Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-08

aid 'he iass ofhe rnlea slafss a,4at ia pa..
'nanee hereoj shall be the supreme iaw ofthe
lam, any thing in The constitution or idvs OF
any State TO hs contrary notwithstanding 81"
Aye, hutsays South Carolina, the lar,f laws
are moi " IN pursuance OF" the Constitution and
therefore, she is moi bound TO obey them. But
South Carolina IS met by Pennsylvania, stand
ing on the same footing ia every respect, aud
having the same right 10 decide, aud size de-
cares thai the Tarif laws are constitutional
How, then, is this question 10 be settled Is
there no common aIbner provided To decide
between them II would have been singular
edsn' onissS II there had not been. There is
a tribunal for the adjust ment of all such cues.
tons aud that tribunal is the Supreme Court
-aeknowi heretofore, universally, 10 be
SO, aud never disputed until the Ho,spurs Of
South Carolina, goadrd on by an English
Jacohin, chose 60 Set mp the arrogant aud I'm
tenable position, that each State has ~ ight
TO decide Tor itself upon the constituonay
aud the consrquen, validity OF the statutes Of
the United States But, the ,age Editor of the
"R 'hmond Enquirer" who, like the double
faced Deity of ancient Rome, can never see but
Que side of qIeslisn. scouts Tue idea of re
ferring tie decision of the matter TO the Su,
preme Court, and why We might have
Kept on our guessing caps for the space of
twelve calendar months. aud the reason never
would have suggested itself TO our dull lmagi
nations. II is because (he says the Supreme
Cour, is An United States tribunal. aud The
United States rs one of the parties to the lede
raj compact has no night 10 decide upon con
tested points between itself aud one of the other
parties. And yet. IN the very same breath. in
which this Mise ohjecun. and this wiser reason
i tor IT, is uttered, we are given 10 understand
TINT the States are the proper tribunals TO de
eide, each for ilsslf, Notwithstanding they, too.
are parties 10 the compact And the
idea of the Supreme Cout beng party TO the
compact because il is a Irf unal oil one OF The
partles,ls really exquisite 4. sho1'd be patented
Such are the absurd ilies and insomsisiehcies III
which departure from principle necessarily
involves the acntest mind aud winch have been
so frequent with our qaondam fisnG Of the
Enquirer ever since he abored SO zealous's
md effectualy to bring upon the country
thai havlest "curSs" which has yei bciallcn
her, the election Of General Jackson TO the
Presidency. Besides, il there were any doubt
on the subject the following clause oil he
Constitution i surely explicit enough 10 pu, an
end 10 IL: " Tie judicial power shall erifnd TO
al cases arising under The Constitution aud Latcs
Of The Ua.tcd States" Mr.. Richie rs tn de
fender of the Constitution IA Don QuIorie
was of enchanted maidens, par excellence, aud
we long TO see his grey goose quill wredrd
against its assailantS in poiat lar more dan
gerous than those wndmlls against whcn
he has heret fore run such furious tits.
We have said that the doctrine of Mr.. Web
ster is the solemuly recorded doctrine OF Vlr-
glnia. / hat II is, no one Will tLubt when he
shall read the following extract from the Jour
nals of the Virginia Legislature for the year
1910. IL would appear that the necessity of a
common aIbier between the State and FEEDER al
COVE rune nls, other than the tribunal de sigma
ted III the Constitution. against which an undue
degree OF jealousy has long existed, (~hether
well or i'll founded we pretend not TO say was
then foreseen by Pennsylvania, and urged upon
tn attention other Sister states. in the shape
of amendment 10 the Constitution. Both
Houses olIhe Virginia Legislature, as will he
sen by the extract from their Journals, de.
ciarcd unanimously thatthere was no necess y
for such tribunal, 40 the Constitution Of the
United States had explicitly vested the appel
late power in all disputes arising under the
Constitution and Laws OF the United 5 ales IN
the Supreme Court What will Mrs Grundy,
of he Enquirer. aud Mr.. Grundy of the Senate,
say to this
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
Ertrari from the Message Of Cor Tyler, Of Pr
giHia, Dee 4, 1909.
" A proposition from the State ot Pennyyl
sania, is herewith submitted, with Governor