Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-09
For Ms Enq"ner.
MAHSAClluSETrS-TuE REMEDY-NO. j.

yet proposed I" corrrr the Nurtlrru Statcs Ia Ne.
"n'S" ana respect "nr Constitutional rights. and
'"'"" Il I''i! !" your argument, | cmburk with III
ir'"H'd EXPRESSION "f Iildclce into the hazardous
enterprise irE rendered 10y you have II, fine no,
u There ANY need, ihf rrrcmunnlIS preface nr npun
GI",. l"n say III your "'"I # the 2Ist ni Sep.
cIIbcr. This is 10 cHse rf viulutrI FRENZY vh,rc
violation may be mel hy anntl.r similar in chm.
rncicr, Int! II question under CONSTITUTIONS whir,
uny hr thrown oil hr rrvnlutirm ar u,nruI,.d in
conformity with us ""'n provisions" rh. short sen.
cIirr contains the 1cayh' n,si ni the controversy Inc.
tween III. contend i.! lr Siat,s nj I'M. HMM
ar" s"5"Tc!'H that they "D.cY"m pYrSuni D,frf
mrs III acu!umIm Cnni,rfiry-Ihai they ARE az ,ynH
III all the elements attribute, and characteristic, Of
sovereignty under h" C"n-ilIuti"n il they were br.
fore: TINT il, they were rYtiS before and they arc
r-sYHHS nUw--ihat ''tlry are mi united on the prn.
cirlr -! the unlimited IubnI-sI" Ia the General tiu-
vrrnmrni.' iNi jefferson, Kentucky Resolutions
'S-9) 9)-nnd, tylIOE!, they mo- united um the
prinrlpl: of unlimited submission tu each other
that 4" this rompaci' iihr Constitution ni the L
Statrsl each State ucccdc,i, Il Stale, and is m
i"grnl pnry' (samc dn,'Iin"nt) and THAT, rs i'll al
other rasrs of compact among powers having no
r"nIn"m judge car IjnrEy has equal right I" Judge
for n~,!f, well al Jgtl.'.1i1n> oi the monte and
measure "t ;"dI'<r. iSanr.) As between the .St',r'
"i this Union, then, in their sovereign capacities. tho
FcdrfH Constitution - league curenAnt.a con-
pac!. trca;y-ycs, treaty ul peace and ani!y, and
ul ui!iaCc "l.iisivr and Offensive. There Is
mon Judge hrtw-.n them, nm! The Constitution ur
compact Provides tribunal lu settle their differ
,"c: li irnrr IL follows us necessary consequence,
~ !his aS mail other ul International runpur;s,
Thai The PARTIES themselves must u - las well at m
Jr1ci'OnS ~ u the mDr and measure Of redress Ii
Is ""'mjnF between Nr !%,'<, as sovereign parties,
Where there H. form ii ui.."Inrt and where. even
"b"d"mr' rc>iS upon the h"nnr nInl cD0G Gnth ut
the high contracting parties themselves. But this
compact '"'s form " TOr"rmmcm for the peu-
pie Here see line attributes ni y..r,rumrnl
lie fine Inn flui,..
%: Pr'''f'On an,l nhgHn"r-hrrc seen legislature.
mn Executive, and Judcinry-hrrr We behold laws
with power I" enforce ubriincc, and here the priii-
rIpi" ni representation and taxation 90 band IN hand
together. Here treason suffers the doom u drph and
rn>Gcmcanors incur the penalties al the violated
iaw~ Ina word, here nrr the -~OyrHDr> and here
the .OrTH"d, and her" "r,r0ivfiDr' ar "dm,nImrW'
l. the tHm rrH"''g inr governmental wyOHg and Op-
pr'>s,0H Not - with tile sovereign States however.
