Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-17

| ~ OF what was done almost century dSo VIM
in the walls OF that old Capitol, whose inou'ae'
inc remains sadly reproach Frginlas sons via
rcra,i,ude and degene!acy. Il was III l'ol,
Gen,,emen when a corrupt British Parliament
hrsr suggested TO their corrupt constituents lhe
idea Of levying revenue from what they were
then lissl taught 10 call Their North American Co.
lones As II Meg had property IN as.
On hal occasion Virginia fell the necessity OF
asserting AMI vindica,ing The truth which she haa
successfully maintained more than century aso
before. and watch had not been since questioned
untl then. She referred the task 10 COMMITTEE
al the head Of which she placed Inc Vehsfdpie
q orgc IWie, whose strong hand then laid 'ne
cornerstone OF the revolution; IN 4 feulo.sudhee
affirming ana maintaining lie Independence =,
VIRGINIA as a ttca sntStSting fact Inc e!ohne
taken on that occasion was, that Inc only ilhn
Of roitica! union between The colonies ana urea
Britain was the identity Of The Execulive-lhat
he parsri country aaG is PaTliamen; mad nc
more authority over The colonies 'han The colo
MES over ihem-and that the colonies We're 60
ORDINATE NATIONS niti GrcGi BJs'asi 9nd HaH-
orsr.'
Gentlemen. are YOU startled al he annuncia-
ton al this tact Do your minds demand PROOF
thai This was not a Fugtnia abstraction nl ma,
dsy nut forth but to be derided and scoiien a
You Shall have the proof. II Is true mat w
einia, always foremost 10 assert right, was me
frs, dis inctiy 10 proclaim this important fnlt;
but j, i equal, irue that il was adopted by ne
other S,a,es-ha in The controversy with me
mother country they based their claims on thiS
proposiliun-lhathed denial OF j. drove them llis'
10 resistance, and ihen 10 seParailon-ahd ms
and nothing more nor less than this, IS lie True
and full meaning OF Tie declaration, thai 'he
North American colonies are, and ol ligh'
oush, to be, Tree, sovereign ami independent
STATES" | find The proof in The words OF one VINO
perfectly understood the history oi the time, anu
whose testimony on that and every other poih'
Of which he ever testified carries conviction 70 The
minds Of all men. Nv witness is JAMES MAn-
SON In MS mastery repor, 10 the Legislature OF
Virginia on the resolutions Of 1898, he uses ms
language:
"The Fundamental principle OF the Revolution
was. that the Colonies were coordinate memheis
with ecci ether. and with Great Britain, Of an en-
pirs united BY common crccltitre s0rcfdSn, oui
moi united by any common legislative sovereign.
The legislative power was maintained to be a.
compleie in sach American Parliament, as N the
British Parliament And The royal PTerosailve
was in force in eaci colony, by virtue Of rs &C.
knowedsing the King Tor rs executive masis-
tra,e, as i, was in Great Britain by vlrae Of
Ike acknowledgment there. A denal Oh lhese
principles by Great Britain, aud the ascertain Y
a
"There was a me, indeed, when an exception
- The legislative separation Of The sevcra COM
nonen, and co.cguci parts the empire obtained
Ilsaree If o,ouiescsnce The British Parliament
was oLo,r.s 10 regulate The irade With foreign ma
lions and between the different parts oil the EN-
Miro This was. however, n.tfs pf@eto', "hl,onl
mon, and CONTRARY to the the thsofg vi me Co"-
s,7,niion. The conveniency d some Tcsa atoms
in both those cases was apParenl and, as mere
,rss no legislature vi h power ever 'is " "",e
nor any constitutional pTt-eR.tstNc' among 'e y.
g;sa,uTes of the several parts. Il was ha'ui"l ~
,h legislature Ct that particular pa'', which "ds
,he eide, and The largest 10 assume 'ni' !si'e
ion and for the others 10 acqu;esce IN v. NE
,aci, agreement vas the less cfii'cised, as the r.
