Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-02-21

titled TO deserve the character Of an American
statesman, would stand up in his place IN e',he
House Of Congress and disturb this treaty oipeac'
and amity1
sir, said Mr. c. " III not say TINT Il may not b.
disturbed. All that say ~, that here ~ all th'
reasonable security that can be Desired by those on
the one side Of the question, mud much more 'a"'
thosn on The other would have by any fortunate
concurrence Of circumstances. Such re peal OF INC
whole system should be brought hbout rs would
be cheefiul'y ac1ueseed in by all parties ~ ina
country. All parties might find IN tina measure
some reasons for objection, And what human
measure was there which was free from objection
able qualities Il had been remarked and Justly re-
marked by tho great Father of our country himself,
that if that great work which is the charter OF our
liberties, and under which we have so long flour
ishcd, had becn submitted article by article, to all
the dn'crcn, States composing ths Union, that tho
whole would have been rejected ana yet, whcn
the whole was presented together, II was accepted
as whole. Ho (Mr ca would admit that his
friends did not re, all they could wish and
the gentlemen the other side did not 90
tain all they might desire but both would gam
all that in his humble opinion WINS proper To be q
ven in the present cond,tion of this country II
ME lit be tr,e that there would be loss and gam ~
this measure Blu, how was thi, loss and gam dis
tribulei Among our eounttymrn. WHAT we
lose, no ioreign hand gains mud whnt we gam
has been 10 loss to any foreign Power II ~ a.
nong ourselves the distribution takes place, The
distribution IL founded on that great principle OF
compromise and concession which lies mt tho hot
tom Of our institutions, which gave brt to the
Constitution itself, aud which has continued to re-
gunte Us in our onward march, and conducted
tho nation To glory and rcnown.
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Objections had boon made To ull legislation nj tins
session of Congress, resulting from the attitude Of
one ofthe States of this Confoderncy. lie confess
ed tina, he fell very strong repignaec 10 any ic-
gisnion u, all On this subject nj tho commencement
of the sslon principally because he m'seonccved
the purposes, % he had found from subsequent OK
phantom, whichthat State had IN view. Under
the influence gilmore accurate inlornlaiion ne tnus'
that The aspect of things since the commence
meut of the session had IN his opinion, greatly
CHANGED " hen he came 10 take his seat ca that
nolr lac had u,,po,eh that member al tbs Union
had taken an attitude oil defiance mud hostility a
,alnst the authority oftho General Government
He had imagined that she had arroganlly required
that we should abandon al once system which
had long been tho settled policy Of ,his country.
Suprosing that she had manifested this feeling,
md taken up his POSITION, h. MIR. &. hid, IN
nsnln, aud 10 inpiess upon her the necessity Of the
performance of her duties on n member OF tins u
mon. Blu, sinee bis arrival hcre, he found that
South Carolina did not contemplate force, for IT
WINS denied and denounced by th1t State. she dis
claimed II and asserted that she - merely making
an experiment. That experiment - this NY a
conrde Of tate legislation, and by change ~ her
fundamental laws, she IL endeavotng by her ciyll
tribunals to prevent tho General Government nom
carrying The laws tho UnitcJ States into opera
ton WlIlin her iimils. That shc has pfn'esscd 10
be her oLl e. iler appeal was mol to arms. oui
to another power mol to the sword, bn' 10 'he law
He must saw aud he would say II with no intention
of dsparagng that State, any other OF The States
--il was II feeling unworthy Of her Al the puf'
pose OF South Carolina was nat that OF force, una
at once disarmcd, dsestod legislation OF one oil the
principal objections, which II appeared To nm cNis'
ted agninst II al tho commencement OF lbts session
Her purposes are all Of civil nature, She thnks
She can GUST the United Suites from her hints
ana enthusiastically she had taken GOOD care 10
prepare hcr Judges beforehand by swearing them
to decide in her favor Ii we submitted To her we
should thus stand but poor chance OF obtaining
Justice. She disclain,ed any intention OF fcsoft'ng
to force unless we Should find it Indispensable to
execute the laws of the Union b. implying iorcc 10
her II seemed 10 him the aspect Of tho attitude o'
South CufolIna had changed or rather the nc"
licht which he had nbnned, enabled hlm 10 see
her IN different nttltude--aud hc had not truiy
understood her until she had paused her laws, ny
Which it vas intended to carry her Ordinance INTO
effect Now, he ventured 10 predict thrt mo state
10 which he had referred must ultimately inii III
her attempt lie disclaimcd any intention OF say
ing any thing to the di,paragcment OF that o'alo
Far from H. lie thought that she hnd beeh fhsh
inrmpe' ate md greatly III erro", ana 10 use ''''
language OF one of her own writers-Hhoe up al
issue unworthy Other. iln thought The 'efdie'
aud indo mont must % against her. From one ent
To the other of this Continent by acc'aua'"n IN u
were. notification had been put down IN manner
more effoctually than 10y thousand nrmics-by TIT
irresistible force, by the mighty influence OF pub
lie opinion. Not voice beyond tie single State o
South Carolina had been henrd IN favor OF thu
princpe Of nllfcutlon, which she has asserted
by her own Ordinance and he would say, that she
must fail n her law suit He would express t"t
opiuons the first Of which was, that II IS moi pos
sble FOR the ingenuity ofman TO devise system
State legislation to defeat the execution on INC ""'
of the United States which could not be counter
vailed by federal legislation
A State nigh. take il upoa herself to throw %
s,ructions in the way Of the execution OF inc 'a"s
| the Federal Government but Federal lcSS'a.'o'
car follow a, her heels quickly, and successful,
counterfeit the course Of State legislation. IN
! trainers Of the Constitution have guarded q
gains, it. VIVA, has it said II IS declared IN 10
clause enumeratng the powers of this Government
that Congress shall have all power TO carry IN.
effcc, all the powers granted by the Cohstto''oh,
any branch OF the government, under the s"eeP.h
clause for they have not specified contingencies
because they could not sec hat was TO happen
but whatever powers were necessary, a'i' u, "
given to this Government, by the fundamental lay
necessary 10 carryino effect those overs wI.ch
yc,tcd bv that Constitution in the Federal Clover
mon, That il one reason The other is, that
is not possible for any state, provided this Cover
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