Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-21


10 dsentangle the subject OF much OF lis difficulty but
re fnd, that GENERAL JACKSON enertal ms doubts
even on this branch Of the question:. Indeed poor
gentleman = ne seems 10 be sadly beset with consli!u
tionnl SCRUpLES roD" !!!-Whie, 10.
TIE Bank Of the United Stnes-'sWe have no belief,
that the National Bank will fall euen under The power
Of JACKsoNisM! Wi'hou, attempting 10 decide The
constitutional question ourselves 40 wond res,nculIy
cnGuirr in what schco! General jackson ssorcd his
,cisdom IN The science of construction If lie ators,h>7
failed IN correctly! Interpreting The second section of
The r"lrs and articles of war, should doHLt w.e her
he could eaStiy oveurn the established opinions Of pre-
cedng Administrations and sustained by the FRO
FOUND inrsstystonsl1nd luminous dgmsn,s Of The
Supreme Court! greater curse cannot in opinion
bcfaH this natipn than The SYSTEM, if adopted
Of unseuiing The SOLEMN adadientons Of the country for
party purI ses. If ANY QUESTION could ertr be
finally decded and pat rest. though. this Of The
CoNSTfTUTlONALlTY OF THE U. s. BANK
unS dscidediye one pfuctd Nop, itseems The nation
is 10 be e-ogitaed with this tremendous conflict and
what other purpose serve than promote personal
amb'li"n. entirely al loss TO cnnceiye!!
"1ae TariB.-A is not to be doubled all The indica-
tons OF the time are pregnant with The FACI-tat the
political hostility Of VIRGINIA 10 the IS great
| iy Ietnzed!-that the friends Of PROTECTING DU.
TIES are multiplying in all quartsrs-and that The time
Is mol far distant when this Stas will range herself with
tina. immense majority OF The people Of The s. who
have lRREyOCABLY DECREED that The PRO.
! TECTlNG SYSTEM SHOULD CONSTITUTE A
PART OF The PERMANENT POLICY Of the Ma
lion In few years mere, shall find the "Waiters
upon -ae eager 20 protect, tnat
lar vote Involving by possibility principle is not to
be construed into opposition the Tariff Of late
years they have been Iii. world in and
out OF season. OF their hostility TO There was one re.
naming chunce TO 0rerthr0io the TARIFF PRlNCi
PIE, at least, 10 reduce il the standard OF
rcrenHe purposesand this was, that General Jackson
when he spoke of favorng ''jud;cous Tariff, meant
one 0r rerenuc, and that he would throw the irresistible
weight OF his popularity into the scale Of Southern Op
positon' That chance has gone, and his Southern
friends have the felicity Of knowing that by elecl'ng
him, they have enombed their last hope and eiinehed
the las, nail of the COFFIN with their hand So
far as the question IS once feeling, rejoice at the
RESULT! PIeponderatIng before, his message has
FINALLY and FOREVER. TURNED TIE SCALE
| IN FAVOR OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEMn!-
We rejoice in it for t,co REASONS-frst, because Of
ter the most deliberate examination which capa
bic of mixing, WI BELIEVE IT GOOD FOR THE
COUNTRY-and secondly, because the UARlYAL
LED popularity OF Gen Jacksons will recommend il
TO The affections of MANY-remore the PREJUDICE
PACIFIC ENDURANCE, than under less popu
lar President might perhaps have been anticipated
RichmOad nhg, Januuiy 1890
".Nuliifcation.-What the difference is between the
conduct Of Massachusetts in 1912 and of S Carolina
1928, except that the litter threatened to do the cu
patte act for a LESS SUFFICIENT CAUSE, we have
never been able TO Giscover."-JIhig, 1880
"The (Carolina) Telescope will find, when the time
comes, that coaxng will prove quite Intellectual in in
duciDg Virginia to embark with Carolina in her pro
posed crusade against the Union, as BULLYING has
proved in regard 10 the TARIFF! We1epeGt, that pub
lie feeling far from sympahisng in the violent e1re
mites which FEW I've include mol The people of S
CaroIina) FaNATICAL politicians in the SOUTH
,nue 10 menace, most decidedly repudales and abhos.
