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

. ,..mlt-F OF a irnNrTIlIN' bpuN W '' H'rN I'm
=. ~. h. had been a member Of the House Of Bur:c->e''
an: p y. are .orry to lay ,ha. Mr.. Il. i. not quite aeenr'ie IN
-aying 'hn, III declaration in y Of tsnis H HhS r,po he shan:e
- , letter, ~ the head o.! each one o! me ih're cot>,!'u
,on. which Virginia has had. u he "ilturn, 10 me Ih,Ia
men, In IL present form, lac VIII gtieve with u 10 tNlnS 'h''
:" +. h.. no, ..car-d Innovation In IT. passage through The"
deal VI ihC Ia.i C"IIEr"i"h' e.
u i,, ne mo-; interesting par; ~ this chapter relate, To
nH. .c ~ now for the first time known, offered Iy
! Wadi.nu 10 the fourteenth section ct tie declaration o.
rici.,. a. originally Drawn b! ''eoTfs MIsos' "In ,elo.ita
~. $50 ,otarlit'gr to the Convention. That section
- 90 r,I,inu. freedom. and enacted "that al! men
.houlI .uiny the fuIi"-; frt't'itg" u! tir cNrrT'st y,
,.iic;n, -" IN, am.udnvn; offered by Madison embraced
d.. ....r,I .rf-i, u She article, but sNc!Giei The wofa
liberation. III. amendment = ~ lhrH' ~, VS. =" -
are equally entitled 20 the iu!i ana rec tNg''tv Sh y 81.
according to the dictate % c'i'','cn'r. Nv" "a.
,rl.nI,Hrat wa, y i not a!"ptr! AZ soH:" ,'"St d 'hr
discussion, Il j. impossible 70 LAY, a, u" i'''," w. So
crrdlEgs Ia the House J. preserved: bt II ,'f'''"'i "H'
~, and ~. r..nlt VA. the .hort .ni comprehensive
article w. now have. AID which eTc'hir' ,r 'ie" ~
,.0n. The SCUM. Judgment Hnd eiii;htetra lh',>"p'y
which dictated the amendment, were Tar br!oh' !" "|' 'o.'
have been txprs,tI from = young = man At maj ERA, a'''
reflects the hi:hc.r credit upon Madison SH!I u LEY
,Iuction % the word federation toy M"'"" W III, . =,
in the .raic Of 'r!n-' tht1 rNi.tin:' a',-''nt, To- ,"r. 90"
prorcr. TIP to Iii. period ;h-rr had not hrth 40! ''uS.'''
evident, that - an establishment Then "A''t"' 49,,
II aay indications had then Appeared. "t' "H''! - ,.t,
the word federation Wa the only or lhh' 'p"'" e."
pIopri"iy IL" Introduced IN the declaration "' i'-hN
broad yi-w presented by Mason w. In advance "' ~,
time: and there l. To ioGat. tia; Il = c.ir', h't"'.r lMi
been presented - him, he would haze placed ." 'hi''
vlr..-.t - To- the rNvrci~r Of IT,. right II religious "nrinr.
And il {. pail able TIA, the article Sc, Ultimately a%iori"!
va, a positive and Immediate aa"DlinsH' Cd! the e.'A'!'''''i
Mr. Rive produces tie original Z. parc. Which la- a..
ready been Published. hGI Which should .crm unpur-t."aH.
bly, To- be the rough !Ta;t 0i toe re.piu;ious actually aicii
80! L,y the grand committee, and which. with . few Al,Ih.
lions, became the nU>, Constitution Of Virginia II 49,
found among Mr.. M,iisou's paper, and Mr. Rive. thinks
that il j. the only copy IN existence hI' W. are lnt!intt 20
think that We own one ourselves. " Tie paper IN question
be- the exclusive work of any one man mat man VA u"
author 81 the FIR: Constitution Of Virginia. Who IL III" aH-
thor Of the DRAFT. Sir. Madison s;4tes ia u memorandum
now lr-t published by SIR. ll.e.. that There &. a Tin: 'tl.
