Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21
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MlRrINsBURG. FEpnU4nr 81. 1928.


sr Governor CHESS Message to the Legisla.
M Of Virginia, accompanying certain resolu
j On, Of the Legislatures of South Carolina and
&,eorgs. on the subject Of The Tariff, Internal
Smpfovement, and the American Colonization
society, together with an extract from the cor.
x,snondencs OF Thomas NJ. Randolph. ESQ.
Zrith the General Governments, while acting as
Commissioner on the par, ofthe u. States, with
L. Commissioners OF Gs orgia, in running the
k,oe between Georgia and the Territory OF
Florids.
We submitted these documents without. com
ment at the time, because our paper sas just
seong to press, and because We could no, rea
f6lly digest our establishment at the hardihood
La the Governor in making such communica.
hon 10 the Legislature. the State, the Nation.
lad the World.
It appears TO us after some reflection upon the
s,yle, TENOR, and purport of the messsge ina,
!, must have been intended, either TO oyerawe
and in,imidate the supreme Council Of he Ma
sion, or rs an experiment TO ascertain how far
The factious clamours and vlrulence of Marty
had gone, in weakening and loosenine the
hold, which abe freest, cheapest, and best 90
yernmeni on earth, has, and ought TO have
uton the hearts of this hitherto fortunate aud
happy people. Now We Go not saw ina, a wise
and good man may not strongly reprobate the
Tariff as unpolisic and unequal, and unfair in
its operation. Such opinions NAV be. and
doubtless are, honestly entertained But we
have no such charity for those, who, after the
uniform practice of the Government and sense
Of the county, for forty years, question It's
Constitutlonality. But we do say that whose
ever IN these United States forcibly opooses
,he execution OF Law of the Union, regularly
passed by the Supreme Legislature, and an
proved by the executives q traifor--snd as
such we hope to see him and all hrs abettors
banged by the neck till they are dead. 4, would
be strange thing indeed, if the mild, Just,
ana benefeeDt government OF the u. States
should tail to meet with the ready. hearty and
ehectual support of the PEopLE or THE UsrCEp
STATES, by whom and for whom it was original
ly eStsb shed, and whom it has hitherto existed
ba, to hess, and protect from those misior.
tunes and disasters, which are the common lot
Of mankind, under every other Government
that exists upon the face of the earth
Ehe uovernof of Virginia in his message 70
the Legislature. says "While sincerely lament
the uliwise, unjust, and i'll fa,ed measures which
have gwen rise to these proceedings, / GlYp
Soncnr IN me Principles and doctrines therein as
serted and Demonstrated, as well as IN Their an.
lclpation of the fatal consequences TO the U,pon
d these states, in the event Of perseverance
n the deprecated measures on the part Of the
general Government Let us examine little
INTO the proceedings" which Gov. Giles so
heartily approves. and in which he so sfuIIv
soncufs.' In the month of December Iasi.
me Legislature OF South Carolina. agreed to
nepoFt ana Resolutions, which they directed
% DC transmitted to the Governors of the seye
Z" states. 20 be laid before their respective
giSia ures; and also to the Senator's and re
pfvsehfa'i Is OF South Carolina in Congress to
y ,s,u before congress fop consideration-in
~hio' they enoeavour 10 show that the Govern.
mem u the United States is the creature of the
H'afes and not OF the People They arraign and
INSURE she ooctrine OF the Supreme Court of
ne U; o'a'es, that "the Consolation Of The
U :, sta'es emaDaied from The Peobe Of he
= |, 7Aes, as'one Of the NEST dangerous doctrines
"0' can be promulgated " In The Repor, The
D2"''i''ee say. that. sit is all-importan, that
@na'eVet Is TO be done by Soufh Carolina ough
a W ." uone' as 10 impress upon The minds Of
ne Congress ofthe u. States that she does not
It TINS conjuncture approach the National Lee
S'a.urs as stppdant or ss a menao,iolst bu, as /.
Wv EhEiGN aud an EQUAL" "When Coz
ress acts within tho sphere of its exDress,v de
egated powers, the supremacy of ,ts laws and
y power must be acknowledged by all the
lates, and from no state in the Union will
OBEDIENCE TO the DEGREES of the suprf me conn
ii be more cheerfuliy rendered. than bv South
,aroi'na "But. when the ground of complain,
), violation of that great Covenant. which
'hd' together the confederacy. each ,nsr,b.r is
- a0vs'e'sn, zo'en IL demands a ffh,aens of that
omoacf IN as sprft as 1Ohen IL or7Qinallu rat fed
la9 agreement. $50 all communications there
are' whieh may be necessary, between mem.
es oi the Confederacy and the common head.
oenoVes tnas member not TO forfeit her RANK
SoF EhEiGN.' She must cause her SEN
"ehts 10 De conveyed to Congress in manner
Imposing, as to evince that she would have
le intercourse regulated as is proper, between
he S'Ue'e.gn and another: and whilst she would
cy earnestly SOLICIT q continuance of that
fehosniP and good feeling, which has so long
&c" 'he Characteristic OF the American family.
le Is yet unwilling to yield rights of vital i'm.
v,tance' 10 the safety of the states il is
'u'SP' hSAo'e, that Congress should be in per
ua' remembrance, that 10 10 a sopersion and
' cue oo9y only rehen ii ertsnds it's AUTHORITY 10
s. s '''"'e 'o)ecfs Of Government. and that At oil
| pe''d' me states are equally supreme and
o. supreme as when they are about 10
Sa"sno he fultilment Of the original compact"
~ i'auers VIII reeollect the language OF Gov
up soinetime ago IN which he smoke of the
.tSea' q Tho u. States near th,, Gope,,,,,enf.n
'oshihg the State Government of Gsorp;a.
40 sne letter OF tn: spaIding 10 Commissionsr
winch commences in the following
:s My dear sir-I have this moment re
10 communication from Governor Troup.
u'cn' IN ne frdnkasss of his character he her'
~ a., "'' 20 '1y osfore sou:' assuming the stvle