Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-01

themselves among the denounced of tina, John
c. Calhoun, and others in the like predlcament
who supported the bill OF 1909 and dcnounce tha,
Of 1898, arc designing hypocries now, or they
then aided IN the passage Of law which mnde
Mr Jefferson tyrant and dictator, and themselves
the menia instruments OF his od-,hrsty aud ~
ranncal designs On one horn the other OF
this dilemma must these consistent. gentlemen be
impaed
It may here be added that on the 10th of Anril
lso5, nine months beiors the bloody biz of thai
administration was passed, Mr. Jefferson had IS
sued PROCLAMATION, countersgnod by jams Nladi-
son, Secretary Of State, IN which, after al,udlnr
70 the information lie had received that eomhina-
tons ofpesons were confederatng on Lake Cham.
PLAIN " for the purpose OF forming instructions a.
galnst the authority OF the laws of the United
State Toe powerfulto be suppressed by the ord
, nar3 eoatse ofJadieal proceedings, he commands
the insurgents TO disperse, requires ii. officers,
5 80 elYl. and m,l9'ar9, by oil the means in then
power, By .loa6t ct ANS and othcrw sc 10 quell
and subtitle siiem
But may be urged that the South Carolina
case Is ola d.e4rent character entirely-inasmuch
rs III The foregoing ellcd Instances, State had m
!erpose lis Sovereignty between lis citizens aud
! lie genera. government To this We reply, that
the admission % this ct does not strengthen the ar
yument of the Sallfycrs. Il Is true that no State
had then intcrposca It's sovereignty 10 +. otect is
citizens from the consequences ot resistance to The
law Of the icdc.al government But, us II is well
known. that. nal! the New England states, over
~heni'nS maJorites Of the people 'heIeot were op
posed 10 the embargo and non intercoufse lars the
question rise. WHY not this shield of defence
then 'n!.fposed} And the answer is because theR
i ne such rsht had ever been opcalv asserted
: - any men or SET OF men in this country Nc
one can do"t th't, # hal been hen contemplate
ills = reserved right has sleeping thunder, as
our poetcai Governor calls it, would have been an
pealed 10 by tho people of New England a, that
Hne, inrid themselves Of statutes which drove her
~ealncn from III, ocean which the bounty of,he
''od Of Nature bad spread before them aud which
cut OFT ih"r com erce with all parts Of thu world
statutes The loe1 nifty y oppressigencss Of whie
Southern Sates. were "a Ossa 70 a waglo
Bat we are provided with still more cornelius. qc
answer 10 this hl.ctiou during the udn,iui,ttn-
ton OF Mr. Jefferson, in the cas. Of Omstead, u
decision of the Suprem" Court of the United Stees
was declared null and void by the Legislature OF
Pennsl WANNA and the Governor OF thu, State was
Iaothorz d To protect the persons upon whom that
decision operated, against any process which might
he issued 10y the fcderaI court declaring that thai
decision. WAS in contradiction 10 The past rights Of
syyania.p Notwithstanding TINS attitude of
a" sovereign STATE however, the f.actql court IS.
sued It's process the Governor OF pcnnayivaDi,
ordered out the militia to resist u-and Gen Bra h.
his conmalds-. was captured by the federal f,ree,
tried condemned fined 4 imprisoned the laws
ofthe Land ~ere thus truinphuntIy sustained, By
Thomas jefferson, AGAINST the Nulliiyers OF his
dry = Ii Wus on h occasion that Pennsylvania
Smarting undrr her defeat 3oIcmny denied the righ
Of the Supreme Court to decide matters in con,ro-
,ersy between State and the General Govern
mont and asked the concurrence ofher sister States
in The creation ota constitutional tribunal for this
purpose request which was secuted by the l.
YisIa,nrs Of vup;oin. both branches Of which as
serted liza, >,Iei, "A trlbuna, was n,re,dv nroyid.f
m The S,nr,me Court of the United s,,,c.lf
ll~.l be seer chen, that Nh Jefferson, during M
dmIn,stralon called for the enactiQ OF ii bloody
bill to suppress combinations against the lass,
im5,or in character to TIM, nasqca aur;ns,fe last
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