Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-06-04

Il Heuie'c Of the Proclamation of P,ss;Jsnt LL
or;pinsi JaGeoG: iSS2 IN series Of numbers
ne'GIa under the signature If Il Y;rei,ion y
Wy LtrrLrroN WALLER T,zuwrLr, ESQUIRE lat.
senator OF United Sta,,s)
foowing ar,icIes. "ina"on OF The late Proclamation
There is great deal OF Parliamentary matter this week
to which earnestly call the attention OF readers
bill has been brought in by MIR. II. Grant remove
the dabiiiss Of he jews in oher words to place them
presents to my view no ehsr oiecton Mere urged to
this right Of secession, than such as have already no
dced fe summary OF its Argument, and very nearly
words, is thsEach State has expressly parted
with powers, as TO constitute jointly with the
other States, single nation In becoming parts OF
on the States surrendered many OF their essential rights
OF Sovereignty, AMI longer SOvereg; The al
egance OF their cz MS being transferred to the
of the United States. Bat this government there
upon became their Sovereign, because can punish Trea
son, which is offence against Sovereignty, and Sove
rcignty reside with The power TO punish IT, More
over the Constitution of the United States forms a go
vernment Every government has sanction expressed
imped therefore, government has right by the law
of sefdcence pass acts for Furnishing offences against
its authority, unless that right il modified, resrained or
resumed by the constitutional act In system, al
thou gh the tight is modified in the OF Treason, yet
authority seNpressy given to pass "' laws necessary to
carry the powers OF government into eject iicn'c, no
State of this Union sccedc because such Secession
would destroy the unity Of the Nation, any atemp'
TO do which act, would be an offence against the Sovc-
regnty OF The government, and might be properly pun
ished at its own discretion.
In reply this argument have already eneavored tC
shew that these States do not and never did, constitute
single Naon but they ever have been since they
be States free and Sovereign States, not
soliated into Nation, but united only by writer
Covenant of Union, which cali the Constitution OF the
United States That the government formed by thi
Constitution, far from being Sovereign, is the mere
of the will of these States, subject to amenmem
and righul destruction at their pleasure, endowed VIII
but limited powers, that may be properly exertcd for M
attainment of enumerated objects only ADds far from
possessing this natural right of selfdcience is
party the Covenant under which it exists, MAJ
rghtfuy exercise any OF its granted powers sgans
eoft these al
perly against their citizens, when they actin
without the authority OF their State the only Sovereign
whom they allegiance. That the Union OF the State
thus resting upon Covenant entered into by every Stat
with its cOSates when the terms OF this Covenant ar
Supposed be broken by any Of them, there ia com
arber to decide between tie parties IT is onecess
y that each State must judge ioilsc and act as its
judgment may dictate IT, in The honest exercise OF tn
Judgment any Sovereign State declares the Covenant bro
ken by its co-Sates and chooses to dissolve the Uno
thereby established for this cause, she has the perfe
right to do 90, and this makes secession from the Union
TO that party only.
positions have been maintained hut will follow my col
cluson to all it, consequences. When Sovereign Stat
decides that the Covenant Union which formerly bouT
her to her estates, has been broken by them, and
therefore annulled herself il is clear that these hi
not b0utid by her decision They the
called upon decide several questions, of very dere
character, each for itself also The first OF these nvoly
their faith Has that been brOtcn IL dvcrred: Shou
this be go, according to the honest conviction OF any
Afs?ES g s5ic as "a moral and gSco9neble
ing, is bound to acqucscc in the decision made by q
hrs Y.
acting under its accountability, it honestly believes, III
It's faith has been violated is avered, second que
ton is presentells il better while repellng the char
of violated 9th acquesce in the determination OF
frs, party to annuI the Covenant itsefl This que
also each OF the CO States must decide Tor hcmseI'
respectively.
The subject now becomes a matter Of naked polio
which like every other question OF mere expediency m
depend upon all the circumstances existing in the ca
This question appertans the Statesman, the to-
r can neither comprehend or hope to decide it, correct
and there fore IL would be very foreign 10 my present
pose. Bnth, after examining all the circumstances Of
case in all their different relations and probable ctc
the CO. States whose Covenant has been onnuied wro
fully az they may believe determine nevertheless to
uuiesco the vacdiing it a. to the other party,
difference is cnd-cach party concurs, although
different The purpose, and no collision
take place between them. Such the purs
by the States in 1873, when ho OH Articles OF COME
ration were anuulled by the act Of eleven Of the Sta
who then seeded from the Union established there
And such has been the course pursued IN very M
other cases Of union and alliance that 1t would be ted
here enumerate but TO which the recollection OF CIV
reader OF history will AT recur But II, after
examination Of the suheciu all its bearings, the part
which am speaking, thinks itself unjustly aggr
ed by the act OF iis co.Staie in aunulng their mu
Covenant, and seeding from the Union thereby e9tab
ed and that it Is cxpedent to push this difference To
uuquestonsbly il may wage war; and may 30 impose
on the other party the necessity OF submitting 10 IFS di
ton, or OF defending Itself ny the same means
Such a war, 10 the party Nth whom alone II can
nenco viii differ nom every other ,Eai has he
occurred from De Aefihs.rs 'lal Day tecoase,