Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-03

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rolls entitled IL 40 action Upon i::e:'i' A.'1 ~ 80
- . 80. ,h,n lhs !usirn cGut r:gh, 9; petition ne
ncone no orrer have beg Tor ilvorsifoni Po"e''
ard tyranny independents OF ,'e'' M'''
ard vihou, sympathy FOR their woes, oet SEM va
ry) Their wiscst and best 10 nane sue" Jaws - -,
ec,.-e Ii this he nei So, We are yet seris n
,rnd o citizens lei still hug our rsht OF Peuton'
mi Il sc are tsremcn, why not abandon u as now
l.s mr. ,rcseryc il only IN remembrance OF lie S"ou
!, has done.--Saratosa ~ - Seminal.
,5,s. lie 4b,pyios Banafr.,
TIr itANERuiLt. PETITION.
Tie forty. odd petitioners Tor dissolution o. ''i'
-; ha,,. failed ;or the noncc, in Tie accomplish
nn Of that bsuecoicnt movement The phtidahr0PtstS
ad nv Adams and the latter, succoured b. Bots ana
~ others hr@e each and MI, alter froac'ea, o's
rcr,, Lnn,liatng debate, been frustrated IN lhe.r
praiseworthy exerons to sustain" t'
-, NJ u,,i,;on According the avowa OF the ms
oLons ,,1 turbulent fanatic, who had charge OF Inc
uh;i, ne,,t,on-iks tine had no; drrircd Tor such
corsrmma,ion as these asdious patrols Praycu iof.
The oppljcation, in the opi"ion "i ADAMS was some
L;a, rsm,,rfc but very proper TO be thought about
~ 10 words Of Napoleon, the ''pear was not ripe, but
,h ,,u,,nal sun Of; abolition would soon mellow the
frnt or dsunion. By-ihe-bye, tie citizens OF loyal
J,yerb,l. under the patronage oi the Ex.Pres-
dsnt ,he madulan or traitor, as CHARITY or patriot
ism shall designate MN, nave Done h,af'cHousiy
rar,1 ,ocrpl,s 10 the black standard Of revolt,
,,a ,hor 100. na;riculated and mustered on Tie
aor az IN. National Legislature, Is triumph OF DIS
or,lv and treason which may we'll rejoice, the foreign
a.. .e az domestic enemies Of Tie Republic. 4 stHh
~, ~ CONGRESS- bold and hardy enough 10 commit the
rc, not and ready discuss the expectancy oil peace
sbla sepata.on, will do pretty well for beginning.
How me ards there beside, who leaving
,he;, % the lurch, "were tciitins 10 kali, but
, r,A" A grave calculation OF the
4 y a. "a: !:
~ XnaT members oil the House, 10 Dc q
nrocecdiNg, wise, timely, and appropriate Merci.
FIJI proyidsuce ard has II come IL this, that Nr.
riui,--,yacaa mater rrRa, the abode oil patriotism
and loyalty hiss produced from her lons and sent from
hr cry metropolis representative degenerate as
no who aids abes, and insgates line most senomous and
mpiacablc ene my of her institutions, and that TOO, when
the assaled from day 10, day, secretly and openly,
a, home AID by coucer, from abroad. Our country
too on ,.oa brink ct hcstes, with great Toe, who
delays his SCI but mnrhing WIN ys,inn d,sn the
weakness which il is hourly begcttng.
And what Justification, what tolerablc apology, is
urped by tle reckless Atams-the parzan Bolts, for
tins wicked proceeding: The sacred right Of petition
sacred 6d(tcsttck We regard all the g"b upon that
tonic the most nsuierabe and artant nonsense OF The
times II is the most absurd folly or abstraction, cxtant
pon HE subject Of the riaht Of petition would en-
qurs- constitutional or legal sense, there can he
rghts without remedies There confusion oi ideas
IN the affirmative proposition, which condemns Il as pre-
IL xtnnsive only w t,e po,-er 10 grant II THIS be
wanting the Corner nngatory-nay, worse, II must b.
nonexis:fnt In Great Britain, indeed, where the
Dotsact Of Parliament is ,,aSi', there may 5e theore
teal p.opre,v in maintaining the right Of petition, IN
sense mo fad BY the Difference in the forms Of Go.
ysrnment IN the latter country, II IS very fuestona
lie wh Their they have auy Constitution, nowlilstand
mo The toa-,ed 3aand Chartd. In the United States,
the powers - Government and the rights 81 the States,
are settled with great precision III iprGa! covenant,
and the Congress Is bound thereby The existence Of
arerg ~ well freedom recognised in our Const
tutor and { any regard hat paradox, IL IS neverile
less, trn,h II thereiA Congress have no power 10
abolish sa.c-y, ihcrc IS either or truth in the
assertion at il IS bod vi to receive petition 10 that
end The reception, cs,1;cs the implication ncyi.
taby, that the petition may, or may not be grant.
ed And, II there BE- no Legislative discretion TO
nrant therS be right IN the citizen 10 solicit.
As practikl proof OF this position, the very men in
Congress- WHO, have hitherto contended for the rcccp
ton OF Abolition petitions, shrank from the
queucc Of such principle when pushed 10 lis extreme
by the nrad.caps vf ilGvcrh. The House Of Repre-.
scnta;iyes, by immense majority refused 10 receive
the petition 10 dissolve the Union but very improperly
omitted 10 xpel or eenSurc the individually J. e. Adams,
wlo had the hardhood 10 present H.
John NJ Bolts, the only man from Virginia, who
had the auGaci,v 10 for the reception ofhe Iavcr.
Ill petition. Bn equally strange TO tell, others Of The
Virginia delegation, voted to!ay the resolutions Of
sure OF alr Adams offered rs Gi'meT and Marshall,
upon the table. II may vel! be asked, how long will Il
Southern constituency stand by such men: