The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-14 00:00:00

VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS.

On the 18th instant the Virginia House of Dele-
gates disposed of the resolutions culled up by the
particular attitude which South Carolina has as-
sumed in relation to the General Government. The
subject had been earnestly debated for three weeks.
The following are the preamble and resolutions,-
which were adopted with only one dissenting
voice:—

" The General Assembly of Virginia, actuated
by an ardent desire to preserve the peace and har-
mony of onr common country, relying upon the sense
of justice of the people of each and every state of
the Union, as a guarantee that their representatives
in Congress will so modify the laws usually called
the ` Tariff Laws' that they will no longer be a
source of complaint to the people of any particular
state—believing that the people of South Carolina
are mistaken in supposing that Congress will afford
them no relief from the laws in question, especially
upon the auspicious approach of the extinguishment
of the public debt; confident that they are too
strongly attached to the union of these states to en-
danger or dissolve it, whilst they have any hope of
obtaining the relief which they desire by regular and
peaceful measures, persuaded that they will listen
willingly and respectfully to the voice of Virginia,
affectionately and earnestly urged, that they would
await the result of a concerted and vigorous effort of
the friends of union and peace to effect a reconcilia-

tion of public differences, now unhappily existing,
regarding a resort to force on the part of the Ge.
neral Government, or on the part of the Govern.
ment of South Carolina, as a measure which nothing
but extreme necessity can justify or excuse in either;
but apprehensive, at the same time, that violence
may occur which may eventuate in consequences
that all will deplore, unless South Carolina will con-
sent to rescind her late ordinance, or to suspend its
operation

" I. Resolved, therefore, by this General Assembly, in the
name and on behalf of the people of Virginia, that the com-
petent authorities of South Carolina be, and they are
hereby, earnestly and respectfully requested to rescind the
ordinance of their late Convention, or to suspend its ope-
ration until the close of the first session of the next Con-
gress.

" g. Resolved, that the Congress of the United States
be, and they are hereby, earnestly and respectfully re-
quested so to modify the tariff laws as to effect a gradual
but early reduction of the revenue of the General Govern.
went to the necessary and proper expenditure thereof.
" 3. Resolved, that the people of Virginia expect, and
in the opinion of this General Assembly have a right to
expect, that the General Government and the Govern:ardent
of South Carolina, and all persons acting under 'Le autho_
rity of either, will abstain from all acts calv.iiated to dis..
turb the tranquillity of the country, c. 7 endanger the ex-
istence of the Union."

The following resolution, which had passed the
house on the preceding day, was then taken up, and
appended to the above
Resolved, that the doctrines of state sovereignty,
as set forth in the resolutions of 1798, and sustained by
the report of 1799, are the true doctrines of Republican-
ism, and the said resolutions and report are hereunto ap-
pended as the decided opinions of the Present General As-
sembly of Virginia, and contain a true interpretation of
the constitution of the United States ; but that we do not
concur in the exposition of them which has been given by
the Convention and Legislature of South Carolina; nor
do the resolutions of 1795, or the report of 1799, sanc-
tion all the principles assumed by the President in his recent
proclamation, but are in direct conflict with many of them."
The following resolution was then also agreed to:--
" Resolved, that the Governor of this commonwealth
be requested to forward copies of the foregoing preamble
and resolutions to the President of the United States, to
the Governors of the several states, and to our senators
and representatives in Conerees.„`'
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