Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-17

'CHaHenge the honest secretary who ha
sshed thus Address, to publish the Speeches of Mr.
randolph and Gen. HARRISON the occasion referred
". why, is the Wing Committee so ignorant no
10 Know, that when made this charge in September
iooo we published these very extracts We intended
oei"re the Elections of this Spring, rcpubs the Es
says we then against Gen. H. Professionalism
we have hitherto been prevented by want of space
the Wings shall have enough ofthem, however, and the
irresistible facts which they disclose, before the Novcm
i Der Electon-[We will not repeat in this place the
passages called for by the Committce-as we repub
ish them on this days last page, from the "NaShciUt
| tnton so far from Sinking the question, we can
assure them IN the of "thc honest Secretary that
he had given out that very article for publication be.
fore he ever dreamed that this liberal Committee would
challenge its production. The whole argument indeed
from the n. Union is cminenty worthy Of attention.
II establishes the very problem which the Committee
dispute. 1t demonstrates that Wan. H. Harrison is n
! FederaSt. Gen. H. also took Office at Mr.. j. Adams
hands, at the very moment when party spirit the
| highest, and Calender was arragncd before Judge
Chase IN this very city, under the odous Scdton lie
took Office from him, he did under his son; and we nav
as well doubt his friendship for the one for the other
lilo appeals as his witnesses about MIR. John Adams
lcssrs. Bayard and Marshall two of the most decided
tcderalIss that gaced that ultra school Nosci-
mr. SoctS. To that school, Gen H. doubt belong
1 ed in $3.50
But why Gas we asked in lS3G) appeal to the crisis
of !lS' awe have evidence before US in the opinions
expressed by the Wing candidate and in his roieS de-
cisively showing that he is Federast in his Doc
trnes, and that he opposed TO all the great prnci-
piles of the States Right School O! Virginia What is
his general theory of the Federal Constitutions The
friends Of the Rights of the States have viewed with
jealousy, the entertainments of the Federal Go
vernment--the 1aritf-the Bank-Internul Improve
mentS--and empiIatically the opinions of the Su-
preme Court, which have sanctioned the most alarming
extensions Of the Federal power.-Of all these ques-
tons Gen ii comes up to the definition of Federal
ist-a atitudnous construconist of the Federal Con-
stituton. Why cant to US, as MIR Rves aud this Com
mtee have done about the Encennes speech of lS223
The whole stream of his and subsequent OPT.
Mons is against all the Virginia doctrines II any one
should plead the BaRk as exception, answer did
he but four years ago declare that he was not com
med upon it-and that he would sign bill if public
necessity financial fuciitu require it. and the
public opinion would require it, And how easy would
IT be TO satisfy such man, through such managers
John {. Wright u Co. that his own election
evidence of the fact Gen. Harrison is therefore Fee
deralist III his doctrines measures and feelings His
devotion to the Tariff until grass should grow in the
streets Of Norfolk and Charlcston to Internal Improve
ments in every variety of form; his adoption OF the
worst opinions of the Supreme Court, which lie cOnsi.
ders the great and only exposor Of the Federal Con-
sttuton contrary TO the Virginia resolutions of - and
99-his proposition 10 appropriate every cent of the
Surplus Rcvenu: TO the purchase and transportation Of
the slaves, with the doctrine that the consent of
single State could make il constitutional; and the pro-
position to carry out the clause about training the mill
Tia, by sending professors of gymnastics INTO every
into every high scmnary;-tlcse stamp him 4 Fede.
ralIst of the most atitudnous sect II he be not Fee
derast ii is indeed time TO change our language He
is even Federalist ofthe Webster school Does any
pan doubt it Then let the Committee read The fol.
lowing memorable passage from his Che viUt Speech of
the 18th July, l>.:,:
Il have thus fellow citizens, enlcavofcd explain ynr
principles upon which the Government al Union formed.
