Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-03-10
ORATORS TYLER AND LElGn-RlGHT
OF INSTRUCTION.

We reed rot invite attention to the eloquent ard
.,,,p, Letter Of Senator Tyler, in tbs morning
a,r ON re,igning his seat in the Senate. II
], couaIl, unnecessary 10 add any Thing bv wa,
Of enforcing the striking views which be lat,
,,L,p ofthf character and consequences OF the act
,,Lcl he WAS required to perform. Tie Expun-
ccrs, particularly those oithcn who, two years ago,
;o1ucled Mr.. Tyler and Mr. Ri,es TO vote for the
vcry resolutions around which they ere NOW 50 "a.
Ger to drar btGch EatS, and fer lis reluctance To
,rpporl which VIM. {. R,rs Then resigned his seal
in the Senate. must nave covered Under MS indie-
nant lchul>cS. Indeed, however others may just-
f. themselves, we cannot conceive OF any plausible
urc,cx,Which Linn Banks, and those who, with
him. voted for hcn>iructions which drov, the mod
ern MarceIus" Gas Mr. Richie postieaiy dul,s
Mr Rivr,) INTO exile, can URGE in eNtenuation Of
their recent support ot countcr-inslruclion>. T.
,rr they were ignorant in 1884 that they knew
not what they dd-or If they then acted under the
influence Of enlightened Judgments, they are some
,Iug worsc tian snpleions now. On one horn
Of the dilemma they must hang ner can any m
ecnuits eStricatc them from j!c di>eraeciul posi-
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tcnJsd fr.sn6. oftle Rioh, orIn<,ru,toa- I'm, bo.
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:, nronoupce Mr.. Lrioh's decision to h. ,n,;rrly
.orroc, aod nrcuor
With reward 70 the ollioation Of Senator, Ohio,
,b4 distractions q, the legislature. much may said
orbolb sides eypnvhcI h. i,,,rructiol,S lhrm,. Ives
arc Of =, legitimate character. We do.not intend
ncrcmporly 10 DENY the RIGHT of the legislature
To inS,r1ct. and the corrc>pond,u. ooatio, Of tb,
S,na,nr, 10 obey-But cases may he SooDo,pl
and tl,, is one of them. in which may be donl1-
cd. Tin, psoD,e a,e thc constituent, of bo,G-,nA
we hold ,ha, ,ir viii of a mooritv of them >,ouia
b. the rule of action both OF our State and Naon-
al II, then, Legislature instruct
Senator's 10 do an ACT which the Senators may ra-
ton.lly believe 70 b. in opa3,ition To the will Of
aieritv of the people, ought not tie Senators
10 refuse either to obey or to resign The diy-
SIGN Of the State into counties renders il rcquen-
ypossJle, nay probable, lata majoriry of the lc-
rgi laurc may represent minority Of the prrpr-
and even when til, is not thccasc, temp aons may
be held our, by the President, TO a sufficient num-
Der of the delegates in State Legislature to in
dOce them 10 give instructions TO Senators to sup
port some iavoritc measure of his own, TO which
their constituents might be opposed Under such
circumstances, would Senator be bound by thcln1
Again: The right of a Legislature TO Instruct is
based exclusively upon the fact that they elect :
ye, they elect the Governor and the Judges al
50, and no one will be bold enough to contend
that they are bound, in the discharge of their
Executive and Judicial functions 10 regard
their mandates. Eul why not, if the right to in
street dc,ncble from the power to elect! These
are questions which We should like to see answer
ed, not by ctlamaion but bv argument. Yet,
while We PROFOUND them, we are free to say, that
Senator should either obey or resign, in all cases.
where the Instructions oflhe Legislature speak tie
voice OF the peopIc-becansr, no c. e can doubt
that the people have AN indublablc right TO con-
troll the action of their public servants. and no man