Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-20
RICHMOND, Va, TUESDAY, JULY 20, ISL.
o clock, 4. NJ

To ions TYLER Esq-.7ctias- Presdeat IF tic l. 5
Sir: With all respect, We beg leave 10 dedicate 10
your most serious consideration the powerful aad elo.
gnen, letter " hch We have this day thrown pom the last
page of the Enquirer, from the Jaly No. o! the Demo.
cratic Review We beg you for roar sake Tor HE
sake of your country, for the sake OF those common
principcs which should hold together the true State
Rights men, the strict CnnstFuciioniss OF the Constr
ulon TO read that article careully-,o pause now, and
ponder j. deeply What equivalent can you Obtain for
the barerny away of the grca; principles, which
warmed you into distinction IN firgna, winch bright
ened your path for 50 many years-and which stu
beckon you on, in the path Of duty to the height OF
.ame: 81 Arnold Of Tennessee -tll ,zciaa, - -
did On Saturday last, that s star Of Virginia ao.
stracaas had the ascencancy al tis ;nie, and Ike lie
deadly pas, blasted the hopes o lie American rn
Dc Ii this country 10 be under the hane ii ,ils
influence of Virginia abstraction then away w,.h
nerce, away with Prosperity, away with every thing
that benefit the people ci the Republic Sr, -"
have too much to b. deceived By this specesS
slang You know, that tins star Of abstraction AS f:c
Tennessee member IS pleased 70 term ~ the u
Druc;De AS one Of the ablest judges Of the General
Court, man in whose State Rights principles you
have so much confidence, told US on the I'd ins these
distractions may incur the sneers OF tools and the de-
nunciatons Of the actious but they are only another
name for those glorious principles which only
the Institutions ofour country Yes SIR, You know that
these uabstractions, they now sneerngly called,
were equally rdculed and Reproduced by the Federal
ISIS in the DAYS Of So 99bu that they constituted the
cal faith as John Randolph called 1.-THE immortal
Report Of james Madison-that tins Rcpor; contributed
more than any thing else 10 the glorious erie R"vou
ton OF l.0n-and that If We ever lose SIGHT of this po
lar star of republican principles, Tie States viii b.
shipg,rrchcG on the rock Of consolidation. Who eau
doubt IL: Consult the speech Of Of the stauncirs
| WHY'S III the House Of Representatives.. Read Cost
| Johnsons speech on The Distribution Billie mas
drawn one OF he most fearful PICTURES which has
been exhibited OF the overwhelming power Of the Fe
! s1,ar A
already attached 10 the Federal Ezecuive-of the de-
graded character Of the States, sknins and crorchng
beneath the Juggernlut Wheels ot The Federal We
beg you 10 read that speech-Wc shall publish soon
and shall beg every man IN the nation 10 read ItAnd II
ever we publish again another Edition Of Madison
Report we shall the descriptions or this Speech
as full md striking illustration ni the reality Of all the
fears which have been entertained hy the Republican
party, from the immense influence Of the Federal
power. The only wonder IL, how any man, who Sc
riousy entertans such apprehensons, should seal his
convictions by voting for Distribution, for Mammoth
National Bank in any form If my location, for
Protective Tariff for any If that batch Of porten
tous measures, which Mr. Clay, aud Mir Webster, and
their allies, expected TO achieve b. this extraordinary
Extra Session of Congress. Yet does this alarmsl Of
Tennessee with Cost Johnsons warnings still ringing
in his ears dare to nickname the principles which
alone are calculated TO from these dangers.
QLsfrac,ons You know better ana MIR. Arnold ought
I, know better. Who is surprised that the bastard
pseudo organ, we shouia hopel oil Tue W nv party vi
tins City, has raised the same miserable cant about
"abstfactluns :"
Sir, YOU know we have no favors TO ask Of you
ION know how long we have been battling for those
great principles which constituted your cardinal creed
At this remote stage of long Editorial career, We are
only the more attached those principles because
are convinced by experience, that they are the only
true guarantees Of our Rights, Union, and Ii
berries. If the Consolidation principle prevails the
Rights Of the States and the Liberties OF the People
ha f,p iDfu
chy You know, Sir, that Mr. Madison Report proves
that proposition If the spiri, of Consolidation again
is resisted, every extremity, by tue People. our
Union may be shipwrccked in the struggle.-Nr;h
these IMPRESSIONS most respectfully call your at
tcntion 10 the efforts, which making TO conrr"'nse