Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-11-05
SOUTH CAROLINA S,c

llESiPntc Tue cEiSS LOT which Tue leadcr5 OF tnnt
party have 50 long been preparing the public mind,
a bill has been passed by the Legislature Of that
State, providing Tor the mmcdlate call ofu Convex
iion-.he elections Of It's members TO take place On
the Eth and l3h inst the Convention itself To
semble on the 18Th; & the Legislature 10 meet again
on the 18th, TO enact such laws rs may be neccs.
sary to carry into effect the dicta of the Convey
tlon-or IN other words to nullity the Tariff Law.
So II seems that South Carolina is not even dslns.
TO wait few weeks To see, whether, in this high
handed measure, she will be sustained or opposed
Alasana, Virginia, &c, While she will, in each
Of those ou,tes, p,cel with much of sympathy for
her imaginary grievances, We may assert, with
equal safety, that she will find but very few scat.
tered Individuals prepared to co-onerarc with her
IN her flosiralian ambition. All sympathy for
Der sutierlnes surprising them to I've reo', will be
lost III indignation al her madness II, however.
she Is determined 10 carry cot her principles into
Practice, We s"e no gool reason for delay Indeed,
lac ;ral dad better cooe al once, while the old
Roman is al the heial in order that We may have
a fair list Of his moral courage Of which his
irlends speak frequently and Sd confidently land
Especially Is II would compel hu to urras Gcoa-
ga nulii,icaop Likewise, Or, III desaut thereof. TO
sAo" wherein lies tie difference, in principle, Lc-
twceo a disregard Of treaties and aD opposition to
nc laWs--a tssh which will, VIZ ,hink, defy tho
hairspiiaias ingenuity Of wiser man than he
boasts Of IN his opunciI.
TenaeAs h1s given a.r answer on the subject,
n the sulJoined resolutions. just adopted by her
Leg 'slature-in the Senate by auan n tnLsls vote,
and m the House Of Representatives by v,dc OF
% to :.
Believing that crisis has arrived which renders
1t inpor ant that Tennessee should declare u The
World her opinions, upon the subject oflhe relative
powers Of the Federal and State governments, tbs
general assembly, that no nsappreheHsion may
exist as 10 what are their political principles, DO de-
clare that they regard the resolutions adopted the
legislature of Virginia, in tho year 1885, und the
commentaries Of Mr.. Madison thereon, as furnish
| ing true and safe exposition Of the principles Of
the Federal constitution. Yet, ms the supporters Of
nuhlcatlon claim 10 be adherents ofthe same doc
times, II becomes the duty Of this general assem-
by s.inctly 10 denounce notification Us hcrcsy,
the 'ro dangerous i; Processes TO rest upon the
| bass of The doctrines Of 1893
Tcreiore, Reso,re.! by the General Assembly OF
| the State Of Tennessee, that we regard the doc
trpe, that state has right, under the cpnslltu
ton, either by its Legislature or by convention of
the people of the state to rsnLer imperative and
void law OF Congress Vlthin the limits ofthc state,
| 4 ~
dangerous 10 the existence of the Union
| RcsotUcd, That We regard notification by either
of these means, destructive To the principles Of
! tho government, and under the the suse Of
peaceful and constitutional remedy" calculated to
| prtclpltatc the country into civil var.
! ReNired, Tina, the doctrine that state has the
right under The Constitution, to resist or render IN
oper,lvru thin herlimits act OF Congress when,
ever the same may be declared unconstitutional by
legislative enactment in its highest politics!
attitude by Convention Of the people Of the state
Is wholly mfiYarranted by the constitution DANCE
rous to the existence OF the Union, Inconsistent
will. the pres walton Of the federal government
and tending dir ctly, under the gulse ola peaceful
remedy, TO brin, upon our country all the horrors
OF civil war.
Nor does tho Legislature Of Tennessee seem dis
Convention, proposed by the Union party of
South Carolina as Il sort of alternative for Null
llfca,ion and this decision, are DISPOSED
the more VIC think an the subject, TO believe,
is right and safe. The time has arrived when
any halfway remedy is as bad as the disease
itself The controversy on the subject Of granted
powers and reserved rights has reached point
which will not admit OF temporary expedcnts. 1t
calls for an appeal to first principles, through the
can the line of,emarcation be drawn, if indeed At
can be drawn at ALL In such body, too it will at
once be seen whether the Union caa be preserved,
and if 1t be discovered that it cannot such body
only can of RICH, dissolve the compact formed by 4
similar assenblagc-as, contrary 10 our first I'M
pressions, we think that the right Of SECESSION is
| notification under another nsme. A S0uthcrD
Convention could only recommend, appeal, expos
! tulatc, threaten and Heaven knows we have
had enough of al! this within the last FIVE or six
years. A General Convention, deriving its powers
from the federal constitution would act aulhorita-
lively & dcfn,ely-and we should know when It
adjourned upon what we wcre,te depend forIhe fa-
.nre--wheher the great principle Of compromise,
which runs through and lies at the foundation OF
our system, could be again successfully invoked to
preserve our glorious form of governmen,,o or wheth-
er our institutions like all the other works OF man.