Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-08-13
Richmond, Tuesday, August AZ
FIRE OF THE FLINT,

Rights strict Construction Of the Constitution har,
become ral!ying word he banks of he Wes.e.,
waters who despair of the Republic: It is the s,,
under whic we have continued To Gsl.t for So wears
Well do remember how fought it. without an al.
scarcely out Of Virginia Bu, Madison's Repo, h.,
always been the beacon Of her Republican parry-,,d
how molly has she struggled on until her cred h.s
become The catholic doctrine Of the Democracy Of the
land! How arCsn,ly We commended with the old Chars
ton Papers upon this very pround-how often We bg
Tied "ith The champion of The NuIinnal lniclrranc,-
upon the cons;liutionalty of Internal Improve mo
National Bank. and the derisic"S"t he Supreme ccu,,
&c i, is unnecessary for To repeat Madisons Re-, ,
scarcely then read mich less had it become The pe
neral tex, book We republshed three editions oc Il bu,
their circulation was generally confined 10 the land
which gave il birth John Randolph once pronounced
il to he his poiGcai Bhls; but it bong time b,ce
il obtained that Influence, 10 which j; every say
entitled MIR Clay was in the habit Of rIdcuitnr he
doctrines Of State Rights as many Virginia na',ons
1t he well others whom had in cur eve,
when in leo wrote the Preface 10 Joan TaY!rs
:Cnnsruclion Construed. In that Preface gave i
faithful picture of the Times, when we said:
"Rnt. We have been almost deaf 10 the voice OF w.
dom We have nearly forgotten the prince pies at or
fathers In repeated Instances have suffered tie
Constitution 10 BE- .odden under foot, We ha We been
lately rushing rapidly towards the gulph Of cuusosl
ton We have even seen the purest Irun,phs Gf III.
Republican party 10 loG0-l, ("hen Alien and SrGl
ton Law shiverrd into atoms by an iudgnan,
peoplp) almost forgotten We have Il drcsul
promu gated from The Federal bench which cacuIatei
10 sweep down the dearest rights 81 the States fE.
inatuaon of The day has been carried so tar, that
have just attempt made, and bols'eed up By tie
deliberate opinion Of five eminent cOunSerrs, To- hum
bic the powers OF the State Governments at the ret Vi
the District Of Columbia
"ILe period is, indeed. by no means az agreeable onr
II borrows gloom from the apathy which .,
reign over 50 of sister States. The rrysosri
of State RyhiS Is SrG,cfy heGrd among Mrm aqd
Gy many of their eminent poiicianS, IL IS 0aIy harG
be mochcd at Hu, grod citizen VII never despair If
the Republic Among these good citizens, s John Icy
or Of Caroline. Penetrated by the conviction, thai HE
Constitution is in danger bat the balance has s"rlou
inclined towards the side Of constellation, he
ward 10 commune with his cUunrynen, aud 70 stale ~
them frankly his impressions and hs leafs
To revive those doctrines, and contribute cur humble
efforts their general circulation has bren one Of r
great obi, CTS al political laboTs They constituted
The great Shbulrh of Faith, 10 which We have away.
bowed 1t was these great principles whIch haze
iurmly determined our preference tor The pfrsdensl
candidate whom we snppnred-"hen the cH0c- va.
be made of The citizens OF the other Staes We
ported Crami ford, because he came neartr u that Stand
ard than any other who had the slightest cnaun
ui success. We waited To what crutse john Z
Adams administration would take ON tins vital sutc,
with an honest determination Ia Judge the tree b.
fruit But his fist, skyligh NeSs1Se under the ryrsr.
Amusement q! Mr.. Clay len alternative I" the ~,
gina State Rights School-and from that tnnnIsU,
had 10 declare an discriminating war against im. W
supported General Jackson, principally because We "ia
satisfied from document which We saw, a.lhIU.a
10 be sho" n, that he concuried "tn OIL
the strong State Rights objections whch wr had taAsa
10 MIR Adin:s's Message Thanks 10 Gen J lie has
done more than well express for the propagaa
OF The State Rights doctrines Enos hr MAJ have ait,
but lst do hm the justice 10 cay, mat lie has done
more 10 put down the Monster BanH 10 aTres. The ND
sysrein o. Internal improvements 10 make the Sac
Rights doctrines of .i- popular, than any other living
man. II is because upon these subjects, we're sails
field that Nj. Van Buren, would follow IN his loot;
Steps. tina. for him against any oi lie Wing
CoaitionAnd 1t Is principally upon hose sfourGs that
We declare war against Mr. Clay, The i.a'.tuclnaran
CunstructinrIs The Champion Of fi'y Mlmn
Bark The great father Of the National fand the warm
advocate al Nl't'nai improvements, tic latest comb.
