Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-01-10

the mode pointed out for amcndnenly and the requisite
number OF States concur the supposed evil will be
dicd.--Agan-h il be eontcAded that given law is
just IN It's operation, appeal the intelligence aud pao
of the people; present inconsistencies to the Congress
OF The United States and eacavor have il repealed
modified And here let me remark, that our brethren oil
South Caro!a have good rsaSOn TO anticipate aeva-
ton OF what they regard so oucrous burden They have
their constitutional share in the administration of the &c
neral government; they have distinguished and aUle
on the floor OF each house OF Congressional have they
not discovered manifestation TO reduce the tariff TO
that may be about equal TO the necessary expendi-
lures government Much has already been done upon
the subject During the last four years duties have been
repealed equal TO six seven millions OF dollars The
President of the United States, in his late message
has presented the matter again TO the consideration Of
congress, and recommended further reduction. Nav we
not with degree OF confidence to s. Carolina
watt stay the effort about be made, and the tariff NAV
still be modified in way that will be satisfactory; do
hasten the dread crisis Remember the deeds of valor
your ancestors, their pavaons and sucrngs the
utionary struggle, and the distinguished party they bore
in the formation OF our government The memory of the
Pnckneys, OF Laurens. aud of Hayne OF Moulre Stump
ter and Marion will long be cherished by every American
patriot Ind d6oce all, remember the maxim adopted by
our iathcrS-"U nted zoe stand divided Fall" Theu
acted upon that maxim olcmny impressed with truth:
and will their descendants put their negative upon il:
hope not cannot yet believed that friends South
Carolina will put to hazard the many blessings
u.s. by present form Of government Urge them not
to ddty upon the BRINK efthe Preeipice
We told that the remedy peaceful one that Is
constitutional mode. am at loss TO understand how
that's possible. Ii is soecisn manifest that State can
be covered with the panoply Of the constitution and at the
same time be acting against it, The attitude peace
able quiet citizen yielding obedience the laws
from the constituted authorities, is very different from thai
at one who bids defiance 10 their execution and take the
remedy into his hands declaring himself the proper
Judge OF their justice and propriey Allegiance and non
allegiance repugnant, aud opposite each other
"lIe that IL not Tor me, Is against me-"
But why this sounding of the of preparation for
war on The part OF South Carona-he proposed organza
ton OF two thousand for the defence of Charlcs
and its dependencies and thousand troops called the
estate guardf Do not such acts prove that the remedy
il any thing else than peaceful one; that il is warlke?
Naltl
sot TO be disguised Ii WILL it persisted result in civil
war with all its herrors which God, in his infinite mercy
avert! Why, VI nothing else intended but a peacea
BILE remedy this rapid succession OF important
South Carolina? The state elections in OCTOBER extra
ordinary meeting Of the legislature in November to pass
law authorizing convention OF the people; the cleo
ton held; the members meets the ordinance adopted vir
tuay declaring oil the Union; meeting of the
legislature again, all in the month"; and recommen
daon by the Governor pass such laws may be neces
sary to carry the ordinance into eec raise and equip
troops to be under the control Of the State authorize
hun to issue clearances 10 vessels the revenue Of
hcers should insist upon the observance of the laws
quest the General Government remove the United
States troops from the citadel at Charleston. Why this
manifest disposition TO he on the alcr This solcitue dis
played by the celebrity OF those bring the
crisis to its climax? Let again admOnish friends
10 not hdsienwat, and interchange opinions with other
States and with the General Government
Why make the communication herewith sent)
10 each OF the States OF the Union the fatal step is
taken before sufficient time has elapsed receive an an
swer? Surely, the attitude about be assumed by
South Carolina, cannot be desirable call for such
attitude
spectacle OF single State attempting nullfy that which
has received the sanction of Congress- and oe executive
and of the judiciary OF the whole Union.
But the question made by the people of South Carolina
in relation 10 the tariff is intangible and difficult of
being brought any certainty by any known rule that
it is not easy TO come TO any conventional arrangement, In
regard TO it, They admit the power OF the General Gov
eminent 20 lay duties foreign mportaons but deny
that those duties be laid "with view to protect the
domestic manufactures of our country. 1.-THE motives of
TO fix its censIitutomaity how they to
be ascerained? One State might resolve that given utv
upon an article would be protective in its character,
another might think otherwise; duty that years
ago might have been regardeded protective, may
not he and thus is, that the cohesion of this Anne
rcan government is made 10 depend, according 10 the
view OF South Carolina upon the single fact, whether
law laying inPosts has in il single clause OF protective
character, whether dutyis too high low-whetcr
this article, that the other is selected omitted i'm the
scale, and who ask, is to decide the question The
Congress of the United States and the Executive of the
nation, TO whom the subject properly belongs' No. A
majority OF the people of South Carolina or of any other
State, however small, according this theory Thus
is, that single State might dictate the whole general
Government, and TO the twenty three other States Can
any believe that intelligent statesmen such as formed
the Constitution, would have consented 10 such right
that they would have given TO postery form of-govern
men with texture so fragile? infinitely than the
/ confederation itself
1t is not important to enquire, whether ours be a
government of the States of the People, for, whe-
Their of the the other the right claimed by South
Carolina cannot he conceded. Whatever has been re-
served to the States they must be permitted TO en-
Joy hut that which has been granted n the Gene
raj Government must be under its direction. As re-
dtes TO these powers the exercise Of which is ei-
exclusively 70 the General Government, States
soveregniie have negative, acting individuality as
respects those powers delegated requiring conoin ac
ton OF the General and State Governments the States act
in their sovereign capacities: as is the in the mode of
calling forth the militia into active service. There, re-
QUESTION is made upon the States forth their quotas
they appoint and commission the officers; organize the
corps and place IL under the General Government. In
the execution of that branch Of power, have seen
that dltues and endorsements attended it, i'm the
history OF our own Government during the last war;
that such will often be the where the action is Joint
is fully by the history of other republics II the
measures OF the Government have been retarded and
embarrassed, in where the Constitution requires
Joint action with. the States, is it proper allow
State TO place its negative upon the exercise of power
expressly delegated Suppose deemed proper by
the iunctonares of the General Government declare
against foreign power, and single State re-
solve that although Congress have the express
the matter, yet the cause not sufcient-the DOtue
that induced the action of the Government was not egi-
innate one,thereiore unconstitutional, void, and OF no
elective will annu it; will imprison the Off
GERS OF the nation who will dare 10 give allie glance
TO their Government; will our officers of
the State TO regard il, Jurors so to decide liz
| and II all that will not do, will raise an army
Of our State, TO enforce the opinions we entertain.
What, ask, would the people of Kentucky say? Always
patriotic, they wonid answer they did in the last
we make such question, when country calls by
her constituted authorities go whether il be 10 Cana
da, to the North West New Orleans elsewhere we
are Tor the field; 90, for country tChoe coun-
your united country. VIII any one even in this day
conclude in the stated, that il would he constitutional
TOR state to assume the attitude described? think not
The effort would be legitimate the now making
In South Carona the authority is delegated with as much
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