Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-14

trembes Tor It's Virtue! There exist old grudges be-
tween him and the Southun People, which Time the
Grave alone can close and qnench Virginia and
the chivalrous South were the pioneers in the
throw of his FEDERAL old Fa,hsr-Yirrina and the I
whole South were again the pioneers in the good work !
ofousng him and his worthy partner CLAY from power
IN lc2o-.M 4darnS has u good memory, and We ecd |
xprct for mercy his hahds Mercfore is that
solely influenced by this dsmonac and rnurseI,ss sp,.
rt h. has for years voted all the energies of his
mind 10 he end vi exciting our slaves ~ instruction
and massacre by The most niiammatory appeals and arts
and therore u.s. That the theme which his vampire
like lOveh 10 d. ell is The butchsry OF
Southern infants and the violation oi Southern matruns
But inettabIy mean and wicked as that old man is
without single solitary patiotie redeemng virtue
there those Tho IN OPINION are still mure rack
sd than he! What, for instance, shall say o those
Souhrn Wings who hesitate not to join this bare nssas
IN his hue and cry against President Van Buren, be-
cause the latter is sad To be "a NOrheJa PRESIDENT with
SOUTHERN FEELINGS" What contempt ls there
too singing, what lash too CALLING for those base and SET
tSh politicians who, in their infamous thirst ur Office,
care not TO rampe protector and best friend under
loot and TO caress and shake hands with The deadesl
enemy of our LIVES, our PROPERTY, and our
DEAREST AFFECTIONS Mr.. .7dams, .Noihern
Wing, persecutes Mr. Van Buren, in Massachusetts be-
he has Southern feelings, and his Why brothers
at the South join him in this internal persecution les!
they join The who styles 'pari-eaers and who
styles our sareS "hs Southern fellow citizen, Of African
descent, nickediV held in bondage :! Would to He1
that JOHN RANDOLPH of ROANOKE were
NOW among The living, and in Congress His chIva
spirit would be true 10 the South and oh! ijOW
with his laundering elcquence, he would max. that
wicked old man dwiEdle TO the dimensions oi Queen
Nab Where the Wing brawers and paste board
orators when they hear this murderer Of Southern rights
holding forth in Congress: Oh they are tame, quite
tame, towards their dear Whtg .3Loionst brother I'm
pudent py.,eRders eoqlrnc- To br sure that they
could murder Cii.y with Me rifle CIliey who was no
AbOhlI9nisl, although Northern mnn-ior our iirnd.
they have DEATH but for JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
they have only h0Hea pOrds! But, the DAY Of RECk
DINING is al hand,
The argument is now cIoSed-and consider the as
SUI to be fully and fairly made up, far William
G. Riyes, and so far The manifold hceses Of Wlggery
are concerned! In relation TO the first, it has been my
object in this, throughout my previous numbers, not
10 leave him inch Vi ground whereon to sland. !
have called Me record have called up his speech of
c3i and have t1pOsed him TO the scorchIng indgna
ton of the world have shown him have been highly
and hlgranlly inconsistent. have shown him To have
bssn yrannca and Caprcously prosecuting towards the
President-ca;!yng his desposm TO the HEIGHT OF
of ostacsDg the latter Tor doing and for endea yorng
to carry out OR. Rlyess own emphatic system and de-
claralluDs of lc3i With regard to his sincerity and
public virtue, no honorable pulc'an, be he Bhig
Democrat can ever trust III him again, until ne shall
have condescended TO give iat contradiction 10 Mr..
WSes mast scrcc charge against the purity OF his repu
taliun .Hcanehie, would advise Mr. Rives not to be
dtrout Gt0re The uorid and to be sparng in his
mal.a-propos scriptural and sanity illusions Such pha
rasa,eal exhibitions may beget him much contempt they
will scarcely gain for him much popularity. Mankind
have learned at length from Jr experience plse
the SanctimOni0us professions OF ambitious pOiittcians
! shall now close this number, with a short, but
emphatic appeal lu what have since long regarded
OF the most dislnlPresed and patriotic parties III
this country-the State Rights Party.
