Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-26
,cTTrR FROM mr. q. GHAYS0N.

| q. -. MAcMURDO, Treasurer and Sscre'frr.
LETTER FROM pE. .. GKAYS0N
The following letter appears 10 the Alexandra Ga.
zete We re-publsh It IN justice to the Republican
candidate:
".uareh 6m, ISL.
I. To tie Editor Of tie .1eIanirta G4-eas:
uStR-An editorial article in your paper OF 18th u
arraiens me at the bar Of this Congressional District
and calls me to plead the charge upon the authority
of the Winchester Republican, OF beng " an oid ~
deraiist of tie deepest dye'-whlch ! understand 70
mean "federaiism, trReto Ase as ashsn '"se
| n The country." The distance you have travelled,
IN time and place. locate this charge, would seem
ample TO esop, and, 10y the statute OF limitations, u
nleaded at once TO turn you out Of Court-it beng
- wears on the 10Th OF last January, since r.
moved from Winchester where the charge is located
But lie assured sir not only have no disposition .
treat you so unceremonously, but, per CONTRA u you
will hear with the necessary cgotism, you shall be
INDUCED with rs full and fair replication a. !
can afford, impromptu, neither time nor opportnn'.
" allowing any other reference lhan 10 my memo
~ therefore, proceed 10 state that, oreu ana edn-
Gated 10 profession, 50 long as continued vs. p'ac-
,;ce until January, 1919, when ! removed nom
| Winehe.ter to nv farm III Jefferson county, resolved
"to sink the shop, was exclusively the professional
man not, either IN profession or praccf' po'
,icau from a conscious want OF iniormauon "hich
yrould enable me To rely upon my own Judgment.
Hence in the exercise of my right OF suffrage at that
ne rod had been guided rather by my confidence IN
| others or my estimate of men, than by any hAva
principle. Al this period my profession aDandohed
with much leisure time IN country NE, ana III want
of subjects for Dellectua exercise was soon PIE,
sented with that Of political science, both by sense y
duty and It's commanding importance i"nh"'ui
set 10 work, examined with care every authority
text and commentary in my reach, Tor The sole pus'
pose of forming judgment OF my own lfh'h was
nv only object was not then, nor am now, conscious
of any feeling act from an cxparte motive re-
collect TO have examined in this spirit the following
authorities, but without meaning to state the order
IN ,vbich Il was done viz The Works OF Alexander
Hamilton and Numbers Of the Fedcrast-1he Works
nj Fisher Anes-1he Resolutions and Debates IN ne
Virginia Legislature of % and W ana the report u
lso0 viz Madison s-The Political Works OF Jno lay
lo OF Caroline, Enquiries, Construction Construed
and New Views Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 81
inesable value Secret Journal, acts and proceedings
of Congress under the articles OF Conicaera'ion-Se.
cret Proceedings and Debates OF the Federal Ionseh
lion by Judge Yates-Elotts Debates OF the Federal
and State Conventions -Rawle On the Constitution
The American Citizen-Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson
-Nlarshas Washngton-The Writings OF Washing
| lon by Sparks-Dew's Lectures-Ihe Eladison Ia
pers-Thus down to the present time; and permit me
10 have long, very long since, under this process
Welded my entire and unreserved assert and conyc'
ton to the truth Of the doctrines Taught IN The STATE
RIGHTS Schoo-That the Federal Const uton IS co!h-
nact Letwcen distinct sovcreignties-hat all lis powers
| are deryatiye and trust Limited by the enumeration
Of grants and such incidental thereto, onfy Is shall!
in the words Of the Constitution, be both 4" neces
sary and proper gre fHeC to SPECIFIC grant or
orauts In the application of this rule deny 10 lr
Federal Government all power to grant charters oil IN
CORPORATION for any puposeto appropriate It's revenue
to works of Internal Improvement or TO distribute 'he
same either directly indirectly among the States
In short SIR am entirely with the strtd construction
school, and, as | understand, with the Democratic
Republican Party. But, these days, as II not fash
onable 10 allow gentlemen 10 understand Tor them
selves you welcome to the full benefit OF TINS con
fesson to make can old F.derast OF the deepest dye
I 1oF, n,rtyp tlts tl.I
forety in your paper which marked the tccusalon ana
am Respectfully, your obrdient servant
r. o. GRAlSON"
One word, by way Of Rowland to the Oliver OF the
Alexandria Gazette Ii asks, whilst the Doctor was
passing through this process, "what that hcretca
old sinner John Taaiero about? Reading elcmcn-
tary works for the purpose Of forming nfr opinions
think you, Or, was he not battling maniu'ly N the
ranks of the Democracy-sternly contendng Tor h's
nnncent faith, from which he has never sHcrved -
! All, Doctor Doctor this democracy is sharp tool
to handle, in your case "a sharp tool, indeed =
Yes, indeed the Doctor may it as sharp tool
against "that hcreca old sinner. II nc was Urn
sbatng in the ranks of the Democracy If he vas
then sss,ernly conendng for his ancient iailh What =
he now doing; What metamoTp hosls has he not under
gone? II is true that Mr.. T. "has never swcT''d
On the contrary he has swervcd until lie has entifis
, reversed his poles-unt his "chrysas Of Democracy
), has changed "to the full blown fly of Federalism =
aye Federalism in grain, in essence, whatever mask
it may please to assume, whatever the professions
i with which il may gloze over his ortuons course y
he not really in favor OF National Bank; WI IL
+ not ultimately vote for ONE and is this one Of h'
old Democratic notions Was this the opnion 81
Thomus Jefferson, and Of the ancient school Of De-
. mocracy If there be measure which was direct
. " ultra Federal, it John Adamss Sedi,lon Act
> If ever there amende honorable due to go
lated Constitution, it the bill which passed Con
: gress at the session Of So 40 in rcundng the ire
3 10 the heirs of Matthew Lyon and yet did not this ~"
. blown Democrat vote with small miserable minority
), in opposition to this bll' The which he gives
for hi, course in his last Circular poor and un>al
l. factory 1t certainly one of the poorest excuses
= that ever was given for so extraordinary antDemo'
cratic vote The fact the late Janus acsd Representa-
tive of the Northern Neck Processes TO lie Democrat
# hist in truth his feelings and his proceedings are ~
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