Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-07-01

'oaiu id' "etShi. ii | were c:ccG 10 vote between
=" ll!!e basis and i:- coa.7.n,,e If slIoui,: te
Obliged to exercise NJ Judgment; Az. . say which plan
uPou comparison thought bsst t"n>t NAV never
." required t. 10 i. h.,euse think e4- propositions
oGio 10 iAiFi: brought 1880 roi e,!:ioa ;s i.
game Q: parliamentary .cc. -. c;islt hot 70 be-if
ere i"i..d Is ;.o.e or tie Competition should GER
4!h!. Die 20: lie wc i;4s:s ,c".i.. against the COM
promise, v lcaress uDo" bass, j, achtsrv aaC is IT.
my oPi:;ion, tie hazardous an! will be he most Ia
IA " 'hc iisrcss or this commonwealth that has been
Sa DC suggested o. any one never vii! vote I::al-
ior eileF, Enccr am: circumstances. IL when il can
&c presented. desire rore ien founded AID es;ac-
shed ior irsiE!a pcn basis which il tie expressive
language 0. my friend from LouG0G, sir. JaSSGy has
an e.sc anu expansive principle and power tina; ap-
es isei !iAc wei! made sarnlnent 10 every pa: .!
"e person oT w.Ii":i II "a, Lt:!.:.et-tat make, no
uia!ciloH between lie east and TIE west the nor AID
'he sou-tat says - lie whole State her interest,
one and e gore-a,ei made - protect those in
erests aEc those Interests rE:sou, and property
Wien Keeps those Interests IN Union aI:G harmony a.G
oo' 'ie divorce 'hc:i otherwise vii! ultimately be.
"pFoaoss TO base that upon those interests,
anu "hen they shall 2-cFoadc!2ic in the western part
OF t'e STATE, then that part Of the State will take the
power. N''h the p1%.!, YOU Of the west will have
te elements upon which that power rests and witt.
that salr aid abiding principle tia, 2ower shall be trust
ca 70 o>e who - DC the objects and subjects 81 it,
lou VIII protect US when in doing YOU protect
yourselves, and you wi! protect yourselves T.ca
you canh" o?pre., Us without expressing yourselves,
erEEeEt In which there - no distraction made b"-
tween man and man, and il which no one man sa.!
nave the Liberty 10 60 10 tie polls ard exercise more
power arr authority than any other man government
IN which this princ PIE OF political equality Gscs itself
throughout the commonwealth! regulated in it app!ica-
oh from time 10 ;E!e ,: investigation. OF the State
mic lie Condition ol tGc couDtr; and when puts The
na OF the east and :e Of the west upon equal
i2o'ins aid says 10 The western man, when YOU have
The elements OF power, you NAV and ought govern
Us, wte We have the elements. We raay and ought 10
govern YOU. The rule is equal. !; therefore cannot
De degrading. 1t i. universal, and it Is not therefore
partial l. caanc: De oppressive because the power 81
the government put into tie .a..s Of those who have
no motive, no temptation u C?"rcSs-w:o have ~ It.
e:es: aid temptation re-: to Cypress aai who ca.C:
oPppresS others without expressing themselves. That
IS the safe depository oil pGwcc.
And here II. Chairman. leg leave notice tire IL
coD.!scnccs between t!r rtoIs and arguments .!
ssntlenlr the ots. SIDE 1, - The ultimate reside
oi power On our basi, AMI their actual position. il.
TINS contest for t- power, a!d 10 so'; ho:: ut-r" IN
dccas:oe they IN taking tak!.s t.a: position! .:
theirs.
Is | have already shown. they say, frs; TIA:
orciy purse proud arsioccats who Cypress the west
and scot IL poverty aa they admit that they can.Ut
bear the taxation which Ill. Then again the,
say, so:e al least 81 them. that we poor weak.
incompetent: that our primo pal crop !, seGge. The;
AGAIN they s4r that n ve. seven or ten wears the Po%tr
VIII pass IL the west TIE mixed basil, end some VI
them. Noy; sir. beg leave 20 say. that dissent en-
reiv from all these positions except that which airis
that The bear, II does Dea:. most taEa On,
AID tia; w:lich airms. that tie power will upon the
mixed basis. pass 10 the west.
S-, it will III M opinion. never pass 10 the ws- up
on that basis, llous II II does shall be content. per
eciy content because the basis vi" be right in p:aci
pie and la al personal qualities concer:cd
a;a willing that Hes:,r! friend. should hold po%
ourselves. The FIRST effect Of the opening OF that
r,I n:ryi brru i.r he tale i'm that
country mas aoatcl ami most of the good land, nave
5ce: taken up while the immigration from The east,
wAc: has contributed So much 10 the Increase Of the
Ye= ha, ceased. and now relux tide sets into Virgin
hi!e her lands by tic use III la: and line, and
he Improvement. in her agriculture, approaching ser,
much, and he value OF her slave, /, greatly enhanced.
