Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-23


A letter NJ your first sgurr, recently n,H lshed
has d,ssl,,,d the fact that he. although the
= puiniisr. vas not the real father of the Hart.
fo,1 lConxsnfion A. he. who has hitherto en-.
, 10, ed nnrivalled the hou0rs. Is nos disposed
a. bcsta.. INN uthe.s the shame OF its paisrni-
ty may moi the osiensibie and the real ohafae.
Ter OF nihef incidents attending n, he alike di
! versfed. 81 that the main and ultimate Object
of that assembly. though beaming IN aflendor
from ITS nets was yet In dun eclipse To Tie VI
sion Of IL mos distinguished melnbers
However tins may he. u was this 2 oieei of
1909 aud 4. which from the time when | frs,
look nv seat IN the senate o. thu United states.
alienaird me from the secret councils of those
headers Of the federal party. WIS never I'M
} ,iated IN hem Ta4rruvtd and supported the
ac9ul. ,tion Of onisaua; and from the FIRST
~ nncni thai the project ~ separation was
maize knawn 10 me, opposed t. II a deirrmln-
ri aud infekibic rcs,.tnnce.
Il IS veil known 10 some of ycu gentlemen
ihnf the rr.sion of Louisiana was not the fri
OCCASION upon which my duty to nv country
prescribcd 10 me n course oi conduct different
frnm tina which would hsye bren dictated 10
n,e bv leaders and the spirit Of party. More
than one e YOU was pre.eni att meeting Of
member. Of the Ma sachnsetis Legislature, on
the 27lh Of Nay, 1902. the day after ir.i took
my scaiasa member Of that legislature. A
propn.al lien m ale bv me, 60 admit iolibeconn
| cil of The Commonwealth, proportional re-
/ prcseniien Of the minority as II existed In the
two houses has frost not been forgotten. II
| was the frs' act II nv legislative life, and II
marked thu riihriple hY Nhich NV whole public
| c,rcer mas been governed from lat time TO this
! Nv proposal WaG unsuccessful. and perhaps II
| forfeited what Yer confluence IN CHI have been
| . her~,se bestowed upon me as n party follow
IL a
States witt regard 80 the Louisiana cession
! was not mole acceptable to the leaders OF the
! federal party aud some OF Jou may perhaps
me,nber that il was not suT red TO pass without
notice or eensure. ~ the public federal journal.
| of the time.
! With regard 10 the project of separate N r.
ihem CoHfedrracy. formed in the wint oi
| 1903, L. III consequence Of the Louisiana =
| sion. il is MOI 20 me mai you must apply for
! copies of tn correspondence in which il was
| contained To tha and every other project Of
disu1ion, have been constantly opposed. Nv
principles do not adult the right even ofthe
| people, still less Of the legislature Of any on.
s'ai" in the Union, to sccede AT pleasure
| T ON thu Uninn. No provision is made for
tn exercise of this rsht, either by the federal
! ~ ANY 9TH state constitution The act OF
exercising IL, p'esupprscs departure from he
! pfaepe Of compact, md a resort to tina. OF
( force
! IT, in the eKerci,e Of their respective FUNCTIONS
| the ! sisaiiye, executive. aud judicial aubori
| iir. OF TIC Union ON one SIDE lnd Of one or
| more states ~ The other, are brought IN direct
| collision with each other. the relations between
The parties are no longer those OF constitutions
| right hui 4 independent force. Each parl,
| constniss the common compact f1r its IT. The
CONSTRUCTIONS are lrrsconcilrnbe together. Tsrre
! Is ~ umpire between thrm, ard the appeal is
to the sword thr ulrmrtc arbiirr of right p.
tween independent states, but not betwernS tn
members of one body polite I therefore b
II - n principle without exception, thai " -
ever the oonslllu ionnl authorities ola stan
! authorize resistance TO amy Hct Of Congress, or
pronounce IT unconstitutional they do thercby
| de clare emselves aud THEN Stair ono nj he
/ out of the pale nj the union. Ilai thete is M
supposnhlr cnse, in whirh the peopic Of Stafe
night pacs themselves In this attitude by IN,
pTInitivs rieht Of in direction agnibst Oppress
so lwl noi affirm. ~ they nave delegated no
such pawer 10 thrir T. glslatures OF ther Judges,
aud II there . sucl a Tich', II is the right OF an
individual % commit snicdr--the right of IN
| altiAni Of populous city 10 set fire 10 his
own dwelling houye These are my views
| Bot 10 thos sho think that each Stnte is gov
erelgn judge not only Of its own rights, but OF
! til extent iof power conferred upon the gen
cral government by the people Of the whole L.
! non and that each state giving its own con
| strarlion to the constitutional powers OF Con-
! etess NAV arAv itss"pRrate soveignty against
/ cvrrv act OF that body transccndlug this esti-
mate of their powers to say Of men, holding
! fhrse principles that for the ten years from
! 1904 TO 1914. they we're intending a dissolution
| 4 Ihe Union. anu the formation of r new Con
lcderacr, Is charging hem with nothing more
| than With acting up 10 their principles.
! Inthe purposes otpnrty headers, intending
| 10 accomplish the dissolution Of the Union and
a new Conede-acy TWO postulatet ARE necessa.
~. Ist an nc or acts o1C 'ngress " hich may
| he resisted. ms unconstitutional and secondly,
| a state OF excitement Hinoue the people Of on
| or more States of the Union sufficiently lnnam-
| ed, 10 produce tots Of the State legislatures.
confctn' with the acts of Congress Rrsolu-
| tons of the legislatures denying tho powers of
Congress, are the frsi steps in tins march 10
! 7isnnion, but they avail nothing. without snbse
quent and corresponding action. The annexa-
ton of Lonlsiona 10 the UoIun was believed TO
be unoonsti tntionaI, hut il produced no excite
Inent to resistance among the people la ben
ehcial consequences TO ia" whole unlon wrrc
soon felt. and took AWAY all possibility ofhol-
ing tup /. the labarum of political religion
of disunon The projected separation met
with other diasters, und slnmber Il. ill The al
tack OF the Leopard on The Chesapeake. follow
ed nv the orders in Council Of / : November
lS27. led to the embargo of the 22d December
OF that year. The FIRST Of these events brought
she nailon 10 the brink Of war with Great Br
tain md there is good reason 10 believe that
the second was intended a. "A measure familiar
10 the policy of that government, TO sweep our
commerce from the Ocean, carrying into Bri
fish ports every vessel of ours raw eating upon
the seas and holding them, their cargoes and
their crews, in sequestraton 10 aid in the nego.
tintion of Mr.. Rose, and bring us TO the terms
ofthe Btiish cabinet. This was. precisely the pr
Rod. at which the Governor of Nova Scotia was
giving To his correspondent in Massachusetts,
the friendly warning from the British govern
men' ri the reyolutionizing and sonquering
plan of France. which was commun icatrd TO
me, aud of which | apprlsed MIR Jefferson
Ihn emhhrnn IN the mean finn Ind hnn,. Lid