Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-27
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has perfected, Ccxcuse me to sayD without the moral
strength to loathc gi. ring baublc purchased hy
violation of the honour of Virginia. are pr ui To
De the wisess dnpc OF The base jnglcrs who have honour
cd you and too wise 10 respect the mean farce which
oc'n has played before you. You enjoy an Office Oh.
tanned by hagran usnrpaton mitgatcd only hy its dua.
non oil SIX years-Stl you have ambition, and the
people are TO be deluded by your ingenious coquetry
They kpo" you now, and by your ofoice they
believe that you triumph much in the power MS in the
dnpiicty which obtained it, The suppressed spleen
which, IN the Va Convention, prompted the remark that
you were too old for Office, cvinccd that you wrhed un.
ucr the scorpion sting OF disappointed ambition. Your
youth was spent amid the bitter maleny and of
mnoTHies, and by constant opposition to the people you
have persuaded yourselhat they deserved it, and that
your present success evidence of the truth of your
principles, and the policy Of your life. Cromwell was
AN old man. ere honour met his eager embrace He was
meek. lowly, and humble and rowned with affected dig
ny on every scheme OF promotion aimed at his scsac-
rihcng virtue Shall pursue the parallel Your
learning can dol" and blush not TO remember that the
aye produced llanpden and Sydney.
| ask apology for addressing you'll demand no
immunity for dragging you before the public gaze
Despite your virtues citizen and your cminrnoe as
schnlarI honestly believe you are an enemy TO INV
country and IN lending your the conspirators
VINO are matchmaking the ruin Of her free institutions YOU
nave virtually sanctioned the principles oftlcir pot-f
IN my considerations the insulted right of Instruction
my language be in truth if sometimes appcal
to that green spot in the waste of your political life
Vour Report OF ISl2)-rcncmbcr that you alone have
nurscd the pinion which inpcls my steel
Our Government IS strictly represcntatre. In the
greater part of the articles of Bill of R.hts the in
hcrcnt perogatvcs Of people demanding representa-
tive Government are recognized and proclaifncd. The
Ordinance which declares that all free and equal
and have certain inherent rights among which is that of
liberty and the pursuit and acquisition of happiness es
tabllshes by the cleares implication, that basis which is
Tie support OF all representative Governments-that all
po'cer IS rested IN and consequently derived FROM the
peoplcthat magistrates their trustees and serrants
and at all times amenabc to them. Government is no
longer the posthunouS spawn OF usurpation gathering
power from abuse, and stability from submission is
IN the language of Bill of Rights common 6tncft
and may be altered reformed and even abolished by that
cal led ~ init -,
Jealous the founders of our Government of the
grasplng oppression and official nsolence of those who
should be delegated legislators that they reduced
at xed periods to PrtoGe station, thus participating
and experiencing the burhens of the people The EN-.
phatic truth with which Bill of Rights concludes
establishes the wisdom which created. the patriotism,
which susains, and the virtue which preserves our Go
vernment No government can exist without a fire.
quent recurrence to fundamental principles" Are not
these fundamental principles proclaimed in our repyc
seatdre system and he who deny that the right of
instruction is alien TO these principles is of the
traitor than the foo'
The right Of Instruction is inherent positive and
liked principle creatng cheIishing and sustaining de-
inocracy--a system so intimately connected with this
form o government that the cannot exist without
the other The public but collective body of private
men, as every private is a member of the public;
and as the whole should be deeply interested in the
rty OF each individual il the duty of each individual
TO be concerned for the interest of the whole To say
that private have no concern i'm Government IS 10
say that they have nothing to do with their appncss
and misery. BY acting for themselves they act for
society, and by consulting their interest they
expressed, which makes the representatvcit his ODE
dence which pcrlccts this will. Representatives are
chosen to effect particular Objects and entrusted with
no power superior to that of their creators. To
delegate, is necessary solely from the physical in
convenience of great and muliitudinous assemblies
Can it be contcndcd that the delegation of a trust to
representative dprves the people of any inherent right
and because they have agents. they necessarily shon
OF those invaluable prcrogatves which constitute the
strength as well as the harmony OF the social mass The
most elevated feelings of patriotism teach the voter 10
enrust and inspire tie honest representative 10 obey
With obedience the people are represented; with DISC
bedence they arc nsulled and deirauded The people
have the sole power Of Judging their interest and
he who IS honored by their confidence is morally bound
TO near their opinonsrespect their feelings, and obey
their instructions. lie is agent yet still counsel
ior--a servant, yet still friend.
History teaches u.s. that in every age the struggles of
liberty have been long, fearful and unconquera6le and
even in the darkest days Parliamentary existence there
has ever been blazc CT light, streaming atwart its
nals You wandered into the twilight You caught the
Seam III iolI ana gave 1T to people on whom panic,
sopistry and faschood could then have no effect You
and your party have cndcavoured TO darkness
under whose raven wing, dupicity may gno
rance and sophstry seduce crcduty. Where was your
instructive pairiosm-where the sarcastic indgna
ton of your Rport when the chastity of our free Co
verImcnt was violated by your election? The voice of
truth was uncard amid the selhshness of faction while
you desPsed the silent gratitude of free people, who
could not tender Office without censuring the bold prnc
pies OF freedom, distilled from your gifted pen Instead
OF appeals to the fundamental truths our Government
TO the honest dictates patriosmtot the simple maxims
of common sense, the responsibilities ofan English
Parliament, we alike shocked and amused at the
graceess parrcdes who settled the Right of instruction
by The rules OF Cocker the chicane of special pleading
The earliest records Of the House of Commons re-
cognze the power of the voter and the duty of the re-
preventative and amid the conflicts of monarch
ical, factous and religious excitement we find the co,a
mon Sgtety If he- community, declaring itself in the
creation of every Parliament Our forefathcrs took the
unaducraled system of English freedom as model
and framed our Government after its best and pures
features In the most depraved and rotten period Of
English history, the power of representation and the
consequent right Of instruction has been admitted by
as min
OF familiar subject. Hoay in corruption as that ma.
ion rs, its people would not brook the denial of their
natural rights while 1cc who have endless ganst
national corruption and personal ambition are told that
we may instruct but that representative must Judge
the nature and extent Of obedience
The first wrts summoning parliament in the form in
which IT is constituted, declare that the Knights
sialbe chosen by of each county, The Coro-
nation Oath first taken by Henry VI, after the deposit
uonoi Richard used compcls the King promise
that the laws and customs shall be protected which the
people shall choose (quGS tuus eleger The first act
regulating the forty shillings freehold Il cites that
Knights of sres had of late been chosen by excessive
and outrageous numbers 81 people, and commands that
voters be residents 421 Henry VII The debate on the
famed property tax planned by Cardinal Woolsey OK.
cited in remarkable degree, the indignation of the com
munity, and gained for the representatives who violated
the will of the people, the hatred and contempt of their
constituents We told in Halls Chronicle that "ths
grant was passed about the 2lst May 1923 which time
because Whitsuntde the Parliamc adjourn
cd to the 10th june In the time the members of the
H. OF Commons tainted publicly with such savings
as these, by the people "Ss zee lear at you SUI y0u
eW gTant four shHtiHgs IN Me pound We adcisc y0u to
40 a, That you mug go home ieiM threats and CURSES
during the existence Of those free Parliaments which
were engaged In protecting the Subject, and checking