Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-04-14

every apo OF tho world, wherever 1t mas eA.s'eu ~
was SAID Mr. q, cmphatiea!iy Iight guataE'eeu -
the Constitutions 10 petition Tor redress ~ S'tee"
oriavances either public or private, out hothih3 'o
NJ Gland "a d. TO sustain this position, ne heeo
I'D M o,b.r ofoument than Tie article OF 'ie eo''
s,ulon c,,ed by the gentleman himself - '. S
thus aConarrss shall make no law respecting |
establishment Of religion, or prohibiting Wv, ra.h
$50 ,h.,sof or ahtldgng The freedom oil speech
~ a. ~. ,,.ss or the rgh, OF The people fEACh
apIy ri ASSEMBLE, and 10 petition Tue w
r.D,,.an, lar : redress Of GRIEVANCES. -eah
tho mind nj any man. said Mr.. G., be SO lar ooso
- , ~ oncc To perceive, that the Object o' li'S
,,,c,a was to secure 10 the people the f'ghl D, us
go; "a ,..,;,ouing without hindfance or moiestation
tom,d r,on tie night Of all, or any por.oh oi '"e
neopie TO have Their grievances t"ot .e -,
,ba,' addressed He SAID, he thought no' ne o"e
49, "a , ar TO need the aid OF argualent Tor eiu
c,dsiion Mr. Garland SAFE, every peope hhe" ''.e"
avn ,,,.r,ncss best and he thought It most OK
, =, cl,i,n. under tins article, 10 assert that II
49, 49, ht Of one set Of people, 10 interfere win
tho r;,ls al another, and that Congress was oouhu -
a.; s,,b net,tions and gravely act upon them 'he
c,;,n,,,, meant, said Mr.. G. such absurdity
.tu- {; SAID he would, by offering a lew hypo'hs-
i,I ax,mnlss Illustrate the absu.dity Of this eXtrava
r,,, claim rnaer the constitutional rght OF Peoi',
I'D 49,, j. and broad as it should be. Mr. Ii sa,o
lin, Tho Constitution of our Government was stcuy
.Ia-.I thu, TO its action and control %efe coh!iaeo
,,r,rrI,, specified, defined powers, IN when lHei
w,s , ,ene,a! and community oil interest oelwee al
,h SAT- bu that the domestic rights oil the states
,roro ,der their own exclusive jurisdiction; ana 'ha'
,ha FEDERAL Government could, consitutonaiiy, no
NOR. ,,.,lrre with thcm than could the governments
NJ France Or England. In the domestic Tela'lohs vi
The States they not only independent OF tne
Jcr,l Government, but of the several Stale Govern
| nants Among the several domestic concerns OF tue
S,,,os ere: which the Federal Government mas no
;,,sd;c;on whatever IT is the institution OF slavery
IN the save.hudng States 1t is an admitted pfhcPe
sl,d n,r c. 1t constitutional guarantee, 'nal 'e
Jurisdiction Of the States in which slavery eAis,s, 10
over the subject, that neIther Inc o
any State Government has the right 10 interfere WIN
| It; This principle being true, sad Mr. u, as !. I'M
doubleday is, he would ask whether the people OF any
portion OF the State o massachusetts had the rshi 10
nr,i.ion Congress abolish slavery III the State OF
Nr.ia because the night OF petition is guaranteed oy
The CONSTITUTIONS and that Congress Is bonha 10 re-
ceivc their petitions, end gtayeiy CONSIDER me
matter OF thcm--a subject matter over wh'ch uie!e
only not delegated any power but over ",''cn ..e'
mower - expressly restricted. To what emu are tiey
Ia receive 3 Merely 10 oct a report from committee,
and grave decision OF this House, that u nus ho
rirhl to erislate upon this subject Surely lhs Is
an ahsurdi,y, said Mr. G., Tor winch no 'nsinoef u
;h;s House vii! contend ii would Dc an Idie VAST "
! time. "
Sir, said Mr. G., for the principle would be pre-
cgey the same suppose these people were to pel'''o'
Congress TO interfere with the domestic re!a''o"s "
France England Ought their petitions, or 10 o''ie
| would Congress
~ consider the subject matter OF such petlt'""s
Certainly not Again SAID sir. e., suppose they were
20 petition Congress TO alter the law OF desce"'s ~
Vrrnia-snd they have the same constitutional ''s"
TO d, TINS az they have 10 petition Congress |" "'"''
slavery in Virginia-wlI gentlemen say, that Congress
would be bound under the Constitution, TO receive, anu
gravely consider the subject matter OF such pe'''"
| | hnmbly think not,
aThis is demonstration, and are glad /" hear II
from that quarter What IS 1t to the people III Az"
York OF Massachusetts, that slavery eS's's ~'''ou
their ovn community? Can grosser interference
viii, OTHER people affairs be imagined, than tha' lhey
who have none of The grievance to pear VINO are nc
couutabe for none oil HE rfsp'nS'o'i''y' s"'", ="
peu,oninr for the removal Of that winch concerns 'he
nols flow: IS it that so many OF Mr. Garland en-
lrh.cnea COLLEAGUES aud associates in politics, have
.ssu .h,s ,tntier through different medium:
Aran. ON the 22ad Of March, 1850 The wing
says
speech on Abolition and HE power OF Congress, Is
worthy Of his fame and his position. 1t approaches
the clearness of mathematical demonstration. For en-
,,ppleo show that Congress has right to receive
Abolition petitions for Abolition N the District from
the Northern States, he adduces an argument which
we Will state thus;
"fhose petitions are addressed 10 congress Us Inc
iosdt Legislature Tor line District
"lf addressed by ciiizeus Of New York TO state
Legislature, say tha, Of Virginia. such Legislature
would surely have the right, and would he IN duty
bound, nat to receive them
81, follows from parity of power and reasoning, that
the petitioners have right to petition IN such case,
and that Congress is under no obligation TO receive
awe defy any Of the Abol'ilonss, or their quasi sup
porters. to pick flaw in tis logic
".,ot 10 receire, (Alr. Caihouns mosion) was The
course which respect the rights and feelings OF the
people OF the South and the right reason OF the case
alike dictated 70 receive these petitions be their dis
position what it may, officially 10 sanction The right
Of Nor.hern fanatics and nccndiar'es 10 come 10 The
two Houses of Congress, and promusaie the most
a,rocious insults against the inhabitants of ten States
Of the Union. They are grossly mistaken VII" con
tend las We hear Of the Van Bnrenhes do, for
example, air. --, the candidate Tor -----.)
that 10 rej,ci is ,anlanount to net receive. hjeco"
receives IN the first place acknowledges the rght Of
petitioners living in New York Massachusetts, and
why no, in England) TO petition the local Legislature
of separate community; 10 abolish domestic Inst
,non, nowise concerning them, IN Tie second asserts
in tie bird place, the right OF jurisdiction III Con
gress over the subject
We shall follow up the subject in our NEXT
HAfNE.