Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-10
A SOUTHRON.
For TIE ENQUI"ER.
MISCELLANEOUS POLITICAL REFLECTIONS

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De''cated to the Democracy IF Virginia Il No. 2
The in Justice bgolry and oppression which prcc
tsed by the Spanish nqnisilion in the paimest days Of
its bloody triumphs not more repugnant at ic0a in
cOry than is Mr. Rvess tyrannical course in relation
to President Van buren, public G0hieO himself
scarcely experienced greater hardhps at the hands Of
the Infatuated Italian Priests LIT be home in mind,
that the and btteres feature OF lnqulslorIa y
ranny consisted It's Uanon capT3c0uSHCSS and let IL
also lie Lorne in mind that the greatest Characteristic Of
Mr. Rvess late conduct is caPr:cious oppression. He
cannot the President Of Inconsistency; he
charge him with jdidtsSRrsS 10 his duties poicssions
he cann0t charge HIM with having acted hypocrca
part and he dnrrs not him Of want of patriot
ism What then, Is his crime, IS ms: Although
the Constitution makes it The irnpeGrc duty Of tie Pre-
sldrnl ''7tcOmmtnd 10 the consolidation If Congress
such measures shall udge necessary and eTprdien
We, Mr.. Rives would fam annul this express provi
SION by assuming 10 HIMSELF this recommending
power and exercising the functions OF Presden, &c aco
but without incprfng The 7tEpohNbntyof the PresIGen
lial station. This, this is LSURPATlON with a ven
ccance This, this is nlolernbe DESPOTISM In
common with many others, | have for two years past
battered myself with the belief, that the Democracy Of
America had eced Mr.. Van Buren, as their President,
both MeorttcnHy and practically in The Fall Of lc'G
But il appears that MIR. Riyes bcrtS, and would
lave us believe, otherwise His nation seems 10 be,
that while Mr. Van BuIen TO he the responsible and
ostensiLic Mr. iliam T.. RivGs 10 be the acting
and virtual President II this doctrine is 10 preraIli if
this odlous principle TO oblnr the p'tceden be
tablshed and counte that er,ry member Of the u
s. Senate has 7igM TO exercise the Presidential Office
whenever his fancy se!(shncss mag prompt him
do iatn do moi hesitate 10 PROCLAIM TO the lGeemcn
Of the United Siaes that the time is not far distant
when this glorious Republic, like that o. ancient Athens.
shall lie dcspocaly ruled and distracted and yrnnnsCd
over, not hy Thirty, but by FIFTY TYRANTS!!!!
But high sounding phrases resorild TO- and the im-
pene,raLle H,gis Of .'Stnatoral independence is in
yokcd TO shield from the deserved indy Of
the Pcop.e Now feel myself somewhat al loss 10 as
certain the precise meaning OF Tins oft repeaed phrase
q .-..I
Is il meant TO imply that U B Senator tndtpc"dento Of
the people: If does not mean THIS, what does mean
NV Iie reading and reflection had led Inc 10 believe,
that the S Senate is already the most powerful and
irresponsible Of all the three CO ordinate departments OF
the American Governmen But there is certain party
no have always commended that 1t is not yet sufficiently
removed lrom the popular will That party belong 10
the school which Hamilton and The elder Adams estab
iIshed he the Republic yet in its CRADLE and is
the party which the younger Adams and Webster,
and Clay now Uphold But The great body of the Anne.
rican People have invariably rowned down this unholy
attempt
In The present instance wha, s udicrousy and magni
laouently termed "Senaoral Independence, Is what
every int llgent Republican must siIgmalse as Sena
trial Tyianny-Ard that may not be msappre hendrd,
will pari;cuarize. II is Senatorial tyranny for nEn
10 say and do hing in 1884, and to abuse ana o.
lracse other men, when lLey do nnd advocate mat same
thing in 1887 1t is Senatorial tyranny Tor man 10 say
in 1894 that the desirable u ect in the Wofa Is
| the .sres,nfaion Of the American Government 10 lis
TRUE, CONSTlI UrlONAL character and GeStma.
tom that OF u = III / LE SOI.iD, ham, "ot''A
| GOVERNMENT, and in lc3T, 10 prosecute Deiin'
cratic President for crdeavong 10 effect hS dtsTGhe
oLjc 1t is Senatorial tyranny for man TO say ~ lei,
that the COLLECTING, KEEPING and dsbursng
The Federal simple ministerial dliaS whcn
mus, OF NECESSITY be performed by EAECG " T.
AGENTS" and for the same man in 1851 10 h"io 'o''n
arainst this principle thus sought after and csa1sheo
nv him. and to assert, because the President RECON-,
~, nds these same Exc cuve Agents 10 be eH'p"jt
instead of The BnEKs that, therefore, the Liberties OF inc
American Republic ut an eEG! lind, IN "c'n II Is
Snofo,ial tyranny for 10 adhere with ante duVinn
prr,inacty To system exploded and vicious ana "h''h
majority nf the American People n07 rePtohnie; |" per-
svee in Thing with greater obs;inacy a fe'Hh eve"
! before its failure . rI,;,
II was thought The hsght the beau ideal OF desro'
itself in the I'M century, for Louis the fourteenth 'rn
t roucltv an arbitrary King Of France 10 say IL Ent
cs, ,noi'-CT State al am the State TTmai S.a y
ys think Of Mut man who, in FREE, REf ubLiI a ~
! AMERICA, can hold similar language: Dors n't
Mr. Rives tell the people of Virginia thai u tney ,%'
;, conntenance him-"the Stale, "'he Repubiic
;heres Of America" themselves will perish yes. 'e'
LAM c;,;zsns this is The substance Of his Iae Aoafess
! But pnsS to 0ihtr Memfs . hoo, ~ the
0rr 'Wb;g brethren have now for years oeen III Inc
habit Of claiming and monoposng for themselves *
cusvrly (hep arc rerv fond Of 'nonopohes "n tn Ia
icnts al n. dereuey all the principle all ne eonss'enr5
in The country Without stopping here 10 inquire ''''