Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-02-20
VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS.

ne House OF DeleSaleS superseded the orl+
ginal resolutions proposed by the Committee
of 81, of which Mr.. Brodnax was Chairman,
first by the following:
ssResolred, That the doctrines Of State SOW
ereignty as set forth in the resolutions of 1898,
and sustained by the report of 1899, are the
true doctrines of republlcanism, ard the said
Resolutions and Report are hereunto appended
as the decided opinions of the present General
Assembly of Virginia, and contain true in-
depreciation of the Constitution OF the United
States; but that we do not concur in the expo
sition of them which has been given by the
Convention and Legislature of South Caroli-
ma; nor do the resolutions of '9S or the report
of 100, sanction all the principles assumed by
the President in his recent Proclamation, but
are in direct conflict with many of them
After the adoption of this Resolution, Mr..
MooRE, of Rockbridge, proposed the subjoined
preamble and esolutions-which, after some
slight amendments by Select Committee,
were adopted by vote Of 100, to 1.
Mr.. MooRE's RESOLUTIONS AS ADOPTED.
"The General Assembly of Virginia, actu, d
ated by an ardent desire 70 preserve the peace
and harmony of our common country, relying
upon the sense of justice of the people of each
and every State of this Union, as guaranty
that their representatives in Congress will so
modify the laws usually called the Tariff
Laws that they will no longer be source of
complaint to the people Of any particular State
believing that the people of South Carolina
are mistaken in supposing tina. Congress will
afford them relief from the laws in question,
especially upon the suspicious appro, CHI of the
ESTABLISHMENT of the public debt--confident
that hey are too strongly attached to the Un>
ION o these States to endanger or dissolve it,
Wills they have any hope of obtaining the re-
llet which they desire, and peaceful measures
Persuaded that they will listen willingly and
respe fully to the voice of Virginia, Affection.
ately and earnestly urged, that they would
awaitthe result of a concerted and vigorous,
effortpt the friends of union and peace, to af-
feet RECONCILIATION of public differences, now
unhalply existing-regarding a resort to force
on hepart of the General Government, or on
the pat of the Government of South Caroli-
ma, asa measure, which nothing but extreme
necessity can justify or excuse in either; but
at the same time that violence
may occur, which may eventuate in conse-,
quences that all will deplore, unless South
Carolina will consent to rescind her late Or
dinance or suspend its operation:-
81. Resolvsd, therefore, by this General Ass
sembly, IN the name, and on behalf Of the peo-
pie Of Virginia, That the competent authori-
ties of South Carolina be, and they are hereby,
earnestly and respectfully requested to rcscind
the Ordnance of their late Convention, or to
suspend us operation, until the close of the
first session of the next Congress.
'2. Resolred, That the Congress Of the Uni
ted States be, and they are hereby, earnestly
and respectfully requested so to modify the
Tariff Laws, as to effect gradual but early
reduction of the revenue of the General Cow
eminent to the necessary and proper eXpendi-
lures thereof.
"3. Resolred, That the people of Virginia
expect, and in the opinion of this General As
sembly, have right to expect, that the Gen
eral Government, and the Government of
South Carolina, and all persons acting under
the authority of either, will abstain from all
acts calculated to disturb the tranquility of the.
country, or endanger the existence Of the I'M
iop.n
The first passed resolution, which was e.
separate measure, was then appended to Mr.
Moore's preamble and resolutions, as 1t ap-,
pears, by unanimous consent. Globe.
LAFAYETTE.-We find in the Richmond
Enquirer the following extract of a late letter
from the venerable Lafayette, the American
veteran, as he delights to be called
"Lu Grange, October 8.
"The late collisions in the United States,
the threats of separation, and the violent
jealousies, without entering into particulars,
have given me iEexpressble pain. too much
depend on the general good sense of the Ameri-
can people to fear great danger from those par
tia quarrels, so far at least as concerns the
of the Union; the unanimous
and fond object of every one Of us, who have
fought and bled in the revolution. But the vo-.
ry anticipations of such an event in Europe,
adroitly handled by the adversaries of republi-
can institutions, are very Injurious to the pop
ular cause, and lessen the consequence Of the
United States with all parties"
0-That many in the United States, are in
duced, by the hope Of repard, to bring about
the result which Lafayette fears-is, in our
mind. undoubted. A more Convenient cotton
grooming COLONY is ,ranted-,rith a full supply
of ,rhite or black slares to till it-Niles.
GOVERNOR HAYNE.
Mr.. Walsh, in speaking of Governor Haynes
observes-"We trust that the
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