Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-02-27

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Hegotred, As tie opu.ion ofthe General Assembly
ehat the constitution Of tie United States, being
iederatlvc compact, between SOVEREIGN s,atgs
Tie states have the right and are in duty bound in
case OF deliberate, palpable and dangerous exer-
cse of powers not granted by the said compact to
lhterPose Tor arrestng the progress of the evil and
Tor maintaining within their respective limits the All
.horltles, rights and liberties app,rtainnu to them
oh TINS amendment var. Slaughter called for the
| ayes and noes.
M D,oniSo0'c said he had no objection TO tl4e Il
mendment3 as 1t was fer word from one of 1h;,
resolutions OF 99-iGoo. But tie resolution which
4 was sought to substitute, contained the same prii
cples, he should vote aguinst the amendment.
| Jni. Ca0eA said there 20 his mind Il material
variance The resolution be offered as u substitute
was appended TO clpss of cases designated in the
report OF 9S, affirming the right OF the states to IL
teriere i'll case of"a dangerous, alarming aud napa-
pie exercise C.. powers not granted whereas the res
outon from the House OF Del rates was not append
ca TO definition of the cases proper for interference
"hf. H0H''derS was glad The occasion afforded
nun OF explaining has sentimentsuH explanation that
would be made by hisvote. 1.-THE resolution was not
amended, he should vote against lift was anlcnl-
Ell as proposed by the gentleman from Nelson he
should vote for it, rs from the bottom Of his soul a
approved the principle affirmed hy the resolutions Of
.UT CH1eH declared his belief that the pasgage of
me resolution as it Row stood, would have an a!arn
ing and dangerous tendency, and dWclt cllouent}i
ana soeinniy on the events q The lost two or three
any one state had the right OF setting aside law of
Congress unconstitutional and arravinr herself
against the General Government.
Mr. iLen yielded his assent To the doctrines that
the states We're sovereign and sovereign parties TO the
constitution. that the constitution was constitution
OF Anted powers, and that there was in the lust re-
Sort 40 umpire between the States and the Gara
Government. He denied however, that the or,,,na
ry Legislature OF any state had the .vht to constitute
Itself an umplre such power had been granted by
the people to the Legislature. The ordinary c.ris
latGres did not ratify the conscientious but the ,conIc
IN convention; and the people, and not the Legsla-
,gre we're the arDicrs IL the rss resort to exercise
this sovereign power. Il he voted Tor the rst reso
Gton at ALL If would be in the belief that the report
ana iot mean to claim uIiucT 1t, this power for the lie
glslatufe but for the people. Mr. A. ndvertcd To tho
state of things IN the SOUTH Us motive for proceed
ing with great caution, and said we oupht so Ia nct
as to incucate on the minds OF the Union that it was
no trivial occasion which we rccogniZed this snve
reign right, but that the occasion must be one of Il
dangerous, alarming and pal pablo nfractiun of the
constitution The must occur when this infrac
ton was obvious to ALL and when there was no hone
OF other redress before ought to resort 70 this
principle believing the amendment, taken from the
resolution Of 1913, more guarded than the original he
should vote for it. 49,
A-r. Dade said he should vo,e against tie amend
neh, while he desired not to be understood as dis
sentlng from lis sentiment. But he shonld voto =
galnst it, as mtmatlng that il was not now RIGHT or
eXpadicnt, to Interfere. In reply 10 the incnt of
Mr. Allen. that Tie ordinary Legislature was not the
aFOher spoken OF, but that the people was this arbi-
ter MIR. d. said this argument surrendered ,a nrn
cip!c mat state sovereignty vested in tho cnis
aturc. not being prohibited by the state Constitu-
ton from interfering it followed that tn, Legislature
itdd the right to iDterpose.
Mr.. Csbekt had hoped that the argument Of the
gentleman from Harrison, (Ir. Allcn,) would have
satisfied the House. II was conclusive to his mind
MIR. G. expressed his establishment that objection
Should ne made TO his amendment, in the very words
as it was, and pursuing the spirit of the resolutions If
he pnrs ,,r,+I,
hH1 used Three gears ago in their resolutions AGAINST
the then tariff laws. He avowed his object in offer
Ing the amendment, to be to prevent Interior mea
sures-to admit the right of tie Legislature to OK
press its oplnons-butto deny the right of extending
1t beyondth resolutions OF 90, specfyinr as occa
SONS for state interference, 'palpabe ALARMING and
dangerous infrGctioDs Of the Constitution lie had
oeeh asked what his object was III this amendment?
lie would ask The gentleman from Oranrc Mr. d y
why the republican party in So had limited The rirh
OF state lnterpos;tion 10 cases of ealarnnr dance
rou5 and pa,raba infractOn? WHY did not fhev 7a,,
down the principle in the broad lanmare of bc nrc
sent resolution, Mr.. G. reminded tho House that
these resolutions cans from states breatbIn, nm
position by force Of arms and who were tireaeninn
70 unturl the banner Of rebellion AGAINST the Tn;on2
VINO declared that their future measures, if their pre-
sent retnonstrancc were disregarded would he mna-
sures OF eXpedcncy and not of allenancc Tie asked
II TINS ought not to act u warning how VIC should
proceed, and 10 operate to keep us within the limits
prescribed IN 90 To those limits he was desirous
to coniEe himself and he was opposed to the present
resolution as transcending them.
1I" Saunders in reply to the observation that
there was no difference between the resolution and
amendment, declared that he saw such difference
as TO be compciIedto vote against the resolution with
out the amendment. If there was no difference he
hoped gentlemen would vote for the amendment
end that ne might have an opportunity by this means
Of declaring his principles.
'Dr. Droncooie said, lift had been proposed to re-
adopt tho whole resolutions Of 'oB he should have no
objection; but he could not consent that gentlemen
should tear particular portions from The context He
read another part Of the proceedings of SO to show
that the Legislature was bound to watch over crorj
inracton OF the constitution and that their intcrpo-
sltion was not limitcdto cases Of palpable danger
and alarming" nfraction
mir Co5cH rejonod, ro-affrmine his adhesion to
the doctrines Of 49, and adverng again the course
Of >. Carolina. He asked ifgenLemen were preua-
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