Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-12-08

onr nroduce high, our industry rewarded and our pros
ali these evidences of happiness and Improvement INTO
scenes OF desoa;ion and disorder, The results were
,rhons Hen regarded the Inspiration OF an crla,c
rronbecy rather than the sound convictions oil "ise
and well formed judgment. But ac~ "Ei!e Tue %
y.rnmen owes no deLi, which its ordinary resources
,;h, M, in n few wears eatipguisli-ToH while The
aceo and universal distress o. tie people demands he
l;uh.est turdeCs-whe labor starres, 'nicsiy grows
roo, our credit has confidence, and prosperity no
ah;d;c n place among us-naT, in the violation ci
saIoa,n and well considered compromising defiance
of all the admoniiiops Of dearly bought experience
IS mockery Of the spirit OF equity ~ lessst,on 0,
respect for constitutional principles, oil all tha sacfea
in obligations 10 institute such system OF polisi-a'
fraud perfidy, and oppression
uIynfsr y INST and economical admin straon OF the
Government, were The e1gcnccs OF the treasury 70
REQUIRE tin short, whenever revenue IS lie oblec',
am sure do not magnify or cxaggerale the sp'f OF
patriotism in this State, when assert that south "a
roliua would endure all, and Sacrfce ALL to meet Con.
sttu,ona demands upon her resources or libe:al''y
"But are bounty and protection leemately art OF
these constitutional requirements: lsit neectll 10 Inc
Treasury that the agricultural interests OF Sauh caro-
lima alone should pay, as tribute 10 twenty victories
in Kentucky as tax in the shape OF duties On rope,
,wine and bagging, equal 10 lis annual contributions to
The Golfers Of our own State is 1t necessary to re-
venue that woolens and cotton goods olforegn
manufacture should be excluded from our markets. by
duty which prohibits competition: is pfoholion
reasonable mode of increasing revenue, by means OF
IMPORTS And vet, his is the leading Characteristic
he great the primary, tie directing object OF Tie lale
enactment Of tariff culies
"Thus, gentlemen, have our people and or State
once more been subjected TO system OF rapacous and
oppressive legislation and thus do now diicbarge
myself OF the obligation of this department. b. invok-
ing the exposition Of your conservative iatuance 10
arrest the caamous effects Of measure as uncoasii-
uona as it is Just, and which cannot fail IN s IN
..l.nt-. ,t,o olr rI,.-
checked consequences TO ove'wheim the already Tef
burdened energies and angushing prosperity OF our
reonle If the restrictions Of the Constitution onF
dere legislation thus to be violated with reckless
ness and impuniiy, the American citizen has no better
guarantees for freedom than the sef of political Gus
crazy The form and the of our institutions mus
be- costly indeed 10 u.s. if liberty Itself and the pnssu
OF happiness are The only price aud the only sachco y
which they are TO be maintained
ain The firm patriotism and correct principles of Thu
Democrat pariy we may doubtless anticipate the CO!
operation Of faithful and efficient ally. Struggling
aranst the corruptIons and abuses OF Government IN
i,s long course Of and advocates anc
exponrnis OF sound currency, and economical expen
dures-suslainng the interests and the institutions
the South against all the influences OF bank DOMINION
and abolition fana;icsm, may justly calculate OF
their unwarering ZEAL in achieving this work of refot
nation And when the next recurrence TO the ballot
shall have purified councils, when the popular voice
shall have spoken the doom of our misguided rulers
when Republican principles regenerated IN the oelibe'
I
shall have dsplled the decisions of the late Presidential
then may we hope that the South sill again
cover her rights, and the Constitution regain lis vsor
and ascendancy. II is indeed deeply 10 De regretted,
that :he assent of single member of the Democratic
parly should have been accorded (eycn reluctantly
| though il may have becn) 10 measure which they
! have denounced with much ardor and ability
which they had discussed principles admitting
of no compromise, and which no considerations oil ex
pediency ought, or could, override What if the de
! oc tI,a v-pra
! if the Treasury bankrupt and cur rulers ella
morous and dissatisfied Would any of these cause
excuse Justify prcmediiaed violation oil The Con
suon, or a wanton imposition OF unjust, oppressive
and exorbitant taxes? IL would have been better thai
the sources of our revenue had been dried up, OUT
public mprovem mis- neglected, iortresses dlsman
lied army ds5anded, navy rottng IN The docks
our officers camorous for salarles and even members
of Congress unpaid, than that such breach should
! have been made in The Constitution. Time, and re
turning prosperity at some more propiiious period
tight have corrected, in their silent and ordinary ope
ratons all this disorder and arrangement IN our Stats
teal economy but violation OF equitable principles
neither ages prosperity repair; and wrong ind
violence done TO the Constitution, shake with the force
of revolution every pillar in the political fabric, aud dc
the very sanc,uarles OF The Temple oil Liberty
"Chershng hope, however, in the justice and wis
dom Of the American people-contiding IN The patriot
and purity Of the Democratic party ot the Union, and
awaiting, for reasonable time, the Glow end tardy
progress of legislative refo.n,-iet still remebe
that the of safety and redress reside in the sove
reign resources OF the State self-n the spirit nt
patriotism Of people in The frmness and wis
dom Of own counstls. Neither appeals to the
ns:ceapd patriotism of the nation, nvocations to
our allies nor anticipated sympathy AID CO operation
of Southern sister STATES, should be permitted for
moment to weaken efforts resolution 10 meet
all the consequences and all The emergencies of The
contest II is due to the consistency Of principles which
this State has emphatically asserted similar and
perhaps less aggravated OCCASIONS it is due TO the
allegiance which she has proffssed to the Constitution
it BETTING The high station of trust and confidence
which you occupy, that the voice of our people almost
unanimously spoken in the resolutions of the last scs
son-with ali its arnngs and invoca,ons TO our in
iatuated be strongly reiterated and
responded to, in the measures and deliberations OF the
present Legislature"