Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-11
RICH MO ID:
TUHsDA, MonNINo. JANuAuYII.

TuEsDAN MoRNING. JANUARY
| to-We have no Collector the Moth aide Of Jamc
River at present aud must therefore, rely upon subseu
eers to remit micarsses through the Mail
What conceivable profit can Vireini, derive iron
I a months discussion OF Federal Relations1 Will
augment her wealth. Will il complete her In,erna
improvements her Railroads, her Canals her turn
pixies her McAdamisai rosds2 viii il open he
mountains OF iron and COAL and fcrtxc her field
and make them yield rich return to the tolls of IN,
husoandman' We put these plain common sens,
questions TO Col. Goodson and the other Rem.
sentatves of the South west-wc put them II
the Delegates from the Northwest and from IN,
Valley, and from Lower virsinia:-And through
them we address them to tho People of y;r,iri,
What benefit will tho State derive either in
an agricultural, commercial or intellectual point
from months discussion of tho sins of Con.
sress' Possibly 1t may DO said, tha, our Procs,
against the action OF Congress, may increase our 70
speetaoi'ity IN the Coniedeacy, and tend TO
strengthen and confirm our sovereignty. How will
I" effect these resultsf Have wo not protested and
resolved. until the State has pretty nearly become
oy-word OF reproach and ridicule TO the Other States
OF The union' Will another Protest and another re-
solve mitigate the evil, or diminish tho ridcnl.
which our foolish course is bringing upon us3 Bn,
how can we aid our sovereignty Ivy this condue,,
what can our voice avail against tho Bankrupt I,w,
What against a Bank1 Have we no, time md
again hurled our ,hundcrbol;s against the monster,
will they prove more effective now than Corm.r,,
Or II effective formerly, wherefore the neccs,;,v or
rosor'ing to them ugain7 And in rosp.c, n ,ho
Drtrioutlon net, what man, woman or child !, ,ho
Commonwealth will he benefited Nv tho ,.,.,, oe
this law IN virtue Of which, We will rec.;vc oro.,,
year, some thrco hundred thousand dollars ;,.,,Y
our duc1 How would the rejection or hi. .,,,,
equal to moro than half the revenue of thu S,,,.
tend to establish more firmly the rights of the State
ana TO enlarge md consolidate our sovcr,;,,,,
state Soveroisnty-or At lens, that State Sov.rc;,,
w which we reverence, is n substantial. t,n.;h,o
real some'hlng-composed ofwea.th, of knowIoJ,,
Nnn oil industry. Without these gre Il elements ne
national strength and glory State SOVEREIGNTY !,
mockcry-ns empty aud unproh,nblc as S,p,b,
Panza's Governorship of realms which ncv.,h,a
existence. State, by augmenting i,s resources
physical, moral and intellectual, augment, il, :,
vereIsnty, aud supplies the means of m,in,oir;,,
that Sovereignty. Therefore, every measure which
tends to improve the moral social and physical CON-
A.
sure, and as such shall always command orr su,-
port. ihls is our notion of State Rights and State
Sovereignty, as contradis,ingushed from the ;solo
tel, ehi'ing, sterile abstraction, which constitutes
inc theme oil kitchie's eulogy-which ensenders
'ef-concei, and haushtiness without the means Of
supporting them-whch impovcrishes the S,tc
and leaves us no other means of mnnt,inin, mr.
rights, than an mpo;ent pride and ridiculous vapo,-
ings.
We do not deny that occasions may arise. when
1t may be Mt AMI proper for the State TO inernoso
10 arrest the unconstitutional action OF CONGRESS-
But that we may do it with effect and tina, our voice
may be attended with n moral force, we should
only resorto our reserved sovereignty on great and
rare OCCASIONS. An every day resort 10 it, such g
that urged by MIR Holiday, is of all things hes,
calculated TO bring It into contempt, and render il
unavailing at the very lime when We stand mos, in
need of il.
To this effect, we find some very sensible remarks
in the Fredericksburg Arena:
The rally 10 principle ~
We are no "Federalist," yet we regret 70 nor.
ceive the Enquirer urging the Lesisla,ur. oe,in
lnte the bogs and morasses comprised within tho
terms Federal Relations" Cannot .,bc r,iIv IN
principle" ms is pleased TO style the late a,,emn,s
fiduN w NHc HOUSE OF bclcgnteS To Tho MI
hobby, be effected otherwise than by legislative in
terven,ion? Will not the thunder of the peonlc-
The sovereign people spoken through the halo,
box, suffice 10 hold in check our rulers Mt Wash
ington? II 1t will not, 'twere vain to invoke the
"Old Hundred" from the Legislature
Moreover, the pre,ensions OF tho Stnto to Tho
dignity oil an adviser, or teacher. TO Congress we
ieac, would undergo severe criticism and the co.'s
aturc be told probably that it might better cmnlov
It's time IN providing for the education of some itv
thousand persons the bOsOnN Of irgpi,
neither read nor write. We revere the resolutions
of'9S and 49, and cannot bear 10 see them cited
on every TRIVIAL occasion, especially in justification
OF those who WED them against the recorded pin-
IONS and principles of their venerable author. The
fable OF the shepherd boy and the wolf NAV be stu
dIed, IN THIS conneSon. TO advantage 10y the friends
OF State rights. The Proclamation and Force b I'M
have served to convince us all that powers Ms grca,
as those exercised IN the passage OF the Alien and
Sedition laws may again he usurped, and the ,hun.
der OF the State, Ia mode '9S and 'g9. needed in
reality. Upon such IN occasion the action Of tho
State might very properly be invoked and "tbe
rally to principle" would, unmplired by repetition.
be heard and heeded-es.ecmed higher than the or
binary noise Of rarty.
The same number OF the Enquirer which eoun.
tenances and uphods the agitators of Federal poli
tics in the Legislature contains also treatise non
the advent of the New Year, in which lis patrons
are told that the two great pillars of prosperitv
with nations rs we'll rs individuals are induslTu and
eeonomy-mnkc as much, and sare as much as Won
can.' This IS most excellent advice, and we desire
20 see 1t practIsed. The Legislature, by confirming
itself 10 the business of the State as much ms possl
ble, can aid materially in the work of cconomv-
Tor high taxation is certainly great drawback up-
on the peoples makIngs and savings The WhiGs
IN the House, have the power, and we hope viii
incur tho responsibility Of mailing the counter all
propositions concerning federal measures the con.
sideration of which, on the pnrt of the Legislature,
IS not lndspenslbly necessary,