Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-07-29

tied 10 al tire services which | can render
sthsm: and 60 require, as general rdle, that
in rendering those services, should conform
to their wishes: bat, whenever 5Fer mntffrs
delibel alton, I have arrived at ths conclusion
that | cannot comply with them without
oliiing my official Data, or tbs Pr!aei
pies OF moral right; Whenever the question
arises between my conscience and tbs viii OF
my constituents, that question must be solved
! by my duty 20 my God Tins opinion have
90 frequently uttered, that have every rea-
son 10 believe that ma jor1ty of those whom
represent are acquainted with It. Should
be mistaken, gladly await myself Of this oc-
casioH to declare IL. Political errors | may
often have committed With the conceI-
sssnt Of my political principles, no one can
Justly charge me.
Tie topics most interesting to South Car
olins, TO which have lately given nay attcn-
ton 10 Congress, are the Tariff, and what
are termed internal Improvements Ii be.
ing well kaown, that consider the law imPo
sag duties upon imports for the exclusive
beaeit Of the domestic manufacturer, 10 be
unconstitutional, and deeply injurious 10 the
great tYass Of the community; and THAI l re-
gard 'sinteTnal improvements as they have
long been acted upon, 10 be attended with
@dsieinl and rginous expenditure OF the pub
lie treasure Tor prLga.e purposes, and to he at
Farianee with The spi.it Of TIE federal Gem
pact, i shall rot noW enter into DISCUSSION
Of these subjects but e0Hline myself to brief
examination of the consequences which have
flowed froln them. an excitement GROWING
out oi these supi9cts, more especially out OF
tie first of them, has perys!eG al parts OF
our State, and has MADE 50 profound an i'm
preston upon The ia bic Dlad, as almost to
absorb every gticr political consideration -
Oar citizens, suffering uBdsr az Act, which a
great majesty Of tibsm belle VS. to he uReOn-
sHtuiIeHai, have naturally 0scn led 10 dei;le
rate upon the Steps which eaghtte lac taken,
9i!d3r circumstances sc critical aud raonen-
to4s. or the eXpst ents proposed, that which
seenas n}ast ssneraiLy tn be relied upon, is,
Through the medium ct the Legislature, or
OF convention chGsea by the Peopls, to nal
lily the ohaosious laws, or 10 other words, to
dessaFe.i. To be unconstitutional, and to alb
solve cur c,tiZeDs iFon ebedi@nce to 1t, an
los contrary decision shoal4 ba prenousced
by three lcultb Of Ice Legislators Of those
rsFsl States, or ty oenVenssn OF the people,
ia-tho same raaltcr ct the States. These
a!!ta recomn sHd discourse are sangaiae in
their ezpccla tons c( tic efficacy. I'hey as
scrt IL II sovereign State, under lis reserved
rights, can coassif,aionally resort 10 it, and
that by 40 ether means &nn the Union lie
prassr,cd. II by aaY pr0ces@ ofrsaeoairg. Of
which | ani earaLlG ii by any llgass which |
eend dsriye ftom iftA!lects-i superior 10
inine, eonid accord IN Giese views and in
fleaces. ! ehouid rejoice to 60 so; fer 40
one condemns ,,4aye than myself, the pTinci-
Yle Of the E'stlng JsIIti, or were eepseSates
It's baieiui effects. Nevertheless. atSor AK
ious and Psialul meditation .Glrccted by every
motive WHICH ought 10 i,ilaepeo 8 lover ef
his couatrf, aud a,s cQaatry' reputation and
cannot petsslye any substantial
Distinction bctwesn the ahrogstioa ot IA
OF Congress, O} : stale, ani the separation
oil shat state from the -Eaion. W hen an Act
81 Congress has been passed, III ts custama-
~ forms, untii repealed ty the body enact
aug it. or decided te lie invalid by tne Fed
cral Judiciary, lit becomes q law II the iaQd
The + President % tl4c Onitsd States il cora
PEELED by his GATH Of oiiise, TO enforce il,
usess, parhaps, he should be satisGcd Of its
uwcoastrctionahty, wliich-is net the opinion
OF President Jackson, rs TO the tariff Of 1928.
Should tfscn the President. or the mandate
Of the Federal Court direct it 20 DO carried
iRto execution, il eotsld uGs be reslstes By us,
excepting upon tse SrcHnd, that our state had
from the ie icYRtien, or by the OK
eicksS Of aGFC9 I Iie LTst alternative would
he, ipso facta, a severance. CT tiIis state from
She Unio9. The second, woald be al appeal
&c arms, the altiHa ratio rspublic3.
Let NC not be plscenceived I am NOS
Che advocate Of passive obel,ence and non
Fesista1ce. In the ordinary administration
ef affair, the assertion Of the right Of the
majority to biud the people, is mere truisna;
buts @aJorIty, as well as q minority may be
IL factisn; aad where the Legislator is accused
OF usurpat.oo, or corruption or oppression,
SO csntead that the viii Of a prevailing ma
jority should alone be evideRce OF the legality
ef their proceedings. would render hopeless
all possibility 81 relief A cfisis ma ht arise,
when the bonds OF the Union ought 10 la bro
ken The right Of the State to secede from
the Dgion, /, unquailhedly, eoncede, but so
long as sho belongs to it, if she be not bound
~ its laws, The m0nstrous anomalies would
exist, cf q government whose acts were not
obligatory upon its citizens; and of ststs
constituting enc of The members Of the L mon,
whilst denying the authority of its laws.
| am not unaware of the conviction Of ma
ny, hat the consequences Anticipated by me,
wosld rot taliow from nullihcation OF the
te riii act, in the mode which has been men
tioned-that on the oostrary, the repeal Of
The law would be insured by SO vigorous re-
solution. To those who are under this con-
Yction, would submit, that ii is founded up
Oh The supposed weakness Of their opponents
81 position "a false and dangerous in politics
as it is IN war, and utterly unworthy OF the
high minded l'eemsn d; South Carolina. I'm
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