Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-03

right OF secession be admitted, how could the
other States dare to incrpose, for the purpose Of
preventing III
SecondfA-Suppose one or more ofthe interior
States Should determine to exercise this right Of
secession Illinois Indiana and Ohio for instance
while ihs other Suites surrounding them, unaf-
;eeied by the causes OF discomfort which produced
tbs determination ON their part, and anxious to
continue 10 themselves and their postcrity the Lles
sings of free AID united government, determined
10 adhere to The compact by their for,f..
Tiers Would the discontinued States he permit,
ted to form separate and independent govern
ment ia the very heart and centre Of the Union
surrounded every side by States forming
component pat of tina, Union, and thus inlerposng
\ foreign territory between remote sections Of the
same Empire? They would not and whenever
the attempt shall be made, it will be found that the
etiacory members ,nusl be reduced to submission,
OF else that our Unien, which We have been &C
customed to regard rs system combining beauty
aaI strength, liberty and order, IN equal proper
lions is piece of wretched journey work ridicu-
l5Is f1r tue solem.es which ushetcd ii lato be-
.ls. and for the reverence with which we have.
l4en TAUGHT u 4, ard ii, oni Inc destruction If
winch oily tobo amenod because it cuts oft all
,,ape ,ci ibelut1re aneloruion Of the political des-
tiny OF mankind.
But i613.g -sufpose the general government
sl,uiJ declare war against Great Britain to-mor-
1ov winch from the influence of certain local
eausps, might operate with ruinous severity on
IT, Of thc people Of the great State Of New
York, " la, ob,r portions of tho Union misht BE-
almost entirely exempt from It's desolations and
dangers, fetlGg the unequal pressure Of this
N a,ure & aroas Il to Madness by the iniamnaato-
ry appeals oidisotganizing d.ma9o@ues, who nj
ways spring ton the earth, in times cf high pub
lic excitement like the armed men which sproutfd
from the dragons teeth, suppose the people of New
York. in Convention assembled should Sccede from
the Union, and form, net only treaty OF peace,
but treaty of ,ancs, offensive and defensive,
with tie British go,otn'sclf- In. would be
done You'd her %. States consent that she
Should thus open ocean and inland frontiers to
the navy nd army OF the common enemyapd
more than that turn upon her former assoc
moualcd by the joint labor aud at the Joint cx
ptnsc Of the entire Confedetacy We state these
suiposhons as they occur to Us, and ask IN reply
not Idle rsioipmontdde about State Rights and
State eoyercigny-tefms in. ppro'raeIy used,
aul therefore lily understood by those Who nse
t,eH- but we ASK hat they may he answered
ty and categoc.illy, in order that we may 81 c
the tue aspect of this right of secession in lis rac-
teal results II, in claiming this right its eotvo-
catS intend To press II TO the consequences which
" have glanced at in the preceding remarks, we
have no II. Staten il saying that more
opnoscd Ia secession than we to Modification. |
r. tiete IS mode Of exercising this right, which
sals % this Objectionable character, and esfectu
a5r protects thercserved rights ofthe States. We
h.lcye tint the several States do possess this
nye' but we likewise believe that it can be no
~.let resumed but in Federal Courention, SINH
Ia, to that IN which 1t was not ceaed array, bat
ea'cd. We believe that it requires the sane pow
er to dissolve the compact that was requisite 20
frame It. We believe, that, in no Other body than
a Federal Convention can State pretend rgh,ful-
" to SIT in judgment upon It's grievances. real or
imaginary and IN no other mode can it take
upon t.ef the attitude of sovereignty, in Or
der to redtess them. Admit the converse of this
proposition aud, though it may patch up the T.
mon f.~ years longer yet the worm IS at the
root of thu tree which will dry up its vital energies,
and strip rs widespread branches of then . leafy
h2nors.' Admit the right Of State pcaccttby to
withdraw from the Union, on her own mere mo-
ton, and our SYSTEM instead Of presenting an OBJ
- ofalmra,lon to the world for the harmonious
simplicity Of rs constructions would be deiestable
far holding out exterior beautiful to the eye but
filled, like Tie Trojan horse, with the elements of
uln,-elenants dormant oaly when no causes
Of excitement are abroad in the land or when as
prng and Unprlncirled men have no motive to fan
the cmbcrs Of discomfort into consuming fire.
The Wing WIN receive our thanks for the kind
MSS of temper IN Which it has demonstrated against
II Il IS pleasedto regard our abandonment OF
State Rights w lille we tell the Editors OF that pa !,
per that ve are as devoted friends of State Ri ghts
as ,acy any other man can be, we would like
s wise assure hem that shall never endeavor to
procure tor the States the recognition even of their
uudoubted rights, by wrong means. The Jesuit
cal maxim has no charms for US. Least of all,
however, i'll we lend ourselves to party, who,
by the most Violent tyrannical and bloody mea-
sures, are attempting to arrest the exercise Of aeon
s,tutaona1 power by repeated infractions OF the
constitution in which predicament we regret to say
the Wing has heedessly g. we hope inoonsiderate-