Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-05

a shallow, but somewhat popular prstenee Zoe the
movement in ques,ion-,hat gibberish OF Cons,i,u.
uonal Principles aud jirgon Of State Rights, which
demagogues mulIer, when they would bewiIch the
| multitude with lheir iaclntations. constitutional
Principles never Wind Gated Ia, when the party as.
sertins them is out OF power, are certainly moi
very likely ever to guide the country and State
Rights used only foe political quirks and quiddities
must 10 held rather poor commodity for defend
| Jog II.
| Instead Of such system OF governmental So
paisms, instead Of this mere chartered iussIety ;
Instead OF this political pet,cgging instead OF TINS
word catching OF ConstituIions,-it will be our
effort tn sustain State Rights of a different NTH
real, substantial. tangible, ami practical: no, mere
dnlee,'e fences against OPPRESSION not the mere
paper foriresscs of political castle builders: but
Rights able to sustain themselves by stronger means
than pratlng about them, and which all the tw adj.
d ing Ritehics OF the world can never bring into
inanity and derision.
Such must ever consist of sometime, 6rr,.r ,ni
surcc than this ware of Abstrlctions. 'rb,v ,,r,,
To found in the organized and active mowers of =,
State, rather than in charters old or new, or in COM
P'c's win stronger government, never kept, il il
NE the stronger. To obtain them, there is but ore
way; "nd that Is, 10y iniusng Visou-, Intelligence,
Public spirit, into your State governments. You
must apply yourself to affairs at home; call TO vour
councils your abcst and most virtuous citizens.
teach them tina; their first duty is there per
ieci your neglected institutions; improve your
people and your country add a dignity TO vour
pubic emPloyments, which will make your most
aspiring men 1.-THE true nerves OF every political a.,
eiety) cease TO desert you for the honours and oc.
OF tie Federal Power; IN a word, make your Stat.
Governments such as they Should bc-sueh rs ,bcv
never will be, # this folly OF expecting TO have
hlshts while you neglect Strength does not spee,
~ come to an ond DO all this; and when II is done
you may bury the Resolutions OF '9s, which their
"u'nOr iec1hted, and the most clamorous of those
Wh" swear Vy them, are the roadiest TO betray.
N"S'ri'nS by birth, we regard ourselves as bav
ing been citizens OF our own State first, and of the
United States afterwards. Nursed in Southern m
sutu'ons and 1oSiEg the peculiar order of socie.
~ existing throughout them to be no. only ind,s
pensabe to the being of the Southern States. but.
IN Se, the haPpies; for the several races tina, in
habit them, We shall, OF course, defend those inst.
.utIons with the almost ZEAL
We had proposed critically to examine the tor.
;lversn,inns of those in authority. bv ,,.,r. a,I
which, the American People have been d.fr,,,i,,
D 'htr knoSn val and Just expectations bat 60,
re iranscendns limits, and must reserve that J,y
innl We get 10 Washington. Meanwhile. boysr. |
IT, we utterly dissent from the cravcn policy. !
VINO" 'ce''hn'ndS acquescencc, because for three
years we cannot help ourselves. To help ourselves
"''' We must now demonstrate 10 tire pubic how |
lew asptanis have defed their will. and o,,,o. |
'ra'ed the Government to their own bene6t. md
h.,
. tue overthrow OF the first maxim of Repub,ics
nat (""'er the ConstI;u,on) the voice of the ma
'r'ty Is law To the Government. Nor will "a.
~ S'ence' consent to be regarded as aouu,.sc;rs
n what we utterly eNecra,c.
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