Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-13

kets or stripping you OF your rights.
II IS miserable device TO cheat you by proposition
which warrants their conclusion only Nv its sound
But 1t said that the public domain did belong to The
state observation-disclosures ceded by them TO the Gene
raj Government for the purpose of paying the public
oeot anu that being paid is held by that Govern
nent IN trust for the State Governments. Each ant
every one Of these assertions denied and has beer
again aud again proved to be false. But il is the habit
OF our opponents 10 repeat propositions, however un
rounded and preposerous till by repetition alone they
give them kind of currency and credit and they think
ihey nave sufficiently proved such proposition, when
they say That 1t Is not denied Now, mean to mai
these base coins to the counter at least brand
them, SO that they shall be forever known counter
felt .fearyhe cho'e Of tic public lands posses
Ston OF Tie General Government was purchased by il
out OF ITS own Treasury. tits known to all of you
that Florida, Louisiana, and the whole Of the public
domain west of the Mssissp p river, purchased
IL never was held by the State Governments or by the
States, and could not have been therefore and
was coded by them to the General Government The
small portion of the public lands held by the Ge
neral Government aud which was ceded to it by the
States, not coded for the purpose OF paying the
public debt for any other purpose than TO defay the
expenses of that Government We do not think the
term public debt can be found in any of the
Deeds of Cesson from any of the States nor any pro.
vision for the payrBe Mt Of pubic debt; and we believe
the Deed of Cesson from Virginia at least made
before there was any public debt TO pay. There
grouad of preence, therefore, that any part Of the
public domain is held by the General Government in
| trust for The Stale Governments.
We it TO the true principles OF the Constitution
10 restore these lands to the public Treasnry-to
| eve It's own necessities-to pay its own dPb,s-to
save the "sacred and invoiae promise Of 33 from
being trodden under foot-and to take from the hands
of the la,,udinarans the pretext of increasing the
Tariff upon the South, for the purpose Of supplying the
deficit in resources.
But we have other grevous complaints to make
other serious dangers 10 apprehend.
Scheme after scheme is submitted to Congress, for
the beresi. of the Protective system Mr.. Silions'a
Of the House has proposed his scheme The Secretary
of the Treasury has just submitted his projct. The
suspended sword IS hanging the South The
Distribution is t. be preserved, for the sake OF the
Tariff The Tariff is TO be raised from 90 TO 80 40
per cent MIR. Clay who boosted much OF his con-
cictory scheme of The Compromise of 3d. has sound.
ed the fatal of doing it away and raising the du
ties. He is kindlng the very torch which he once
pretended TO have c1tinguished And who knows,
but the same excitement which formerly ragged, the
tumul,uous oppnsi.ion formerly threatened, is
about to be renewed upon the regions of the South,
is " the danger then over ?" With Distrihu.
ton, with the Tariff following upon its heels with
the friends of National Bank in possession Of
the two stronchods of cgislution-with larger loans
and increased debts lowering us-and with
Henry Clay, laundering behind, and leading on the
| Federal Party to renewed exertons, TO new Clubs,
to new Embems, TO new and nsi5ious hnmbugs, 90
net that SHE danger is not yet over 2 No,
/
snake is sco,ched, is not killed" 1t becomes you
all therefore 10 rally again and again, until we have
driven the Federasts at least from the House Of
Representatives. We should rest from our labcrs,
until after the next Congressional Election. We
mnst continue to open The eyes Of the people to the
misc of the Dis,rbuiion-to the dangers of Nam
moth Bank-to the oppressive consequences of the
Protective American System $50 called)to the latitn-
dinous doctrines Of the Federal partvto the identity
oe the Whir with the old Hamilton Federal Party-to
IL, nd tha of Henry IT.
resting the march Of The Federal Purity, we must avoid
all dssersions-a!l divisions in our own ranks. We
inst establish principles first, before we look out
for a candidate to carry them out We must keep down
all ambitious Gspranls-rebuke all factlous cahas--
avoid all premature discussions about the Presidential
ego for the country, the whole coun-
try, and nothing but the country.
/ A CESrINEL upon the Watch 7o'cer.
Ominous The Columbia 'Souih Carolinian'' calls
| the attention of lis readers to ar. Cahouns able
speech on Mr. Cay's Resolutions, in relation to the
| Protective Policy, the Compromise, &c.-and then
throws forth the following omnous remarks of its
own:
Ths false policy which their rights and
assaulted sirkingly developed Mr. Clay pretend
edadercncc to the Compromise at the very monen that he is
designed m the benefit SOUTH utterly value'css 50 far.
the advantages of have been wholly the side OF the Tarirs
isatons OF on their part utterly AT nousI and prepare
he vile system Of LEGISLATIVE robbery n"w about to
terminate And have they the bind aI!ood 10 srp"'e mat NE
South viii aciy subit TO is:-l; after complying with all
promise i'll permit them violate tes deprive US Of all
It's benefits upon urens,
oppressive tyGnnica those about to terminate Can out
rage 20 this and not an insult TO the Southern
people presume upon their submission 10 il: Come raat
s,tn,iana they may l lac in South CG'na, and
sOoa DECLARED The generally TOO, viii be very diff
fercnt matter q what il was IN ~ 81. ~
Are the hadcaps Washington prepared to raise up
another storm in the South VIII they violate the Com
promise raise the Tariff, before they give back
the Public Lands to supply the wants of impover-
! ;ul cd hoy on q
and grevous and sensitive Questions upon The States
as for example, the proposed feature in the appor
ticnment BILL which ASSUMES the new power OF lore
Ing the State Legislatures 10 district their States,
for the pu pose Of eIcc,ing members Of the House OF
Representatives.. We shall repuhlish of the
speeches in the House. for the purpose OF show ing,
that the power reserved in the Cons uton to Con
orese of regulating the time and manner OF eiecting
representatives, intended 10 be used only III the
case, where the States neglected refused TO dis
charge their duties, were prevented by any cause,
from passing law TO regulate the manner Tor them
selves Yet these mndcaps are hnrryng on to create
new heart burnings on the part of certain States
and producing contentious between them and
direct the States to district their territory, they may
take another step, and undertake to lay off the districts
themselves. II they may regulate the manner IN one
way, why should they hesitate TO regulate 1t IN ano'
Their way?
Tie ayes and noes upon the District Clause OF the
bill, show the character Of the parties by whom the
clause was supported opposed The Clause was
carried by majority only Ofhe l0l ayes IS were
Federal Whige-2 Republicans only, and MIR. Cnsl-
ing, whom the Corresp ondent of the New York Anne
rcan calls Tyler man. OF the 90 nays, So were Re-
pubcans, IA Wings, and Mes,fs Wise, Profit and IT.
! win.
Thus it is, it always is, the Federalists with rare
EXCEPTIONS going for strong Federal Government, al
the expense Of the States whilst the Democrats, with
very rare exceptions, in favor of strict construc-
ton OF the Constitution, and, MIR. Houston of Ala,
bama says, they are for restraining the action OF Con
g.ess within and prudent limits, and conhnng
lis legislation to but few Objects
OF the Virginia Representa- yes, six voted Tor the
Clause. viz: alessrs. Barton Bolts, Powell, Stuart,
Summers and Talialerrc-and twelve against It, VIZ
Messrs. Cary, Coles G'lmer' Gogg'n, Goode, Harris
! unnsins unhard, Hunter, Jones, Smith and Wise.