Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-23

question, and refuse their support to the princi
pie ~ that ",aight makes right" which the
"sntire silence" platform, as understood BY the
northampton Gazette, fully recognizes. The
lust for The spots, as shown By the Southern
Wing party leaders, must force the conviction
on the South, that they manifested a want Of
due regard for her permanent interest in
trucking to the mandates of party, 10 recognise
a platform so unlimited, as to place the great
interests Of the South in the hands of fanaticsm,
whenever it grows strong enough 10 carry out
its principle that might makes right
From the Times article on the "Whig Ralif.
Gallon meeting in Richmond" we make The fol-
lowing extract:
"Mr. Thompson (of lndiana) would say no.
thing disrespeclful of General Cass. He re.
speced his personal requirements, and admitted
him 10 be man of ordinary integrity in his So
! cial relations; but he was The representative q!
| great principles AT variance with The genius OF
our Constitution. The Baltimore Convention
had declared platform Of principles, and il was
made an objection 10 The Wings that they de-
claIed none. Mr.. Thompson argued rha such
declaration, by party Convention, must be in.
FURIOUS 10 the best interests Of The county, mas
much as il forced The President 10 respect certain
pledges rather Than he rights OF the people, and 10
consult band OF office holders rather than The
people themselves. Mr. T. held 10 the old doc.
trne that ise people OF this country could do
their own ':ng as we'll as their own fighting !"
We suppose the Times thought that MIR
Thompson spoke 100 highly OF Gen. Cass and
Gen. Butler and that ii was advisable 10 give
Mr.. t. hin, not 10 commit the sin again Of
speaking as strongly of the Democratic cand
dates as their talents and great personal worth
justified To our recollection, Mr.. T. did not
use any language in The opening of his spesch
which conld be construed into The doubtful i'm
port il has pleased The Times 10 give 10 it, Il
we are not mistaken he spoke highly OF both
Gen. Cass and Gen. Butler, touching their pri-
vate virtues and their acknowledged talents; and
the Times is 10 error when it represents Mr.. T. as
saying that Gen. Cas- was IA man OF ordinary
integrity in his social relations" The assertion,
that Gen. Cass is "lhe representative o! great
principles al variance with The genins OF the
Constitution" was roundy made BY Mir. T., but
in every effort lie made 10 establish The charge,
to discover that he was making an open war both
on The letter and spirit, and genius" too OF the
Constitution. The senseless clamor he INDUCED
in about the one man power was a rehearsal Of
the famous speeches which made against
President Tyler when he rendered his couulry the
glorious service OF defeating lhe United States
Bank by the veto power. MIR. T. laid great stress
upon The fact that the peoples representatives had
the right 10 pass bills, and that The exercise OF the
veto by the President was an abuse OF the genius
| of the Constitution.
Here We would ask il the people did 20, also
elect their servant, the Pfcsidcn, Of The United
States, and il he had not his authority directly
from the people, in defence oi "poPuLAR RIGHTS, !"
10 interpose his re;o whenever he tell j, 10 be in
accordance with the wishes OF the people, as i
question Of policy, and aiways'when he thought
il violaed The letter or spirit OF The Constitution
What sort of a verdict would be given by the
people, if Mr.. Thompson, 10 support OF his con.
s,iiu,ional views, should appeal 10 The soyereigns
10 destroy the best feature in our glorious Const-
ution by denouncing President Tyler for BIZ,
veto OF The Uned States Bank2 Mics. assuredIy
il would be overwhelmingly against MIR. rs
constitutional reading, on the grouGd iha, The
President had given right vote, as The embodi-
ment OF his constituents, The sovereign people
Of the United States The times Of kings and
rulers are passing away in the old world, and
the principle, that sovereignty belongs to the
people, as acted out BY the Democracy in our
glorious country, is the great beacon light which
attracts the admiring gaze of those in the old
world, who are rapidly throwing offthc shackes
that kings and rulers have so long held them
bound with. Until the sorereigns are prepared
to exchange their present just and proud posi-
ton, they will never consent to become subjects
by surrenderng their right to have their wishes
conformed TO by their public servant the Prcsi
dent of the United States, and trust the exer-
else of the great power con6ded to him to be
used as his own will may dictate. The recogni
ton Of such principle would overthrow their
sovereignty, and their embodied wisdom, as re.
fected by their servants, the Presidents Of the
United States, with but little interruption, for
nearly half century, would be lost to them,
and they would have to depend upon the wisdom
and experience Of their ruler in acting out his
own will for the good or i'll Of those who stood
in the relation Of subjects to him.
True to The instincts of tho principles OF the
founder, of the Wing party, the old Federasts,
those we now find arrayed against the Democra-
cy, discover no danger in this, since all their
principles, as in the time OF the old Federal.
lists, tend towards strengthening the Government
at the expense of tho soyereigns, the people,
who have, when the issues were fairly present
ed, ever placed power in the hands Of tho De-
mocracy, as the guardians Of their popular
rights; and we proudly point TO the fidelity in
which that great trust has been discharged, BY
reference to what We were when the Democra-
overthrow the Federalisls under their great
champion, the elder Adams, with hi, abominable
Alien and Sediton acts. From the humiating
spectacle our glorious country presented at
that time, under the guardianship Of the chief
Of Democracy, the grea, and good Jefferson, to-
ge,her with the line Of great men who have fol.
lowed in his "illus,rious footsteps" with the ex
ception Of the administration Of the younger
Adams, which was saddled upon the country
under false pretences, and 'the first few months
Of the Harrison Administration" which was
also elevated to power. under professions Of JEFF.
fersonian Democracy, our beloved country, has
grown 10 such pitch of greatness BY the bless.
ings it has secured to the people in rejecting
metropolitan rights, that tho influence Of Ameri'
can Democracy, in the hearts Of the oppressed of
the old world, is crumbling into dust the govern.
ments which kings and rulers ofthe people have
so long borne down upon them BY the iron
hen, of IRRESPONSIBLE power. Who ever