Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-03-14

Nth tut lDAitN 'htN itth Hoih ftf' 'ss' 49,
tonce ut tho pleasure OF those Slaea, and VT are
sovereign over tn States You er,st by suilsla &c
of the people Of tie 5ta'ei and clam 10 be soyer.
etrn over ali the people Us ono mass
Ii the government wos not sovereign. i, was dii
feult ior HIM o see haw allegiance was due 10 Al, Tor
10 sovereignty, all allegiance IL due. Thore and
be no allegiance without eitiftnsand he ehoold like
| to know how any ono could be- neitzen OF the L
nted Siates Government. lie had never teep anch
a citizen lie, himsef was citizen of Virginia,
and he found IN the constitution u provision thai
when lac should wonl hll way into Now York or
some other State--he would become entitled to the
| riehta, immunties, and privilege of the elizfns OF
that state. If you come To Virginia, nj nm election,
you cannot vote nor be ictnrned TO tho legislature,
because yop have mol thu Indispensable requisites
which for those purposes, necessary according
10 tha laws q Virginia IN reference to her own e'-
ulen5.
TINS. sad Mr. r = the true state fthe case II
"a because | owe allegiance 70 the Stalo Of Virg
ma lint owe obedience 10 the lava ofiho Federal
Governmon,--bceause my STATE requires oi mr. o.
hedtauec 10 IA. SO laws. ohs conclusion we must
como at last after al attempts 10 support contra
~ doctgpe l. Is hesr0ao NC owe aeg lance there,
that VI oWl eb5 lla1sr here We ARE told that o
hediente and polaeuan arc reciprocal tcrin7 W no
protects my ~ his aad property Who secures
nc from tho nefa#on and the thief wherever !
NOV lit 4hc F0derd Gayetnmfu7 No II rs
my own state laws, wheh surround mr. Ike ih'
ar unseen, but protect mn As with Hshled II adj
amant W hal pro-. ton doNon ailofd me- When
20 mp the hiEh Ny Of th ocean your maritime
jntisdeunula with me. | am not on The soil 81 nay
st'te--l nm un common ground, n uni TN poier
aon Of 1--we to VIII n my State fonsrntd won.
fa Il, co ely hudbeon made fhai tbs gog fnmeht
4 ,ttt ,tl ia Ina I've a
qou coni}s, " Treason nfalnst the United
States, hy lcvyine war i ainet lheui, mud giving
a,d and comfort 10 thar tuefnies" lltre Ga an at
| tempt 10 ard the cueniel of tbr United Spt1 What
individual injury IA thatto south caFolins or MAJ
sachnseus 2 Il beng n common injury sesta'uea
by all the Stated, the ermo might SO unPunt5hed,
and II therefore, became necessary To stth' nj TIE
offender with then.,,ona arm, But can yoa pun
sh treason against a State Suppose minority
oppose, and overthrow a State eovernmenL Il be
eomes instruction, and tae disturbance nj
fects the Stnto alone, a Uetor to Staie IA just rs
linhe TO be punched for violation OF his obga-
ton To the United Stats II would puzzle the losi
cans here to tell how state can GO unit TREASON.
Docs she commit treason E"austthe United Hintes'
She happens TO form one OF them, and can handy
eommlta crime against hers II.
II seems. sud Mr. r, that ihs anil ,,amating
sequences Now II ~ said that DO not represootthr
Slnte of Nlfginin, but the u STATES THIS strike At
the foundation or state interest From tins doc rlae
II follows ibnt he States haze not tho ngit OF m
slrueiIon and thu the representatives, of the State Of
| Virginia nre not more hound by the IN ,ruetons Of
! the people Of lhlt State um by instructions from
the State OF Rhod, Island Tins doctrine WINS found
ed on gross lhacone,paon Of Tic principles Of oa'
| Institutions.
lie was bound, a. the representative Of ViRinla,
| To advance her interests, and would therefore, ne
eessarily, in the discharge Of that duty, adsheee
tLc Interests Of the United States Gentlemen
might eay whai thy plcascd but such do-9'Hea
would convert the States Ido Nero petty cot ON
tons--proviuce5 II the dcnfrA Goeu"mcd
Those principles gave TO tic General Government
authority to veto the Snte laws, and T. cxc.t, al
the head Of an army and navy, more lInn dictate
rial authority Tho inevitable result Of their esiab
| lishrnent would he a consolidated syslem Of gefcra
| mcnt instead ot "a federal systen Before lie lpyes
| ted the President Nth the powers claimed ior HIM
he would Ike 10 know whether he could do II anta
~ fle spulc OF the ple5aanl, not Of Andrew Jnch-
| son he was deaitng 10 generals when lac nate1
WHITTIER he could safely tfogt these powers TO tn
! President No rule could be established for ihen
! cx.reisa but rxrcHtlyc will The citizens OF on
! ale may resis, the raj onlI Laws aud he auged
| for H. Will the cItIZens OF a more favored stat
may be putted On the back smiled at, mi rs"nr
ded Before we MAKE THIS narrow arbitration, 1t II.
find some method II maRiagsll tn pfrsfl ntft hjah
alike, anl ther 5by PROV nj hfn FROM hing b. On
mp,. and rewafdine another far ths vec1 same act
The principles which arc to govern the arbitration
ar row hung Up oat of SIGHT, where nobody car
| read them They are just us unknown 10 u as the
LAYS OF the Modes aud Perslen3
| am "A l. L. ai
thought, put down completely aud forever. lie had
no, expected to be Obliged to rencw the contest
For ,hrty y.ars they had now been in obscariy
bu, suddenly they are warmed into iic mud brought
| INTO day-hcht by the Presidents Proclamation lie
wns sumo hat in the situation of the Senator from
Maine who says that he finds himself w,ih stthngr
bed fellows and wonders how he became SO lhiek
| with them. Ii was singular indeed that the Sena-
tor should support and he resist the measures oil the
nresent President, lie had himself given the Ac-
mins,raton az liberal IA support as 1t reasonably
could deserve bat could not 90 quite SO lar as tie
Senator from Maine in approbauon OF ITS prhc1-
! niles and measures. The Senator from ifnnfS
! see with whom lie had recently az CO, haa
| gone over TO association with tie ocnd'9' ilom
| Maine. There was many years AZ existing Il 30
partnership, under the firm OF Jamcs Madison,
| Felix Grundy, John Holmes, and the Drvt" a
Lou, two years ago, the copartncrs called for d.
vision of profits The Senator FROM Tennessee
Withdrew his name and that Of tie senior partner
from the fgm, declaring that they would nave no,
| thing more TO do with the rest % The cOncerh ah'
| trusting that his Satanic Majesty wouid tke
| rood care of the other partner. he would IKE To
know the old firm was renewed and stu IN bust
| ness
Mr.. HOLMES begged tho Senator from Eirg'-
mia to yield the floor while he corrected s''sh' err
rof which The gentleman had made III HIS statements
relative ia the affairs Of the firm. The original
| firm was james Mtdi9n, Felix Grundy, ana the
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