Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-12

loiIy occurring IL relIy l'is opiG-
on-;,,n 10 ,sc resi-, Nc AK a''th''o'' - Wv
,.b , ..cnrded in Scot lhic:
WHEN :, =, ,i;yr,ed u s,erch b,i"e The Detroit Scott
=; nm re- n inst which ;hc Advertiser says vas E'n"
Ii"' I,luI bitter severe bnt smooth and seer .
us blade. His exposition 81 Individual r'sp"hsi
=, yns rubiu and JSi, and al The same 'imc inc"hn-
h while his scalhng exposition OF the Texas bargain
and the Fugitive Slave Law drew from the mass OF hearers
the moss nnooundcd marks OF appreciation.
lerr aphic despatch from Portsmouth announces iha'
hn Rand charged with rob5ing the Portsmouth bahA'
has been convicted and sentenced 10 ten years
in the p,nenary New evidence was or""gh' :" ""''
We have not heard whether new al VIII DC HeN'" =
the te taken up
Wa understand that at the last Court before the Demo-
cratic ratification meeting in Surry C"nn'y VI W. "u''
Holt Young able and devoted Democrat delivered very
ba,n,if address-hs maiden specch-Whlch gave g'ca SUI
:, our frienda We hope 10 that sterling little
county do It's whole duty on The second OF November
n, Tho ID November several vacancies in The General AS
,smblv will have 10 be filled by the popular vote VIZ
,.oo,sy,nd : member of the House. TO succeed Mr. W.
y Ic,kc resigned Mr.. j. c. Rutherford, Dem, Is INC
only candidate nominated - y
I,,;.--A member OF the House, in place oil MT. IL.
6 scou resigned Messrs. Wellington Gordon Democrat
and T. B. P. Ingram, Wing, are the Candidates wit" '"'
chances decidedly in favor of Nj a.
dell, resigned ,,,,.
;,. md member of the House, in place Of Mr. Con-
way Robinson resigned. The Wings were last nis' u
make nominations for the two posts
We write now with an excellent pen -one OF thc su''a
ncrcb, mems manufactured in Birmingham, England, oy
D g. {, Scbesinner They made OF STEEL coated
wi,h op,ta percha pointed with circular piece u pa
,na They will corrode il is sad even IN hl''c "0'
and do no, catch in The paper Those only ae se"u"e'
hb arc obtained from Nash woodhouse the sole agents
in This cy-prce 50 cents pc. Dozen or 81 per s'0c0
"THE INDIANS"
Have arrived and al The Odd Fellows Hail. eS-
hibng their gotesquc and interesting performances
CoSNECTlCUT TOWN ELECTlONS.-Fiity five
,owns elect democratic officers; twenty eight, wing ahu
eight are divided between The Two parties inc ue'
cais gain eleven towns from last year. and lose Ve o"
inp net gain OF six As the state was oenoela"c
last wear this gain very gratifying ana proves a' e
Is abundant reason for the confidence with which the Con
ccp democrats claim that te. STATE will vote for Fierce
| and King.
ADDRESS or THE HON. X. NJ. II. HUNTER
| BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION or KlciMoNp,
| Mn PRrSIpgSr AND ow.CiTizENs:
appear before you in compliance win an n'iaih
with which YOU honoed me- III address you upon pup
lie as. stand here 10 speak, no! upon mere personal
issues but upon thusc great principles o pnbc action
which borrow nothing from men. but whlch give 10 'eu
whatever of political Importance Ihcy possess WIN you"
cave srs shall speak al home, "a Frgiah conf
munins with Virgnians, aud throw oil some OF me re-
sraintp which, upon another OCCASION ana before aoe
audience might be proper 10 observe s'ah SPEAK mus
frankly and freely because is my purpose 10 address my
self 10 The position which Virginia ought To hold IN inc Pre-
sent iuncurc Of public airs 10 understand her present
,n.nn il will be necessary briefly review the past 10
sec how il stands where she now does ana 70
ascertain VIA; lights should guide her 10! me inae we
must examine those which have heretofore duecen
her ave teen steady and SHE IT, III mrknH TINS Ie,iew
should assign higher oihce 10 me ttlneipe u s Nv
ypina school of politics Than has been ascroeo
Them. il will certainly not DC designed a. un "E -,
aaery but u tribute TO truth IL Is not my purpose h
President to cherish the illusions 81 State pride nor DO
see how shouc tina, end IT, III maghyiAs me aee"e
of those wo gone before the conas, sEouid chy
shame me more the poverty of our own performances -
To undc: s,uud The offices which the doctrines OF ie VIZ
pina .chc u have performed past times, Il VIII be ne
cessary briefly the circumstances OUT OF whch
il snruny Mr. Webster in his celebrated argument IN me
case of GSbUn Ogden, hscribss mainly 10 desire 10
extend the power the Feerul Government over inc SUP
iect of commerce. and cites the first act oi pubic %.
