Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-12-20
From The New York Commercial Advertiser.

""o"PSS'eu ooS"'heht appears W DC re-
ceived with equal surprise in all direc-
tions. BY the National Republicans it
is every where hailed with hearty and un-
dissembled satisfaction; containing, as it
does, an exposition Of their doctrines,
upon the great Constitutional principles
involved in the controversy with the Null
liiieIs, as those principles were more at
large, and more eloquently, set forth by
DANIEL WEBSTER, in reply to the cele-
brated anti-constitutional speech Of Col.
Hayne in the Senate, and more recently
in the powerful speech Of the Eastern
Senator at Worcester. BY the admins
tration editors it is lauded to the skies, as
a mailer Of course. 1t is of no conse-
quence that its prncip pies and doctrines
are directly at variance with all the po-
litical state papers bearing the signature
of the President, since he came into pow
er. With the government papers, the
maxim that "Mc King can do no rrong,"
is acted upon with the most slavish obse-
quiousness. But with their inconsistent
cies, or those Of the President, it is not
our present purpose to quarrel. On the
contrary, alter deliberate consideration,
We have seized an early moment to ex-
press our unieigned JOY to find at length
one great public act Of President Jack
son, connected with most important
question, which we can heartily commend
| l--bating a few criticisms as TO the manner
and construction Of the document, which
it is perhaps not worth while to specify at
present. Our object is TO look at the
Proclamation as ,choie--with an indul-
gent eye--and with a heart that throbs
with delight at such strong and positive
evidence that the President has at length
called TO his councils better men than
those who have hitherto enjoyed his con-
fdence, and guided his actions.
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Upon the subject Of State Rights, or
State Sovereignty, as it is called, the
proclamation speaks in perfect unison
with the opinions Of the ilustrious man to
whom we have just referred, and whose
principles we have uniformly entertain
ed, and as uniformly asserted and defcr-
ded. And although those principles have
been contemned and secuted by the
Government presses, yet it affords us
pleasure to find them at length adopting
and defending them, even though it be
on compulsion.
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So, also, when the writer of the Presi-
dents proclamation touches upon the
i causes Of the grievances, real and imag-
mary, complained of at the South, viz:
not the Tariff, but 'the dimnution of the
value Of their staple commodity, lower
ed by over production in other States,
and the consequent diminution of the val
ue Of their lands, ,"--these are the real
causes, as we have over and over again
urged upon the attention Of the readers of
this paper n
/ In all these things, therefore, we hail
the proclamation as the triumph, at least
for the time being, Of sound principles
When, moreover, we see it proclaimed
under the signature Of .4ndrew Jackson,
that the position "that any one State may
not only declare an act Of Congress void
but prohibit its execution" is "a STRANGE
Positions" when we have it proclaimed
under the same authority, that the Con-
stitution means what its trainers intended
it should mean, and that, conse quently
"Me iars ofMe United States, its Consii-
tuition, and treaties made under IL, are The
supreme lao Of The land--and for greaie,
caution adds, "hat the judges IN erer,
State shall be bound thereby, any thing i,
the Constitution or la'cs Of any Slate 10 the
contrary notwithstanding; ;"-and when
further, we find it proclaimed under the
same authority, that "the lars Of the Uni.
ted States must be erecuted; that his dut,
IS emphatically pronounced in The Constitu
lion; and that he has no discretionary po,o
er on the subject" and when, moreover
the President declares, as we have al
: ways held, that Qualification is rREA
8 SON." we hail such avowas as indica
tions that the Kitchen Cabinet has los
its power; that the day of Veto Messagt
6 has gone by; that Notification is every
where to be put down; thnt South Caro-
lima is to be prevented from committing
4, actual notification; that Georgia is to b'
compelled to rctrace her steps; that thu
Supreme Court is TO be sustained; tha
the Missionaries are to be restored (,
!. freedom; that the Surveyors are to be re
d called from the Cherokee country; tha
h the Infamous land-lottery is to be stop
), ped; that the intercourse law Of 1902
= again to be rigidly enforced; that the In
i dams are to be protected in their rights
and finally, that THE UNION IS yet 70 D
PRESERVED.