Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-03

things to extremes. The leader, The head -.
clan is to step i'll, pacify and reconcie-be h,;I,
as peace maker, and step into the Pre- sd a,'sa
as his reward. The whole plot is an attsm ueaey
initiating Mr.. Clay in the Missouri Oues,; %p a.
If Mr.. Calhoun were not candidate fnr a
Presidency, there would be no disuniOn NJ ~ @e
Let us see then what is his position, and @ u;i
state fairly the actual disunion doctrine and l..
the people see with how fimsev cheat thew IL, 'e
expected to be worked upon. It is thus. @'
The constitution of the United States;
pact between the States, as independan, so .U4
eigns. When independent sovereigns differ ., ~
their Compacts, there is no tribunal having ;n,:
diction to decide between them, and comne !,
decisions to be respected. ~
Therefore, if South Carolina. in its sovs,s;,
capacity, decides that law of Congress, u.s.,
warranted by the compact, it nulites that I,S
and it ceases to be obligatory on its citizens
This is the notable theory. The folly off,;
plain to common sense. 1t takes for granted
what every tyrO knows to be untrue, l.
depends upon the fact, that we have no reD.,
al government-no Congress, whose law, =,
obligatory-to Judicial process operating direr,.
~ on the individual citizen. If the State pa,S,
the multiplying act, it will be "trut,m. fumsnr
The act of Congress will be enforced a. Il.
:. supreme law" unless the Judge and the Ma,
shall are resisted BY force; and force will CO..
stitute either treason, or civil war, ACCORDING
its success. PERSISTENCE proves eiFcctua, i, VII
be revolution, and their will be an end Of 4,
General Government. The State must take car
of itself, have its armies, its fleets. lis fnri6,
tons, and all the means of self defence, or CO...
descend to seek protection from any foreign D.,
ton capable giving ii on receiving sqdirasc
There is no getting over the conclusion. or round
il. A multiplying law, if the State is able 10 CO,
~ it into effect, dissolves the union, and Leave
South Carolina the choice, either to tax the p.s
pie to support herself as an independent naie. |
or to pay England for protecting her-becOnu,
a colony, without either the honor or aifectonJ
being a part of the great Nation. She will
like some humble dependant in the great FAM,
of Nations, owing her safety to that pity, Wiz
weakness may elicit. As part Of the Um,a /
States, South Carolina furnishes more than ss
share to the aggregate of national wealth All |
power, but under the protection Of EnglaM !
what could State of two hundred and fifty th@
sand white inhabitants depend on, but the merc
and humanity of her protector. As an integl
part of the American Union, she participates
all the grandeur, the glory, and the inicN
dence of our glorious Republic-to all Of vic
she has literally, nay, generously contribute
BY herself, Carolina would be weak and rid
and must cO:sent to yield her wealth as the pc:
of protection. This degrading situation i; no.
the wish or intention of the great inventor Of tie
reto and nullJying doctrine The whole excite
ment is a cunninglv devised fable to enlist tr
feelings Of Carolina, and give MIR. CALHOUN
chance to gain credit as mediator. ButheEA
miss his aim. Gen. JACKSON Is President+s
is sworn to see the lars executed, and alh@s
deserted by the dsunion party, he will 6ndh
bone and and muscle of Carolina read tosuH@
him in quelling treason Or rebellion.
BURKE
-.ssseas-
Tar ON Bank Stock.-A decision Of inpG
lance to the State of Louisiana was made in b:
Supreme Court of that State on the first uldno
BY an act of the Legislature of 1918, an anlHi
tax of twenty-five per cent. is imposed on eeT
800 of the stock in banks, insurance, and oths
companies. 1t appears that i b.
hitherto been the practice to levy this tax only
the amount of stock actually paid for. Inc s%,
of the Louisiana Insurance Company Is DIVIDED
into 500 shares of $1,000 each, one-teHth o.
which has been paid in, and securities taken @
the remaining ne-tenths, according to The nr'
section of the act of incorporation The a',G
new General demanded the per centa:e On ~
whole amount, and made a seizure on lis Do. N x,
ing paid. The Judicial District Court E 'l' ,oJ
an injunction to restrain the proceedings any,
after argument, made it perpetual on lfS-
by the State from this decision. 1t was re'rs'
by the Supreme Court, with costs. Inc g.si
ton made was on the meaning Of Tie wa" wv
:. stock in trade" used in the act "'l'a a =
Court declared to mean the amount g sAD'sn .;.
to the Companies and secured. The CGnP Ss.
will, therefore, hereafter, pay taxes On'It c s
subscribed. In this instance, e \. ' or
Treasury is gamer to the amount Oh S-'''"
with an increased annual revenue hereafter.