Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-30

"a ,,,nuI,c,u,ipp yol.a Ly pretended 'a't''.'
| ana .,le. IL land. uh,,h hls @inNn VI w." ~ 49,
I conti;uiinu. aud ly which .nn' ~ W. ~
i, H., Gan. have been o,iunlly dcwit'd 81 'n'
,iohI, II choosing thru own irr''''n'n''N'a -
i,.,.Iatu,- This s,srm. which H'''n'' =
,,nn,Icl IL an nbnso II ll,r cuu.Ituirn mus ~
cvi,,l,lv ,c.ull IN liz political disal" h'e'" ~ '"
MI mo rounIi,s living around and wiih'U i'''" -
The .iics and iu"na ~ thr STATE, - " ~ 49,
,,nr IN Tho counties II Iowhalar hhh li'",' -
ana. until asi Spring IN Hanover am ,"''''"
u,lcss Inc present Constitution i" amchh'',, -
ia mcvcnl il ~ future Whocah icin'n'''' -.
Two patches ul ihctr Yates uadc =" -,
since. ard known IN certain cow ,W,.,n
,i,n NJ me British Queen and a'lcdl
u I,nll Wloca remember The 2?1 maze
IA, Tho Il,mr,brc Election lael Spiih"' W.
.,,lcs \ .ntlicicncy IN other counties f'aS' anu
| Wcal IA cnu,tol Tho elections ana u'I"'t ~
mai,ui,v 81 iIr resident people oi lhc IT,.
lc,ur lhcr own Legislators. without pro- ,''''3
Tho ,ys,cm mIinlla and lhc Constitution "r
~. lcgal investigation has yet been iihn'
contain The number 81 these votes IN me o'"''i 49,
Ibcy aIr increasing, aud cic long may eo'.''o
Inc clcctionp 81 The State, even IN iiid'le' W
prcat conccinmcnt az that 81 a Ircsiden''di ~.
,,,u 10 .ay thal there are now from NE ~ ~,
,h,,..nJ IN he STATE. mioht no, he innch CO... %
,Lc v,v and that this number NAV IT, GouOIe"i
cvcn duti,v ihr pIcsc csiicnlial term, - =!
no means = remote contingency. lhcy VIII
lcss progress payt yUSSn, win me aIdo, o."
nl onr ralty contests. is II mol ,heh Ihe Fd'' -
wisdom morality. and patriotism, 10 ares I,e
cvl nav while il is Inanageabie-io UNI, 'ne
fountain OF liberty, and give 10 ea'n itIu1n.
u, u county. who has been such ~ 49,
r,onib4 and who has paid portion O. 'he
taxes for the support OF eio't' '"i1..: -.
rnrnllcd i'm The militia ior Tie service % NJ
comfy (ir need bel lcine u years OLD ana over,
he uc1soral privilege al voting IN al seAv!ai
clcciions The freehold qualification las ceased
Ia cYis, in ever other State III Inc Dion eAeeP'
vir.;nia and South Carolina, il mi>ia"e nor
and the rirht IL voting IS everywhere isseiHse'
~ in ,ru,h il should be- a mere persona pii'"ese,
10 be- exercised bv al those who have : Felha
nenr interest in and attachment 70 me : o."'nu"i-
is. evidenced 81 residence, iaxaiisn an. 'i'l.".',
service. AMI are no, he people OF Virginia a
,y;se as ORDERLY. and uairio,iN ami as capable CT
enoying hi, great p.eroEausc q i.se'heH =
,b9se r. our sjs;er States? VII! he People ,o,tf-
ale such an impr.s,ion u9on ta.i' ,nieslssnee
I AMI io;ecritv? Nc. forbid il. We noble hearted
yireiniacs-arouSe SHAKE oiiyouFioFPoT o;eaa
lhe>pell 81; which sA.Cualri forms am hab.> Aa'e
20 long touai rUu and assume your lahh
in the ma en- az ?rUrencni anu iTsec"'n ~ '-e
side Q. your siS,er S:a;es al the stedt frte!ds
Union. LII il uevci Dc said o. me descendants
names and fame spread 4 brlsht !us;!e oTeT Ne
annals 5, our glorious Commonwealth, TIA!
y.5ii,: our i,.c:a:ie:s lei. saf.cien; lD'efesi 10
he cea>- Il !ree:nn 10 aiics; ,her csrt.ion even
g l. :Lei. h.a->' 5lgoj. *: =. are IL:afGnie g!
