Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-02-23

il Two years only had rolled roIud, when, tn
Senate of the United States having passed Resc
luton conforming to the preceding very distinc
expression Of the judgment of the Legislature o
Virginia, but without going even so far as to TAX
measures to restore the deposes 10 the Bank of IN,
United States, as recommended by that authority
the Legislature Of the same State issued aaothe,
| Rescript to its Senators, as follows
WHEREAs the Senate Of the United states did on m.
2sh day Of March, 1884 adopt the following resolution
Resored That the President, in the late Executive pro
ceedngs in relation 10 the public Ievenue has assumed op
Oh himself authority and power not conferred by the cop,t-
tuition and laws, but in derogaon Of boh which resou.
ton now stands upon the Journal Of the Senate:
And whereas the General Assembly of Virginia rec ,bs
act OF the Senate assumption Of power warranted y
the constitution, and calculated subver the rights az the
House Of Representatives and the fundamental principles u
free institutions
And whereas this Assembly deem their solemn y again
to re-asse in behalf of themselves and the people u yrg
mia, The right If the constituent instruct and the dD Of
the representative TO obey resign: Therefore
ReSoired By the General Assembly of Virginia Tha,
the Senators from this Slate in the Congress Of the United
States be and they hereby instructed 10 inoducs and
rofe or resolution directing The aforesaid resolution Of e
Senate Of the 2sth day OF March, 1894 that I'm,
President in the late Executive in relation ,o,he
public revenue, HAS HiAsEIr AurMoaITr
AND POWER NOT CONFERRED CONSTITUTION AM
LAWS but IN DERooAToS both" to be erpsngtd from
The Journal OF the Senate OF the United Stae by causing
black lines to be drawn around the said resolution stands
on The original manuscript Journal and these words plainly
written across the face Of the said resolution ard entry EI
plunged by order Of the Senate Of the United States.
Resoied also, That this Assembly regard the right Of
sucon resting on the broad basis Of the nature rep
esenaton, and Of the vital principles Of free nsl
ntons and that is the duty OF the representative 10 obey
the instructions of his constituents resign the trust with
which they have clothed him. in order that il may be trans
fered into the hands of hoe who will carry into execution
the wishes and instructions Of the constituent body.
3. kesored That the Governor Of The Commonwealth be
requested TO transmit the foregoing resolutions each Of the
Senators from Virginia in the Congress Of the United Staes
with request that they lay the before the Senate
Agreed by both Houses of the General Assembly Feb
Tuary 20, 1886. GEO. w. MUNFORD, G. II. d.
Now, here are PAIR Of Instructions. emanat-
ing from one source, of directly opposite import.
The first instruction had been obeyed by the Sena-
tors, as far within their power By voting for
the resolution, which passed the Senate Of the
United States six weeks after the date of those
instructions, declaring the removal of the depostes
to be a dangerous assumption of power The
second instruction requires the Senators Of the
State to erpunge this very resolution, which ex-
pressed what, according to the first instructions,
was the sentiment and will Of the Legislature, and
to resign their trusts if they refused TO give the lie
direct to their vote in obedience TO the first; and
Mr.. TYLER, the remaining Senator who had so
voted, did resign accordingly, being profcssed
adherent to The Right of Instruction.
After this reduction to an absurdity OF the only
upon which the right of instruction can
stand, may we not hope TO il abandoned's
Being, if held to be imperative. notification OIL
the Senatorial independence guaranteed by the
Constitution, even had it not been scandalously |
il ought on no occasion ever to be resort
ed to. The opinion of State Legislature on
whatever public matter expressed, will always
the respectful consideration Of the Sena-
tors in Congress from that State wtch.s all tina.
the Legislature has right to expect to ask of
them.
We have not left ourselves much as
we could desire for the insertion Of evidences from
Southern journals going 10 show that, notwith- I
standing the violent purposes recommended by
some and ayowed by others, there rs current of
opinion setting against those designs OF the Agita-
tors well for them commencement which, |
We trust, will grow strong enough 10 bear off
from the rocks OH which any probable action by a
Southern Convention would strand fAe good old
many OF them as we cam. reseryIng space only |
at the close of them for an extract from a paper
published in the Keystone State, which, being an
argument for the Union, had it not been from
the pen of one of the Fair Sex, whose eloquent
strains in its behalf are sufficient to warm the
codest heart to the cause; we should not have
drawn testimony from tina, quarter, in which all
voices in its favor.
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