Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-07

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let the voice of truth and reason be heard, and all will
be well.
MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION Ar PORTSMOUTH
The Democratic Republican Convention for the
FIRST Congressional District, met according TO previous
notice, in the town OF Portsmouth, on Thursday, July
%, 1910, at the Presbyterian Church.
On motion of DR.. William Collins, DIR. ARTHUR +
SNITu. or Norfolk County, was Temporarily called L"
the Chair; when, upon invitation OF The convention,
The Rev. Mr.. Hume, Pastor of the Baptist Church,
opened the meeting by an eloquent and impressive
PRAYER.
then appointed consisting Of one gentleman from each
town and county in the District 10 nominate suitable
officers for the Conventions; the CHAR appointed DR..
William Collins, Henry Robinson, JOSIAH Thomas, lno.
Crockett, Jonathan Hunter, and Augustine II. Tabb.
The committee after retiring a short time, reported the
names cf the following gentlemen, who were nnani-
DR.. OBERT BUTLER, Prcsidcat.
Col. GILES b. C"oKT,
Mai JoSATuhx lIuNIrE,
DR.. AETurR Il SMITH,
Ro. NJ. BorRix, (.
JOINS GopwIy. sr. ;
Gro. BOOKER,
B@1 r c. r';.' Secretaries.
HrSEY RoBISSox,
Mr.. TheophIIus Fisk, from tie Committee of lnvi-
, tation, read letters from several distinguished gentle.
men, which. on motion Of Henry Robinson, Esq were
ordered to spread upon the minutes Of the Convention
and published.
From the I!on. j. {. Calhoun.
WAsnISGroS, 18th July, $40.
Dear Sir: With every puss,bic disposition to meet
the wishes of my Republican fellow Citizens Of Norfolk
county, it VIII no, be possible for me 10 be at the meet
ing on the 23d inst. have declined several similar in
vitations on other routes through virginia and North
Carolina, all urgently pressed on me, which, if there
were no other reasons, would make it improper to ac-
cept the present. But since declining them. an add.
tional cause renders II necessary why | should return
home with the least possible delay, consistent with my
public duties here. My last lrttcrs,:rnm hume bring
unfavnrnhlc intelligence OF the health Of a portion Of
my family. ! beg "f yon 10 assure those at whose re-
quest you address ne, that had IT been IN my power, it
would have afforded II" much pleasure toc"rnpl.y with
their invitation to attend lie mertin. Of the Cunvcn-
ton. Wth great respect, am, Sc,
Thcnph;!us Fisk, &c.
DR.. 7. g.. Clinton read an able letter from Joseph T.
Allyn, Esq, late Delegate to the Legislature from Nor
folk Bornu sb, which was received with rapturnus ac-
clamation, and ordered 10 be published w,h The mi.
nuIes Of the Convention. 1t IS here suhjoined:
From Josrph T. allyn, Esq.
NouroiK, Va, July %, 1910.
Gentlemen: | greet your assrmbiage with the appro-
baton which will be cherished by all the State Rights
Republicans of our conmonc country.
The object of yonr assemblaGe is to guard The Con
stitutinn, and protect it against constructive encroach.
mrnts. The attainment nfthis end must be achieved
through officers who are faithful to the cause. Cir.
cum~tances have forced US 10 the alternative ola choice
between Martin Van Buren, of New York, or William
Ii. Harrison of Ohio, for the first Office in our republic.
For the private character and attainmentS al both
these gentlemen, entertain the most respectful con
sideratIon. My choice will, therefore, be directed by
the principles ut issue before the American people; the
most prominent Of which are, a Constitutional Cur
rrncv and a Constitutional Treasury; or a United States
Bank and a Treasury consisting of corporation securi-
ties.
| do not find that any currency is Constitutional, or
even just, which is not of equal standard value at all
times and places, within our jurisdiction. Nor dol under
stand from what clause in the Constitution the Federal
Government is authorized TO create corporations to ex-
ercisc power rs such, in any Of the States; even with
The conscut Of one Or more Of those sovcreignties. |
do not, however, deny the right and eypediency of the
States respectively creating corporations 10 exercise
their functions within ,hcir several Jurisdictions.
| hold that the Federal compact was adopted TO con-
Ter on the General Government all foreign power: hui
no domestic power, other than such as is Of necessary
exercise IT, the constituting the several States one great
nation in all their relations and intercourse with nations
or governments foreign to the jurisdiction Of the seye-
raj States. And that the domestic, or home powers
thus granted, are very few. The chlefof which are the
Judicial Department of the Government, the Pos, OF
fee Department, and the Financ al and Revenue De-
partmcnt, with which is included the coinage Of money,
and prescribing the weight, assayage, and standard
value thereof.
therefore claim that the States may, and of right
should, exercise all the prerogative of primitive sovc-
reignty, which is not granted in the Fede-al Constitu-
ton, or there prohibited from their exercise, or other.
wise prohibited in their respective State Constitutions.
Through the exercise OF constructive powers" /
that much of the commerce. capital, and pecuniary
energies of this great country have long been tending
to consolidation, and as the Government is being brought
act within constitutional principles, some distress is
inevitable to those who have been directly, or even in
d,.ectiy fostcrcd through governmental usurpations.-
1 ms, however, will soon he adjnsted in equal balance,
under the Constitutional Treasury bill now going into
or SO soon thereafter, as the productions and
Exchanges of the country shall regulate the
ability to purchase and buy, and we shall no longer re-
bank notes as the medium of dislan, remittances,
md as the only means of distant commercial payment.
Again we see that The imports into the u. S. are not
low confined 10 a single city, small as they are, nor
an the revenues accrning therefrom aid the finances
f a single city, with the use Of all the funds and ere
II of the Government 10 enable such city 10 break