Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-12-06


,0us, h, given up. liza state can nullify a law ut
,,,c,sure, the Union is no, worth ds ift,s RICH,
ma, belong to the States, no State SHOULD be pc~-
,o,,,cd, under any pre,cnce, to exercise it, The
,,,o, lh,,t it is permitted TO be DONE that moment
Il, Union is dissolved& We will add, thu, momet
o,,bt 10 be dissolved A building cemeateu
,o,a,ber by such untemrered mortar"-hound
,,, such cobwe5 cords oud be worse than the
a,.o,,isr, Of lbrahm Pacha We should be al
,,ay, in the situation Of dwcler at the base of
,be Appcnines fearing the descent Of the draiaaehe
AMI our terror rather aggravated than mitlgated by
the uncertainty Of the hour when it might be loosed
tro n is confinement. Some State filled with aspi
rants whose offer -thwarted ambition could fnano-
,binr to feed IN but lis revengeful fires might,
IN a moment Ct war, at II time of great national e.
noyseucy, when the public credit might be exhaus-
d, an enemy thandcrin, at the very gates OF our
mc,r ,polis, spreading devastation on our coasts,
snd Carrying terror and desoaton in his nach-at
such n moment, some city State, excited Ia dis
roo,ea, By the articles ofa few of her leading
tnen, might nuity the War, open her ports to the
cneny, and even Guide him through her neutral
soil into the very heart Of !, detencelcss neghbor
BE il recolrcted tiat if Mobilization be right, re.
served 10 the Statcs-aad it is only upon this
ground that the course Of South Carolina can he JUS
tf d or defended If Notification be right, lis
erose is mol suspended by state Of war-lt can
be xerciscd us well then, as when arc in n
state Of peace W,th all the world. And We have
only to point TO the Hartford Convention 10 show
tina, even in such times OF imminent peril, there viii
always be fuuad among US men enough to apply
the torch to the citadel and exact over agaa the t.
phosi,n nccuhary. Let Us, ,tcn, in Virginia.
aor m ,ch, very mach, depends or course--let
US vl3w this subject. through the medium of our
judgment, and no, of cur passions II the evils OF
tue Tariff system be even rs great, as for the pur
pose OF en!isting our sympahies, they have been
represented To be, still We should ask ourselves vine
,hcr there b, no, one evil even greater than that
and whether that evil hc not Notification whc-
Tier if we once sanction ii, it " Ill mol prove 10 Us
as fat Il as she woolen-hNse, & He'd with Gfec,an
soldiers did IN the ,,suspeeling defenders Of An
Glen, Troy.
That the present session OF Congress may Ivy
its wsdtn and patriotism, aver, the dangers
which inpcnd over the Republic is our earnest
and sincere prayer to Him who guided our fatless
,hrOu III the pcriiso of the Revolution, and ha. thus
Ia, led US 10 a contion of prosperity nnexamp'et'
for it;rapl.ty, m the growth OF ANY other people
When he passion. Of men arc at work, We know
of no.hng which can restrain them within the
bounds ot safety bu, the Influences of His Spirit,
who "r.es ia the wAirwnd and directs the
storm"
OE,ial IiclcA-T'he Washington 'Ilobe dc
Apnces the course of the Suilii'er of South CAT
DINA with just and mef'icd severity. From the
relation in which tina; prin, stands to the head OF
the government, we presume II speaks substantial
ly tho sentiments of tn. Exceutve aud No there
tore us wul. as because the sentinon,s nre them
selves correct, copy tho tl!o%ing article ifem
that paper:
FROM THE GLOBE.
EdiI Of NnNifeeiion.-W We give below the Or
dmancs u, the Nuier.. Il goes beyoad the pun
poses avowed by its authors to the peopla OF South
Carolina, before the election the members Of lha
Convention An cvcntas, separation from the u
mon is tiieuJ>lous import of THIS proceeding. itin
fact lsaycs no alternative To the Ganrr,l Govern
mout. bat qici, submission 10 the dpsfr'ne, that
each ate has the RICH, 10 annihilatc al the Jaws
which may b. passed by the authority ofbe whole
By II refused to reco, nze tho ior,rne by y ny
act to n, Ike thuact a separation of South Carroll
ma t,un the Confederacy This power, As now
assumed by Sou,l, Carolina, il Admitted by the 9TH
or States is in effect total dissolution of the u
mon. ntnat State can annu the whole revenue
system, and d,arc Charleston IL free pot, II Is
virtually destroying the obligation of the laws I'M
posing duties in every State. And the Convention,
elected oy small majority of single state, Will
not merely nulilty The law, as regards ITSELF, but
deict its operation in all the rest. thus at once
the snews OF the General Government wnud he
cut at single blow and every nanlber OF the Con.
itdcracy b, compelled TO take the Law from one
stat, o. ,ch be brought To provide separately for
lis cxgencs
The manner in which this ordinance is to be for
ced upon the people Of south Carolina, by those II.
present in the majority there, is not less arrogant
than That IN which those ASSUMING TO represen. ono
State, presume To dictate all the other Etate', and
the immense minority OF the people OF this country
The Convention mas ordained as test of hn,l'n,
"'ilce, or even enjoying III, common rights OF eli'-
stnShIp IN the character Of juryman an oath IN
compatible with the duties which eyory citizen
owes to the Govcrnn,rn, of the Union. In other
words, the ordinance amounts to an act OF attain
der against every man in South Carolina, who will
aot take dn OATH that he is, or will be, Nullher.
Had the President taken the same ground IA re.
1Ion to Georgia which he has assumed in the
South Carolina case, the doctrine of Notification
would have been nipt in the bud Bat, after per-