Litchfield enquirer., 1835-06-18
FOR TEE ENQUIRER


 Whether the government uuder which we live and under which, to the present, we have enjoyed the biessings of freedom would preserve and ,sansm, to succeeding generations its constitutional energy and not verge to deepOtism or s opposite extreme anar chy. with those who framed it matter of serious doubt: even in those days when patriotism and virtue not party spirit and party Interests made to con. suit the veal. But the difficulties our fathers had tO encounter to obtain for us the precious inher. Of freemen now longer exist. And as i, has happened io other free counties, to us in propor. lion our external dangers have been removed we have been gro wing corrupt; love to country has angushed, principle has been forsaken, and pure and disin,erested patriotism, the elevaiing and emo. bling quality man can possess, has been sacrificed the shrine of seaegrandizement and party purposes Amid tie clash of party interests and the strife DO. ltcal preterment, the constitution and the laws ted under it, entirely uDheeded, or, noticed at all, miscons,rued and falsely represented, to wade annul their aptho.iiy. We seen indeed bor- dering anarchy and msrOle We have seen of late one important section of country boldly and fear lessly avew the doctrine of nuli6cation thereby set. ting the authority of the General Governmen, and consuton at de6ance. But thanks to heaven there was yet virtue a0d energy enough in the American people crush this hydra-headsd monster; but no, uu, it had brought fortb progeny ten times more perncious and fatal in iis consequences: mean the doctrine of insruc,ing Senators This s ,hs ie- gmaie child of Dulli6ca'on, aud however relwcian, i,s advocates may he to admit it, they deny the truth of ,hs assertion fthey would reflect on the ten dency of ihis newly -coined doctrine.
 For one, think the people apd all welI.wishers to their couniry should have their eyes open 10 this sub. ject and its direfUl consequences. This doctrine in i,s tendency less than sapping the very founda- tions of and resolving the preaent s,u.ion of society in its original natural clements mis- rule and confusion. Anarchy and despoiism are the extremes into which all governments are prone 10 run. Real and substanssl liberty is equally distant from the tso. Our fathers who framed cons,i,u. ton were aware or this truth and. accordingly. iu the formaton of our government made m their leading jsct ,o plead stability with liberty. This they eectu- ally did by constituting the Senate n the manner they prescribed, to operate . balance between ihs ca. price of ,he lower House and the unbridIed astIory oG the Executive. The tendency of this new fangIed doctrine is 10 coun,eract the proper influence of the Senate, nasmuch iUs'rScs them 10 submit calmly and auiey 10 tue decisions Of the representative de parimena and the will of the President. A new ar cIe indeed n our political creed and one of strange and omnibus import! lfibis maxim of politics iI once sanctioned and carried into eect-ben farewell to liberty! farewell 10 the constitution and Iaws The President, backed by . corrupt house of representa lives, may run away with liberty. and the senaie wi, ther arns folded, instructed to say to aii M "is sts ssns efahs psepi' Gmsn." PUyLlas.