Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-06

of the elective Iianehsc, ronluvo such unworthy a.
gents of their sovereign will Ifthcy DO concur with
heir representatives, and uphold them in t+eg rei
snl to repeal tho law. no matter how sftcn by any
other power than he Federal Judiciary declared .
be uncols itutional. in nav humble Judgment you III
hafdy persuade three fourth, of them to- assemble
for he purpose oahersng heir constitution, an de-
priving heir asca's al The power Of acting on
the subject.
Il cJnes at last thea 10 'his--.hai We hive no o
Their direct resource, in The cases W. have been con
sidcrag, 10 save us Rom The horrors ct auatvhY,
than the Supreme Court Oftlc Dnt'0l States. That
tribunal has decided a hundred shca cases. and ma.
ny under the most uoascins circumstances. Saver
al Stat have occasion lly made rroTt opposition TO
it. Indeed ii would HAT ia ,hcir turn most of
the Sisters oC this great funny have Geiicd for
time, tiirclteung To break the connection and form
ohcrs-but tho end nearly all have been orcd,
by the digniGed and wpartlal conduct ofopr common
umpI,c, 20 perfect good htrrnlr Should Ina, umpire
over lose its high character Tor justice and Impartial
Try, We have acOrrccivc in the I1rui OF our Goycrn
ineni; but if il is to b had ouly by calm and tenn
pcrate appeal TO the Judgment and feelings ~ the
whole American people, 1t can never be obtained by
such address es ard resolutions as those of Col,cton
or Abhevic. Reason receives not in place of ar
guulcnt violent denunciations or furious appeals
pJIty and passion. During period og four or fve
years past, sc complaints OF the South Tor this
reason me; with cold reception in almost every o.
thcr section Of the Uaion Thy have ben loud &
dccp--bu; they have been evidently regarded us The
transient etiLsious Of party feeling, coming, they
ogcn did couchcd in language OF bitter vlupcrntioa
with the stalls aud dcspicahie charges of coa
ton, bargain, aaI corruption, tii1t vc aud pu.rcS-
cent stuff which has al length, The Senator from
MaSsac huscttS truly stated, sloughed of aud gone
down into the kennel forever. The course pursued
was exactly that which was best calculated to make
the whole alleged grievances, il real isrcnicdl bile
They who loved anli admired the character OF the
statesman Of the West, ind gu NJ at the lIin1c-
with which he, as they saw, was so unlu,tls assacd
ten regarded The cointlants w.h ,rnc wi h them
persona. attack. GA the ether hand many oc those
who affected 10 accred.t these calnnljus for pOliti-
cal effect their hearts sincerely bcieye any
part OF The s;oy nf So iiho:n sulfi inri. thinkia
perhaps that they l;1ew best what weg lot was t. be
attached 20 ti.e .ical filsahppls which comiipaly
accompanied thcn. However l,fIt.cnt rhor objects,
they really on tn same chase, but - ju h
ern lu1tsm0a thc game taken has bCcn Of no benefit
From rrccat enlDmstra' ion We perceive the South
ern compliant Is nos deemed worthy OF a
hGaring- S,r when Witnessed The manly aud can
dad manner IN which the hon. Senator from Sou n
Carolina onIny right Mr.. Smith, spoke of tie grey
Gnccs oi his constituents, when / saw him evidently
soaring above mere parry feeling, Incnacng none,
denounCiug nome and touching with all the dalicocv
which chSractcriz sln the su5icc IN lIc cncc be-
tween It's, The reelection forced itself irrcsistbiy on
my minl-how different might have been The r.cep
u1n OF these complaints, had they always come nus
recommended. :. Carolina, though errinp IN con
troversy with hrr sisters. womb by all have bccn be-
evcd "a have been honestly wrong; and # under such
the paic of tine Union in consequences of s.lch n mis-
conception of the constitution VIC have endeaYorei
to prevent, would rather see nlY own constituents
stripped OF the property acquired under the prolec-
ton furnished By ths government 10 their honest in
dnstry han compelled by any vote Of unc here 10
drive The sietl with which would arm our tizsns
into The bpSnms of hat gallant people. And viii
nov say. without meaning 10 eX press any further o
pinion on tins delicate subject thai fir nysnt whom
ever pounds, shiPgs Ond Pence 81, shall be array
ed against the infinite blessing o; the Union siai
uahesita,ngly prefer the lal,er-for the simple rea.
son, that | can never learn how TO calculate il,
value
The honorable member from New Hamp hire, il
the progress of his very ingenious remarks discussed
in connection with the constitutional power Gf the Ju
dietary, Tie whole doctrine of internal Improvement
as well as the iaritf lie denounced both aggres
sons OF the Federal Government The rights of tic
States, measures evnciye of, and flowing from a
disposition the part OF some, 20 claim for hat
government unlimited powers; and cndcavnrcd To
MAKE 1t appear tina, these acts for internal improve
meIit were and ever had been EeReT1i hercses while
the opposite and restrictive ;encts, limiting US 10 the
ST let exercise of certain enumerated and specific
powers, had always distinguished yOur genuine dem
ocrat aud only true republican. Tue honorable mem
Der informed Us that BY the prevalence of his strict
Construction of the constitution over the latludna-
ran doctrines, the great political revolution of 1900
effected, and that his mode of construction had
ever since remained 'Iho watch word of democracy
aud the strongest test OF political orthodoxy He
showed us by these means how tho matchcss spirit
of the West the great advocate of the prjncples
so denounced, had always been a fcderalis while on
the other hand nc barely minated that inaicbess
spirit in The South had perhaps been nisreprescnie
on the subject. The ntiInatoD that the views
of one Statesman had been misunderstood was nc
companed by the admission that there might be dIl.
forenccs and possibly honest differences on the same
subject, IN the same party. THIS was oil wcll---and
my only reason for adverng TO il, is TO express my
regret that charitable SatUo was not extended b..
ynnd the party line But We were afterwards told by
the honorable member, that the resemblance Between
the political character OF the opposition and admins
traiion parties, IN 1903 1872 and G28 confers upon
him, and his political friends = title to old ,ashioned
democracy, as the same democratic States with one
or two exceptions onlyafe found The says at eaclr
era side by side in favor Of Jefferson Madison nd
the hero of Orleans On one side virginia, and
Pennsylvania, Carolina and Georgia. Tennessee and
Kentucky. On the other Delaware and BIossocbn-
setts Connecticut and divided Maryland / shall
hereafter take leave to present TO the view ofthe hon
member some condolences much more striking than
ihat which here appears to have caught his fancy.
keeping IN view now The opposition assumed by him.
in regard TO the federalism Of the Western states
man, and other advocates Of internal improvement.