Litchfield enquirer., 1830-03-18

er to alter oF amend the constitution, peaceaby and quietly, whenever cxperience shall point out defects or imperfeciiOns. ADd, finally, the Peopc of tie United States have. time, ID no way, directly Or indirectly, authorized auy State Legislature sirue or interpret their high instrument Of govern ment; much less to interfere, by their power, lo arrest it's course and operation.
 IT, sir, the peOpe in these respects, had done other wise than they have done, their Constitution could neither have been reserved, would it have been worth preserving. And if its plain provisions shall be dsregarded, and these new doctrines interpO- lated it, it will become feeble and helpless be- ing as its enemes whether early or more recent, could possibly desire. It will exist in every State, but as poor dependant on State permission It must borrow leave to be, and will be, longer han State pleasure, State discretion fit to grant the m dulgence, aMd to prolohg its poor existence.
 also. The people have preserved this, their own chosen Constitution, for forty years' anu nave St their happiness, prosperity, and renown, gro" M'I its growth, and streng'he" wn s strength mey are now, generally, strongly attached to It. OEer- thrown by direct assault, 1t cannot be eEadeo, un dermiMed NULLIFIED, it will not be;ii we, and those who shall succeed here, as agents and representa- tives of the people, shall cOnsc cautiously and VlgIan
 y discharge the two great branches ct our PuDc trust -hthfuiy to preserve, and wisely to admlnls'erit'
 Mir. President, have thus stated the reasons ofmy dissent to the doctrines winch have been advanced and maintained. 1 an conscious of having detained you, and the Senate, .inuch too long. was drawn into the debate with previous dehberaOn such as is suited the discussion O grave and lmportanta subject. But it is a subject of which my heart is full, an! have not been willing to suppress the uerance Cf it's spontaneous sentiments. cannst, even ho"' persuade myself re!nquish II, without e*Prrss'nS more, my deep c0nvction that sIDce respects nothing less than the Union of the States, II IS o most vital and essential importance to the pubic happiness l profess, sir im my career hit.ierto to nave kept steadily O view the prosperity and honor ot the whole country, and the preservation of our Federal Uhon. 1t IS to that Union we owe our safety at home, anu consideration and dignity abroad. It Is 10 that Union that chiefly indebted ior whatever ma aknSn Iofa reached, only by the discipline of our virtues, m the severe school of adversity. It had it's or'g!n Tn the necessities odsoIdered finance, prostrate commerce. and ruined credit. Under it's benign influences, these great interests immediaely awoke, as from the dea' and sprang forth with newness oi ife Every year ot
 its duration has teemed with fresh proofs ot it's utility tched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and iarther they have not o"!r"n lis protection or it's benefits It has been to us all CO., pous fountain Of nat ona', socia and personal nap, pness have not alloy. ed myself cir, to look beyond the Union, what might lie hidden 'n the dark recess behind I have not cooy weighed the chances o' preserving liberty, when the bonds that "n'e "' together shat be broken asunder. nave not ".;" tomed myself 70 hang the prec;pice oI u'S""""' 10 see whether. with my short sight. can i"'h"m tue depth of the abyss below; nor could regard n' a" sate counsellor in the affairs of th's :t' Whose thoughts should be mainly bent on co"s'"e'"s' not how the UnioU should be best preferVeh' nnt how tolrrabe nigh, be the condition ot me peope pc when it shall be broken up and destroyed. s'ie ne Ohl'n lasts. we have higt, exc'''"s' g ":,l E i
 pecs spread out before us, for us and our cnnreni Beyond that seek not 10 penetrate the veil. God grant that, in my dav at least, that cura'" may nor rise. God grant, that visio" never may M ne h n" turned tn behold for the last time the Sun in Heav- cn, may not see him shining the broke" and dis honored fragments ofa glorious u"on on sn;es @ discovered dscordan begerent; onia land ren! ~'i civil feuds, or drcnched il may be- in tra'erna noon!
 Let heir last feeble and lingering g'amce rather. ne hold the gorgeous Ensign of the Republic, "nW c'S known and hnnored throughout the earth. s'i 1an n; their original Ius:re not stripe erased or polluted, nor single star obsc,,ret-bearing for its motto, no such mserable interrogatorv as-Wha' IS 0n m h's srorh Nor those other words o de'nsI"n ana hhH- Iberfv first ond Union after,rards-but every where, srread n over in o Gving light blazing Q" all it's ample fds they float over the sea and over the lanh and in every wind under the whole heavens that other sentiment, dear to every true American hcar,-Iiberty and Union, now and forever, ono an" insennrabie!