Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-12-31

ders,snding Of them" And vet when II serves |
the purpose of bringing odiun upon South Caro- |
| lima " his native State" the President has no
hesitation in regarding de H'tempt of a Stale 70 r.
lease horsclffran The control ofihe Federnl Judici.
airy, in matter affecting her Sovereign rights, as
a violation Of the Constitution,
| II is unnecessary 10 enter INTO an elaborate ey !
Animation Of Tie subject. II surely Sunnot admit
NJ doubt, that by the Declaration Of Indcpeu.
dehce the several Colonies became " free, sor.-
reign, apd Independent, Sie,es,' and our political
history will abnndantly shew that AT every su5se
! Tnen, change IN their condition UP 10 tic iouna-
ton Of our present Copsiitutpn the States presel-
yrd their sovereignty. The discovery Of this new
feature in SYSTEM that the sfhics css only as
members OF the Union--iha before the Declaration
Of Independence, we wero known only " Uni
ted Cooriosi--anj that en- under the articles Of
confederation, the States were eohsidcreda as form
ing " collectively ONE sArioS'-wiihout any
righ, Of refusing 10 submit TO = uy decision of
Congress- was reserved 10 tie President ami his
imm.dtaie ptedetess,r. To tie alGg " boorgs
the invcai'oa, ahd upon the former, viii unfouu
na'ely fall the ev.ls .ftdulihg II to practice"
South Carolina holds the rrinrlp,es nov pIomut
gated by the President as they must always be
aei3 ~ all who claim he supporters Of Tie rights
ofihc States ss conUodctod by the leltc. of the
ohstitution-.unuuholze by lis shrIt--ineonsis
ten, with every principle on which II was founded
I-destructiYe Of all the effects fir which II was
framed utterly incompatible with tin very ex
istence Of the satts--.au1 absolutely fatal 10 the
rights and Liberties ni the people South Cato,ina
has so solrninly and repeatedly exprcshed TO Con
gross aud the world the principles which She be-
lieses 10 constitute tn very pillars Of tho Constr
luton that ii is deemed unnecessary to DO more al
this time, than bnrcly present summary oflhosc
great fundamental truths, which she believes can
never he subseftcd without the inevitable dcstrue-
ton Of the Liberties OF tic people and OF The Union
itself South Carolina hds never claimed ns IS
asserted by the litsidenr) the lsht o: rtrchlne.
at pleasure, oil The TeirHoe iGuS Of the Onion
much les. the Igl OF rcpeung the Constitution
Itself aud laws l,osssl 10 give II ciTctt Which have
prrtr been ofhdetd n 6e 0HstiinftogG1.'--
She claims only ric r.gh, to iidge Of niraciions OF
the consiitu .oDa compact IN soa' un o tie rcser.
we'd rights of tho Stale, and ct 'vrosiGg the pro-
gfess OF usurllaiiou within her own limits, and
hen, IN the Tariffs of lS2S ailt 1879, revenue
bud protection constiul suat ant uacrnsl.tutlona
Objects have been mixed up together, that II is
found 'Innussblt to draw the Inc Of discrimination
she has no alternative bat 10 consider The whole
Us a system, nhcpnst,nil0na Ia It's character, and
r 10 leave II To these who have woven the Wtb IL
> unrnyel the threads South carolinl nsists ard
I she appeals 10 the whole political history O, ollr
county, in support other pos ton that the Con.
siilulion of the untcd States 10 coinpa1 between
sovereign States. thai creales conodctacd re-
4 pubic, Not having single ienturc at nationality
in its iounda OH tla the people of the several
states distinct political cnnmunlt,s ratified the
Constitution, each State acting ior itself and bind
ing Its own citizens, aud not those oi any Other
State, the &C, Of ,acaton dcc!afln. TO b. bind
Ing OF, the Sntes so rally lrs--hc States It's
authors hen power cteatsd il ..ihc voice clothed
II with authority the government " Inch it FORMED
il cdnlnusel of ihtit apenfs nnI tire lJuiun of
, which 1t is the bond, Is Union of States, aud not
Of ind |, ldaastbat as regards the toiiuGp and
extent Of ITS powell the government Of the United
! States is strictly what us name implies, Tulerp
Goyerument-tha the States are us ereign now
, As they were prior 10 entering into the compact
J that the Fedeial Constitution Is n confederation
L - the nature Of treafy-or an alliance by which
. SO many Sovereign States agreed to exercise their
sovereign l,e~crs nja'niy upon certain OBJ cc,s
O oil eXtcrna concern in which they arc equally in
+ lgested; such us WAR, PEACE, COMMERCE. Foreign
Negotiation. and Indian Trade ana upon all 9th
u subjects Of civil government. they were 10
! tiSe thor So,ci cignty :cpa,aiefg
For the Convenient c,aioirt exercise If Tho So
seteiguty OF the States there must of necessity be
some COMMON agency OF iunclonety. This agc',-
~ !. the Fede,al Government. II Represents tie
epntcdefhted otates, and oxerutos their JOINT w
expressed IA the compact. The poSlrs OF ibis 90.
more inherent sovereignty than incorporated
town, Of any other great corporate body it po.
tnai poralion and like all corporations look.
for Ito powers 10 at exterior source. Thus source
, Is tho States
South Carolina claims that by the Declaration
/ OF Independence, she b<ca,ue, md has since
continued tree, sovereign and independent State.
| Thatas Sovereign State, she has the Inherent
power to do all those acts, which, by the law of
: nations any Prince or Poten,ate may OF right do
That like all Independent States she neither has
ought she to suffer any other restraint upon her
+ sovereign will aud pleasure, than those hi rh moral
5 obligations, under which all Princes and States
are bound before God and man 10 perform thei
SOLEMN pledges. The inevitable conclusion from
what has been spd therefore is, that all cases
of conpac, between Independent Sovcrecns, here,
iiom the very nature of things, there can be no
common judge or umare, e,ch sovereign has Il
8 right "to judge AS we'll Of infections, of the
mode and measure of redress, so in the present
controversy between South Carolina and the Fed
eral Government, it belongs solely to her, by her
delegates in solemn Convention assembled, to de-
eide whether the federal con,pac, be violated and
what remedy the State ought TO pursue South
Carolina therefore, cannot and will not yield To any
department of the Federal Government, a right
which enters INTO the OF ali sovereignty and
, without which, it would become u bauble and
name.
, Such are the doctrines which South Carolina has
through her Convention soemnly promulgated TO
the world, and by diem she will stand Or fa-such
! were the principles promulgated by Virginia in
80 and which then received the sanction Of those
great men, whose recorded sentiments have come
down to us light to our feet and lamp to Our
path. II is Virginia and not South Carolina
who speaks when it is said that she views the
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