Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-08-04
"olonga,ion re charter Of The Bank, and those dole

unfolded and in your Richmond letter farther der,iop
,nsnt took pace-tha you would vote for Bank of
hc Y, States unless instructed-or, what was tanta-
mount the DECLARED of your constituents So that
II Leigh Legislature had been returned by the people
you would have been instructed; for IL would have bee
tanamount to the declared OF your constituents
The great Democratic Republican Party of Virginia in
meeting their constituents and their opponents toe to toe
ana lace to face, argued that the issue at the last Spring
EiHcti"ns was " Leigh ar INSTRUMENTATION or no
hssfr"ftio"s Sir IT il please your Lprdship, or not
please your Lor,iship, as.rveratc, and that without
tue Tear OF effective contradiction that the issue before
the Voters Of Virginia was, Leigh LeighL,stss
lions or Instructions? Then if pleas. your Lord
ship, please your fordship the sorercign peo,e
OF TINS land haze sofemiy announced tie eerict Of
de,nnahon against you Tie Peope-the soeere;gas-de-
cided the case and SIR, who Will who reverse
Sir IS aIready decided Your fate Tor lot hard as YOU
may think it, is sealed, and the people have nobly yind-
Gated their right 10 instruct There tribunal of up
peal, whatever; for il was from that exalted most high
anu ersr glorious Of all po1cer that il descened
to man. The People obtained it from Heaven and the
People obtaining 1t from Heaveniley, the People
the sovcrcgns And how dare you reverse il How dare
you try TO revcrseit How dare you, SIR for a moment
endeavor to reverse il You are hcapnr I'M &c wrath
against the day OF wrath. The sovereign the ntelj-
gent the glorious People of Yrga not thus TO be
dealt with Nor, SIR, they cannOt-they will not thus
But your Organ beautiful Organ y by the bye. said
that you would obey all constitutional INSTRUCTIONS
Who sir, TO be the judge You, of Shall you
The Creature, turn TO the Creator and say "Thus far
and no farther 2: Sir, who is then sovereign Is il not
the Creature You thus dictate tie People The Crca
turc gveth the Law" Thus far and father !" But
you will said it, But has been said
tor your Lordship-and you have not denied But sir
can tell you what you have said You, llaY e soid what
insulting, more degra,og and contsu,ptuous
OF the people, under the under which
you did say IT. You said this in Card, in the Wing
of the 7thtlat you shou& yoar seat in the Senate
unless an imperious necessity arising of the state
of your own private affairs sha prevent your doing
These are your words. Now sir, is this not an impe
rum the People, lz.ads-you mean to reign over
them. whether they will or nobe their goodly king and
master, was King Ferdinand VII. May it please
your Lordsp shall repeat that the above expression
is the most contempuors shat you cou.d possibly
have uttered towards the people of Virginia --psha
SIR aiter the sovereign people have solcmnly doc-
ded the question against LSig-when it, the
Leigh Leigh-yo your Gard 10 tl, Edi.
tors OF the press and say, your private Affairs alone
shall determine whether Will take Your scat or not
not giving respectful consideration either the
wishes the rights Of the people in the Sir if
the whole people Of Virginia had been corgregatcd in
you could not have treated them with more contempt
defy you TO treat them with You are in very
bne company too, viz: Poindexcr, of Stssisspp-Bel
oiNew Observation-Disclosures and Southard of n |
Jcrsey-and tan yam IF .lorM Carolina. Follow them
on, sir-Ihey and the Wing tory press and party have
led you into the prccipice-and yo now falling mid
way III the air between the brink of the precipce and
the earth But sir. word of consideration for
the rights of the people, and the wishes OF the people!
Alas poor Yorck." Yes sir in your Card Won said
more-you said this, q give your words ''and he
censures he may incur, lie will expose himself to
the charge of recre0ncy" Recrcancy to whom TO
the majority of the People of Virginia That cannot be-
my Lord The majority deeided-yes deeded decisice-
iy, agains: you, my Lord.