aula,ians established ~ the British Parliament
onor.,ad in tavor al that part OF Inc EinFi.e
which seemed to bear the principal share q Tue
pnblic buIdeAs, ami were resafde" a al ibdei'-
MITIGATION Tor lis advances 10 The o.hel paris. ~
| loro as this regulating power was cohune" W VIZ
| Two objects of convenlency anc cqury, VI was no
| compainca Of nor much enquifed mo. bul Nv
sooner il perverted to Inc sei'sh " '.'e
na,ly assuming II. tnan the injured parties began
| 10 .eel and 10 reflect and The moment 'te clam
| 10 a direct and indefinite power was migrated 81
| me precetenl o: The regulating power, ne Mfm'
/ eto,,, ,ros disso..d api crerp eHc opewa I" ~
,s,np.rto. The assertion hy Gfea' Britain
a pawer tn make laws ior Inc otter members .
he E.mnire IN all ass ,sdT@ecer, ended IN lh'
discovery that she had .re right ~ make laws 10
| them IN no casn WHATSOEVER.
will not detain and weary you, gentlemen, 10y
referring 10 lhe great body OF documentary evi
dence in support Of this statement, TO be iounu II
the very book from which my young iriend ha
lust read the Declaration OF independence,
That book is itself relic ci the oiden Time, wei
| - ra.p
rish The possession. It's a copy OF The journal Q
The Revolutionary Congress, bound (aS is iniima
ted bv the label on the back ior the use ol IN
las, President oi that august body, whose bone
are among us here but without stcne TO mari
The spot where they lie.
IN, there is no need 10 look Tor evidence 10 sup
nor, the testimony Of the Aris,iGes OF The Unite
States Il is enough thal You VIII ste IN wha'
have laid before you, that Virginia acted IN per
,ec; sei-cousiseucy, when on the ION DAY Q
NAV I116. she took her sand among The nation
of ,bs e.,h. nv simply suntering her conne8io
with the British Croscn; thus acting out the IN
d.nondence she had uniformly and steadily as
ser,ed and maintained In the same spili IS IN
ouie, declaration promulgated as preamble I
tho Constitution adopted on The 29lh OF June iul
lowing. chat the Government formerly exercise
nnder The crown of Great Britain was ToTAiL
, n,ssoIvgp.n She saus nothing about ndepend
, ence She only acted IL; and i, is incon,cstibi
/ true. mat since the 18th day OF NAV, ITO, u
, authority has been recognized III Efsihia, ou
thai Of the body which mace mai deciaiaueh, @
, Of those who derived their aoiao!i'y, u"ee'iS
indirectly, from that acl.
Gsclemsp i il MOI sad TO think the sun tia
| Fame is made Of. Honor 10 whom honor Is due
So We saw and So the word OF God enIoins.-
+ And 50 The men OF Thermopys and Salan;s llv
to this day. and we make pigimagcs 10 The Glass;
I shores Of Greece in honor OF their memory. An
so The brave and generous OF every cliTe an
/ tongue claim Rome 1.-The city OF The soul as fhei
country" Thus, too, is this day haiiowed by II
memory or,hal declaration promulgated by IN
Congress OF thirteen feeble colonies seventy year
: ago.
1864 Virginia stood alone, not sure OF Inc C
eperation, moi sure even OF The sympathy OF an
other while at ,ha, momcn; England, again:
whom she asserted her independence, was Ju'
cooling down from the exciting triumph OF III
; seven wears war, in which she had humble
, he bonse Of Bourbon, and established her ascef
dency over The only power that, tor ceniur
before, had yenlured 10 contest her superiority.
, Again. in 1916, Virginia stood alone. Sed
fast in her allegiance, proud oil her unshase
LOYALTY, she had been the last 10 think Of THROWN
off the authority of the Crown. But 'h- King ma
A. ,enetb spoken plainly, and denying her indie
pendence, openly lent himself 10 The attempt I
+ snhiec, her 10 The authority oil his Briis4 Paria
r menl Her part was taken instantly She 100
mo counsel OF cold fear. She waited mol for IN
? action of others. She instructed her deputies i
Congress TO invite the other colonies 10 fcoc he
bold lead But SIZE LEAD. Aye! she lead, an
others did but follow.
e When Arnold de Winkereid broke the Aus
i tran phalanx, by Selling cluster Of the pixies c