l!'iun ,lrt NrriHsrhrr Saith poke Of i - "risiaat!n: VIII
Min, {" I..sau- uurmrriuLuiu says: What Is Trmcmbrr
1T hy Jane Madison j. that Grorsc Mason "t- III. i"o>i
prominent m"u.h~r ia discussing and IN developing III" con-
,;iriipH in It. pa>-1E. :!i~ou-.i 81" Convention. ""hhNr
no time to discus, TIL, question. auG will only LAY that Nr
Rive, ha> brought To- bear upon ~ rersI.cGi;y u DISPLACEMENT
and . degree u cr;ra! III. which ar cmti'!rd - tts!h
admiration. "" rUb!ish'' IL lie lrl"niiN' III l'rhi.' cog
umas IL" original draft 81 the declaration e! rlsht, ny
GroFgc Mason and tie dram reported los The committee and
the reader -gr- ~ i glance the original d'a'i am III" a'rF'
aliOi> ~ thu committee; aud ,hrl. 10y i reference To TIE
declaration rs adopted. "i!Ci. !, la everybody : hands.
III. fmI history o. TIL, remarkable char; may noH hr stca
for rhc first ;imc, "a; least ~ far ~ that history j, AE"wn, "r
j. likely - Ice kmuwn. For IL i, IL : 10 resume HAT We
,hni! never learn more han the Researches Of Mr. Rive, IN
She Madison manuscripts have enabled him 10 pu' forth
r,rcr attributed 10 Mcriwrihrr smith Ini the constitution
a. adopted. AMI ia the text displays gr"a; critical aciI'cn
ia courHin. them. lht- chapter alone = worth the cost 81
III. wh.l. work. and j. interpreted with come profoundly
w.,r and rIu.urntly philosophical rejection,
The sixth chapter ,ikr- Mr.. Madison through the Ers'
session. Of the Assembly under The Constitution. held il
williamsburg, IN October 1870, AMI uarratr. hi, first ac-
ugaiut.Err with Jefferson, who wa al.O a member 81 the
House III Delegates. We INDUCED The hope THAT the paper
of Madison would have Afforded Mr. Elves materials for
some delightful Tryrlaiiun> ufihc doing. Uf IL. lIOu," ~
this memorable session, hut We arv altogether disappointed.
Some account Of the long continued and sharp debates be
tween icniIrion on the "mr side and Mason AM J'ii"r.oH
on the other. might have been expected. but W. are 'EF""u
back upon the cursor? view taken "f the scene hy Jefferson
in the sketch Of liz own lie, and We certainly looked for
,nms'lia. conclusive about he 'ch-mr 81 = d!ctI,u. Al ;hi>
session. III" Keen gilncr"f VIZ. Rive. would have detected
.uci materials at once, II they were Ia The Madison manu-!
scripts. and We are reluctantly compelled 70 Dsl!evctl'"t We
now Lup" al HAT We are hNcIs 1" Aho" "n tms '"'Jr''. VI!
&c. tie papers oi PrHiiriUE may disclose additional !ntr!ii-
gcurc. Madison had Rot YET acquired the -ci p".."''i0n
necessary FOR vcn,Gring into dcha;riu a body ;cvmiur viii
able speakers, and lid N"i open h' mouth during the
session.
Of ab,taiuins from 'a- oil Virginia practice 20: treating
We wish Mr. i:ivr- lad told u. who II va Nat beat IL"
Young .>m"n hut, i. he has 10; l"n-s 20, We viii supply
the deficiency. Maiis"n's notion was THAT, ~ III" election,
had become annual instead UG ,rliruual ~ GrdsF She oil!
regime. the habit of treating would lead To- . great c"rrgir
iIuu oi ti- mgrAl, OF tie people, tua l." rc'"iScd To MAKE
the experiment Of abstainins from II, Il was q brave act,
bu. II failed. Knowing, II. we do, IN" character Of the sUt.
