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

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ton Is unwarranted by the Constitutions; and as an i'm
Piled power unnecessary and highly improper: unnc-
cessary, because the fiscal of the Government
can be carried on as well without with it; and highly
improper because it nought the laws of the
land because 1t is destructive to public morals and
cause 1t is dangerous to the liberties of the country.
And, thcreupon, the Meeting adjourned
INMAN HORNER, Chairman.
JONI H. DIGcEs, Stcretary
The Editor is requested To state that after the adjourn
ment of the Meeting lnman Horner, ESQ rose and said:
That his position, Chairman of the Meeting having
subjects acted he would then say that he would
voted against the third, fifth last of the resolutions
which were adopted by the Mccting.-Ed LR.
TO 1mE EDITORS or THE EreylRER
AZ the request of number of political friends
we have procured and herewith enclose you for pub
lication the Speech delivered by DR.. PHI A. Klpsine
AT the Democratic Meeting held at Warrenton, Mon
DAY the d OF March for the purpose of sending Dele
gates 10 the National Convention.
Your obi sery'ts, JNO. BROWN,
STEPHEN MCCORMICK
THO. X. HAMPTON,
JAMES BLACKWELL,
G. II HUNTON
Ne'o baltimore, fanqaer Co., "a, aprii ID 1885.
DIR. KLIPsTINE's SPEECH.
Mr. CnARMaS:Thisisa meeting called by the friends
of the Administration for two several objects one il to
appoint suitable persons TO represent the Democracy
the county IN the Convention which is at Bat-
more the Goth of May next TO select candidates for
President and Vice President ofthc United States This
IN my opinion, is the only safe mode of nomnationi
IS the only mode oil preserving union among the great
Republican family of the country of securing that
concert OF action. which alone guide with safety
through seasons of high party excitement such as the
present Disrnion is the rock, upon which all popular
Governments have split" Divide and conquer - has
ever been the motto of all anti republicans from the most
remote antiquity To the present day 1t matters not in
what way this disunion is ceced-wletlier by disap-
pointed ambitions men, who vainy think their prete-
SONS anu qualifications superior others scattering their
uarA aons and their unfounded among the
people; or, by apowerfu opposition winning 10 their
views SOM" distinguished member of the Republican
party by I1inisterng to his vautng ambition mat
ers not whether II be effected by artu appeals to State
PRIDE, made by aspiring demagogues and portion of
the Union being arrayed against another or whether
corrupt institution, unknown to the Constitution and
seeking to prolong its hateful existence shall with
us giided hand, shove by justice, the seeds of
dissension and cast the apple of dscord among the
peoPle-lt matters not, whether these or other eSpcd-
cns be resorted to- the object the same the effect the
ssinet is TO take power from the people-o strip them
"a e. sovereignty, and to introduce principles into the
Administration of the Government dangcrous to lber.
W ana sooversive OF our best interestsSr there arc
IN our government, there always have been i'm all free
governments, two principles, warning against each other
ana contending for the supremacy The strife is whe
er inc people shall manage their concerns in their
own way or whether the few shall lord it over them Ii
u.s. whether the right of instruction shall be exercised BY
Tue constituency, or whether the Representative shall
act IN dehance OF instructions and be pasied by
The VIII OF his is whether the honest
yeoman of the land, who his daily food by the
sweat OF his brow, and whose habits and necessities
have hted him 10 brave the battle and the breeze" in
aeiehce OF ms country, and upon whom that country
reies IN the hour OF dangeT-it is, whether His voice
shall be heard in the Governments or whether il shall
I've silent and STILL if hushcd in death by the bayonet
OF an invading foe. These principles, / say, have al.
ways existed herethey have been openly ayowed and
secety acted upon They are the principles of Democra
cy and Of Aristocracy.
The Democracy, o. The country obtained a glorioAs
Triumph when Thomas Jefferson, the great apostle G
Liberty, was elected 20 the Chief Magistracy But Lii
bery Is granted only upon NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
untiing watchiulness, and of unwaverng fidelity The
antagonist principle is vigiant, the alert
ever ready TO seize the unguarded moment of anced
security ever stealing upon sacred rights in some
questionable shape, and fruitful in expediens TO
of our
lnent Thus 1T obtained, toward the close of Mr. AIad
son administration, under the mask Of imposing
oVershadowng Bank-thus it gained foothold under the
gulse OF splendid system of Internal Improvement-
mus fastened itself upon US, under the shape of pro-
tectvc Iariffior, what all these but ASSUMPTIONS
OF power IN direct violation of the Constitution of the
rights OF the States and Of the People? What The
currency OF this vast Conederacy be controlled by
company OF specializing gamblers and none GERS
The currency which, like the sensitive thermometer
may be eeyared or depressed by or cold breeze
TO be governed by the breath Of earcss brokers and
stock obbers The sordid passions of orr nature IN Inc
called into action, and rancorous iealousies excited
n1ng tne states by power in Congress give to
wunhOid road or a canal One portion of the Union
TO De authorized by law to thrust its hands into the poc
ets OF another portion and to rob them of their con-
tents such a state of things never entered the
heaas oil the wise trainers of the Constitution-Yet
such is The necessary result Of the exercise of these
dangerous ana undelegated powers Sir, the prn-
ciPes OF our government are few and simpe---not
buried, like the common law, in the rubbish of
ahquaed custom, and requiring years of deep and pro-
found research for their inyestigaonhev are founded
thhgs-lhey are so plain, that of ordinary minds
may comprehend them for they are in strict
with common sense-Tley speak lanauage which none
heen nisunderstand-they require but little explanation
-althoOgh some OF our great land AMONGST them
Virginias foistcd Senaior) have attempted TO throw
"r0uhu them the nyscisms ofthe law, and obscure
subject, which otherwise would commend itself at once
10 the feelings and cOnsciences Of men-And who are
hese great men, who thus attempt shroud these Drin
clpes IN midnight darkness? Who are they / ask but
nose VINO grasp at power, and whose object is the csta
Dshment OF splendid National Government? That ali
sovereignty resides IN the people, is the fundamental
principle of our G0vernment-ts the basis upon which
uegsee and you weaken the noble buding--Renove IT,
ana inc oity edifce topples from its emnence and sink
INTO rum and anarchy desposm will succeed in It's
place ~ 10
Representative agency and representative obedience
consutute the only medium in widely extended coun-
i NE ours through which that sovereignty act
Inc Constitution is naught but the expression Of the
sovereign VIII extending certain merated movers
Oy winch the Representative is 10 direct his conduct and
wihn the scope of which, he is to confine his action
MS etter OF Instruction upon certain specified points
beyond winch ne cannot go, without assumption of
power, ana consequent Infringement upon fhe sove.
leigny OF the people Measure il bv this
sos out IN bold relief amongst all the Government of
tc eart, whether oEancient modern date as the
summation OF human wisdom-Alow the introduction Of
implied powers TO the extent claimed by soreond o,,,
freedom IS not worth rush. Those powers like Aaron
serpent viii swallow up all other acts of soyereontv
winch nave been reserved 10 the States or TO the peop
aho you VIII have vast consolidated Government with
out limitation OF powers the grave Of liberty and The hest
hopes Of The lattudnons CONSTRUCTION IS lie
iermi general welfare" in the Constitution would Of
itseli sweep away all our rights and leave us i'm oar
ioop ana windowd raggedness," exposed 10 the pier-
ing "hos oil despotism and to the scorn and det sion