Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-18

h,icai curse that can sct any people. Is very end
isuerly perverted. Thoonly legitimate purpose Of
of States, Is the preservation Of every
member Of the league both from foreign uju s,ice and
violence, and from the injustice and violence of the
other mcnbers. But cannot be Disguised that, in the
case under consider a'on the power OF the contederacy
IL prosued TO the perpstrdtien OF the very usce and
violence it specially, il not exclusively, intended
TO prevent and to this destruction Of the very rights
and interest. IL intended to secure; and that tor,
10 the mos injurious because the most insidous, OF
all forms; the substitution Of legislative power for phv
steal force. In this way the States composing the
iory, distinctly arrayed against those conpos-
ing the minority in n OF legislation they rossi-
by could be- in a of arms, il they unconnsct-
ell ,ovcregDtes. Ii the States not united by this
conederacy, greater outrage could rot be conceived
as well against the principles of natural justice,
gsinst the law Of as,ons, than semp, OF wo-thirds
OF those States TO prohibit and destroy the full
merce OF the other third. The universal Of all
civilized nations would cry out against the eaormity
Yet this is precisely and TO the very letter. the outrage
which the tariff States are perperang gsinst the
Southern States through the fundamentally Of Gov
eminent formed for the very purpose OF preventing it,
The federal Iegi ature, under these circumtance.
rey loses is conservative character ceases 10 be the
common council OF the confedcracY and becomes
substitute for armies and nsvies carry the
work OF plnnder and deso'aton by which the tariff
States proro'e 10 coun,eraci the bomntu dspensaton
oil Providence, in favor OF the Southern States. The
Han OF Congress is nothing more ncr less than field
ct battle in which the conflicting powers arrayed
against each other in species Of warfare, in which nei
'her valor skill reason, justice, Of any
avail TO the combtants but Of which the issue is MD
ma'elv decided by the brute force Of numbers.
Mr. Chairman, this papable prostitution and rervsrson
cure every me nber of that Union from the rjusice
and violence Of the other members, but places in the
hands Of majority of States aa in.'rument more pow
erfu and dangerous than for the de.truc-
,ion OF the interests Of the minority.
| Without fleets or armies, and what ia Of infinite i'm
portAnce ,oender conaciences-w hazsriing the
oss Of single drop Of human blood, prosaerous COM
merce il swept from the face al the ocesn by the mere
mathematical power Of numbers An that is required
that The Clerk a, your table should tho
voice, and the Speaker pronounce ''the ayes have it,
aud the work of desoation il done. This, too il all
accomplished peaceably. Yes, Sir, war il prevented
between tho members of Ire conf.jeracy but tat is
substituted which is infinitely for the minority
II The M or,y, in waging Of piracy and punter
were exposed to III. peril' Of their vocation. there
would be somc security in iha', even to the minority
The ta,te lie not always 70 the strong" Va'or and
skill might supply the place Of numbers in the open
held AMI just cause, would give three foil energy
to every freeman, in resisting the hwess invader ofhi.
right. But when il is reduced TO a matter OF
counting, what valor, what skill wat power of argu-
ment or eoqueuce, can make minority o. vote, IN a
lust cause oil equal power with majority in unjust
ore?
| beg leave now, Mr.. Chairman, to suggest for the
consider alton of the committee some historical analo-
ges which are calculated to exhibit in strong praot-
cal point of view, the tyranny and Injustice OF this pro
scrpive system of Legislation which the majority Of
Congress have carried for The last ten years ins
The lawful commerce of the Southern States. What
then, isAe sum and substance Of that system? IL i.
precisely 'h', Sir: that the Southern States shall be
prohibited from carrying in certain atti.
cles with the nations Of the world and shall be resIic.
ed 10 an intercourse with the atin SAFES Of this u
nion This reduces tire Southern States a state OF
colonial vas'alsse, TO the tariff Safes. decidedly
than that Of our ancestors to Great Britain. What wa.
me amount OF the colonial vassalags Of sors?
IL was nothing more than tina, they should be "prohih
nea rom carrying on commerce, in certain articles
with the nations OF the world and should be restricted
10 AN intercourse with Great Britain"
The Southern States, then, are reduced % tn. very
same relation TO the tariff S'aes in PORT of principle,
az that in which all the COLONIES erly stood to Great
Britain They have changed their mastsrs, TO be sure
ana viii now proceed 10 inquire what they have gain
ed by the change
cor 'rDy ASSERT, that the restrictions no, ed hv
the tariff States upon the Of the planting
States. are enc hundred times injurious and op
pre:slve than all the colonial restrictions and
which Great Britain imposed, attempted TO i'm
rose upon The commerce of foreiathtrs. Yes. Mr.
Chairman, arecouon which severed a mighty emDire
INTO iragments and which history has already recorded
the first in the annals Of human liberty originated in
restrictions and impositions not whit more tyrapncs
IN pr nc and, will proceed 10 demonstrates not
hundtedh part so oppressive in point of fart the
sirction' and impositiOns unconsutionaliiy i'm.
posed upon the Southern Satrs.
The prohibition which excluded our ancestors from
the commerce OF all other countries but Great Britain
was almost purely nominal. Without that prohibition
the trade OF the colonies would have Teen confined al
most exclu'ively to the mother country. She furnish
ed Them with the best market in the world for all The
productions OF their industry She Supplied the articles
hey wanted cheaper than they corid be obtained from
any Other nation. md gave hem better price for their
rrodu rions But the very opposite of this il tue s 10
The restrictions Of which comrain Instead OF
coiucidng with The natural course trade thew come
directly in contact with IT, The Southern States ar.
excluded from their natural matkes-the very hes, in
the word. for the purpose cf coufinng them to mar
ket which is, in all respects, the wort Europe
now consumes hve-siX'hs OF our agrcu tural stanies
and tie consumption would he indefinitely ex'Puded
The trade unrestricted the tariff States couI moi
consume, under any circumstances than one
nth OF these staples. Gre Britain, France and Hol-
land. could furnish with such manufactures as we
want, nj price third less than that for hich thew
ever con he furnished by the manufacturing States OF
this Uuior; mud, under those circumstances we are
compelled to purchase from these States end denied onr
natural right Of prrchasing from foreign ra,ons In
one word, excluded from the very b-et rrarke
in the world and cornsd 10 hat in which we can get
least 'or what have 10 sell, and compelled to give
Ipoa' for what desire 10 purchase.
The duties and restrictions imposed upon the com
merce Ct the Southern States fer the exclusive benefit
OF the tariff States, amount TO larger sum Of axao-
aud oppression in single year than oil the restrictions
and taxes imposed upon all the colonies nv the Brh
Parliament from the date Of Tho stamp 10 the break
ing out NJ the Revolutionary
The Southern Sta'e' 10 81 infants ard purposes
re-coonzsd, as much il the British Parliament
had the supreme legislative power Of regulating their
commerce
am aware that il has been been attempted to impair
the force Of this sneIogv by adverng the fact that
Snu'hrrn States farlv reprs sfnfei in Congress-
But when the power If this Common Council s III
reced aean't The interest OF the mnerilv 20 isolated
and distinguished by geographical and civil eculiaries
and commercial interest. az that laws apparently and
nominily general, may he, in effect, local and exclu.
sve in their inpositions, IL obvious that representa-
lion of the minority, III questions affecting it4 dis
and l.. .f..I..