1t has now become a settled political axiom that in
every Government, whatever may have been the prmI
tive wisdom of It's Founders there must and docs Of
cessy exist tendency, aten, may be, but neverte
less strong and rrepressbe To enlarge the power of its
original grant Neither IS ii less true with regard tn
own admirable but somewhat complex system Of Go
yernmrnt. that curing the fifty that 1t has
been opra'i"n some strong and marked though p'a"-
S;Jis departures and reaxatIUn II not from the letter.
least from the manifest infant q! the Constitution,
have often times occurred 1t equally untenIahle and
susceptible of demonstration. that as C0unteraciing
check this consolidating tendency. the ony efficient
remedy, and recuperaye feature Oi system 10 be
found IN the JeNersoDian Virginia State Rights dec.
,rine of 9S99 But from the very dawn OF our Repub
Lean ns,iiulions there have always existed party in
/ this country-ouce known The Frde
! known the .AatiOnaL Repubiicans-and now, in
these latter days, substantially Unidentified as
| Hhigs-a Purity, which have made it the iundnnent-
al rule of their political creed, 10 throw the ut
most contempt upon this halowed and redeeming
principle of Virginia State Rghts-and whose ercry
energy has invariably bee devoted to the single end and
aim OF rendering the Federal Government consolidated
Monarchy, by giving the most loose and elastic inerpre
talion TO The Constitution which human ingenuity can
conceive suggest Unlike the vrtuons and eloquent
Clinton, when lie gave his Casting vote against ile re
I'd btRs " the pJsd SIaes Bank this party over seem
and aseorated, not only by the exercise Of douhu but
also by The fragrant assumption Of usuped and
granted powers Do ] exaggerate or mIsrepresen,:
| Have drawn this picture with cours too dark or loo
heightened; Addressing myself in especial 10 whom
/ I kn0r 10 be hghminded honorable and Hohu inttHi
rent neither be my OLjcC ish 10 deceive,
make some awkward and clumsy attempt at humtnggery
Do the FACTS of the case, lhPH, bear all
| have said, and much that ! could. but have not
lie thp IurJtTr pirnun Ilp LJUSn
Pats-ther hottest porzans and most able leaders, lose
not single opportunity Of spurning at and throwing
conlumey upon the legitimate rights of the States: is
it not jat that they almost NIL of them for most
udous peryerson most lnose construction, most con
soGaing Interpretation of The constitutional powers Of
this Government; Hho is for strengthening the F"de raj
Arm through Tariffs and magnificent schemes o Internal
improvement, through Bank, and through many banks:
through the usurpations OF The Federal Judiciary, and
through undue interference with the rights Ol the South
crn States by the hydra Of a boltonlsm? TRUTH and
| CANDOR answer, "lhe Federal Wing Party. ID" not
sume of their leaders daily evince the most conlemP,u
Gus disregard for cons uOnai serupIes and sanctions
! HENRY CLAY himself, Sh0, in lcll made most elo.
and unanswrrabe argument against the ceastuu
onaity of NATIONAL Bank tolls us but yesterday, MS IL
were, when proposing 10 charter TINT Bank with CAPT
tai Of FIFTY MILLIONS, that at was not necessary
! for him to say but ONE wo7d or TWO only upon the
| CONSTI1 UrIONAL QUESTION:! AGAIN, 'eho
were Mey that last Winter laid violent hands upon the
Constitution, in endeaporng TO pass through the u
Senate Biz apaby and hagrantly unconstitutional
n BM ABRIDGlNG ths treedom Of speech in certain
whereas the Constitution expressly prohibits Con-
gress from passing such iac IN any case W1AIEF ER
Now here was plain ard Ineligible provision ni the
Constitution set al nought-a precision, which the most
unleltered yeoman in the land could easily comprehend,
and rghlfnIly and rigidy inlepet-and yet be II said
more than IN anger, that there were men Of
first rate abilities in that Senate Chamber nh0 hestatcd
mt TO adr0cae-oho were ready 10 pass such law -
YES men of such undosbted genius and intelligence as
WILLIAM G. RlVES and HENRY CLAY, were ready
to voIne the Constitution Of their country-aithough
learned Of mr. Such 10 she unerring history Of the
passions Of the human heart Human ambition will set
the world fire. to roast ehesnst Of it's own Such
marked and undeniaEs evidences Of degeneracy IN the
public virtue and spirit Of Of our politicians arc
| TRULY ALARMING. And il is one of the worst and
mcs, demsrszng tendencies Of The laudInous Federal
School, that gradually, but constantly. ausbl!o
dsbeleve and despse The moral force and high sanction
of Constitutional Law. BY degrees, the vice Of evil