Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-02
LINCIiEURG, MAY Isr,
4" he Ed'to1s ef he Irs,aian.
ONCE MORE

hon. was not reccivet n time IN he ans weraa g..
cri and MS fyo0r whole object had been IN a.,
/ or your lance, you Seem 10 labour hard l., g.
Column and halt. " Thou, meeting Inv afs,I,a.a,'
und arc gone away IN pnrsui, Of the wIlo.,ls'
wisp.
Should Your remarls olic, another r.nl,, G..
me- which will DEF end upon citcun ,taucr,-i..
! do no, Ike To 10 low the ,e,ii talBns--l " H..
for the sake of your ren!as, tina, they u,,l nolaL
Tor 1t I'LL they see tfar II Is ooya | Get n l,,t
leisure that | write. Not So IN regard to You. liza
anthiote follows ia" poison, quick rs the sI,nip,'
Hash. Like jupiter bolts, you's seem 10 lie ceurI
ant. ], humble rs am, camel, IN maiufuIui,
| this kind Of controversy with you, und, ralc :,
chase away every Dhaniasm that may haunt vo,r
mind. The positions have laid down and en-.
deasourcd % MAINTAIN, On the Jet Of Secession
have appeared To me nj least tangible; so tina,
cannot, for the life Of rae, see how your CONNIE
hcnslon, which y"u viii allow me 10 say IS pnod
hns been deiicd, and YOU gone IN pursuit of Bm,r
flies tdont 'ansh) But you say you despair -,
convincing " Il Secedcr = and ny turn, lie NAV
sly as much OF his kind cdiiors--bu however
slot be may come of II, lac always makes his mot.
to, ol' qn;d iHmenSum mGnUumque. IL wi. a.
ieast enHse then, in some OF his periods In TIA,
effort shall 20 bAcll To the GOOD old Rrpubllc.u
d"ctrlnrs a 9o nd % In Nh. Mad; sons Refor.
II Is SUI, appears 10 l'c PLAN principle found.
ed III common sense, illustrated 10y common actit
s es,e.ti Il ~ The na,qr, of : ,n,rae. TIM, b,o
sort can be had To no tribunal M ror TO III, ,.,,c
the l..ll : themselves must l.. ,he ;o,I,cs :, ,b
'da2esT Whether The bargain made has been ,,lr.
! sued or violated. Tin Constitution Of The Uni,rt
states was t,'ln,ed by the sanction of the Stair.
given In raei in its ,ore,tipu -onna,,tun u1ro.
States then. inr the nnrtirs to ,i,e constim,h
con,pac, and IN ,l,ir sny.,i ,n cs,aci,v f.ocb r
-. ,eif ,t COURSE If ioi,,,,., 81 nrccss,tv tht
there can be no Lunal above their auth,r,tv 10 de-
cnic in the i4H .rsprt
" 1t docs not follow however that because the
States ms SOVEREIGN parties 10 ia, constitutional
cnupac, n,ust ulun,at,l, decide whether II h,,
5cen ,iolnt,d that such "A decision ought 10 hr M
! tcrpas,d cnl.e, in a aaap manntr, o, on daiiJuk
and tn{ethr rccUsipns.'
| And the Virginia Legislature III '96, IN the hl-
ness Of her sovereignty, sol,nnly K, suiNd tt,,
the Gcn,rd' 1stcnldiB' (uo the prop of the uIi,J
States) of Virginia. doth uucqu,,ocally express a
firm resolution IN m0inf.ia and d,icnd III. Con.
stn,on of the Urii.d Si.'s and The Cchs,futaor
% Ms %ofr, against every aggression eii.y e.
rem or domeMic.'
will not mar the beauty IT the sound reyub.
hcan principle ni,uiancd III :lint resolve; the VI.
fcrCnco seems 10 me- To bc paiii, that IN Who
runs may reqd. The General Assembly f,>uly,s
10 maintan md dot,nd the Constitution Of L,r
State against every domfs,ie aggression oinS
directly at the Alien and b,ti,ion acts, Us fhr 20.
nestle aggression, and claims nne u yoea = the
right 10 decade IN the las 'e!cr.
in'l, gentlemen, seem almost rcHdy 70 nbal don
the citadel IN which Yea had nj Il $, cnrnrh,d
yourselves, making tho rat hcation uct OF Virginia
pat tfthe FEEDER! Constitution; or rathtF you
Sc. IN 10 be oscllla'ns between ,hi. old ruins and
"sufpli>ae' Naiin Luhcts hcterodox opin.
IONS yoi have lei tall II aplesrS. from your qnlyer
No" th's act OF ratification, OF ~ltic! you andl
have sad so much, is either an amendmept of the
Federal Constitution or II Is not for II IS imPos
s'oe for the same thing Ia be- and not TO be. II
b CO. s'''f'on'l law, hen II is sfrfme-
tie sou'cn of law--s funan, nal prnepe N
the federal compact but this cannot be, for it's
the act Virginia IN her s've'e 81 capacity N Ter
owl o.ha'f, MOI Al all interfering with the fqsc
ana harmonious me- ein,nis of the General Gov
eminent IN her own orbit and since YOU have
licensed the liberty, by Whist You say, Of sors
INTO other sciences for " cnu purl~,ns viii sly
Whenever from the undue influence OF cenir .etaiu
centrifugal power, any par, Of The planetary s}S
ten, &c Out Of It's track. there is danger Of injury
10 the whole sysein. Each part must he ktot II lis
own sphere - The Constitution of til. T. States
was iormtdhy tie s'ncton of the States, cirts 's
ca ~ rs Fortte'Gn top"rHy.' l. is held 10 ne
fundamental! principle in republican governments
that the sovereignty is in the people. The ~
publican doctrines ot '2S and 80 declare puqsr'
ofdtt III II she (NrSinia) will maintain the Con-
sti"tion Of her Stat, against every domestic az.
2rtsStoR moreover, Ike States is sovereign Iar-
''S t'arh Tor hers'D 10 the constitutional ccmPd'
mtN aH'm'lag dec'de maett'r ahos ter" rtoldta'
for there can be 10 tribunal above their authority
to decide in the last reSo5i. Things which arc
equal 10 the same, are equal TO one another.
In the third rt sonron Of '?S, il is said, " in case
OF deliberate, pail able ami dangerous exercise Of
other poW crS not q ancd bv the conn act the States