Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-05

any reasonable and impartial mind ,ha. the peope
if q 'o oneeF recur To the fundamental nr;rci
pies W cs institutions. II wn- lon, -, .aiJ b,.
oouu u oahoui' that political prophet, thar fsr.ss
'ne S."'e''h"'' w""se wisdom and genius eecb $40,
e. eiIng age VII! more and more annr..;.,o No. IL -
| 1t WAS long ago said by him. "tbn, m. ,', t T
North We're incapable OF preserving ire. ins,irr,;
Tnne ls rap y demonstrating the truth of hi, ,,io
iohs' III ths, as III many "ih-r respects II ,b.p -,
people u the North nJ longer understand ,h. ,,,a
theory OF Oar g"vern'nrni as is shown by their S,ot
l-glslhtoH, and the speeches and writings nf ,bf.
most eminent m-n, if they be but Mere scio,s.s IN
t'e kno" ledge of republican Irs'iturion. tlrr in
deed Is tie Union in danger. Their iynnrarc. ,,iI
i-an 10 solution of the tni"n before hey can la
t'uEh' II 6 consequences Of their action.
INC VI ''r n'S great causes "i t,.i,.cal error srrf
'gh"rahce al the North which shall mention j. the
widespread prevalence of the opiuinns nf JrI,.
| Story and Chancellor Kent as u,t4rsd ~ ,b.ir ",-
inehtaries upon the Constitution of the United State.
lbey assume, IN the tace all historical ,est,nnu
to the CONTRARY that the powers of This goyerpn nj
ne derived from the pc0s ot a2thc States sc;iug ~
single body mud not from each s0r.,,,ga Star, az,
ing jor HSrJ, as an 'adiridu0i ,cparais and J;,,y
from The rest. That the latter is the ,ru. docr,inc
supported oy history and by reason the student vt
constitutional law and government will readily .., hy
reading the works of Story and Kent and cnr,n,r;,,
them with those of Calhoun Cpshur aud Tucker
These three last have ably exposed tn. errors OF ;h
two former. and have given Us the true ru. f., ~.
instruction and Interpretation Of the powers ,C ,
general government. The doctrines of Story auj
hent are Snbverslve and destructive Of Stale Rrhr.
| They nim Il blow AZ The Sovereignty of rhn SIT.
| aud in doing they have originated dnyrnn. ,hn,
lead I" false conceptions of the nature If tn. i,.,
compact, aud threaten the existence of the Urnr---
Great minds can only give rpcuI"r error ui:l.out
oeing able TO transform il 10 truth Would that tlr
writings ot Southern statesmen aud sages w-r. rnni
North of Mason and Dixon's line then would error
have truth for lis cUnbatant.
Great political 'esuIfs often proceed from mora, ari
social causes, which have been in progress for v.rrq
yvit thnpti il.Ir,, ,lt tt,npt, l.
the period OF the infancy Of Sates,as well Ms Of m.nw
must look III order to ascertain what influence. hyu
produced IN. characteristics o maturity. BY nn,S-
an!ih,'nn oi ti" education and pursuIt- o! pc"pe.
will be able 10 determine whether they IS be .r.
vcrucd by rcason or by passion and pr,iudice ,!tu
who ARE not governed by renson--who do not sc.
knowledge The obligation Of laws that they dislike
are unit tb be- cusOdians of liberty. LOCKr wa
nearly right when h- said "Where there i. no law
there is no Freedom Let us see whether the pcnl'
OF the North are, from their education and pvrs,.;l
likely to be governed by reason ar by passion. II
by latter, then anarchy or drspotsn and not li,.
erty. will he the inheritance left for their posi.r;v
DE T"C9uEvIILE, although Il foreigner. j. prrhaD.
the most correct and profound of all the commcr..
tors upon our institutions. With unerring accuracy
has he discerncd and understood the theory OF 0Gr
government aud the character of our people, OF tNn
people OF the North, he says: "Ihey taught from
infancy TO combat want, and TO place comfort abov"
all the pleasures oi the intellect and heart lh,
ginaon is cXtinguished by the trivial detaila o lGir
and the ideas become ess numerou. and less general
As prosperity Is the sole aim Of eXertion 1t excel
lently well attaiped; nature and mankind tuTn.
to the best pecuninry advantage. The citizen al tH-
North sets but little yalue npon the rlc.,ur.. nI
knowledge; he esteenis il a. the means Of obtaining
a certain end aid he is only anxious To seize i,s mora
lucrative applications. The citizen of the South !.
more given to act upon impulse; he H. cle"'f.
more frank, more geRerous, more intellectual, and
more brilliant" These are the words of this NEST
sayacious writer in comparpg and contrs.,iuU ma
ueopIa of the North and the Snu,b They were, trp.
A. l,pl. h thaIn
will b. trI. for all fine Tn. fountains Of u,i,r,rIl
knowledge have always been deepest and cl,ar,-: at
the South At the North they ARE muilird ard p"'-
luted bv the evil spirits of that bathc th,.r"lu.
rhe education of the masses IN our Northern State,
is Just sufficient enable them 10 preserve the 'nl
y mighty dollar They worship at h. shrln" ut
Mainmun and never pause in their devotions Ia NO
dltate amid the bowers of liberty and of wi.dum.-
t The consequence H. that such peopl" think
Il about making money than about prr-ervlng ilooriy,
all thoughts except Ptc"H'ary thoughts AT" rk~","
:. to them They have grown rich nnd powerful 1t s
true but their riches have brought vices rrd cor
J. ruprions that ikea cancer are last eating oU' ihs
&c vitality VI Uie oouy poh'lc' III tne,r very P'o>p,:,
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