Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-06-17
THE HARTFORD CONVENTION.

Ii is announced that Theodore Dwight Esq
preparing for publication history OF the proceed
Tugs Of The Hartford Convention, of which body
he was Secretary. We are glaa 10 hear il. Such
4 worl. has long been wanting. Wien 1t appears,
risk nothing IN saying tina, ii will be clearly de-
mlnstratcd that the grour IS assumed by that oele-
DRAFTED BODY identical with the principles no
avo@elhY the Nuliilycrs anl SoceJors This
fac I'D ed IS pfovedhy the following extract from
the Report Of that Convention, for winch we are IN.
debcd To tnJ Charlottesville Chronicle:
That acts of Congress N violst on Of the con
s,iiution, are absolutely VOID, is an undeniahle DO
sltlon. II does not however, consist with the res
pec and folbearance dnc from confederate State
towards the general goed To ay to open resistance
upon every intractlon of the Constitution Flo
mode and energy of the opposition should always
conform To the nature of the Violations the intention
of lis authors the extent Of the injury Indicted tht
intention manifested 10 persist III II, and the danger
of delay. But IN cases of dangerous, deliberate
x palpabc attractions OF the Constitution affecting
the sovereignty ofkio STATE aud the libcties of the
peopc it is not only the right but the duty Of such
u State to intcrposo ITS authority for their proicc
ton in the manner best calculated to secure thai
and When emergencies occur Which are beyond
II q re- ch Of tho Judicial tribunals too pressing
admit of the delay incident Ia lhelr FORMS Stnlcs
which have no common umpire, mus b" then own
Judges and creente their orn deffS0AS 1t will
thus be proper for the several States 10 nwat III,
ultimate disposal of the obnoxioos measures, re
comm ndcd by the Secretary Of War, or pcn1ine
before Congress- and so 10 their power nccar.
ding TO the character these measures shah finally
n sumo, as eilcctuallg to protAc, their own
roignty, aud the rights and liberties OF their cn
Zens.'
And fthis extract do not prove il, tie fpllowln.
quotation from the Richmond Enquirer OF 1911,
commenting on the proceedings of the Hartford
Convention, wi mos, conclustelY do so
3" The Eniol. Is IN langcr rum 'n,he Con.
vention a, Hartford aud icatn to tembr u, ttf
m,lne,s Of It's authors How i',r Wi these N ii.
'nsu advance ihen gh tney my conceal fam
qe.4 he pr- cr' ~ risnulur thou n d few Of them
my tryn coaceai 4 from themstlves yet " no vii
p1rfefd 10 Sc. opGnds 10 the rage of disAfnctlon
Oae fs'sc stei atal another may lend them 10 re-
s.sfaaee io'.c AVS 10 u htavni4tie neutaitiV, u
va egnitsttle Government Of the United States
',l1l56 ire htt AZ T sis,ance to the law "a
tfeasa - 10 United States. Arc YOU ready for
- stita Vt t''nS9 y ~ y"u support the
v.o Nar p1n-e yer ,pt" tins ruin :"
No man, assoriat' m nf men, no State or set
of States, hss ,ais right so Withdraw itself from
this Tnlon of IT'S own accord. Tho same power
which knt rs together, can only nnknit Tho
same founrIIty which forged the links of the u
MON, is necessary To dissolve 1t The nIority Of
States which form the Union mus, consent to the
wthdra wal Of any one branch of II. Until that
consent has been obtained, any attempt To dissolve
the Union, OF osituct the efficacy of its consliu.
tonal laws, is FhEAsoN-TREAsoN TO all nlents
AID purposes"
Any other doctrine, such that which bns
been lately held forth by the Federal Republicans.
that any one State may Withdraw itself from the
Union, Is AN ABoMiNABLE HEREsf.'
We presume II iSecessiOn was " 7teosonp IN
1914 II is Treason now, unless indeed =" Prlnci.
plcs change with Time"