Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-12-14

Laws, aro by this doctrine censored aud ro-
buked.
But the President does not stop here. The
old Republican construction of ,ae Federal
Compact, namely, that it was an cmaua,ion
from the respective States as separate Sove-
reign,es, and not from tho aggregate People of
the U. S,atcs-this construction. deemed tho
Corner Stone Of State Rights, and supposed to
anve bee irreversbly sanctioned by the Revo.
luton Of 1901, is drawn in question. The in.
genuty Of the author of the Message is OK
hnusod to establish this latter origin for the
Federal Government an origin historically
false. denied 10y tho People in 1901. and wholly
Incompatible with State Sovereignty.
Nor does tho President stop here, bold as
hitherto has been his march in the assumption
Of power for tho Federal Government. and
equalIins If not trauscen,iing, Federal p,eten-
sion in the time Of Mr.. Adams, the elder. To
cousummate Federal exaction, no denies the
right Of Secession, never before denied that
we ever remember to have understood, and
conceded by Mr.. Webster. Secession he pro-
nounces Treason. "Treason," he Says, els
an offsnce against Sovereignty, and Sovereign
ty must reside with the power to punish it,"
| Such are some Of the doctrines announced
by the President, which We yesterday called
high toned federal. Are they so, or are they
NOT! lf they are to prevail, of what value nre
the reserved rights OF the States? If the con-
s,itu,iuuaty Of an act Of Congress cannot Of
right be qnesiioned-iI Modification is Seces-
sion, and it Secession 10 Treason-what re-
dress is there for abuse Of power7 What reno
fur the i'm i'm of th,, reServoI hts,
of the Statos1 What are those States in fact.
but provinces Of consolidated Empire, bound
implicitly to obey the laws Of the sovereign, al.
lowed it may he, to petition for their repeal. but
If their petition DO condemned, as the pcti.
tons Of sectional minority ever will be,
compelled to obedience at tie point Of tho bay
onei! Does not every man see that we arc no
longer free? That we arc forever tied to the
car Of New York, Penusy lvana and Ohio. who
possessing the numerical strength i'm the Ma
,ioual Legislature and united by similarity of
interest, will mould the legislation Of tho coun
'ry to suit their purposes-purposes which we
can neither approve, nor refuse 10 assist, with
out having the sword al our throat.?
! We have no time TO pursue the thou hts
which these extraordinary assumptions Of the
President suggests. One thing is pal able. If
they are legitimate, the memorable victory Of
1901 was achieved in vain. and wo n.e citi.
zeus not of confederacy of sovereign and indie
pendent States, shut Of Consolidated Empire {:
freemen SO long, and no lnnger, as our masters
at Washington may permit us TO romain SO {:
and If we attempt TO throw off tho yoke, in the
condition ofa Turkish Province in revolt when
If we fail in the effort, our heads are to nav
the forfeit Of treason Aud from whom Great
Heaven has this blow descended! From a
man whom this commonwealth has cherished
with fond dclusion hem she has confided in
to reestablish on lasting foundations, those
very rights which she values above life, and which
he annihiiates at blow; from man whom she
has doating!y, assisted to rendor too mighty for
Econstitution, principle or right.
Another thing is equally apparent The
friends of State Rights must make last stand
for their existence, or reiinquish them forever,
and sink, the helpless and passive slaves of Fee
derai power. Now will BIO Tested tho sincerity
of those professions, long and loud. which this
State and it's rulers, have made time after time
aud year after year. On one hand, stand the
principles which they profess to revero-doserted
| by nearly all the world-iust renowned by Penn.
sylvania, and reeling undor the heavy blow of An
drew Jackson: On the other hand stand power.
and majority, with their smiles, and patrona 90
ready to receive and reward. Which will thew
choose7 A pcrilous and doubtful struggle awaits
the one course, but liberty will reward success at
last; smooth and easy path presents itself in tho
other alternative, strewed with flowers at first bnt
gradually shut in by the darkness of assured
and hopeless slavery. Statesmen and Patriots
of Virginia! which will yo choose7 Will
you submit to tho claims of federal power.
or grid up your IONS to fight over again tho great
battle of 1887 Docs the name of jackson. too
strongly draw your affections, or his power intim
date your resolves7
| From the New York Commercial, we quote .,re.
raj articles in connection with the Bank the Messaos
ard the fall of stock. The President obviously had
it in his power, and the Kitchen Cabinet in their,
to make the fortunes Of favortes, by putting them
in possession Of information not possessed bv the
public. That he did so, do not believe; that his
CONFIDENCE has been abused to that object, by some
around him, the reader will find abundant cause for
suspicion in the following articles:
From the Correspondent of tho NJ. Y. Com. Adv
WAsBINGToN, DEc. 4, 1892
| 'You can now solve the mystery which bss
hung over your Stock Market for some yseks
past. The Message has been shaped: so 40 10
carry into fleet the stock speculatons of a few
Of General Jackson's political suppor,ers in
your city, and it is said that some persons here
hur,n i.