Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-30

,,ccrlons Why should they be deprived 4" the tedrn'
of speech and OF the press, upon tie pl"cPS mai "t
power Of MIR Van Buren is dangerous 10 me o''ue' "
his country, The gen,iemans !arc"d authority Is en-
,,eIy s!nsl his NV position. Now. or my o"n paii,
| tipr aItoge;he IRON De Tocq"evte Ahhnngh 90
not believe the. the power and pett"ne 'e ffesiIchl
with any, even The least justice be compared VII"
that the King of England, yet '"'' ~" very mature
Of things from The rapid increase OF our poeualQn IN
the number of States, from our ffn"Ing revenue
and Expenditure inm the attluonli number ol officers
necessary conduct tie affairs OF he G"vrTHnehl, a"d
from many other which m:gii cnumeT.c, an
convinced that Tie Federal Executive is becoming
stronger stronger Rest assured he IS not that feeble
thing which De rociuevc represents BIN to be tr'
deraI power ought always 10 &c watched Win "iEhah
jealousy no, with unjust suspicion. II ough, never 10
p .,,,nded by The creation OF new Offices except they
ae absolute, y necessary for the Transaction OF the public
business
The Wigs will be as,onshed 10 learn that in the OPT
men Of this author General Jackson has e'ray cUn-
bulcd not strengthen, but 10 weaken Federal pnweF.
Far from wishing 10 extend IT. says he, - the sicS
den, belongs 10 the party which is DESTROYS OF limiting
that power 10 tie bare and precise letter &" The C"us
tu,ion and which puts construction upon that
act Favorable 10 the Government OF the Union; far f:nm
standing forth as The champion Of rehabilitation, Gen.
Jack the agent ct all the jeacusIes OF the States
and he was placed in the lofty situation he occupies by
the passions Of the people which are most opposed 20 The
central Guyernmpnl' lie states the means adopted By
this Iusrrious man for destroying his power. They
are: ]. Putting down ;nerna! Improvements. Abnn.
doning the Indians the legislative tyranny OF The States
8 Destroying the Bank Of the U. ). !. Yielding up
the tariff sacrifice 10 appcase South Carolina In
this list he rvalions the abandonment by Congress OF
The proceeds of The sales Of the public lands 10 the new
States 10 satisfy their importantly These States Will be
asonlshed 10 learn that Mr. Cays land bill, 10 which
they violently opposed gave them The greatest
part Of The revenue derived from this source. and my
friend from Missouri mir Btnton] will t"uhess be
much disappointed to hear that President Jackson hnd
completely adopted the principle ohIS bill De T"cque
vile has communicated this information 10 u.s. and heIs
high authority. Hear him. congress-, says lie, "has
gone sell TO; The profit the nation at large The un.
cultivated lands which hose States contained But
the latter at length asserted that they were now uy
constituted, they ought TO erjoy the exclusive tight OF
converting the produce ese sales to their own USE As
their circumstances became and more threatening
Congress though fit 10 deprive the Union .: portion
the privileges which il had hitherto enjoyed; and al
the end of 1882 kssed law by which The greatest
ual of the revenue derived from Ike sale Of lands
made over The Western Republics. although The
lands themselves were not coded 10 them And, IN
note 10 this passage the author says: sit is true that
the President refused hIs assent 10 this law bat he COM
pctey adopted it In principle See message OF 9Th De-
cembcT. lc33
Here, Sir is fair sample OF The information which
passes in Europe, regard 10 and Ins
uons aud this proceeds from the modern Montesqueu
e. ne been genuine Montesquieu think he would
have said, Gen jackson has strengthened the Federal
Covernm" by arrcstng 1t ~ It's career of nsu'PatIon
AMI bringing back TO lis ancient constitutional course
rh,.', all danger OF collision, even OF jealousy. be-
tween ami The States has been avoided; and within it's
appropriate sphere every clog has been removed from
viz POROUS action 1t has thus become more powerful -
love OF the Union Is sentiment deeply seated in The
heart Of every American 1t grows with his growth and
strengthens with his siengh and never it stronger
man at tie present moment One great cause of this is,
that Gen Jackson has denied himself every power not
CLEARLY granted by The Constitutions whilst he has with
i'mness and energy peculiar 10 himsrli eXer:d all
those hch have been clearly conferred upon lie Gene.
raj Government But enough OF this.
