Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-30

defence OF Ciiltendens BILL and you say that you are
willing to abide by the sentiments contained therein
gu took care however, after defending the principle Of
that bill, not 10 vote for it, although you were in the
Senate Chamber when the ayes and noes were called
But this ia not all After considerable delay you
have published Speech the one you delivered on
CrIttendens Bill and have entirely changed its charac
ter and perverted the constitutional you urged
in support Of it, There are of those who heard it,
who say that many passages have been added and others
suppressed material 10 the undrrslar ding Of the ground
you occupied on that occasion. | will remind you OF
one or two and, if am incorrect, ask you publicly
to contradict the statement You eurgized De Tocque
vile III that Speech and emphatically than once
pronounced him superior Ia Aones9ueu but in the print
ed Speech, this rulogy is put, appropriately con
TESS in the mouth Of TalIeyrand. In Mr. Buchanan
reply TO you he has qunled your words which lie SAID
TO your lace he had carefully taken down from your own
lips, md which he twice repeated that ynu might explain
or rerCci this justification Of The Sedtion law 10 lis
fullest exient'-They are The following: In vindcatng
the principle Of the Bill you asked 81" man be gully
OF false and malicious libel against innocent person,
may you not (neanlng the Congess) punish him, with
out invading The freedom of speech Of the prPssbe
cause IL IS not the words he may which you punish,
but the iasehood of the charge the evil intention and
the injury Inflicted" This sentence you have entirely
changed n!er sober, second thoughts and you will not
abide by il. Again, MIR. Buchanan says, in his reply,
that you quoted with appreciation and sustained by ar
gument the following sentiment from De 1ocquevillc,
TO wit: That there is greater danger under Govern.
mcnt like that the Chief Magistrate may abuse his
power, than under limited monarchy; because being
elected oy the people, and their Sympathirs being rnng
~ enlisted IN his favor he moy go 10 usurp the ber
es Of the country with their appreciation; and after you
rose and explained Mr. Buchanan told you that he found
"he did not mlsfuoc either you. proposition your
gumenl Yet, this passage Too, is emitted in The
speech by which you propose 10 abde and there
other instances Of asmilar character. And do YOU by
such arts Of prevarca'on Gf the additions and onis
sons were wul) expect to escape the Of yoqr
countrymen, or TO change The iSeue which was Iary
made up Crlenden's Bill and which you know 10
be, not whether Federal officers should he permitted 10
their official influence TO contr" elections but,
whether Congress should by highly penal law, or by
any law, prohibit such officers "not only from writing
but from speaking any thing good, bad Indifferent,
whether true false, any subject nhatever, which
may affect any pending election, from that Of Prrsi.
dent down to Constable" Ii y"u satisfy The
minds Of any unparalleled men, that Mr. Jefferson ever
sanctioned suth principle, you will achieve what be-
eve to be, imprssbllity.
There several other little matters. including your
very liberal toast, which call for animadverson and at
some mole convenient, season, may resume The
pondence. For the present. farewell
AN EARNEST DEMOCRAT