Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-27

JGUIiGT ALTERATIONS.
speasnot your reason. You shall hear from me again
JEFFERSON.
We call the attention OF cur readers 10 the following
extract from Mr. Buchanans forthcoming speech
AGAINST Mr. Berriens bill 'io provide further remedial
slice in The courts of the L. 5. II shows iat the
VIII: party have already done, and attempted to DO
more s.uce the commencement OF the present Anni-
nis,.a,ion TO consolidate all poitica! power IN Tue re
deral Government, and to destroy The rights Of the
States than was ever done attempted by the old fe
Ge.al party in the zenith of their power:-Gtobe
The vote upon this bill should it retain It's present
form will lie strict party vete. ! 90 not mean by
parfy vote on the present occasion, those epheherai
parties which rise and sink with The ever varying DC.
casons that call them into being mean, that II VIII
le pary vote in reference to the two great parties
winch have existed since the origin OF the Government,
and must endure until It's end. 1t Will be vote on
which will be arraved the SIDE, all those Federal
ISIS (f you chose the namel who honestly believe That
the poy:ers of the Federal Government ought to be e1
tended BIZ liberal construction oithe Constitution: ard,
on the other side those friends OF State Rights who be-
heve with ecua honesty, that The powers oil TINS Co.
already too great and oughtto he conhnea
within the limits OF strict construction Inc Sonst''
tuition itself gave birth 10 these two great parties ne
one believed that the power oil the cental government
was too feeble to restrain the States within their proper
orbits and that they would "run awless through the
void" and the other believed that the attraction OF
thus Government would become res'stess as 10 Ora"
the State Governments within lis vortex, and thus pro-
Once constellation. In order 10 increase the powers
Of the Federal Government, the one party sought,
by ingenious constructions, to engrat upon the Con-
si;tutlon implied powers, at war both with ITS letter
aud its spirit The other party COMMENDED lhat the
Instrument contained PLAIN grant OF enumerated
powers denea,ed by the mighty hond OF the people
IN such plain and legb,e characters, that 1t required
no technical constructions 10 reach their true mean
in-. From the very nature of such an enumera.
ton of powers, all those were withheld when had
not been expressly granted or were not necessary as
means TO carry the granted powers INTO execnton'-
Besides one Of the amendments to the Constitution
expressly declares in the spirit of wise jealousy, which
,en watched over the rights of the States that "the
movers not delegated the United States ny the Con-
suon nor prohibited by II to the States, are reserved
10 the States respectively or to the people 1t was
Constitution OF Government Tor the masses, and was
designed be- plain that he who ran might read
/, never was intended To lie delivered over into the
hands of subtle and ingenious lawyers, who, by nPlica-
ton and construction, might extract from 1t powers lar
more dangerous State sovereignty than had ever en-
tered into the conception oil lis trainers.
"Since the present Wing Administration came INTO
nower the tendency of tier measures, both Legsa-
tive and Executive, has been feartuiiy towards CEN
,raIza,on desire TO speak with perfect respect to-
wards my Wing friends on this side OF the House ou'
vet the rutl IN my opinion Jnsti!es TINS assertion In
This remark 90 not couine myself IN Tyler Wings,
or 10 any otlc. sort OF Wings, bn 10 the whole Wing
party tore Their. They have made, and attempted 10
make longer strides towards constellation within The
brief space of one short year, than We had ever wit
messed before, he commencement OF the present
century Sir, within this brief space we have had
TWO attempts on the part of Congress To establish Ma
t,ou.l Bank and each of them OF sucl character
that had success followed the e.lDri, the Federal TO
vcrnment would have been indissout.y united with
the money power Of the country, and the fecera
Executive could have welded THIS vast influence 10
accomplish It's own purposes. ! yield To tie Fresi-
dem, all praise for his vcocs Of these Two Bank bills
bu. he has involved himself III the pred'cameni
with the other Wings by recommending to Congress
the establishment OF great eHchoGuer Government
Bank. The plan for snch Il bank proposed by the Sc
crc;ary of the Treasury H. in my opinion, more cen
rax;ag more dangerous 10 liberty aah better caicl'
a:ed TO nc.casa Tie influence o the Executive, # this
bp possible, than either Of The baE! bills winch he
vetoed. Within 'h;s brief period the bill TO distribute
ie proceeds Of tie public lands among the several
States has became Il lava law converting these
States INTO mere = pc.idries the General Govern
mont; and sinking to the level of corporations, de-
pendent upon Congress for ,ais daily bread Since lie
nrescn. Administration into power, we haze also
enact 4 BANKRUPT law d slcii which place
The relation G debtor and creditor, throughout the
rrral States under tie of the Federal courts
and dcpves these States Of the power Ia regulate this
mporant domestic according To their own laws
have recently seen decision al Jadge Story, in a
newspaper Nv which The attachment laws o! MasSachu
selti are declared be Frustrated under our bankrupt
system.
We have also witnessed solemn declaration BY
The President that the sovereign people o. State caa-
not, without the consent oi oi The existing authorities
change their Constitution ot Governments and II they
should attempt 10 exercise this sacred and nalcnn5ie
riph,. which was sanced bY the Declaration OF Inde
pendence and the example OF the old States OF this
Union, that this would present case OF domestic vn-
lence in the language of the Constitution OF the IT, s.,
winch would justify him in putting II down by force OF
arms This would be 10 suppress an lnsurrectlon oil
the people against themselves, and 10 make war upon
them for attempting to deprive their servants OF
unjust powers and privileges in peaceable and con
stu,onal manner, unless the previous permission OF
these very servants were first obtained
"Again: We have received bill from the House,
which has Just been referred TO committee Of the Sc
nate prescribing, for the first time in our history, the
manner in which the Legislatures of the sovereign
States of this Union shall district their territory
for the election OF their Representatives 10 Con-
sress This mos; important question, viially identified
with State sovereignty, has thus been taken under the
control of the Federal Government. But, above oil,
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