Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-08-28


composed 81 the counties IF CharOtic, buckingham,
Prince Edinard aud Cumbcriand
Fsi""clt'zens-lt BECOMES necessary, in cnnse
| quence OF James w Bnudln. Esq declining 4 re- cleo
li"n that y"u select from amonGt you Suitable person
TO represent y0n in the next Congress IL Is therefore
earnestly requested, that you holl mre!ing, your
sPrctivc Counties al ycu Munhay Courts IN September
and make recommendations Of some OF your most eff
ceni men IL The purpose above Indicated. II is also
desired, that jou appoint Committees meet at
Vrnrnt place, Csay Clover Hill possible al
Ter The Courts are over IN order chGusP from amongst
the several nominees that who will wllh,he great.
es certainty concentrate The Of the party We 60
Tor the man who Is abolition, an!i Bauk and anti
| Clay. MasY FREEIIoLpxRs or BCcxIyGnaM.
TO TIE EDITOR or TIE ENQUIRER.
Sir nm pleased see that you meal to answer the
SneFIes requested by your Correspondent, touching the
effort Of Mr.. Madison to give Congress the power
incorporate bank. The people OF the United States
are moi acquainted with the fact that The Federal Con.
veniion did feec, Mr.. Madison 8 proposition TO add
trr clause to the S!h section of the la article Of the
Constitution OF the u. s giving Congr power 10 in
Corporate Bank of The United SaIes and that the Con.
rcnon rec'rd II as Power Loo dangerous 10 be vest,
cd ~ The Congress-
Fifty years have elapsad since the Federal C,nvention
formed The Constitution Of the States, and IT is
REMARKABLE FACT. THAT THEIR JOURNAL
WAS kEP SECRET, NOT EVEN PRINTED UN.
TIL 1919 PUBLISHED IT HAS NEVER BEEN.
YES, tbs IS bOiI declaya,ion Published it has
6etn 10 PRINT is one Thing 10 publish is another.
dlsdaln to open Baly johnson, Webster 10 prove
this assertion. ask boldly, where is this JournsH Is
in the hands of the People? Is il Deposited al sin.
gle Court M house in any Stale Of The Union Has il
ever beencHcualcd AMONG TIE PEOPLE at large;
| answer fraressly, It has been disrbu.
ted among them M Such the in the good
old times Of democracy Bot more fashionn bic doctrines
have sprung up
The Of men, who the active stage Of life
when the discussions relative to the Constitution Of The
United Staes, ale deHd aud gone In all the pre-
SEM discussions in relation to the Bank Of the United
q
totally different character Thry fiscal, and eonyr
nlenl. Before the people al large the facts alluded to
by your correspondent have been fairly brought
II IL they, who the only impartial tribunal -
They prefer The Constitution as it framed and
adopted: mean in the sense il was understood before
the people at large ns it understood at tint dny hg
lis friends ehO adapted IL IN Tie Scdsc ade0eued by
It's friends b:fors them
The p,0ptc IF The Cniird aes his day, prefer the
Constitution Of the u understood in this Ia The
success Of Van Buren, or Clay, Calhoun or Webster.
In the 18th No Of the Fcdsralst, there argu
menis for the supremacy Of The Constitution beaut
full, so Just, opposite TO the present slate Of things,
that in aid Of the suggestions Of your corrrspondent
trust you will insert Them Speaking Of the Protest OF
the minority of the Convention OF Pcnnsy lvana, the
Frdcralisl, No 7S, thus proceeds:
although trust the friends Of the proposed consti
tuition will never with its enemies in Gue-ton
ing that fundamental principle OF Republican Govern
menl, which admits the right Of the pc0pie to alter
abolish the established Constitutions yet 1t is not 10 be
inferred from his principle, that tie Rrprts n0ti0cs OF
The people, chenere, nomen'ary inclina,ion happens
10 my hOd Ga mno1ty y their consfifucntS ineompa-
hJie rM HE proesions IN the rli,ting Constitution,
,couid, that account, be j"Hifabis IN rioati"n
I" of these prorisjons. Unit, THE PEOPLE have, by
SOME SOLEMN and AUTHORITATIVE ACT,
ANNULLED OR CHANGED PTHE ESrh.
