Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-03-12
General Assembly OF Virginia.
srEECH OF MIR SMITH OF CULrEprr

0lteraOiy opposed TO the Whigsinex bly determined
TO sustain, The Finance question excepted the Admins.
iraon ihey are my flendsl am proud 10 call them
So Hentetrn they are rs ! have always esteemed
than, OF manly iIankGpss, high and honorable bear
my ask thsm, can they resist the force Of the eyi.
dance have offered 10 their Consideration, They sus
tam Mr. RIves as IN The main friendly 10 the Admins.
'tann. a"k them 10 look around them contemplate
HE battlefield, witness the mastering of The hostile ella ns
10 kTes banner, and them sny Go they feel no mis-
giving Dnes cloud Of doubt float across your deem
conv!clIons2 What! will you siIe brother unon whom
The i"cman sword Is about 10 fall in vengeance: beg
cntIeat you pause. by The dangers We have shared
the victories we have the principles We have borne
III tumph-by all that is generous purpose and noble
III object, BID yuu pause j. your number in these
Halls, reduced by than halt within n single year.
popular evidence WHICH 1t IS your duty respect; Is
not the TACT That you are about 10 in open conflict
Wi'h te hxed determination Of an overwhelming mao.
riy 81 your Republican friends enough to shake YOUR
confdt nee i'll the wisdom oil Your purpose; Is mol WING.
gerry standing with tened arms ready and expect.
Ing to receive you IN br CmGrace3 Ard is not that me.
anchoy destiny which bas he fallen your peculiar psrty
every where else, calculated to make You as honorable
men, sItk"n with lUatlrg and disgust: Surely YOU
with numbers totally ineffective in themselves Tor any
PRACTICAL result DO not mean calmly and "xiby 10
adhere 10 VT Rre2 under The that the Wings
after doing enough Appearances will unite in his
SUPPORT Do you Gese, by such means, aid Mr. Ryes?
WI; you, with such assistance defeat your ffiends'
Can you, with such allies, sustain the Administration
TO which you have prGgtd your suppnrt There ia
strongest believer IN the rectiuGc AIr Rives' posi-
ton. hesitate and douht And it. Sir our Conservative
friends disregard aIl-pasS by, the Idle wind the
wishes OF the Democratic paT;i clutch at, with eager
the protfer OF assistance made thai by the Wings
and elect Nt RIves, urd he SHOULD turn out 10 be- as
greatly fear, the deadly foe Of the Democratic party
deep VII will be their responsibility TO their consu.
entS AID The county
have Mr.. Speaker, formed the painful nor.
ton OF my duty, and turn with increased pleasure nd
satisfaction to cast ny glove to the Wings The Task
before may be aduous but still it easy because it
will he performed with aiacrly. David. slrorr in the
right, armed only with his sling and his stone did not 90
forth 10 battle with Goah aud his beam with stronger
confidence OF success, than GO TO Tie impending con.
lest.
Sir, | have listened With pain to the bitter denuncia.
ton u MIR Rves, for that portion Of his public conduct
which IN NY jul gment, viii II his history constitute it's
brightest page And l. If other person will will un-
tef'ake briefly his yndication. Sit he is denounced for
his support Of The Proclamation lie never approved its
distinctions bat lie cordially and heartily approved its
noble and patriotic t"ct the preservation Of our g.or
Gus Union lie is assned for his support of the Force
Bail! What is that bill: b!! simply enable the Ex-
ecuvc 10 that The laws b. faithfully execu,ed-ge-
!" rs IS m1 ssann ns
the Executive Of removing HE ruJ!ie dryositssS
lhS great measure one Of indis pcnsaDIe neces
Siy and has been sustained after the fullest discussion
by the del brrare judgm Of the American people
he has been vIleG and ratuccd every form for his
pa!l in the great act of EXpuGcUn AS having please
tyrant, blurred the tcOGds u his couDlry--as hav wing
regretted and bushcd ii the part he nced-as having
committed in political scene, The objectionable sin.