ecjoving j; G;.n terms - extensive ana expansive
ss aur brethren in Tie other States OF tni> lnish's
coGl.3era Fo! ore, | COMES, feel HE hInsh
Q. shame 5u-nng n: cheeks, whenever thihk
OF he restraints and shaca.rs waica :a'e always
teen thrown arOuni the exercise u ms great
popular :riYils-e in Virginia; and lnT heart leap,
a.,;n .oy ma, a pro>psc: i how presented - onr
view through a- medium Of a ConvsL:ion, 10
r-nisre he fatal heFesy AM 70 enlarge and equal
IL. inc rieat. Of our seuerou, and enlightened
r-op.e Ia this connection, i becomes afpropri-
al 10 mention another sutjeci, in reference 10
which poor Virginia has alwa;s been denied a
privilege now enjoyed b. her sister soveTelgnS
except het SANE room comp anon, he Sta'e OF
South Carolina ! aliude 10 he election Q. 10
venor b. ne people. Why i itls 50! Gan
any single reason + urged against Il, which
: no. founded ir the itca. whether denied
or confessed. Of The incapacity q! Ike people
10 .elec, The organ OF their orn sovereign Will
the representative CT the S;ate in is coipo-
rate character ~ veil IS the people IN Their
individual rights and interests. And where or
when was This great popular privilege mi-usod
or abused hy the peo2le2 When I'D hey iail TO
eec. men as h0,cs,, a mir, IS fotIitE TO u"
I Constitution. as those in Virginia and SCUM
Carolina? mean 10 indulge in no invn''uu'
comparison. admire Gov. Mcdowell iot ms
stern adherence 10 principle, Tor LIS talents, ms
learning, his patriotism and hi oily eloquence;
IN, where can We find in The whole length and
4 breadth Of the Union, an ADLER, wiser. a more
na,rio'ic or distinguished Chief Magistrate
than Silas Wright Jr. OF The Safe Z! New
York? By The exercise This right b. tie people,
! We hal seen such men as Clinton anu Van hnreh
and Polk and oilers elevated 20 The oiiice a 10
vernor ard rendering themselves he rfIr Q!
their States and The admiration OF tie whole
I Coniederacy And when, and in wnai SOLITARY
instance, was IT, that Governor eccie' ~ The
reople eve! abused the high trust cohilded 10 his
charge, or failed 10 satisfy those who hcnoIed
him with their sufirages? That such instances
NAV have occurred, and, as long "a humanity IT,
mains lra or corrupt, NAV someiimes yet occur
pretend no, 10 DENY; bu, the instances nave as
We, been few, if any-and are By no means as
likely 10 happen, as in cases OF election o. al
Intermediate tribunal subject, as sad experience
loudly proclaims, 10 the influences oil iacliohs
cabais and inirisues 10 a much greater extent
than can probably ever happen 10 the numerous
dihnsed and enlightened people OF whole STATE.
The established and acknowledged principle OF
all our Republican institutions is, that the three
departments or Governmenl-Legsla,iye, Exc
cutve and Judical-should be separate and
distinct; and yet the present Constitution, in
utter suhversion Of principle SO wal Tor
the protection of civil liberty vests in The Le.
oislalive department the power and duty OF
selecting and continuing, b. successive cleo
lions, The whole Executive department, includ-
ing both the Governor and his Council
With wha, show Of reason or propriety, then, can
il he said ,ha, our Legislative and Executive de-
par,ments are separate an distinct" when upon
the former the latter depends for lis very exist
ence-when, from failure or iactious deermina-
lion OF The Legislature not 10 elect Governor or
Council, that indispensable portion Of The Co.
vernment would be ilreparably annihilaied and
the Constitution itself practically abolished. IS
il Republican, or IS l. not any thing else Than
Republican, that one coordinate department oi
the Government should be made 10 depend for lis
continuation or destruction upon the mere will OF
another co ordinate department But why need
Iexpaiate upon this helcrodox provision OF the
Constitution Once The opinions OF The illus
trous Jefferson we're hearkened 20 and respected
by the people Of Virgnia-he died in The faith
that The people ought 10 elect their own Cover
nors. Once the doctrines OF James Madison
were regarded by the people as sound and orIho-
dox. and his Report OF 1893 yet furnishes The ad-
miiled creed Of our Republican falkland This
same venerable sage and patriarch, in the fitness
OF experience and maturity OF wisdom, voted in
the Convention OF 1929. 80, for MIR. Doddridge's
proposition 10 give 10 The people The right OF elect
ing their Governors aye the Convention itself
was equally d,rrdcd upon this proposition, and it
was only lost by the casting vote OF the speaker.
IN ad ilon 10 this high array OF authority, We have
the concurren, opinion and experience Il all the
States in the Union, (excep. our own and South
Carolna) whose fundamental laws confer the
power in question upon the people, and where 1t
has been universally found to be exercised pru-
IDENTIFY, and with advantage 10 iha public intc-
rest, | forbear, therefore, 10 press The areu-
inent further, as always feel satisfied, when
find my political principles sanctioned By The
united opinions Of Jefferson and Madison, and
a,e.ed BY the uneTrng touchstone of the ex
perience Of iivc and twenty sovereign States
pass nextto brefreview ofhe defects in the