Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-05

.hn s,ronr the humble and prosecuted against the high
d cxnlt,d can there be any danger that tins august
,unoI will tarnsh the lustre Of lis exalted character,
J became the humble instrument of its codrpari-
msnts in the exercise Of uni ust and unconstitutional
powers.
aud ouv eypositor of the Constitution, when the Elr.
rnia Report of 80 expressly disclalms the doctrine
7. denies the ultimate power Of III" Judiciary the
sole exnostor of the Constitution 1t states expressly,
that there are Of paramount Importance, winch
cannot come within the cogn'zance Of tic judiciary
And !, also maintains that the parties to the compact
nhe sovereign Staes have right to Judge Of great
attractions and are bound 10 ln,crposc to ti.
PROGRESS OF the cv-not BY Nuicalion for Merc !lar-
r;son and Webster right-Gut IN the numerous
modes which are specified in the Report In word,
Cen Harrison takes the very ground which was taken
in 20 By the then Federal States of Massachusetts,
Rhode island Delaware, &c, while Virginia maintains
the true theory ofthe Constitution as It IS promulgated
in her celebrated Report OF -.
Not one word of censurc complaint does he breathe
AGAINST the former sweeping decisions of the Supreme
Court-which have changed even the terms of the Con.
s,itntion-convcrtin@ ncccSSary into rohrcatcn and
they might as well have said eJPedient Their decl
sion in the case of the Cohens, OF the Bank, &c, &C.
seems to pass for 80 much gospel with General Harm.
SON In vain has Jefferson struggled In vain has
Roane wrten-in vain has Philip I. Barbour spoken,
in opposition to these monstrons docirines There
not according the Federal canddae) the least dan.
ger of its cncroaching upon the rights OF the States
and if the Supreme Court had sanctioned the Alien
and Sedition laws Just the Sedtion law carried
into effect in this very town. in the case OF Calender,
by Judge Chase, presume the General would still
have considered the Supreme Court as the only oracle
of the Constitution. Very different indeed the OPT
MON entertained by Thomas Jefferson concerning lIar.
risons nlalble oracle and his supreme abiter Of tie
Constitution" The Judiciary Department says that
really great and staunch Republican, has
tinucd the Reproduced system; and although ncw mat
ter has been occasionally incorporated into the DID, Yet
the eaven of the old seems TO assimllae itself to
the new, and after twenty years confirmation OF c
derated system b. the voice OF the nation, declared
through the medium of elections, acc nd tho "dcj0ry
on erery occasion, still dreing us into consolidation" =
JrGirSOn'S Correspondence, r0i q, p 3l6-.ig0ia--
he Judiciary ofthe United States is the subtle corps
of sappers and miners, constantly working under
ground to undermine the foundations OF our concdr.
| rated fabric They constituting our Constitution
from a coordination of general and special govern
mcnt to general and supreme one alone. They will
lay all things al their feet &c, ioi p.337 And
in defiance of Jefferson opinions and of the record, OF
the Court itself, will General II. st dicuc the idea
of ssany danger from sthis august tribunal:
| The speech from which we have made these fearful
extracts abounds with others perhaps still
ling. 1t is in this speech, that ne recommends the APP
preparation of the whoc surplus revenue, with the
ton of the slaveholdng States TO the purposes oeman
cpa,ion and pronounces that such consent make
the appropriation r0nSiituti0nait But OF the
Objectionable parts of the speech the last remarkable
stroke, as follows:
|
you principles upon which the Government Of our Union
i formed. recommend 10 you however, the Proclamation
Der and the speeches Mr. Webster, delivered
the States their last session of Congress IN answer
the arguments Mr. Calhoun containing M most eloquent and
satisfactory apo',o.s Of those principles IN" hare rfeeai 5ts" P
Gsscd By issuing that Proclamation, think General Jackson a'
rendered 10 his country OF greater magnitude than his
splendid victory New Orleans"
The Proclamation contains the most satisfactory c1.
