Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-07

SUHTIgVs " TC TVOpTC, III TIC tcssIOn OF TCZo and y.
represented the County of Harrison in the Virginia Lee
gislaturc. Our readers cannot have forgotten the ex-
element OF that day, on the subject of the Tariff Law
oil iSSS-a law, that in u great measure, if not entirely,
led to the revolutionary movements in South Carolina,
and Tor sustaining which, under instructions, Mr.. Yan
Bnren Is daily receiving the sevcrest ccnsure from the
Wings OF Virginia. During the session of the Lcgisla-
ture above named, a Committee appointed for the pur-
pose, reported Il set of State Rights and Anti. Tariff Re-
which may be found among the reported proceedings of
thc Legislature, published i'll the Richmond Enquirer,
feb. oath, 1929. The first resolution reads thus:
lst. RcSotced, As the opinion of this Committee, that
the Constitution of the u. States being u federativc COM
pact between sovereign States, in constituting which no
common arbiter is known, each State has the ripht TO
construc the compact for itself.
J. This resolution passed, ayes 1874. noes 6S-Mr. Brown
voting in the negative with the Federal members of the
Legislature-the opponents of strict constructions, and
the whole latitudinarianp halanx of that body. Yet the
same gentleman is now found associated with the ultra
State Rights men and the practical Nulli6ers, aiding with
all his zeal and abilities their purposes, and by fair infer
ence, supposed fully TO accord with them in principle.
Taking the vote of Mr.. Ii. on the above resolution as
inc true index OF his opinions, We are not surprised to
hnd him sustained by the Adams and Clay party; but
with what shadow OF consistency, permit us to ask, can
a State Rights man, an ultra State Rights man, or a Null
ihcr, support him To us, the two things appear alto
gethrr irreconcilable. Wing ingenuity, as it has devised
u pretext, may also give a reason for it. Another of the
resolutions, as passed, reads thus:
ReS0lced, That this General Assembly of Virginia. ac.
tuated by the desire of guarding the Constitution from
al violation, anxious to preserve aud perpetuate the
Union, and to execute, with fidelity, the trust reposed
=. - - 80 PNCBts VI tht ilH COntTdClDU D1fllcS.
reels itself bound to declare, and il hereby most solcmnly
declares its deliberate conviction, that the acts of Con-
gress usually dcnominatcd the Tariff Laws, passed avow-
edly for the protection of Domestic Manufactures, are
not authorized by the plain construction, true intent and
meaning of the Constitution.
Ihis Resolution also passed the Legislature by a large
majority, ayes l26, noes 75-Mr. Brown, the gentleman
now seeking the political confidence of this Town and of
the South generally, voting in the negative in company
WIN the advocates of the objectionable Tariff Laws, and
against a large majority of the Legislature. who declared
that Laws passed ~avowedly for the protection of Do
meSuc Manuiactures, were unconstitutional! If the
ain committed by MIR. Van Buren, be objectionable. be-
cause he voted under the instructions ofhis Legislature
Tor the Tariff Law of 1928, how, we ask, can the late
Delegate of Petersburg wash his hands of the error of
sustaining those who passed the obnoxious act, bv his
vote in the Legislature? With what grace can he an.
pear before an anti-tarif' people, and plead innocence ?
nuity. IS
Another of the Resolutions passed in this form
ReSotrcd, also, That the said acts (kc Tariff Lr,cs) are
partial In their operation, impolitic and oppressive to a
large portion OF the people OF the Union, and ought to
be repealed.
A strict constructionist-a State RIGHTS man NJ the
Madisonian stamp-a friend TO Southern interests. all of
which, we presume, Mr.. Brown claims to be. we miyht
fairly suppose would be found in the list of those who
voted IN the affirmative on the above resolution. But no,
that resolution passed the Legislature ayes 1873. noes 81
MIR. Brown again voting with the Tariff party, who de-
clared by the decision, ON this occasion, their disbelief in
the partial operation of the Tariff Law, acquiesced in its
policy, and denied that il was oppressive to any portion
OF the people of the u. States! That Mr.. b. should still
be the favortc~of that party with which he acted in IS2g
is not surprising-but with what regard to principle and
consistency, permit us to inquire, can those opposed TO
the Tariff of that day, now yield him their cordial appro-
baton and support, and in the same breath denounce Mr..