1t must he 'reereancy I, the minority Tory Wing,
Hartford Convention Blue Light Sc sc par,y Then
you have decided Sir, that the minority shall rule in
your august parsonage does Fsehnghuysen and
Southard-as did Poindextcr-ss does MamgD1,-as did
Be-Ycs, and If it please yon, did the very mem
bcrs of the Legislature, who elevated you the seat
you now hold, against the viii and wishes of Tia galaI.t
aud conhdins people of Virginia Look at this and at
that-and say, Sir, If am, It b, severe OF
your course Do you not see squirting nSonarshy
IN all MsY Do not minorities rule in monarchies2 You
know they do-and none knows better than youyself
the point at winch arbitrary power commences. You
know it begins point islr ns and supr;or to
the people And that poin you are endcavorig TO car.
ry into effect in your own PsSs0n,
have not yet done with yorr CaId-LooS; alittle
farther on and you viii see tie following wordS. "And
that III his (your) conduct in tc SENATE he yov) shall
take counsel only from his Of duty hig-con
s upon me ana ms cCnny aSng care 70 a. nGihng
Yes, SIR and this expression continues TO hnr The Same
contempt at the people, that the Other expression in
your Honor card does,yoD will take coanssf 1ioN~
~ from "your owh sense of duty" Then, Sir this
is in keeping with the prinsies of the be pal
sled by The will of the constituent" Administration,
which your party ardently Supported.
The 'eM and i0ishrs of TIE people Of Virginia
now be doubted. The last cketion developed .hem -
And yet you will only " take counsel from 1rnn O,eH
IF day! This really til. aes4ai 5aLoOa which
you ascending To unii,nfd Dorey-no to he pal
sedby the will of your constituents Lrepea the
tons: Can it be borne? Ought il TO be Bopne? Will il
be borne IT cannot-lt Will no.-It should not, be
borne, by free, intelligent, ard sopereggr peo,v
Rccoect sir, that Mr. Cloytons LoAoon with wiach
nc intended and attempted to traverse the air. from Gin
10 eApecteuiy TWO TDtff1,
decaycd and impracficaHe lioles ia it, which et
gas, and let him down to the earth in eSs thar fourth
or filth of the time lie expected 30 sail in the air.
TAKE odre, SIR! Keep good look oStY on descc nd
ing from Your high estate - FAKE rare that Won and
your balloon which might tenn the Wing, PoEy Feds-
raj Press (Which for dscoy purposes used 10 Gx lis
trontspicce e" Constitutional Wing driven by
the popular indignation so the port of UneTabie de-
SiruefiOp, from which there will be no rehtling
Your Party, your Press, anil doubt you too are
dcavorng to excite fceliag in the South iniinca
this Union, the subjeet Of anagamaton, abolition,
&c, &c. But, sir, your pistol will miss ERE The pep
cussion c0p is defective.
1t is known to YOU 10 yogp Wing, Tory Rnfss and 10
the leaders Of the Wh Pory Party, that 10 2Utbs of
those aboitionsts AND amaganateRisIs- to the North,
anti Jackson, anti Van Bnren and componcnst of
your "great Wing family For instance, Banktes
the Blue Light, HaItioSd Convcniionsts Sc tsu: &c
And that they stirring this very thing DOW, for the
purpose OF Weakening the prospects Of Van Buren, in the
South, against Judge White Snd hope by tEs 90 throw
the election Of Preside into the H. Of Rcprcse natives
g where the terms nlsy be stipulated, aud Bank Of
the 5 rerstabshsd, by Bank President elect, the
person Of Daniel Wrbsen Of Of EASY
tues - whose opinions may be- hnown to- be aqnns IL
when elected secretly known be fOnit-id from
decide IN lis favor VPDa tie grounds Of "expediency
adjudication Of the SaprcInD Couri or that The
continuance of the Union depends ON the continu-
ance Of the Bank of the u. States.
A few words, befons finish this Address
IL has occurred 10 YOU that HGtesar had his Brutns
Charles the LIST his CrlnISgcll lnd Benjamin w Leigh
"mIght profit by his example" Yes, my Lord il must
for, you recolIcet my rd Cs;say died in the
Ctaaber whilst eDdraToHag destroy The Liberties of
the people do not mean TO threaten, you. No sir
but know, there is such thing sctaysGsSinGIiOn-
your right hand Is yl1Hgaa dagger in your own