Dccn an increasing demand for tbcri. Very true
Vut what news is this which the Governor tells ug5
whoever did hear. AT any time. Tint tc pr;cos ,.o,IJ