Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-12-19

the much and justly dreaded work uf copso,,i,+,,,,
VIII at once he compleied,u ut asst in prncipl. n,t
nom thai perlcd lot 1t when il may State ind,
pchdehce ana Stt'c sovereignty will be nothing but
name. ou'
Mr.. I. said that no man could be morn s;,co,
iTiend I" the General Government than he was ~
,"' "e"ei" No'erhment as II was cd and -
long as 1t shall remain within it's own e,,;t;,...
sphere and exercise only the powefs Jeceaied 10 -
ny The Federal constitution seeking only the or dc i
""ich II was established, he had always been ara
must ever continue to be most arden,lv attached =
Hoping as he sincerely did, that the rich bleas;n
Promised by that government would be repGssa 80
lis operal ion, he DESTROYS as lis best s;,funor,
10 prevent its interference with the rights udrpen
uehce aud sovereignty of the State; on the prse,v,
must depend. ~ Pe'l'e
Sir. l. said he would be content with a constitn.
tional pr'NiSin such contained i'm th, ,cs,I,
inhbiling the persons ifu,n hodi,,rr AN ,tHce
Ger this Commonwealth, who holds an office OF -nt;.
or trust under the United States qualified nc ,ht
provision would he by adopting he proposed proyis,.
BECAUSE If not of itself sufficient to produce the ne
cesSarY exclusion Of the officers and utrents of ~ o.
neral Government, frcm holding and eyerc;s;n r;
GERS under tie State Government, which he bejewr,
would be; the UNMARRIED opinion of the Lerisature
ana OF tae people OF Virginia from 1898 TO the pre-.
sent day, manifested by lie act of Assembly nas5
III l788, and still visiting, afforded strong ground r.
nope tha this statute may long perhaps f ever con
thua u ne the tw OF Virginia. Tic Thought the or
DNSS vi .tiS tNo governments were sufficiently
tincl, ana he desired to keep ien So by q provsinn
LII the constitution, the best and most cfIacu.3
!h''ae Oh preventing such accumulation OF power
II, Tue Heherai H"vernnent by gradual, but cantu,
al accession, would be destructive of II "a r;its
,is people, and the Independence and sovore;,r,,t,,
the states. by ketlng the functions and functiona
.'es OF DOM I"vernmcns ti-tinct and separate he
1enescd both would continue to exist happily tose
ther through all timc and from the spirit v:Jcb,+
present seemed to actuate both the Iepisl,,rr, ~
The people of the state, he was encouraged to ,o,,
that such might long be the case. Yet 1t was imm.
slbe for human wisdom to forcsne what ,L.,n.r. :,
opinion might Ia ne place and the dances, m 1T r.
V'fhnrhfs wnhd cert an!y be great, should TINT sui
~ expire. I, was with the 'u,ost good will towards
inc federnl Government, that he offered Tie amend
ient, and desired to il with the resolution ,oIr
ing provision in TIL. constituiio seeking .te-.hy
To strengthen the Federal Govcrnn, nj not 10 ,nnn;,
iit, 70 preserve, not to destroy it.
MT I. shld 1t was very possible that tie amend
mcht winch he had offered to the resolution ,,nde,
consldrration If adopted would ina Ike the esou
non exactly what it ought 10 bet nipht reouI,
further amendment; lie wished the subject to he IT,
tanned before the Committee that il miph, r,.c,;,.
i"Ither amendment IL found necessary
In reply to Mr. Sanard, Mr.. Il. said he could mo,
CONCEIVE 1t To be possible that under the resolr,;,
narrower III lis terms, han The act of Assembly A.
ineh0ed by the provso, which he bad offered n, Ito
exact words of the proviso TO the act anv IF tb
ny formidable consequences enumerated i,y the c,er
ticman from aPottsy!vania should grow ont of u
site none of them had grown out Of Tie art of A.
the law OF the land, and had bcen from 1888 as nucl
so rs II were IN the constitution; and yc, the ius
ceS had Issued their warrants The jailors taken their
fees lur1es performed their duty ard ali thin. wen
on smoothly Astojusticss protesting to act after ther
"lnce vas vacated by law, TO law nor constiu,;c,,
erher conld provide against Ike consequences. r,.
ne could not agree that the issuing Of Justices wal
rant me receiving Ut'ed Statcs' prisoner into
s'atc lali or serving Jury in Tie Federal Court
was the holding OF an Office Of profit or trust undcr
Tue un''ed Staes; at most such service wss bull the
performance Of function, the holding Of any Of
nee OF any Kind justice had right under he con-
mon law to Issue his warrant, TO apprehcrd ncrsc,H,
charged with crime against the persons or prcnertv.
even OF r. siten aliens. and transi The m 20 tJc l
where they could be tried; well might it he con
tended that The justice in exercised an Of
hce OF profit or trust under The government TO which
Sucn alien belonged In every ola criminal yros
ecuioh un'cr the laws Of The L tied States, tt g ,ug
nee ana The Jalor act i'll their offices under Tho CStn
m"n"'aifh, and not under the Federal Covcrnrei
uch was the common coi,s, rucfion of the inv
and why not of thc words if in the constitr
ton: But to remove all doubt the ptoviso could lie