Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-02

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h.,,e, remedy than justification, though you prefer
;, bu, because o. thc f,rb,srance Of the people OF
me South and the returning ofjustiee IN the
majority O. the penplc, effected as much by the
.hntr Of notification that of revolution, aeiher
of which however would be my remedy.
IL you have attended to what | have sand
throughout, and have tired to make my temaIKs
;n,eci bIe YOU will in what light hold Be
cession; but Won shy there have been only two M
,,ucrs of threatened Secession. aud tie oppression
81, did no, Justly the threats Trar nll asre",
,h,, rs Il, the application q. The remedy, speaking
,huic ally, in both instances they we're IN eff"'
lac; Ay,ln, by the same parity OF reasoni'g, u
,,;,bt be expected, that you would oppose the
christian religion because the mad Crns niefs y the
;f,,; ,lc. Jesu,ts had dcugcd the f,ifesi u" ti"ns
rr,,h With bio u IN d fence NJ re ision. in their
.,.,o,,, The abuse Of remedy IS one thing ard
.,,,l,fd application anothcr.--But you ask,
,.., ,,,s The love of tho federal union IN those
I,,s ,i,,.s For the Hartford Convention
,.i moi nnsyer Il is not necessary for my pur-
-. In the latter case however, will say,
..s found opora,ing efficiently, in the minds of
,no-. n,,ticlans who hid jus, said that they
,,,.rc resolved to ryet the yoke Of oppression or
,hc o,llc neclss Off gallant l'eops.
ThrongI ynlr poc;ica eiT,isnn abon, revolution,
I shall not attempt to fellow you-by IT, nm re-
minded of a piece OF pleasantly found IN the Spec
nj
skntis fish that clulcs the grasp OF the rursucr
,.h,n he can no other way escape, by niahins the
,,,cr muddy all arc md linn Whe your muse next
inspires YOU gentlemen, lei me tusa your eyes to
por,uu,i the south American pror'nces, and IN the
tcnk Of your inspiration you might think II the an
zion, Commonwealth of Rome the effects Of civil
war borne III MIND.
If,be nrncple OF Secession, as hold H. in tho
,,u resort were settled, then, the mlttmn ratto
-, at he Ian Ike II
vii ~ otherwise 4l,s happy coua.y with all its
ol,res would lad va~n.ng sravcby civil war
Fo,n III, result OF the elections III sonle of the
t.o,u,ins Of this State you seem 'dy Ia triumph
for vo,r caase HOLD this is nat the first instance
IN which you have shouted victory, when no victory
yas wol-2aJi crat is~ rs''a"a"o ~
SECEDER
REMARKS.
Our rrespondcn " Seccaer, becomes quite
saa,p in his qniIs and qurks, as the controversy
wlici, he invited proceeds. |; is natural, howev
CT, AMI we shall NOT therefore complain OF his At
tcayls to .a,irizc our age, though 1t would have
been more gernarr 10 the matter had he respon
DID. or Arguments We sh IL not rctaliatc, al
though ms essay oilots tempting sport in this par
tcullr because are net writing fer the purpose
OF achieving a victory ovet him; bat of vIn''icat-
ins what we bell u be the cause OF Truth, sc
TAR as in Us lies. We eA all "a icavor therefore, no
az in to go ASH. Gom tht paik, to " chase butter
Alcs'-for lh1l,h we e%tsh the gaudy insect there
is as little poasuse III the pursuit profit in break
INK it upon wheel.
Like Secader' W. re- perfectly willin, to a
dopt the Resolutions of - and the Report Of 80 n
our h,,l, ~, aii ne III -
we now i.s,,n to m *, entirely to tie daclrine,
asserted IN those documents VIVA, says the rcso
luton l',,;c above by a Sccedcr "The Lcgis
laure of Virginia doth uncquivocaly express n
firm rr,,Iuilon :" IN tinan AMI defend the ooasti-
tuition II the United Stltes & the constitution of this
Sl,'e against every aggression, foreign domes
tic Well-doas ,ns resolution Affirm the tight o.
SECESSION, as our corresp ,ndent sup psc
So far from dong SOFT expressly denss tina, right
bccaus, i, expresses termination 10 maintain
and dcirn ! that which Secession mus, inevitably
calvert and d. Sloy. The fact that it was aimed
al The Alien AMI s,.on laws does rot affect in the
lra<' thiS seo,r principle; for the peisc is equal
" as >tf'n a2an,i the adoption of demonstrations
a'a"i ex'fa-canstnntlonal remedies by the States
a. II is a-ast the exercise Of demonstrations
powers by the general l,overament.-Bu a Sc.
ccdrr, IN has 'ts on this resolution, seems
forsrt that there is sach thing . The constu
toAof Ia y 1i'cl itu:.' at al, an conf res hi.
com ncnts TO = the constitution OF the a,c"-as
If the resolution itself were thus limited The .ac
tina, the resolution couples and unitcs the fedora
and state CONSTITUTIONS tog '.lcr shows conclusive
ly chat they contemplated no aggression upon III,
agents OF the latter by the agents of the fcrmcr
Atany rate 1t IS certain that they could hav,
had no idea of seeding from the Union, an,
thereby losing all connection with and interest il
" the constitution Of the United States" which the,
expressed a6.m resolution to maintain and de
fend'
bn, great stress is laid upon unoher Of the
virginia resolutions in which the broad prop
deliberate, p.ipabc AMI dangerous exercise o
powers no. granted BY the compact, the States
VINO are the paitcs thereto, have the right, and ar,
IN duty bound TO interpose, for arresting the pro
sress of the evil, SC. All truc-eycry word Oft
And yet Secession is neither a constitutional no
Apcaceable remedy This resolution in order tc
ISOLATED proposition, but must be regarded in con-
ncction with that luminous commentary, the Re
20 of $50, written by Mr.. Maii>on, for the express
purpose of vindicatng the Legislature of '9s from
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