Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-07
REMisrscEScE We have nov l.t

cpal inhabitants Of Charleston" s e pm.
other signed by ida residents of the same civ, ~ ue
former presented to Sir Henry Clinton and y, we
ter TO Lord CORVALLIS, commanders of III, 10. IA.
forces-and both dated in l7so, three year, hss
the conclusion Of the treaty ofpescc which ..'
our national independence. The first Of tho.
dresses tenders to Sir Henry Clinton the q -. W.
est congratulations on the restoration of this
ard province Charleston aud South carol,,.
their political connexion With the crown If -
Brtanp-dccIarins that 4" when ie 4.~.
tndtpcndenee, which isrnaled IN the nq,,
them colonies made It's appearance amonens
mature reuoLted at he IDEA and sneeft,,#
4" rank democracy which, however car.fa.4 ,i.z
ted in theory, on being reduced TO practice has
hbed system Of iyrannical domination only ;,
be found among the unc,v'iized part of mankind
in the history OF the dark and ban barous ages Of ~.
tiqulty" The second of these addresses is 49,.
less loyal in its tone than the frst--lt comme,c..
by rendering to Lord CORVALLIS joyful coner,.
ulatons on the total defeat and dispersion Of H..
rcbei forces'--as tie army Of the gallant Gr4o,.
was styled by these lovers Of provincial saf.,y
bought by Submission to foreign YOKE IT,.
writers Of THIS address complained them, as those
who are now looking for restoration ofthe INN.
vince of South Carolina TO the British crovn
nor do, of /" the attempt of Congress to sublueae
the freemen Of this province 10 their lsrannical do
mina,ion and denounced the restless anbit,o,a
and wicked Vaccinations Of our federal head
and anticipated with great eagcrncss, ihe afrjy1
Of the day winch sionld place them once more IN
,iG attitude of an appcndage to the British crown
We cite these facts 10 show, ffa, than the glorv
won for South Carolina IN the Revolutionary co
Aic by the galan,"y Of her Marion. Sanprer
I.nureus, auo Rutlcdg. is sadly dnmed by tia
recollection that she nourished in her bosom host
Offices to the national independence, who, by Their
numbers and zeal, paralyzed the energies Of tie
United Colonies, and infused conitcnse pnd coir
age into the ranks Of the common enemy md 9.
t0ndly, that the old icayen of hatred 10 " rank d.
mocracy" is again at work, though it be now DIS
guiscd in the garb of devotion to the grea, priuc
pies OF bcrty-that Liberty, which, in the to-
: qvent language OF one of her most distingus,
ed sons, she has, in her odous Ordinance, strutt
down with the iron mace Of the despot."
Right Of Seeession-In discussing the right Of
the individual States to sccede peaceably from The
/ Confederacy, in our last paper, we suggested two
or three Hypothetical! cases in the force Of which
we had less confidence we had seen them stated
no where else One Of these hypothesis however,
we have since seen assumed by paragraphs in
f the Richmond Enquirer who states the proposiuoa
, in somewhat different form from that in wael
we laid ii down. Fortified in the strength Nh5ea
it affords to the argument asans, the ri ht ofscc,s.
sion, by its suggestion from another, and, on cor.
s,i,utional doctrines, highly respectable quutr
we suhjoin it
Suppose the State of Louisiana should take II
into her head to secedc from the cn,on, for some
offence, which has been produced hv the laws pas.
, sed by Congress She then beng sovereign
State, eyies n toll upon all vessels which 90 down
the Mississippi river. Now, what wish to TASK,
/ is, can she sccedc Next, how came she one the
States of this Union And then ! would ask,
whether the creature can destroy its creaIor7 Did
she not take her place among the Stats VI this
Union under the Constitution , If she should
, ctde, what would De her conditions |. ehr Irrt
: Of the national domain not Ard If rot, to
owns the soil upon which her inhabitants live J
Aud if she is sovereign State and has r4ht 10
scc.,e, what portion of the public lands, -f the ns
c val and mitrfy forces, aud Of the Treasury be-
long TO her 2 II she has risr to so, she has a
right to portion of the public properly. Ii APP
pears to me, that fthe right of secesson be tue,
this Union 10 not a Goyerum, nj D.
IL The term sovereign" n. applied to an
indydua! State, is gross solecism The States
are sovereign only in matters OF which their local
Legislatures may take cosnizancn. In all the e,-
ssnals which constitute nnk,oaai sorc7cigntu,
they are entirely deficient, having voluntarily sur
rendered them without the reservation Of a right
to resume them at viii. We have the authority
OF Or. David Ramsey, a name dear to south Car.
olIna herself, for saying (2d vol. Romseys bsto-
, ry, p. ri,) that 1" the Act of Independence did
not hold out TO the world thirteen sorcrcign States.
but oomn'on Sovereignty of the whole, in their
f united capacity."-Dr. Ramsey, be it recollcctcd,
dldnot write this sentence to suit this emergency
lie has long slept in the tomb, happy tina, he has
escaped the knowledge of acts which covers his ma
Ave State with disgrace, and viii plunge her in
future years, in tho sackcoth and ashes Of bitter
and perhaps unavailing repentance
II When two parties make a compact"
(says Mr. Jefferson, in letter to E. Carrington,
dated 4th August, 1879 there results to each the
power of compelling the other to execute it. Com
pulson was never so easy as in our case, where
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