Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-06-11

safe, cf tl coars ic!a;e slavery e,'ni" t;''i"hc
an oI.r woaa ultimate a5vlilivn. That Is PLAZA 'h"u-
The following, ;!!nnsh E"t 80 C!siI, 20 p; g''a!' VIZ
:,n 49, y,ry :u2..sti',: ,.,, wear.
r,nl rt," nalo IL t'ala"' .s"e -" i"gai r,cs lie
in bona III the Africans have been Sn Of I"
H. bat suggest Ilie renedies e.d c'''
i"ss I,snes lG &C. .ue out CT bondage at lbs,
NJ NV M etched ARMY inc c phanh
Of the lsborn Egypt and ~ ' do moi say that General
and his lost in tie Red ssa in every house in the South
co., Bat il undcnaee iae', INA! 'S
sacred h's'oy white and ay--rrruch h'n:c 'e'
Isl L,oodshed REBELLION and anafeiy ""eh .e H.
e. The Norll grow and loo power io
;r masters nrd the white population OF inc South II uI
t, did not mean that pualci should be co'pe'e, ELS
olusiou 10 the case Of tho Iactes in Egypt was os W"
fortunate Blu, will assume that he only meant anuo Wy
mur, and LEGAL means which arc very different from Inc IN
s,rumcn lily that delivered Israel from the house OF pI I
age We will assume that General Scott had $aduIi Grs
,ivnisn, and violent coup de main, IN ms eye. .
n Therefore with thu aid oi his party. will DO to repeal m
fugitive slave law for ignores the veto Po"e,'
will be to Caada The heA, 10 The abolition Of
lion laws; and finally, To aid and hi'u u, nv ~
slavery all the United STATES anu snI, whrh is
"The nomination, therefore, OF oir, = ,e bcoinninp
aeaay e'1 hn cent Of his election there will be TO-
mi change in the administration OF t sV r;rs win h,
country Emigration VIII 'e @ IN I'd c;emans
.rr,nchisrd and discouraged and the lfisi "iu H.
w r,icmIar will be placed under worse dsaoil'es u'
those under which they .roa!ed IN lcr naliSt l" ,
Iii 10 = con,nIec revolution in tile action :" lic Eu.ciu
49,, o,J ,h. Ioru threatened separation between ,nc
ami Soulh will at last explode IN open rupture h"
be terrible conmotiun in Congress an. rn,vo ~
oonn,ry General Scott himself VIII DO inc hAreuttFc
@ ~, ,h. designs; ard President and cGinlanae''in,
cbef be w enforce the new laws win all tIe murray %
civil newer of the North, and al the point o Inc
d. IL nn, cnward 10 shrnk from the performance OF ms
duty WIN lever may be the consequence ne wa" ;
born 10 Weld or retreat. The end Of all VIII be- INN,
L = ,t;a,,, tina ip;D
= n,;I,,arv 1publc somewhat like that oil Inc aoiais W
the French will be gradually established, ana our present en-,
institutions will be remembered among INC '''''s - ""
past" crorr
~, pr,u polnies-TNe Judiciary-Ihe Erecutire Peto-
Ro,aSu in Office One Presidential 1er'H- Agensy g
he Prssden, in Legisluon-Secret or oafh-oo'"o 81
cicticS, DC ~ ..,..n,,. ,,c, o5 Isjl
Gentlemen have lately had the honor to Fecelyc many
letters from many different states saun ,be sans no.
tho mart of the writer and his neighbours nearly 'lc sumo P
i,icaI inerroaa,ories TO which answers are fcqGhSa
Tie scope Of the Inquiries is acrlng proof OF she in'e
ss, ,bat some Of my counymen take IN the OPINIONS 'a
bs 20 formed on certain great principles OF abcias of
lance 10 The succuss Of systems OF governments ana US
have nothing 10 conceal if nothing OF value To conuhi,
cate SHALL at once without policy or reserve ana IN NE
form of circular, comply with Their several requests
PARTY poLlrIcs.-Alihough, from early nahoou, ilsu'
by the profession of arms, III defence OF my county oo
our of the arena Of party politics. yet have never
ceased to be an attentive observer OF puoc eEehs @ 'G
believe there hns scarcely been discussion OF oe d no
\ Congress,
destIy, but firmly express passing ophioh. r d a.
mere vuu,h fell the veies JOY when tho alien ana Sc
di,ion laws expired in The triumph Oh MI, - 1 ir
1906 was old enough, by speech ana pen' 10 can ,ul
nrornpt and energetic redress oil on wrongs suIeu
Great Britain under her orders IN council as'ac" on .le
Chesapeake gate and long continued mfesse"' u Uu'
sesmcn. and when the war of 1872 nj length came was
among the first and longest in the presence o ,e ioe
insults received from the French Directory ner oepteaa
inns nm our commerce. renewed under Aapoeons Gectec
Berlin ard Man) which followed III. British ORDERS III
council also largely shared in my Indignant depreciation
The administrations OF MI Madison aug Mi. n"I'oo'
like tina, of Mr. Jefferson had lii their Respective periods
INV humble hearty appreciation, and have since cen
sret nothing in either but The sale oi part ana c n's
ina Milling Of the remainder Of our navy the gu-Doa
a defence that followed and the indena;e emtareo "hlc
cripplng us for war, by destroying our commerce ana
finances and depressing agriculture, was long continued
without rc;rcssing one outrage from abroad.