Now, Sir ] cannot agree with the Senator from Er.
GINA. according TO the explanation which hr has given
that there IS greater danger of usupation by elective
President than 10y limited hereditary monarch. HIS
argument ln prove, that in this respect, H.
init ed monarchy has The advantage over our Republican
form of Government. flhs he true then our Govern.
meut IN one particular at least, is than that of
England. Now. SIR. upon what argument does the gen
lcmnn predicate tins conclusion: Does he perceive
thai upon entire want Of confidence in the PEG.
pie of The United States: He fears their feelings
become enlisted il favor of popular Chief Ma
gisralr WHO has been esced by their euirngts-l their
passions may become excedthai lie may ride upon
THEFT backs into drspnlic power. Nav do not believe
any such thing. feel The utmost confidence in the peo
pie As long they tcrun!n Intelligent and virlucus
they will be both able and willing defend iueir ow
cause and project their liberties from the assaults
OF an usurpPr whether they be open disguised Their
pa Ssnns w! never drive them commit suicide upun
questions. In my opinion. they have recently gone
wrong OF the States; but rely upon their sober
second though, to correct the evil On question: how
ever between liberty and slavery, until they fiji be
slaves, there can be danger.
The Senator has expressed the opinion, with great
confidence, that ours is far stronger Executive Co
vrruGcnt than that of Engand and has sustained this
opinion by an enumeration Of Office holders and n.
gumPn 10 which shall not specially refer Let anv man
institute comparison between the and he will find
thn Itpn TF hrtllt a,tnn
got II friend IN The library last evening 10 Collect some
statistical Information tor this subject Even now
in The time Of peace the British army exceeds l0l 0UU
Including officers; and their vessels OF war com
rnss,nR one hundred and nnety-one How will our
nny of IL GOO and navy consisting Of twenty
vessels IN COMMUNIST n. compare with this of
force and this source OF Patrouage The officers Of The
British army and navy appointed by the Crown. hold
eeas in porI'amen and engage actively in the business
Of ecctoneerIng No law prohibits then from exerting
their influence at elections; and the bill Of the Senator
from kTauckY in this respect, hears close resemblance
to The act OF Parliament No jealousy is manifested in
either towards the higher officers 1t is only those Of
the humber class who are deprived of their rights.
On The 9th Of January 1896 the public debt Of Great
Britain and Ireland amounted TO E760, 24 SOL 7 90 4
sterling. say in round numbers thirty hundred
millions Of dollars. The interest Of every who
owns any portion Of this national debt is involved
in and identified with the power Of the British Govern
n:cnt II is by the exertun of this power alone tina
the annual interest upon his money cal be collected from
the people In order to pay this interest and sustain the
Government, there collected from the British peo
pie in The form of'cusloms and internal taxes during
the year ending the 9TH January Ic36 the sum of
2 $50 9y2 IL sterling; say, in round numbers
bundled and fifty two millions of dollars What vast
field for patronage is here presented How does
venue, Of come twenty twenty five millions of dollars,
compare with this aggregated Then there is the patron.
age attached the East and West Indies the Canadas
and to British possessions scattered all The earth
The Government of England is consolidated Govern.
nen /, is moi like ours, composed Of sovereign States;
all whose domestic officers appointed by State auho.
ry The King is the exclusive fountain Of office and
o honOrs and of iubIty throughout his donnons.
What is The fact in regard 10 the General Government
With The exception "f post officers, its patronage al.
mos. exclusively confined 10 the appointment OF custom.
house officers along maritime frontier and land off.
GERS near our Western limits Throughout the vast III.
lcrmediate space man may grow old without ever see
ing Federal civil officer unless it be postmaster
adduce these facts Tor the purpose, not OF proving that