Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-12

~ Oar invited Quests, hlessrs Gmer, Hunter,
Ma!"ry and Wise: Too honest and independent to ga |
cr'tice their principles upon the altnr of party.
IL. Oar Invited Guests, Messrs Coles and Jonrs osI
the House Of Representatives: Able and faithful cham
pions of the Democratic cause.
IL The rcmary Of our former Representative JIM |
W. EpPes The honorable gentleman, the able states.
man and devoted patriot
Is. Noman As long as beauty, intelligence and yr- |
tue revered, will good and rne men knee at her
shrine.
Tie following are the letters Of Alessrs. Gimer,
IInu,er, Baldwin Fcnuble and Anderson, gentlemen !
who invited, but could not attend
charlottesville, Oct. q, 1911.
Gcnllemcn: | received this evening your invitation
10 dnncr nj Curdsyille The 10th INST III honor ol
your Representative Col linbard, ami thani. Jon for
The very kind terms in which il was communicated |
would afford me pleasure to unite with you IN this les
tuny of cordial respect for your representative, and
should not fail TO avail myself of your polite invitation,
bot for my engagements at the session OF our Circuit
Court, which commences next week, ana VIII continue
for time. long absence from home mas rehder'
ed some attention to my domestic affairs an indspcnsa-
BILE duty, and regret that it will not be IN my power 10
lie with you on thst occasion.
The disastrous consequences Of the late Extra SEES
sion and Of lis leading measures, cannot iail 10 conf
mand the anxious attention of the people OF John
Randolphs district. Accustomed they have been 10
hold the Federal Government in all its Departments To
n rigid account for ali the powers granted under The
Constitution and to resist all entertainments on the
rights Of the States the preroga,ivcs n the people,
they may well he among the first TO sound the alarm at
the outages which il has been attempted 10 perpetrae
under the sanction Of aw and popular opinion 1t Is
now apparent, that the Extra Session designed to
iorestal public sentiment with regard to measures,
which it alleged to have decreed-ineasures
which never, until very recently, avowed as the
tests Of party association or political orthodoxy
single instance may be cited, us an example to prove
the design Of establishing political faith, under
the name and the excitement OF former party organiza-
ton. The issue of National Bank was studously
dsarowed before the late Presidential Election Can
dda,es for the hghes, Offices in the Republic were no
minated and sustained as anti Bank men. They were
elected and installed such y majority o! the se-
representatives. and Senators the party by whom these
candidates were thus elected, avaied themselves OF an
Extra Session, called For very different purposes osen-
sibly to press National Bank under various forms,
NJ ouestion already decided in the Presidential Elec
Ii on The President, III conformity with the tenor
OF his whole political life, and with the expectations
warranted by the canvass, was compelled, on Two
occasions to suspend the enactment OF Bank bills, ny
interposnp power with which he is clearly lavested
by the Constitution and under the solemn sanction OF
his OATH For this he is denounced by his party aban-
doned by his Cabinet, and arraigned before the country
as periidious traitor and it is now proclaimed, on
the highest authority, that III order to carry an nncoh
stitutional measure the constitutional power OF the
veto must be ubrogated. /, is determined 10 change
our forms of Government, either by the insldous pro-
cess OF construction, or by altering the Constitution,
when virtue, too stubborn TO be construed INTO vice. IN
terpose:.
Under these circumstances, without regard 10 Tor
mcr marty assoc,stions the public and the private
citizen is longer al liberty to suppress his own con-
vctions Of duty and il is not surprising, that parties
who once uuited these questions Of the constructive
powers Of the Legislative Department of Government
should unite again The Executive is not to be dreaded
until Congress shall have broken down the rampnrls OF
the Constitution and invited aggressions by their own
example The history of our Government, from The
close of the last War TO the present iinc proves
The presen; is an suspicious period for accomplishing
those practical reforms in The administrative policy Of
our Government for adopting the virtues Of economy
aud public expenditures, and responsibility III pubic oil
ce.s, which have been 50 loudly called for and which
our experience has shewn TO be necessary. nope,
then, before the public mind Is enlisted III premature
struggles Tor The Presidency, and before We are pressed
into The service Of any political chettain under the
n:w issues now rendered, something may be done 10
define and limit the powers of the Executive branch OF
Government to educc and regulate lis patronage, ana
10 re-estash the ancient land marks Of the Constitu-
ton. / nm as ready as ever TO lend hand in this
good work but, Representative OF the People,
fee, hound TO manifest III my own course that respect
for the Constitution which exact from oihers do
not care 10 alter tie Constitution so as to increase The
movers of Congress or the President but prefer 10 re-
strk each Department 10 safe exercise Of its leg't'
ma functions. ] sentiment, gentlemen,
Will you will be pleased 10 Offer in M name TO The
Your obedient servant,
THOMAS w. GILMER.
Ts Messrs Grigg, Baldwin, Hooper, Curd, Smith,
Cooke and Allen COMMITTEE.
n, Genuine R,t0rm-consists not in violating the
Fundamental faith OF Government, but IN essening The
burdens of the people, and increasing the responsible
ties of their agents.
LoVds, EsScr rig, Oct. Is, ISL.
Gentlemen regret that other engagements VIII
prevent me from accepting The invitation with which
you have lono-ed me- and which have lately received
RI circumstances permitted, il would give me great
pleasure 10 meet you upon such IN occasion, ana ~
extend my acquaintance III district so Gstinguishta
Tor lis early steadfast and able support of those prnc
pies whic! are now dc-ded constructions And
vet rejoice 10 believe, that with Truth 'tie strong
riding champion in their favor, they have nothing to
fear from their adrcrsaries, whatever may be their r.
sources either III wit or argument. Indeed, tie IN
creased vehemence of the assault would seem 10 snow
tina, they fear what they affect to despse. Well may
they fear the result, when the American people shall
have once instituted fair comparison between the
school which they rdicue and their own For II "ii be
found be but the old issue which has once before oeen
tried between the schools OF Jefferson a;d Hamilton
The system which would administer the Government
for the good Of the whole and not OF part; which
would consirue Constitution as II is ana not as lem
porarv necessities may desire IL to be, and winch looks
10 cu,ality in tie benefits conferred as we'll as the bur
bens imnosed by the Federal Government has al least
nothing 10 fear from comparison with one, winch
howe yer intended, may be said to be The opposite VI
nearly all of its results. National Bank with lis
enormous amount Of indirect and unequal taxation
upon labor and production, and with IT'S immense
powers over the people, and the Government concen-
racd in the hands Of those who are responsible 10 mel
thcr-a Distribution amongst the States OF the Pub
lie Lands, Of property derived as well by pur
chase from the customs as by cession-n other words
Federal taxation for State purposes-and Protective
Tariff which seeks directly to benefit portion of the
community the expense of another, and which! finds
in ex.ravagant public expenditures, the very food it
lives upon address themselves, it seems to be, TO
none of tie just Republican symPahes Of the
American people These measures appeal directly to
human cupldy untcmpcred By sense Of justice,
and ,hat appeal, if successful must result in general
misery and national depravity Governments can only
he maintained by powers which are ndeFendent Of
their suhecta, else by the justice with which they
are administered They secured by the fears, or
they maintained by the affections Of their people
If they look the FIRST they seek the means Of pre-
serving that power By unequal laws, which divide
cipy INTO Two clas,es-thc piandlrers and The p'aader
sd-and they make allies Of the first that they may
become the scourgefs Of the last On the other hand,
If they wisely look to a more enduring foundation in