Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-01-22

league and hImse 1t belonged 10 them L. ntrrpe': ana
he recognized The right Of no one tointerre III The mat
AS he understood The opinions Of IKE people Of North
Carolina they recognized dsttrrncr between ipsTuc
lions and other language Used by the Legislature Wien
he was elected 10 his present position. hr came into 1t
with determination 10 cur'umab'y. ar posi-
be 10 The popular will the prucip- which the :, na,nr
from Kentucky had admitted ~ De- and the only
question WAS, whnt the popular will: He believed
part OF tie popular will in Nor CaIoin, was 'Ea.
when the Legislature instructed Staor 20 for or
against particular measure, such instruction should
stand with him or the popular WILL whatever, IL truth,
The popular will might be; but that when instruct
ed, ii was his duty 10 exercise his best Judgment and
certain from the several within his reach hat
was upon the wioir, the popular will IL brcved,
theref 2, that he would conEu mtg the public
Sl in n. C., whenever instructed by The Leg.airr.
either 10 obey resign; bot treat every thing else
coming from the Legislature mcrsly advisory, aud
conform 10 it as, in his Judgment i. either did or
did not concur with the popuiai will. The Senator
from Kentucky intlaalrs that Of reasoning
lrads 10 the conclusion that if the word instruct
had been used should la been al liberty 10 nuk b.
hind this legislative drcaraon and ascertain what was
IN fact, the popular wall In his OR 81 judgment,
the reasoning led to such result, bu, precisely the
contrary They had expressly stated that they believed
10 be the popular will in North Carolina, that whenr
The Legislature instructed such !nstruc Ions 10
be taken The popular Ill aud acted upon such; but
in the absence OF such sruclions the Senator must, at
his own peril, ascertain that will.
The Senator from Kentucky, in conclusion, rather
ungenerously as he thought, cbidrd hm and his col
league for not bringing forward these resolutions last
week when the land bill under discussion II the
Senator from Kentucky would tax hs llec;lnn he
would find that at this session o.! Congress, upon every
question upon the graduation BILL both his colleague
and himself had voted against II As he had said be-
fore, he should always in conformity 10 The wishes
of his Stale, far he could understand them, when
they did conflict, in his judgment, With any great
principle which he had right 10 disregard. Las, year
ha y,.tpI far Tho aIinnl / ,ni (,s Inn
thOughD mistaken impression, that the public stn
ment in North Carolina, II not in favor uf il, at
eas, quIesceu Bu he hoped never TO see year when
he could not look hack and say, 81 am wiser this year
than was last lie not inclined 10 think that the
naiprity Of The pr0ple OF North Carolina opposed
to the bi ana should therefore unhesItatngIy vote
against il.
Mr BROWN in rising to reply 10 the Senator from
Kentucky, Mr. Clay. who, with his accustomed deea
cy had in very extraordinary manner presented HIM
self beore That body, arraIgn the Of his col
leage and himself, said That, in the outset of his re-
marks, he should protest against, and pecMpuri'y cha
enge, the right Of the 81 aor to interfere IN question
purely between themselves and their c"nsiitnen ta
hat right had that Senator TO assume upon himself The
Authority thus attempted 10 be exercised by him: From
whom did h. derive lIs authority: Where were his Gre
dentials; Who had constituted him their attorney, in
fact thus aralgn The OF members this IooT
Having felt it be his duty thus emphaticui!y 10
cept The assumed power OF the Senator and c"Gsder
ing that he had been fairly ousied Of the Jurisdiction that
had sought 10 assert lie WUuu now SIep 1uriler,
and say that he should peremptoIy decline, from high
considerations of what due to himself and his own
rights to notice any Of the topics Introduced by him,
join issue with him any Of The questions which
he seeks raise in reference 10 the Of discharg
ing our duties as members of this body IT, however he
had cons cred 1t incumbent hns; If TO refuse Join
with the Senator any OF ihr topics raised by him,
yet there some other things Hnlch il his pur-
pose 10 say TO him before he concluded his remarks
In the first place his constituents would dpu' feel
core had long been dslin tuhed for its peculiar deco.
tan Southern interests COR having volunteered The
present occasion, To appear the champion Of their
rights The friends of the great light OF Instruction will
doubt, in every part OF Tie country learn with no lit
tie surprise that The Senator has become lis advocate and
euluglsi What, said Mr. the Senator from Kentucky
assuming To pronounce, with oracuIar certainty and
authority the doctrines Of the right Of Instruction.
How long he would ask. had IL been since that gentle
man had entitled himself 10 become its teacher and
FOUNDER, Was it from The eminent ectvices rendered
by him 10 It's principles. when instructions were coming
from majority of the States Of Tins Unnn TO their Se
majors this nor, directing them 10 sustain the late Ad
mnisraiion in the mighty conflict then wagng against
it by The Bank of the IT, 5 and the political party act.
ing in concert with it: Who does not remember that
gen,lemans course that most important occasion
majority of ,hs Saes of this UnIon, believing that
great crisis in public affairs had arrived sent
solutions h. their Senator'S. instrucng them direct.
" and peiempcry resolutions so iranifd as TO he
effect fraudulent in regard Ia that great right but
commanding Senators, IN terms ana
unequivoca, 10 carry ont their wishes Did the Srna
tor then stand forth their defender and vindicaior
Did he exhort the large number Of his political friends,
then boldly Violating aud drfying positive instructions,
to respect that great doctrine? No, said MIR b., his
course was far otherwise. We then heard daily una
themss from his political friends against instruction. The
popular voice was secuted although it had been ex.
pressed in instances t,oice thrice to Of the
man friends in the shape Of positive commands,
Gnd standing foremost among those who animated them
f,f their hr-Ia
to unyeldng frmness in that course, the Senator
from Kentucky HIMSELF and yet he undertakes TO
become lecturer TO others on the great principle OF IN
s.ructon
Who did not remember the reception given 10 this body,
during The famous panic session To the instructions sent
by the patriotic State of New HAMPSHIRE her Sena-
tors the first movement Of the kind, directing them 10
for expungng the contemnntory sentence against
President Jackson, and 10 sustain his administration
against the then waged by the Opposition party and
the Bank of the S? The able Republican Senator who
presented Them assaiIed in debate this floor his
State insued and the common courtesy of print.
ing the resolutions Of instruction refused by the po-
c7 friends of the Senator who then held the power
in this body. With what proprely, then, br demanded,
could political party who had trampled The right Of
instruction. sco ned and condemned the public will, by
the high handed outrages, whenever and wherever
they had possessed the power with what poprrty could
they reproach others, in regard to their course, when no
instructions had been given them!
His constituents would, no doubt, be exceedingly
obliged for the advice OF gentleman IN heir affairs
who had been conspcunusy associated as one Of the
leading members of what was familiay known in this
country by the name of the "Coa0n administration
Judging from their past sentiments in regard it, he
did not believe that they possessed al this time any very
strong desire witness lis restoration TO power in any
shane If one member of that by-gone Administration
had right to interfere in their affairs by Offering advice
the great political high priest himself, who headed it,
ma y, with the same proprety, claim to oTer his And
where is the head Of that famous Administration,
b,Ia his ta v E,Ila
due TO the dignity Of his former station he almost
daily engaged in The disgusting and wreched pursuit Of
abolition ugitstion
Where, Mr.. B. would ask, the political friends
OF the Senator from Kentucky, who resided North Of
the Potomac, with some honorable ptions, 10 be
found on that question: The great of them
found in the two Houses Of Congress, and in the lie.
gisative halls of their respective States. pursuing a