Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-22

State sentiment then there are the Representa-.
tives Of the People, to express the will Of the peo-
ple-thep there is a Senate, representing the
States Reconsideration there is an Executive
veto. to arrest aggresson-then there is an appeal
to the constituted judicial tribunal. II all these
guards and checks fail in preserving State rights,
there is yet another appeal to the people. for an
amendment Of the Constitution. This failing al.
so, and the invasion Of right being IS plain and
palpable"-cIear and distinct-gross and mon.
atrous-the crisis has arrived-not sickly "cri.
sis," Matched BY politicians-but great mo-
mentous epoch ia the history Of the government,
when, it being found not to answer the purposes
for which it was designed, the People, by virtue
of their natural rghts, have power to alter or abo
lish it. We rely upon no sucn pretext as Mi.
ifcafion!-thst absurdity in poIitics-no such
resort as peaceabIe and constitutional secesson.-
that solecism in terms. We march boldly up to
the danger, and call it by its proper name-RE.
voLu1IeN! Before that awful state Of things
could be brought about, however. how much is
is to be g calculated"--a Union whose value is
almost ncalculable-its slories, its blessings, its
honors. Life, liberty, property, are to be taken
into the account, and all that we have or might
have, to be weighed against the fearful uncertain.
ties which are to follow radical change Of our
present happy system of government.
These are our State Rights. They consist in
supporting the Constitution in its purity-the
sary powers, and the States in the maintenance
Of the rights which they have reserved to them
selves. 1t is by pursuing different course, and
playing of, before the people, State Rights run
mad-rushing to Modification, Disuuion, and
Secesson-shouting wolf! wolf! when the flock
is in no danser-that the doctrine Of State
Rights has fallen into such contempt, and that
some, even to US, of the most Objectionable Tea.
lures of the Presidents proclamation found such
ready favor with great majority Of the peopeof
this country. They feel convinced that it would
be folly madness in them, for any thing
that has yet happened, or that appears likely to
happen, to forego the advantages they now enjoy,
above every other nation on the face of the earth
And feeling thus, they adopted with exultatOu,
and without cavilling at some doctrines, dccu.
ment which so ably. so eloquently, so powerfully
defended the sacred cause OF UNION, aud invoked
the patriotism of those who live in the possession
of its benefits to preserve it from every invasion.
The Wlig thinks, the Union Of these Statesis
worth nothing unless it guarantees Liberty
Can, we ask, can any man believe that rational
liberty could be enjoyed, in this country, with.
outa Union7 Liberty is the fruit, as well as the
see,i of Un,oh. Dissolve the Union Nu!lify the
Union-Secede from the Union-what becomes
Of US? The pretty German principaIites would be
paradises IN comparison with some Of the States.
What would Delaware and Rhode Island, those
now "sovereign and Independent states, "-be in
that EVENT. How would New York and Penn.
sylvania settle their differences, if differences
should arisel How long would it be. before we
should have Kings and Lords?-How many
months would eiapse before standing armies
would necessarily have to be raisedl We see,
then, that even the last dread resort of Rev.
oluton could only be adopted. on the prinei'
pie on which we would adoptit-a principle which
would not suit mankind 10 general, that ga day.
an hour Of uirtnous liberty is worth whole eter'
nifty Of bondage" for certain we are, tia, its do
ration would not be Of much longer continuance.
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