Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-06-29
4 majority docs no, give right, The very object

concerned majority docs not give right The very OBJECT
~ written constitutions is TO protect mnofities.
Sir there have been several vital conflicts between tho
North and the South On each recurrence of them lherc
h., M Increased resdu OF discont lett both at the
I'D ,he South There was much discomfort with the
u;r; comnromsc more with the tariff compromise, and
sing which still felt me iae
ton is grcatcr than on either OF tosc occasions. nc an
this In consequences OF it men were estangcd VINO
omuh, n tes in common and what is MORE do 10 large
extent feel in common. Let Tue county soI,;on ~ ,bn
who tell them there is no DANGER VI i III; IN
Union and of all the dire caianiiies when WI" ioo" IN It's
train. 80, o,,
The gentleman from New YORK; MI FLoyD ana o,hefs'
tell us that this law is odlous one r " IN
c.ssity for law great extent grows of the fact that
Is disngTecaole To good fuce bad men " w mn
duty Iou want no laws TO compel 10 do what Is nSie
able; laws necessary 10 compel TO do what IS
r:gt although disagrecabc The necessity for laws grows
Of the dsagrcaoieness of the performance OF the ou
cnoncd Does any Judge Pronounce the sentence OF deal
or any Jury find vcrdi: of condemnation from pleasure
is painful 10 do IT, and hence the makes the duty OF
some one TO do H. SO that the rights of society shall be re.
speced And indeed in civil suits there few judgments
which are pronounced that not TO force do what
is tsagrceube them; and the execution Of which Jndg-
mcns therefore, by those 10 whom thef execution Is IN
trusted, cannot be very agreeable.
Sir gentlemen talk about The law being dsagreea5e and
that they will not execute because they do not like this
that provision, other provision IN the LAY" "hat
that acceptable erybodyl Take that master
work of craftsmanship, the Constitution OF Inc Ohieo
States How many men, ii they had 10 frame according
~ their notions would have agreed 10 all OF II precise
y is? Sir, il is of those negative pictures
which, when viewed by artists, none see much TO aonre
yet which would propose ater but Is one OF lose
magnificent works of which, when criticised by precise
persons each would alteration, and yet
all the Others would demur to the precise one he Wouc spg
ges
come now sir TO the second proposition laid down.
They tell that The compromise measures are he IL" OF
the land and until there proposition TO repeal them tha
is idle if mischievous talk about reafmins them
So did not think our English or American ancestors ana
have not thought any people. What was Magma Char
Ia? Coke tells shat Is declaaiuy OF ancient law and
liberty England adding any new freedom nor taxing
array aIfu! duties but only repetition OF !orer Pill
virges which tine oppression had brought into disuse
Some gentlemen of the present day had they hVe6 men,
would have sad why these things are the laws OF Eng.
and alreudy il is distrus that the authorities OF me
country will observe them but they the laws OF the
land and Why require that their authority sls be reain-
cd?"
So did no: think the sturdy Barons of England Several
successive Kings made reafm it, and Lord Cose
tells that mp his lime that Magma Charta and the Chara
Fo,esia been confirmed established and commanded 70
t erecu9n BY thirty acts OF Parliament III All
Why this duc In the first instance Il was only De-
curaUry Of existing rights and the last occasion upon
which they "conmanied be pat in execution, they
had already been rc-atmcd thirty .one times before
What that has hr ought down 10 through period
OF near six centuries tho memorable response OF the British
Lords and Commons the Preacs in the time OF Henry
the Third Noluntus ieges inglic muars" The occasion
upon which thar famous response made, was only I'M
poar The fixed will of the Parliament, on primer
pis cunCernd TIE precise bill before theh Was Eot
verv Important
Hume Iiius Describes il:
rhcrc had great disputes between the civil and the
ecclesiastical courIa concerning basiadv The common
had deemed all those tc tastards who were born be-
re wtdluck by the law they legitimate; and
when any dispute of Inheritance arose. bud formerly bsen
usual the civil issue wits 10 the spiritual d.
cng them inquire into the legitimacy 81 The parsoa
The hjso always returned answer agreeable Ia the can
on law THOUGH contrary TO The municipal Law of the King
don Fer this reaeou inc GIRL courts lad changed The terms
Of their c'h and Instead of requiring The spiritual cou:ts 70
make qaisition concerning the Legitimacy OF the person.
