Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-13

ses"e nOr-ty To their D. sterliy ill.,
s.sy encountered ib. gigantic poa.s eI
""''o". AUD with t.,. POROUS .v..
PIE before us, shall We basel s.Ir4.,.sss IAN
heriience Of our children. f,,...a...I ',e IN
NC excited BY imaginary nsnRers, S al IfA-
termed by mere than.ous OF blood .ha g
ahc' stors, tor less cauz8 pnro,t,a,al ouf
dreadful reality '--Great Go ara ~ .pe
descendants OF those ancesiors mr.. nv ue
grown men--to be frighiened from I'm "el--
a'ge q our most sacred duty and m. v;,.s.
eaiio" OF our most sacred iignis by The 'i''
nursery stories OF raw -Iea .and blond, 80
which ven the women Of our counirv ooass'
:corn I" ''ush 10
The whole of the Preceding ,bodo.,
grows OUT of a false suppositioo. which 60.
TO haun'the minds oftoa South Caro,;,.
con'en's--fo uit, tina, The S,u,nero s,a,o.
cupv the sane relation 10 II No,,b.,. =
the Thirteen Colonies did. a, the per;od =, ~
Revolution to Gren, Britain. II only u.o.,
sar, to state the supposition TO sbox il. ut,
iai5hj. There is no point Of resemblance uh.,
ever. The American Colonies comos;,ed no,
that they were taxed 81 a pound uno, >. -.
that they were thus taxed without h.;,
cd i"'r representation The South. os ,ha
contrary. has voice in all laws passed bv r.,
STess. RS influential as sac /, entitled 10 bv h..
comparative nnmer'sai strength. Aea,n-rh.
American Colonies Complained tls, IN.
"fung no" then by the parent county went
to hll the exchequer OF nation with which
they possessed 10 idpntit, ai jv,sFe,, .,d d.. +
II conf rredn be elton 5cs ir H. vaon,...
extorted. Bur in the present case. :, il u;d.,..
ditfereni for, although many app-o,ri,,;,ns
"dde ny congress are necessarily confined to
particular sections OF country, yer. az ,ystsn
they extend over the wide surface the ,nio,
and reach with their blss .hgs, in aeoncrntf..
ted shape, every portion from which ,bey tad
first been drawn IN small aud scattered sn,
II, however, il be true, as Mr. McDuG.
aud the Mules contend, that the Sosth !. AZ.
s,'evously oppressed, why do they n I d, opee
adopt The remedy, which belongs 10 them asa
natural right. and secede from the Uo,4nI M
one denies TO them this right. And W .,ste,,e
than this eau the man mel an when ae gj,c,the
example OF the American RevolI, and ea.
beavers to stir up the minds of the ueonle
whom his address would reach to like mich
OF excitement What, we repeat, did ne mean
ii he did not wish to rouse them 10 like mode
OF redress II this IL what he ineans by N,,tE.
hcdii0n, we admit the doctrine. II resolve, il.
sell at last into the Right of Reeolulion. This
eyfrt State possesses. And il il is Tor this which
they s'e con ending, let them state their claim
AMY aud openly, ~ all Us naked deormity,
Hhd not, y stolkiug it unoef term, unmeanilg
1t II mean not this, add cowardice 10 treasa,
we shall then have some respect for their cour,
age, though we may deest the ca use in which
It IS eAerted. IA it is, however. our hatred Of
the doctrine drgrneraes into contempt for the
p'hu' shuts 10 which the poltroonism Of lis ad.
Tocates seeks shelter from public scorn
Letns hear, however, still farther what this
gentleman haste say:
lhis 'dea al bioodsbed and evil var, in A
contest OF lhts kinds utterly n iculons. How
would the war commence Who would b.,
~, aud what would be the occasion ~ The ne.
'eit OF using ar"s' confess | am uttorig CT
a loss 10 Imagine"
Mr.. McDoine, then, has no idea oil "bloa4.
she'd aud civil war" He is one OF TIL. ma.
compoop class, who contend that a Sr.ie tasy
noiIiiy Law OF Cosgress, aud he un,on sui
remain undissolved! In other words. that ths
government coad 60 on, though oou,h Caro-.
lima shoul' forbd the collection Of customs un-
der the revenue laws, land Virginia kick Up
against ihe National Bank,--and the Western
and Sou'h Western States laugh our land lass
to scorn-and Georgia disregard Indian Urea
ties-and Mas.e cbusets nulliiy our trestysi-
pnlatons with Gtea, Britain, IL this doc.
trlne be true, We have really a beautiful system
OF aniag onist principles brought together, and
dig niGed with The n,isnom.r of government
II is pity, Loa ever, ,hat MIR. McDuflie can.
not be brought I, believe tina, his doc in NJ
persevered IA must lead 10 6ioodsited Per-
hHps, II lie could bs efsuaied of this. his
warmth, might be somewha, abated. In psl-
sonal contests, his yalor, like that of Bob A
ores, had wonderful facility OF oJzing out at
his fnges ends and We have misgvings, that,
hike some other tfoihy speech-makers, he IS
much more willing 10 draw blood from his
knnckles ia their harmless encounters with the
iabie' to enforce his eloquence. than by wiel>
ding the 6road sVordeven in defence OF South.
EN- cotton, or the oppressed nabo5s who cul.
tiyate it.
MIR. McDofie seems to- regard The Siates, in
Their ndi'dna capacity, as sovereign, while,
IN their collective capacity, they are subject,
WhH' but this strange absurdny is commended
for in The subj oned extract,
Whatever position therefore, this State
may assume in its sovereign capacity neither
Congr, IS nor all the departments of ia Fede'
raj Government unitrd. can conS1 iiutionaRmi
doa solitary act To change that post on. ir
they could. It would involve the absurd CONTRA
dleion that the State is Sever, ign, and subject
at the same time. ="