Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-12-31
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HNT ilf.REAs. - President Of the United
w :. ,,ss hi'f ISSUED ms Proclamation con-
e.ta;ns m A" cnp,ssScr or rur fforLH OF -
,sofIs. 70 nlII5fy certain scis OF the OF the
congress Of the unucd States" laying duties
AID n,nnsts fJr IA protection of domestic manu-
fac,u,rs
And enrRr,s. the legislature n South cnro-
lins naw ~ session, taking INTO confederation,
tho matters contained IN the said Proclamation o'
The p,esilent. have adopted Preamble and lie
ssIni,on TO the following effect, VIZ
WnrREss the Pres dent ofthc u. States, has
.s,ed hi. Proclamation ienouncing the proceedings
., this STATE calling upon tho ciiizsns thereof to
! renoua lIcir primary allegiance, ard threaten
| iur them with military coercion, unwatthntcd by
the Constitution aud u',o,ly Inconsistent with Tic
| existence OF fee State lie II therefore
Peselred. Tint his Exoelency the Governor be
! rioues.ed forthwith, 10 ISSUE his Proclamation
warning the good people OF thls State againr the
nuemp, Of the President Of the United STATES TO Sc
dnce them Gon their allegiance, exhortns them 10
ld,sr,yarA his VAN nlenaces and 10 be prepared 10
sus,nn the dignity and protect The lib"4'y oil the
| State again, the arbitrary measures proposed ny
the PIas,dent'
Now !, Robert y. lIayhe, Governor Of sod.!.
Carolina, ia obedience to the said Resolution, do
hereby issue this, my Proclamation, solnwDly war
ming the good people of this Slate against the dan
gerous and peruicious o,,rines Promulgated III The
said Proclamation Of the President, as calculated 10
misloni their Judgments ns TO the character OF The
Government under which they live, and The parn-
noun, OBJ lga'ion which they owe 10 the State, and
Im,nfesyly Intended 10 soJuee them from iheif ~
iogjancc, and 10y drawing them To The support OF
the violent and unlawful measures contemplated by
he President, TO involve them III the guilt Of Re
Il ~ la fr,ou lQu In ~
ware Of tire specdnis but false doctrine by wlith II
IL now ATTEMPTED 70 b. shcwn that the several States
+ have nri retained their entire Sovereignty that
- the allegiance OF their citizens was transferred
IN thr6 rI instansc to the Government OF the LJii
ted states that " STATE cannot he sad to be so
vcreign and independent whose citizens owe obC
dience 10 tie laws not made by II = that " even
! nader tho royal government We bad no separate
character" that the Constitution, Inns created " Z
national government lich is not compact be
. wecn Sovereign Stntcs"-" that a State has NJ
aidnr TO sEtEpEf-in "a word that onrs rs IA
rIuNsL aovensMGNr in Which the people Of all In
States are represented, and by which NC are con
stituted +" ONE rsorLe" md that our representa-
lives in Congress are all representatives of the Z
States, and not Of the particular States from which
they come doctrines which uPsoot the very ioan
alton of our political system -annhlatc the right
Of the States utterly destroy the Liberties o
|
he citizens.
4 II requires no reasoning 10 shcw whit the barr
S statement OF these propositions demonstrate, tina
such a Gopernmen, as is here described Inns not 1
. single feature Of coniederatcd republic. IT Is in
truth an nccnrate dclineaon, drawn with bolt
hanJ Of gront consolidated empire, -" one an'
lndivisble," and undcr whatever speciois form IL
4 powers may be masked, II is in fact the worst o
oil oespo,sns, in which the spirit of an arbitrary
n. IL.
Tossing To be free. Such WIS not the Govefnnen!
for which our fathers fought and blsd md of'ctc,
II mp ths, lives and fortunes as wiling saepice
o Such whs no, the Government, which the grea
j and patriotic men who called the Uuion into he
u Jog IN the pcnitude Of their wisdom, framed. Sncl
was not the Government which the fatners of the
), publican faith led on by the Apostle of Amcflcu
;, Liberty rromdl gated and cssiully maintained
J inl1DS and by which they produced the grca
\, politenl revolution effected at that nusplcous cr
n To Government based ON such principles Sout
3, Curolina has no, been voluntary patty md L
il such Government she never Will give her US
u Sent
o 'rhe records Of our history do, indeed pfIo,d th
prototype OF these sentiments which IS Ia be iounI
u IN the recorded opinion Of these, who, when tht
+ Constitution was framed, were III favor Ola" flu
:, National Goscrnnent," In which the states Shout,
|
4 lonies did towards the mother country lhe Jolr
i nails ofthc CONVENTION and the secret history o
d the debates, wal, show that this putty did propos
- to secure TO the Federal Govcinn,eni I'm absolute
/ supremacy over the Stotes, by giving them ne
gative upon their laws, buI the same history aljt
teaches us tat all thesc propositions were rejected
and Federal Gov eminent was finally established
trcoenizin,' the sovereignty OF the States and eav
n ing the casshional compact on the footing Of al
{ other tonfpacts between parties having no com
mon supeuof.'
II II The natural and occessary consequence o
In, pr,ao Piles thus AUTHORITATIVE ely announced by III,
PGesdea,, Constituting the very basis of our pc
lilcl system, that the Federal Government is unli
,ni,es and supreme being the exclusive Judge o.
The extent VI lis own powers the laws OF Congres,
sanctioned by the Executive aud the Judiciary
whether passed in direct violation of tie Cons,ltu
:. ton and rights of the States, or not, arc the su
: prone law Of the land" Hence i, is that the Pre-
sdent obviously considers the words " made
IN pursuance Of the Constitution" as mere surplus
uge and therefore when he processes recte tn,
provision OF Tie Constitution GA this subject, h,
states that our " SOCIAL eohpAcr In express terms
declares that the id,cs II tle United States, rs
. Constitution and the Treaties made under II, arc
, the supreme law oftheland," and speaks through
out OF " tie explicit supremacy given 10 the laws
Of tho Union over those of the Slates'-as if law
3 Of Congress was oftself supreme while II was ne
cessary 10 the validity of treaty that 1t should b,
I made in pursuance of the Constitution such
however, is no, the provision of the Constitution
} That instrument expressly pro>il that 4" til,
; Constitution aud laws of the United States 1c1i el
shall be made m pursuance iAereef shall be the su
preme law of the land any thing in the Constitution
Or laws of any State to the contrary nolwi,hstand
ing"
y Here will be seen that law ofConsrcss, II.
: such, can have no validity unless made in pur
sunnce ofthc Constitution" An demonstrations
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