Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-05

consent Of tie parties to them II may be doubted WIZ,
her single Constitution has beOn forwsd n Europe or
Ia D America, without some viole nee, some admstur,
oil conflicting physical fcrce In its confecn In the
early and igoi6caut age Of the ancient my biology the
goo OF boundaries was the only deity never to be pro
p'iated by sacrifices Of blood He, too the only
god who refused TO yield his place even 10 Jubtsc-
Hero Is the Landmark, bicodiess and immos cable,
more unerripg than the msgnet from the Pois 6tn,
as the eve,lAs ing hills between freedom aud TO- cs
10 mol In the proclamation OF pTinc ID, claraion,
OF the rights OF man, full copous, as formal
our own, have deco'a ed the oastiiuons Of Enroe-
Those Constitutions, after short aud iui existence
nave pc seed into the memory of things beyond an, oo
leaving 'be psinsipe behnd--biood ,taoei aud defas
ed-inonum- nis only OF their a,ion. W hAy.
proclaimed the pn ;ples,we have adhered to the prac
uce; and his DRY has be record Of interna
and general property, almost Lstthe
conie nplston of the pas', DO the inuetiye lesson of
the tu;ure And in this conDexion, lie, us survey with
esim unblenching eye, the newly revived doctrine
Qualification; word which contains wi,hin ,sef am alb
surdiiy impor ing pretended isht Of one ate ia th
Union by virtue Of her SOVEREIGNTY TO make ha, null
ADD void which il presupposes bs nu and void be-
iorr The doctrine IL not new those who now
mS'htaiD IL, responsbe ior is iutrs6ucon Ii has
the vital disease o conied Facies, from he sv whet
rhiip OF Macedoo ob'an-d Il seat among the Am;hye
uons ci Greecc IL has never been, pc aus N yo we'd
IN quite 80 much absurdiiy, when spoea.inx in i,s
newes share-i, is NOW The clsiin Tor ons ate Of hi,
Ua'on' oy virtue oil her sovereigny. DO only make
out 10 unmeke The lave OF tie "a each eqmilly sove-
reign with herssli. This claim in s extent !, mos,
emphaicsl illustrated by iis anpiicaiion 10 revenue
law Tbs Constitution OF the u. S. declares fiat ali
duliss, mposts and excisss, sbal be un,tm through.
out tie u s. fotblds any preference 10 be gver b,
any regulation OF commec, venue to the DO, 81
Que sac over those OF another Tbs claim Tor the so
veTego ate IL ~ Uuli!y these psUvons OF IA. Con-
ti'uon, indissouhly connected with ali the acIs O
Congres' Tor raising rsveeur. The Cous'uian Of the
u y, IN express tenn, superssdes ate C,nsiit,l-
hots AID laws conflicting with it. Toe sovereign State
claims by her laws TO sups:oeje the Cnns,i ulou OF
the u. s., and The laws all tho Other ale, in IN
Un on AZ a member o! the Union, THE advances
claim OF appeal from the whole TO a 81 h psr, As q
sovereign State, elam TO make laws, net only Tor her
stli, hu, Tor Others Paosophis al;y pai icaly mo
rally ecns dered,h is au nyrr'ion Of ali human rea.oL
ns; il cannon be conceived without coniu,ton OF ,hous
sannoi be expressed Without solrei.m Of language.
and terms OF se-conr aticon
cts uo, hdeous aspec, ia, moi that its one
ra0n muat issue in severance OF the Unicn but ina
substitutes physical fofca in hs place OF deliberate
legi'la ion. Stripped of The sophistic4I augmentation
IN which this doctrine has been hahod, is naked
nature Is an sJrt orga3zs insurTecinn asaiosi te
laws CT The Uasd Safes; TO uerpose the arm O. Sale
'oVere'gny between rebellion and Tho halter aud TO
rescue The traitor from the gbSe'. The clan which il
proposes, pursued by merely individual association
would be leVyng war against 'he Urilcd States. L.