ant in The field against The Ahuiionists Upon ih,ss
prncines and upon this issue, we repeat thai We wi
sink or S. in again with Martin Van Buren, poa thee
grounds we have said that Virginia wIiI 90 10:
NJ Clay; and abandon the great cause, which Is mle
indebted her than any other STATE; and whIch
sttu,rs her greatest glory We dedicate "ufsrTt:
TO The great Republican Democratic Stale Rights cause,
end therefore viii oppose Mr. Clay 20 the end Ct tue
Campaign
We rerice to read in ,hp following proceedings
of the citizens of The Western District Of Teams:
see the great influence Of those prUcip s--We pVcs
10 the friends of Judge White in Tennessee cOmms
forward, and doing homage 10 The We rImce
To see them re.assrrns those principles, whilst JUDGE
White is striking their flag and sacrificing his opinions
at the feet OF Henry Clay. Few circumstance,
have lately given US more satisacon-and wc tiu:!
ocr readers will excuse Us Tor the REMARKS wk.ca
they have called forth from our pen We beg them 70
read the tulOwIDg-aDd we are sure that The utsyll'
cans of Virginia will not only feelings, but
participate in our congratulations:
(Frsm the Nashville Uni,n, IF .qvgustl)
GREAT MOVEMENT ANON; AMONG THE OLD FRIENDS or
1.-THE old friends Of Judge Waite will not follow hu
over Clay They have tao riuca pride like sheep
in the pasture They are fnowngthe example OF Jut.
White friends in North Carolina, and pre- parng to g
iGpir hpaY ~ iE.
aroused upon The subject IN the Western District T.
old friends of White have held large meeting a, J,.
SON. the official proceedings of which, as printed b.
solve in the District Telegraph were as follows
(From The Hes,srn Distric, Telegraph
sin pursuance Of notice previously glv"q the ci'zsr'
of Madison County who voted tor The H", Hugh /
White al the last Presidential election met iDs pa,
on Saturday last, the 20lh inst when Capt. Allison VS.
appointed Chairman, and John II. Rawlings and RODE
rick N lver, Esqrs. were appointed Secretaries I've
object Of the meeting then stated by the Chairman
and upon motion, The following gentlemen, Hon Adam
iun,sman. BurweII Butler, Esq Maj Charles Srsfi
and Col David A. Street. were appointed t"mmn'e
to dra!t Preamble and Resolutions expressive OF the
feelings and opinions Of The meeting After re'!ttnsa
short limp they returned, and Mr. 1unlsman presence
the following 10 witt
"Hhcrtas. 1t is distinctly known that at the last r.
sidrn'ia Election large number OF The citizens OF 'a
county who had always proiessed those great Drmor'
principles which adopted in That memorable s".
gle in 1895 VIXEN The Federeliss driven from P"
er, concluded 10 support The Hon. II L. Wbne TOR 10.
Highland distinguished Office. upon The ground ih''
proessed the principles firth in Mr. Madison CO.
brated Resolutions adopted by The Virginia L'gsa'1t3
Many Of Us had known Judge White long, saa -.
known him intimately. We knew that he hae''
long course Of years, acted upon those Demociac P
cples which constitute political creed we H 49,
that early IS 1917, when he member o. ~, l
Tennessee Legislature, he mainly contributed 10 -,
passage Of law ssng Of fifty thousand CO.. a.
per annum. upon the Branch Bank OF tn U. , j. ~,
should be located in Tennessee. We inflhe' o." w.,
that, as Senator in Congress, he exrred the mo-.
uncomprom!sing opposition to the re charter " 49,,
Bank, upon constitutional grounds, os wen AZ a,
Of e1pcdcncy that he supported Genera -:
in his opposition 10 it in every way we Sns" y" ~,
been uniformly opposed 10 Protecting IaFn '"o 4,
he yoled against the Tariff of les, because cav
Northern Manufacturers bounties %, Of the poeA'I
the Southern Planter. We knew hr had voted