cr.,!G! candidate. ~c ~'hrewdly suspect that. liquor or Do"
liquor, he would have got The better Of our young sia'r'
man. r" tn, day Charlie, Porter i remembered a. u mot
accomplished rlcct!ouccrcr. and, a. lie owned an cNt.t" ~
E,rrnnn Ford. he va. Familiarity called the GA Coon. Mad.
is0r and Ire Afterwards --rvti together In the Assembly
and he nam" of Porter, though frequently associated With
That ~ Madison on the same ,!Ir in the aye. and noe. VA
lie :riurnphs In lIGj, ana winning victory after victory until
the declaration ofinierendracr, carr,~rlthe country through
the y ~ pi tie lstEu4If!hH, AMI s"'tsrl With iFGlTt'c hii
honor mnGc ]perpirSel questions which imter'ened hei"ce!
tn 'r,..: o: peace an! the adoption 81 the present federal
constitution. H. was The colleague II Madison, eight yraE'
l.'c:, "hcn the III Tor establishing religious freedom t"""
ny ia 'hc House % Delegates. and rrcDr!.! ii, mamc OF
tie rmIi. .! those who v"I'l for TIA; :Trtt measure, where
i. will uyr forever. W. thought that; We might be INDUCED
Ia ,ayin. wha; We have said ~ au ancestor o. ours whose
votes ou the Journal, Of tie House At u great crisis, ani for
, lor. .,rir. OF YEAR. even when ,,.y ran counter o. lie
vote. 81 Madison, iuhics'"la sound discretion aud a GevCgt
attachment 10 tie independence u hi- ra;iv" Common"
wealth.
ri. feeling, OF modification at 4. defeat were e&ccrualiy
.oo;a,d by m election 10 a seat in the Council, under very
Gathering circumstance, ia H." f1Nu~i.: winter duo
wl.rr ~ hIh AZ opportunity Of rendering valuable service"
to ~ rrGuiIy. Ill. kno"lyi-r %! frcn,h, which hc pro-
unumcrt. according 20 'r. Eivrs, A. 4 young NirIinitn
might tie expected 1" pronounce Who had ocra laugh; by
scotch teachers, wa, brought Int" frequent Use b" transact
inr business with French officers ana such wa liz" "Ntrr'
Of III, labor. that he Was called not oul! a member OF III"
Council but Secretary ui State, tn" latter title having 'rirT
rncr TO the aid b. rendered the Governor IN liz foreign cor
r,spUulcuC". 10" remained in the Council! until tie election
o. Jefferson n the successor Of Henry, and y shoG; time
after, thu, adding another liuN 10 thai; chain q! friendship
vii h wa> 20 lrnc'hcn and brighten until II was broken by
til" death Of Jefferson. Mr. iiive- continues to keep NJ
through this chapter the thread Of eYrHts occurring ia "tir
state and federal councils, and presents IN i coHdei''etn and
pointed maaEcr i very fair aui accurate history Of the
times. Il concludes with the election 81 Madison, then In
liz 18th year. on thc li,h q December, l,,9, by the Assem-
bis. a. Il member uf the COngres, o: t!' Confederation.
The chapters intervening between the sixth and eis''
,rru;h arr !-yu'-d GENERALLY TO the Affair." Of the COhIe!rTI-
lion from 1919, when Madison was elected 10 Congress, to
hi Withdraw a! from that body after 4 term - service rN-
cc..I;,,. Ly cn. yr,r Win, was allrx,tL Is existing law oh.
act uT Assembly prescribing the term having been = r"airi
to retain his services ~ the ratification IN L." ~ ;'r de-
.Lriyc treaty II peace with England. We ka0w rot how
20 express ourselves ia language .trong "n0u-h 10 convey
our grateful scn.c 10 the author Tor IL" Trn'IF"ah'' h>'"f!
or tia, rpocli which h. las spread before u. No a nwhn
had no; aces, 20 the Madison manuscripts could have writ
ten this admirable historical tract, and none wh"c"rihi have
had access I" them, We w-r" about {" -ay, could hay" writ
ten it - we'll. II the author were rallc'. upon TO LAY What
part OF Iii work cost him most pains. and Oh which IL" might,
wi;h a noble confidence rely for the appreciation VI a.
country, We are ,rrr that ne would point 10 the chapters ~
que.tion. Heretofore iii. portion OF American history la.
