Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-02

On the 18th Of September, DR.. Johnson, from The
Committee of Style, Arrangement, &c, reported
oses' Oh the plan, and part of 1T The following
which Is dentcay the section now remains in the
| Con: tl!utinn
10. lr'o) -"Ariiclc J, Section 3-New States may
be admitted by the Congress into the Union but nc
new safe shall be formed erected within the nrs-
dicon Of any other State any State be med By
Tue junction OF two States, parts of States,
without the consen, OF the Legislatures of the States
concerned, as well as Of Congress"
mus are seen The distinctive and explicit efforts that
were made and failed foist into this section Of the
CONSTITUTION, clause restrictive OF The capacity Of
congress 10 admit imtp The Union any State formed
oat q Inc limits u The United States and furnishing
ne 1iost conclusive proof that The Convention pass
ca e.. upon and disapproved any such restriction
! ne proposal IS deliberately and explicitly made t.
the Convention, to restrict the capacity of Con-
gress 10 The admission into the Union of such
new States only should be formed out of terri
tory usea Tain The limits Of tie United States; ard
this proposal is deliberately and explicitly rejected
b"' ins is mol all for, not only Mr. Gouverneur
MOTIFS substitute carried by the very decisive vote of
eght Stats against lhree-but the FIRST clause Of the
SUBSTITUTE, 'chteh cut array all restrictions to the ter
rH'ry oHt o. Hdich the SacS lrere 10 lie formed
BY Tue UNANIMOUS VOTE OF ALL THE STATES REPRE-
sESrEp IN THE CONVENTION That these statements
are facts OF undoubed and positive truth, the secret
,urnais OF The Convention give The unques
uonaole evidence-but, "io make assurance dou-
bly, sure, the usriuus Mad son, (wh) was within
eye SHOT aud earhol Of oil that occurred in Conven
ton freshly recorded everything worth the palms,
IN me very moment it lransplrcd the last great le-
gacy oi"FHE MADISON PAPERS" which he bequeathed
his country, has liked The seal Of his mpershable at
es alton
Then, with these high testimonies by my side, con-
front Mr. Webster 10 his face, end tell him, that he is
wrong very paipably wrong, and that he owes 1t TO
truth and to the country, to make the emende honorabc
and 10 take back and renounce his garing and ms
chlevous errors For be Observed that the prePos-
ferrous position he pies is this That the clause, Is
reported by the Committee Of Detail and the clause,
excsed of It's restrictive adjuncs, by Mr.. Morrss sui
st'tute, and unanimously adopted BY The Convention,
are identically the same; in other words, that the
phrase. "New States LAWFULLY CONSTITUTED OR EsrA-
BLIsnED WITHIN LIMITS OF THE UNITED STATES,
NAV be admitted, nc, reported by the Committee
Of Detail, precisely the same with the phrase, that
"New States may be admitted, &c, i stands in the
Constitution shorn of the restriction Restrictions
rejected and restrictions adopted for al! practical pur
poses, amount TO The same thing The Convention de-
clnres il will impose restrictions upon the discretion
of Congress, in the admission OF Staesas To the
Territory which compose them being 1oihi or aciito@t
The limits Of the United Sates-bn: Mr.. Webster main
ains that 1t did not do the very thing protested TO do,
and which the journals attest did do def the very
genius OF contradiction TO wrhe out of the polemlcs 81
mooed lore single Interpretation rvalling this Where,
all the lattudnarian Federalism of the past, an
example be addnced, where the plain and authentic
meaning Of the Constitution has been wrenched out OF
Joint, by such ,ortuous and jesuitical readings
Perchance MIR. Webster, "THE GREAT DEFENDER
Of THE CONSTITUTIONS, is now 10 see the facts have
marshalled for the first time ] cant tell, I'm sure.