DIV which led Convention that formed our present
Constitution a rsoprion Of Virginia IN lISo appointing
10 meet those Of other States upon his cub
ect This again founded upon certain resolutions VI
Mr. Madison upon the same subject whch passeu .c m
eru Assembly that State These resolutions dome the
object Of sr,ch grant be 10 enable the General Govern
ment through the nw"r :" laying restrictions, 10 OBTAIN
fair equal nd reciprocal rsig-s, in regard 70 trace rom
urc:gn rnun ami also secure rqaiY ma tecipoely
amongst the OF the confederacy IN regard |" me
right OF participating in The ADVANTAGES OF eS'ehh "u W.,
;,rna commerce. Connected wh all This: was desire IN
nv opinion 10 make Federal Government independent
of the STATE within ia sphere ana 10 enlarge
its powers nerally in regard 10 foreign nations accord
nsy the Constitution when formed seems 10 IA We an o
its main ends the endowment OF the Federal Government
with powers Of complete government 70 lar as foreign
nations concerned the securing not only parect
freedom of trade and intercourse amongst the States and
their citizens but also entire equality amongst heh III
regard privileges and IN relation 70 he gene
raj action of The new government But there was large
marty al that time whose views extended mucil iar-
They believe in the old European schcne OF cVz iloni
! Ia. ,i,ri.a ,,f
Of ia crnal character for armng the general go
vcrnnen h the "patrtn Dotetds accordingly All INV
concerns of the great Of agriculture commerce. ana
and In short the whole machinery Oh sciL J,
ought their onion be placed under ne coHf"; ana ~
effect these objects able and pcrscTcrlng etos eie a"
The antifrderusis %ho were opposed 10 an
the powers If Federal Government IN lhen ueoaes !"
the State Conventions extended these powers by cnnsHuc
lion 10 exavagant lengns for the purpose oil making ne
new constitution oduus The consequence was mat ~ Yer
the adoption Of tho constitution they were w
their previous their opposition 10 us ofoho
suclion Such we know 10 have been Inc case WIN MI
Henry and doubtless the same difficulty was le more
less by ,hcm all. Under these circumstances, II Is
perhaps not surprising that the early tenae"u,ss
| the General Guvcrnmcnt should nave peen to"hfas
a rapid con olidatinn Of power in their own hands
II probably for the county that
abroad during the disputes preliminary |" ie an"Po
of Tint instrument. He thus uncmbarnsscd hv pre-
conmtas observe mpartiay and 10 ACT m
depenGeny upon his Judgment, when II was formed =
He was not long in pcrccving whittier the system was
tending. The claim openly made and powerfully gus
nined of rph in The General Government provide Tor
The general interests OF earnlns OF agt-
culture Gf manufactures and OF commerce. az lar as re-.
CARDS application If money. In short ss MI JEFFERSON
that tendencies to Capitalization "i power
in that government, ard he knew, was Afterwards dc.
clared tho celebrated resolutions OF Virginia In
1898 the Inevitable effect of this be "to transform
the republican OF the Uned States INTO an
absolute, best myed monarchy for the seed OF the
old European scheme nl ciyilizlon il sowed here, must
produce the Tx, fruit again Ii Ina old European no.
on of second hand providence out OF hn-
government and require il 10 predeslinatn The Ehoe
course and events whether social or laulfdual
yith in Ihp
he determined found his school, and 10 base II
upon different hut upon opposite principles tie
founded il upon right OF individual Judgment. and upon
the free He proposed TO allow the largest Ii.
bcy Of individual action, which compatible with IN:
peace and order Of the whole and I" throw oren The prizes
of life Whether Of honor of profit 10 the free and equal
competition OF al well knowing the strongest the a1est
and would he apt 10 take them Ascending ann-
hcr step still higher gencalzl he proposed 10 leave
The right develop It's scheme OF culture
its own system of civilization, and OF internal improve
ments again throw u the prizes Tor which
communities in social enterprise and intercourse, 10
free and equal competition amongst The States But these
grants both the States and individuals were 10 DC so