Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-12-09

h"lihp us near 10 uenfnnStFa ION as tue SuO- |
lsct Will permit, that both sections are en- |
gagged in producing precisely the same pro-
duets; that 1t broadcloihs, coarse cotlons,
ana hardware, are manufactured by the
CONS, sp indies, and forges of the North, the
same articles are manufa ctured ty the plough.
he spade, and The hoes Of The south, and that
the or'y difference exists i'll the mode of eiabo-
ration ond production. In enc word that our
cotton, rice ard tobacco, return 10 our shores,
al er paying most valuable tribute to our
commp rcial marine, in the shape of the very
articles IF merchant re which have cnumera-
TED 1t Is when the cXChnngeable value OF
these productions reaches us, that the inequality
OF the system begins To act with parays
injustice. The products Of northern industry.
come INTO market perfectly unbu-dencd. whilst
our products, the results Of our own labor, are
burdencd with an average tax Of az per Cent.
an assessment which falls with almost unmlti-
gated severity upon Us. But, because we
consume, we are insultiaCly toll, that this i
perfectly equal system! But even in the char
ac;cr of consumers, this proposition is utterly
u"founded. We hive no manufactures among
ourselves, to refund TO IN an augmented
ratio, the taxes pay on consumption,
nor are the ian-uishirg sources IF orr iudust v,
invlgorated ant fruc iii ID by he vast and SIS
talnnT disbursements OF government, VIII oh
unit5rmly set i'll a more fortunate and favurite
direction.
The legislation of Congress, has, in effect
placed the markets of the South under ban
essentially colonial by taxing almost to the
extent of prohibition, trade with other
nations; and 1t Is no answer TO ills argument.
% say, that The same system :, Y SITS by law IN
the manuiac uilng States, hen The char
OF the primary productions Of both sections,
c-eat"s the difference and the od!ous and opprcs
slvc distinction. To suppose that a section of
country, strictly agricultural, and employing an
expensive slave labor can sustain system like
misery, and subsection Of colonies, would be 10
close our eyes To the uniform expe,icnce Of oil
history, from the hest ages Of the world
Are We bound to submit to ;his inius ic p
onr St1ie has sad, mol That this system is
inflicted upon us, in violation OF the compact of
Union, and that our OBJ deuce tn Tic uGcansti-
tutloual laws which enforce these violations
presents mere question or time md cxpcdicn
cy, affected, aud properly fccted bv Ger pro.
found and habItuai attachment Ia the Tn Or
Ii is impossible, however, that the duties which
we owe TO our postcrity, If We are lnsousiblc
OF those which belong To ourselves, can pcrmn
I much longer pOstpynemCnt OF tbs question.
From 1925 to 1880, the State of South Car
DINA, under the pressure Of the usurpa ions Of
the General Government, has been by steady
advance IN puilIc opinion, gradu, liz travel! Hing
up 10 the ali nation Of TIE great COZ .erv0tivs
doctrines oil State III rpOstion, soCmnly assert
ed by the States Of Virginia AID Kentucky
J IL!
ed Ey yourselves 'that the several acts of the
Congress of the United States now of force,
imposing duties on imports for the protection
OF domestic manufactures, have been, and are
deliberate and highly dangerous aud oppressive
violations Of the constitutional cor,pGct and
that whenever any State, which is SUFFERING
under this oppression, shall lose all reasonable
nope IF red.ess from the ,sdom and Justice of
the federal government, 1T will be its right and
duty, to intcrposc in its sovereign capacity for
the purpose Of arresling the progress Of the
evils occasioned by lie said unconstitutional
acts 2h.s fight OF interposition, be it called
what 1t may, Estate rights, veto, nu!!ification
or by any other name, rests on facts historically
certain as our revolution itself and on deduc
tons rs simple and dcmOnstrative as those of INV
political & neral truth whatsoever" Il results in
fact from tie character of the SOVEREIGN pa,ties
20 the compact, the relation they bear TO each
other, tic nature of the cOmpacf and the reser.
vGion by and to each Of the parties of all now
ers not delegated TO the government created
by the compact. There is no where 10 he
found, more mastery and comprehensive
summary of these doctrines than is contained
in the opinion Of the former vrncrau!a Chief
Justice OF the state of Penn>vivrrin. and which
was unanimously cnnCurrcd IT, by the whole
bench IF the supreme court Of hat State He
declared. in the case of Crbb.tt that she
COnsti, utiOn Of tine UHlted States Is Federal.
il is a league, treaty, made BY he inG,yilu.
al States as ore party, and all the States as
another party. When two nations differ about
the meaning 81 any clause, sentence or word
in treaty, neither has exclusive right TO de-
eide it, they enGcavcr TO adjust the n.a'tor bv
negotiation, but II 1t CHETCt be thus comrlish-
ed, each has rg!t to retain its own inter |
citation, Unit! Il reference be had 10 the me-
liotion OF other nations, an arbitration, or the |
fate Of war. There Is 10 provision 10 the Con- |
that IN such case the opinion oil
he Judges of the Supreme Court Of the United |
States, shall coutro! and be conclusive. neither |
an the Congress, by law. Confer that pGUcr. |
There appears to be def IN this matter: !; |
; casus omlssus, which ought in some wav
% he remidlei."
TIE cAsU5 ohtIssUs which this enhrhtened |
uris supposcs to exist is one Of the most con.
crva'ive paris of our whole system. IL was
wise and mastery ouission - because il lef the
I.terior sovereignty Of the States untouched.
q the language Of him who founded and re-
oTmcd our system, eff the two Departments
hou.d claim, each, the same ohicc's Of power.
where is the umpire TO decide brlwcen them2
n cases of little urgency or Importance, the
prudence OF both parties will keep them alooi
rom the questionable ground; but if it neither
an be avoided or com promised, y convention IF
he States must be called, to ascribe the doubt
u! power to that dcpa rtment which thew nav
hinE best, Tbs, uDquestionably, Gun lie the |
My pcnceabic yet sovereign mode Of arbifra-
ion between sovcrcigus. who carried into the
omPact equal powers, and retained equal RIGHTS
. sovereignty. But, as it requires an arpl!ca-
ION or the part Of two thirds Of the States To
longress, FOR The call Of convention, and az n
minority cO".d never, even ~ cases involving
gc most H7grant breaches Of the compact. mo-
u.e TctrreGCefo this unpir9ge by this pro
'5z. q follows that 'hc Only modt Of compelling