Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-15

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Objections had been made to all legislation at
this session Of Congress, resulting from the anu
tude of one Of the State, OF this Confederacy.-
He confessed that he felt very stunS repas-
rance to any legislation at all in this subject at
the commencement Of the session, prlncipa'iy
because he misconceived the purposes, a. he had
found from Subsequent explanation, when 'hat
State had in view Under the influence ct mare
accurate information, he must say that the aspect
Of things since the commencement OF the session
had. in his opinion, greatly changed. When he
came to take his seat on that HOOr, he had sup
posed that m.Hbrr OF this Union had taken an
attitude Of defiance and hostility against the au.
thority Of the General Government. He had
imagined that she had arrosantly required that
we should abandon al once system which had
long been the settled policy o. this country
Surprising that she had manifested this lcei!ng.
and taken up this position, he Nc c bad. IN
consequence, felt disposition TO hurt defiance
back again. anI to impress upon her the neces
sitv IF the performance Of her duties as mem
Der of this Union. But since his arrival here lie
found that South Carolina did not contemplate
force, for It was denied and denounced by that
State She disclalmed it-and asserted that
she is merely making an experiment. bat ex'
pertinent is this: By course OF State Legislation,
and by change in her Fundamental law, she Is
underwriting bv her civil tribunals to prevent the
General Government from CARRYING the laws OF
the United States into operation within her
limits That she has professe 20 he her object.
Her appeal was not to arms, but TO another pow
er: not to the sword, but to the law. lie must
say. and he would say it with no intention of DIS
praying that State, or any other oil The States
il was feeling unworthy of her. As the pur-
| onf S,nf mol
this at once dsarmed, Invested Legislation OF one
prlncipa. objection which it appeared to HIN
existed against it at the commencement OF this
session. Her purposes are all Of civil nature.
She thinks she can Gust the United States from
her limits; aud unqurstouably she had taken
gond care to prepare her judges beforehand 6y
swearing them to decide in her favour. Ii We
submit to her, we should thus staud but poor
chance of obtaining Justice. She dsclamed any
intention Of resmtns tn force, unless we should
find it indispensable to execute the laws OF the
Uninn by applying force to her. 1t seemed to
him the aspect of the a,ttuae OF South Carolina
has CHANCELLOR rather, the new light which he
had obtained, enable him to see her in different
atii,udr--and he had not truly understood her
until she had passed her laws, by which It was
Intended 10 carry her Ordinance into effect
Now, he ,entured to predict that the State to which
he had referred must ultimately fail in her at
tempt He disclaimed any intention of saving
any thing the disparagement Of that State. Far
from l.. He thought that she had been rash. in
temperate, and greatly in error; and To use the
language Of one of her own wrters-made up an
issue unworthy of her. lie thought the ,crd CT
and Judgment must 90 against her. From one
end to the other of this Continent, by acclaim
ton as it were, notification had been pat down in
manner more .fftctualIy than BY thousand
wars or thousand armies-by the irresistible
force, by the mighty influence of pubic opinion
MT voice beyound tie single State Of South
Carolina had ben heard in favour Of the Princi-
pie Of notification, which She has asserted BY her
own Ordinance; G:.d he would say. that she
must fail in her law suit. lie would express tao
op, mons, the first Of which was, that it is not
possible for the Ingenuity of man to devise
sysem OF State legislation to defeat the execu-
ton OF the lass of the United States, which could
not be cnuntervailed By federal legislation.
A State might take II upon herself to throw OBJ
strucons in the way of the execution ct the laws
of the Federal Government; bat Federal icsls-
lation can follow at her heel qui'kly aud sue
cessfally cOunteract the course ut Stale esIsli-
ton The trainers Of the Constitution furesaw
this, and the Constitution ha, guarded against
it, What has il said? tits declared in the clause
enumerating the powers Of this Government. that
Congress shall have all power to carry into ef-
feet all the powers granted BY the Constitution,
in any branch Of the government. under the
sweeping clause-for they have not specified con-
tingencies, because they could not see what was
to happen-but whatever powers were nece'sa'
~, all, all a,e given to this Government, br the
fundamental law, necessary to carry into effect
those powers which are vested BY that Consttu'
ton in the Federal Government. That IS one
reason. The other Is. that it is not possible for
any State, provided this Government is admins.
tered with prudence and proprlety. so to shape
its laws as to throw upon the General Govern.
ment the responsibility of first resoring to the
employment of force; bat If force at all is en-.
ployed, it must be by State legislation, and not
Federal legislation; and the responsibility OF en'.
plo,ing that force must rest with, ant attach to,
the State itself.
(,ald Mr.. e. shall not 60 into the details Of
this bill. merely throw cut these sentiments
for the purpose of showing you that 5. Carolina;
having declared her purpose to be this, to make
an experiment whether, by course of legsIa-