Van Buren,? Wing adroitncss can doubtless solve this
problem a~lso.-PaerSbarg Constellation.
Will the late Delegate inform such of his political
trends as attend to hear his explanatory Speech to-day,
what Martin Van Buren, has done since he was nomi.
mated and elected to the Vice Presidency. to cause MIR
IL. to withdraw his confidence and support from that emf
nent Statesman? Did he advise and approve the Pro-
clamation? Did he urge the enactment of the {" Force
BILE Did he advise and approve the Manifesto f? Did
ne acquIesce IN the doctrines of the Protest? Or what
did MT. van Buren, do, which Judge WHITE has not
done-yea, most zeatOnsty dOnes Perhaps the late De-
legate has only learned, since the 18th of ApriI. 1920
when ne attended a Town meeting held here for the pur-
pose oil appointing Delegates to the Baltimore Conven-
non, and was honored BIZ being selected as one of the
Delegates TO the same-that Mr.. ". %. was a native of
" Kinderhook;" had the reputation of being an " Arch
Niaglcian was deeply skilled in " party tactics !"
or that he had voted, under instructions from his
Legislature, for the odious Tariff of 1882 In the
Convention which assembled at Baltimore, May 2lst,
1882, for the purpose of selecting suitable Candi.
dates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, of all the
Virginia Delegation, Mr.. Ii. is understood to have been
one of the most earnest advocates for the nomination of
MIR. Van Buren, for the secaald office in the gift of the
people. Perhaps it is only since that day, that the
worthy gentleman has heard that Mr.. Van Buren, sup
ported the Missouri Restrictions, and is therefore. a
deadly enemy to the interests ofthe slave-holdine States.
and par consequence, a red hot aboiiionist, according to
wing logic! Perhaps the worthy gentleman has only
read since that day, that MIR. V. b., in a letter addressed to
a N. York Committee dated London, Feb. 9th, 1892, and
published in the Richmond Enquirer of the 18th of April
following, in speaking of the exalted character given by
MIR. Jefferson to Andrew jackson, and in allusion to the
eminent services he had rendered his country, said. "that
he considered 1T sufficient glory TO have served under
S@ch a Chief!' Perhaps 1T is only recently that the late
Delegate discovered that N. York is a great and growing
Statc-that her resources (he result OF her industry and
enteTprise) are abundant-and that such is the extent of
her population, and so great the sagacity and influence of
the New York politicians, that she is entitled TO forty-two
members of Congress, who are suspected of bein9 able
TO control the united delegations of The other twenty. three
'Repubics'-and that therefore, ". York ought to be dis
iranchIsed, and the jealousy and ill will Other sister States
aroused against her; All these things are probable but we
will not so far question the researcha and intelligence ofthe
late Delegate, us to admit, for a moment, that every factin
the political history of MIR. ". Buren,, to which we have
alluded, was not as familiar to him in May, 1889, as the
hrst Tudiments OF the language he speaks. There is no
doubt but that they were, and if so, where is the consist
ency between his decided advocacy and support of that
distinguished man at that period, and his open and deter
mined hostility to him now? 1.-THE objections of Mr.. b.
to MIR. V Buren be those we summed up at the COM
I~nencement Of this article, they apply with equal. per-
haps stronger force TO Judge White. the present object.
1t is presumed, Of the late Delegates political affection,
LEI the dilemma be grasPcd by either horn, it is one
winch can neither be gotten rid Of nor gotten over by the
late Delegate. Martin Van Buren, 1oas every thing in
lS32, that Martin Van Buren, is iE lS35--as politically
black then, as he is now; and If unworthy of present sup
tons, and voted for the Tarifo lS2S-he was equally as
undescrving Of confidence when Mr.. Il. aud a majority
OF the people Of the South voted for him as Vice Presf-
dent, three years ago-B.
n 'eord Of aduice 4, the immediate abolition .Missiona.
ries.-The following judicious and sensible letter from
the Rev. DR.. Bolles, on behalf of the American Baptist
Board OF Foreign Missions, in answer to one FROM the
Board of Baptist Ministers i'm and near London. is pub.
lished in the London Baptist Magazine. for January
The Baptist Ministers in and near London, urged upon
their scctarian brethren on this side the Atlantic, the
p~ropricty Of exerting themselves to procure the abolition
OF slavery in the Southern States. And this applica-
ton drew forth the subioincd reply
" In the first place, the political Organization fthc U.