Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-08
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81. uEBSTERS SPEECH III R'Ffy 10 "
ClLHOUN,
DVTIIE REVENUE COLLECTION BILL


The Gentleman from South Cmulina, SUD MI
Webster has ,imonishcd rs to he n''hu'oi Oh me
opinions ol' ,h"se who skall come alter us We
must take ou ohnnrc, SIR, AS to The i'Sh' III "''0
posteti,y will rer.rd us do not doclna IT. lHde-
Inent nor withhold my self from us scrutiny we
ing that an ,tttorm'as my putlie do'! t'n '''
gcncss Il heart, ami 10 the h-stol my ep''!' !,
fearessly trust mys,lfto the country, now and
hereafter leave both my motives una my ci'd'-
nctcr Ia is i cl>on.
.'nc sentl~n, n has terminated his speech in Il
ton. uf ttirelt and defiance toward this bill, even
shIid IT b come a law OF the land altogether IN
h,ull III the halls ofCtngtess Bat shall not
sl.i M sit ia D. excited INTO warmth 10y ms de-
II laoIftpl Uf the measure which support a
nlon, the feelings which nj this moment I'll my
hr dsi moi the least IS that ofre5ret a the position
IN wh,ch the gentleman has placed himself 7'r
l.. i ) hImself no Justice. Tae Cause which lac
has Is aused finds no basis in the constitution -ho
slcour fpm public sympathy lilo cheering from a
lt'riu - community. lie hos no toothold On winch
10 Stni, while IL n,ht display the powers of his
II kuJWlsd. 1t tiients. Every thing beneath his
1T !, hoiloe and reacherous. He Is like Il sIrohs
M. ~t.1ts gluL IN morass; every effort 10 cXtrl-
e,.c hpn,elf only sinks han deeper and deeper
All t.1r tn fesembl NICE may he carried still
ia,tho., tut no friend can safely come to his re-
lef, that 10 4na approach near enough 10 hold
oatu hrAns hand without danger Of gnlng down
hmsrlf alsp into he bottomess depths oil tins
S rs,nian b.
III: honorable gentleman has declared that on
tn d csion al the question, now IN de 5ate, my
d,ponl To usa Of ot ioctty itself. am OF th'
tulo op.Bspu bat theu, sir, the liberty which |
tnk ,tIkri on the contest, is mot political ibef-
", IN aoy g,.nrra aud nldeined eha,nc'er but our
Own, 81, unt.rsto d. and long enjoyed American
hbcry.
Sn, love liberty no less ardrniy Dian the gen
item N, N W'htv-r farm II may have appeared
In the pro ,rrss of ml,n history. As exhibited III
the master States of Antiquity, as breaking out a.
gain from amidst tn darkness OF the middle az >
and dreaming on the formation of new communities
IN modern Europe she has, always and every
where charms tor M. Yet, SIT, II IS our own Ito
city, guard by constitutions and secured by u
mon; 1t is that liberty which il patcrnal IN
hcrnance, II is our established dear-bou.ht pc
culiur American liberty, TO which ana chiefly
devoted, and the catSe of which NOW mean,
TO the utmost of my power. TO maintain and de-
fend.
Mr.. Presi lent, If consider the constitutional
question nav before MS doubtful as it Is Impor-
t,n and II suppose that piis decision, either IN
Tie Senate or 10y he country, was likely to be, IN
bCSiCf, lIiuuencti ny TAG iil'liliitf IA
might now discuss it, this aoul be to me Il moment
ofdcep soioitud Such moment has existed
There hts been time, when, rising in this place
on tho sun, Question: felt, must confess that
Something Tor god orevi 10 the constitution Of the
coul ny might depend on an effort of min. But
circunsianccs are changed Since that day, sir
TIE public opinion has become aw lhencJ Ia tins
great question it has grasped II, II has reasoned
upon II, as becomes ihtclllgen aud aatriotlc
community, and has settled il, nov seems in
the progress of settling IT. by authority which
none can can disobcy--the authority OF the people
themselves.
shall not, Mr.. President follow the gentleman,
step bv step, through the course of his speech
Much Of what he has said, he has deemed nccessa-
W Ia thc just explanation and defence of his own
political character and conduct, On this, shall
offer no comment Much, too, has consisted OF
philosophical remarks upon the general nature OF
polite al liberty, in the history of free instltu-
tons; aud OF other TOPICS SO general IN their ma
ture, as 10 possess, in my opinion only re-
mote bearing Oh the immediate subject OF this de-
bate.
But the gentleman speech, made some days a
CO. upon introducing his resol utons, thoxe resolu
lions themselves, and parts Of the speech now Just
concluded, may probably be justly regarded as
containing the whole South Carolina doctrine.
mat doctrine II ismy purpose now to examine,
anu 10 compare II with the constitution Of the JIM
'ed States shall not consent, sir, to make any
new constitution or to establish another form OF
Government. will not undertake 10 say what a
constitution Tor these United States ought 10 be.
NAT question the people have decided for them
lVes,and sIal! take the instrument as they have
cs'ab' shed H. and shall endeavor to m,rtai4 IT, IN
us PLAN sense and meaning, against opinions and
notions winch, IN m" judgment, lhrea,en lis sabvcr
sion
The resolutions introduced by the gentleman
We're apparently drawn up with care, and brought
forward upon deiibera,ion. shall not be IN