Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-11

duce the book lately puDiishen uluer lhe utie
The Munieipalst, to yolr readers, for which
both publisher and authq return their thanks
But being particularly interested in having
this book we'll apprecatsdin in Virginia, the cra
die of the great presidents, you will generous
ly allow its author little space in your valua
bic paper for some rcmirks upon your state
ment That his 1.-THE author's) doctrine o.
construction, smacks most strongly Of Federal
ism, and if accepted, would ultimately prove
subversive Of the very Instruments it is design
cd to elucidate."
The author is ut less how you came TO this
conclusion, because ilis principal aim has been
to rescue the Federal Constitution from the dan.
gers Of latitudinaran and arbitrary interpreta-
tion and practice, or. as eloquent politicians
say, to bring the government back to its
original purity. This never will be done until
a thorough knowledge of the political or public
business pervadcs tie whole people. If one
would describe this book he might call it q
treatise on the nature and powerful influence
of the public or political business on man, and
its proper division among the several political
business districts. Federalism is extinct since
the establishment of the Federal Constitution.
Congress acts either consttutionally or not, c.
is doing political business belonging to its
province or not. Wherever the present practice
is unconstitutional the author has pointed it
out. Thus he shows, page 80, that the con-
grcssional census, besides the enumeration Of
persons, is unconstitutional. The remarks,
page 60 on the post affairs are made in the
same tenor The utter lnconstitutionality Of
the publications and the seed store business
etc, Of the patent office is shown page 81.
I,,c - ho.. n,.oI that rnp
grcss has no power to lesislate OH laborcrs,
bond or free, or to establish sectional lines in
this regard. In one word, the author has clu-
cidated the Federal Constitution strictly, as it
is printed. If this method of viewing this
law would Ultimately prove suhversive Of it,
as you state, the fault must lie in the law itself
Still there is no danger in this quarter; this
organic law is the best ever made BY man-it
is u product Of the true art Of politics, nO~ AZ
most entirely lost. II harmonizes perfectly
well with the fundamental principles Of Chris
tianity. for aiming at nothing but the rcalisa-
ton cf justice IN rsgard to the legitimate na-
tionaL affairs of orr .Scistv-wherelor it is
especially recommended to the attention Of all
Christian ministers. This book has nothing
to do with any party. extinct or cxtant, and is
made readable for ladies and gentlemen This
freedom of partisani,ing, probably, is the cause
why it is sometimes entirely misunderstood
even by men Of note. Men, generally, accept
politics into which they fall. If the father is
an .Abolitionist, the children accept his aboli-
tionism and if questioned about it, they an
swcr, I'VE have been thus brought up" The
author has not accepted any politics of others,
but has strictly confined himself to the organic
law as it stands upon record.
Ito show the eiFec: of errors about the nature
and influence of tic political business upon
man, he adds two examples.
The unconstitutional meddling of Congress
with bond labor and sanctioning sectional
lines has shaken the very foundation Of our
Union
BY organizing territorial government in
Utah. exclusively settled by Mormons, Con-
gress has supported this sect and furnished the
gold to build their castles, to keep harcms to
send clnmissaries to all regions, to invest in
banks, to paralyzo the administration of JUS
ticc, and made them finally so daring as to re-
volt. But this rebellion cut also off the gov
erment's gold. ami starvation stared the Nor
mons in the face The army and officials ap-
pear again with gold and all are content again.
1t is crime against the art Of organizing polt-
ical business to set up territory for the e1-
elusive benefit Of sect, and especially Of such
bold, daring oudaw sect as the Mormons.-
Abolish the Utahterritory, divide it with great
care that no political Mormon nucleus remains,
and Mormonism will disappear at once; con-
tinue the Utah territory, and you will raise a
Mormon empire. To prevent such errors, in
one word, to lean and know the nature and
influence of the political business, is the OBJ
iect Of this book, which is, perhaps, allow me
to add, the sincecst monument erected to the
memory of the great immortal master Of the
genuine art Of poitics-your own George Wash
ington.
The Municipaist should, therefore, find, es-
pccially in Virginia, a warm welcome.
The contrasting OF the excellent Federal
Constitution Iith the defective Constitution
of the State Of Eew York, the introduction of
the most important public documents origina-
ting with Washington, the explanation Of the
Declaration of Independence, the placing Of
Machiavelis Prince, the political Bible of the
Napoleons, in parallel with Washingtons
Farewell Address. the letters on Business in
general, on Election impulses, on Voting, on
the Judiciary, on Penal Colonies, on Large
Cities. on the Constitution Of Maryland,
on Morals. etc. will furnish ample mate
rial for useful reading, thinking and con-
versing in the Writer leisure hours The an
nivcrsary comes around; no better present for
Young citizens tim the Municipalst 1t has
been as such recommended by the best literary
periodicals. We nope therefore, that the un-
toward statement in your paper may not dc
tain any person from examining for himself
this book. the result of no little observation in
Europe and America. :,
The AuuIoR OF THE MrSICIPALIsT.