Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-07
TIE RESOLUTIONS.

The name. in which Tie brrf Resolutions On Fedc
raj aFalrs were passed through the Legislature the
other day has excited the ire Of the Whge. Do they
understand The mat,er' We shall explain it 10
friends, ard request them TO cool the passion oil our
Wing friends by repeating The explanation.
The Resolutions introduced by Col. Randolph,
Who moved 10 Lap them The table, in order that The
Hnusc might take tune II they saw hi, 10 consider them
Mr. Smith Of Harrison, W hig, immediately moved
The indefinite puslpuncment, Of the whole batch, there.
by she wing n readiness 10 vote upon them all Tie
previous question called, and the whole Wing party
voted for the nde finite pnstponemen IN other words,
positively, bot indirectly against the resolutions But
when the 10 be uken directly upon the same
Resolutions they lodged H. though they had just before
given Indirect against then under The prelence
Tint they could mol examine and reflect on the resou
tons. Now, takes just ns much time TO consider
resolution which you vote against as one which you
vote for. And IL is OF as much importance 10 pass
gond resolution Us 10 reject bad one. IL the Wigs
did not understand the resolutions, they should have
said so a, first By putting il of they this
ference either that they dad no, understand what they
we're dong first tina! they did understand and al
crward pretended that they dad rot. We leave il Ia
hem to settle that point with their constituents. All
" no read the resolutions viii tina, they plain,
and embody proposons some of which ore al least
old as 30, and others, ni recent birth,
we'll understood, though not commonly assenied 10.
There is not pom: upon which every member of
the Assembly had not fully expressed his opinion more
than They wished 10 get rid OF direct vote
ny such quesions because they knew that preserv-
ing their fidelity their party, they lose their
popularity with the people.
The daily expenses Of the Legislature are, he.
lieve abnnl SS00 per day Nav, shy that they had
taken SIX dave debate the resolutions (and We as.
a very moderate me;) then the State would hav
paid 81 sG0-n order that The Wings might make cleo.
tioneerng speeches subjects winch have excited tho
atrn'ton, and divided tho parties oil the whole Union
for at leas, two ycars. And this, too, at time WHEN
they opposing the increase Of taxes because they
.ay ,tr people loo much indebted 10 snnd H.
sThe right of instruction is generally considered
by Democrats, OF the NEST important 10 Republican
Government. II has been often denied by FederalIss,
and is OF the prominent landmarks or boundaries
between Democracy and Federalism. The power Of
The constituent elective body TO instruct his delegate
agent must be the same whether that constituent bf
the people generally, and individually, or collectively
The Legislature elects it's Srnniur tor the State and
must instruct HIM for the State because the State
not possibly do go for itself The Legislature is the
elected exponent of the popular will, all matters
which popular will cannot accomplish by itself Onr
nf these matters the election Of Senator, another is
the informing HIM Of the wishes Of The people, which
alone he carry out consistently with the character
Of The States reprPss native The power must reside
some where ard can he exercised nowhere else To
that tie Legislature cannot instruct, TO assert
that Senator ndr pendent al all control, that an
agent ia absolute and cannnt be bound by the wishes
Of his prime pal, which IS absurd Blu; The Advocate
Of last Saturday denies that The Legislature the
of the Senator md hopes that the Senators
will refuse IL obey instructionS Let be remembered
that il he's added Tins openly Federal tenet In
The It had already maintained. Perhaps 10 the
and Of the world approaches the Advocate becoming
more Indifferent politics. md less prudent in bis re
Violations Of opinion Charlottesville J.fersonian.