Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-06
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..s Of the United States assembled on
n r. ",I o'clock MIR. King took the Char The
s any p,rs;drni, Mr. Tyler, was then introduced,
II wee - office. and addressed the Senate, and
4 tie Ca The new Senators we're then sworn IN.
,in' !, harrison, President of the United States
= " !" uttered the Senate, and assumed the seat
~ :, hun, immediately in front OF the Score
sue" 4, l2 o'clock, those assembled on the
,sc Senate repaired to the eastern port'co OF
sfa ~ and in the presence of an immense multi
tap.''. b;s subsequent inaugural Address The
81 ,sre was then administered by Chief Justice
I.,E >, no, had time 10 glance at the Inaugural in
We h,ss-but it strikes us, at the first blush, as
: w. ~ unsatisfactory Exposition of the princi
M. constitution. the state Of parties, or OF the
p" = his Administration. 1t is Webster ali over.
...,,,, d,<suse-yon cannot mistake ms nAhu-
'au" u,,,,on is general descant upon the powers
re NJ rIs.n,,ye-bu, that most prolific source oil ES-
;ae is completely kept out OF view-s d's'e
CIV. .,rct construction fthe Constitution, ano
ai % ~ s,tension of Presidential power. Extend
, '"asef" - ~. General Government at the expense
' p.s If the States, and it necessarily enlarSes
"' 80 II The President, who Is the agent ior carry
f' ,bo<s measures. The inaugural, IN fact, almost
~ I hrs over the great controversy, upon winch
ssasE ST.. hssn divided since 93-the contest be-
f.'f' Va p,nb,s Of the States and the usurpntons
'a'" ,n.E,l Government lie condescenos 10
w !, hr one remark, winch IS essentially untrue
aa'' IT, General Government has seizea upon
9. : -. rsseryed rights of the States. rs iaf
! " any omen warfare may have gone ''e 80 80. ;,
,s have amply maintained thrf eg"'s' :,
NJ MOO hecomes of the complaints OF the hepunh'
WA, Cor more than 40 years, Why have Jeter-
-" l Macon, and Barbour, and their compeers 80
s' Struggled, if it not to keep the General
r.",.nu,u n: in lis proper orbit: What becomes OF
y. ofnr;s 10 establish Bank of the U. >. IN the
s,,ssand roads and canas-and an excessive tarifI
-, N these fundamental distinctions between the two
,s. the struggles of the States IN behalf OF theii
,,sd rnh,s, to be done away: Are they of so little
,o, ,s No, even to be noticed in the first eaborat.
.,i,sss Of new President; This very neglect be
.~,k> the triumph of Federalism in the new ADM
nlralnn. -
r,e President strikes from his functions of thu
hest ua,ies imposed upon him. He even msquotei
- Constitution 10 strip himself OF the obligation liz
avs. II pom another occasion l have gwen my OPP
IN a, some length, upon the improperly OF Execu
,,e interference in the legislation of Congress Thu
~ article in the Constitution making IT the duty
- President to communicate information and author
.iao hun 10 recommend measures, was not intended
make him the source of legislation and, in particu
.r that lie should never be looked TO for schemes
i,ance" What other OCCASION Is not this the FIRST
rcaslon, he has spoken as Chief Mag'strate'-
Drs he intend 10 refer us to some by-gone speech oI
cher, But the Constitution does not say he is "au
:Sorzed" but it says he "shaH recommend measures;
Inn. odroitly converting solemn duty into discre-
.,narv power. He is bound to recommend measures
:, every other President has done-and he cannot
,rod IT, without violating his trus.-especiay about
aance-if il should become necessary for the em5ar
=. .snen,s Of which he draws palliative picture
Bu, there is one subject Of the deepest magnitude,
hn full firm Jact dove Ipn
nen,s We expected him TO come out boldly ngains
,le Abollonists il understood that he would Toe
ne mark a, least, firmly MIR. Van Buren,. But BIZ
his no, done it. He gives no pledge to veto any bill
Pc does not scout the petitions upon the subject O
Slavery He does not pledge himself TO pro,ec, the
District against the fell spirit But is as we expect
a. the miserable flummery of vague generalies. The
xo,ds slavery" "Abolitionism,'' .Anti- Abolition
ate does not once occur in this elaborate Documen nj
d metaphysical distractions. He does not seize tn.
sbolions;s with bold and vigorous hand, and dash
sr 10 the earth but he talks mincingly about "the
c,nesc Institutions Of the States of Athens and OF
Svz-rland-- of one State attempting TO control the
4gom,s'ic Institutions of another; and OF certain
~lnd If POWER being exercised under the direction oil
TIE nnt councils of the allied powers" and of tina,
switch IS reserved by the individual members being
in,,nrb!e To the common Government, or the indi-
vidual members composing it. Why this vague
rene-,li,v Why does he not say, whether sa-
Nery is not, in any of its phases, embraced
vithin that "fund" Of power, or whether It is
intangible BY the General Government Why did he
~, grasp the subject like man, and dennnnce all
ibotonsn all petitions, all interference with II in the
Safes or in the District of Columbia Or, why does
lie srauggie in only such vague expression about
lii, District this, TINT "he grant to Congress of e1
elusive jurisdiction in the District of Columbia can &c
interpreted, far respects the aggregate people of
tie l. States, meaning nothing more than 10 allow
Congress the controlling power necessary to afford
free ard safe exercise Of the functions assigned to the
Genera. Government by the Constitution: Does this
rean does it not mean, that Congress may in any
mcddle with slavery in the District what does
II mean It is any thing but explicit, bold, Southern
like Or statesnan-like.
On the whole, there is nothing in the Document cal
cuaied lul all our fears about the Federalism of the
or to ntmdate the fell spirit Of .2bo-
tios,sn
On Thursday, after the Inauguration of the Presi-
deaf, W.. Mangum submitted the following resolution
for the consideration Of the Senate; which lays over
one Gay:
RtsIred, That Blair and Rives be dismissed as
Printers Of the Senate fer the 9th Congress