Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-01-17

report OF e Comhuee appointed 10 arrange tho Congress
onal aud Electoral Districts OF this State was taken up
and Mr. ~ moved its postponement to Saturday next
Mr. otSnger moved that the bill be recommitted, but
withdrew his motion at the suggestion of
Mr.. Campbell who moved that the order of the day
ne postponed TO Monday next which was agreed to.
- FEDERAL RELATIONS.
The following u the amendment offered 10 MIR. Mar
asO:--
Whereas our sister State OF South Carolina acting in
nor hgh sovereign character hath ordained and declared
that from aud alter the lt day OF February next the Ia
h laws oil the Government of the United States are null
anu Vc and shall not be carried into effect within her
t aud her Legislature, in obedience thereto, has en-
I "ws TOT preventing their execution; and whereas
The President OF the United States has by his Proclama
on OF The 10Th OF December last declared and published
Ms determination TO into full effect the said laws and
necessary, to enforce their execution; whereby there is
great danger Of bloodshcd civil war; even dissolu
ton OF this happy Union:
1. Resoired therefore, Jv this General 4ssenbl,, of
Igind, That itbehooves the members OF this contede
aey oil Sae' promptly amcably and mpartiay Gin.
rpose their good officers TO prevent disastrous result
2 Resoivcd, That next to the blessings of civil liberty
we prize above all earthly things the Union inepcn-
OF esc States as securing and perpetuatng those
blessings TO us and our posterity, and aorng the last
BEST and only hope 10 oppressed throw Off the
shacke which tyranny has imposed ignorance bgotrv
and superstition; aud that we therefore would not for
gh trivial or removable causes, abandon the experiment
when Is now making in this world, Tor self govern
lent
J. ResolUed That whilst we sympathize with our sis
ter State oil South Carolina ami cordially agree with her
that the laws sheproposes resist and nulhy do violate
me 'rue meaning and otent of the Federal Constitution
ana are unequal and oppressive in their operation and
should not be submitted to permanent settled susfen
TAXATION; cannot agree that she has adopted The
constitutional mode the proper time of her resistance
10 thein or manifested TO the other States i'm The
subject OF controversy, that courtesy concilaory
per winch the occasion so maneStly demanded; much
less can agree that the principles which Virgin,
avowed in the year 1892 and which she aheres to with
undated DEVOTION sanction the course OF South Caro-
linn in regard TO the laws in question: course which TO
say the least of it, has been marked by precipiiancv of
Iliao ,yiti
her co-States which finds counterpart in the
or conduct OF Virginia, at the memorable period
TO- We do therefore earnestly afIectonaelv adj
wise AMI beseech her TO repeal her late ordnance
oil nulucaton, and TO defer all further action on tho
Jec' al least l the termination OF the first session of the
congress which shall meet under the census That
Congress will come fresh from the people and will have
oeen elected by them, with view TO heal the wounds
which their predecessors have inflicted on the Cons,
ton and the Union. BY that time il will have been
aned whcthert is the fixed purpose OF Congress to f
zen Oh these States permanent system of profectire
duties, or will reduce them TO the the severn
ment for revenue only. BY that time she can have hal
friendly communion with her sister States; by that nc
she can have calmly and maurely econsdered her CON
Suunohdl lgh whilst she yet continues member of the
Unon and enjoys all its blessings 10 resist and nuf of
her own will, law of Congress which i, AT Tho
same time operating all its other members: bv ,h,,
time she dspassionatey decide how far ber
future interests, and her pghed duty to the other States
OF me Union, would, under existing circumstances re-
qnre and justify her resistance TO, secession from il
ana also whether preliminary any uteIior course
which she might then think it her duty TO pursue she
III nnfa oil
the States, or OF the Southern States only.
a. Resolued, That whilst we recognize and admit ,be
right and the duty OF the President OF the United States
see that the laws of the Union faithfully executed"
IN each aud every State, so long she continues mem
Der thereof we cannot but feel and express deem
that he has thought proper issue his late Proclamation
IN regard TO this novel and painful conroversy-and are
also constrained by high duty TO ourselves and
to those with whom associated in this coincidence
oil Tree and independent States, in the most frank and
reserved terms and at the time in the kndest shirt
IN nrOfas
most soemnly do, against of the doctrines and prn
cpies nculcatcd in that instrument in regard to the ORR
g structure organization and powers OF the General Co
vernmen-and particularly against the idea of our Ina
formed national and conlederated government,
we inc more regret that the President has thought pro-
per on The present painful occasion TO utter and pub.
sh the aforesaid doctrines and opinions because tbev
are adverse TO those which he has heretofore so
cesSlulIy administered the government and ncomnatiII
with those contained in his late excellent MESSAGE n c.
gresS and which were already contributing their fun and
Js snare IN converting dscordino harmony; and so be-
cause wheherc government he administers he ssut
OF coniederacy OF States his duty the present alarm
ing crisis OF s existence is precisely the same WbiI,
aer All hat mas been so repeatedly, and will add so
ugeu oy s Slate IN opposition 10 the doctrines apre
SAID would be but ridiculous excess in this Gcner,
As,em9y 10 enter into detailed argument on the sub
Ject IL may not, however he amiss very briefly to sn
up le" OF the many reasons and facts which 90 TO shcw
ihconesibly, that live under confederated govern
neh'' formed by compact of independents SOVEREIGN
states and not under consolidated national
formed ny the people of all the States in their collective
capacity IL must be so because is impossibe 10 am
PoS'' 'hd'' dIlef the united colonies OF America
CARED and by their combne moral and physical mower
hnaIiy exoIted their independence from Grea, Britain
they would Immediately and voluntarily create for bcr
selves and posterity agoyerpmen vested wit ~
mem 10 any extent, and in all whatsoever Accord
lnSy they established the articles confederation hcr
ny was created government confessedly and e pfer
nlin wholly federal. The acknowledged impotepce or
tha government to the objects Of its creation and
execute the powers granted TO it, caused the forma
non and adoption OF the present constitutions for the avoyy
ed purpose OF eHSurng perfect Union" of these
states; because the proposition to form the new Constt
oh came from the old Congress- which purely Fede
RAJ" because the convention which framed it, was conven
ed ny the State Legislatures because all the votes i'm the
convention on the various propositions to the hest firm
OF government taken by States; because when form
ca ny The General Convention, il was submitted 10 ,hc
STATES III her sovereign capacity such for their volu
ly r"uhcaton or rejection; because the President of
me General Convention, Ohe immortal WashingonA in
transmitting the instrument 10 the old Congress- announced
II as the work OF the Sovereign States and callo II l.;
so many words Federal Governments: because il has
borne That name, and maintained that character from that
Time TO The present day, Notwithstanding the unceasino
euOIs 10 change II; because, almost without exccuton
q" uhe cohteIHperaneous expounders OF it, however
huch mey dIfered about the quantum OF power grant
ell or retained by It, agreed that it created ConC-Je
rated Government; because il is in the power of the
small STATES, whose population forms minority of The
people, to change the Government and tberebv CON
troll majority Of all the people of the United States.
because whenever the people of the States fail To elect
PFesdet The election is then to be made by the House
OF Representatives, in which the are taken bv
STATES each State giving only; because each and
every Slate, great aud SMALL is entitled to two Senators
ana cannot, without its consent be deprved Of H.
equal suffrage in the Senate and finally hecause each
State IS entitled 90 member in the House of Rcpre
scniaves although its whole population shall have emit
MEOW 'at OF congressional district in The other St,es