Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-23
EypuyGLrG .lvU RESTRICTIONS.

E:rsr "f A::cy trG.l (0nY Correspondent, Ftb ~.
e. .or: hc tore r".hes y"u, TINT the Expua ing
R-Sr:uii, VII nave plS$rG and t>c Legislature have
c"i:!rr.cr It's ordinary b's'nrss. l:Te"t deal too
mirh t.r !rS irrn cnnp3.:cG in the discussion Of
question: w.a at!cE w:sI passed in Congress the last
winter AID arr"nGsL Ir people Si:cr, admitted OF little
further Hsf!'ion t"UHt whether r!rc votes could
~ changed Wy man n1:r- argument. ard # IL.
sir-chrs Intended I" caGhtrn ;r people. tie o.
tors nsi, have saved their "in. Tor, IL" drc:re
:rone forth ito Eypun9r,' ard n":hirg can reverse
It. am sorry That Mr. Ni,ory has given some
cnrnlennnce /" the Whis *ruc OF the question, by
GIatincll'n which they would repnGlar, and which,
Lltcr al, IS merely verbal The su5slanc. aimed at,
IL. :" ':gc!arc N!at wEIch done by the Senate
an Illegal and Nnuutb"ard acl TO put upon it as MIR.
u. says. The sea! OF puhIIc condemnation. in MAX
ng ot the word ''rXpuns", those who use 1t have
surely Tgrt to distinguish .st"sen BIS ordinary aud
parliamentary Specification; and if they aix 10 i. u
meaning Which shows they do not mean to oblicTatt the
journal, where Is the constitutional objection: They
may bs bad p'nrgss, but ought not 10 he objected TO
l.,licans. Ar. Mallory iiISeT wou!G the word
'rrstsnd but in its strict chronological Why,
then, should liz crc. 10 the OF Prngr, ii those
uSi:T ii choo-r define it, and if such definition does
not require BE destruction Il" the Journal: Suppose
iL., Mr.. .,l:Dry opinion. cXtlaGr does not
l!s Ought s, merely !,"c;use Ia 'hters about the
irnuin" wc7!. winch the resolution undertakes 10
i:s 10 vote wHa the opposite party wh" care not wie-
tin. ''rtsrind "r-punge used II 1t was 4 SIM
p- resolution" eYpUn, without explanation, might
be different question, aud should respect the scruplcs
Oh Sir. Mallory, ,illiJuIh SioislG agree with him;
10Y, have teen able "sce the constitutional diff
Guilty Of expurM:u. celebrating that which ought ne
have placed The JOURNAL U"drr the porcrS
royterrd np" iLc Senate by hc (onstitnon The true
distinction between i:'a"yer act winch they are
competent " 80. and "aot!y Lry"nd their constu
;.on lnwcrS and think ii easy 20 slow, that there
many resolutions they m,@ht enter on their journals
wlrrl ought to be- u1iitcrotod. The Journal they
rrc,::1rd keep Journal OF their acts under the
Constitution. the discharge Of ll"ir regular au-
thori1cd uncipns-and lis nvlHabli,y does not extend
10 rxtranrous, irregular, aud unconstitutional pro-
cccGlngs Sach az least my opinion formed alter
t;r considerations Bat yet would not blame Mr. NJ,
rrn,sc h c"uiG go this lcag;h, drnrnrce HIM
abarhnr.ing ms party. We ought 10 treat our weak bro
theirs the POLITICAL ;Ith rs 81. Paul advises Christians
10 ;5ra another, dliissng in matters nolessch'a
ALREADY We have had too nany lases, accustomed per-
aps ly the OF liberation nj the conEi-nctment
anuI! willing to p,t apon the act Of the Senate the
seal Of public coEdcnnaon rs he says he 49, should be
sor,r D." So bin exclude from the fold
" The most extraordinary movement on the part OF the
Whrs is the attempt Of Of them 10 prove that IN
strucIons on constitutional questions not obligatory
ont to derive this doctrine irDn the Resolutions oil 1872
say net oJggcr1 becausc If the Senator Is moi bound
To oLry ar To resign; they OF no Obligation. Now,
i'm that c!isr OF the resolution commencing with land
If those socn-S he correct. Nc, The superior oblIga
ton OF Instructions constitutional points, lt there be
unv difference, is expressly a>sred since, says the
writer slhr insraction Of The bond Of union gives the
AN uir.cnn Of the Constitution has been committed,
HAY not the States Interfere tn mark their sense OF H. by
such MEANS they think right; Suppose the Senator
differs from them ABOUT the end the means, and neither
resigns, he then the organ Of his own will, or
Of his constituents IF of his Own, the Report says
"hr wGald br far drSpotic, and the Government IS
no longer representatives, one, but = despotS!n All
the re;.srir.. %, li Preamble based upon the primer.
PIE t.a: tie representative InIs express the VIII ana
smak IL" opinions a: thu constituents who dePue MIN;
and TINT NJ can in no case. be The organ OF MS own
will !r o.h"7wi4r he might do leave undont some
thing contrary The will of Individual III Tic ce-
rl!.ty u" ni.vhul representative h',i'eH o,!y -"
crD,rd; and ; al the Other Sr:iatrS lol,o"e" DIS en-
aup!, contrary 10 the VIII ~ ,ii' "''i1
b.. ;rn-cjs in tina, bpdv. liS principle be impaired,
~ .rcc,,;,n he admitted. t!r who" argument OF the
p.h, ,,u!L D.. destroyed The admission IN the last
, ri ,e Report that Tie SrnatH: Is net 9onnd 10 obey IN
r,,ur;t,n uIalv unconstitutional. Is 10 exception Tor
h- ,h ru;:.S 81 the rrprtst NATIVE, rs an individual
i,ccI To- i man cannot bc bound TO perJ1re himself
I'm. h. can oaiy AVOID it by ccasng to be representa-
i've In ar ne ceases virtually TO hold that character
tic uolri ne refuses obey tie will of his consu
pu,s and acts according 10 his own matter whether
constitutional question l. involved Of mere Po
CO; and although he is ncl bound to pcIlure himself
he is bound 10 surrender his trust. In tie resou-
lions, ae right 70 instruc. all points, e!she cor
uanai or pplitic expressly asserted a.! Is So
ir!nlv decarci that ErNcrr-th no man one!t ~ az
cept tie appointment OF Senator OF the oaeo @ta'es'
who doth not hold h:Tssr!f bound TO obey stch lsuo
lions But the yiri is var:;r and "uGatoty, unless
there is moral obligation 20 ":sy or lr''s wy asee
is bound To nh-y rylnstTucl!"!s-yes, oIcer MN |"
DO all act VI moral uFP:tud', lie may s:Ss'u''y 'eu'