Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-21
RIGHT OF INSTRUCTION.

nfea' Efforts have been made for III. lac,
eiSn' months, 10 convince the !, ople of y,,.,.,,
thai Inc right OF t"s'rurtion would be ison.,,,.'
~ The success O. the Wings. That ms snnr.is'
sion was altogether legned, and tina, !, n,ec.a,
IN truth, from no regard for the right Of
I'selt, may be safely assumed from the fact tb.,
very men who seemed to be In such wof,I ,,,,.e
lion Of the Jeopardy Of that cardinal doctrine
themselves The warm supporters of the otly -, e
prominent politician in Virginia, nov by no f
ever seriously opposed il. Tina; this is 60 "no
dent from the suhlolned extract from the flee
Richmond enquirer showing Iha, Mr.. Rive ~
only voted against insiruc,ing oar Senators in q :"
gress, but that he positively denied TIE ,ig4t ia
Legislature 10 instruct And now, for,oo,h ~, ,'s
great and unquesonabIe RICH, is TO DC yin;,. a'a'
by his elevation 10 an office which III ,nabl, ~ ~
to carry ont his theory into practice Blu, "''
should surprise US, presume, when uenrv C ,,t
one ofhe pillars Of the Republican pat,y y'i
fierce and doubtful struggle for ascen lancy !. ,
nuted mo Fedcrnlst; and whcn by Tho .aa
patent process Of conversion Louis Mel ,ane ,'s
as almost the sole representative Ct the old EJ,
party, pronounced its funeral eulosy on lhe o -,
Congress, IS transformed as suddc,ly n,oa VI
crot'c Republican "'o
We ask the readers attcrtion 10 the ,x,rnc,
900 i''' 'ahudiy L.
Resolutions, Debate and Vote on the M1s,on,,
Question and Right of Instruction
The 5'h resolution reported by Mr. Mill,
Powhatan, from Select Committee on TIM w., VI
ri question, instructed The Senators of V,ryi,;a
oppose the imposition ofreSttiet,Oas upon ,1e S,,'
of Missouri on entering the Union.
The 4th resolution being under considerable
Mr.. Henry Carrington of Charlotte, novel :,
amend the same by striking therefrom The ,yar,,'
iastfucttng The Senators of Virginia in Copn,es,
MIR. Co'rinston con,cndcd that the T.eg,l,,n,,
had no right to instruct them on n Cons tut
subject. They being by their oaths bound IN am,
port the Constitution, the Leg islatnre could no, do
tate to hem on questions of conscience
Mr.. .MAcr Of Powharsn, contended il had h.an
the uniform practice OF Virginia to slruc, her So
ators 1t had been sanctioned by Patrick Henri
and Eow, when Pennsylvania had jus, abanlon,5
the doctrine, 1t was peculiarly incumbent upon Us
to adhere TO it,
Mr.. Stevenson (hndrew w hoped VIC should no, i,
this case initiate the conduct of Pennsylvania md
believing the right of instruction 10 be a,iol on,
he should move for the ayes and noes
MIR. Setdcn (lrescn, K gis,er of the l. md Ofr,,,
expressed himself strongly in fovor of the r;e, ~
nsiruct'on-tiat even Nh Giles tie AJAX reb
mon OF the otter slds, limited the power Of he
Legislature TO as;ruct, though he asserted the ,,I
OF the Senator TO Judge in the last resort.
Mr.. RlVES was strongLg opposed to the righ, Fl
instruction he rema ked tina, tie doctrine set uo v
Mr.. Giles involved bubble unworthy Of his Dis,
'unguished mind that what we mean by the rgh
It instruction was, that we might command {la
Senator, and tha' he wes bound to CD V.
The question was put upon MIR Curl, gtoh',
motion, and ii was rejected, ayes 80, noes li2
Those who voted for it, were Mcss.s. Drum.
"ond, Garland, Taiaferro, Baldwin, AnJctsol.
Bromn of Bath, Ward of Bekey, Po,ie,G@
Brcchcnridge, Rowland, Darlington of Chnr!o:ic.
CrnmH, Blar Mclaughlin, Logan, Whit, Lo,rll,
Bal of Loudoun, Roz'll, McWhoi0g, Ilaymopd,
Harris, Nhlc't, Cantr, Patterson, II lsoa Of Nc.
rongaIir Ershiac, Rion Hamilton. RlyES Boot.
Mathews Herring, George, reery, .Mrj, +
Wood Henderson of Wyihe, johnson Of PEI =.
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