The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-09

excise law m Pennsylvania, the embaI
 go ana non-lntereoagses law h the fsast ] l9'4. efh ss3ales, the Carriage tax ia iasgia
 "a, were all deemed unconshtutiolial
 and were more unequal in their opera ! ton thallany Of the laws now complajn ] cd of; bilt, fortunately, none s,t il,e
 States discovered that tlaey had ths right now claimed By South Carolina,
 Iiic War into which we were forced. te support the dignity of tile naIion- .alle
 the rlgbts of our citizens, might haye ended n defeat and disgrace, Instead l.oi victory aid honor, 1.-the States. who supposed Il a ruinoas and unconstittl. tie1'ti measure, lad thought lucy pos sessed the right of nuiliiying. the act by which t was declared, and denying sapplies for it's prosecution. Hardly ahdsaileqaaily as those measures bore upon several members of the Union, to the legislature of none did tilis efficient and peaceabie remedy, as it is called, suggest itself. The discovery of this important feature in our constitution esefved tto the present day. f i Q the statesmen Of South Carolina belongs tie iilyeistiolts and upon tlle# citizens Of that State will unfortunately fall tue evils of reducing it to practice.
 consider. thcu, tlle power to annul law Q the United States, assumed by one States ssasempali61e si1A tIsse enlstelace 2 tfae l.nfoaa, coYapadicfaa expressly jY fjle ietsefof tli1e Gol,stitatfUu, as,aaau}sorisgetbq a1s 221l7t, l1seo7sisfe1af aaith eeezg principle e,1 se1sed J seaa foataaea, a,sd destrueilpe Of t14e gYeat olgeet fo, s.5sfaA | scas fofpaed.
 With great abillt4 does .iae prasi.l e...s t. examine the individual objections set forth in the Ordinance, and successful y does he show their E.llacy. The in. .eongruity of the nullitication doctrine is strongly set forth in inc following lan- guage
 In vain have these sages declared that Congress shall haze power 10 lay and collect taxes, duties, iinposts, and exelse--iF, vain have they provided ttai= #they shall have power to pass laws which shall be necessary and properto carry thosez powers into sxecntion; that those laws and that GonstItutlon shat ss sttfle sapfeue jaw ot tite iaiid; and that the Judges in every State shall De bound thereby, any fhing iii the Con stitutionorlaws of any State 10 the con traty notwithstanding. In vain have the people in the several States solemn 1} sanctioned these provisions, nude them their paramount law, and indi- yldually sworn tosupport them whenev- CT they were called on to execute any office, Vain provisions. ineaectu al restrIctiopsi vile profanatlon of oathsi miserable nioeitery of legis. iatioa! If a bare majority of Inc yo- ters many one State may, on a reai or. supposed knowledge of the intent with which lag has been passed, declare themselves free from it's operations say here 1t gives too little, there too much, and operates uneqaaIly here 1t suffers articles 10 be free that ought be taxed, there 1t taxes those that ought 10 be free --in thiss case the proceeds are intended to be applied 10 purposes which We do not approve; in tlsat the amount rais- ed Is more than IS wanted. Congress, itis true, arc invested hy the ConstituS tion, with the right of deciding these, questions according 10 their sound dis eretions Congress is composed of the d! tl tic States and al the people of the States; but " ss., part of tie people ofone State, to whom the Constitution has given no power on the subject, rom whom t has expressly ta- ken 1t away; zues who have solemnly agreed that this Constitution sllail be our ldw-5ec, most Of whom have sworn to. support it--zre, now abrogaie this law, and swear, and force others to swear, that it shall not De obeyed-and we do this not because Congress have 10 right to pass such laws--tllis we do not al lege; but because they have passed them with improper views.
 The right of secession is thus exam ined:
 The Constitutionofthe United States, then, forms 3. goper2p,1ettt, not a league; aud whether 1t Ire formed by compact
 between the States, or in any other manner, it's character is the sane. Il is d government in which all tie people
 are represented, wiieho operates direct. lyon the people individually, not upon
 the States: they retained ali the power l they did not grant. But each State
 having expressly parted with 50 many EnnWers f1 nsfiinte ininllY win the nth