Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-21


GU opponents would make tenn; tit tor nc'hirg else
h'n 70 lay OUT roads aud establish ieni.s. No IL Is
par. o. 'neh man aud sever,iga voes'icn, not only to
watch over the liberties OF their prrne hut 10 se thai
the inisgry OF the stipulation. o; ha, compacts
served, which mskel and binds us together a, one ns
ton.
"wc must then look 10 laws passed nv n .oy.rs,o
State on the exgency, and suited the cxigeney OF
clear and acknowledged violation her reserved gh,s
exer'ed through the forms Of her ordinary for
our pro'ecuon This high PEACEFUL yet nvincible
rogave may be safely left TO the juries of our country
at once the guardians of its liberty and the OF
| Its public sentiment.
"We bound by the highest of all moral "a VOL, .
ponucai considerations, TO protect people from vo-
iauons oil their own compact-it Is a mere discre-
uonary DUTY but a solemn obligation Let not com
lPromt unis question; the alternative may be, whether
we shall put rights in the scales of Justice or have
to assert them by the sword of violence Between
who can hesitate in his choice.
eve indeed told of the danger of asserting th,s
right as ii there was not in the very excepting of
liberty itself, something bazardous-Go has annexed
an ,naispensaoie condition to many OF the most valu
aoe possessions Of man. that they only TO be secur
ed amidst perils, by wachiuness, which is designed TO
arouse the nobes and highest faculties of his
But do not those admoniions of danger sometimes
from those who see peril in violations of the compact
on the part Of the federal government whilst thew en-
,er,ain Infinite apprehenons lest State should annul
those usurpauons, by which the constitution itself IL
rendered perfect nuly'
" Is no new fact in the history of the world that the
progress OF truth slow, and that new faith is as lit
Tie subject of federation in politics as in religion
Hence the radical eption of the natives AMI a.
pnions OF those who have looked TO this right of inter
position on the part Of sovereign State, through her
laws and peaceful tribunals OF Justice in case If ga nal
pabie, deliberate, and dangerous violation of the com
pact not only as the most salutary restraint on popular
violence but likewise the etlicacious check ON
all necessity Tor an appeal TO the ultimate rights of
outon IL is true, that OF the apostles of Liberty
VINO kndled this light thirty years ago. on the watch
lowers oil State sovereignty has recently attempted to
once struck out is beyond the control of the human
GEM VINO elected it. He may be dsxzled by its blaze,
on. put II out, he cannot 1t flows from higher source
TAPER may be exinguished, but the elements of light
are as eternal as the Being that created them
I'VE may indeed say, that the time has not come for
'ne n,erposon OF this sovereign right; that relief from
oher less hazardous modes of redress is not
hopeless or that the evils themselves do not 10
'hat inolerable character Of grievance and outrage
wicn would Justify such an appeal. This is question
once OIL discretion and expedency. But let us have
care how We deny the right or repudiate the prnci
Pie-lhe period may come when such an inerposito.
may avail Tor nothing ese at least pacific armis-
uce, curing which angry passions may have time 10
cool, and reason and returning of Justice come
up, and at the last moment this Union, in blessed
concord, for ages yet to come.
"l know that hopes are cherished that the
unjust and partial system of government will be mod
NED and ameliorated by the influence of the executive
anu oy conviction on the part of the majority of the
HJusuce oil their own measures.