they only proposed tie simple question Of fact uhcier ne
of this practice 10 ;hr Parliament assembled AT Merton IN the
twentieth Of This King and desired that the lrlncipa la%
night &c rendered ccnornabc TO the hut received
from al The mobility, the memorable reply Nolumns reyes
Angiir mu'are. We WILL So7 CHANCE THE LAWS OF Enc
LASD"
Now, sir wha. has made lhs famous response
and Lrou. i, down through track o. six hundred
ycarl II mas II" eminent loyalty 10 British law ard the
frEneSs exhibited in II that as cm5nnIed !, forever
During the tine al Henry the Ill under his encourage
n. Eng1ri infested with foreigners IhcY WISHED
to substitute tn canon law for The a". They nnv.
cr iesarrd express their abhoencc of the laws OF Eng
lard When these laws at any time appealed 10 IN op-
position their wrongs they Scrupcd not 10 reply
lid tie Engiisi lars signify 10 tm! lhty niHct@ thsm
not" And that tnc too, as now The h9heFia" doc
with not only wiki the rrelaes, but
with Others in authority Under these circumstances the
British Parliament FL. il due IN themselves on the first &C.
cis"n which presented ITSELF uumpcr.ant as undjncd-
" in every other respect not /" content themselves
with merely nngect:ng declining 10 act upon The pEop"
san disturb the British law, but 10 rehuke that attempt
with serness |! they had reasoned a. some do now they
u!t have said Suppose these rclaics have nei"Ecd US
10 change Our laws what care We! IheT are the laws ono
thai is enough Bur 50 did not reason those Wcn, the res
p:sc Of whom has lived nr six hnadch years. and will live
Tor They rut down disluyay 10 British w. by say
inv srrrfv lie leW change the hIrs Of England!
Tia resolution OF inaitv in !espcct TO the attempt
substitute hc canon law for the common law All nave
wnrtcd was similar resolution against me a''einp''
10 Substitute thc higher law for Tho Constitution 0i TIC
United States. Sir in many respects terc strong aEh
ICY ."t y under when una, nS
existing with US, under which we have made slilo
response
Then there were aliens in birth. aliens in language, and
aliens "rling, work 10 undermine the !unfamenia
principles ul The English Constitution Those "ho are nj
work undermine institutions, though mol Aliens IN
BIRTH though aliens in language much aliens in
every feeling Of loyalty Constitution Of the United
States any Of those in the time Of Henry III were TO the
institutions Of England When those people pointed
To the lays Of England they said, "rhn the laws OF
England TO nsl despsc thcn This precise Is
in respect Constitution, by this other class OF
aliens They say, "What is tho Constitution OF the United
States usl it is with hell" These aliens 10
Constitution despcable than those of the time
Of Henry Ill., for the very l not being aliens in
! birth or language, they equally so in feeling
There are other auaIoeics between the OCCASIONS
The civil courts of nga very properly changed the firm
OF their proceedings when necessary to execute their
laws "cvery properly changed The forms OF cur proceed
ing5 whcE necessary execute the Constitution OF
the United States They left only 10 the eccesiastcs thc
simple question of facts" We, l have already shown,
rr the Northern tribunals in the OF fugitires ia
sG.c question Of fact"
Will il be said that exaggcrnng the case before US
in comparing il with Magma ChariG and the memorable rcs
!
The compounds which finally executed is the iugi
live slave law and the laws erecting territorial govern
mens the principle that lies the foundation Of the first of
which is tha' Congress shall pass all laws matter how
d5agrcate the duty necessary 10 execute the Constitutions
ard the principle uSrated upon the territorial laws s that
The people thereof shall have The unconditional right when
they prepared into the Union State, 10 make
their local constitution and laws without being sub
jcct any restrictions imposed BY Congressional anthori
~ Now. sir say there is nothing in Magma Charta more
vital 10 EHgislmen than these principles are 10 US. The
first is the lite oil the Cunsuon-as necessary To keep in
action the engine is for the purpose to the steam
boat The last considered BY ancestors vital,
that they waGcd seven years war OF unplra ecd sii
ing vindicalc it, These the great principles which
reafmed often they brought into dis
pntc just often am ready declare to be the du-
Is Of Congress enforce the Constitution, and TO main
the laws nrcessa: Tor that purposes and that those up
constituents laws operate shall pass
1ws for the government Of those who the only
that have voice in their enactment.
In 19S Virginia passed her celebrated resolutions Of that
yenr There good deal Of violent opposition them
in Virginia. and still more elsewhere. Several of the States
responded TO them In Virainl the was very nn
macd and the succeeding election turned upon the issue
thus raised AT the session 1899 they reaiiTmcd
they have been constantly since whenever they have been