Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-11-29

the United States OF America, nOt~ the com
pact OF Union sub.isting between them. and by which
General Government for specific purposes is established
are ee sovereign and indepen den States; that in virtue
o'her sovereignty they have the Of preventing. each
WITHIN ITS own limits, all exercises by the General
Government no, authorize by said compact that, inde
pendent States their constituted authorities are wholly
exempt from any constitutional liability to be controlled
coerced by The General government any all OF the
departments hereoi-and that free States they
to themselves, 10 the OF liberty and Of mankind
to snceumb to The exercises Of undelegsed power within
their respective limits.
Aud further declared and resolved Tha, by their
said compact called the Constitution of the United States
the several States Of this Union have conferred OH the
General Government, any department thereof, the
right OF determining as against the several states oue,
nous oil Disputed power arising between the General Co
vernment aud any Safe States uor have they by said
compact appointed any common arbi,.r bsw.en ;he c.
eTd Government and the States, for determining such
questions
g. Aud be il further resolved, necessary conse.
quence OF the regoing that each emitted 10 Judge
Tor i'se'f oil inrdcons OF the Constitution by the Federal
Government, aud OF inerposng purpose
such 'nraeons within its own limits and that jug-
uent aud inerposion OF Stale only liable to be over.
rned by the decision Of three ourhs Of all the States
oil the United States
A. Resoued ALSO That the faculty of secession is i'm.
separately Incident compact between sovereign States
and the right any instance must
depend of which party asserting the riph
must judge orseli; amongst which breach
es of the compact by the other party or parties have -.
ways been considered good aud any cause
can at the worst expose the seeding State only to the
consequences arising under the Jaws and OF ma
.. Resoired further, That the principles maintained
IN the aforesaid Proclamation oil the President aud Act
oil the Congress oil the United States directly in their
p'acpA .hdehcy as well as IN thei abstract theory,
consolidate the states of this Union into ono sove
e'gn ~ OF which the plain consequence Guild Le great
eh'ra Oo' ertm ent freed from all checks,
by the States In their separate capacity and cont ong
e vas aud diversified interests OF the coniederacy viii,
"tsoiu e VIII, AID according its own arbitrary con-
sIu"on OF It's powers whence would result in The ST
instance, the ills and rrilations OF nsgoyer-
ten and in the final event. the loss q. ,ber,v and he
oil he STA 1'h.
House Of Representatives OF the Site OF Georgia do
therefore potes. against the aforesaid Act of Congress-
enied San act further provide for the coect of
duties imports, and also against the principles on
which il is based, as inconsistent with the Constitution Of
the United States and the rights oil the States aud they
do hereby demand the repeal OF said with
Mhe san ns q lie s I
Georsi, in boh branches OF Congress, to be- by Them
laid Ueiore their respective Houses, at the ensuing ses
sion OF Congress.
Mr.. Coopers Resoiutions in the House of Repr,sen.
;d:;-ss. .NOu. 1.-THE Senators sud Represeuatves Of
The People oil Georgia in General Assembly met cannot
permit present cs in the polite relations of IN.
Federal aud State branches OF the TO pass
without taking into serious consideration, the alarming
claimed for the Federal Government and on
by Congress. The President of The United States i'm a
recent Proclamation, sa;ing his The Consu.
tion, Sc asserts the doctrine, reference TO the
powers OF maj government and tile rights Of the States
The following To wit:
That ",he People of the United States formed the Con.
s'"ion 'hat they are ohe people the choice Of the
President and Vice President Thus the States respec
lively cannot possess any tight secede, having ex.
pressy parted with 50 many powers as TO constitute
singe nation, "because such secession does not break
league, but destroys the unity oil nation" That the
representatives in Congress not the representatives
OF the particular Stale from which they come bu arc
all representatives. OF the Limited States moi "account
able to the State for any act done in performance of
their legislative functions" That The ErJerai Geo.
en has sanction ''bo,h sarily Implied and ex.
pressy gwen, by which il may PUNISH State for re-
lusing TO obey act, which may have been determined
by her Sovereign People to be and void
That the States severally have retained their epiire
SoueTegnfy That the States severaliy have not right
each for i;se in questions between itself and the United
States Government TO Judge and determine upon
situoDdI eDacnents Of Congress, but that the Federal
Judiciary the proper tribunal in such
ly, mat the Federal Government may State 10
submit to all laws which by its authorities may be deem.
ed constitutional.
These principles, if successfully maintained it will be
perceived end in degradation OF State Sovereignty the
most seville Submission, consolidation and tyranny To
the end therefore, that they may be opposed and their
Peincous tendency resisted by the good people this
State
BE ii ResOlced, That Proclamation by the President
in cases where there exists violation Of Law is not
made the duty Of the Executive tends in practice TO sub
siiine the opinion and wII Of that officer lieu OF the
majesty OF the Laws and when eced against The co.
Tenn acts OF Sovereign State, is unauthorized aud I'M
justiable.
RESOLVED, That this assembly doth explicitly and per.
emporly declare, that views the Federal Government
a. compact, 10 which each State acceded as State and
as an integral parry That its powers resulting from the
The instrument constituting that compact no further
valid h"n they are authorized by the grants enumerated
Resoived. That The Federal Government was not made
the exclusive final judge OF the extent OF powers dele.
gated to sel, siDce that would have made discretion
aud not the Constitution, the of its powers but
that asn ali Other OF compact among parties having
common judge each party has equal right 10 Judge
Tor itself, well oiuracons Of the mode and me asuTe
OF redress.
Res0IUed, That in case Of deliberate psIpsble and
dangerous exercise OF other powers granted by the
said compact, The States ely have the ghf and
in duty bound TO nfepose for sreng the progress of
the evil aud Tor maintaining within their respective limits
the authorities, rights aud liberties appertsinng 10 the NJ
ReSOced, That whatsoever in the opinion Of State
msue shall have become the only guide TO the exercise
power, oppression The only result and revolution the
only hope injured people, The right of that people to
secede undeuiibie aud in doing they responsible
only TO themselves and 10 their God.
ReSoictd, That the Representatives Of s ate In Con.
gfe. Tor ne gooI OF the Union and the represen.
ives OF he rmliculdr State from which they NAV be
sent, and or any act done in the performance OF their e-
gi'hNe functions, they are accountable to the people
alone, who them
ResOiced, Tba, sovereignty belongs not TO The govern
meni nor TO its department, but the people Of each
state aud TO our ~ there does sole and
"ggtegie community known the people Of the Union.
Hes0iued, That the sanction right claimed for the
Federal GoverDmen 10 punish sovereign people, Tor
tnsing obedience TO Whit msy be deemed by them 10 be
an unconstitutional Of thst Government Is unlounded
and exists neither by express grant nor inpedy by the
Law Ol sell defence, that Government by force
GEORGE q State submit 10 such set.
ResOred That senators in Congress be requested
aud our Representatives. be instructed 10 demand repeal
Bill, becsue The same IS improper and Unauthorized, is
The resort OF arbitrary power, and insult to the feelings
D . Free People.
fReid November Ii, 1893