Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-24

III. hudson S OpiHi0H,-ht. MADISON has
recently written teiter 10 "A gentleman in South
Carolina fCom which ii clearly appears tina, h'his
Report Of vs. he did nor Intend to advance the
doctrine that II STATE possesses the right 10 NIL
lily law Of the General Government Mr.
Richie saws that Mr.. Madisons doctrines now
nrp not hat they were in %. Nh. Richie is
undoubtedly wise mana very Solomon
there is no disputlng that. Like Goldsmith :
schoolmaster, ne is an object OF universal Won
can hold SO much. Yet, IN despite OF this, We
believe tina, Mr.. Madison knows the true con
struc,ion of his own writings better even than
the acute critic Of lhe Enquire,
After ske,chiug what he denomlnatcs an
outline view of the political system presented
in the Constitution Of the United STATES Nh
Madison says
Tint. being derived from the same source rs
the Constitutions of the States, II has, Within
zach State the same authority the Constiru.
ton Of the state; and Is AS much u COn8iita-
linn in the sirIct sense Of the term, rs The Con
stitution Of the STATE: That, being n compaci
amonp lhe States in their highest sovereign ca.
uacify, aud constituting the people thereof one
peOpLe, for certain purposes, II IS not rerocahle
or aliprable, Al The will oil the StHies indgldu
ally. AS the Constitution of the State is rcVoca.
bic or aterpble, al lis individual will That The
sovereign or supreme covers OF the cover nmrnt
are divided into the separate repositories nj the
Government of the United States and the Gov
ernmerts of the individual States That the
Government of The United States is a GGpPrH-
nleui ia AS strict sense O the term as the Toy
ernments of the States operating, like Them,
directly on peTaOns aud Thug. &c hal thr
supreme power being divided between different
Gnvernments, aud controversies as 10 the land
marks of jurisdiction being una workable, Prov
sion for a pracrabie and authoritative deci.iOa
Of them was obviously essential That TO leave
this decision to the States would evidently lead
TO conflicting dec. ions, sabvrrsivr OF the com
mon Government, and OF the Union itself bal
according to the actual provision against such
caIamites, the Constitution and Laws OF the
United S. aics are declared 10 be- paramount TO
those Of the Individual States. and an appellate
supremacy is rested IN the Judictal power Of The
tinted States: That, as sategua IDS against
usnrpstions and abuses Of power by the Gov
eminent Of the United States, the members Of
its legislative and the head Of its Executive
Department, are eligible by. and amenab'e To
the prope of The States, or their Legislatures !;
and as we II the Judicial as the Executive tunC
tlonaries, including the head, are isnpeachable
by The Representatives. of the people in one
branch of the Legislature Of toe United States,
and triable by the Representatives of the States
in the other branch That. in case of an "xpe-
riencpd insdequacy OF ihese provisions. an
ulierier resort is provided in amendments,
anainah!e hy an intervention OF the States,
which NAV better adapt the Constitution 10 the
purposes OF its creation.
Should al these provisions fail, and a degree
of oppression ensue, rendering resistance and
revolution lesser evil than longer passive
ODE Giencr, there can ,e'naln but the ultima
ra,io applicable to eIt'eme cases, whether