Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-01
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MIR. CALHOUN'S SPEECH

On tie J,N fpriter 10 pyorlde p' Ne t9H'gf'pa n
Driie, On I~Poris-Deireyed ~ f6c Se"afe
ttd1aery l5'A, 1893.
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Having now, SAID tlr Calhoun. Corrected SOM
Of i4s prominent Interpretations, as /" The IA
tnre Of tn, toa,rcversv and @iveaa npid sH' zen
OF the movements OF The Stn'e III fete'en'e 10 II,
he wolhd u.xf pre. I'd 10 notice some oni"ct'ons
conue'ied with the Ordinance and the proceeding
under I
rh- fl Il AID nioSt rrocoin.nt Of thrse is lir~c:e.i
agniu,t Wna. IS c .lltd the test olh--rh'c' m e.
for, has b .a N /. to render od 50 t'f from
dcstry.ne the dcuunc iation winch has been acNai=
led NJ tiu, = hr We've tbs provision o HE Or.
dina zee tat hanntulal result Of the Joe rIHes
on..rtolnrd 10y the STATE, AMI the position winch
She prtup!rS. Th~ people of Lat Slate bctl' We
th.i he non is "A union of States. and no 81 htdi-
,dlals-ih II formed by tn. States, and that
the cuz.ns al thr several States wcre bound Il
il thron IL the acts of their several Stics that
uu,h State ratified the Constitution for ltsrlt AMI
tina. it only by ;a,h ratification OF State that
rne obltgatioa va imposed uN5n the cttt.1ns =
Z - be.cvl1t it WAS the opinion of Ia people u.
Carolina til1t II belonged to the State which ht1
n.31,cd tn 5hg ,llon 10 declare in The tastfesort
Il. extent OF Ia obr alton, MS ar as hr citizens
", r. conccrnc1-,n6 this, upon the plan prince
ps which exist IN all aua)1 gons cases oi compact.
b't~-rn sovereign or roljlical bodies. On THIS
principle, the pcop'e ofths State acting IN their so
,rs"isn clparitt. - Convention i,tcc5ly Is IA.
ha1 pdotd"o s.,a oNn aid the Federal Co.slltu
tom. hi pr.i AZ. ny tn Or uaneo. that the as
Of Curgr'S> a'i.rh il ID imposed dailrs under the
ant3oc, {" iat 'm,n>ts, w're acts not ior revenue
Us ntn lei rs tnr Constitution, but for protection,
AM therefore nal aud veii. The Ord nance thus
eaae@' by ',e people Of Tin STATE themselves. net
my MS severe IN coma unly. was. 10 al tlic'is
AMI purposes. pr, If tha Cons luton 81 The
St.te--1ni tirou IA of peculiar character, VAS as
obligatory nn the citizens OF that Statc Us any por
ton Of the Constitution. In prescribing, then. the
oath To ohay the Oritutncc no more was loae than
to prescribe an oath to obey the Constitution. l.
was. IN flc', but particular oath Of allegiance,
and III every respect similar to that which IS pre-
scribcl under the Constitution Of the United States.
Ia be- I'D nustered to all the officers OF the State
aud Federal GovcrnnrutS ard waa 10 more de
serving he harsh and bitter eI,ithets which had
been eaped upon IT, than thai OF any similar o. h.
1t ought 10 b. borno in min that, ACCORDING to the
oplniod winch prevailed in Carolina. the raht Of
resistance TO the unconstitutional laws of Con
sress belongs TO the State, and not to her individual
citizens, and that though the latter may in II
mere question OF @eMm and tnum, resist. through
t4e carts, an unconstitutional cncro2chment upon
Their rights, yet The hua stand against usurpatiou
rests not with them, but with the Stale OF which
tAey are III N rs and that such act of resistance
ny state, binds the conscience aud allegiance OF
me citizen. But there appeared to bc general
'nSapnr hcAsion Us to the extent TO which the
State had actci under this pant of the Ordinance
Instead OF weeping every o.fccr, by general
prescription OF tn minority. as has been reprcsen :
Red IN debate, as Ear as the knowledge of NJ. G.
extends, not a single individual ad been removed
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tenderness, all circumstances considuTed, towards
citie ms vino differed from the mniouty--and. ia
that spirit, had directed the oath be adn,idist-
cd only in of official act directed to be
performed, in wb,ch obedience 10 the ordinance
was involved.
Ii had been further objected that the State had
acted prccipitately What preciptatcly after
making a strenuous res istance for twelve years
by discussion here and in the other house Of Con
gress-ey essays in all torms-by resolutions, re-
'monstrsnccs, and protests the part of her Lc-
g'slalure and finally by attempting an appeal TO
the Judicial power of the United States7 He said
attempting, for they had been prevented from
bringing the question fairly before the court, e. that
ny an act OF that very majority in Congress which
no@ uphrald them Tor not making that appeal OF
that majority, Who, on d motion Of one of the mem
ners IN the other honsc from 8. Carolina, refused
10 1--WE 10 tho act ofl32s its true title that II was
p'oec we, and not a rcpeaue act. The State new
et, " Is true, relied upon that tribunal, the Supreme
Cou'', TO indicate lis reserved rights yet they
nave " ways onsldercd it as an auxiliary means
OF ae'ence'o' "hch they would gladly have awaited
themselves 10 test the coHsti:u'ionaty of piotec
toh' mad trey not been deprived of the means d
dong SO by the act Of the majority.
notwithstanding this long delay Of more than
zen years, Under this continued cncroachment Of the
foVsfhmel'', We now hear il on all sides, by
is'eAds und foes. sravcy pronounced lhatthe State
"as acted reciptalfY, & that her conduct Ias pecf