But this | know-that those facts have long been
spread forth in American history, of wide notor'e-
y and stand out before the country, as sanctlon-
I'd and accredited truths. The Congress (o which
Mr. w may boast, quorum magma pars tutt-"al WIN eli
he saw aud part OF which he was, had these memo
raLia edited revised published and laid before the ma
ton, al the national expense and under ITS own -
posing authority and that, for years upon years, they
have been within all meas reach There they are, IN
the Library Of Congress There they are, in the Sc
nate Chamber, and there they have been for years
and while the great Senator from New Eng land "ma
ny time and oft has awakened its chasta and classic
architecture TO the echoes Of his historic remernoan-
ces and constitutional lore. There they WERE TOO, IN
the Office of the Secretary of State, while his mighty
genius was pondering the projected dlsmemoer-
nent of Maine, and taking the cuage OF popular en-
durance of future disme mber men of the Oregon
-ay thera stood ''TME MADISON PAPERS, with their
curious and racy pages, woong hun out of his porten-
tons mazes and dark in. ,vemen!s aud challenging
all scrutiny TO educe on, of the legislative history OF
the Constitution passage sancionng The feoerai
| smemberment Of sovereign State.
Nevertheless, with all these and many other OPP
portunities, and many other incentives, as any man
living possesses, of knowing the history, the crcum-
stances precedent and attendant upon and The causes
which influenced the adoption OF that clause OF the
Constitution referred TO, it stands-yei, Mr. Web
sler in This memorable Worcester letter, seems TO have
nut all truth and conscience 10 the rack, by tins most
dsngenuous and pcrilous enumeration OF opinion
"lt is not at all probable, from the history OF the
States, from the circumstances in which they were
placed in 1893, (qu 1897 eh? or has he gone clean
daft, aud forgotten the birth year of the Constitution
or from all that TO be learned OF men opinions and
expectations that day, that any idea entertained
by any body of bringing into the Union, at any time,
States formed out Of the Territories Of foreign pow
ers -
What will the Worcester constituency-what will
the Nation, whose eyes so intensely attracted nov,
10 all tina. relates 10 Teza remuneration, think oil the
yer,abe sincerity and frankness of these astounding
and dlshonorable errors' Nous rerrons'
Again: the whole scope OF the Worcester letter, de-
MES The power OF Congress to Texas with her
own consent; and yet, If the mighty hand of God
the Qnen Deus rgH perder., had smoe the great au-
,hor with The same coniriton that wrung drops OF
agony from The SHINING Saul, in the very midst OF his
persc cutous, behold how he emasculales his arsu
nent Of al It's strength by these memorable ana most
| ,nfe lictous concessions:
"LouIsIAxA AND FLORIDA, THEREFORE,, ARE sETTLED
CASES THE ADHESION one, ASp THE AGREEMENT
TO ADMIT TUE OTHER ARE fAcrs-ARE ACTS DONE
AyD as sucu MUST HAVE THEIR FULL EFFECT very
veil Seaied casfs, eE' and FACTS and ACTS DONE
are thew What are all these then but PREcEDESTs: :
PRrcEpEsrs of WHAT OF the Interpretation ana
meaning of the Constitutions to he sure. And pray,
who made them rRrcEpEsTs' Why, the Executive,
the Congress- the National Judcatures, who oil hold
their sway thher in their allotted unc,ions-and look
into Congress there, and see their Federal Represen-
tives upon its floors And who summoned hes, prefe-
dents into the melee now? Mr. Daniel Webster, the
great champion of the Lam Of Prseeden Precedent
Why, i. is his hobby, and his refuge lie cnss to 1t
with such tenacv, and prizes i, 50 high above al
praise, that the "CossTirUrIos, AS IT IS WRITES,
is but as dust in the balance when it comes ah~art
the overpowerins force of the stare detis's Whs'
will the world cay now Mr.. Daniel Webster quot
ing precedent and denouncing precedent IN the same
paper II all true literally, shamslessy, dlshonofa-
bly true! But The mail closes, So adieu!
RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.
TO TIE EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER
suoth1r Jackson Letter for Teran Reannerati0n-P"fs
the Question in Nutske and makes Fo'e or nerer'
posponement IS R,jectiOa- Trras cW not and cannot
ral-7ac Eircom Of President iconM increase the
ha.qrds, 9Jsmrdites gd0at a6out Secret Irea
ties, Sc On 80,
Dear Sirs-Ilail thou the ''rENcE MES, tina, they
NAV hold Up their shns, while another and heaver
| vollev for Texas comes laundering along from lie
Iermtaoe and speaks in tones In the nation, winch