Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-17

deliberate, aud IN co st utional md daogsrous
acts ; he declared them so 10 his resolutions.
| vt, Sir. he never proposed thu their exeen.
ton should he resisted he never uttered or
wrote a word TINT looked like this doctrine.
now contendnd fnr, of u CONSTITUTIONAL right TO
arrest the execution of the law until amend
mrnts could be proposed. The right he asser-
ted, when he slludes To resistance. vas oae
that all ecknow ledee--,hat of opposition to in.
| tolerablr and unconstitutional oppression
| Mr. jefferson in the Kentucky resolutions. has
used n ward Of equivocnl authority. as well IS
sign'Gcation he asserts the right OF a State 10
| Hu'htV' an unconstitutional net. II he means
| by this any thing moro than is contained IN
the Vire mia resolutions, he must apply Il Ia
the extreme case oil resistance, of tho right OF
which, there can be no Conirnriety OF opinion:
! for Mr Jefferson dnss not, II | rend him Alright.
ayow, any mora than Mr.. Madison does. the
| hight aow Goniended for, Of state veto with
its Consequences. This, II appears 10 me. Is a
more modeTn invention, aud, as | think lhave
proved utterly Incompatible with the nature
| OF nur Government, Was II ever conceived,
before ihe present day, to form apart oft II
| II was, why Isl not alluded 10 III any OF The
debates of TIM Federal Convention which FRA.
med, or the State Conventions which adopted
~ Surely il IL Of sufficient Importance 10
have attracted attention, either rs an adVan-
| lage or ON objection yet not n word Ii said a
! bout It, Nav, more, II we refer 10 that lumin
| Gus exposition of the whole character OF the
General Government, aud oi Its expected op'
Grafton, a. The federalsi,' nut word can bn
| found that fayoB this idea Of reto. now for
| the Drs time, set Up part oil our Ionh'i-
| luton. The Constitution. lis advocates, Ills
| oppusers, the great eotemporary exposition OF
| It's character the practice under II for iOtty
| years. ara all silent on so important 30 funda-
mental ~ doctrine IL not this tniT, might say
J a conclusive argument that II does 0oi exist
that IL 10 what have indicated II 10 be, mo
dern invention 7 But this is not al : the case
Of conflict nfnutholty between The Gsneral n
| State authorities, under the new Government,
WIS one that could not escape the foresight ol
| the authors of The Federalst." A series
| Of chapters an ihis aud subjects connected
| with IT, are found IN that collection, writled hv
Mr. Madi3on Here would have been the
place, certainly, To have developed the char
! hcieT aud operation Of this local reiD, II IN hi
| opinion. il had existed. lie could not have
| been silent ON the Cubiect II /, impossible
| that he could then have held the doctrines
| which IRE erroneoufly Ia my opinion, said ID
be those OF the Virginia resolutions.
In the i4rh number. IN arguing the necessity
of The article which makcs the lHws of the I'm
ted States, made iu pursuance II The Cnnstin-
tlnn, parmuunt 10 the State Constitution, be
snys, IL tn State soverclgniy Ind been len
complete IN this pnTllcnlar, among other ab'md
and dangerous con rqucucos, thu world would
have seen, Ion the FIRST tmc, system OF GOV
| rrnmsut, founded ON an inversion of the lnn-
da,nrntal principles Of all g1yernmeuls--li
uonld have seen the nuho,Ily oi the whole
society every where suburdinHlo TO authority
Of the parls II would have teen a monster, IN
which the head WAS under the direction Of tho
| members.' Aud, as more immediately apple
| cable TO the present subject, IN 'he doth Nun
Der, he gives expressly what he snpposes the
only remedy for an Unwdrranidbie.' 10y which
he must mean unconstitutional, measure. On
IN other hand. Che says) should an uu" nrrso's.
bic MEASURE of the Federal Government be
unpopular IN particular Sla,es, which would
seldom fail To be the Cnsc. or even warrants.
Bile measure be 30, which may sometimes be
The case, the means Of opposition 10 II are pow
ofiu aud ri hand Now. Sir, II Ihs new doe
lrIne were tho true Que, II the veto we've n
constitutional measure, now we should hear
Ofni WhatmoIe pOGeyIW What moro al
hand What more eteLtuai Wy look for
another Yet this constitutional right, 81
clearly deduclblo from the very terms Of our
national compact, meyer occurred 10 the very
man whose dDctrlneIin l7ya, aro sad, CHROME
ou,ly, egpin repeat, TO embrace It. What are
the remedies winch he there points out lhe
disquietude Of the people, iheir repUgnancc,
and, perhaps. refusal to cooperate with the of
| Gccrs Of the Union the fowns OF tho executive
mnglstiaoy oi the Stale, the endorsements
created by legislative devices, which would
piien he added on such occasions, would oppose
| in any State difficulties not 10 be dcspIscd-
would form IN large State very seIIons impe'
dlnents-and where the sentiments OF several
ad jpining States happened ~ be IN unison,
would present obsruGrnns which the lcdernl
Government would be hardly willing 10 en-.
counter These were the sentiments OF Mr..
| Madison in l7s7 And such, | think, is tue
uue construction Of his Language IN 1893, For
he goes un IN the same paper 10 follow up tho
consequences Of petseverancc otihe Federal
Government IN nncnn uturionnl measures, Inio
the only result tint ali agree must, III cftrtmc
enses. happen--a resistance by force--nnd thai
he may not he misunderstood, makes Il anala
gous to toe case OF the Colonial resistance to
Great Britain.