recommend however the Proclamation Ere Id,
the United state. Issued ON the 10Th 81 December last and tn
speeches OF Mr. Webster, delivered in tn Srua OF Tie tinted
10
Mr.. Calhoun containing eloquent
published BY issuing Poclanao ,cr., Jackson
has rendered service 10 s country greater magnitude than
1--WE repeat III our language of 56) "rhc Proclamation
contains the most satisfactory explosion OF the princ
pies Of our Government Why, this the very paper
which has given much alarm TO the orthodox friends
Of the President and TO the friends of the Constitution
So sensible was the President himself Of the c0nslruc
tons of which susceptible, that he had the
dor and magnanImIty TO come out, through an author
tativc article the Globe, and deny the eypositlonS
which had been given to -and may not still hope
that before he LAYS down the helm q" Government, he
viii under his own proper name contradict those
positions. But Gen Harrison does not stop here. lie
virtually declares himself Fcdcralist OF the Webster
School lie adopts Mr. Websters Speech Of -:'3 his
ext-book-one oithc 'ahomnahe errors OF which is
the following 81 maintain, (says MIR W. that the
Constitution of the H. States is not ieague, contcdcra
co. compact between the people ofMc sererai States
nthttr SOrcregR capacities: but Government proper,
founded
rect relations between itself and individuals We
make no labored comment on this doctrine. 1t IS at war
with all the received sentiments of our State Rights
School-of Jefferson, Roanc and Van Buren,
.7gain: In this speech lie declares IN general terms
without limiting his proposition TO Notification, that
rhe right of State ncrpoSitlon strikes al the very
foundation of the legislative power Of Congress: That
1T is undenaby true, that the trainers of the Consu
ton intended to create national judicial power which
should be paramount on national subjects. And that
tf,tt.I
nal i'm all cases OF constitutional nature, which
sumo the shape of 4 SUIT in law equity. (OfcourSe
the Alien and Sedilion actsD Madlsons Resolutions
and Report hold different doctrine.
Here then are Gen Harrison words, taken from
the yaphiet copy Of his Specch-no torgcd assure
them-ulong with the Exposition of Mr.. Webster which
he has adopted And now let this able Committee OF IL,
which embraces five Lawyers aud two Editors, besides
other respectable citizens, whole college OF politicanS,
one would suppose, but who we speak II with due res
pect are really writing about what they do not under
stand let them say, II they that they d" not be-
levc the "swecpng denunciaroms which the Republic
can Address has made Of Mr.. Webster politics We are
not at all astonscd at the pancgyrc which they have
pronounced upon Mr. Webster There is now much
sympatv in their feelings, too much affinity IN their
principles produce any thing else But certainly We
are ssn the midst Of revolutions, when MIR. Webster
can claim ssthe gratitude Of every rcai Republican,
We come to Gen. llarrsons relations 10 the Adolf
tioniss Upon this subject, We have much trouble
saved to our hands, by the eloquent No. of Nindcx in
this morning paper. We call upon every Republican
10 read it, on account Of the facts it exhibits about Gee
neral IIarrsons lcanings that subject 1t quotes
the words of the General himself III l-} And let tins
Committee make light OF the fact that he Joined an
Abolition Society the aye of IL years; let them rdl-
Guile the idea Of their dcendng him against any other
erroneous opinion Of his boyhood their rdiculc is mis-
placed their argument fails, consequence OF the very
importan fact which they have suppressed DO they
not recolect that Gen II referred in 1922 to the OPT
MON of his boyhood bit for rha purpose Was to alb
lure the errors of his hoyhood Was TO show that his
opinions had undergone change: Exactly the contrary
for it to assert, that II was caumny to ascrbe
IN him a different position-It to c0mriHcc those
who were increduous that such his opinions from
the age Of lSup 10 Mc time his -7ddrcss-that his ideas
of Abolition were the sentiments of "hiS mature age,
as we'll as of his JoyhoOd The argument OF the Wing
Committee therefore, recoils against them with tremen
dous force But again: nothing strongly demon.
sratcs that his boysh propensitles still predominant in
bis bosom; that he was anxious to carry out his Adolf