[D
at is instructive 10 witness The progress of human
opinion. Until MIR. Philip Pcndleton Barbour, u few
years ago venlured in the plenude OF his hair splitting
propensity. TO question the consti.uonaliy of the Ia
RIFF, such idea had probably not entered a dozen
heads 1t, however, was adopted BY many who uishsd
it TO be true, and in few years has rpened into in
con,r0verlible axiom No man, who respects his popu
laTy, thinks Of calling il in question The Multiplying
doctrine started in the same int'denGl way, and
found friends from the causes until when only
few years old VIC find Gen Sumpler holding this Ian.
guage: That the Legislature Says he) as sovereign
power, nuy the Unconstitutional acts OF the Ge.
neral Government is the primary doctrine OF the State
Rights party So @" What SAY State Rights
gentlemen particularly Barbour our Richie and
the rest of the rsal Simon Pures TO lhs unconstitutional
position Of General Snm,er They do not approve it
know they no not cannof but schy do they not at
tack il Then who beaboured Massachusetts in 1913
for similar HEREST; whose keen aud nsncious noses
scent danger The Constitution and Sas Rights erey
bre,.c that from Kentucky huston, hoo it that
this unconstitutional doctrine, neo absurd so
strous, overwhelmingly dangerous, has failed 10 pro.
woke Than The genlIcs md mildest Specification of
dissent" p Uhig, December, ls3o.
! The Indian QucStiOn.-'FirSt, then, think the
whole passage about the Indians, which the Enquirer
| thinks ga beautiful and powerful composilion, is
arui attempt disguise Tie most niquitous project that
conceived by The rulers of great nation to-
wards feeble, deienceless and almost eXlrpaed race
"The Indians Of Alabama and Georgia have been adj
vscd,' Gays The Message "eithe: To emigrae beyond
The Mississippi, or submit 10 the laws of those States =
These the nlternatiyesand ice will venture TO say,
that A MORE UNAUTHORIZED INVASION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS: a open and daring invasion
of the Constitution and Laws OF the United States
Jore meditasd by President Jackson himself
This language TO the Indians, when truly interpreted
nothing less than this YOU mast forth
with abandon your lands which you have cultivated
and improved-you must fly from your native woods,
your ancient hunnggrounds, and the graves Of your
fathers submit yourselves TO the laws OF those ucry
people who are seeking your destruction, &c, &c.
Richmond Wig Dec, 1890.
At the conclusion Of these beautiful extracts one is
almost mechanically forced to excaim-"Wha, stead.
fas, friend Of State Rghts-what steadast friend Of
Southern interests and Southern Rights what an
arnabe defender of the old doctrines of Virginia, has
been The Richmond WHICH,! Will it do US the jaror
Of ieeurng the venerable sentinel Of the Enquirer
more about his deseron Of Estate Rights? Do, Mr..
Whig-nnd lecture the worthy friend Of spencer RoAsE
on his adherence TO Federalism!
Heaven best knows, that at this moment Of my exist
ence, bear malice-that have rescntments
10 appease-no bad passions 10 crafty. But confess
that my natural moderation is provoked, and that my
indignation is aroused TO see the Richmond Wing i'm
peach The Enquirer on The score of Federalism!
Hhere, ask, in the name Of the CONSTITUTION
and of STATE RlGHTS-WlIERE would Virginia
lhe good old Stale have been, had she olIowedin
the footsteps and obeyed the ignis Jatuus principles of
The Wing? Had these false lights been needed, would
not the mother of Jefferson and Of Patrick Henry
ere this, met the treacheroas embraces of FEDERAL
ISM? Do not The foregoing extracts inculcae the
else Of The most latitudnous construction-the most
odious consolidation Have done injustice TO the
Wing: Have done aught more, than give and cite its
own exn Let the Wing blame ITSELF What contempt has
il mol thrown upon State Rghs-that pure and redeem
ing and noble recuperave feature Of Republican
SYSTEM Yes with lis andouGted talents, what mischief
has il not done the CAUSE!! And nop ,rhere is the
Wing. Cooperating with whom it has declared
guilty of moral turpllude which ngss of penence
voring ostracise the President because the latter
has recommended TO Congress system which The Edi
tor of the Wing has eoquenly vindcated as the "irees
from CORRUPT TENDENCIES Of ANY iejt aritia
The choice Of Congress'm
Are you, Republicans Of Virginia! the same men of
pnre2 lc Won are-and believe Won aHe-THEN. 10