Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-07-23

mroiy CONSIDER II possible should be abused,
ut however that may be, it is certainly less
able TO abuse than the power claimed on the
''her hind for the federal government it is
css liable tn abuse the power daily exertcd by q
bare majority Of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of anDulling, not only the acts of Con-
grcss, but of every States in the Union land it
is moreover indispensbly necessary for the pre-
servati"n of the reserved rights of the Safes and
Of the people, unless it's intended that these
shall be held ut the mercy of the Federal Co
verniuent.
will puta strong case & let gentlemen point
out if they can the righiful remedy, - according
TO their principles The Treasury being filled
by taxes imposed upon you, under all the forms
of the constitution, money is appropriated to
purchase the freedom of your slaves, for the
purpose of colonzin" them in Africa. You are
I" be paid Tor your property With money drawn
fI"nn your own pockets until the money is ex-
hausied, and your property gone What is the
remedy 'According 1" the principles advocated
on the other side, it is your dutyto submit.
The Supreme Count has jurisdiction over
the Act lcvying TIE tax (f'r like the Tariff, it
purp"r,s to he for revenue.) nor over that ap-
ment has decided the law tn be constitutional
it has been sanctioned by the will nf ma riiy,
(thc supreme law)-the Stale has no right "to
Judge ot the infractiuu, or '.to inerpase its an.
thoriiv.' in any way--what then - You are
hound to submit.-Np, say gentlemen, you must
rebei--you have still the right of rebeiiioa'
let,--a' sovereign State" guilty of rebellion !!
Thus you see. gentlemen. that it comes To this,
That State. ar the people Of u Stale, have no
means LET. "f preserving the rights expressly
reserved L" them hy the terms OF the compact,
but mourning the guilt and merting the fate of
traitors, unless indeed their treason shall be
sanctihcd by success, and The free citizens of
sovereign Stale have precisely the same remedy
Tor The preservation "i their constii uiona right,
as the sl'ves OF some eastern despotism--reJet-
lion!
Leaving this topic proceed to make a few
brief remarks in relation Ia The course which the
Representatives fiom South Carolina have found
themselves called upon to pursue. From the
session of %, %, when the Z" American system"
IN Its tw" branches at the tariff and internal I'M
provcment, became, we have been told, the
settled policy of the country, your Representa-
tives have been compelled to struggle with
fearful odds, and under the nrst d,scouras.
ing circumstances. against measures which the
people Of South Carolina had in their primary
assemblies denounced a. unconstitutional opprcs-
slve and unjust, and which the Legislatures af.
ter repeated circumstances and protests, had So
Iennly declared Ia be " sn gross a violation of
the lights of the people, and papable usurpa-
ton OF powers n"l granted, that the measures Ia
he persued consequent on u perseverance in
'.'ls system, were purely questions of expedien.
cy, and not al allegiance, and that g. they were
only restrained fran the assertion of The sorer-
"gn rights cf the State. by the hope that the
mngnann'ity aud justice ofthe g"od people Of the
Union, would effect an aba nd nuent of n syste,,,
partial in its nature, unjust in It's operation. and
not within the powers delegated to Congress. y
Instructed, gentlemen, as your Representatives
have been, L" maintain these sentiments they
have endc"v"nred II support them with fideli-
ty due l" Tie expression of the deliberate opin.
IONS ot their constituents, and zeal proportioned
to their conviction of ihei. truth and Importance
They have, nevertheless, been condemned To
witness the repca cd failure of all their exertions:
their appeals To the magnanimily and Justice
OF their bretheren have beer nade i'm vain and
they have been left under the painful conviction
OF the truth of Mr.. Juferson's assertion, that
reason and argument in opposition To this system
of legazed plumber, might just as we'll have
been addressed - tn the marble columns which
surround our Legislative halls" We have been
compelled, gentlemen, to see the svsrem of I'M
posts designed by the constitution for raising
revenue openly perverted to the purpose of lay
iEg the agriculture and commerce of the county
and especially of the southern states under con-
frIbntion to the Manufacturers. We have seen
the system of hternM improvement, which anne
recommended to Us by the lar promise Of uu
numbered blessings, degraded into 'sdsprace
iui scramble for the public money, and threat.
en'ng speedily TO become in the prophetic lam
guage of vi. Jefferson, a source of boundIes
patronage 10 tie Executive, of i,bbinu to mem.
bers of Congress and their friends and botto,n
less abyss of public money-a source of eternal
scramble among the members who can oct mos,
money wasted IN their States, and in which they
VIII get most who meanestrt We hive
been constrained to see and To feel tina ile whole
course of nff,iis, the entire tendency Of thi,ys
was to add by construction to the pow er Of Fed
eral Government, In assume an unwarrontable
jurisdiction over our persons and our prnpertv
hv " organizing the whole labor and capital of
the conntry'-controlling our pursuits OF indus.
Try, and attempting to bring about an Artificial
equality, by transferring tile profits Of the South
ern planter 10 more favored portions of the com.
mnniiy Your Representatives seeing these
things passing every day before their eyes, and
having n" power tn arrest their progress, have
ieit II to be their duty from time 10 time faah
JV"y 10 'oa1n you of the actual state of affairs
They have exposed TO you the true character and
extent of the difficulties which Surround Won !