position of the principles Of our Government Nhg,
this is the very paper, which has given much alarm
to the orthodox friends OF the President, and 10 the
friends OF the Constitution, So sensible was the Pre-
sdent himself of the constructions of which II was
susceptible, that he had the candor and magnanmny
to come out, through authoritative article in the
Globe and deny the constructions which had been gwen
IL it-and that exposition he authorized us IN March,
1887, to hold binding upon hun, Us II II had been
signed "Andrew Jackson" May we not even hope,
that the time is not far distant, when shall have
full and satisfactory revelation OF the whole subject
from that illus,rous man, But Gen. Harrison does
not stop here He virtually declares himself a tcdr.
rals Of the Webster School. He adopts Mr. Webster
Speech of 1888 his tcxtbook-one OF the "abomna-
bic errors" of which is the following: II MAINTAIN,
(says Mr. W., that the Constitution Of the | Statess
not i0"nr contrd'raCy or compact, between the
PsOpic of tie Sercrai Sat6S IN TIER Sorcrc3R c0Pdcif
bat Government proper, founded on the adoption OF
the people, and creating direct relation between itself
anu niiv ituaIs.' We make no laborcd comment
this doctrine 1t ut with all the received sent
ments of our State Rights Schoo!of Jefferson, Mad
son. Iloane, and Van Buren,
| .4gain: In this speech he declares in general terms,
without limiting his proposition to Notifications that
thc right of State ntcrposlton strikes at the very touu
daton nf the legislative power of Congress That ~
is undeniably true, that the trainers oie Constitution
intended 10 create national judicial power which
should be paramount national subjects" And than
the Supreme Court IS constituted ''thc appellate rbu-
nal in all cases OF constitutional nature which
the shape OF suit, in law or equity. COT course the
Alien and Sediton actsD Nladson's Resolutions ana
Report hold different doctrine. Hcar Msr,
Pga Irs} .Trl,
declare, that the powers OF the Federal Government
ed hy THE plain and intention
compact farther valid than they authorized y
grants enumerated in thai compact and that in case ol d
by the said compact the states wo parties thereto have til"
right and in duty bound 10 nterpos for ae,mg the
OF the evil and for maintaining within their respective inn
ed Roat"U Mr. Madi."ns PrDaSt Of ga s1" IN comment
upon this resolution declares that .rlate. >e
Intellectual against niactionS dangerous the
ta rights OF the parties TO IT, The resolution upposc that dan
powers, delegated ony be .urpcd
ted by the other departments, but that the iaa dp also.
may exercise or sanction dan-cr4H, powers beyond tc sr
parties 10 the Constitution, judge whether the compact b
the Executive, the Lcgraure.'
We address ourselves to every Democrat d. Virginia
But particularly address ourselves 10 every State
Rights Whig-to every Nullfcr even OF the entire
South. We address ourselves to such men as Judge
Upshur, and to Robert NJ. r. Hunter Can they take
this Politician to their bosom, without violating every
great State Rights Principle which they have ever pro-
fcssed Do not these opinions constitute him, to all
inents and purposes, Fcdcra'iSr
Let US, however, Citizens of Virginia, descend to
pariicuars-Let us what Genera! Iiarrsons
votes, when he in Congress, upon the doctrines Of
the Old School Let how bravey h. carries ont his
Webster theory Of the Constitution by his and
SureSIhls brings US ut once to the various
he has supported on Internal Improvements on the Ia
riff, and on the other specifications which opening
before
The Wings begin to think, thai they have boastcdo
loud and Dragged too soon. A change Is coming over
the spirit of their dreams They will not beat us quite
easily they expectedand in fact, they begin 20
fear that they will not beat US at ALL Fear ~ giving
way to hope-and the results of the elections OF -,
and 30, are rec ring to their uneasy magnaiIons--
They rccollcct how the cup Of Tan,alus snached
from their furnishing lips, in those even,iu! times
They then boosted as loud they do now-and them
as now. they wore destined 10 dlsannontmnmt- HE