Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-24
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THE PRESIDENTS MESS Acr

THE PRESIDENTS MESS AGE-n, -
tim by Congress.
Frolhc as the last few months have been in T..
1ments OF high importance and commondin, L..
~, no, one ofhem will fake precedence IN i,
respects, Of the Message Of the President To r..
gress, which VIC this day lay before our ,..,
We have not room for an extensive comneno,,
it--nos indeed is ii necessary. The import or,
too PLAN TO need explanation and It's ta,rio,;..
IS too ardent to need praise. Believing 4sw.
that the course marked out for himseifby the D..
sidcnt, IN the critical circumstances by wt,,h b.
surrounded, Is equally rrodi,able 10 his mind /,
temper, ami his devotion to bis COUNTRY, We s.l ;,
our duty to do all that we can to sustain him 49,,
we shall DO so. Opposed to his election bccs,..
among other reasons, we feared tia, when this -.
SIS should come, he would quail in the pcrfotnoo..
OF his daiy, our opposition ceases when We Gn1
that he has both the disposition and the 6rmr,,.,
to meet an emergency !rausht with such in,mns,r
peril, not only to the institutions which We Inv,
all so much reason 10 love" but also to lie n,o
minent actors IN the great events which are po,,
casting their shadows in paths. We M g.
the striped bunting" which is assoca.cJ v1s CO
many proud recocctions--for the haa vAch ,,.
cd riumphany at Yorktown and at Ne- Oflo,os
for the Union, with which IS ldenied o, NJ
happiness and prosperity that we now ENJOY & al
that wer the friends of liberty in other clmez
can hope for in future ages. And we rh I'D ls,,
p'se ourselves, If, at such tine, we could sgcnt
ask by whose hards the stripes and stars" ore
upheld We know that We are on the side Of BAL
rio'sm, safety and lrcedoul--and we care no, who
our leader be, so that he bu, faithful to the ycI
trusts committed to his keeping.
| When the Message was read in the House !,
Representatives, n debate, not marked b, muche
citcmeni, ensucd, with regutd to The proper dspo,
ton to be made Of ii. II was ultimately referred
the committee ON the judiciary, and %, 600 ext
copie, ordered TO be printed
in the Senate, the same reference was made. 81
ven a, the hazard Of firing readers with en-.
subjec,-if they can be tired Of such suliec, Il,
this-we must copy at length the debate uhl.a
took place in this body, which, it will DO seen W,
confined to Nlessrs. Calhoun and Forsyth r.,
Washington correspondent Of the Baltimore Pa.
riot, says, MIR. Calhoun spoke under degree d
excitement have never before witnessed in q mr..
liamentary body I,is whole frame Was ayits,A
His gestures and coon,enance expressed ,hm.,
unulsessbIe, while, as you will observe, his Ia,
guage is quite guarded, and his speech ou,s so.
cious. - Mr.. McDufie, on the other hend inn.
Il Of h is said to have been unusually Le fran
exciement, cndeavoring to check il when nam.
tested itself in other quarters OF the House w.
wish we had room for some comman,s on several
points Of Mr.. Calhouns speech this morning, 30,
we must postpone them to a future day i
After the Message had been read II
Mir CALHOUN rose and sud, ,ha, La or,tt l
IN taking the floor was not to make any rcr,.ra On
| the motion, which was immediately before tic 81. l
naie-W hat he was about to say, therefore vned L
under parliamentary rule, be entirely out Of order 4
But he would in the peculiar clrcuns stances If BIS
situation, throw himself on the indulgence of III,
Senate, for his pardon for the entire irrelevarcc d
| the remarks which he should tacl himself Bound
to male.
| he felt no disposition TO notice many Of the e.
rors which the Message contained in reference b
the documents by which it vas aceomran;d As
! there was one which he should dceil hnsefst
crcant To his state if he did not rise empha,ira.r
and promptly to notice. 1t was stated by the Cir
Magistrate, IN substance, that the movements MAE
| by the State of South Carolina were of II chsnts
hostile TO the Union Was he RICH, il this IN
preston : If so. he would say that there was ~
shadow Of foundation for such statement The
was not state in the Union less disposed than
South Carolina TO put herself in such attitude
hostility. But the grounds on which the prtsder II
POUNDS this Inference were not less cytrsorlnag
than the inference itself When he stated ,a 4
hostile movements had been made i, was 70 be 10
GREETED that the President did not state the whacd
| the movements OF this character winch had tsg i
place Before South Carolina had taken any 70
stlon of conflicting character there had been q
concentration OF the United tates t,oops on iv
points, obviously for the purpose ofconlroIling ls
movements OF the State. One Of these coleeAus
IONS was at Augusta and the other at Chnrlcsla VI
PREVIOUS to this circumstance the State Of SorG ]
carolina Ind looked 10 nothing beyond civil /
cess, and had intended merely TO give efiectis be- IN
opposition IN the form Of a suit at law. II wasM
" when military force was displayed on hr bt Il
oers, and IN her limits and when the menace sni
thrown out against the lives of her citizens, and
their wives and children, that they found ,henser
driven 10 an attitude of resistance. Then VIZ
that they all prepared to resist any aggression
But the President had also rested his nfereaa
on another ground. He had laid it down that Tho
tribunal of the Supreme Court Of the United Sns
was IN the last resort, the only arbiler of the di'
ference IN the construction of the constitaloraIg
OF the laws. On this point there seems to have
been great change in the opinion of the Esea
tive within the last twelve months. The Pres
dent had net held this opinion in reference the f'
s'stance Of the state Of Georgia A narrow IVA
only divides the territory of Georgia from that
South Carolina yet, on the one side. the power