BLlSHED FORM, it is binding hrmNrrS &c
o. collectively N as well as u INDlElDUALLi
AND no ~ PRESUMPTION - OR EVEN
~ KNOW LEDGE III Of their sentiments CAS- WAR
Rant THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, Is DEPARTURE FROM
IT. rEInR ACT"
II The facts this pna be such as there
is To brrve il MIR Madison did propose III The
Federal Contention, to give additional power to Con.
gress 10 incorporate bank-lt The declarations q" Re.
bert Morris such IS represented respecting Penn.
sylvanias refusal Ta,ifylf the journals have never
been printed until l-lJ--lf the Jnurna! of that Con.
vcntion shcw that there proposition by distinct
clause In give Congress The power To incorporate bank
and ii the Madison papers, now IN train for puhlI'
cs'irn, shall coordinate ali these assrrons-mosi as
srfdy Tremendous and powerful Impression will
b, renewed and made upon The minds Of the people q,
large. ! always draw Il distinction between those WHO
are asprun,s for Office whether Presidential more
humble: whether these aspirans lock 10 Offices great
small, each in hts particular sphere o. activity Those
who OF This vortex deeply devoted To the Con-
s,rInlion Convinced that this power not Intended
TO be given hsn thc Cnnsuiioa was framed and adopt
ed, and that the contrary asked Tor aud refused
as power too dangerous for Congress to exercise the
people will cling ih-r WRITTEN reduced 10
writing by the Federal Convention. The people will
prefer their written will Their 1rom,niayy inclination
will pass away: if this be not inclination he not
nen,ary they will not viollle the Constitution but will
give their representatives. proper warrant by SOLEMN
Asp AUTHORITATIVE ACT. They will amend II, not VIC
late il
"1ha, tho people have an original right 10 establish
for their future government such principles IN their
opinion shall conducs to their happiness, is
The basis which the whole American fabric has been
erected The exercise OF this original right IS very
great e1ertion' H. nor Ought to be frequently
repeated The principles therefore, established. arc
finn nta nd rs he which
they proceed is Supreme, and seldom act, they are
gncd TO be permanent. This sg inal and supreme
will organizrs The Government, and assigns 10 different
departments their respective powers ktmay stop here
or establish certain limits tn be nded By those
departments The Government of the U States is Of
the latter description The powers Of the legislature
Defined and limited and THAT THOSE LIMITS NAY SGT
BE MISTAKES or FoGCoTrES, O. The Constitution is
written f1--Il is proposition too plain 10 be cnntcs
ed tha, Constitution may alter the Constitution by
on ordinary ACT.
Il w,,a wise observation Of a most distinguished pa
trio who had many orebodings about the Constitution
of the u -" Nations who have trusted to logical DE-
duc,ion hav We lost their liberty AS Of the People,
call you all these enquiries respecting the
Facts touching the Bank of the Publish forthwith
lst on extract from the Journal; ID, Rnbt M"rrss
statement; shcw when this journal printed before
or after the case of McCullnch the Slate of haryland
3d. Mr. Madsons d-claraiinns touching this most i'm.
potan fact of the refusal of the Convention 10 grant the
mower rs being too dangerous for CGngrcss 4h, Mr.
hladisons diary found among the Papers bonght by
ConGrcss You owe it the country 10 lose Time on
this great this vital point The prople al large do not
know The facts Of lhr enrrnt you then lose no
time Furnish the tae,s they reilly exist, and some
ale pen will doubtless be found TO give them TO lhr Peo'
pIe of The You do this, you ought To do II in.
sraner Let us this aIimpor,ant occasion not shut
our eyes 10 the Consultation and follow the Prccecens
Tie public (unclonaes are sworn TO support The Con
stiiution the people understood II nnce Again say,
YOU will stand victrd. If you do not Immediately pub.
i;sh these facts and gre the precise authority TO which
reference may be made. mus, speak plain on ts oc.
cosion No gnrbed caricalurc party, distorted stale
men, Give the people the very words of each auhnri.
IT, chapter verse time and place. Let there be no mis-
- ham hos1 eli Lhis snEiec