Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-12-25

risked his whole popularity with tho north and west il
resisting and rejecting the wasteiu and extravagsn
schemes oil internal Improvement
"He has given mortal blow to The tariff In thus re
sstng them; Tor, without mode OF extravagant
pendure oil the public money, the duties must be reduced
lie mas recommended, that the be brought dow
TO the wants OF the government, and that the wants b.
made dsJe,c as possible.
"To preserve the purity of the government and tn,
liberties OF the people, no hazarded his by throw
ing himself in opposition the whole monied aris,ocrac,
Oh e country aud has Frustrated mammoth Bank, which
no other man IN the u s. could have assaed with
hen such have been the fruits OF his on ant
the practical illustration of his State Right principles VIII,
WIN we quarrel with him about some abstract opinions
ABOUT e organ oil the government, when he has she
mat he agrees with us entirely 10 its limited p0,Uers?
But, 1t is contrary State Rights, deny the right
State 10 sccede from the Union whenever she peases
But can State repeal the laws OF the Union by he,
simple declaration, that she is no longer member OF ii
Can she thus nuft1y the iocS without any Of go
vernmenf or OF the parties who made the government! Will
not the laws OF the Union in force until thew are
repealed by Congress- by the parties who made the go
vernment is not the President bound to the
laws until they are repealed South Carolina, tchiist she
IS member OF the Union, declares the laws nu
and roid on the first of February next.
The President mpores his fellow citizens his native
State TO recall that decaraonhe tells them that il can
not be respeccd-hat IL cannot dbsoipe him from, his
obligation TO ereeme The LAWS. and that they and
will be executed: That IL FORCE be used to prevent
Their execution, he w be compelled force carry
them into effect however painful the perform OF such
duty may be- And yet these benevolent feelings and
parotclappeas to his owcizen designed to the
eson OF human blood and them from horrors
OF civil denounced by his enemies as the tire
oil biood-thirsfy tyrarW In Gods name, what would
these men have the President TO do
II he fails TO execute the laws, he is denounced as re
crean and peured delinquent in the performance of his
duty who has forfeited the public confidence and
the station which he holds Ii he goes execute them
by using force only tohen force is against him. he
military tyrant and despo. The President has idea
oil using force OF any kind upon South Caoina, until she
opposesJorce to the execution OF the laws. And If mill
tay orce first used on her against the public auo
rites in the performance their duty how he TO avoid
from his ufy
Of force TO sustain those authorities
Did not Washington, the father of his country march
at the head Of army OF 10000 ans his fellow
citizens of Pennsylvania, who threatened resist the
OF their country! Was he too a military despot.
south Carolina forces this singular and extraordinary
slate oil things upon the country Does she first secede
from the Union before she declares all the revenue
null and void' Mo- She claims the right and power OF
rendering these laws null and vo so FAR as they amply
to her, tciist she remains member of the Union She
declares, she will force if attempt be made TO exc
cute them and yet the President denounced for frank
use force provided she does
AS to this doctrine of secession in the way that s. c.
claims it, which has been sadded upon the back of the
virginia doctrines Notification has been, must con-
less do not understand it, do how a state can
repeal or nulify the laws of the u S. by simply passing
AN ordinance that she is longer member of The
On'0n Surely, before the Executive authority of the
country dare to disregard those la,cs he must be
authorized to do SO by act OF Congress. If Congress
WIN repeal The revenue laws far they apply 10 s. c.
then the matter will be end But until they are re
pealed, they must be executed
~ o. SdTo'inh can 80 OH from The Union, by her de-
cldrdt'on alone that she is longer member of it, SC
can louisiana! The States coordinate parties pre-
sumo and equal in rights and powers, whatever may have
been their condition history previous their becoming
States of the Union. The treasure of tho Union has
been expended in the purchase of Louisiana, and the
blood OF the est has flowed in defending her from TO-
reign enemy She holds the key by which she could al
any ume IL an independent power, lock up the commerce
OF The whole valley OF the Mississippi and of all the States
lying upon her tributary streams. What would be said
by the whole Western world if Louisiana should sudden
~ become dissatisfied with the Union, assemble Conven
on and declare herself no longer member of itl Woult
men of the u. Siatesl,