Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-09

h'ern's from this Commonwealth
ii'So'rrd, That The Legislature Of Virginia ougl
" {" the States. where the abnfitioniss reside, To
pf'hb't by law the printing and circulating their ncrl-
diary publications.
* EeSO'erd That the Congress Of the United States
should Sd amend the laws regulating the post ulcr )
the public mails
h'smrsd, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions
oe published III the RciIul'nd Enquirer and Wing
y, ROBERT BUTLER, Ctuirmun.
WILLIS ii. WoOnLrr: Sccrclary
-, TO TIE EDITORS or THE E.rQUIRER
. II" Wing Of the 9th ult. rcpnbsIrs letter from
Martin Van Bur-u to Samuel Gwn, of Mississippi in
which nc says 1.-THE subject Of slave property is in his
Judgment, exclusively under the control Of the State
1'vernn EMS. and THAI Congress have right
m" (nark the terln) your slaves, without change Of
the Constitution At the instance of either all OF
the slave. hold!ng States This think is tie sub.
stance OF all the material parts of that letter which the
Wing considers precisely the language Of Garrs'n
Bourne Il Co, the Anti. Slavery Convention in rha.
drlplla, in Sj3. &c..i
This may be all perfectly true far it gees, but
unfortunately, IT dors not 90 quite far enor! 10 show
the marked difference brtwcen The doctrines Of Martin
Van Buren, and those of Garrsnn, Bourne. Sc VIXEN
aIrn III connection with the practical op ration and cI
ects OF those OF Ia" latter. Martin Van Buren, SAYS, the
lnnnmiSSi0n Of slaves belongs exclusively to the Sats
where slavery exists, and the General Government has
no right OF control over the sub ect while the Cu.stitu
ton is what it's. He does not reverse the proposon
however, and say that power bat the States indivi-
duay have right to interfere and prcrcnt surh munu.
MISSION, or attempts ut manunilsson, from any other
quaTtr having nGc less control the subject ~ am
mdy than the General Government. Whereas these crazy
ab"itionsls say, INST clearly, by their niermedlings
and Tie quality u thosc iatcr,aridinyS thu, not on!y
other Staes, but the ci,-cns cf other Staes mo wise
concerned in tie nAtter have right to interfere not
only by fair reasoning and kind persasnn but By FORM
ing SocicttcS wlta Those State sovercgnties fer info
Ti0r IL them, and by nccndiary means and tlreacnngs
la aU,uirf In,
HERSMEHr has no right to do! The Strong and cogrnt
reasoning Of the Wing itself that susans the position
OF AIR. Van Buren, and Garrison, &c, that the Gene
raj Government hare nothing to do with the ,auau,uis
SION u slavery III the States where it exists proves
mos: conciuslvrly, that it has rght--n;y that it is
bound to crpusc all its constitutional rights and pow
ers to prevent and put down all such Illegal and self
created assumptions Of rights 70 Interfere with the mat
ter.
Tiic Wing very correctly lays down the general posi-
ton. that liz! Federal Government COMPROMISE u
nutull concessions aud ACCOMPLISHMENTS on tn! part of
the Suites, for the plcdge-thc pghted filth oa!l-t!lat
the rights and interests of all should be preserved and
prosccted-paricularly that this very slave property
should be prneccd in three-flh ratio in the whole po
pulu representation. This is all perfectly true and cor
rect; and to what does it ead' Why, dreay and dis
tncty that all the parties the contract are bound to
preserve and protect the rights of each other and
diminish and destroy them. This brings consider
what are the rights aud duties Of the Federal Govern
lnent Gil that subject.
No would restrict hat Government more riDidv
t. It's Legitimate boundaries than would; nor rely more
on The State authorities that and all other subjects
within their constitutional Jurisdictions and of charac.
ter efficient and sure action in them But
no sane man, sticking his own preservation, would
tent himself to n entirely those States who prrmit
these UNI awful and base ermetdngs Of their ci'i
zens, and even vngrnnt Aliens with the unduuLtrd rights
peace anu safety Vi the brethren Of their sister Stairs
AS well nigh! we expect 10 S. Carolina "Nully icr
unlawful yranncal "OrdDances," aud such other test
laws passed oy hey unconstitutional sccreat"d Societies
and CGnTenons, as 10 expect the Sla;rs permitting
equally unlawful societies and their unwarran;ahlc and
fearful intermeddlngs with other States take eti;c.ua
steps 10 put them down. As to their rcca resolutions
aud halfway doctrines with their fratcrnat prGic<SiOns
iheSe are all mere talk without actions-Nay worse:
they have encouraged and aggravated the evil to much
stronger eAcr'ns. 1t brhovcs the South then, look
to lis preservation and safety The question recnrs
here, what are the :sht!u!. constitutional. and most CT
have doubt shall fully satisfy the inquiry.
The remedies confidently conceive, consist oF four
kinds-twu in The General and two in the State Govern
ments No one will deny, presume, that the Judges,
Federal and Stale with ali the mayors and other
srrvaors Of, and bound to keep tho peace within their
several jurisdictions. The President Of the United
States is the head of the civil magistracy. He is
also commandments Chief Of all the armies nav:es
and milas OF 81. U. Slntcs The two Federal powrrs
lie here them FIRST the President has the undnuh,ed
constitutional right to recommend and Congress. have
undoubted right TO enact strong aud energetic laws "n
the subject they both being bound to project all and every
part Of the Uninn-2dy the President has the equal un
questionable right 70 "praclam, and let his admonisl
ing and warning voice and njnnctons 10 all civil Ma
gistrutcs, and his positive commands tn all military OH
GERS be heard throughout the land TO- keep yigant
and watcul eye all illegal Intermediates in, and dis
turbrrs of tine public peace and bring them before The
righliul civil authorities.
he has unqucstonab,e right to gurll and pu d1;rn u
rerons, nsurrccnBs, MODS and riots BY force and re-
p.li all nvisions. II he has right ~ meet these IN
such promptand efficient means after they have occurrcd
lie has surely The right uae the in ANY pro-
per and constitutional way which produce them at least
in the moderate and concatoy ways here pointed onI
What is an Invasion? Is nothing invasion but an
attack by Naval and Military force One Nation.
or one State, may invade another Ivy other means They
may by ':torprocs other internal nucaimes, invade
ami put to hazard Tie peace and safety of people they
may wish to modest and plnndsr. What is the issuing
and shoOiing irehrands from Nali"n or even onr
State TO another but inrnSo and a" attack from Sua!
Nation the peace and safety OF the one 50 l:trudcd
on?
Sirs We have The most ilnstrious examples for these
doctrines, now before VIXEN Genet, the French !
Minister attempted to involve the L. States N war with
friendly power, by endravorng tn raise an American
Army for French service he iarndcd The rights oi ncu'
,ralily Of This nation. The great aud good Washington
bv bis prompt and efficient proclamation OF neutrality
put an immediate and entire rn to the unlawful and
wicked national wrong. When OF the citizens Of
New Orleans cujca youcd to convert the Battery into
private uses President Jefferson ordered there an armed
force TO dispossrss thrn far which he received the
most cordial and grateful THINKS o that whole ito-
pie when President Madison ordered out the hll.
lilias Of the Nu in defence Of the country, even Tic
Yankee Tories could Iasc doubt as 10 his rIghtul
authority, except the ordering them across the 1mc'"n
line when lhc7c principle more CLEAR IN TIE law OF
nations than that power has right to Mr"stoH
on another W hen that becomes the best and most efficient