Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-10
= VOLUME XXXEH.---No. rOF.

err renee There will be difficulty a. am limo ,,,,, oh
poe IN times OF violent party excitement 10 seec, snro
,;ni III. measure, involving question of constitu.
uonai right and to frame Instruction upon il 10 tie
refractory Senator, which il is known mo c,na, e
scien'ionsy obey and therefore will not obey and o
require hun, nevertheless, 10 obey or resign Al a.,
OBTAIN The instruction. may surely expect to sec ali
me mighty influence Of Presidential power and potron
age brought to bear upon the State Legislatures ,nd
upon the elections TO them-to deude and demor,Ii,.
.he Peop|-to tamper with, corrupt and seduce the
Sta,e Assemblies, whose Senators in Congress il NAV
pe ce'hea most important, feasible 10 REMOVE
fi's Instruments and agents for the work will always
9iouil ana volunteer III the service-the yenal nam
uers OF power, the whnlc tribe of parasites and sco
Jealous 10 conciiate iavor, the vain aspirants az
Ter political Importance. honor and notoriptvnII will
d NE RESIDENT train and vie with each other
10 cong his bddings am speaking of the probable
natural inevitable effects of political put into ac.
IT an instruction given me to vote for n men.
sure oi no very material ,nsnsnrs h;a
IL adopted would not lead 10 any serious permanent S
and yet could not, for reasons of apv kd cons.;
entiousiy for the proposed tnensure. in Ell
might very properly, and should without hesitation
esor. 10 resignation, in order the painful al
~fhatVe oil Obedience and resistance Or if an nsruc
oh were gwen me, which could not obey without VIC
renee To my conscience. and the peculiar eli
vi Ve case should nevertheless be SUCH that my resg
Suoh would De attended with far less of evil than the
accomplishment OF the object of the instruction and
woia not De Itself source Of equal greater evil in
sueh case as thiS, too, might, consistently with nv
sense OF Duty aud very gladly should dsem6arrass nv
sen oil inc alternative OF obedience resistance bv
resignation In truth resignation is n prir;Iege not ,
dny-a privilege allowed the Senator by Which, he NAV
wholly avoid the alternative of obedience or
eXpounded in the preamble and resoinons oc IsL
AIRY 1872" - eO'u-
have understood il has been supposed that all The
orai responsibility rests the constituent BODY and
the senator Is relieved from any portion liz that il is
w P'oNh'Te OF inc constituent to Judge and command
ana MS I" Oeieve and obey. Can be really thougt
rat ue olcal oath Of Senator to suppose that the
Constitution of the United States is subject TO an y
cepiion which exemps him the duty of supporting
IL against arrangements attempted by the State Legsa,
ture that has elected him that the Senator NAV and
rase rvatio h..
WIZ support The CONSTITUTIONS unless he shall be com
ihanGeu ny me constituent body to violate ii? Surely
c eera Assembly Is not going to give its high Sane,
ton to doctrines OF this kind which would san The fopn
cations o ali public virtue. The truth is that in all
contests between those who exercise authority and those
over whom Il Is exercised to the rightul exercise Of
such auorityas 10 the duty of obedience or the robt
VI parties must, in the nature of things
Jua2e Tor einslVes and the only difference between
'"e iS tat Tue party resisting power does it his
peT which alone sufices, general determine him
against res stance, except IN extreme cases"
Tins is The man who, precisely years ngo quoted
e resolution ct the General Assembly, that the Fe-
"er"t Government had no constitutional authority to in
eoFF0Tae national BaAk who admitted thai This WAS
e deliberate, solemn expression Of tie general sense Of
me people Of pUginsd Me subject" who then said
~ CONCUR ~ rHE OPINION ny CONSTITUENTS ON rHx
coNsfT0I ioNAL QUESTION, AND THAT ENTIRELY AND
EAAcTLi; who next assumed ilat, though the peo-
PIE oi virginia do entertain the opinion and have
u"u"fmy Maintained 1t, and think upon Just ground
thnt tins Government has no constitutional authority
TO charter national bank, yet the developements of
the present year, in rapI progress may serve to
convince them, that The renewal Of The chatter of the
present oana, with such notifications and for sncb ,
uie as experience has shown shall dictate to be pro-
per, may DC the only means which human wisdom can
DEVISE avert measures far more
tonai more ahhorrent irop their opinions and more
dangerous aud baleiul in their consequences The al
awful !" ~ W. ~
:, AND so MIR Leigh went panic making, TO bring
ABOUT The Nee ssy Of re-charerIng an unconstuton51
sank Tor which he said he would vote upon INSTRUCTIONS
or what he might consider lantanout To instruction He
demanded, whether any people on earth will or can
~ tho. H..
oil Their property, of thcr very DWELLINGS under Inc
nanheF "a .he ancuoneer, for want of curren-
cy - whether II be not unwise and cruel TO mi The
patriotism of any people such test (he said) events
rapidly approaching may show;H and after this
ana o:cr pictures exhibited by him Tighten virginia
concludes thus: az
"yh pleased Godto spare ing life, and tho possession of
myJae"Hes he Ptop!c If HHgiaia shaH understand ul
he aieyhatirss likely to Le presented 10 them Then NM
dec'dc Again lac says ''1he determination sLaH NOT
ytstoh "y s"e rePonStbahy; shall that of tie
SoteFetgh STATE To fchth IbcOng rs a citizen maui d
rtse diSSa0ae OPposc tut in ne end shau not be aIleto
Gsserer '"yseJJrOm her. IjoLo,c heI desaies stand
Now here who sought by holding up terrible
appalling pictures OF imaginary dsiresses-of ruin to the
state 10 dys II INTO e support of the Bank of the u
states ana wc pledged himself in advance for it,
u The State wilicd H. however unconstitutional to escape
the horrible alternatives supposed. Now, such man
man wiling 10 vote according Instructions against
his constitutional oath and opinions, MIR TYLER save
ought 70 be put III the pory and lose his earsand vet
ssS Leig and Tyler fast iiends and devoted 10
the same party objects.
But here again would invite the public TO mark
what difference inclination makes in the estimate of
constitutional scrup!c in the minds of cetain WHO So
majors Mr. Lei lh has had solemn conviction from
lol2 up to this hour, that the incorporation Of ma
uOna bank Is nonstrous violation OF the Constitution
thit Is also the soemn deliberate Of the people
OF Virginia; aud yet he is anxious 10 induce them
10 instruct him 10 violate the Constitution and ayowcd
MS readiness to obey and establish this great unconsti-
tuiona power to operate at the State and Ma
tOial Governments, with its immense moneved inau
Cnce BOT he cannot be induced, by the command of
MS constituents, To vote iOi resolution authorizing the
clerk To draw black mark round resolution on the Sc
pate journal, nor write word upon the page where
That resolution stands recorded, although these marks
are by subsequent proceeding also on record
On what tender conscience 10 sense and what
hardened one IN another, has this doube-deang afisto.
! cTat.--C IObe.
Correspondence cf he baltimore Patriot
WAsHiSGros, March 2 1876
In the Senate, this morning, Mr. Buchanan took The
hooi upon iie motion Of Mr. Calhoun not TO receive lie
pelt9n OF The Friends Of Pennsylvania, upon the sub