Let any read his powerful and luminous speech
delivered that interesting occasion, and lhey will find
that he was Hearty, wiling ard cordial co operator in
great act Of national juslicelhc expunctiOn from The
record Of false aHd shGmtfn GJet This the de-
acelnrnt Of the record inflicted by laclIon-expunc
ton only expelled the iseIoCd and restored the record
to lis original pu;ly and brightness. | say then, Sir,
boldly IN the face OF this Senate, ha. u 10 the cnsiHs
scenes Of the late Administration The course Of MIR.
Rvcs had commanded The appreciation Of the country
had won the admiration Of Tie Democracy--had given
him broader and deeper popularity than had
aiei: TO ra 10; Of one yOung But Sir, here drops
The cartun. With The Democratic party, Mr.. Riyes,
within brief epnce past, stood among The first and fore
mu,t--"lhe observed Of al Observers" But now, alas
what change has he cl!ecrrd
But yesterday, the word OF Gear misl,
Have stood against iIc world: lies he there
And 81 poor o o EiUI reverence"
Gen. Jackson has also been bitterly and unsparirgy
assaulted from every brunch o' the Opposition l his ia
uninany permit me TO say, S!unw0rthy the eloquent
gentlemen who have shared in tins debate. Gen. jack
has retired from Tie Of State and seeks
hat rcpose rendered necessary in consequence of The
devotion OF The best part Of long life to The
Of his county. Is il manly 10 asSal! the dcenccess?
Is il verify to asSaii The absent, who .cgue the
blow? But ii seems The impotence Of Eaaliae revenge
VIII silt kieh &, The dead lion lie is feared, though no
Like FaslaH they sho" That 9" am afraid Of this
gunpowdrr Percy, though he be dead sd therefore,
Slrrah, with new wound in Your thigh, come you along
with me
beg leave, Mr.. Speaker vo:y briefly and rapidly to
review few of the objections that have been made
90 General Jackson-ony d very few-and only far as
requisite o,Tuth and injustice. The Proclamation has
been denounced with peculiar viruienccas the
of Immune able l!sas the grand Of serious
sch!sm in the Republican party. Sir, ] acknowledge
that paper 10 have been IN It's abracloGs unfortunate
paper. and productive Of great and serious mischief
But Sir it seized upon MOI as tie cause but as The
excuse for the extensive detection 10 the Republican
ranks whch i!en took place. 1t is, Sir, within the re-
collection Of ALL that serousant unfortunate differ.
pnce took place between General jackson and Mr. Cal
houn, some year previous 10 ,he PIocamation.-
This unhappy difference deeply soured the minds OF
many Of Mr. Calhoun friends; but personal Eiel OF
This character afforded Tor the dissolution OF
those political bonds formed by The profession Of common
creed Their friendship gone-their cordial interest
the Of the Administration had ceased 10 exist;
but still they generally gave the Administration cold
and heariess support, when the ocnmatIon appeared
and ai .ded that opportunity which had no douh, been
an yiouslv desired, and vas eagerly embraced ! will
no. say that the Proclamation drove none from the Adj
mins,raon who we're not previously dssaGshedi but
this will saw that the great mass Of those who then
fi tho RerrhIcan unks, consisted Of those who felt
Tim, MIR Calhoun had been deeply wronged by General
Jackson will not, Sir, delan this Senate 10 inquire
into The merits of this quarrel; FOR do not with sufi
Glen, accuracy remember HEM but a, the time my OPT
MON was, that NJ. Calhoun had done General Jackson
wrong.
'Ii it so, ii srrvous fault;
AIi gieyousiy hath Cesar ansgcI dii.'
But this hFanch Of the Republican party calling itself
the State Rights party, broke off from The Admnsra.
ton upon the broad ground that the President had aban-
domed the principles upon which he vas elected cam
no Sir, go into critical examination OF the correctness
Of this position; but ask attention to the political cir
cunslances of the country when Gen. Jackson was
elected at that time, tie american system was the cs
taished policy Of the country Upon this hobby every
ambitious asYirant compelled 10 mount who hoped
to ride power At that time also the doctrine of the
gcneral rttaTe The favcri,e doctrine of the Pre-
sdenl; doctrine. which rides every limitation OF
F. dera power and treats with the restraints Of tue
Constitution. Under these systems the Con-
sulion was wreck, heap of crumbiing ruins, and
i, reared by construction, vast and splendid
structure
Coming into power, under such circumstances, he
could rot have been nGcnsibe the dangera which be-