Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-08
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ravulutinn rs sary tendency must also be In
rad revolution and II broot np the constitution,
i u all the other Sutra II strikes deadly biow
At the vital principle of the Whoa Union. To nj
low state resistance tu TN laws of Congress to be
f,shtiu and proper, Ia aunt notification III sofie
states, and yet not expect to ste ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
afthr entire Government, appears 10 nt the widest
illusion. aud the most rxlnvngnut folly. lie
gentleman srcuis not conscious III the dlreeti"n or
the Lapldty oi Ira Own eou,se The current oil
his Ny5ki ana sweeps hlm along he knows not VIII.
th'r To hcgin With notification, with the
vowed intent, nevertheless not 10 proceed 10 Se'es
SION ACKNOWLEDGMENT, aud general revolution, IS rs
II one were to nte the plunge Of Niagara. and cry
oui that he would stop hill WY down III on
ease, as N the olher, the rash odsenturef NUT 20
10 the bottom. oi the ddlk abyss below, were It no.
that that abyss has no discovered bottom
Notification, II successful, arrests thu power ot
tho law absolves rtleus from their duty, suhverts
the founda,iun-holh Of protection and nbedloner,
dspcnses with oalhs and ebl,gaions OF allegiance,
md rlcyatcs another authority To sumeme com
mani. l. not lhIs revolution Ard iltmSes Ia
Supreme command four aud twenty distinct pow
Us, raeh protesting to be undo' t,enc,a 6ovtrh
nl,nt and yrt'oach scttlng IT'S Laws at dehnpnco nj
pleasure l. not this anarchy ~ well ~ rcNolo
ion Sr. the CONSTITUTION Of the Nned Siules
wag received as n Whole md tot the whole country
Il 1t cannot stah nltoge iher, II cannot stand III
parts aud tha lava cannot he executed every
where, they cannot lons BE- executed any where.
The gentleman very we'll l1nuws HAT NIL datin" nhd
lmposts must he uniform throughout the county
| IT, knows that we cannot have one rule ~ ono law
fpr South Cmolnf, N nm, ,hcr f,r other Siatos lie
must see, therefore, and docs see, every man sees
t,ul the only alternative ian rcpea of the laws
Il loushoat the whole Union, OF their execution IN
Gnrolln, ns well M elsewhere And ths repsh
i demanded bconuso n singlc Slnto lntorposce het
veto nnd threatens resistance The result Of the
srnIcmhn's Opinions. rather the very teki ol hla
oi,inc H. thai no act oi Congress Gun bnd All the
Stucs the consutulionahly of Nhloh "a not admit
ted Ivy all or III other words, thai no singlo State
IA bound nsnunsl is own dissent by n law o' IN
posts Thja u precisely the evil experienced IN
der the old confederation, and lon remedy ri WHICH
lhis constitution was adopted. The leading Object
n establishing tins Government, nm object iweed
IN the country by the con ltun ol the tunes, mud tn
absolute necessity tho law, was to give 10 Con.
ercss powtir to lay aud COLLECT Inlos'a ~R1pm me
consent II pilhcuiay .Staies The revolutionary
debt remained unpaid tho national tr','snty was
bankrupt tdc eouaIy WIS destitute III circuit ;
CONGRESS ISSUED II r,q4iHtons on the Sialef, ms
The States ne elected Ia u thcre va no power Of
or ulhefb>c, by j., o~o authority the whole
Gcrlofll Goy,ton at, Therefore was ldtle more
than un5un. Tn articles otrntird'rulion ms IL
purpoaes al rceeaue aud finance, weta nemly a
dial lctter Tho eolu'ty sought 10 escape from
ibis con liiou al onc, fe.hc and lssraeeln) by
constituting - Government whith should hnso pow
a. Of ,fsef lae IN lcs and taxes and To pay the
ulI,. debt and provide tof the general wei0te :
nj IT, lay lhtsetatcs md tRYra mall the Siates
= .tiout asking liz consent OF the State boVefn=
facu's This WINS the very power on which thf
NV constitution was 10 drpoud ion all Ia ahllly II
db rood and without Il, II can be no Government,
NOW or nj any time. YET, ar, II IL precisely n
ealu3t this pogaf=so absoiitly Indispensable 10
fhe very briua al fir t,e1srnncnts int South Ga.
faliua directs her ordinance Sh# att,eks the Go
t,tnment ~ rs authority Ia ralse revenue, The VI
r. nam spring Of the whole system and, II Hh
succce1 every movement ottlnt system must iae
vitality eea3c Il Is If ~ avail hat she declares
dat she d0es mol the iJw AZ revenue law
but ~ law fia ptatcrtne manufactures 1t Is a
1rtenua Law ,tttslnc very La My force Of Which
he rcsenue ,i collected iii bs arrested IN my
state tir +, venue eresrs ~ that Statt II Il, IA a
word IL sol f5Iourc oftha Government for the
meaus of maintaining Itself aud performing lls da-
ties.
Nj President. the alleged rei Of n State !" ia
= ID, coustiiui hal ulcs ions tot herself necessarily
tend, to force beeanso Other Stats must nave IN
.,,,,, rioht en, because different States VIII dceIa
,o,.51IY nid when these questions mr. be'weGn
stnr,q j thctG be no superior power, itey can Ia
,Jas,drd only hy the law Of force. On entering
into the Union the people Of cnch suite gate up Il
part Of their own power to make laws iot them.
sevcg IN consideration lhni a. - common Objects
they should have u part IN making laws for other
Stats. In other words, the people 81 all the
States agreed to create common Gov einmcnt 10
bc conducted by common councils Pennsylvania,
Tor cvample, yielded the flght oflayIng n,posts in
her own ports, III runsdlra ration that the new Go
yernmcnl, IN which she was o lave share, should
possess the power Of laying imposs in all the
States South ca olma now refuses 10 submit
10 this power size breaks the condition on which
other States cnt rcd into the Union. She partakes
of the common councils aud therein assists to
bind others while she refuses tdaDe bound herself
II mikes no difference IN the case whether she does
all this without reason OF pfotcxt, or whether she
sets up ms a reason that, IA her Judgment the acts
complained of nre unconstitutional In the judo
nent OF other States they are not 90. II Is nohng
to them TINT she of rs some reason or some apology
for her conduct II 1t be one which they do not nd
mt II s not 10 DO expected that any State will
violate her duty without some plau.l dc prc'exl
That would be too rash defiance Of the opinion
Of Snnkind Bal, If it be pretext which lies IN
her own breast---lf 1t be no more than an opinion
which she says sho has formed how can other states
be satisfied with ths7 How eau they allow her to
be Judge Of her own obligations Or, # she may
pdge ot her obligations, may they no, Judge OF
ther rights alsoi May rot the twenty-threc en-
,er,ain an opinion well as tho twenty fourth
And II it be their right, IN their own opinion, us
expressed in the common councils, to enforce the
law against her, how is she to say That her right
and her opinion are to be every ding, and their
right aud their opinion noting
Mr. President, II we are 10 receive the cons,Itu-
-. ~. IL. tnxt md hnn in Law lnWn nlArnln.