Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-02-14

It wss the first act Of my legislative If. =.
il marked the principle by which INV stas
public career has been governed, from thai" {
TO this. My proposal was unsuece.siuI Wy
perhaps il forfeited whatever confidence r,;.'
have been otherwise bestowed upon me IS"
marty follower. My conduct 10 the ,en,.
cession, was NOT more acce ptabe to the ls,d."
of the federal party, and some Of you NAV n.y.
haps remember that it was not suffered to p p,.,
without notice or censure, 10 the public f.d.,"
Journals Of the time.
with regard TO The project Of sen,,,,
Northern Confederacy, formed in the win,, = I
1908, 4. in consequence oil the Lousian, c.'
sion, j, is not 10 me that you must ami, f..
COMES of the correspondence in which IL ~.
contained. To that and to every other p,o;,,.
of disunion, have been constantly opposed
| My principles do not admit The rgh, even d |
the people, still less Of The Legislature Of An,
one s,a,e in the Union, 10 secede at pleau,.
| from the Union. No provision is made for II.
exercise Of thi. right, either by he fedora. 4.
| any of the state constitutions. The act Of ~,
ercising it, presupposes a departure from Il.
| principle of compact, and resort to lh., 1
force.
If, in the exercise Of their respective fam,
tions, the legislative, executive, and judic.l. a,
,horiries of the Union on one side, and Of on.
| or more States on the other, are braugh is.
to direct collision with each other, he relation,
brtween the parties are no longer tIoee ofeo,
sti,utional right, but Of independen, force. E.d
party constiues the common compact for ilxE
/ The constructions are irrec ono ileabe ,oee,h,,
There is no umpire between them, and III, a.
neal is 10 the sword, the ultimate aIbiter Of rich
between indie pendent States, but not btlwsr
the members Of one body polite. therefor
hold it as principle without exception, thu
whenever the constituted authorities Of
State. authorize resistance TO any act Of Coz
eress, or pronounce il uneons'i'u,ional they d,
thereby declare themselves ard their Sta,
ouoad hoe on, Of the pale Of the Union lhe
there is no supposeable case, in which The te
nile of State might place themselves in thiss,
,i,ude. by The primitive right Of nsurne,ju
against oppression, will not Affirm; bu ,bg
r have delegated no such power to lheir lssnls
lures or their judges; and IL there be SUCH
. right. it is the RICH, Of an individual to comnr
I suicide-lhe right Of an inhabitant OF pops
lous CITY 10 set fire to his own dwelling kCus
s These are my views But 10 those, who think
y. III at each State is a sovereign judge, no, ONyd
its own rights, but Of the extent OF powers cot
f.rred upon the general government by III. po
, ple Of the whole Union, and that each Stat
s giving It's own construction to the cons'luo
4 al powers Of Congress, may array lis separate
sovereignty against every oct OF that body uai
scendine this estimate OF their powers-loa
g Of men holding these principles, that, Tor N
/ Ten wears from 1904 10 1914, they were Intend
e ing a dissolution Of the Union, ana the i''m'
q lion of new Confederaey, /. harS'ns '";
!, with nothing more than with ac'ing up 10 'H'
- principles.
t. The gyrpe.es Of party Leaders, intend,
e new Confederacy, Two pos,ulates are urcts,f
< First, All act or acts OF Congress, which m,
be resisted, as unconstitutional; and, secondly
}. state Of excitement among the people Of qn
IS more Sales Of the Union sufficiently lnHan,!
e, T. produce acts Of the State legislatures, CD
r. flicling with the acts Of Congress. Re,Oluigl
:. Of the legislatures denying the powers Of Ca
j. gress, are the first steps in ,hisomarch 10 d,a
y Mon; but they avail nothing, -ithou, '.bs
y quen. and estondent action The apn II
o uon Of Louisiana 10 the Union was believed 4
e be unconstitutional, blu, l: produced no eI1.
" ment to rrslstan' among the people i, h
h nefcal conse qurnces TO thr whole Union VT
e soon felt, and look away all possibility Of hid
j, ing il up as the labarum of "a poll icsl rgo
IS Of disunion. The projected partition mt
e with other disasers, and sIumbered, till The a
If tack Of the Leopard on The Chesapeake. fclI''
}; ed by the Orders in Council Of rbe llh NJ
8 vembrr, 1907, led 10 the eMbargo Of the ,!
IS December Of that year. The first Of Ihea
g vents brought the nation 10 the brink O. VI
Al with Grea' Britain; and there is good reason
e believe that the second was intended asa me-
J, sure familiar 10 the policy Of that go'ernnrn
- TO sweep our commerce from the ocean, CAT!
ing into British pors every vessel Of ours nj
II vigaling upon The seas, and holding them, 1
II cargoes, and their crews, in seguesiIaof,
IF aid in the negotiation Of Mr.. Rose, and bIl'
IS US TO the terms Of the British oabnel. ID
is Was precisely the period, at which The go'''n
y or Of Nova Scotia was giving 10 his eorr'sP''
= dent in Massachusetts, the friendly warn"
S from The British Government Of the rev o'1llo'
i izing ard oonquerlng plan OF France, WI.
d was communicated TO me, and Of which ! ~
d priced Nh. Jefferson. The embargo 10 10
= mean time, had been laid, and had saved no
7, OF our vessels and seameo from The grasp
II the British cruizers. 1t had rendered mpOe
|, the British Orders in Council, but at The ''n
II time, i. had choaked up the channels oil o.