The aery !a!!a:cisn; o. tie io-h is beginning pro-
Luce beneficial eject upon her loo. Her direct trade
i: abou: ~ be revived and the enormous charge, OF
cUas;wise trade viii he SAVED. Her merchants will no
longer be n factor, 10: nOrhera merchants and
uiaclurers AID no" TOO .he IS just beginning feel the
benefit OF internal improvements his contest itself
proof too, tha. the po"c: viii not pass 10 the ives:
would western sentcmCn wage such ali re!entng
upon Us, Inc very verge Of that division with which
,hev threaten u, .vowing they DO that they
in pursuit Of power, il they believed tia; Ill short
time they would obtain the power on our basis. Sir
lust re. orct FOR them, Ia ~ their patriotism. and the
professions 0: fracerna regard which they make 10
US forbid Us oeieTe tt tev would they would thu.
hara.s US get UP 50 much excitement, eXpead so ucE
time and none here il tn. Contention. and put TIE
peace and safety OF the State 10 hazard. for tie enjo:
nent OF power in tie little interval which j; Is said l. 10
elap.e before thew are permitted 10 embrace it fully
Sir the power will not pass 10 the west on the mixed
basis Justice TO the motives, aad patriotism, the heads
and hearts Of cur western brethren ocolcs to believe
thar they expect II.
We say y. ~ rot Ike The si.ed ulanacles which our
friend, iroL, the valley present % Liberty. they
pre,en, as 4 giaut, then crippled sa,It-a giant
and linn of
NAV be- but yet more CONSCIOUS OF The chains by which
his strength is impaired and controlled. Ne -av
Cannot trust these Guarantees, because We have every
day an example before form other 10 snow
tha; a guarantee Is subject Q! Interpretation and
siructior: that guarantee upon paper must be ex-
pounded. and there i, certainty, no uniformity III the
exp3,iiio,-, ii there be. some times there - hot
aby ant. Integrity IN the eE oGEters. We have seen
the legislature time disposed 20 cxpouad the pres
ent guarantees b. DESTROYING them. We have seen The
courts 81 other times eApouHcIas item away almost
plal. ard protesting, 10 Xp!aim and enforce th-
We see ALREADY States arrayed against each other upon
Opposite interpretation Of guarantee, land what appear,
.to be the pa!ncst guarantees oflhe constitution denied
les sir c who fiji high place. il: the Senate Of Tie uDi-
ted Staes claiming that guarantees are Of no avail of
value because there i higher l2w above them Others
who admit the principle interpret away The guarantees.
We come forward therefore in the and in the pra-
chile and shirt OF our forea,hcrs yes, sir under the ex
aruls ara the teaching, o.: Washington Madison and
Marshall! and il reverence 10 their aad virtues
an: in their language. we say tbs is the republican
principle. because il is the prccpc which viii secure
The interests OF al! parties and viii preserve that which
is tie only thing valuable unde. the name Q! liberty
= Liberty regulated by Law
So far from being opposed to any maxim of the dill
rights we res; upon IT, The bill Of rights says that all
men have right 70 TIE pursuit Of happiness and the
acquisition AID possession OF property Possession!
not as vou hold the burning straw Jack that is alive
in your hand but which in Instant may be in tie
hand. OF sno,hcr an dead 10 o No, bs acqu:-ltonaud
possession understand merely the right &c acquire
that which the subject Of property but the right also
retain it, and if there be power having the right 10
extract it from YOU oppressive taxation, then your
right 10 possession nothing, because there Is pow
to retain end the right possess without the power
10 retain is right without remedy, which !. no
right at all Why is the government Of Spain
s;rous. Why the governments Of Europe in
times past montro, and indispensable Why are they
now oppressive: Because the crown, the emperor the
king asserted tie ri ght to tax, and exercised and
even how the people taxed opPressirely 10 support
crowns and standing armies. whereby much Of their
property is taken from them The people taxed no,
for their own benefit but the benefit of other.
nenditure uooa whom blaCs return 10 the taxpay-
er By slow but degrees. the very liie-blood OF
tie people is drawn from them By the craspng hand
al the pluuderer. would De taken suddenly anc
forciblv Bv tic sored hand .! power. il is stolen
more gradually. The OF difference in the eHectl. that
one strips you OF your property III moment out leaves
the other the