Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-03-21

| ereign,y, determined TO sccede from tie uniaL,
| because We are tired OF the bargain This is the
| true question Because, the RICH, of peaceabc
! secession b. Admitted, rs We before remarked, Vir-
ginia, and OF course every o,he, state withdraw
from the Union tet tosi cause, as well for cause
" Ill any man say that she has the right thus to
violate her solemn gosemenis, and l,gislate her
seal from the bond In other words, can she have
The night 10 do tbs great wrong 10 perpotrate
! sIis outr sc upon common honesty Bat this view
oft"e question may bs rendered stroagsr,if sup
pose that the nation has ust emerged from long
md bloody war, her treasury exhausted, the govern.
ment IN debt, aud her resources cfippled--a wal,
perhaps declared mainly by the agency of Virgi-
a herself What rigt' has she, by seceding,t TO get
nd Of her share Of The responsibilities thus incur
rcd And siiu aftl'r--if she possess this right
hIs of course common to all her sisters, who
might aud wouhl, follow her example What then
becomes Of the public creJuo What Of The public
fHth This would indeed be a summary mo le
OF sponsnS geeat rational debt but The infamy
+ the act would be d stigma upon the cause of
&c government from which it would never rccov-
er, and which would furnish m eternal cement 10
the thrones ofab.olol d.spets
Nc r'a!a tts ealp.y -prem5me that We
si.aii wiz a least another with the ioiowine
ioreble extract ftom The speech of Mr.. Vmton, to
which We have above referred
IL Lad no'taH, i say upon he doctrines and
10y Of Ill dtalton aud secession. wi4ob III,
: q man itom Ggor2a, tNr. NIldei %tel 81 nd
f's.ei tue m mite tells us viii b, earned into
Aeeuion II we attempt to en- force obedience 10 our
Avs. lhev who choose may elaborate theories
- GoNcinmsnt and embody them III the lo,m of
resolves. 10 that he had no ol lection hey mad
an unloabiei right 10 DO 50. But this much he
would venture to say IN reply TO the gentleman
nat an attempt 20 carry out these doctrines and
pat them INTO practice, ever made 1t would be
ont at the point OF the sword Whoever examines
me geographical structure Of the county, und the
'tPeudtncy OF lis pats, must be sat SIZED of the
tu'h oi what lie now sad. i hese doctrines 90 moi
merely to snbvert the Union of these States, but
10 reduce the great interior OF the nation destined
10 contain vast majority of It's population to u
state OF absolute vassalage to i,s Atlantic exterior
Let Louisiana, for example, secede aud form
an independent Government does she not lay tri
butary to her the whole interior from the summit, vi
lD ''''' - tue submits OF the K0cky Mo
tans Is II d question to be reasoned about Must
not We Oh the Ohio, aud they on the Missouri for
common preservation, aud of common necessity,
draw the sword, and euta passage to the Gull OF
Mexico
" II the prlheipie he established any where, il
becomes tie law Of all, nd the right of all the
states IN the Union. How lons, sir might il
be, before a spirit of cupility might seize upon
New York. and she be induced 10 think that, of
right she oug!rtto enjoy in separate government
those advantages Of nature which made some Of
her keen GIFTED politicians Of that day ayerse 10
the restraints of the present constitution Cut
of. on the right aud the left from access TO the o
cean, what should VIC be, hut hewers of wood and
drawers of water to those who laid tributary
And .hat is not ALL sir far respects the State
from which lie came. Under the guaranty in the
constitution " that the citizens Of each State shall
be entitled to all the privileges and Immmities of
citizens IN the several States we claim the right
To go and come about our lawful business, when
and where we please, within the limits of this con
tederacy. Trusting to that guaranty the people of
tie State Of Ohio had, with great effort and at much
expense, united the waters Of the Gulf of Mexico
with those ofthc fIudion and 81. Lawrence. And
in the completion Of the public works now in PRO
gress IN Pennsy lyania and on the Potomac, they
looked forward TO important outlets through the De
laware and Chesapeake. Could they suffer these
avenue S TO ther country to be seized upon, and
this constitutional guaranty wrcsted from them, by
those who hold the keys that unlock the Interior
Are not New Hampshire aud Vermont wholly AT
the mercy of Massachusetts and New York ? To
the whole line ofintcrior, from New Hampshire To
the Rocky mountains embracing great majority
OF the territory OF the Union snd nearly hall OF It's
population at this tim, II IL holhing more nor les
THAN question Of subm ssion and slavery. In al