While, by their ;"r"' ui rulItrlcratiulI they ARE
entitled {" representation in "mr branch ui ti. ia
tihal legislature. they forever exempt from taxa
tinn They have ~ "'rE> IL be- hanged tor high trri-
son nor h'"| 10 be- ncarccrcd for fclnnirs and mis-
,GmeauorS. They arc NE crrgi,S, Hr >DLj,riS Of
the federal government. They are the high contract
ing parties: and while upon their s"Hm"t,d hon0r
anl ~m'rd run depend all the blessings OF the Com
stIiutnn an the preScrN alton o the tnlnn YET, it is
true, that they also the last solemn judges Of tho
'httci'OR "i the compact and "f the mate and mrd
uG redress As I" them. nur republican stater-
men always called the Constitution ,OmpJci. In the
first al the Kentucky resolutions "i 1883, ii is de-
Carcd, Tint the States united '6g CJj0Ti, I'M
der The style aud tiil- ni Constitution for the Uni
ted States" Again. ihat Ia N,s romypirf each State
acccdrd rs State, and is am integral party" Again,
.'fhc government created hY Hts rDmy,act was not
mulc the exclusive ar final judge ol the extent q" the
powers Delegated H. ITSELF And, again, 'as in all
other rHNS 81 rDml""7 among powers having no
common u.lg., each party has equal right in
ud-.,. ir sca. well III IHi.rtCiiOo> ur kkr mDdr
and m,1>W,r nf redress" The 81 nf the Virginia r,-
solutions OF I!lS dnr< The same thing: "Rcsolv"d
That This Assembly doth explicitly and pcrcmpory
declare. iha; ii views the powers ui the federal gov
-rnrirn ~ resulting i,"m ii" cDmpi,9 io which the
Sac- ar. parties, limited by the plain sense AMI
intention ul the instrument constituting MW cOmPar,
farther valid ;lan tiry ARE authorized hy tho
grants enumerated ~ mH"tr"mPh'|: and that III case
9" @ nn,vr ndi ,r ,nd " hy Gner""s jn rxcfr'e q"
States VIII" are parties thereto hnyc Mr ryhi, and are
III duty bound, 10. 'HtpI,t for "rrtSiiu. the evil and
inr m",H'"'""". within their respective limits, he
""Ih"rf">, 'tg"!s aud nhr"S appertaining Ia Them.
In the case Of the Commonwealth Of Pcnnsyl-
vania W. C0bbctt, in December, 1893, rs
reported in Dallas, Chief Justice Mexican said:
"ln such n case the Constitution OF the United
States Is InErH|-lt il /" hngHc ar h,akg made by
the individual States a. party, and ali the Stalcs
MS another party. When two nations differ about
the meaning of any. clause, sentence, or word IN
frig. neither has an trJ"s'rc rrnhi tn decide it
they cnIcavOr Ia al just The: matter by negotiation:
but II 1t rnnli"t bs thus accomplished, ,dh has n
roh IN riaIn us tni,rp,fi0i0g until a reference.
be had {" the mediation ui other nuions m arhra-
tinn orit" jic II There is no provision in the
Constitution, that in such the Judges of the
Supreme Court of the United States shall c0ir0i and
l'c ro"7"<"r. Neither ran the Congress. by II law,
'ogir: H"i p1~cr.' Without multiplying the views
md doctrines of our republican 0rcfathcrs, all tcud
ns to III" conclusion TINT Ia: Federal Constitution is
rOmpa9, r0r'HaRt or irrniy, (call it by what name
,r style yuu may. between the sovereign States Of
This Union, will only add single brief sentence
rom very able speech of Senator Butler OF South
Carolina, delivered some seven eight years ago. in
he United States Scnntc Chamber, on the historical
'cvicw of the Constitutional provision Tor the
Ter Of tusitivcS from labor He SAYS, "j0r muny
the claus. Immediately under consideration had
cHi"Tmg having all the incidents and ad-
;antn,s ConctY,d hy II Of an rLlyiiiIOn ht0iy" IL
hen the Constitution oi the United State be- q cOm-
,p1 nrhfmy between IN" sCr'rM Sdi"s, they have
lIc same rights and rules 0t Interpretation To con-
true it, AMI the same remedies, offensive and ,"ten-
i've, tn compel faithful observance of its obiign-
IONS. IN respect o the cSiadiinn nf fugitive slaves
specially, that any other independent nations would
ave under Il similar treaty compact, except far in
the trfH>iT' powers ui Congress- and the
"h,Li'"nS "f th" States may restrain The law
4 nations i this "IrcaicS contain promises tint are
rrj,ci AMI r.crp,o,'H II of the allies iniI in his |
Engagements. the other may r"my"1 him to fulfil them
n p.riri j,Dm'>c r"l'.ra " rt@ht fO dO But il |
he latter has ",hr 'rp,ii'"k than that of arms To
,rrr his ally II the /"rt'"m"M" "l his prninsls, hc
'Oul sometimes find II more eligible to rdncr| the
ru.liiscs hs sdp alS,. and Ia daSxOiyP the
.eaty. He has unioubtcd right to ,u this, since
/, p,omI>rS were mnlc on ro"iH"n that the al.
