Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-12


sldercd TO ten plain, paipable aud dangerous
violation Of the Constitution. without lowing
heTselfo ont OF the Union. lie adnlited tsat
the Leg stature Of the State wa not this irihn-
nal THIS might he mhled-fle beats the
ground then which was occupied by the gen
leman from South Carolian, (Mr. HayneD
bnI himself takes new position, not less dan'
gerous. For lac informed US that State Ceis
venlion might be called, aud that might nuliiy
the oppressive law-af,er which, he thooght
Congress must acqnirsce by abandoning the
power. The amount OF this II, that one oial"
IS 10 govern all tLo rest whenever she may
choose To declare. by Convention, thai law
10 unconstitutional. The end Of this, we say
l. war-ciyil war. We admit TINT State
Convention may pronounce any law unc"nsh-
tuiionel MS Virginia did in gs Bni the mere
declaration comes 10 nothing. unless It caa be
enforced You may declare law unconstitn'
Iionai aud so eau l. BIT what OF that II
amounts only 10 this-we have full freedom OF
speech IN this country. may advocate ""a'
opinions we pl,ase, mud peaoeaby ebdshSor 70
impress them upon others. bui the genl'e"n"
says this doctrine does not lead TO wa. II
Congtesa will not submit to the State, he thinks
there is stll complete political salVo III anu
ther tribunal. aad mat Is n 00uusniion 81 me
Sfaies 10 be allied under the provisions oil thf
Constitution. The State then must exert her
sell until Congress, two thirds deemIns II ne
cessaIy under the 9Th article. shall propose u
mendments 10 Tho Constitution or, oh the
application OF the Legislatures oitwo thirds OF
the several S ales, shall call Convention
Tor proposing amendments, winch, wiz" y"
tilted by the Leg lslntures oil three io"'ihs oi
the several States, OF by Conventions IN three
fourihs Of them shall be valid To oil inie"s
and purposes ns part OF The Constitution. >"
ll,e ala, .nIf The HoftTlHr WHICH
We advocate, and which the Senator from
Nrw Hampshtc, II | tightly understood him n
ter much preface, and with some slips OF
prolixny, fnally settled down upop, ~ pnr'
OF the nur orthodox creed. The I'M To a.
mend The Con,iiiniion has never been dchind
fms was "A parl OF HE political platform upon
which my honorable friend HON Missouri vi.
Barton,) invited you 10 come aud stand WIN Us
II the Convention OF the States should hsSu'nble
aud decide by majority OF three -tonfihs amt
the State. thu gentleman from tennessee says
the State uinsi submit. Bul If they decide o
thetwise, OF do not decide ut all, Congress
must submit 10 the State. Without asserting
q this las, conclusion, which appears TO be
arbitrarily assumed, viii only idq ire. u this
be so, how IL thi. tribunal 10 Save Us fr"m elpil
war The aoswer is, only by 50 Amending
the Constitution as 10 warp II 10 sun Inc ae.-
larntlons Of the State Convention. THIS ian
excellent remedy for The complaint OF this
State but rather difficult 10 procure. II tbs
Is the sovereign panacea which the hono'hhl
Senator from ennesse has discovered To- hehl,
ing The diseases of the South; oT, fancy she VII
agree with me in commencing her physemn
for his ingenuity 10 finding out The ingredient
OF the bolus. but she will still think they are too
hard 10 ba obtained to render the prtseripiio"
valuable to her. With less experience, would
recommend 10 IA State g'oanlng under the o.
Grafton of a Law which edeoms nrOisiIiuii0h-
~, tnnpr Y is u tie Federal Jude iary. where
she will gcne#au, btain relief II her eoD plant
be not hyp0chon'i,ia or imaginary III. II she
inii III le, len her pouI her complaints into The
ears of hur sisters, and uSe all cons nuiiohat
means io procure repeal OF tho obnoxious
'aw. A bnie DlaJ0riiy OF Congress will be suit
C ttogIvr he, eh,l IN ths way do you
object that Congtess will pfobabl, pelsoyefo
IN their course. and refuse 10 repeal The law
hey have enacted II may be sound II So,
Their constituents. being n majority OF the peo-
pie, must concur with tbrm, hat the law Is not
only constitutional bun salutaiy, or they would,
by the exercise oflhr elective franchise, remove
such unworthy agents OF their sovereign VIII
II they do concur with their Representatives,
and uphold them IN their refusal TO repeal the
law, no matter how often by any ether power
than the Federal judiciary declared 10 bs IN
~ my humble judgment you
will hardly persuade ihfce-fonTths OF thch 10
assemble for the purpose OF altering Ihe'r Con.
sluion. aud dcpriving thrir own agents ofthu
power iaeing on tie snhec'
Il comes ~ last ihcu 10 hls-=tba, We have II
other direct resource, la the case We hive been
considering, TO snva us from the horrors of an
archy, than the Supreme Court Of Ihs UulIrd
states That tribunal has detdeda hundred
a gi nd ma M ulo unpn
Several states have occasion.
ally made great opposition 10 Il. JUDGED IL
would seem that in their turns most Of the
Sisters ~ this great lamIly have fretted Tor a
time. threatening 10 break the connection and
form Othsrs-but IN tho end nearly all have
been restored, by the digni6ed and impatia
conduct Of our common umprs,iO per feet good
humor Shoud that umpire ever lost its high
character or justice and Imparteliy, we have
Ia the form Of our Cover Ihent, bui
If II is 10 be had only 10y calm and Temperate
appeal to this Judgment and feelings vi the
whole American people, il can never be obtain
ed by such addresses and resolutions as those
of Colleion or Abbeyle. Reason receives
noi in place of Argument violent denunci ions
or furious appeals 10 party and passion
During n period OF four or five years past, the
complaints oi tue South have tor Ibis reason
met with n cold reception in almost every
other section Of the Onion. They have been
lond aud deep--but they have been evidently
regarded as the transient eftuslons Of party
feeling, coming, rs they TOO often did, couched
in language II bitter yituperation wiih III. now
stale and despicable charges OF condition, bar
gam ard corruption, that vile and poueseent
stuff which has H, length, as the Seualor from
Massacnusetis truly stated, soughcd ,f and
gone down into the kennel forever. The
course pursued was exactly that which was
best calculated TO make the whole alleged
grievances, il real, irremediable. They Who
loved Il admired the Character Of the Statesman
OF the West, indignant AT the calumnies win
which he, rs they saw, W as sJ un Justly assaled.
often regarded the complaints " hich came with
them as mere secondary considerations, brought
in to aid personal attack. On the o!her hand,
many of those who affected 10 accredit these
ca lumines for political effect, in their heart