The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-10
FEDERAL. CIVILIZATIONS.

FEDERAL QUOTATIONS.
We publish eith pleasure the fnllonin.
5" still email voice" from the county -
Prince Edward. Virginia has all her poll
=ticAi battles 10 fight over again; and sh'
will again contend for the iu,Iolabllity %
dhc constitution, though il be single hand
ed. Shc need ~ longer hope for the ait
OF one of her allies. The winning rlo
-quencc and seducing snphistry Of Henry
Clay has spell hound Kentucky, and SHE
has abandoned the einple republican creed
ofiag. for lhe.nrw faugled will u the wsp
-docfriurs of l92I. The constitutional in
terpretaiioas Of Jefferson, Madison aud
Taylur nre thrown aside rs stale aud TN
sound, aud those of Clay, MeDathe and
John =. Harbour are. substituted for them
lYe confess that we have hnt hnlc hope
of n return Ia the old nrder Of things; hut
il becomes Virginia, who was the earliest
expoundcr and ahlcst defender oc State
Rights, once more Isl throw herself in the
breach, and save the Union frou, the do
smiaation Of the "ton inlies square" already
the centre of too much patronage and
bower and whose ambition, like the appr
tic of the horse lrech, can never he saiiat
ed While one hand is wrruching from
the States their most important powers,
the other ishrh forth,r an attitude of sup
,plication, and We are called upon to Give
Given AT such time il behoovcs tn,
Old Dominion once more 10 buckle on her
.arlnor aud, through her representatives
as in 80, to arouse the Investigation ai the
people, and save the Union from the evils
of consultations. In reference To this sub
7ject, we congratulate the country that Nir
GINA gave her Ncc-presidential vote 10 tina
consistent orposcr Of federal nsurps,iuns
the venerable Nathaniel Macon.
PHIkcr EDWARD, 18th Nov. 1go4.---A
an unusually large meeting of the ,pcopl,
Of this county, nj tho court hualsr, for tho
purpose ofagnin taking into consideration
the preamble and resolutions heretofore
submitted To them by Edward Booker
ESQ. Captain Samuel Carter was unnni-
muusly appointed moderator, AMI Snmue
Alien clerk 10 their injecting. EdWaft
Booker, chairman IN the select enmmitte,
To whom the said preamble aud resolution
were Referred. reported The same with M
amendment Ia the second resolution, IN,
as amended was unanimously adopted, .
are as follows:
With the deepest concern the citizens q
Prince Edward have Witnessed a tempe
manifested by the Congress of the Unite,
States IL enlarge the powers of the genera
government be, you'd the constitutions
grant, and 80 usurp thu@e reserved by tn,
federal compact to the States respectively
or 10 the people. II WAS with the hvclics
interest they b,ilrlda similar spirit innu
encing the federal judiciary and the fedora
executive. They had fnudly hoped, tina
fortified by the plain letter aud apirit u
the constitution, connterpoise 30 thes
alarming encroachm"nts would be foun,
in the legislative hranch of the government
for notwithstanding the Congress of tn,
United States had in various instance
not necessary here 10 euumeratr betray
ed n disposition 10 strengthen the arm %
the general government AT the expense, s
TO the ultimate destruction of the Stat,
soyPreignties, II was not until the. last SO )
sion of hafhudy yse,i0uSiy believed, that
majority of the immediate representative
fthe peopIe would venture To carry int,
Effect any measure inlquitous in Itself an,
above all, one palpahly Unconstitutional
and eudangering the prsce aud union u
the States. Among other acts of usurpa
tion and oppt esslon chnrgrable upon th
federal l,gisaiare, we cannot consent I
pass in silcnce the hilltor promoting Inter
nal lmrru' rn,eni, and the Taft hill lila
tH0o' 'NNS ~ ~ y i'ap 'NiNNiltfs VII
noticed, impoverished by an unsuspr, lin
.Cong,ess, there wonld vet remain n bean
of hope for the future. Their object. an
principles were distinctly and clearly u,
folded by their advocates, aud oppose
with zeal and ability seldom If ever su
passed IN this or.any other age or cnuntr,
Dangerous and alarming as these acts ~
qucslonahly are, axe cannot but reyar
the principles aud doctrines by which the
were upheld and sustained MS sill MOI
dreadful in their bearings aud consrquer
ccs.
't'''r he II from This meeting to deny II
'rfghtto Congress to impose duiy on in
ports commensurate to the ordinary nm
necessary expense Of our government
tbut while this is conceded, we hu,d il ,
.qnahy clear and self evident, that Che
-canant righDutly exercise ii for any 9th,
purpose. Tins meeting will not now sto
10 combat the various aud disc0rdaut re-.
sonings offered by the friends of tho.
bills in urging their adoption; such
course Is AZ once forbidden by the tim
which it would consume aud from a In,
rough conviction that it'would be- perfora
ing more than duty Required. Thetansw,
To them'is to be- found in the CONSTITUTE,
iisclf--ia the allie and masteily report
james Madison, made 10 the Virginia A
g eembiy in tire session of 1899, and in III