Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-03-21

much INTO vogue may be permitted TO refer TO III
oddress Of The Legislature of Virginia, to the pc
pie 81 the State, which accompanied the famof1l
resolutions Of "a IN that address, generally sufH
posed To be the production of John Taylor Of Carf:i
line N h,fough.gong chumpon Of State rights Eq
the Senator from South Cnrona could desire W
fn@ the following dscIaro,ion--" |, WINS then al
mied TIM, the Stale soverelgntles eerc only dintih&
| i1cd by powers specifically enumerated, nece9t}
snry Ia carry the specified poa INTO elect tbuse
acknowled lnc of course thu, To that extent, tlaf
State sovctcgn,ira had been diminished. n
SIR, elam myssfio be an humble but desoie4.
d rlplc of this FOOD old school Of % and 90 and III
might speak, fl proper to do SO, of some ljtjJ
ef opportunity hive enjoyed of being instrueteata
| IA ns doctrines by the rfent MN who were ia
| teachers aud founder eh 80 fhet dartrinesk1
SIR, n do then fame with reverence ana | WE;
adhere to them with my latest breath But as bcl;
lave IN, AMI vnluo those doctrines utterly reject4
the spurious interpretations which have boon at
tempted upon them by modern sehoasts and CONF
| mehtatoro Z,
Therepublicnns of o5 and 90, Mr. Prcsident,N
never eonlendcd lhnt the States retained under the
Constitutions a ohtoiRtfd. enainiafsied soyoroign-
ty that they still possessed wha, they had givens
up=lhat the whole WINS no, diminished by tho SUBJ
traction Of part But they eoutended that all tho
sovereignty, which had not been voluntarily sur
rendered 10 the Uniou was inyiolably reserved to-
the Statcs that lhe Suites are sovereign within
their aeyeral spheres the Union is in the sphere
marked out to IT, and that the harmony Of tho whole
eystem ia only to be prcaersed by each power 70.
yolying IN lis proper orbit II reserved for
modern times Ia assert that eccentric and lnwhss
State sovereignty, which " shoots mady from ts
spholc 10 arrest the movements and to nnHify tho
prte of the federal authority.
Tho honorable Senator from South Carolina.
while admitting, IN one pntt Of his remarks, that
ihe people II the States had delegated portion OF
lheIr sovereignty To be exerclsed though tho Cen
etai Government SAID TINT 10 delegate, however
Wa8 not 10 phrt with TINT a. between print pal
and agent, the dcles tied power might, at any time
be resumed, and thot, consequently, the people Of
the several Slntcs mlght, at their pleasure, resume
the powers they had granted 10 Tho General Gov
euimeut Now, SIr while will not oony tho truth
of the general proposition ihnt, between prin-
elpal aud agent, the principal mny nj any time e.
sumo the powers he hns granted do utterly deny
tie application Of 1t which has been made hy tho
gentleman from south Carolina. In the first place,
thus u not merely question between the pcone Of
south Carolina aud the common agent of the States.
The General Government but II is question deep
" involving the rights and interests Of third par
les 10 wit the o,tor States But, if II were pure
ly "A question bttwoon South Carolina and tho t;cr-
eta Government, South Carolina alone could not
resume the powers which had been granted TO tho
latlor She Is bat one out ofiwonly-four principals
WIN lolntly granted those powers, md she no
moic, 81 ftr as constitutional riqn is esn6erued
,,on,.d ,bn, nm nd,v,,ln ei,iyen If s,,,o en-,
,.s,ne ,he novve,s io,r,lv e,ec,ed hv b,ms,ls anil
| no ,.s, "a ~. .,,,, m III, s,,t, oa.a,,,,aa,
t,,,,l,,, ,,,o =, r,,,d Tho ,.l,,;an l., .L;.l
tho ,,.,,l,r, sat, .,,,d ;, tho ,noa,no,on, o,,l.
1r,i,.l 4ta,cs uitl tba, IN vbieb th,v s,and N
lLei, oygn st5,e aove,u,oent Tho n,onle NJ so,nh
Carolina nuv AT any time resnme or modify tho
n,e.,,#i hcv hnyr @fnntcd 10 iboir state oovcr,-
mon, be,n,,qe n f,lalion 10 that thcv form the en-
! ti,o Il 4leyniing body, hui IN relation TO tho pov
ernn,qnt Of the ITniled States. they are hut one
| ey,nty fourth pant oftha dclogntlng body. three
e,,,,ba of winch nfc bv the ,.nresa terms M N,
eomn4ot rsuulrel, 10 nuke any alteration in tho gov
c,n,,eut
| IN, CALHOUN here said Tim, he had boen
/ ,,'y,nnrcheudsdh v the Senator from Virginio
HIM he had moi sind lh, thu ncople of State miehi
rrs,n,r the uo,yers which had been granted to the
| General Goye,nment= but that they had n RIGHT to
/ f,t,e nf,lq e.tent If tho4e powers and whether
,5e,, had heen exceeded
/ Il, ptVES enntit ned II wns moro nrobahlo
lbnt tho honorable Senator nmid the diversity Of
n,,, o,lrinrt which Ind been broachcd had forgot
ION all thai he had said The Senator from South
r,tol,n certainly did contend that the neonc of n
3t,tc nil,lt resume The powers which thew had
cya,,,ol 10 the General Government. aud in this. I
! am sattained not oaly hy my own recollection but
H., die n,,nted renort IF bis remark which seems to
fay,. hran ,orv rofee,lly prcnnred. and presume.
,,nd,, HE avn eve
M, CALHOUN main explaned. ue had
cor.u,leI Tia, n state should rcsum, the powers
,,ra,,,1 n the f;enernI f;oyernroen, such resuno
,o, ,,,o,l ont,, Il, n brcacb of comnnc, for which
| ,La s,a,e "a =. community wound be responsible
a,d,o, i,s ci,izeos indlyldunvl
| A., uIvEs ,o,,i.d If NJ, President II he od
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