Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-13
FOR TIE E.NQ UIRER.
THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE,


I'ersus TIE DIGNITY OF TWO MEN
Gentlemen Of lie General jSSsmJy 1t is not enough
to Instruct our Senators to Expunge. Your regard tor
Tie Constitution and the voice of Line people demands
that at yulr landsDu that is not all Mrssrs. Leigh
and Tyler are at with the sentiments entertained
aEa the men and measures approved by large majority
ot TIE people Of the State. They know 1t. Their par
tisans know it. But, yet, Mr. Leigh has said, tlat lie
will not he driven from his seat by newspaper Editors,
or their "conrdcra!rs. He has spoken Of their ap
praS to- and attacks upon him. with the bcrest scorn
You. gentlemen, know, that those newspaper Editors
and their ''couirderateS, have warrcd, whether deco
rously o: indccorousy ably fonsy, the side Of
the majority of our penplc-and you be true 10
the sovereignty Of the State, the Rights of the peo
pie, if you permit our Senators to plead the yio
lrnce Of Editors and scribblers, in justification Of
know 10 be the will of the people / might here
ter into defence Of the "insects' who have so
noyed our Senators, by holding up 10 their aud your
view the buZzng, rcnomous swarm that has assaled
Rivrs Stevenson, &c. 1 could shew that it was the
friends not The enemies OF MIR. Leigh, who first broke
the ice after last election 1t they who first he
gan the contest 10 what course it became Mr. Leigh
to pursue it in to them that the SIN
Secis OF the other side first began to buzz Blu! enough
OF this. Mr.. Lei l has given you plainly to understand
that liz will cons der himself under any obligation to
conform to the will and wishes Of the people until he is
instructed in due i9r!n by you. VIII you shrink from from
the full and pete discharge Of your duty? Will
you permit Senators and their parzans to take
advantage Of The difference, which you feel for the Office
Of Senator OF the United States Is that office exalted
above the sovereignty of the Sa!es and the rights ofte
people Are you afraid TO speak the plain naked truth
to Senator-and require his conformity to the will Of
the people, lest you offend his dignity Are you afraid,
in plain but respectful terms, to find fault with Sena-
tor who has, in bitter and unmeasured terms, denounced
others high in Office well those TO whom his Office
| belongs:
FellowCitizens The right Of instruction is at stake
Upon dcvo!res the responsibility OF surrendcring
maintaining that right. State sovereignty is at stake
!
be balcd and con,cnpluousy set aside by two men, for
vears-und that too, in that very branch OF the Co
vernment which designed and has ever been looked
to- to represent guard: and protect the State sovereign
! ties Of this Union:
The course which is required at your hands may be
unusual, difficult and isagrccuhc. But it is not whit
unusual than the course "! conduct aad the cir
! cuu.sanccs which call for it, Look back Review the
course of the Legislature which Instructed Ar. Rvcs
The Of the Senate that winter Rccollcct the
first move made in the Legislature. Has! the people d.
rcc.!y, or indirectly authorised that move Never So
lar iro, -tat the very men, who made the first move
did at first dare 10 plead such justification Of their
No. 1t the representative, leading the eo
Pile. The first move was not 10 instruct Senators
but 10 rtsciud the contract entered into between
Banks and the Treasury Department. The Bank
scndrd the obnoxious contract and left the Coi:i.tee
Of LIE House of Delegates nothing to do. Bu, by
that time the cry of Revolution had been raised in Con-
gressthe "union Of sword and purse" had been pro.
claimed The Bank Of the U. States was said to be the
guilty OF 'nSnrpation in 'wtdrawing money from the
Treasury, without appropriation by law. In short, the
panic being raised doctrines proclaimed, opinions
advanced and assertions made which those who pro-
claimed advanced and made them have been compelled
and that 10 themselves from the odum of usurpa.
ton to take back, yea, and TO deny Look back, say,
gentlemen, and you will Uc compelled to say, candid,
honest that the Legislature which instructed Rves,
acted without authority from! the people, founded their
action upon premises which have been since abandoned
and that the people, after the fullest investigation they
gave any political Queston-aftcr writing and
talking and eleclionecrng, ramPhetecr!ng on the side
OF Rvrs enemies, than before known in this
Republic, have decided most uneou!vocaly in favor of
the Of Rvcs and his friends. You cannot doubt
il. You know it. And knowing it, you without
abadonmeE. of the principles Of the State, aud without
abandoning the rights Interests, and honor of the
pie shrink ultcr, in telling the trn the ehoie truth
so that those who rccklrssly and concmpuously SET
their faces against the will Of the people, shall be held IL
account without the pnor tina, they have not
received in authentic Jo'n,, the declared Of
their colsucnts-tlla they have not been instructed:
Come OUT cllowcitzrnS Gene out, plainly and fully
Sickle about fos and echnical!ieS Let repeat
to You because it is true tha; the friends of hr Leigh
rely upon ueting and lodging amongst his Opponents
They expect 10 escape the responsibility OF aching ~ de-
fa.ce of the public will, by the dcuy Of giring direct
instructions IN such form to coosr the chOe ground
Mrhnhs the boot was on the other eg-it our Senators
and their partizans had the play in their hands, they
would not sickle much about such difficulties. They
could say hard things and plenty Of then even If they
haa to draw upon their imagnations aud calculate up
on popular ignorance, they did when they warred
against Jackson, fancy Rivcs, Stevenson &c Far be
il iinm me, call upon you to follow such examples
| would it. But surely, surely, you will not
shrink from speaking what you know lobe truc because
you have to speak it to two Senators.
LOOK TO THE ''.3LYER.NliIPES."
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