-. ytf, So, ts V.,ri1 lF Il stn pNf lines ~ here 80 have
= map o the measures and policy ~ the federal govern.
m"ni during il. mot pefiious epoch drawn by the hand Of
a statesman and u diplOHaiist. who wn' H'r" 10 comPre'
bend the subject. and who had the ssill 10 invest II VIA The
ft-hnr-s Of passing life. What adds l." the beauty Of he
whole i the presence of Madison throughout "a til" hr!mG
and leading person GA The canvas; anu We g nm
T. performing acts, presenting elaborate rcpOriS thai "rT" 70
shape our domestic arh foreign policy, and making
. .p-rckc,, which, II W. kr-y 'ha; they had ever been tasdr,
We supposed were irr.coycrah!y lost. The whole story 0
our IL Revolutionary diplomacy, Of federal legislation, and .!
our domestic affairs. which last are thrown IN as our author
pr,Ssr, forward in h> course, + told in q narrative at once
flowing AMI sGcciucr; aud tie reader can hardly b" mad"
To- believe that every page. often a .!ng!e line, OF ut' rapid
sketch involved lour> aud sometimes lays, aiid even "cr.-'
II careful nomination oi manuscript, and ~ All The pint
Ell au'hO, titles on the subject thai; are "Nianf. our limits
will rot allow u {" max" an analysis %! tbs excellent mar
raiiyc. bui there are "n" or ~" hni'"'i'c ihr'irht>' IN ''s
Interval, in The life q Naii'"n. ita' IS" cannot pass over
IN silence.
The first To which We hail aliul r. j. an aGair OF tie heart,
which occurred "a ii" winter 90 49,, while Ia" was attend.
inc Congress in Philadelphia, The lady was 4 daG;''rr 81
General William Floyd. \ member rom the state oi ~"
YORK, and u signcr Of the Declaration Of lDlcptn'.rnc".
Sh- va, beautiful AMI accomplished, and TIE heart - the
younr politician was vanTui-hci ~ her cbrrii. very
omen Indicated success, and Madison was probably Rims
Ia. seriously OF the changes in his virginia housekeeping,
wlicl. .Ych nm even; ~ marriage would render inevitable,
when Ire and his friends were shocked on learning that -
change had come over the spirit Of lis beloved, and that
.Ar hahLccomc deaf tohiS cn:rc";ic. This !, = nrH r"'".
l,rion. Tor which We are indebted T." Mr. Five "nd We are
-tii NOR. indebted TO lin Tor one Of the most "'trI"r'i-
nary letter, il wa- ever our province TO !-ru-r \ letter
from the sage Of Monticello, who, then IN Philadelphia, OH
III. way 10 France, hsd been priyy 10 the engagement. t"
the Young sage Of Montpelier, c0n-ONuS the latter under
the torucnis which \ heart, torn by the arrow. OF Cupid, !
doomed 10 endure. f. il 20 unique HAT We must G.Yr Il TO
our readers
II sincerely lament, lays Jefferson, the nl.saiSgn'nrc
which Las happened, fran Whatever cag.r IL may have
h,rr,n,!. s.nu,l II is final. however, the world It'll pre-.
s-!.- the .,.- and man" other resources o; hapl!E".-, and
yur possess many within yourself. firmnesS Il n;.ut "mi
uu;ui,-ri:'ir. oct U,.;lou viii rsS: long leave you Ia pain.
No rvrIi has been more contrary :" my eNpr'ta'inur. ..t
ilr.r wrrr .cIadrI on what ! thought a good kno"lrhs- q
,i..r,r,I th. al, all machines uuf. l.. III. ruu,y r1g.'i