oyc his Ii,e sketch Of the growth of ny party feelings
or opinions -unimporan perhaps except 10 ysc'i ana
few partial irenisto show that IL have never neen ieu
enlist i'm anv party sense Of the term, 50 never haze
been acnbin, imprac,icnbe or nbsractons II. an!
sense whatever but always OLD ashicne1 fefuocu'
voted the support OF law and oroera aehoctac VIM
inst ms all my family have oecn wings, Ill lie great slrugs1
Tor national freedom and independence
The JUpc1ARY.-From early anu long continued sn"g
If eIanenIarv law my mind has been imbued with
deem reverence for the bench State and cdera-an nitpen
dent department system OF soTerninent-and when
honp the purse corrupt the sword OF power IL
fv addresses itself only with The mild force Of persuasive
reason 20 the intelligence and virtue OF Inc whole conn
~ Ey The federal constitution every Possloe sSee :
crowded to shield its judiciary against eeun9 pJnasce
ca rancor and party dependence which legislators
an H.. executive arc unayoidably directed and constantly
exposed Hence 10 the lone supreme ;;ont Msey IN
tended INV .appellae urisdiction a cases IN law ana
equity arising under this constitution tnc OF 'hc o
led States and treaties made Q: which shan DC ''aue 'nGe'
h. their authority"
ookina 10 this express provision have always held thai
when doubtful merchandising under We
Congress- or treaty has once bstn soemhiy adndcaed
By that court the principle of The decision ought be taken
by all dsin srt:led-pness, indeed, ii be upon
hearing before the tribunal This appears TO me too
clear for ds2uG,on for the court rot only declared to be
suprcne and hence there he bench beyond but Ia
Congress only given the power 10 constitute incrior tn
| bunas By appeals 10 the Supreme Court, settlement
intended be rcachcd, and anarchy, through long
Distraction of the pablo mind great questions Of lccis
alivc and executive power thus rendered lmpossb e. :
Practically therefore, for the people, and especially their
c.iunaries deny disturb, mpugn principles thu:
coasu,janay established, strikes me Us o! evil example
if not of direct revolutionary tendency except, indeed in
the Of judicial decision, cn1gng power and against
bcry any dangerous OF this sort can always DC
easily corrected and should DC only correcicd ny I'M anG
mcnt of constitution in OF the modes prescribed by
that instrument sclf-iu organic law oil The State ana te
people DEMONSTRATIONS al law other than the consltu-
liou readily corrected by amenun"ry OF aeca-
Tnn ExrcUrIvE Vs7o-This by the trainers of Tho Con
s;utiua could only have been teagnedl 10 enabls The
President ioLeend his righ,fu powers oganst usnra
lions on the part Congress. 2. TO enable him 10 forbid
ether .;Ivc infracl0ns OF the Constitutions and TO
guard The country against other acts o tusy or violent c
! gsa,ion.
Ii hardly possible conceive case under the first or
second Of these heads against which The JdicaylhH ba
lance wheel Of tic sy;e not afford OF ITSELF all the
security that The people can require.
But without the protection OF either The bench or The
yctn would the executive department bcome go sur"rud
ca of late years) be fulfil the strictly executive
functions for which il particularly created or,
rather would that department still be the most powerful
for evil in the government.
Tie President is under the checks Of the constitution and
law puy invested with tho power of the sword and lie
has again Gain had that OF tn: purse also The honsc
uf Congress il il true lay laxes fix mPo.ts and cGul"
The sale The I;ti;c domain; but IL is he, through ts
agents who handles the proceeds. From 1888 I" lSob ITO
say nothing Of The 5enl he alone nominated and disi"ss
! ,l,lt "a J.,
Distributed and sLrSrd The public revenue The apthe2
make executors not who are your ssatcsi mas
pul application 10 such agents and the immense trca
sure that annually passes through their hands.
Tho rapid increase and spread OF population, Inc groWi u
of national wealth. the amount ri collected ami
dshurs the relations by the extension Of commerce.
with foreign countries the additional appointments nj home
abrui tia. ubcr md value OF contrnclsa constant
~ s9riy the incrcoSaa general decay in mo-
rails PERHAPS treat in Congress elsewhere the habit
thai have prevail daring several presidential! terms
of filing public Offices with hut little regard 10 moral
sannghavc taken altogether already opened to the head
n the government elements OF power and corruption which
mpossibr FOR the trainers ard adopters of the con-
sttion 20 o'eSre 10 conceive. Who at that disan.