The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-10
From he National Journal.

'"'i7'i II iiptl hbleo taken al The ttllc, Dl
The very beautiful and eloquent peroralion
pronounced by Mr.. Writ, lrfore the 81.
pffme court, in February fast, in reply 10
Mr.. Emnet, in the mach talked ot steam
boat caRse. 1t Is certainly one of the pref
test s%pertnenta Of defamation, and ol apt
classical Illustration, which VIC have setn;
aud our readers, we doubt not, viii Join IL
III the expression Of oar thanks In the
friend through whose kindness We ART TN
ahled thus To grace oar columns.
Ertract from +" SPEECH q .lir. U6t, IN re
ply 10 .ir. Emauti. betate the Supreme
Court, or the ceietrutta Steam Boat
case.
The learned and eloquent counsel on
the olhei site, (AIr. Emmetl has warmed
us of the necessity ri kpeplng the powers
ot Congress within their proper channel,
and has Observed, that While thus restrain
ed, they viii low an, like Il ii IL river, fcril-
lIzlng aud adjoining the country, engiching
the landscape, and ~sladdaiog the hrart Of
The behoid.r, but, suffered once IN break
their banks, they Will sweep all before
them, or, at best leaving only here and
there Il ruin, Ia mark thc eXteat ef he de
solatI H.. The figure Was as Instructive as
It was beauiif.l. But what is the ,cadiest
way 10 produce this inandation - do
What Nov York Is new aie~mpting-to
fase All obstruction across the ~national
chdnsel, by which you first generate Il
p ,stllence, and then produeo IA Hood. BIT
/ there 40 danger 81 innndallon from IA
Mother quarter Nay not The state pow
ers, also, hbreak their banks, aud give Us
four aud twenty inaadalloas instead Of
one : ant how are we 10 escape such Il
delaae as inis ! Whittier shall ne fly for
refuge tom this eongIegdtcd Waste Of
walters! hhlther but Ia that ark Of safety
winch IS under tue direction III this Go, I, :
Sif, / cannot hui congratulate tlt Court
on the Olite mlrel tnsy have now To
perform. The qnes.ione Of this suit,
winch hase heretofore MN before yeu,
have heea rade an alea lrteons collisions
betnt.. - the federal aud state autlo. iti,s.
But, herc il IS Il cast nfceliision amoag The
states Themselves and the ctlicc which
You have 10 perform is The blessed ulii,e nj
the peace fnakrr-to aur oil upon thu
angry clements, and hush them into r.
pose. Sir, # orr constitution were good
Tor nothing else, il would be worthy If
preservation iur lhls h%rnignant feature "A.
iiit-llti III ltiti ItNIki1 lo lliblillbii
tlectutl'y between the states. This fta-
TURF alone Would Nrsathc tine brow OF its
Inventors with IN inrpeiish ahle own As
10 The idea 81 rttin from the reciprocal en-
tfoachfnpnts Of TIE federal and state au
iflarttics, | hase always regarded 1t as a
Qt1mcfd-wel enough "a 4 theme III DE-
cldanatlln-hut carrying no terloftl IT In
any 'niad acquainted With The virtue, IN
sliigenee, and love 81 peace and q let
winch mark lhr Americsa character. The
people konW tt..t tire governments, ie
deral aal STATE, aft al Their o~n-and thai
the ~oiilcers OF tn gof ornaments are merely
tlei, servants. That the faitblrss III IN
competent Officer may BE- displaeed at
tleir pleasare--anl tie forms Of the 50
~ser"tneulstt lou d lii msfhes detective.
t1nenrd, or mouidgd entirely anew, and a
ddptrtt more skill al \ ceaFaistpn tfa4'l
this Cause | nave uettr Dreaded. Rnt w a.
tegard 10 tltrst a%uaerela between the
states themselves, | c%enlrss thai | have
never 1etn ALT To Contemplate Them With
out the most monrntai approximations.
Loon dt Whit has already occnrfed II this
casp. NeW.A ark, Newierscy, and ton
aretlcu', are already within the step %
war. Npthins remain ilRi In autllorizr
their ,c>s els To arm reclprncally in defence
If Their r~i.,.is. Ind HLai thea Sin, il is
fear,al t. ihnk ri the eonscqaencra-bat
moi II all diiicnlt tn ascertain the quarter
Ia which tirey ought 10 be charged. The
learned aod eloqaeat gentleman lsft,
i.mmrt3 has drawn an animated picttr"
Of the State Of New York, casting her EYES
n,er the oetan-nitnessins ctefy where,
the triumph OF her arnitta, aud exeianbllns'
IN the language ot lucas,
Que rcgio IN ferris Dosb1i non picna @bori',
SIR il vas not in the IN Of triunp.l,
nor with frellua4of triumph, that Laeas
uttered that cxriamation. II WAS when.
with his ~f,,tilful Arlites by III. side, he
Vas surveying the works of at viii which
the palace ofCaathase MAS adorned, and
his attention had bee caught hy a repre
sen,alien of the BATTLES ut Troy. There
he saw the sp1s nj Atfens and IRAN, aud
t,s fierce Achilles! Thr whole extent Of
his misfpftunrs-the loss aud 1esolatIon of
his frl,.nds,t hc fan of his behaved country,
rush upon his recoIieetion-
c5asa!a. alaehrynaus :sy: ja,a iocps
- iHggif, .3ehnti,
Gae reg'o IN ie5cis aosfri non pleud ia5orisi'
Sir. the Fassase may hereafter have a
closer application To lie ease than my rio-
qmnt add classical friend intended. For
il the state Of things wbich has already
commenced IS IL "a on-lf the spirit Of
hostility which already twists in three of
our states, is 10 catch by cnntagion, and
,pread among the rest. as from the pro-
srrsr OF the human passions, and the I'm
aroidahle sunalrt ug lalernsls, il II ton