should, OH his part, trfHt' rrrrVihjRg which hr
AL rHgag"i IN Priorm." tIattcl, 2li.l Happily
,r IL, we have no necessity for the ""rmS'
+ "r0n",NH,on" Of Naitc; nor nrc we driven
TT Ia your own @iHHy and Shm'L!0s dhm.
"a of viewing ii ns ""Yn'St,Dr Hndcr n cDRNifnii0u.
h"h '"a omiy "Mr"~" II Ly rcroini'oa, ar nmrn'icd
rDntD,D'hg ~"h rs arm VIDr'S"Dn>." Wchuvc,i in tho
or'!s nj Nati'l '"""'a'r cip,it"i,' "mDic yr1rfH,
I,Hf. Gml riJrHi-l mean the remedy nf nOn.ini,y-
"r~ "rd ic"'i', hy which we shall make MassacIru-
It's los" IN h"ndy,H JOii as mtich III her nianIHc-
Tres, navigation und commerce, as she can make u
~ by the pinR'irr ana pTIi''iiO" of our runaway
..roes. II her pliihrd t,iW and hon1r-if her love
the linen aIrI the (OHSn"i,on--r her apprrriH-
pIl ni the respect and confidence nl NIL civilized M
Dms That hold the doctrines "i treaty anI cnnstu-
pual obligations as snrr,h 0m0mg ms"-if nome or
of these. high and commanding considerations can
vay her counscls and shape her measures her pr0s
0t,d munvtnt'nrss ond pa'sfd commerce. Twill
..rl. trnmppt-tongucd- the deep dnnnnlion Of her
kin. gi, and Restore her In 4 proper sense of her
l.irs under the Federal Constitution.
But, .rnilcncn aIn sorry to bc III doubt, whether
u nra tr have the powerful ad of th" Enquirer in
is very lust effort To ,fj,ym Massachusetts, tO hcm
Is brd,L she has rnaie in the Constitution, md to
riDsc the o~tM cid>m she formed in the Union /
iru in n iii Of "kHOw NmhinghSm, she "ShM mutt
tron her sJ,brr." l"u SHY. I'VE arc free TO con-
that We are not satisfied with the feasibility q" any
M of commercial retaliation yc' proposed" (:ditn
H. Sept FL Again. ave are entirely at n loss IN I
nw how the Constitutional difficulties of this pro-
.ed retaliation can be surmoun,ed. How can We !
aliate on the commerce OF Massachusetts without ,
,ulatinr il! How can We prohibit it, ar interfere :
tn the consumption of her products by people
thou impnsing n charge on their Introduction and I
corporation into the mass uf our property, aud thus
ming into direct conflict with lle Supreme Court, /
without an attempt tn sneak round this difficulty Il
Iallv Intellectual and less honurablr!' ISHne cdi- "a
ial. Here you express ti" opinion quite confident
TINT ,rf,ldiion j. mgHriOn, and therefore urcon-
unnnl: and p,oh'bn'oHs is in direct c"nlictwi, the
prenle C"ur; i'll the Gaze of Brown tihr impurirrl
Marvland:" aIrl that 'an attempt To sHtai round Ii
difficulty il equally Intellectual and less hnnora- d
"--nlIudng. | suppose. t" the IMPOSITION of =,
i-cOm,nt,c.M oaihS upon m"rchants- trr
t, | was happy To see Though it did not n,
lnnund my full approbn;ion) i'll your editorial al
,1Iy ~ yy0y RI y,fHi,Iy,Ou cAieu-