Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-02

~ ~ o'Hnc sull"oie person TO serve door keep
81 a"d messenger, together witha suitable assistnn,
Unnecessary, neither Of uhori are al anu Time 10 he
Of The Board. - ~ V'''""'s'
I IANvARr J, 1915.
,tIfcr ne acceptance oritc final pcuoyf,
On motion, Resolved, That the n,iunctio, ots,-ro
~ tVS"ro roam the debates and proceedings of this
cu'i"h, cNcop, IN so far relates to the Rcport
hhaIly adoptsd, be and hereby is cortiuu,S.
II. B--This injunction OF secrecv ,,ns r,.,- So.
nuarv. '' -" vi 'u-
Extracts from ire .tiaoI Report ofLhc Conrento,
- prescribe patience aud trmnoss to those who
are already exhausted by distress is sometimes o.
1'Ve th'm TO despair, and the progress towards rc
FORM hy tic regular road is irksome TO those Whose
!n1glho''ohS discern, and whose feelings PROMPT 10
"Shor''r coursc--But when abuses, rcduccdto svs-
t'h' ";u accumulated through course ofyears have
perVaccd every department OF Government aud
spread corruption through every region the state.
when these are clothed with the forms of law and
chorced oy an Executive whose will their source
40 summary IF relicC can he a,,pI;e5 ,r1Ly,
recourse ID direct and open rcsisiGacc'
1T Is a truth not TO be concealed that p ssnti-
eh' prevails to 10 lnconsidcrablc extent TINT a,lpi
h''ratioh have g,von such constructions to that i'm,
SIuoh'' and practiscd so many abuses, under color
" l's authority, tbGt the time for chune Is nI Erf
nose who so believe, regard the evils which cur
round them as intrinsic and ncurabe defects in ,I,a
constitution They yield 20 a persuasion, that no
D."ge' 1T any tiine or on any occasion, can agra
Nate the misery OF their country. This ODio;o
ultimately p'oce To b. correct But as the evidcnc Nv
winch II rests.is not yet conclusive aud as measures
adopted upon the assumption of it's certainty p,ibt
or irrGVocabIe some general considerations are sub
mited,in the hope Of reconcilinr all 70 II coursc r
moderation aud tirmness which NAV coye mo-, e.
me regret incident to svdien decisions DyoI,LI,
aort the erii ar at ie7t insure consolation and sYc
cess ia the last resort
The lust ana caprice Of power. the corrupti6p
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OF the community by the stronger. heavy faxes
waSteiul expenditures, and unjust and r,nons Vn-s
are the natural offspring Of bad administrations in
all ages and countries lt was indeed 10 be hoped
that the rulers of these States would no, make such
disastrous haste to involve their infancy in the en-,
0arrassrnentS of old and rotten institutions Ycsai
M'S hcs meg done; and their c1n1lf crAs RouIiY fir.
tHeF dS7nt'Slo'l AMI Disgrace But TO atc,npt unnn
very aouSe OF power 10 change the constitution,
W iuld be to perpetuate the evils of revolution
Finally, If the Union be destined TO dissolution nv
reason ol the multiplied abuses of bad administrations
II should possible, be tho work of peaceable times
ana deliberate consent. Some form Of corfcdcrr
cy ft0V'd be vIbstiWef d7tor II osr S,eS rbrh eb,Jy
intend to maintain (ederoL re- Kf,on 10 each oil
Events may prove that the causes of our calsmi,;es
are deep and permanent. They NAV be found TO
proceed not merely from tho blindness Of prejudice
Priae OF epinon, violence of party spirit or the con
fusion OF the times; but they may be traced TO in
pacabie coInUnat ons of individuals or of States IN
monopoIzc the power and Office, and 10 trample with
out remorsc upon the rights and interests ofcommor
cIdl sections OF the Union. Whenever it shall no
pear that these causes raGicalapd rcrmnnen n s.
Paraton, by equitable arrangement, will be pr,t,ra-
Die TO an alliance by cOnsrant among nominal friends
but real enemies nll1med BY mutual hatred auh lea
iousS7, ana inviting by intestine divisions CONTEMPT
aHa aggression from abroad. But severance Of
the Union by one or more states, against the will
OF the rest, and especially in time OF war ran he
JnHea ony or 16So!Ete necessity: Tn &c are aplou
.he PrinclPa OBJECTIONS against Prccptate measures
ten'hg 20 d'sunitG the states, and when cxamnci IN
conneXiyn with the farewell address Of the Pa,
OF his country, they mus. it is believed be dgcD,.d
conclusive"
In this whole series ofdevices md measures for
raising mon, tins Convention discern total di,,rr0yd
for tie CDasiiivfjoR rud disposition 70 roI1te y, ~
pi'io1g' de0lnndia from ITO iadfri}uai Stats Urn,
amt dectdef opposition. An iron despotigm can i'm,
pose 10 harder serTltude upon the citizen than N
force INN from his hom, and his occupation to wao,
offensive wars Undertaken t. CRAFTY the pride or
passions OF hi5 master. The example of France has
recently shcwn that a ca5ll ofndividulls assunliu
may transform the great body Of citizens into soldiers
and deliver them to net in the name Of tic reoDlc
over INTO the hands Ola single tyrant. No war not
hHd N Just adherence by people, cnn reonire The
ai OF such stratagems 20 recruit al army
Ihtt acts ot Congress IN violation OF the Consfi-
tutlon are absolutely VOID, Is al undcnIa6c position.
IL docs not however consist with the respect and for
DePEnnce due from confederate State towards tn
General Government, to ily TO open resistance uuo
every niraction Oihc Cons tuition The mod,and tho
energy Of the opposition should always conform 10 the
nature Of the violation, the intention of its authors
the extent of the injury inflicted, the determination
manifested TO persist in it. and the danger Of dclav
But IN CAGES OF deliberate dangerous and papable IN.
fractions OF the Constitution, affecting the SOVEREIGN
~ OF State, and Liberties of the people 1t is not
only the right but the duty Of such a State to inter
pose It's authority for their projections in Tho manner
best calculated to secure that end When emcrpen-
ccs occur which are either beyond the reach Of tho
Judicial tribunals, too pressing 10 admit of the do.
lay incident 10 their FORMS St7ies ci~h hare no com
mon umpire, MRS b hor jvdges and crecae iFciy
o'ca dec,s,ons. II will thus b. proper for the several
states ~ await the ultimate disposal oftho obnoxious
measures, recommended by the Secretary of War. or
pending before Congress and so to use their power
according to the character these measures shall final
ly assume as cnectuay TO protect their own sovc-
rcignty, md tho rights and liberties Ofthcr cii2erq
"Thc last inquiry. what course Of conduct ought IN
be adopted b. tho aggrcycd Statcs, il in hyh de-
gree momentous.-Whc n great and brave pcople
shall feel themselves deserted by their Government
and reduced to the necessity either Of submssion To- a
foreign enemy Of oppropriatinr TO their own usc