mist every reliance may be placed the interri-
~ hu Pa'riousm oil our venerable Chief Magistrate
ho Is al once associated with the glory and entitled TO
,ne gratitude oil his country0 in his efforts 10 eouaze
ne benefits and burhens of the Union vet in the
"a operation oil our government the limited nllue nee
mncn .ne Executive exercises over the legislature
'"Nes .h's OUT slender resource whilst must con-
iess' what have myself witnessed, of federal Iegisa
uoh at us source, Induces me- absolutely TO dsr,st all
commence IN the contron of the majority without we
are aoe 10 convince them that it is infinitely cheaper
Tor them to make their roads and canals with their own
resources, rather than by means drawn from the Ma
uonai Ireasury and that better for the anutact
10 stand foreign competition, with revenue duty
oil 10 per cent than TO have their sustain
ed by bounty OF 100 per cent. fear we shall have
10 make justice profitable virtue before thew recognises
It's intrinsic beauty, or its abstrsc, obligations Norhave
we less reason TO apprebend what is called iudcious
OF the Tariff for the true version Of this
erh mas hherto been, and fear will continue 10 he IN
reiieve the consumption of majority and those
ca IN monopoly and 10 fix runous impost ON those ar
ucnes oil foreign industry, which purchase our own
our only salvation, hen, H. 10 pu, ours.lv firm,
~ upon our right. To tax substantially without mr.
consent, Tor objects ia which We have moi ooIv no
out an adverse Interest is either constitutional
OF not; II not II IL wretched paerlpg with great
phepie, Tor us TO be satisfied, when we are told tta
we receive ourselves, We egregiously overrats our
mat we are not starved yc,that the amount
=" "ni'h we are deirauded IL not pound sterling
but ten shDgs aud sixpence
>, ~, ANY hing short OF the amendment by Congress
VI VIC pr,pel9'e OF TIL: system-which, by strange
prostitution o terms, is called American or its se,us
ment by just compromise in convection Of all the
oaes-wi be short of those Interests aud those r,bt.
which lie South will lie recrsant TO herself mt IN
'e n"u enforce, a. the only security for her liberty
peace and happiness. -
Inc cause is worthy of our biehes, effor,s-Le,
~" temperate, nfm ana lnHeSihle. - Let an VI lust
majority understand, that they shall enoy no trauou
NY 10 lnjustice,-hat il what we deem a legal and
CONSTITUTIONAL mode OF sistance is posponed for time
oy o"r i'ua attachment to the Union that tb,v
nave rather to ihsnk for bearance than To
a'e themselves on the strength or seeuriiv If tbeir
own ciain. Relying on truth aud Justice our success
~ cHI'an aud comparatively week AS this State NAV
De- cherishing as 81 does not partic, of ssIf h az
poh great, nevertheless will be her honor in ayip
isd e olorD hope Of the Constitution amidst moi on
me cold and doubtful regards, but even the kind re-
onkes OF those States, whose interests are ind.pca
'n our own IL Is not at THE late day, that South
Caropa has to stand up, in the presence OF ts ron
ieueracy, yea, OF the whole world and yindic,,e h,
hrm' her loyal her ardent attachm. mt 10 The IJoion
IL enc Is cupri where are the innocent ard mari
,orious 10 be ouod! She remembers and reverss he
Ohoh as the bond OF affection, the Instrument of in
"ce' peace and hapPines between The several States
ana az nothing short of the saient source NJ our a.
uobai security ard national honor She knnws tba, IL,
snehg iad no o'her basic than on The good faith with
wnich The Constitution IL mainaioed; 10 restoration nj
""'"' ner EFFORTS are alone directed But she disda n
70 ssnouy, by an hypocrisy, which would basely con
u'urpaiions, by which that haoged instrument il MI,
% awiu peril; nor Is che insensbie 10 the great
es'op' 'ha' ihe very existence of blessings in hi
NE, must sometimes b. seemingly hazarded TO effect
'heir ransom and preservation
TO not believe there exists xi,bin n l;o,;,. =,
our ams single man who would contemplate the
downfall OF the coDfederacy, as direct and pos ne
nent IN nseii, or who would vie such ca,s,ronbs
any thing better than " submission TO a Goverpns,,
wihout Limitation OF powers" May we not saw with
the same great authority IL there be any among N.
who wish 10 Dissolve this Union or change ia renub
ican form, let them stand undisturbed as
oil me safety with which of opinion NAV be oler-
ate0, where reason Is left " free 10 combat it,,
bui, gentlemen, owe you an apology Tor the IN.
eosona"s uespSss 90 your time, 10 Which, from the