YOU'D not the less be ievyins agsinsi the Union
conducted under The aufpcss OF State soyrr.gntv:
ou' as State cannot be punished for ,eason Multi
ncaicn would case hefseu ia the complete steel OF
sovereign power AZ The heroes OF ancen; poetry wers
nished wi in panOplY from IT, G arn.oiy OF the gods
GU have seen, my fellow eit zens, from he Deela.
aon ci Ind pendenc-, that the States of this con.
federation were tho eft piGg OF the Uncn; that the
sovereignty Is not, and never was, sovereignty a,
uehaed by Blackstone aud The English lawyers idcn-
deoaed ia in d!recI adstion .he Declaration If
Independence, and Incompatible with the nature ol
our institutions; hiatt States. united, aud tie States
separate, are boh sovereign, but creatures OF the
people, and possess none but delegated powers; tina,
the power oil nultylng act OF Congress- never Ia.
been delegated 10 any State or to any par,iI com
piha'on oil sales aud that any, aud every attempt al
such nuiiihea'or; by one Safes Iess than the
number required, aud otherwise han in tn, formy
prescribed tor amendment Of the Constitution would
however iored, and however vdrnshed, be neither
more nor less than ea'On skulkng under the shelter
OF de- poiisn.
MULTIPLICATION is the provocavs to that brutal and
ion contest OF teIce, ~ hch has hitherto ha all ,be
efforts OF the European and Southern American natous
70 INT oduee among them constitutional governmen ,s OF
oeTy and order. Il strips Of that peculiar aud ia
INFLATED characteristic OF ell our egiqlaion-.ree debate
IL makes tbs bayonei The arber OF Law; ii has no ar
gumen sui The .hugd frboI 1. were senseIass to ina
glue mat twen'y-three States OF The ULou would suffer
'her laws TO be tramped upon by the espo,ic mandate
oil one.-Ihe ACT of nulllfcaon would itself be null
anu void.-Fotce mus, be called in 10 execute the
law oil the Union Force must lie applied by the
multiplying Safe to resist its oxccuton-
Cries, havoc A a hot iS.. from ron lisI DIGS orw.r
ei,i1 an ot ,s nn,s. !, shed by each oher The
ny obedience to the law Of his ate; traitor TO ii.
state oJ obedience to The law Of his country. TIL.
scaffod and the bait e-fied stream ALTERNATELY wb b
blood OF their victims Let this agent bur once inrub
upon your deibsra ions, and Ffe edom will take her
night for heaven Tne Declaration of Independence
dsspoc sovereigniiee, will irappla with impu niiy
through long career o! after ages al in ermin.bie or
eHterminat hg war win one another, upon the Ddefea
'ible and unaiienable rights of man
"The event o. connisl in arms, between the Union
an one OF its memters, whether terminating in veto
ry or defeat would be but alternative of calamity
10 all In The molly records OF antiquity we have two
exeass o. confederation rupiured by the severance
oil ito nembersj one Of which resulted alter three
dei operate baes, in tbs determination OF the s.csd-
ing uibe. And hs vic orious people instead IF ax
utng In shouts OF triumph, cdmt the House o! God
and abode there till even before GJd and lifted up
thelr voices, AMI wept sore, sRd ssidO! Lord God OF
israel tohy Is this cone 10 pass in Israel that Their.
should DO to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?" Tue
DINER was successful nplo OF resistance against
tyrannical taxation, and severed forever the confdra
cy, The fragments TO- ming separate kingdoms; snd from
nat Gay, heir history presents unbroksn series Of
disastrous alliances, aud extermnaiog warsoi a,sas-
sinauons, consPraces, revol,s, and rebelons until
'ude to The naions around them; ill the counrymsn
OF David and Solomon hung their hsrps upon The will
lows OF Babylon, aud totally lost amidst the null
!iluceS OF he Cbaldean end A'yrian nonaTchiss che
most dsspiscd portion OF their s'svrs."T
IN these mourntul memorials Of their iale we NAV
from the hour when force shal be 81 bsuisd for de-
liberation Ia the settlement OF cur Cons;iiu ion al mas
Mons rms IL tie deporabe aitsrnalive--he extpa.
ton OF the feceding member, or the never esas,ng
struggle OF two rival e6nfedeTasies, ultimately bending
the neck OF both under The Ike of fsreen
for the despo'ie sovereignty Of eononeror a, home
May Heaven avert the omeh The des,ioies no, on
W oil our poSieTy, but Of The human race are a,
sake.
"Let no such melancholy iorebodngs intrujs uson
The festivities Of this Anniversary. Serene skies and
bamy breezeS are enis TO the climate Of ffse
dom.-PFogfsssive inpi ement In the condition M
IN an - apparently the purpose OF supefgtending Pov
dence That purpose viii be disapronled In m de-
fusion OF national vanity, but with feeling Of n, olonnd
gratitude to hs God Of our Fah',' let indulge lhe
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