Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-14
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r'I hu' seek any reward but an honest and faith
'"' ""","'S;fati"n Of the government, il wa
-"TPoSeu oy Us at home that their claims wouI,
MOI be overlooked.
oc'ieve the President did 90 so far as to tel
me e'n"ont ald accomplished gentleman. now
S"t' Sia|S'rate Of South Carolina, but for his
ucc'Gci and violent auti-;arf sentiments. h.
|oS'd save made hun Secretary of War. Sir
reg e!>.a did not-ond | ,hiui; the American
people regret II. There we're consideration; r.
POI. e'i nature, which woul! have made. ihis
L "oS' 'eHciI"us appointment. The popular tat
factions 81 this g"ntieman--hs talents, fnr
.an"G o. ana manly bearing, might have
'"!e'' 'h' RAPID decrease of public confidence. m
INC accumulation of the National Government
~ genera, and furnished better ground Tor
MS HichdS al home TO suppose their Impressions
were less substantial, ii ne participated il.
lnc.r Preparation. Sir, the organiz1li ion
VI '"e cabinet was, no DOUBT the result o;
IN lhclpleiij and pteromccivrd scheme To ms Z,
the fcqnLee the successor, ard NJ. Eaton wa,
tHc instrument through which it was cna. 20
Ir. Branch trom North Cnrolina, MIR Bsy-
I'cn from Georgia, 81 Mr.. Ripcs, sent t. France
from Virginia, wcre intended to compl,in>n
those States. South Carolina was skipped m
the arrangement, and why? 1t was because
you resided there. You were the obstacle /,
the approach Of popular favor with the admi-
nisirAtion at It's commencement. even unto the
moment when Van Burenisn was in, ro,lurrG
iht' >: Carolina, upon tie adj tournament of Con.
%ress N 1880 no doubt the rCsul. of prcconccr,
oy leak from the mountains, and a wave from,
INC SHORES at the same tInc. From that time
me Claims o! our Citi3Nns were, for the nrsl
time taken notice Of. Those only confined ia
The party who now favor the pretcnsions of the
nomnGe. Sir, we have an appointment now on
the tabFe of Charge dAlaireS 10 Belgium from
nose VINO, PAR EXCELLENCE, claim to be The
o"oh pGrty-onc every way worthy oil. the
trust, as have already borne testimony, and |
am tod we have another arrival to-day from
tie same quarter, in quest Of Executives favor
Nothing will be left undonc which is presumed
hkeY to give The minority the asccn ancy in
South Carolina. Every man Of any Consequence
among tIem has Il right to expect mcth:ng:
Wee President, Governor of Territory Minis
ter, or Charge d'Ai,tjres, or hing else
And who are they' We are informed IF their
existence by their memorial presented agains;
the tariff and notification. As they have come
into the Senate as party, shall speak Of Thorn
as snch The great body of this party, resident
IN Charleston, took It into their heads on the
last 4ih of July to celebrate that dav as n partv
and sent for foreign aid; made a formal commu-
nicaticn requesting the President to come to
their assistance, something aftc- the man
ner OF the instructions To MIR. N'cLanc,
aud The aid was furnished IN a letter containing
threat against the opposite party of military
force, tn cocrcc state legislation 10 conform, 10
federal Legislation. Sir, this letter has given UNI
bFage tn the majority Of the Jackson party in
>. =, for the ether party is composed princi-
paIly, | mean in Charleston, of a dams mer; men
who look to the general government fer favor
and patronage, who follow the chunges of sue
cesslve Presidents like the suntlower does the
sun
The Latter has been publicly ccnsurod in the
popular meetings Ct the pCopi,, and Ly tbs
legislature. | hope viii be excused for ma
~ NIs nail ,.r'
threat minated in tins letter. 1t sometimes
happens that our mast able and distinguished
nen-those most favorable to constitutional
right and civil liberty, in the possession of pow
er, do forget right. Such was the case with
that great apostle Of free Institutions, Mr.. lief
iersoD, when he took 1T into his head that be-
cause he wished to sec the laws faithfully
executed" lie had a right to use the military
force OF the United States to turn private
citizen out Ofhs posse sion Of what was Trough
by him, The then President. TO he public property
mean the ba,tGre near II. OEcans. And pray
how did he escape the responsibility of the
law for so doing, when he was sued tor brea-
king the close Of Mir. Livingston? Not
by writing a learned book, in the shape of in
structions to his lawyers about the legal right Of
the United States 10 the property in dispute, but
by his counsel Prudent!y placing lis defence on
the technical legal ground, that no could not be
sued IN Virgins, for trcspass committed in Ioui.
slana, certainly not a very mcritorions defence,
for the military head of the nation. Well it may
be asked what would be the result of tho President
sending military force against the State laws OF
South Carolinaa. Sir, if hc headed the force him
sell, one of our Judges would serve him with a
rule, as Dominic Hail did, whom al the head of his
army, and if Inc did not obey the rule, he would be
committed. We have his own precedent that as
pcaceabe citizen he would submit TO the con-
stliuton, which makes the civil authority Of Il
State, greater than the military authority OF the
United States.
Without resting wholly the objection taken to
the cNccptonab!c correspondence, i'll which Mir.
McLanc is desired to place his own government
III the wrong, l agree entirely in the force and
power OF the arguments against this appointment,
in that particular. II will furnish a decided re-
proof to such public functonarics desire to
promise the national honor, from personal motives
consider the attempt TO screen Mr.. Van Buren,
under the responsibility Of the President entirely
indciensiblo; he is in law and in fact the who
is responsible.
Would any one consider the President as res
ponsblc for the positions taken in the last report
of the Secretary of the Treasury? We have his
report distinctly at variancG with the Presidents
views on the bank, and al!cdgcd TO bc his own, FOR
which the President is not responsible. Here, then,
is proofthat the heads Of the departments are con-
SidcTCd the responsible organs of Inc government,
in there respective spheres. | dcprccatC, crim-
nal, all efforts by politicians TO avail themselves
Of foreign assistance, whether it. DO in an at
tempt Of Union in South Carolina, to en-
list i'm their cause the general government,
OF the Secretary of state tho United States, to
propitiatc Great Britain. My patriotism prompts
NC to 90 for Sou.h Carolina against the United
States, and Che Jnilcd states against the world.
No statesman Of correct feeling, correct priuci-
pies, would over, as 10 foreign government, put
his own in tho wrong. | know il is often
tho practice Of secondary mon, those who
find themselves in Tho back ground al
homie TO take ouch position as will make