Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-12-03


 of the rights of the citizens, that court, if per mitted to exercise the high functions assigned it, will preserve tothe people of this nation the blessings of freedom, and sustain the Govern ment uniniured, amidst the feuds of violence and the conflict of contending interests. And although we learn, in the articles of Nullifca- tion, in the approved version of some of the States, that notwithstanding the harmon ous arrangement, the fit and proper adjustment of the various parts of the government of the United States, no reliance is to be had on that Court, when State and the General Go,em- ment are parties, yet a little while, and the " stone 7vhich he Builders rejected has become the head of the corner"
 The present crisis is one which already claims place in the history of our times, in it are involved the present and future happi- ness of the citizens of these States-the use fitness of our public institutions-the protec- tion of law-the purity of rcligion-and the Government under which all these things administer to the rational enjoyment ofciv life. That crisis cannot be laughed down; it must be met in the spirit of conciliaton and compromise, or it must be encountered on more unenviable terms We would then say to the Congress of the United States, forget all that has been said and done; permit not
 
 imosity, which ill the intcmperance and strife of party, have been banded backwards and forwards, and bruited through the land, pre- vent you, in the pride ofyour patriot fathers from raising your eyes to the horizon view for moment the awful tempest which is gathering over the hallowed field of their la bours! permit it not to burst strike at once the harp of peace-grasp the mighty cords on which are suspended the Union of twenty four StateS-the liberties of twelve millions of human bengs-repair to the Temple of your freedom, and on your countrys altar, consign, as national offering for the ley3ietuity ofthe
 Union, all matters of discGd which assail and threaten it. Let the fac of that poste- rity which must swell the tie of life in ages yet unnumbered, engage evey heart, and an innate every tongue, in the,ffort to avert destiny similar to that whiti engulfed the governments of the free in arcient days, who sunk from the brightest meidian of wealth andart, learning and genius, trough party tnr- moil and hatred, to be the toS and past-time of tyrants, entailing upon thdr posterty the bondage of barbarism, and inwhosc temples the worship of their gods is slDplanted by the rites of the infdel. Could tie patriots and sages who have gone before yu, whose pla- ces you now fill, whose great work is conhded to your keeping, speak from tie sanctuary of the honored dead, one solemnwalning would arrest every ear of the living-Yield all con ficting wishes and interests, )ury all differ ence of opinion; do this, that you may hold to your Union and Indeheadenee forever.
 Resolved by The Se,nte and House of RetreSentatiUes of the Satc of .alabama in General Assem6ly eon1tned, That the Ia riff laws passed by the CSngrcss of the United States, having for theirr,al object the protcc- tion Of Manufactures, nSminally to provide revenue to meet the necessities of the Govern ment expenditures, are So clearly impolitic, partial, and injurious in their operations; that they ought to be gradually and finally repeal ed.
 find De H further reslued, That the a. toresad laws, adopted by the Congress of the edIy for the purposes expressed in G the first resolution, are a violation of the true spirit and intention of the Constitutou of the Uni ted States.
 And De H further resolued, That the Sen ate and House of Representative of the State of Alabama, have entire confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of Congrsss; and that that body will remedy, with all necessary promptness, the injury which has been inflic- ted upon some Of the States, blythe existing Tariff laws.
 After reading the foregoing memoial and resolu. tions, MT Deet addressed the Hous, as follows,
 Mr Speaker-The paper I have submitted, con tains the opinions have formed on the subjects it embraces. l am no stranger to tn, difference off sentiment which strongly prevails in this House and in different parts of the State nor have the vanity to suppose that have present,d the question Tn light so unobjectionable as to meet the entire appreciation of the House. 1 have n, desire to con trol the opinions of others. My ony object is to engage, at early period of the session. the atten- ton of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State ofAlsbama to adspassionat consideration Of the question. which at present thoroughly di- vldes and dlstracts the great and leadng interests of our common country; and, if possible, invoke prompt and united expression of the opinion of the Legislature to the Congress of the United States, of the operations of the present Tariff system; and It may be, that even yet while the sOrm rages an humble effort may not be unavailiig. Congress may pause The wisdom of other days may inspire the magnanimous determination Instead of perse- verlng, and riskng the Constitution and liberties of the people, to return to that evcro obeenyied at tltude. where the energies of the naton will neither be invited nor discouraged by artificial rewards restraints and in acting, while he Constitution IS tossed, as on troubled wave, yol may have the consoatory reflection of having assisted in saving and transmitting it to those who have ght to ceve it, as pure and unsullied as it was confded to you
 The House will now, Mir Speaker, be pleased to dispose 1.-the question in such manner as may seem most agreeable.
 MT LANE introduced the following preamble and resolutions, which, on motion of Mir PAUL. was laid on the table, and 100 copies ordered to be printed.
 WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Alabama did, at the last session there of, pass resolutions approving of the general