Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-18

We peops, " -esa ne the 20 cts delegated to ,hei
agents, whenever those powers am perverted +
their injury or opprcsson-a right which woul,
have been equally Acknowledged and acted upol
though the acf of ratification had never been fran
td-aye even farther Than that, had i, asserted pre-
cisely the reverse |, is, although part of the con
sii,u,ion, mere sutplHsage- ola piece, as
We have heretofore said, with like d.clata, on in
the Virginia Dill of Rights, in which the same no.
s,ract elementary truth Is asserted Will, equal so.
Icmni,y, and we Ill adj, with equal necessity. Ii
will, we presume, hardly be cnaien1cd that the
teople of Virginia possess the right 10 change,
alter abo s,' their State government beeans. the
Bill Of Il shts, part of their State constitution
siys they may do So The people of Virginia pos
.essca this RICH, before that document mad place
In lhcir archives and it is bscause they possessed
H. that that document now exists. They have
now the same ri ht to throw it into the fumes, and
10 change the entire bass Of their State polty-a
right nor derived from the Bill Of Rights, but
existing in despite Of il. In Like relation
do the people Of the United States stand 10
the general governments and, in like manner,
may they hingc, alter abolish" that gov
eminent, not because the act of ratification SAYS so,
but because the right is inherent and inalienable,
aad might therefore have been exercised even
tb,agh the act had forbidden ii.
Our soondent course Of reasoning, in rela-
nm to the act Of ratification, drives HIM 10 ridicu
i,S conclusion. This is not his fanlt, but i, is the
arcessary consequences Of his position 1t will be
thai he colsn Is thu, the act of ratification is
a-l part oihe constitution, but is simply an as
sr,lon, on the part of the Virginia Convention.
that so far as Virginia was concerned sic reserved
to herself the right 10 seccdc fro m the Union, when
ever in ner 'dsmeni, the powers conferred on the
general govern mt were perverted or abused
and, therefore that, although other States may no,
rgh,fuy scoode, Virginia may That would be
certainly truc il he righfnly ntcrprsts the act oe
ratification But he may rest assured that the gov |
crlrncrt under which we live is an equal govern
m:n, no State poss 'sslns any right, as il is no,
subject 10 any luty, wh,cl, is not common to all
TIE example cited b. our correspondent Is true.
A 3, 9, ana D. nay enter into partnership tire
o. which may give To one Of them certain
rights not comMoa to the rcst--an1 If they make
snc' b,rga'n hev mast stick 70 t. But 10 say
t'l, such IS = insure Of he compact between the
- u ta,s Uii,n, IS 10 ay in the teeth Of hisor-
~ f,rts. aul of common sense. The lea is
however cniilrd to thn credit of novcl,v-if it be
crsdi.able to advance an id - Inconsistent alike
wnh reason and hisso,y! The Suites, one and all
entered into the u lion without any condition, nrece-
dent subseq uen,-or else, in tie language of an
eminent S,cetcr. who gives to the act of ratifca-
ton he sum Interpretation that our correspondent
does bp, who IS more inconsistent in his oo.cIu-
sons, the other States, having accepted the federal
constitution with the Virginia condition annexed,
the recognized the right Of secession rs common
iothem all lfVirgna possesses the right to Sc
rc.e 50 docs Delaware ~ Rhode Island If the
alt ofrathcaon does no, conf the right upon all,
Il cVA,rs il Upon none