Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-09

State, In the highest Of the National esa,urc
that branch which has looked To In
gard and defend The State soveregnics of this Union
lis notorious that Mcssrs Leigh aud Tyler have bot
IN The Senate Mt barhecucs, and upoi the husiinps
denounced in the most bitter and unsparing manner
the sentiments entertained, the men, principles and
measures approved by large majority Of the people oil
uhis Stale. Are you gentlemen ready To admit that
nese Senators may thus against the will and wishes
W W" STATE, hnu thot you, standing in the capacity al
ue Immediate representatives OF the people as the or
gans through which al the will OF the STATE can b..
automatically made knn,vu our Senator's have no
gh, 10 echo the voicr of the people defend their
ments aud maintain their rights for fear Of rncroacbing
upon the dignity oitwo mru:
III rs not necessary that any dsrcspect should be offer.
Gu, either To our Senators, To The sovereignty of the
state But If either is TO be disrrarded which oupht
TO be Which ought TO prevalence men, or the ma
Jony OF the People of the State That the question
gentlemen F" No ainching or dodging!" There is but
one course which you pursue, consistently with the
true honor and dignity of our Senator's and the rights
una interests OF the people. Echo tho voice of your
people Tell the ichoe truth respectfully but plainly
DsapProve the course of Senators-Tell them that
they have warred against the will and wishes of The
State Disown MIR. Lcighs doctrines of "precedenfs
"dere!0pementS and 'alternatires" Disapprove their
coalition with the friends of the Bank their
the course oil The Bank, in expending the money of the
people IN publishing and circulating speeches and pam
pheis, with II view 10 the elevation OF its friends and
the downfall of its opponents. Dsapproye the war
waged by the Bank and the Senate united against the
President and representatives OF the People Tell the
whole tale, and what follows? Why, our Senators if
the State, If honestly, truly, and faithfully they can
or resign their seals. Here would be no ndignty or
disonour either to the sovereignty Of the State or to
our senators But IN despite of the of the peo
Pe and in contempt of the sovereignty of the State they
p s eing 10 .er se1s and defy the
De entirely without remedy. lasting, aud blasting
mark, will be placed not only upon our Senators but
upon all who sustain them.
Some oflc friends of Mr. Leigh maintain that neither
he nor they can be held responsible for violating the g
OF instruction, because lie has not been Instructed
They deny, that Senator ought pay any regard to
newspaper accounts or the writings ofnewspaper essay
lists They contend that he is lett free to preserve his
own course until he receives the will and wishes of his
constituents directly from the Legislature, Gentlemen
they rely upon your iachng, and shrinking from the
discharge OF your whole duty your people. They
expect TO escape the responsibility of warrnp against The
VIII OF the people, by conforming to your
upon an isolated question, whilst in every thing else
they are to subserve the interests OF their party.
repeat that our Senators, both in the Senate out
OF IT. have been bold and fearless in the expression of
their sentiments, and bitter and unsparinp i'm denounc
ing sentiments men, and measures, which have been
approved by the people OF this State How will you APP
pear before your people, and answer for your failure or
refusal to defend their sentiments and maintain their
rights Will you say your MIS- that the of
flee of Senator Of the United States ought to be treated
with respect! Agreed. But YOU with hone ST faces
tell your people, that the dignity of Senators is SO
exalted that you dared offend by telling them the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in
PLAIN but respectful er.Ls That you dared not speak
been loud, unmeasured and unsparng, in denouncine
those sentiments? again ask you ''slall faction be
honored shall States and people be degraded TO sustain
the dignity of two mem"
Gentlemen of the General Assembly Let an hmm
ble private individual who neither holds Office expects
oicc wants Office cnlrcat you review the course
OF Senators, during and since the memorable Bank
panic Were they not allied with the friends of the u
States Bank, IN bold daring dangerous struggle TO
disgrace not only the President hut the Represe
branch of the National Legislature, and to alarm and
drive the people by camor and by pccuniary distress
INTO submission Ia the arrogant preensions of a monied
corporation: Theorse Senators may, about the
meaning of the CONSTITUTIONS the whole spirit
and tendency of their warfare upon the people
the Representatives of the people, and vor of the
Bank the friends of the Bank and the principles against
which Virginia has contended from the very foundation
OF the Government? Review the SpcecheSi Look 10
the ayes and macs! Where were Senators? WagnG
a war OF determination against the who had pre-
vented the re.charier OF the bank-the only men who
stood firm against in the heat Of its for power
and perpetuity. Read the speeches of Mr.. Leigh
Whit were their spirit and tendency; Why, to encour-
age the hopes the Bank and parayze the opposition
OF its enemies, and ncucate the belief, that Vr-
ginla, under certain "dereiopemeRts and arnatires
which were confidently predicted, would give up her
constitutional scruplcs, set aside its obligations disre-
gard oaths and acquesce in The the Bank
tie pleads PrccedeRts and the tremendous lo,oer the
Bank in justification of lis ecarter-and this too in
over the only who stood in its way-the only men
it feared. After all the which you have waged
against the general welfare doctrines Federalsls
will you pass by The still broader and dangerous
doctrines of of your Senator'S and this for fear
oil offending his dignity | entreat you 10
read the "deveopements and
LOOK TO THE 't.aLTERNdTIYES.'s